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More sexual e-mails released from Kootenai prosecutor's office

(10/11/2007) Rick Baughman, the Kootenai County chief deputy prosecutor who resigned after an investigation into sexual harassment allegations, traded sexually charged e-mails at work with legal secretaries.

Release of Baughman e-mails considered

(8/10/2007) Second District Judge John Stegner took under advisement Thursday a decision whether to release several hundred pages of on-the-job e-mails, some with sexually explicit attachments, between former Kootenai County Chief Deputy Prosecutor Rick Baughman and three female co-workers.

E-mails ruled open to public

(4/5/2007) E-mail messages between a top Kootenai County lawyer and the women he is accused of harassing should not be kept secret, according to Idaho 2nd District Judge John R. Stegner.

Justices to decide on e-mail secrecy

(3/31/2007) The Idaho Supreme Court will hear arguments Tuesday in a case involving e-mails exchanged between Kootenai County Prosecutor Bill Douglas and his former employee.

In brief: Baughman inquiry tab topped $7,500

(2/28/2007) The independent investigation into the conduct of Kootenai County's former chief deputy prosecutor cost more than $7,500.

S-R seeks Baughman investigation records

(2/8/2007) The Spokesman-Review filed a lawsuit seeking to compel Kootenai County officials to release records from the investigation of Chief Deputy Prosecutor Rick Baughman.

Official quits in e-mail scandal

(2/2/2007) Rick Baughman, the embattled chief deputy prosecutor for Kootenai County, resigned effective Thursday at the end of an investigation into sexual harassment allegations involving former female co-workers.

Baughman investigator revealed

(1/4/2007) A former Garden City, Idaho, councilwoman is conducting the investigation into sexual harassment allegations against Kootenai County's chief deputy prosecutor.

Harassment investigator steps down

(12/8/2006) The original investigator hired by Kootenai County to look into sexual harassment allegations against the county's chief deputy prosecutor has stepped down because of a perceived conflict of interest.

Employees' e-mails are public records

(12/1/2006) Idaho's law says all public records are open unless they're specifically exempted, and there's no exemption for explicit e-mails sent by public employees on the job.

County vows to curb lewd e-mails

(12/1/2006) Kootenai County officials are trying to determine the scope of employee e-mail abuse in the wake of revelations that sexually explicit e-mails were exchanged by employees in the prosecutor's office and the Sheriff's Department.

Public records policy, practice at odds

(12/1/2006) Idaho's public records law says all public records are open to the public unless they're specifically exempted, and there's no exemption for explicit e-mails sent by public employees on the job.

Sexually explicit e-mails spark outcry

(11/30/2006) Kootenai County's chief deputy prosecutor sent sexually explicit e-mails and graphic images on his county computer to two former co-workers, who have accused him of sexual harassment.