COLUMBUS, Ohio, Sept. 12 (UPI) -- Several public employees in Ohio were disciplined for snooping in state databases for information on "American Idol" singer Crystal Bowersox, officials said.
Two people actually lost their jobs for looking Bowersox up in a computer system reserved for law enforcement, the state attorney general's office said.
"There's actually law that makes it illegal to access OHLEG (Ohio Law Enforcement Gateway) for other purposes," spokesman Ted Hart told The Columbus (Ohio) Dispatch.
OHEG includes data on driving records, rap sheets and vehicle ownership and can apparently be accessed by any one with rudimentary computer skills. The Dispatch said OHEG is searched an average of 10,000 times a day.
There was no indication Bowersox's records were looked up for any reason other than "idle" curiosity.
The Toledo-area singer was the runner-up in last season's "American Idol" talent competition on Fox TV.
