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See What This Mum Did To Keep Tabs On Father Of Her Children

See What This Mum Did To Keep Tabs On Father Of Her Children

A mum has been charged for taking extreme measures to eavesdrop on conversations of the father of her children after it was discovered that she kept a microphone in her children’s diaper bag.

The Daily Mail reports:

Teri Smith, 37, of Salt Lake City is being charged with three counts of wiretapping or intercepting electronic communication for trying to pick up conversations between her ex-husband and two children. Smith and her lawyer said that she was legally allowed to do so because she believed that her children may be in danger which is legal under state and federal law.

Prosecutors disagreed and said that none of the alleged sexual abuse took place. They said that Smith put an audio recorder in her children’s bag nine times in 2012, according to the Standard Examiner.

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The husband discovered the recorder and confronted his ex-wife about it, but found another recorder in a child’s coat pocket several days later. No charges have been filed against the ex-husband. 

Smith filed for divorce from him in 2011 and the two have since been engaged in a lengthy custody battle. The wiretapping charges are third-degree felonies, which carry possible jail time of five years or a fine of up to $5,000. 

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