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Pennsylvania man accused of acquiring customer’s pictures without permission

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Kevin Rennie

[Editor’s Note: New information from the police indicates that Rennie was an employee of a marketing firm contracted by Tinny’s Auto Outlet, not an employee of the business itself. The article has been updated to include that information.]

FARMINGTON – A Pennsylvania man was arrested today, after police say he took photographs off a customer’s phone without permission as the woman was purchasing a vehicle.

According to information released by the Farmington Police Department, Kevin Rennie, 32 of Philadelphia, Penn., was arrested and charged with aggravated criminal invasion of computer privacy, a Class C felony.

FPD Officer Jacob Richards began investigating the alleged incident Monday, after speaking with a customer of Tinny’s Auto Outlet. The customer told police that she had worked with Rennie, an employee of an out-of-state marketing firm contracted by Tinny’s, to purchase a vehicle. The name of the marketing firm was not immediately available Tuesday afternoon.

During the transaction, police allege, Rennie acquired the customers phone. He then reportedly proceeded to send himself nude photographs of the customer without her permission.

Rennie was arrested by Richards today and transported to Franklin County Detention Center. Bail was initially set at $10,000, pending Rennie’s initial appearance in court.

Tinny’s has severed all ties with the marketing firm that employed Rennie, FPD Deputy Chief Shane Cote said Tuesday. Rennie has been ordered not to return to Tinny’s property.

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15 Comments

  1. Yes, indeed, Billy. (Are we related? I wonder.) Actually this sort of thing has been going on forever, but it usually doesn’t make it into the news. Most folks would be too embarassed to call the cops, but this lady was strong enough to fight back. Good on her!

  2. WHY? WHY? Why would you have nude photos of yourself on your phone? It doesn’t matter that your phone is supposed to be private…..hasn’t ANYONE learned that technology is NOT private?
    I’m in no way implying that what he did wasn’t an issue. I’m implying to keep your private life PRIVATE and off any device or social media. C’mon now.

  3. Bobby ( is that you cuz? ) I apologize, but my suspicious nature tells me there are a few things that need answering in this article for me to know what actually happened.

  4. All my fam up in here today! Has this outstanding strong independent women not heard of locking her phone? Finger print scanning, retina and face detection, so many options now days. She certainly threw caution to the wind when she set her phone down. I will be holding a special one time only training event on how to use snapchat for all those people over 30 out there, please comment if you are interested.

  5. Like great grandpa Joe said, don’t put anything on your smartphone that you don’t want to be seen on Monday mornings headlines.

  6. I’m not blaming the victim, her phone is her phone, and he is certainly in the wrong here. I wonder though, how did he know she had those pictures on her phone?

  7. OR maybe he’s at fault for taking something that isn’t his.

    “Maybe Farmington Ford shouldn’t park those enticing cars out there. It just makes me want to take one.”

    See how ludicrous that sounds?

  8. See people this is a perfect example that we need a wall. Once Trump builds a wall to protect our borders of our beloved country, we should build a wall along the border of our great state. This would keep all those folks “from away” from invading our workplaces and stealing all of our nudes.

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