Reno mayor sues after finding tracking device on vehicle

The city of Reno is located in Nevada. Hillary Schieve is suing a private investigator and his company after finding a device attached to her vehicle that was capable of tracking its real-time location

The Nevada Independent reported on the lawsuit on Thursday, which states that the investigator went onto the property without the woman's permission. The mechanic noticed it when he worked on her vehicle.

According to the complaint, the investigator was working on behalf of an unknown third party.

It states that the tracking of Schieve caused her as it would cause any reasonable person a lot of fear and distress.

There was no reply to a request for comment sent by The Associated Press to David McNeely, the investigator alleged to have placed the tracking device.

She was re-elected last month to her third term as mayor, after filing a lawsuit as a private citizen. She is trying to find out who hired the investigator.

The mayor told The Nevada Independent that the mechanic found the device about two weeks before the vote. She brought it to the police in the other town, and they found out that it had been purchased by someone else.

To make clear that this is about one thing and one thing only, I am publicly announcing this now, and did not make any public statements at the time when it was discovered.

In order to keep clear of any conflict of interest questions, Schieve went to the Sparks department instead of the Reno department.

The companyinstalled similar tracking devices on other vehicles of multiple other prominent community members.

That's right.

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