Two Mercer County School District IT workers facing charges of illegally accessing students’ medical records will return to court in August.
Amberly Norton and Andrea Long, both 41, appeared in Mercer County Circuit Court on Monday, where their respective pre-trial conferences were continued to Aug. 10.
Norton and Long were arrested last September, along with Mercer County School District Superintendent Tim Farquer, following an Aledo Police Department investigation into a complaint accusing Mercer County School District employees of illegally accessing students’ medical records. Norton and Long are accused of committing the alleged offenses beginning on July 19, 2019.
Norton and Long are each charged with a Class 3 felony of official misconduct and Class A misdemeanors of unauthorized access to medical records and computer tampering.
Farquer is facing four Class 3 felony charges of official misconduct, two Class A misdemeanors of computer tampering, and two Class A misdemeanors of unauthorized access to medical records.
Farquer’s final pre-trial conference is scheduled for July 6. A bench trial for Farquer will begin on July 29.