A lawsuit filed by Reno Mayor Hillary Schieve alleges a private investigator put a GPS tracking device on her private car.
According to the lawsuit, the device was discovered by chance by a mechanic and was used to track her movements on a minute-by-minute basis.
The suit alleges the investigator, David McNeely used that information to photograph and surveil Schieve.
While the suit says it does not know who hired McNeely, it seeks damages against him in excess of $15,000 for alleged privacy violations and publishing of personal information.
The lawsuit claims that other prominent community members were also tracked, for an unknown length of time.
The complaint was filed in the Second Judicial District Court.
We have reached out to the City of Reno, and they say they can’t comment on pending litigation.
But, we did hear from Mayor Schieve -
"Before the election, I found out that someone had been stalking me. A high-end GPS tracker was discovered on my personal vehicle. I went immediately to Sparks PD to investigate.
"Today, my attorney filed a lawsuit against the private investigator who placed the device.
"I am publicly announcing this now, and did not make any public statements at the time when it was discovered, to make clear that this is about one thing, and one thing only: it is not ok to stalk people. We have good reason to believe that other members of our community were stalked with this same GPS device. This is about standing up to the rampant harassment of our civil servants and community leaders, and saying, this is NOT ok.
"I truly cannot believe how ugly certain people have made our public discourse, and I will do everything in my power to push back. I am proud to have run a Clean Campaign, and I am also proud to be the one to take a stand with this lawsuit to say that stalking people is wrong."
The suit does not name the person who allegedly hired David McNeely to do this.
