The former Memphis-area assistant district attorney who faces up to five years in prison following her guilty plea to selling police accident reports betrayed the public's trust, an FBI special agent said in a news release.
Glenda Adams, 49, pled guilty last month to conspiracy to violate the Travel Act, a federal statute that covers a variety of illegal monetary transactions, according to a U.S. Department of Justice news release. Adams' guilty plea followed allegations that she sold Memphis Police Department reports to an area attorney, who then used the reports to identify and contact accident victims to offer paid legal representation.
"Citizens rely on those who hold positions of public trust to execute their duties with integrity and in the best interests of the public," Douglas M. Korneski, special agent in charge of the FBI's Memphis Field Office, said. "The FBI will continue to work with its law enforcement partners to identify and investigate those who abuse that trust out of personal greed."
Korneski was named special agent in charge of the FBI's Memphis field office in August 2020.
Adams's sentencing is scheduled for May 27. She faces up to five years in federal prison along with three years of supervised release. Parole does not exist in the federal system.
Assistant U.S. Attorney David Pritchard has been prosecuting this case against Adams.
Adams was an assistant district attorney in Shelby County, Tennessee from February 2017 to October 2020 and access to local law enforcement's database and Memphis Police investigation crash reports was part of her job.
Adams was fired in October 2020 by Shelby County District Attorney General Amy Weirich after a Tennessee Bureau of Investigation began looking into allegations that Adams misused confidential information, a Memphis-area Fox News affiliate reported at the time.
Before becoming an assistant district attorney, Adams worked 10 years as a public defender, the Fox News affiliate reported, referring to Adams' now apparently deleted LinkedIn page. The LinkedIn profile reportedly also mentioned her experience in the law enforcement industry and that she was skilled in trials, criminal law, government and law enforcement.
The Fox News affiliate reported that it "spoke to about a half dozen lawyers" who described Adams as polite and professional, and that they were surprised to hear she had been fired.
