Police: Ohio man's cardiac pacemaker data leads to charges

[Judi Lynn]

Source: Associated Press

Police: Ohio man's cardiac pacemaker data leads to charges
Updated 11:17 pm, Monday, February 6, 2017


HAMILTON, Ohio (AP) — Police say data recorded by a man's cardiac pacemaker helped lead to his indictment on charges of aggravated arson and insurance fraud in a fire at his Ohio home.

Middletown police say Ross Compton is accused of starting the Sept. 19 fire. He's scheduled to be arraigned Tuesday.

Police say Compton gave statements inconsistent with evidence. They say he told them that he packed some belongings when he saw the fire, threw them out of a window and then carried them to his car.

Court records show a cardiologist reviewing Compton's pacemaker data said his medical condition made it "highly improbable" to have taken all of the actions he described.

Read more: http://www.chron.com/news/crime/article/Police-Ohio-man-s-cardiac-pacemaker-data-leads-10913225.php

[flor-de-jasmim]

1. Shouldn't that come under self-incrimination protection?

[cstanleytech]

3. I was thinking the same thing. It kind of sounds like they are using it as a portable lie detector

and the last time I heard lie detectors were not permitted in court.

[eggplant]

4. Not any more than a DWI blood test.

Or DNA. A warrant is a warrant.

[appleannie1943]

2. He can't really damn the pacemaker, now can he?

Without it he is dead, with it he is cooked.