ATLANTA (AP) — Federal prosecutors in Alabama say a former Verizon Wireless technician used the company’s computers to obtain customers’ private call records — plus data showing where customers’ phones were — and sold them to an unnamed private investigator.

Newly filed court records accuse Daniel Eugene Traeger of selling the confidential information for more than four years, from 2009 to 2014. Traeger worked in the Birmingham area.

The court records don’t say how many customer records were sold, or how they may have been used.

Prosecutors say that shortly after the charges were filed last week, Traeger pleaded guilty to a felony count of unauthorized access to a protected computer as part of a plea deal. His lawyer didn’t immediately return a phone message Monday.

MANDAN, N.D. (AP) — An oil pipeline protester from South Dakota who inspired a rally after she was arrested and jailed in North Dakota has been moved to Nebraska to face another criminal complaint.

Forty-two-year-old Olowan Martinez was arrested Sept. 13 for criminal trespass during a protest against the Dakota Access pipeline. Earlier this week, about 300 people showed up outside the Morton County Jail in Mandan to appeal for her release. They held up a large sign that read “Free Olowan.” Some called out to her in the jail.

The North Dakota arrest triggered a warrant from Nebraska, where Martinez was wanted on charges of making terroristic threats, theft and criminal mischief.

Martinez was released on $10,000 bond after making her initial appearance Thursday in Sheridan County, Nebraska.

LINCOLN, Neb. (AP) — The Nebraska Crime Commission is considering a rule change that would make it easier for military police officers to become civilian enforcers of the law.

The proposal would let the state’s four law enforcement academies fast-track certification for former military police officers whose training is consistent with Nebraska requirements.

The proposal would give the state’s police departments and sheriff’s offices another recruiting tool at a sensitive time for law enforcement agencies amid protests over the treatment of minorities.

Lancaster County Sheriff Terry Wagner’s department is trying to find replacements for three deputies who will retire in six months, and he said he favors “anything that helps the process to be a little bit more streamlined.”

Hiring and training new recruits can take up to a year, but the proposed rule change would allow MPs and officers from other states or federal agencies to bypass much of the 16-week training course at the Nebraska Law Enforcement Training Center in Grand Island.

The center trains all Nebraska law enforcement except Lincoln and Omaha police and troopers with the Nebraska State Patrol. Those agencies have their own academies, so they will have to decide how to proceed if the new rules are approved, said Crime Commission Executive Director Darrell Fisher.

A public hearing on the proposal is set for Oct. 14. If the commission were to rule favorably on the proposal, it would require approval by the governor and attorney general to become part of the state’s regulations.

Regardless of military or other outside experience, all hires still would be required to complete training on Nebraska criminal laws and those covering use of force and search and seizure.

LINCOLN, Neb. (AP) — A recent death and other problems in Whiteclay are drawing new scrutiny from Nebraska lawmakers, who plan to announce an initiative to address persistent issues when they visit the tiny village later this week.

Senators say they’re looking seriously at ways to improve conditions in Whiteclay, which sells millions of cans of beer each year on the border of South Dakota’s Pine Ridge Indian Reservation, where alcohol is banned.

Sen. Patty Pansing Brooks of Lincoln says she organized the trip to show fellow lawmakers the appaling conditions in the ramshackle town.

Lawmakers and officials with the Nebraska Public Service Commission will tour the area on Wednesday.

Whiteclay gained new attention in August following the death of 50-year-old Sherry Wounded Foot, who lived in the reservation village of Porcupine.