CHP Employee Faces Illegal Access Charge
A California Highway Patrol civilian dispatcher described by authorities as a “wannabe outlaw biker” was charged Tuesday in Los Angeles Superior Court with unlawful computer access, a felony.
Bruce Paul Boysen, 40, of Sunland, pleaded not guilty to the allegation that he used a CHP computer to get unauthorized information for a man he thought was a member of the Mongols motorcycle gang, said Sandi Gibbons, a spokeswoman for the district attorney’s office.
The man actually was an undercover agent from the U.S. Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco and Firearms who had infiltrated the San Fernando Valley branch of the Mongols, an investigation that led to the arrests of more than 40 alleged members of the biker gang in May.
Boysen met the agent at a Tujunga bar frequented by bikers, prosecutors said.
When the man asked Boysen to look up information about his motorcycle registration, Boysen did so using his CHP computer, Gibbons said. Agency employees are prohibited from using the computers for other than official business.
Boysen, who worked in the CHP’s Hollywood office, was arrested Friday. He is being held in lieu of $25,000 bail, Gibbons said.
A preliminary hearing is scheduled for July 10.
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