Elisa M. Johnson, 25, of Pawcatuck, the wife of Sgt. Eric Johnson, was charged with unauthorized use of a computer and disorderly conduct after turning herself in to police Friday. She was released on a promise to appear in court Sept. 27.

Eric Johnson declined comment on the arrest Monday. Police Chief David Erskine could not be reached for comment.

The affidavit filed in support of the warrant for Johnson's arrest provides the following details:

On March 21, police received a call from a Pawcatuck woman who complained about a phone call she had received from Elisa Johnson.

The woman said that on March 20 her daughter had been involved in an accident in town and that the next morning she called the police station to talk to Sgt. Johnson about it. The woman knew Sgt. Johnson, as they had attended high school together.

Sgt. Johnson was not on duty at the time and the woman left a message with her name and cell phone number, which was transferred into his voice mailbox.

Three hours later, the woman said she received a phone call that her caller ID indicated originated from the Johnsons' Pawcatuck home. The caller identified herself as Sgt. Johnson's wife. The two women knew each other because they had worked together in the past.

“He doesn't know you, he doesn't like you, and don't (expletive) call him again,” Elisa Johnson reportedly told the woman.

The woman said she told Elisa Johnson she had been calling her husband about police business. Elisa Johnson said she did not care and hung up. The woman immediately called police because she said she felt her confidentiality had been breached.

Police then obtained the woman's cellular phone records, which showed she had called Johnson about the accident, received a call from his home and then reported it to police.

Police also interviewed Sgt. Johnson's ex-wife, who told them there were times when she and their two children would leave messages for him on his department voice mail but he claimed not to have received them.

She said that Elisa Johnson had called her in the past about the messages she had left on Sgt. Johnson's department voice mail and was told not to bother Sgt. Johnson at work.

The ex-wife also told police that she had told Sgt. Johnson a year earlier “to cover himself” because Elisa Johnson was gaining access to his voice mail system and that she was worried he would get in trouble for it.

During the time period in which the woman who complained about Elisa Johnson said the calls were made, Johnson's ex-wife said she had left messages which he did not return. Sgt. Johnson was out sick from work March 20-22 and told police he did not check his voice mail during that time. When interviewed as part of the department's internal investigation, Sgt. Johnson said he had not called the woman back and did not recall getting a phone call from her. The messages from the woman as well as three left by Sgt. Johnson's ex-wife had all been deleted from the system.

The affidavit says Elisa Johnson would not come to the police department to be questioned but that in a phone conversation with a police investigator denied entering her husband's voice mail or harassing anyone.

She said the conversation she had with the woman happened at Wal-Mart in Westerly and not on the phone. She told police the woman who made the complaint was a habitual liar who was always following her.

Remote access to the department's voice-mail system is only possible with a password/pass code. The police department voice mail policy prohibits employees from revealing their password to others or allowing others to use their account.

“This includes family and other household members when work is being done at home,” states the policy. Under the policy, it is the responsibility of employees to ensure that non-employees do not gain access to sensitive town information.

The affidavit charges that the integrity of the department's voice mail system was breached and that “a citizen that was attempting to conduct police-related business was called, swore at and intimidated.”