CHESAPEAKE, Va. (WAVY) — A visiting judge Wednesday morning certified to the grand jury a felony wiretapping charge against Sharon Maddox, 41, the wife of former Chesapeake police Lt. Sean Maddox.

Sharon Maddox is currently suspended without pay from her position as a sergeant with Animal Control. She is charged with illegally recording conversations between her husband and a police dispatcher. The dispatcher filed rape, sodomy, abduction and other charges against Sean Maddox. Maddox is free on bond awaiting trial, but lost his position with the police department following the charges.

Sharon Maddox and her attorney spoke with 10 On Your Side following her preliminary hearing. She admits to purchasing a voice-activated audio recorder when she got suspicious of her husband last spring.

“There was actually blonde hair that I found and saw in [her husband’s police car]. There was some stuff on Facebook posted that alerted me to something that wouldn’t be normal for him,” she said.

Sharon Maddox then allegedly placed the recorder in the back seat of the cruiser, where it remained for three days, April 26 through 28.

“It did confirm at one point that the girl got into the car with her husband and so that was the confirmation that Sharon really needed,” said her defense attorney Kristin Paulding.

But neither Sean Maddox nor his girlfriend knew of or consented to the recordings. Under Virginia law, at least one party to a conversation must consent.

About five weeks later, Sean...

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