Thursday, April 25, 2024

Dazhon Darien Arrested, Used AI to Frame Principal Eric Eiswert

From WBAL-TV:
The former athletic director at Pikesville High School has been arrested in connection to an AI-generated impersonation of the school's principal.

Dazhon Darien, 31, faces multiple charges, including stalking, theft, disruption of school operations, and retaliation against a witness, according to charging documents obtained by 11 News.

Police said the charges are connected to an investigation that started on Jan. 17 into a voice recording circulated on social media that was alleged to have been the voice of the school's principal, Eric Eiswert.

Police said the audio clip, which was an alleged race-based commentary on the school's students and teachers, was spread on social media. That led to the temporary removal of Eiswert from the school, as well as many hate-filled messages on social media and numerous calls to the school.

...Darien was apprehended Thursday at Baltimore-Washington International Thurgood Marshall Airport, while he was en route to Houston.

"Officers with the Maryland Transportation Authority took Mr. Darien into custody this morning at BWI-Thurgood Marshall Airport as he was attempting to board a flight," Baltimore County Police Chief Robert McCullough said.

The police chief could not say whether Darien was attempting to flee.

"He could have been simply going there for other purposes," McCullough said.

The chief did say Darien had a firearm, which alerted Maryland Transportation Authority police because of the way the firearm was packaged for transport. MDTA police then detained Darien after discovering the warrant out for his arrest in the Pikesville case.
Dazhon Darien reminds of Corn Pop, a bad dude.

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