One of two defendants accused of using the Facebook accounts of a 42-year-old Jim Thorpe woman without her permission denied ever downloading or deleting anything from the account during her testimony on Wednesday afternoon in Carbon County court.

Erin Cawley, 42, told the jury of harassments and threats she received from the woman after an affair with Cawley’s now husband, Anthony K. Kingsley, 34, ended.

Cawley and Kingsley, of Walnutport, face felony counts filed by state police at Fern Ridge after the Jim Thorpe woman filed a complaint. Kingsley is charged with unlawful use of a computer, computer trespass and criminal conspiracy — unlawful use of a computer. Cawley is charged with criminal conspiracy — unlawful use of a computer and criminal conspiracy — computer trespass.

Both are also charged with summary counts of harassment, which will be decided by presiding Judge Steven Serfass.

Kingsley and Cawley were not married at the time, but living together in Kunkletown, and were members of the state police stationed at the Lehighton barracks.

The victim claimed that Kingsley and Cawley used her Facebook account to take information from it and delete certain items. She said she complained to police because of continued harassment by Cawley.

Cawley denied harassing the victim, claiming she was the one being constantly harassed by the victim.

She told the jury panel that she attempted to stop the constant contacts the victim was making with her, adding, “I just wanted to be left alone.”

Cawley said at the time she found out about the affair between Kingsley and the victim, she was pregnant with Kingsley’s child, which she gave birth to in August 2017.

She told the panel that she became suspicious of Kingsley and the woman and confronted Kingsley about it. She said he “just shrugged it off.”

Cawley said she first met the victim at a bike ride event run by another trooper at the barracks, Cpl. Michael Dugan. She said she became suspicious a time later when the victim was showing up frequently at her home and was acting “overly friendly.” She added, “She was always around.”

She said she asked Dugan about it and he admitted seeing Kingsley and the woman around together and kissing. Dugan said he would talk to the woman.

Cawley said eventually her fears were confirmed that the two were having an affair. She said she felt, “betrayed, crushed and ashamed.” She then called the woman and told her she was coming to her home and admitted saying “to kill you.”

She went to the victim’s home and eventually spoke to her husband telling him of the affair. She said Jim Thorpe police later arrived and spoke with both women. Cawley was told to leave, which said she did, and no charges were filed.

After that the harassment began, Cawley said, with the woman sending her things in the mail and messages and photos by social media. She said the woman sent photos of her and Kingsley together at various times.

On Aug. 31, 2016, Cawley received a box in the mail from the woman containing clothing and more photos of her and Kingsley. She said she sent it back.

Cawley said she then attempted to have a relationship with the woman to try to end the harassment, but it didn’t work. She said her health was not good at the time because she was having a difficult pregnancy.

Later, Cawley received a text message from the woman which detailed her sexual relationship with Kingsley including times the two were having sex together. The woman claimed, Cawley said, that she was doing it to show her the type of man Kingsley was.

Cawley said she and Kingsley sought help from two supervisors at the barracks, one being Dugan, telling them of the harassment and asked them to help.

After nothing happened they went to the barracks commander, Martin Ritsick, and told him of the problems and also told him about her confronting the woman at her home. Ritsick told them to have no contact with the woman and he would report to his superiors what Cawley and Kingsley said. Ritsick testified earlier that he assigned the investigation to another trooper at the barracks.

Cawley said she learned that the woman had contacted her ex-husband and was seeing her son, which the two had together. She sought an emergency court order barring the victim from being around her son. Before a hearing could be held on the order, her ex-husband agreed to it.

Kingsley told Cawley he had the woman’s password for her Facebook account, which the victim confirmed.

Under questioning from her attorney, James A. Swetz, Cawley said the woman never told her not to use the password or instructed her on any restrictions. She said Kingsley did use the Facebook account and was never told to stop, to her knowledge.

She said the woman sent her a text stating, “I want to tell you the whole story.”

State police investigators interviewed Cawley and prepared a time line for the alleged harassment.

Cawley told the court that the state police “didn’t do anything,” despite her attempt to get help from them.

After Swetz questioned Cawley, Serfass recessed the trial to 9 a.m. Friday. At that time, the prosecution, represented by Deputy Attorney Rebecca Anne Elo, will have the opportunity to cross-examine her.

Prosecution wraps case

The commonwealth concluded its case late Thursday morning.

The lone witness Wednesday was special agent Nicole Whaley of the AG computer crime unit. She testified to downloading all the information from Cawley’s and Kingley’s cellphone after a search warrant was executed on their home in April 2017. She explained how the procedure is done in downloading material and preparing it for use at trial.

Elo also had Whaley read numerous excerpts from the downloaded material into the record, including messages sent by Cawley to a female friend from Palmerton, who had testified on Tuesday.

Swetz and Attorney Brett J. Riegel, who is representing Kingsley, also had Whaley read into the record several experts from the downloaded material.

Defense testimony

Swetz began his side of the case by calling several character witnesses in favor of Cawley. He also called Julianne Fry, an assistant district attorney in Monroe County. Fry said she was a longtime friend of Cawley and that in July 2016 her friend came to her to tell her of the things the victim was doing to her and how it caused more health problems. Fry said she contacted the woman, and asked her to stop her contact with Cawley, but got a negative response.