A Tennessee woman was briefly jailed after authorities say she posted a copy of an arrest warrant containing a man’s private personal information — including his Social Security number — inside a local Facebook group.

Emilee “Emma” Berger was arrested Friday, March 13, and charged with identity theft following the social media post that investigators say exposed highly sensitive information belonging to another man.

The Monroe County Sheriff’s Office says the case began earlier that week when detectives were alerted to the Facebook post.

According to Sheriff Tommy Jones, Berger had shared an image of an arrest warrant for a man identified as Mitchell Cook inside a group called “Uncensored Voices of Monroe County Revamped.”

But the warrant allegedly contained more than just court information.

Investigators say the document included Cook’s full name, date of birth, driver’s license number and Social Security number — all visible in the original version of the post.

Cook later contacted authorities and told detectives he had never given permission for anyone to publish his personal identifying information online.

“Documents released through proper public channels have this information redacted to protect individuals from identity theft and fraud,” Jones said in a statement posted on the sheriff’s office Facebook page.

While arrest warrants and many court records are considered public documents, officials say the law still protects certain sensitive information contained within them.

Publishing unredacted personal identifiers such as Social Security numbers or driver’s license numbers can expose someone to fraud or identity theft.

Investigators say Berger later acknowledged the mistake.

During an interview with detectives on March 11, she reportedly said that another individual pointed out the sensitive information in the original post.

She then posted a second version of the warrant with the personal details redacted.

The following day, Berger allegedly created another post acknowledging that the original image had been shared without the information being censored.

But by then, authorities say the damage had already been done.

Detectives determined that publishing the document with the unredacted personal information constituted a criminal offense under Tennessee law.

Berger was taken into custody on Friday evening and booked into the Monroe County Jail on an identity theft charge.

Jail records show she was released later that same day after posting a $3,000 bond.

However, investigators say the case is far from closed.

Authorities are now trying to determine how Berger obtained the warrant in the first place.

According to Sheriff Jones, detectives noticed a distinctive line across the document posted on Facebook.

That line appears on documents scanned into the Monroe County court system but does not appear on the original warrant.

Investigators say this indicates the document likely originated from the Monroe County Clerk of Court’s electronic records system.

Access to that system is restricted to authorized users, including court clerks, law enforcement personnel and local attorneys.

Monroe County Clerk of Court Dewayna Martin assisted investigators in reviewing access logs.

Officials determined that two individuals accessed the warrant during the period between when it was entered into the system and when it was officially served.

According to the sheriff, neither of those individuals was an employee of the sheriff’s office or the clerk’s office.

The Monroe County Sheriff’s Office says the information will now be forwarded to appropriate authorities for further investigation.