Commissioner Rolls faces more trouble

GRAND RAPIDS, Mich. (WOOD) - Kent County Commissioner Gary Rolls, already under investigation for allegedly molesting a woman from the time she was 9 until she was 23, may be facing more trouble.

The woman took out a personal protection order against Rolls in September 2012, and that petition was upheld in a hearing just days after he was re-elected to the commission.

During the investigation, the woman told detectives Rolls kept photos and videos of some of their encounters in a safe in his home and on his computer.

An iPad and other items were taken after a search of his Cannon Township home in September. A forensic expert from the Michigan State Police was preparing to check the iPad's contents, but "before a password could be entered, the computer automatically began to erase itself, which indicated someone had sent a remote request  for this to occur after it was seized by law enforcement."

Investigators made that note in requesting a second search warrant asking Apple to retrieve the information from Rolls' iPad. MSP detectives suggest remotely deleting information may be a way to tamper with evidence.

It is possible to remotely erase information on Apple products. It's a feature designed to protect information if an iPad, iPod or another Apple product is lost or stolen.