ALEDO, Ill. (KWQC) - The superintendent of Mercer County Schools and two district employees are facing charges after police said they illegally accessed students’ medical records.

Aledo police were investigating a complaint that Mercer County School District employees were illegally accessing students’ medical records, according to a media release.

Police searched Mercer County High School in Aledo and the district office in Joy and took electronics on Wednesday, officials said.

Two district employees, Amberly Norton, 41, and Andrea Long, 41, both of Aledo, were taken into custody, police said.

Police said they learned a third person had also gotten access to students’ medical records and arrested superintendent Timothy Farquer, 53, of Williamsfield.

On the district website, Long is l

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