Reno mayor sues investigator after discovering tracking device on her vehicle

A mayor on Nevada is suing a private investigator and his company after finding a tracking device attached to her vehicle without her consent. 

Hillary Schieve, the mayor of city of Reno, filed the lawsuit last week after she said a mechanic discovered a "sophisticated GPS tracking device ... monitoring her every movement" on her vehicle. 

Schieve, an independent, brought the tracker to police, who found out that investigator David McNeely purchased it.

McNeely and his company, 5 Alpha Industries, were "acting on behalf of a presently unidentified third party," Schieve alleged in the lawsuit seeking at least $15,000 in damages.

Schieve said the mechanic discovered the tracker before the election in which she won a third term. She said she waited to make any public statements because she wanted "to make clear that this is about one thing, and one thing only: it is not OK to stalk people," according to local 2 News.

"I truly cannot believe how ugly certain people have made our public discourse, and I will do everything in my power to push back," she said. "I am proud to have run a Clean Campaign, and I am also proud to be the one to take a stand with this lawsuit to say that stalking people is wrong."