Rebekah Jones

Ex-Florida COVID-19 data curator Rebekah Jones says she'll surrender to authorities Sunday amid an investigation that she allegedly made an unauthorized log in to the state’s emergency response system.

A circuit judge said Wednesday he can’t decide whether Florida law enforcement officials should be forced to return equipment seized from former Department of Health COVID-19 data analyst Rebekah Jones until he learns whether authorities intend to charge her with a crime.

Attorneys for the Florida Department of Law Enforcement say a judge should reject a request to return property seized from the home of fired state Department of Health analyst Rebekah Jones because another judge has authority over the matter.

A Leon County circuit judge is slated Wednesday to hear arguments about whether the Florida Department of Law Enforcement should return property to fired state Department of Health analyst Rebekah Jones.