‘Jeopardy!’ winner could get prison for sneaking into emails of colleagues

ADRIAN, Mich. — A seventime “Jeopardy!” winner who taught history at a small college faces up to five years in prison for sneaking into the email accounts of other professors, administrators and students.

Stephanie Jass, who taught at Adrian College in southern Michigan, pleaded guilty Wednesday in Lenawee Circuit Court to a charge of unauthorized computer access.

Authorities said Jass logged into other people’s email accounts without permission over a four-day period last year after the college reset everyone’s passwords and assigned everyone the same temporary password.

Another professor learned what Jass had done and told school officials.

State police wrote in a report that the professor told a detective that Jass had a document that listed “notes and comments and problems” of faculty members, according to the Jackson Citizen Patriot. Jass was later fired.

The 48-year-old Jass, of Tecumseh, was later fired.

Jass’ seven-episode “Jeopardy!” winning streak in 2012 was a record at the time for a female contestant.

Stephanie Jass set a record with a seven-episode “Jeopardy!” winning streak in 2012.