Personal info for 20,000 found

TINLEY PARK _ Officials say a back up computer tape that could contain personal information for more than 20,000 people in the Chicago suburb of Tinley Park has been found.

Village manager Scott Niehaus said Thursday the tape that was lost in June was not tampered with.

Tinley Park officials copy everything on the village's computer system every Friday and take the tape to another site to store it.

Officials say it's not clear how the backup tape, which could contain driver's license numbers, Social Security numbers and bank account information, was lost.

Niehaus says a Tinley Park resident found the tape in a parkway and threw it in the garbage, but then returned it to the village hall after hearing media reports and getting a letter.