A search warrant was executed Jan. 31 at Doss' home. He was arrested and his cellphone and laptop computer were seized. Doss was booked into the Lawrence County Jail, where he remained until Feb. 1.

On Saturday, the Globe and Mail ran a profile of Suresh Doss, the 34-year-old computer systems engineer and publisher of Spotlight... The last year or so has seen a relative flourishing in Toronto ...