OLCC investigator accused of taking murdered Ohio boy's identity

BOISE, Idaho. (AP) — Friends say they're shocked to hear an Oregon liquor control investigator is facing charges for allegedly assuming the identity of a murdered Ohio toddler.


Prosecutors have said the man calling himself Jason Robert Evers was 17 and living in Colorado when he took the name in 1996.


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Private investigator looking into possible Cesar Chavez football violations

A private investigator is helping the Arizona Interscholastic Association determine if Laveen Cesar Chavez's football program recruited players, the AIA confirmed on Monday.

The AIA relies on schools to self-report violations, but this is the first time the association has hired an investigator to look into one of its 274 schools. The AIA is trying to verify if Cesar Chavez coach Jim Rattay and the parent of a former Cesar Chavez player recruited players to go to that school.

Chuck Schmidt, the AIA Chief Operations Officer, declined to say who or what the investigator was looking into.

"That's not our decision," said Schmidt when asked if the AIA wants Rattay to step down. "The (AIA executive) board is trying to gather the facts as best as it can. Staffing decisions are strictly up to the schools and district. The board's concern is to uphold the AIA bylaws."

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Investigator Donates Time to Missing Kids

She went jogging like she did most mornings.

But on May 27, Crystal Sexton, a rising junior at Loganville High, kept running. Her mother got in her car and drove around, looking for the 16-year-old.

“I said, ‘Something is wrong,’ ” Donna Sexton told me. ” ‘This is not right. Something is just not right.’ “

She called Loganville Police and the Walton County Sheriff’s Office. She passed out fliers with Crystal’s photo.

Residency Investigator Reports to Board

Reynoldsburg City Schools' residency investigator Pete Riddle reported on students illegally attending local schools at the board of education's Tuesday night meeting at Waggoner Road Junior High.

Superintendent Steve Dackin said he received a call recently from a resident who asked what the district does and is doing to ensure that students attending local schools actually live within the district.

Port of Seattle Says it Will Hire Fraud Investigator

The Port of Seattle says it will hire an independent investigator to look into possible fraud and contracting problems identified in a state audit.

The port is asking state Auditor Brian Sonntag to recommend an investigator.

Commissioner Bill Bryant says the investigation is needed to restore public trust in the port, which operates Sea-Tac Airport and shipping on the Seattle waterfront.

The state audit found the port wasted $97 million in spending, including some overruns on the third runway project at the airport.

Understanding The Repossession Process

Investigation News - Understanding The Repossession Process - PInow.com Investigator Directory: "Businesses that rent, borrow, lease or offer financing on products face risk of non-payment. When a customer does not make payment, the business stands to lose considerable amounts of money. Investing in a professional investigator with repossession experience can be the best way to collect property legally without losing additional money.

The repossession process today really begins with the way companies do business. In today’s business world, many companies sell products and offer financing at the same time or lease and rent products. In all these cases, there is a risk that the customer will simply not honour their contract and will not pay.

When a customer does not pay, the business has a few options. They can write off the loss, they can keep trying to collect on the delinquent account, or they can repossess the item that has not been paid for. Repossession is a legal process that allows a business to legally take over a product in cases where a contract has been broken. No business likes to repossess – it is a costly hassle and still results in some loss of money – but in cases where money cannot be recovered, repossession lets a company recover some of their lost money and assets."

Understanding The Repossession Process

Computer Surveillance - What Does it Offer?

Investigation News - Computer Surveillance - What Does it Offer? - PInow.com Investigator Directory: "Computer monitoring software can uncover exactly what computer users are doing online. Anyone interested in installing this type of software, though, needs to select the program carefully.

According to a 2001 American Management Association survey, 77.7% of major U.S. companies used computer surveillance to check employee e-mail, Internet use, phone calls, computer use, and files. Some companies even used computer surveillance to videotape workers. The reason is not hard to see: According to IDC Research, 30 to 40% of Internet use during work hours is for personal use. Employers are concerned that they are losing worker productivity, thanks to employees who use work hours to surf the Internet and to send personal email. Employers are also concerned that workers who use company computers to commit fraud crimes, or use the system to send sexually explicit materials may embroil the company in a lawsuit."

What is computer surveillance?
Computer Surveillance - What Does it Offer?

Who Should Use a Polygraph?

Investigation News - Who Should Use a Polygraph? - PInow.com Investigator Directory: "A polygraph can be a useful tool that can be used as part of a larger investigation to get answers. However, businesses interested in using the test need to follow the law to the letter to avoid legal action.

Polygraph tests have caused a lot of controversy and have generated many myths over the years. In November 2006, A Jacksonville, Florida firefighter fought the results of a polygraph test that he says was inaccurate. The man took the test as part of an internal investigation into an incident which allegedly involved nooses being placed on his uniform. The polygraph results suggested deception, but the firefighter has always consistently claimed that he found nooses on his uniform – an act that can be seen as a hate crime or a form of harassment. Administrators of the test are defending the polygraph as a reliable tool but the firefighter and his attorney are pointing out the many documented studies that suggest the test is highly fallible."

Should you look to a polygraph to get answers?
Who Should Use a Polygraph?

Real Estate Fraud Is On the Rise: Protect Yourself

Investigation News - Real Estate Fraud Is On the Rise: Protect Yourself - PInow.com Investigator Directory: "Real estate fraud is on the rise. Knowing the popular scams out there and knowing how to protect against this type of criminal activity is essential.

Real estate fraud is an umbrella term for criminal activity involving real estate – criminal activity that usually amounts to little more than theft. According to new statistics, the problem seems to be getting worse. The FBI reported that in 2005 alone, real estate fraud cost the country at least $606 million. The Treasury Department is tracking 35% more suspicious through 2006. The IRS reports that cases of mortgage fraud that have been brought to their attention have been doubling every two years, starting with this decade. This worrisome trend means that all real estate investors and homeowners should be on the alert."

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Real Estate Fraud Is On the Rise: Protect Yourself

Is Your Ex Avoiding Child Support?

Investigation News - Is Your Ex Avoiding Child Support? - PInow.com Investigator Directory: "Many parents and children are in financial difficulty today because parents are not paying the child support ordered by courts. Hiring a private investigator can help parents augment resource-strapped legal systems so that payment can finally be made.

Deadbeat parents cost children a lot of money. In the state of Hawaii alone, more than half a billion dollars represents the amount of delinquent child support payments. According to 2005 statistics, the state is only able to successfully collect 40% of delinquent accounts. The District of Columbia is not much better, collecting only in 37% of cases. Most states have passed laws to get deadbeat parents to pay up — in some states; parents who fall behind on their child support can find their pay checks cut, their credit dinged, or their licenses suspended.

Despite the legal measures, though, parents still report that deadbeat parents do not pay child support. Child advocacy groups point out that some parents move or change identities in order to avoid child support, while others only make a payment or two when threatened with cut pay or loss of a license and then return to non-payment. In many cases, law enforcement and child services simply do not have the resources to find and compel non-paying parents to make payments."

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Is Your Ex Avoiding Child Support?

How to Tell Whether a Partner is Having an Emotional Affair

Investigation News - How to Tell Whether a Partner is Having an Emotional Affair - PInow.com Investigator Directory: "Look out for the signs of an emotional affair. Emotional cheating can lead to a traditional affair, so keeping an eye out for the classic signs can help partners outwit pain down the road.

Of course, there is nothing wrong with a friendship. However, friendships do not involve the deception and the type of inappropriate emotional closeness that an emotional affair entails. Despite its name, an emotional affair can involve physical intimacy, although it does not always. What this type of infidelity always dishes out, though is pain: pain caused by a partner who invests more emotionally into another relationship.

Emotional affairs involve someone who builds an inappropriately intimate relationship with someone outside their partnership. This may mean that a husband suddenly starts confiding all his personal and work-related problems to a female co-worker rather than his wife. It could also mean a wife suddenly confiding all her successes and desires to a new male friend rather than her husband. An emotional affair is usually also marked by secrecy – a partner may downplay or outright lie about the amount of time spent with a new partner. Sexual attraction is almost always part of the equation, too, although it is not always acted upon.

How to tell?

There are several signs that a partner is having an emotional affair:"

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How to Tell Whether a Partner is Having an Emotional Affair

When Does Online Cheating Cross the Line?

Investigation News - When Does Online Cheating Cross the Line? - PInow.com Investigator Directory: "Online cheaters connect with other partners in cyberspace for adventures that range from erotic virtual encounters to basic flirting. While some don’t consider it cheating, many experts agree that online infidelity crosses the line – and can lead to real cheating in person.

Online cheating has many forms. Some internet users log onto online dating sites – or specifically, online dating sites designed especially for discreet married people – to meet someone in person. Many others simply flirt and have affairs online, without ever meeting the person they are speaking with.

What is online cheating?

Some justify “hot chats” as harmless fun, but this sort of behaviour has caused marital rifts – and has even lead to in-person affairs offline. At best, cybersex means that a partner starts spending time with someone besides their partner – time that can better be invested in the relationship. Since online flirting or online sex is simpler and fantasy-based, it can fuel desire even more, leading someone to seek a real-life affair. Of course, there is always the real possibility that the cheater’s partner will be upset and hurt when they find out about such online activity."

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When Does Online Cheating Cross the Line?

Newest PInow.com Members - March 2007

Newest PInow.com Members — March 2007

The PInow.com Team would like to welcome the newest countywide members of our online Private Investigator Directory. Below you will find the basic contact information for all of the qualified private investigators who joined the PInow.com online directory of local, pre-screened private investigators between March 1 - 31, 2007:

Star Security Inc.
Contact: Raymond Myszak
Phone: 219-554-0100
Location: Hammond, IN 46324
PI License: PD58900545

D.G.I., LLC
Contact: Dave Gainer
Phone: 812-853-3222
Location: Newburgh, IN 47629
PI License: PD19400003

Total Surveillance Investigations
Contact: Doug Hunter
Phone: 501-215-9903
Location: Morrilton, AR 72110
PI License: D 06-179

CSI Enterprises; Colorado Special Investigations
Contact: Sean Moncalieri
Phone: 719-661-8882
Location: Colorado Springs, CO 80931

Eagle Investigations, Inc.
Contact: Jeffrey Zoerb
Phone: 303-430-8838
Location: Eastlake, CO 80614

Lewis J. Neuwelt Investigations
Contact: Lewis Neuwelt
Phone: 877-604-5135
Location: Columbia, MD 21046

Financial Crime Solutions
Contact: Gregory Oldoerp
Phone: 480-229-5978
Location: Phoenix, AZ 85048
PI License: 1559767

Strategic Services Group
Contact: Jason Fogleman
Phone: 336-720-9341
Location: Winston Salem, NC 27117
PI License: NCPI 2137 NCCI 86

Professional Investigations Of Alabama
Contact: David West
Phone: 877-681-3088
Location: Montgomery, AL 36124
PI License: AL 070386

Third Strike Investigations
Contact: Jeff Simpson
Phone: 877-586-1364
Location: O Fallon, MO 63366
PI License: 01135

APS Investigations
Contact: Marty Strom
Phone: 970-420-4870
Location: Laporte, CO 80535

Don Martin And Associates
Contact: Don Martin
Phone: 765-452-1760
Location: Kokomo, IN 46901
PI License: PD10600055

Aspen Country Surveillance
Contact: Dave Stark
Phone: 970-618-8688
Location: Glenwood Springs, CO 81601

Lakeside Investigation, LLC
Contact: Tim Westphal
Phone: 586-822-6299
Location: Fraser, MI 48026
PI License: 3701205039

Portland Investigators
Contact: Steve Wilson
Phone: 503-481-0671
Location: Portland, OR 97283

Tenable Protective Services
Contact: Daniel McPeek
Phone: 216-789-2045
Location: Cleveland, OH 44114

Worldwide Investigation Services, L.L.C.
Contact: Max Astor
Phone: 704-200-6123
Location: Huntersville, NC 28070
PI License: 3809

Veenstra Detective Agency, Inc.
Contact: Frederick J. Veenstra
Phone: 715-355-8930
Location: Schofield, WI 54476

Bacom Investigation & Process Service
Contact: Brad Bacom
Phone: 409-832-5656
Location: Beaumont, TX 77720
PI License: A-08152

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Newest PInow.com Members — January & February 2007

PInow.com's Newest Members! - January - February 2007

Newest PInow.com Members -- January & February 2007

The PInow.com Team would like to welcome the newest countywide members of our online Private Investigator Directory. Below you will find the basic contact information for all of the qualified private investigators who joined the PInow.com online directory of local, pre-screened private investigators between January and February of 2007:




Nationwide Security Services, Inc.
Contact: David Litt
Phone: 877-529-2121
Location: Downers Grove, IL
- Nationwide Security Services, Inc. provides investigative services in the following areas: DuPage County, IL and the Chicagoland area



Dunbar & Associates, LLC
Contact: P.M. Dunbar
Phone: 928-680-2810
Location: Lake Havasu City, AZ
PI License: 1554815
- Dunbar & Associates, LLC provides investigative services in the following areas: Yuma County, AZ and Mohave County, AZ



Global Investigative & Management Solutions
Contact: Maurice Hicks
Phone: 702-452-8158
Location: Las Vegas, NV
PI License: 1402
- Global Investigative & Management Solutions provides investigative services in the following areas: Clark County, NV, including Las Vegas, North Las Vegas, Summerlin, Henderson, Boulder City and Mesquite



Eagle Legal Services & Investigations
Contact: Meina Graham
Phone: 407-857-8506
Location: Orlando, FL
PI License: C9800259
- Eagle Legal Services & Investigations provides investigative services in the following areas: Orange County, FL



British American Consultants
Contact: David Roberts
Phone: 973-324-2395
Location: West Orange, NJ
PI License: 4774
- British American Consultants provides investigative services in the following areas: Essex County, NJ



T.M. Morgan Investigations
Contact: Thomas Morgan
Phone: 774-262-2113
Location: Worcester, MA
PI License: P-1428
- T.M. Morgan Investigations provides investigative services in the following areas: Worcester County, MA



Elite Process Serving & Investigations, Inc.
Contact: Melanie Broderick
Phone: 630-417-9497
Location: Lisle, IL
PI License: 117-001199
- Elite Process Serving & Investigations, Inc. provides investigative services in the following areas: Cook, Kane, DuPage, Lake, Will, McHenry, and Kendall County, Illinois



Metro Investigations, Inc.
Contact: Robert Stover
Phone: 816-550-1291
Location: Gladstone, MO
- Metro Investigations, Inc. provides investigative services in the following areas: Jackson County, MO



Countywide Investigations
Contact: Jerry & Lissette Rodriguez
Phone: 877-230-5858
Location: Miami, FL
- Countywide Investigations provides investigative services in the following areas: Miami-Dade County, FL



Professional Consulting and Investigations
Contact: Walter Lindsey
Phone: 423-400-9609
Location: Chattanooga, TN
PI Licese: 6261
- Professional Consulting and Investigations provides investigative services in the following areas: Hamilton County, TN as well as all of Tennessee



SLC Security Services LLC
Contact: Kevin Wetzel
Phone: 919-247-7848
Location: Raleigh, NC
- SLC Security Services LLC provides investigative services in the following areas: Wake County, NC as well as the entire state of North Carolina. SLC also covers all of South Carolina, Virginia and Tennessee



Consulting & Investigative Services
Contact: Tracy Hoshell
Phone: 803-279-9003
Location: North Augusta, SC
PI License: 99527
- Consulting & Investigative Services provides investigative services in the following areas: Aiken County, SC



Empire Specialized Investigations
Contact: Lori Johnson
Phone: 949-645-1492
Location: Newport Beach, CA
PI License: 22176
- Empire Specialized Investigations provides investigative services in the following areas: Orange County, CA, Santa Barbara County, CA, San Diego County, CA and Riverside County, CA



Around The Clock Investigations
Contact: John Edwards
Phone: 423-948-5178
Location: Jonesborough, TN
PI License: 1503
- Around The Clock Investigations provides investigative services in the following areas: Washington County, TN



Apex Investigative Services, Inc.
Contact: William Leighton
Phone: 800-860-1161
Location: Glen Burnie, MD
PI License: 106-2302
- Apex Investigative Services, Inc. provides investigative services in the following areas: Anne Arundel County, MD



Carolinas Investigative Group, LLC
Contact: Jack Fanning
Phone: 704-852-7003
Location: Gastonia, NC
PI License: NC#3477 / SC#2311
- Carolinas Investigative Group, LLC provides investigative services in the following areas: Gaston County, NC



Pacific Surveillance Agency
Contact: Neil O'Neill
Phone: 800-474-1355
Location: Portland, OR
PI License: 36890
- Pacific Surveillance Agency provides investigative services in the following areas: Multnomah County, OR as well as the entire state of Oregon



ABCO Investigations
Contact: Timothy Keane
Phone: 410-213-0220
Location: Berlin, MD
PI License: 106-2924
- ABCO Investigations provides investigative services in the following areas: Worcester County, MD



Mapleton Investigations
Contact: Kevin Keyser
Phone: 888-257-3287
Location: Oconomowoc, WI
PI License: 11029-063
- Mapleton Investigations provides investigative services in the following areas: Waukesha County, WI and the entire state of Wisconsin



Second Nature Research
Contact: Daniel Velez
Phone: 713-865-0102
Location: Houston, TX
PI License: A12585
- Second Nature Research provides investigative services in the following areas: Harris County, TX



Armorbearer Investigations, LLC
Contact: Miguel Bruce
Phone: 313-347-3341
Location: Oak Park, MI
PI License: 3701205204
- Armorbearer Investigations, LLC provides investigative services in the following areas: Wayne County, MI



ET Investigative Service Inc.
Contact: Edward McCloskey
Phone: 718-845-4449
Location: Ozone Park, NY
PI License: 11000051960
- ET Investigative Service Inc. provides investigative services in the following areas: Suffolk County, NY



Rikki Glen & Associates
Contact: Rikki Glen
Phone: 608-219-9500
Location: Madison, WI
PI License: 9308-063
- Rikki Glen & Associates provides investigative services in the following areas: Dane County, WI



Joey D Investigations
Contact: Joey Danforah
Phone: 205-978-7188
Location: Birmingham, AL
- Joey D Investigations provides investigative services in the following areas: Jefferson County, AL



Priority One Investigations, Inc.
Contact: Danny & Peter Wohlleban
Phone: 480-388-4150
Location: Phoenix, AZ
PI License: 1547592
- Priority One Investigations, Inc. provides investigative services in the following areas: Maricopa County, AZ and the entire state of Arizona



Destin Investigations
Contact: Jim Blackburn
Phone: 800-956-8622
Location: Destin, FL
PI License: A 2500404
- Destin Investigations provides investigative services in the following areas: Okaloosa County, FL and Walton County, FL



Roger Holloway, Private Investigative Agency
Contact: Roger Holloway
Phone: 866-281-5214
Location: Dallas, TX
PI License: A10709
- Roger Holloway, Private Investigative Agency provides investigative services in the following areas: Dallas County, TX



Shelton Investigations, LLC
Contact: Ken Shelton
Phone: 260-665-6050
Location: Angola, IN
- Shelton Investigations, LLC provides a vast array of investigative services in the following areas: Stueben County, IN and Northern Indiana



Sabol and Associates, LLC
Contact: John Sabol
Phone: 877-228-6226
Location: Crestwood, KY
PI License: KY 0090
- Sabol and Associates, LLC provides investigative services in the following areas: Jefferson County, KY



Opacus Consulting, LLC
Contact: R. Douglas Lucero
Phone: 801-388-4818
Location: Roy, UT
PI License: G101579
- Opacus Consulting, LLC provides investigative services in the following areas: Salt Lake County, UT, Davis County, UT and Weber County, UT



Special Investigations, Inc.
Contact: Robert Hopper
Phone: 317-773-7900
Location: Noblesville, IN
PI License: PD19600005
- Special Investigations, Inc. provides investigative services in the following areas: Hamilton County, IN





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When Should a Polygraph be Used?

Polygraph testing is used by many companies. Understanding where and when to use polygraphs is a must for any business looking for answers.

People lie all the time, and as law enforcement officials have known for a long time, when people lie, they often show it in some way. When being dishonest, some people avoid eye contact, others fidget, and others break into a sweat. Polygraph tests take this basic concept and create a measurable way of recording people’s reactions to questions. A polygraph tests respiration, blood pressure, heart rate, and skin conductivity while the subject is being asked specific questions. By comparing the body’s response to specific questions, polygraph examiners can verify the truthfulness of what a subject is saying.

Cases in which to use polygraph testing

There are a number of cases when polygraph testing is used:

• For criminal and civil cases. In some cases related to civil lawsuits or criminal trials, hard evidence is not always available – or not always enough. Polygraph testing is sometimes used to bolster evidence or to determine the trustworthiness of a witness. In many states, polygraph examiners are allowed to testify in criminal and civil cases. Police often use the polygraph in investigations across the country, but by law no one can be forced to take the test. By law, refusal to take the test cannot affect a case’s outcome.

• For pre-employment screening. Government agencies hiring employees for sensitive jobs will often use polygraph screening to select candidates.

• For issues related to homeland security. The Central Intelligence Agency, Federal Bureau of Investigation, National Security Agency, and other federal bodies charged with the nation’s security routinely use polygraphs to uncover crimes and threats against the nation.

• For commercial theft investigations. Businesses concerned about fraud and employee theft may be able to turn to the polygraph to gauge employee honesty and loyalty to the company.

• For the monitoring of sex offenders. In many states, it is now compulsory for sex offenders to undergo polygraph testing before being considered for parole or probation. In some cases, testing is also used to monitor sex offenders. Since these offenders can often re-offend without anyone learning about it for some time, polygraph testing is seen as one way to determine whether a criminal has been rehabilitated or not.

• By banks. Since bank employees often are responsible for or have access to large amounts of money and other valuables, polygraph testing is used by some to determine employee honesty and in order to run internal investigations.

Many people use polygraph testing: law enforcement agencies, the government, public defenders, attorneys, U.S. and district attorneys offices, parole and probation departments, and companies authorized under the Employee Polygraph Protection Act of 1988 (EPPA).

A free polygraph test resource for businesses

Companies wanting to use polygraph testing themselves need to proceed with extreme caution. While the test is legal, it is highly controversial and must be done completely legally. If not done correctly, a polygraph test can cost a business a great deal in legal costs and in lost reputation. To find an investigative professional who can go beyond the results of a polygraph and to find investigators experienced as polygraph examiners, businesses need look no further than the PInow.com Worldwide Directory of Private Investigators. The PInow.com Worldwide Directory of Private Investigators lets businesses look for polygraph experts in their area and even offers free polygraph resources and useful information.