Misinformation Spread by Private Investigator

The parents of Escondido teenager Amber Dubois say they are angry about misinformation being spread by a private investigator the family hired shortly after Amber disappeared in February 2009.

Amber’s father, Moe Dubois, said Monday that neither he nor Amber’s mother, Carrie McGonigle, have spoken to private investigator Bill Garcia since their daughter’s skeletal remains were discovered Saturday near Pala.

“Carrie is livid that he is going out and speaking on behalf of the family,” Dubois said. “We haven’t talked to him.”

Garcia told The San Diego Union-Tribune in a phone interview Sunday afternoon that the tip leading investigators to Amber’s remains did not come from John Albert Gardner III, the man now facing murder charges in connection with the death of 17-year-old Poway High School senior Chelsea King.

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Local Private Investigator Arraigned for Falsifying Pistol Permit

Syracuse, NY - A local private investigator who once claimed a plane he was flying crashed because of extraterrestrials was arraigned today in Onondaga County Court on charges he repeatedly lied on his pistol permit over the past two years.

Noah Felice, 51, of 5421 Springview Drive, Fayetteville, was indicted Monday on 12 counts of first-degree offering a false instrument.

Ten of the charges accuse him of lying when he amended his New York Firearms License by claiming he had no criminal convictions on his record and by claiming that his license had not been suspended in the past.

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