Private Investigator to Speak

The Manitowoc County chapter of Women In Management Inc. will hold its monthly meeting from 11:30 a.m. to 1 p.m. Tuesday, Jan. 8, at the Best Western Lakefront Hotel, 101 Maritime Drive.

Women who are managers or business owners, and those who aspire to be, are welcome to attend.

Jamie Schnell, a Wisconsin licensed private detective and entrepreneur of Confidentially Yours Investigative Agency, will present “Looking Through Private Eyes: The Everyday Adventures and Challenges of a Female Private Investigator.”

Belfair Investigators, Who Illegally Posed as Others, Lacked License

A Belfair couple charged by the federal government this month for a practice known as "pretexting" had earlier piqued the interest of the state's Department of Licensing.

The department had received a complaint that Emilio and Brandy Torrella were operating a private investigations firm out of a Belfair strip mall without a state-mandated investigators' license, a gross misdemeanor in the state.

Private investigator says Maddie is still alive | Herald Sun

Private investigator says Maddie is still alive | Herald Sun: "Director-general of Metodo 3, Francisco Marco, told Britain’s Daily Mail the missing four-year-old was kidnapped by a pedophile ring but she was still alive.

'Maddie was kidnapped.

'We know who kidnapped her. We believe she is in an area not very far from the Iberian Peninsula and North Africa. And we have a fairly certain idea of who she is with,” Mr Marco said."

Technology Helps Locate Suspects In Construction Site Theft

Technology Helps Locate Suspects In Construction Site Theft - Money News Story - WISC Madison: "Police said thieves swiped five boxes of aluminum siding from a Veridian home construction site in the Heather Glen neighborhood Saturday.

But along with the metal, police said the thieves also picked up a tracking device hidden inside the boxes.Veridian has had so much trouble with aluminum thefts that the company hired a private investigator, WISC-TV reported."

C. J. Ford Believes that Orange County Authorities Covered Up the Real Reason that DNA was Recently Run to Solve an Unsolved Case - EWORLDWIRE

C. J. Ford Believes that Orange County Authorities Covered Up the Real Reason that DNA was Recently Run to Solve an Unsolved Case - EWORLDWIRE: "Articles that have appeared on the AP and local newspapers in October of this year have reported that Orange County Authorities had interests in solving unsolved crimes. They took credit for solving the Hoffschneider murder of 1984, under this assumption.

However, according to C. J. Ford, independent criminal investigator and consultant, facts support that authorities didn't have the implied interest that they reported. The real reason that this crime was solved was because authorities were trying to keep death row inmate Kenneth Clair from being acquitted of a crime that they accused and convicted him of in 1984."

Stamford Private Eye Reveals Case Secrets

Vito Colucci likes to call the days leading up to Feb. 14 Valenslyne Day. Those are the days this Stamford private eye's phone rings incessantly.

On the other end of the phone, usually, is a suspicious spouse looking for someone to spy on their cheating mate.

So when Colucci saw the Mercedes pull into his driveway and a well-dressed, good-looking man of 38 step out, he expected much of the same.

"He comes in, sits down and tells me he wants me to follow his wife," Colucci recalls. "He shows me a photograph of a beautiful blonde woman. So I start asking him the usual hundred questions — her name, the type of car she drives, where he thinks she's going. Then he tells me he wants me to start following her at 2 p.m. and asks if I can go past midnight to 2 a.m. I say sure. Then he says he wants me to call in a report every 15 to 20 minutes."

Investigator Vows to Pursue Case

Private investigator Ray Michalko has made an early New Year's resolution to continue his sleuthing on the Highway of Tears mysteries.

The former Mountie has been working almost for free since January 2006 at the request of some families of Highway of Tears victims. A women's advocacy group based in the Lower Mainland agreed to pay some of Michalko's expenses although his time is largely donated and slotted in around his paying work.

He stated from the outset that he would probe the murders and disappearances for a couple of years then reassess. This is the end of those two initial years and he told The Citizen this weekend that he is self-extending his mission for at least another year.

Doctor in Lipo Controversy Hired Spy

The Toronto family doctor whose patient died after undergoing liposuction in September hired a private investigator to pose as a patient and spy on a competitor she alleges in a lawsuit is responsible for her drop in business.

Dr. Behnaz Yazdanfar, a family physician without a surgical specialty or hospital privileges, performed the liposuction.

Fake Pradas and Guccis to be Burned

Lee County sheriff's investigators confiscated 55 garbage bags full of fake purses, wallets, belts and jewelry - more than $1 Million worth in all. An expensive price tag, but if the products had been real, that would've been the going price. One problem though, the Louis Vuitton, Gucci, Prada, Rolex, Coach, Kate Spade, Oakley and Ray Ban's were all counterfeit.

We spoke with a private investigator working the case. He says one of the trademark companies was tipped off about the illegal activity in Southwest Florida. During a six week investigation, he was able to determine the items sold at Lee's Watches and Handbags were fake. The private investigator then contacted the Lee County Sheriff's Office.

Drew Peterson Asks Public to Help With his Legal Defense

Drew Peterson says a Web site established to raise money for his legal defense will be a test of the American people’s generosity.

“I’m not asking them to decide guilt or innocence,” Peterson said today of defenddrew.com. “Everyone has the right for a legal defense.”

Peterson said his attorney, Joel Brodsky, is the brainchild behind the Web site, which accepts donations via PayPal.

The site says “for the cost of a few cups of your morning coffee” donors can help fund the legal defense so a private investigator can be hired to help find Peterson’s missing wife Stacy. Any remaining funds will be diverted into a trust fund for Peterson’s four dependent children, who range in age from 14 to 2 years old.

Pretexting Indictment Names Belfair Private Investigator

The U.S. attorney's office in Seattle says ten people across the country have been indicted for illegally obtaining confidential information by "pretexting."

That's the practice of pretending to be someone else to obtain confidential information.

Officials say the hub of the pretexting activity was at a private investigation firm owned by Emilio and Brandy Torrello in Belfair. The couple and their office manager are scheduled to make their first court appearance Thursday (at 2:30) in federal court in Tacoma.

If You Suspect Your Lover of Infidelity, Tank Rolls into Action

The instant you lay eyes on the guy, you know exactly how Sherman "Tank" Jones got the nickname. The resemblance is remarkable.

With the body of a bulldozer and head like a wrecking ball -- let's just say you'd be ill advised to diss his mama.

Yet a big part of his job requires being invisible. Him and his size-15 alligator shoes.

As a private investigator, Tank Jones sees what isn't meant to be seen, hears what isn't meant to be heard, knows what is supposed to be secret. He's pretty sure, for example, that a client's boyfriend who ducked out the door at 5:30 for an early-morning run didn't mean to be videotaped indulging in a little side-dish activity on top of a picnic table in Elderberry Park.

Coin Company Hires Investigator to Prove Consumer Fraud

Austin-based U.S Money Reserve, Inc. is pursuing a permanent injunction against a band of former employees, who formed their own coin company by allegedly stealing the company's consumer accounts.

U.S Money Reserve, doing business as United States Rare Coin & Bullion Reserve (USRCB), filed its suit, USRCB vs. United States Money Exchange et al, earlier this month.

PI Who Broke Fay Case Publishes Book

He’s been on Larry King and many other news programs. He’s covered major national crime cases. He’s handled murders and vicious divorces.

But no case dumbfounded private investigator Vito Colucci like his investigation of former St. John Roman Catholic Parish pastor, the Rev. Michael Jude Fay, in the spring of 2006.

Fay, who pled guilty to stealing millions from parishioners in September, was initially investigated by Colucci, who was hired by former priest Michael Madden and former parish bookkeeper Bethany D’Erario.

“It was so amazing, so off the charts. It made my jaw drop,” he said.

Death Crash Bike Was 'Removed and Burned'

An investigation into a crash that claimed a teenager's life was "seriously hampered" when the illegal scramble bike he had been riding was deliberately removed from the scene, dumped and set on fire before police arrived.

An inquest in Bradford into the death of Anthony Pearson, 19, today heard how a man told police he had been pressured into driving the bike away from Broadstone Way, Holme Wood, by four other men who had picked it up from the road and loaded it on to his van.

An accident investigator estimated Mr Pearson could have been traveling at about 40mph in a 30mph zone on the off-road moto-cross style bike at the time of the crash.

Fake “PIs” Are Actually Scammers Passing on Malware

It looks like Veronica Mars and Magnum, PI are getting into the malware business.

Commtouch, an Israeli security firm that specializes in protecting e-mail integrity, says that it has detected a new malware outbreak that is spread through e-mails claiming to be from private investigators. According to Commtouch, the e-mails tell recipients that a private investigator has been recording the recipients’ phone calls and that an audio file of one of the calls is attached to the message. When unwitting recipients download the “call” to their hard drives, their computers become infected with malware.

Boeing Investigates Employees

Within its bowels, The Boeing Co. holds volumes of proprietary information deemed so valuable that the company has entire teams dedicated to making sure that private information stays private.

One such team, dubbed "enterprise" investigators, has permission to read the private e-mails of employees, follow them and collect video footage or photos of them. Investigators can also secretly watch employee computer screens in real time and reproduce every keystroke a worker makes, the Seattle P-I has learned.

PIs Search For Missing Man Gone For Seven Years

Luther Boyt loved life.

Luther Boyt loved his family and friends.

Luther Boyt loved his money.

So when the midtown Kansas City man went missing the morning of Nov. 26, 2000, his friends knew the party-throwing, piano-playing, antique-collecting man hadn’t just skipped town.

They knew something bad must have happened.

But they have never found his body.

So the mystery of what happened to Boyt still swirls today, seven years after the 59-year-old failed to show up one morning to help his friends finish moving his stuff from his Janssen Place mansion into an apartment.

Charge Girlfriend Spied on Private Eye

Former Hollywood private eye Anthony Pellicano is seeking dismissal of charges against him in a wiretapping case on grounds of government misconduct.

Defense attorneys charge an FBI agent and federal prosecutors repeatedly violated Pellicano's rights by using his girlfriend to secretly gather evidence against him, the Los Angeles Times reported Monday.

Britney Hires Private Investigator

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Private Eye Raises Ire of Voters in Southeast

On Wednesday night, Geoffrey Reinwald was preparing to go to a dinner meeting when he heard a knock at the door.

A "big guy," he described, flashed an ID card and said he was a private investigator hired by Michael Rights, a candidate for Southeast supervisor. The man, Reinwald continued, proceeded to ask him whether he was out of town on Election Day and when he returned. Reinwald said he was in Mexico - a vacation he had planned with his wife back in May - from Nov. 3 to 10. After asking Reinwald whether his wife, who also voted absentee, was with him in Mexico - a foolish question by his account - the investigator walked away, he recalled.

Witness Says DNA on Tape not Fox's

A private investigator revealed Friday in court that DNA—apparently from the person who abducted, sexually assaulted and killed Riley Fox, 3, of Wilmington—was left on crime-scene duct tape as well as in the girl's rape kit. And it did not match her father, Kevin, who was charged in the case.

Steven Kirby's testimony in federal court led to legal wrangling and further testimony that made it clear the duct-tape DNA did not match Fox's genetic profile.

City's Investigation Returns Allegations Against Former Fire Chief

The private investigator hired by Mayor Katie Whitley and the Hanceville City Council concluded his investigation of former Fire Chief Mike Watson this week and submitted a summary including 15 allegations against the fire department.

City council members said Daniel Howell was paid $40 an hour from the city budget to look into activities at the Hanceville Fire and Rescue Department after newly-purchased equipment and files disappeared following Watson’s dismissal.

Private Eyes: Internet Tempts Cheatin' Hearts

When Beverly Barraque got a phone call from the Dallas-based television show "Cheaters" about working a case, she didn't think twice about turning down the offer.

The Beaumont private investigator didn't want to get involved, she said, because she didn't want to "smear people's business all over television."

Sales Clerk Found Her True Talent as Private Detective

An interesting sideline developed from Jeanne B. Thorsen's part-time job as a sales clerk at a clothing store: She became a private detective.

Her road to becoming a private investigator started in a small boutique called Ruth Miller's, located in the former Arlington Market shopping center in Arlington Heights.

Hanceville Hires Private Investigator

The Hanceville City council is currently paying a private investigator to look into activities that happened under former Fire and Rescue Chief Mike Watson.

“We were aware that there was probably some equipment missing,” councilman Hubert Jones said, explaining why the council hired the investigator.

How to Choose an Executive Protection Firm

Hiring the right people to protect you when traveling abroad can be a matter of life or death. Here’s a quick list of what criteria and qualifications you should look for when choosing a private-security team, gathered through interviews with top security experts.

Accidental Verdict in Death Crash

A verdict of accidental death was yesterday recorded on a man who was killed in a motorcycle accident in Suffolk which left his three children orphaned.

Glenn Rossell had himself been widowed three years earlier when his wife Amanda died from breast cancer aged 34.

Accident investigator PC Jeff Rogers said in a statement that there was no evidence of the motorcycle having collided with any other vehicle before Mr Rossell lost control and it toppled on to its side, throwing him off.

The Spy Who Shopped Me

We check in this week with one of the CIA’s top local spies, a woman who keeps her identity so well cloaked that we’re surprised she even talked to us. No names, please, and certainly no photos. This is vital work and secrecy is the name of the game. Business lives depend on it.

The CIA, in this instance, is Creative Image Associates, a Lunenburg, Mass.-based intelligence firm that specializes in what’s known as secret or mystery shopping. Our operative uses fake accounts at local banks, infiltrates hotels and car dealerships and has even served behind enemy lines, hired by one company to spy on a rival.

The Right To Snoop

The situation in Austin shows that every parent's worst fear can become a reality. But there are some things you can do to become more aware of who's taking care of your kids.

Some might call it spying or snooping, others call it protection and due diligence, but hiring a private investigator to get background checks can be a small price for peace of mind.

Oprah School Probe Under Wraps

Talkshow queen Oprah Winfrey jetted into South Africa on Friday to meet investigators probing a case of "misconduct" at her exclusive girls' school south of Johannesburg.

It came after the school this week announced that it had launched an investigation into a single "serious claim" of misconduct against a dormitory parent who was, as a result, removed from the premises.

PI Board to Rule on Speed Van Questions

It won't be easy to determine whether employees of the company watching for speeders in Lafayette should be private investigators, says the director of the Louisiana State Board of Private Investigator Examiners, so he is leaving it up to the board to decide.

Pat Englade, a former Baton Rouge police chief who advises the board, said several factors have to be settled before a decision can be made.

Hiring A Bodyguard Isn't Just For The Rich And Famous

It's because of this risk that many people who are involved in a legal situation find themselves in need of a bodyguard. He or she may be scheduled to testify against a gang member, may be a whistle blower within an organization, or may even be an expert witness for the prosecution. In order to avert the risk, a bodyguard is brought on as an intermediary – someone who will stay with the witness and identify an increasing threat before it gets out of control.

Therefore, when hiring a bodyguard, prosecutors often look to someone who they know that they can trust such as a private investigator to provide the service.

Private Investigator Told to 'Dig Deep' by Anonymous Caller

A private investigator employed by Legal Aid before Andrew Mallard's murder trial was urged by an anonymous caller to dig deep into the case, the CCC has heard.

Former policeman and PI Les Robertson told the inquiry he received a mysterious phone call from someone he believed was working on the Mallard investigation in 1995.

Utah Jurors Feel Harassed by Jeffs' Defense Team

Utah jurors who recently convicted a polygamous-sect leader on sex charges say a private investigator has been harassing them with phone calls.

The foreman of the Washington County, Utah, jury says he and others have gotten unwanted calls from an investigator hired by Warren Jeffs' attorneys. The calls caused Utah state District Judge James Shumate to issue an order barring contact with jurors who don't want to be called.

Mental Care Bully Probe

A private investigator is probing an allegation of bullying and harassment against a Tasmanian Mental Health Services employee.

One other formal investigation into the staff member about a complaint of similar behavior was not upheld.

Anna Nicole Nannies Deny Gay Lovers Claim

Two nannies cited by Rita Cosby’s book on Anna Nicole Smith deny that they ever told a private investigator that Howard K. Stern and Larry Birkhead were gay lovers.

The New York Daily News posted an item Monday, Oct. 8, in its gossip section, in which it reported that Quethlie Alexis and Nadine Alexie, according to their lawyer, Elizabeth Thompson.

Louisiana Photo Enforcement Program Hits Legal Snag

Although Louisiana state lawmakers have consistently rejected legislation authorizing the use of red light and speed cameras, a handful of local governments, including the city-parish of Lafayette, decided to move forward on automated ticketing programs without clear legal authority. Within days of Lafayette's new cameras hitting the streets, however, a unique legal challenge surfaced.

Local activist Denice C. Skinner filed an official complaint with Lafayette police late Monday claiming that Redflex, the Australian company that operates the ticketing program, is violating a state law requiring a license for any non-governmental entity in the business of gathering evidence for use in court proceedings.

So You Want to be a Private Eye

Anyone who's grown up in the United States in the past 50 years can tell you what it's like to be a private investigator: You've either got a fast car or an old beater, a big gun, a dismal romantic record and a trademark phrase or item of clothing. You're usually an ex-cop or military officer, your cases are dangerous and someone generally attempts to hurt, if not kill, you.

Yeah, right.

"I did love "Magnum, P.I.," I cannot lie," said Patrick Troy of Bethel, who opened Bluevision Investigations in July. However, he was also the person his friends turned to if they needed to find something out. "I always was interested in private investigating."

Private Investigators, Once All Males, Now Changing in US

Recent surveys show 15 percent of all private investigators in the U.S. are women. VOA's Ernest Leong has more on the increasing number of women in this male-dominated occupation.

A mysterious woman, the "femme fatale," tells the detective a story that may or may not be true. Men in trench coats and fedoras [brimmed hats] follow each other on dark, crowded streets. A typical Hollywood private eye movie, but Hollywood's depiction of men and women in the detective films is very different from real life.

Powell Family Seeks Outside Help

The family of Kevin Powell has hired a private investigator to help uncover the reason why Santa Ana police officers shot and killed the Aliso Viejo resident on Oct. 2 following a 20-minute vehicle pursuit, according to family attorney Marion Wheeler.

Wheeler said that the family's uncertainty over Powell's death and the lack of information disclosed by officials led to their seeking outside assistance.

Speed of Crash Vehicle Disputed

A police crash investigator told this week's inquest that the car was travelling at an estimated 95kmh to 121kmh - but private investigator and specialist crash analyst Paul Bass disagrees.

He told the inquest yesterday that skid testing was not done and some factors were not taken into account. Mr Bass' analysis gave a speed range for the car of between 123kmh and 139kmh.

Father Hires Private Investigator to Help Find Son Missing in Chicago

Don Ross, father of the University of Missouri-Kansas City student who went missing in Chicago last November, has hired a private investigator to continue the search for his son.

He said that while his son, Jesse Ross, remains among the list of active missing person cases in Chicago, police there have suspended the search. “But they would still respond to any new leads they get” concerning the 20-year-old’s whereabouts, the father said.

PI Runs for City Council

Public safety and traffic management are shaping up to be hot topics in the race for Houston City Council At-Large Position 2 between incumbent Sue Lovell and challenger Michael "Griff" Griffin, a private investigator.

"People are scared out there," Griffin said. "I want to change that."

It is Better to Play Safe Than Be Sorry

A common pen or even a hand phone lying on the table could mean more than meets the eye these days.

The technology used in these simple devices has become so sophisticated that they possess the capability of recording an entire board meeting without anyone even realizing.

With the dawn of such hi-tech devices, and the consequences that could follow if certain recordings are made public, some private companies are considering a ban on hand phones at meetings altogether.

Clothing Store Caught Faking It

The clothing sold at Get Fitted Phase III, 1232 Lathrop Ave. in Racine, is not apparently what it seemed.

Racine police, with the aid of a private investigator, raided the business in June after a two-month investigation revealed the store trafficked in counterfeit apparel and accessories.

If convicted on one count of trafficking in counterfeit marks (goods), owner Carey Collins, Racine, faces $10,000 in fines and up to six years in prison.

It's 10 P.M. Do You Know Where Your Child Is?

Giora Katzir, acting chairman of the Association of Private Investigators and chair of the association's disciplinary committee, says that although most cases handled by private investigators involve matrimonial, insurance- and business-related matters - in recent years, he's heard about dozens of parents turning to PIs, and asking them to investigate their children's activities. Investigators who work in the field say that most of these requests involve children who are 11 and older, from well-off, educated and secular families, and that in a majority of cases, it is boys and not girls whom the parents wish to have followed. In most cases, the investigation is launched after the parents begin to suspect that their child is involved in some kind of criminal or shady dealings; but there are also parents who just want to check into whether their high school-age daughter is seeing a married man, or what their son's sexual orientation is.

Program Pays for Private Eye to Locate Kids

As any Child Protective Services caseworker can tell you, the first step in helping endangered children is to find them.

Many low-income families with CPS files move nomadically from relatives' homes to apartments to rent houses. Locating them can require the skills of a private investigator.

And often that's whom caseworkers turn to for help.

Under a program funded by United Way of Tarrant County, a licensed private investigator has tracked down more than 300 families that seemed to have vanished from the Earth.

Dan Rather’s Conspiracy Theory

Dan Rather filed a $70 million lawsuit against his old employers, and it is based on a set of astonishing allegations that are sure to bring what became known as “Rathergate” back into the news.

In the suit, Rather alleges that he was forced to apologize for the Bush story as part of a conspiracy by top CBS management to ensure that no further damaging revelations about the president’s time in the Texas Air National Guard would become public. Rather also alleges that CBS hired a private investigator to re-report the original story — after Rather threatened to hire his own private eye to do the same thing — and that the investigator found the story to be accurate, only to have his findings suppressed by CBS as part of an effort to curry favor with the Bush White House. Finally, Rather alleges that CBS fired him over the story the day after Bush was reelected, despite his later claims that his departure was separate from the Bush story.

Eye Spy

Listen to Andrew Faller describe his life as a private eye and you'll realize it's not exactly Miami Vice. Yes, private eyes round up bail jumpers, repossess cars and provide security to VIPs, but a lot of the time they are watching or reading.

Watching the store clerk suspected of pocketing proceeds. Reading the criminal record of a job applicant. Watching the employee chop wood while "nursing" a worker's comp injury.

"It's not like on TV," said Faller, who lives in Meredith and became a private investigator about four years ago after retiring as the police chief in Center Harbor. "There is lots of downtime."

Death's Puzzle Unsolved

The last time Lucy Carman saw her daughter, the 21-year-old was sitting on the concrete steps in front of her Church Street home, talking to a bicyclist.

Next thing she knew, the daughter named after her was gone.

Two weeks later, on Sept. 15, 1987, family members found young Lucy Carman's body face down in a channel of the nearby Hockanum River. Police treated the case as a homicide, canvassing dozens of neighbors and doing more than 70 interviews. They gathered weather data, subpoenaed medical records and took aerial photographs, chronicling all the information in a case file more than 300 pages long.

Bruce Nease became interested in the case after he joined the detective bureau. In 2002, he did a flurry of interviews, some with people police had never spoken to but, again, nothing panned out. Nease has since retired, but is working on the case as a private investigator for Tritec Investigations Inc. of Portland.

Schools Enforcing Boundaries 'Illegal' Students Told to Leave

With the new school year under way, superintendent Michael Silsby hopes all 3,984 students of the Wallenpaupack Area School District are legally enrolled.

He and the district take some extra effort to be sure.

For the past two years, the district has employed a private investigator to verify complaints of illegally enrolled students. Such students do not attend school in the district they reside in.

Tories Urged to Fix Spy Scandal

Pressure is piling on Premier Ed Stelmach to overhaul the province's powerful energy regulator after a report found the agency breached privacy rules when it hired detectives to spy on power-line opponents in central Alberta.

A privacy commissioner probe released Thursday found investigators working for the Energy and Utilities Board improperly collected the personal information of Rimbey-area protesters. The findings ignited calls for radical changes at the energy watchdog.

The Liberals demanded a public inquiry into government use of private investigators, and called for Energy Minister Mel Knight to be fired -- after pointing to a new case where the EUB hired a P.I. for a hearing in Redwater on an oil upgrader last spring.

Ex-restaurant Owner Becomes Pistol-toting Private Investigator

Terri Russell is a pistol-packing private eye and a grandmother of six.

She’s the owner of Russell Investigations, an all-woman, licensed private investigation firm based out of her home in a wooded, rural area near Lake City.

Taking on the Gigolos and Cons

Like many people who live and work in Marin County, Anaquad Cobe feels himself relax every time he drives across the Golden Gate Bridge, taking in the green hills, the ragged shores and the sense that he's left the city and its worries behind him.

But Cobe knows that sense of security is an illusion. As a private investigator for more than 30 years, Cobe spends his days and nights hunting the hustlers, gigolos and con artists who see Marin County as a gold mine.

6 Exciting Job Ideas for the Adventurous

You don't have to be an extreme skier or a motocross rider to get paid for pumping adrenaline. In fact, six of the fastest growing careers in America require candidates who love to put themselves in extreme conditions to get their jobs done. Each one of these careers has been rated by government analysts as growing as fast as or faster than the average career over the next decade. While spies handle justice on a global scale and detectives close cases locally, private investigators dig for information that can help settle civil lawsuits. Instead of uncovering clues for mysterious clients, most private investigators scour parking lots and pawn shops for stolen property. Other specialists uncover insurance fraud, locate child support deadbeats, and plug corporate information leaks.

Filmmaker Seeks to Withdraw Guilty Plea

Almost 17 months after he pleaded guilty to lying to the FBI about hiring indicted Hollywood private eye Anthony Pellicano, film director John McTiernan on Monday sought to withdraw his plea on grounds that the government's case relied on inadmissible evidence.

The surprise move surfaced during the scheduled sentencing of the 56-year-old director, whose film credits include "Die Hard" and "Predator."

His effort dovetails with attempts by Pellicano and his co-defendants to derail the government's wiretapping and conspiracy case by attacking the tactics and credibility of its five-year investigation.

Search For Missing Foster Child to Gain New Momentum

The search for a missing three-year-old Las Vegas child may soon gain new momentum. The court-appointed Guardian ad Litem for Everlyse Cabrera plans to hire a private investigator to find the girl.

Everlyse Cabrera went missing from her foster home more than a year ago.

Foster parents Vilma and Manny Carrascal claim the child must have walked out the front door in the middle of the night. Everlyse was two years old at the time of her disappearance.

Kathryn Chandler: 1916-2007

Kathryn Chandler, who learned to shoot when she was just 6 years old, was among the first women in Chicago to get a private investigator license, which she used while working for her dad in the 1930s as they shadowed mob figures and cheating husbands.

Private Eye Takes the Stand in Ex-FBI Agent’s Murder Inquiry

The private investigator whose work triggered the indictment of a retired FBI agent took the stand yesterday in Brooklyn Supreme Court as defense attorneys again tried to impugn the information that formed the basis of the former G-man’s murder charges.

New video from private investigators gives new look at Athens fire

Many questions surround a fire that completely demolished the old Butler Furniture building in Athens Monday afternoon.

Private investigator Dwight Posey, II. says, "Well when we got there weren't really any crews that had arrived yet so once we got there, we just kind of established a good point of view and got to the back part there where the fire was actually going real good and just set up."

Time To Let You in on a Little Secret...

The powers that be in New York and Los Angeles have finally given me the “okay” to let you all in on our secret: The Girls of Busted Confidential Investigations have a pilot episode of BUSTED! almost ready to hit network television ~ maybe even next week! We are going to be on NBC as a reality show and if y’all like it, we might just be a series! I know most of you have watched “reality” TV before, but let’s just have a little chat about what it’s like to shoot a pilot on a major network! First, the only thing that isn’t REAL (aside from hair color, a few capped teeth and some “after factory mark-up” body parts)* is that they shoot us walking in and out of the door at Busted more than once.

ABC 7 News - Virginia Tech Families May Seek Private Investigator

ABC 7 News - Virginia Tech Families May Seek Private Investigator: "The relatives of some of the Virginia Tech shooting victims may hire a private investigator to monitor a panel set up to review the incident.

An attorney representing the families of more than a dozen victims has asked the state to put an investigator on the panel who would be accountable to his clients.

Thomas Fadoul says some relatives of the victims are concerned that the panel, appointed by Virginia Governor Tim Kaine, could get bogged down on extraneous issues. The families want to know about decisions made in response to the initial shootings and why the campus was not closed when they occurred. "

Investigator says CIA ran secret jails in Europe

LJWorld.com / Investigator says CIA ran secret jails in Europe: "The CIA ran secret jails in Poland and Romania to interrogate key terror suspects, shackling and handcuffing inmates, keeping some naked for weeks and reducing contact with the outer world to masked and silent guards, a European investigator said Friday.

The CIA called the report “distorted,” but stopped short of denying the existence of prisons in the two countries — the agency said it does not discuss the location of its overseas facilities. Poland and Romania also vehemently denied the allegations.

“High value detainees” like self-proclaimed 9/11 mastermind Khalid Sheikh Mohammed and suspected senior al-Qaida operative Abu Zubaydah were held in Poland, said the report, which cited CIA sources. It said lesser detainees, but still of “remarkable importance,” were taken to Romania."

Investigator who died after drug raid named Westchester's officer of year

Investigator who died after drug raid named Westchester's officer of year: "Stuart Cohen, the Westchester County District Attorney's Office senior investigator who died from an illness that officials say he contracted during a drug raid, has been posthumously named the county's officer of the year.

Cohen's parents accepted a plaque from the county police chiefs association during a ceremony Wednesday at Luciano's Italian Restaurant in Yonkers.

District Attorney Janet DiFiore, who was chief of narcotics when Cohen was hired by her office in the 1990s, joined the fallen officer's widow and dozens of law enforcement officers for the event.

'Stu Cohen was a very brave and honorable police officer,' DiFiore said yesterday. 'He was one of the best police officers I ever worked with. He was tenacious and never gave up. He was very honest and ethical. He also had a big, bouncy, very pleasant and pleasing personality.'"

Operation Crown Strike arrests made

Untitled Document: "Kings County District Attorney Charles Hynes Thursday announced the arrest of 11 people charged with running illegal drug operations in Crown Heights. The investigation began in the summer of 2006, when community leaders, at a routine meeting with Hynes, expressed outrage over the armed, organized drug dealers terrorizing their neighborhood.

A joint investigation by the Brooklyn DA’s Office and the NYPD uncovered several independently operating drug gangs dealing narcotics at multiple locations throughout the section of Crown Heights surrounding the Brooklyn Children’s Museum.

Extensive video surveillance showed one dealer weighing out cocaine on a scale and another drug dealer using binoculars to monitor the block for police activity.

In addition to counter surveillance, the highly organized drug dealers used techniques such as changing clothes frequently to disguise their appearances and purposely neglecting to repair rotting and broken floor boards in drug stash houses, hoping to injure police in the event of a raid. While executing a search warrant, a KCDA detective investigator fell six feet through a damaged floor and broke her arm."

Independent investigator to review Berthoud crash

9NEWS - Article - Independent investigator to review Berthoud crash: "9NEWS has learned the Larimer County District Attorney will hire an outside investigator to review new allegations about a crash that cost two high school wrestlers their legs.

The new allegations are the result of a 9Wants to Know investigation into the details of the accident.

The Larimer County DA's office asked for a continuance in the case during a court hearing on Thursday afternoon.

The driver who hit the boys on January 15, 18-year-old Michelle Berra, is charged with two counts of careless driving. "

Texas investigator questions Miss. prisoner about murders

Hattiesburg American - www.hattiesburgamerican.com - Hattiesburg, Miss.: "Investigators searching for answers in the possible serial killings of seven women believed abducted from truck stops in several Southern states have again questioned a man imprisoned in Mississippi on an unrelated murder charge.
A Texas investigator visited Mississippi last month to interview state inmate John Robert Williams, officials said. Investigators from a multistate task force also came to Mississippi to question Williams and his girlfriend, Rachel Cumberland, two years ago.
Six of the victims were known truck-stop prostitutes whose nude or partially clothed bodies were found in Oklahoma, Arkansas, Texas and Mississippi between 2003 and 2004.
Williams, 30, is serving a life sentence at the Mississippi State Penitentiary at Parchman on an unrelated murder charge.
Williams pleaded guilty in 2004 to the kidnapping and shooting death of Nikki Hill, a Neshoba County woman that he and Cumberland met at a casino. Cumberland, 37, pleaded guilty to manslaughter in the case and is serving a 20-year sentence.
Lt. Col. David Shaw, director of the Mississippi Bureau of Investigation, said no other cases have been officially connected to the two, according to a www.clarionledger.com article."

Missing woman found safe and sound

An alert neighbor found a missing 84-year-old woman suffering from Alzheimer’s disease after he looked out his Forest Street window and saw her lying against a stockade fence among his bushes, said Deputy Police Chief Russell Jenkins, who did not identify the woman.

“It is unknown just how long she was lying in the bushes or exactly when she left her home,” Jenkins told the Forum. “Her daughter last saw her at 9 p.m. on June 2 when she went to bed and discovered her missing at 7:45 a.m. on June 3.”

The daughter called police at approximately 8 a.m. after discovering that her mother was not in her room and finding the front door to her McAndrew Road home open.

Using canines, an all terrain vehicle, and an infrared camera that detects body heat, police launched a search of the neighborhood.

Missing woman found safe and sound - Braintree, MA - Braintree Forum

Missing woman found safe and sound - Braintree, MA - Braintree Forum: "An alert neighbor found a missing 84-year-old woman suffering from Alzheimer’s disease after he looked out his Forest Street window and saw her lying against a stockade fence among his bushes, said Deputy Police Chief Russell Jenkins, who did not identify the woman.

“It is unknown just how long she was lying in the bushes or exactly when she left her home,” Jenkins told the Forum. “Her daughter last saw her at 9 p.m. on June 2 when she went to bed and discovered her missing at 7:45 a.m. on June 3.”

The daughter called police at approximately 8 a.m. after discovering that her mother was not in her room and finding the front door to her McAndrew Road home open.

Using canines, an all terrain vehicle, and an infrared camera that detects body heat, police launched a search of the neighborhood. "

Man who claimed to be investigator gets probation

globegazette.com - Archived News Story: "A Colwell man has been sentenced to three years probation for making false statements on an application to carry weapons and practicing as a private investigator without a license.

Douglas J. Sadler, 43, pleaded guilty in District Court in April and was sentenced last week.

Sadler claimed he was a private investigator in an attempt to obtain a permit to carry weapons, according to court records. He was given a deferred sentence and ordered to pay $420 restitution."

Huntersville North Carolina Private Investigator

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Cleveland Ohio Investigators

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