Background checks: Checking into bus drivers' past no big concern locally

Crescent-News.com: "The past isn't something many people forget. Thanks to background checks, it's something that won't go away either.

The state board of education has approved a proposal requiring longer reviews of individuals wishing to become school bus drivers. The changes must now be approved by the state legislature.

Some of the proposed changes reduce the number of moving violations and/or serious traffic offenses a driver is permitted to have during the two years before being hired.

Another change proposed is that drivers cannot have any drunken driving convictions in the last six years. (School districts normally just have access to the last three years of driving history.)

Driving records of drivers will also be checked twice a year instead of once annually. The cost of each background check could range from $15 through the Ohio Bureau of Criminal Investigations to $55 through other companies/vendors.

The proposed changes were prompted by the arrest of a Columbus school bus operator who was allegedly carrying drugs while driving his route in January. After his arrest it was learned he had three previous OVI charges."

Background Checks and Criminal Records

Background Checks and Criminal Records eFindOutTheTruth.com, Inc.: "The House Criminal Justice Committee voted 5-to-2 in favor of HB 1035, and members of the Senate Commerce and Consumer Services Committee voted 6-to-2 in support of SB 1768. The bills would require providers of online dating services to disclose if they do or do not conduct criminal background checks on their clients. When True first applied the background checks to their database, True.com screened out 11% of its site applicants. In Florida alone, there were more than 475 instances where site applicants were found to have sexual offenses felony convictions or provided false or inaccurate information. 'We have an opportunity to help Florida's users of online dating services. They have a right to know if criminal background checks are or are not being conducted on members they are talking to online and possibly meeting,' said HB1035's sponsor Representative Kevin Ambler. 'This disclosure requirement is an important public safety measure that will help safeguard honest Floridians from dangerous sexual predators and convicted felons looking for potential victims.' The legislation further requires firms who do run criminal background checks to disclose that the screening is not fool-proof and also to provide consumers with safer dating tips."

Arson investigator looking for cause of house fire

Arson investigator looking for cause of house fire: "A state police arson investigator has been asked to look into the cause of a fire that destroyed a home on Duffield Road in Gaines Township early Monday.

Fire Chief Bill Miller said the house, near Baldwin Road, was first damaged in an accidental fire late last week. In that incident, a resident returned home Thursday and found the house filled with smoke.

At that time, the fire in a basement bedroom was believed to have been caused by an accident, and the residents moved out so contractors could repair the damage."

What's required to drive a bus?

The Enquirer - What's required to drive a bus?: "A driver in Ohio must*:

• Have at least two years' driving experience or meet age requirements set by local school districts or bus companies.

• Hold a commercial driver'slicense with a school bus endorsement.

• Be certified by the Ohio Department of Education.

• Pass annual physical exams.

• Pass an annual driver record check with no more than eight points within the past 24 months.

• Pass pre-employment and random drug and alcohol tests. Anyone convicted of a DUI within the past two years is ineligible."

Frivolous or legit? You be the judge

Business: Frivolous or legit? You be the judge: "The voice-mail message sounded credible.

Lawrence A. Kelley III, co-owner of a local investigation firm with branches in Washington and New York, called to say he had sued a local 'slum lord.'

His allegations were grave: Tax fraud. Bribery. Americans with Disabilities Act violations. Narcotics smuggled through the Port of Tampa inside paint cans. Federal and state investigations were already under way, Kelley said.

'I'm sure you'll want to get a piece of this story.'

It wouldn't be the first time Terence J. McCarthy, 50, caught some heat. The St. Petersburg resident was sentenced to three years' probation in the early 1990s for falsifying federal loan documents. In 1995, police visited one of his troubled boarding houses 118 times to handle disturbances."

Nike hired investigator to look into alleged counterfeit goods

Green Bay Press-Gazette - Nike hired investigator to look into alleged counterfeit goods: "Nike Inc. hired a private investigator to work with Green Bay Police to look into possible counterfeit apparel being sold at Fresh Family Fashions.

Police raided the 1296 Velp Ave. merchandise store Tuesday, which allegedly sold fake-label items and illegally copied music CDs and movies, police said.

The Nike's investigator in September purchased at the store suspected Nike shoes, which the company verified as fake, according to an affidavit filed with a search warrant Thursday.

Police loaded a 14-foot U-Haul with boxes from the store and the owners were taken for questioning.

The owner, Herman Thomas, 32, of Green Bay was in the Brown County Jail on a probation hold. He was recently charged with delivering cocaine between 5 and 15 grams in October, according to a criminal complaint filed Thursday."

Phoenix Arizona Investigator

The PInow.com team would like to welcome their newest private investigator in Arizona.

Gregory Oldoerp of Financial Crime Solutions provides investigative services throughout Arizona and Nationwide service is also available. Please visit Gregory's PInow.com profile page for additional contact information.

Arizona PI License: 1559767

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Columbia Maryland Investigator

The PInow.com team would like to welcome their newest private investigator in Maryland.

Lewis Neuwelt of Lewis J. Neuwelt Investigations is centrally located in Maryland less than 20 miles from both the District of Columbia and Baltimore, Maryland. Over the years it has been our experience that Maryland and the District of Columbia are almost one jurisdiction where people work and reside in both locales.

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Eastlake Colorado Private Investigator

The PInow.com team would like to welcome their newest private investigator in Colorado.

Jeffrey Zoerb of Eagle Investigations, Inc. provides investigative services throughout Northern Colorado, as well as the Denver Metro area. Please visit Jeffrey's PInow.com profile page for additional contact information.

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Colorado Springs CO Investigator

The PInow.com team would like to welcome their newest private investigator in Colorado.

Sean Moncalieri of CSI Enterprises; Colorado Special Investigations provides investigative services throughout Southern Colorado, as well as providing Nationwide and Worldwide investigative services. Please visit Sean's PInow.com profile page for additional contact information.

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Morrilton Arkansas Investigator

The PInow.com team would like to welcome their newest private investigator in Arkansas.

Doug Hunter of Total Surveillance Investigations provides investigative services throughout the state of Arkansas. Please visit Doug's PInow.com profile page for additional contact information.

Arkansas PI License: D 06-179

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Newburgh Indiana Investigator

The PInow.com team would like to welcome their newest private investigator in Indiana.

Dave Gainer of D.G.I., LLC provides investigative services throughout South Western Indiana, North Western Kentucky, and South Eastern Illinois. Please visit D.G.I.'s PInow.com profile page for additional contact information.

Indiana PI License: PD19400003

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Hammond Indiana Private Investigator

The PInow.com team would like to welcome their newest investigator in Indiana.

Raymond Myszak of Star Security, Inc. will handle your investigative needs throughout all of Indiana. Please visit Raymond's PInow.com profile page for additional contact information.

Indiana PI License: PD58900545

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Noblesville Indiana Investigator

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Robert Hopper of Special Investigations, Inc. will handle your investigative needs throughout the State of Indiana. Please visit Robert's PInow.com profile page for additional contact information.

Indiana PI License: PD19600005

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Roy Utah Private Investigator

The PInow.com team would like to welcome their newest investigator in Utah.

R. Douglas Lucero of Opacus Consulting, LLC provides private investigative services throughout the Wasatch Front of Utah. Please visit Mr. Lucero's PInow.com profile page for additional contact information.

Utah PI License: G101579

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Crestwood Kentucky Investigator

The PInow.com team would like to welcome their newest private investigator in Kentucky.

John Sabol of Sabol & Associates, LLC has the ability to provide investigative services anywhere within the Commonwealth of Kentucky. Please visit their PInow.com profile page for additional contact information.

Kentucky PI License: KY 0090

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Angola Indiana Private Investigator

The PInow.com team would like to welcome their newest investigator in Indiana.

Ken Shelton of Shelton Investigations, LLC is located in Angola, Indiana and provides private investigation services. Shelton Investigations integrated services allow their clients to find solutions to most, if not all, of their investigative needs - all in one local company. Please visit their PInow.com profile page for additional contact information.

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Dallas Texas Investigator

The PInow.com team would like to welcome their newest private investigator in Texas.

Roger Holloway of Roger Holloway, Private Investigative Agency provides investigative services in the following areas: Dallas, Fort Worth, DFW, and Wichita Falls, Texas. Wichita, Tarrant, Dallas, and surrounding County's. Roger Holloway's ever increasing resources permit them to offer our services not only throughout Texas, but also Nationwide. Please visit their PInow.com profile page for additional contact information.

Texas PI License: A10709

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Destin Florida Investigator

The PInow.com team would like to welcome their newest private investigator in Florida.

Jim Blackburn of Destin Investigations provides investigative services statewide in Florida as well as Nationwide and World. Jim Blackburn has investigators located in every state of the U.S. Please visit their PInow.com profile page for additional contact information.

PI License: A 2500404

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Fenty Calls for Stringent Background Checks

ABC 7 News - Fenty Calls for Stringent Background Checks: "District officials are promising more stringent criminal background checks for liquor-license applicants following the revelation that a convicted felon was allowed to run a nightclub in Northeast.

Antoine Jones operated Club Level's on Montana Avenue. Jones obtained a liquor license to run the club despite a 1991 drug conviction in Arlington County. The club was closed following an FBI raid in 2005.

Under the District's current system, background checks are only conducted in the District and the applicant's current state of residence. Jones lived in Maryland when he applied for the license. District regulators did not pick up the Virginia conviction. "

County to Hire Attorney to Check Foster Parents

County to Hire Attorney to Check Foster Parents - WCPO.com | Cincinnati breaking news, weather radar, traffic from 9News: "Hamilton County is expected to hire an attorney with a background in family law to review records of local foster parents who are facing criminal charges.

Ross Evans of Katz, Greenberger & Norton LLP would serve as interim ombudsman for the Hamilton County Department of Job and Family Services.

Recent background checks show that more than two dozen Hamilton County foster parents have been arrested.

Evans would review decisions by the department to allow people to remain or become foster parents in Hamilton County."

Family's insurance fraud case begins

Family's insurance fraud case begins -- Page 1 -- Times Union - Albany NY: "Opening arguments in the case of six members of a Colonie family accused of enterprise corruption and insurance fraud got under way this morning.

Albany County prosecutor Bradley Sherman said the 17-member jury, which includes five alternates, will hear over six weeks how the defendants worked together as an organization to hunt down innocent drivers and stage vehicle accidents to collect the insurance.

``They used greed, deceit and lies for profit,'' Sherman said. ``To these defendants, a car on the street looked like a piggy bank on wheels. Insurance equals money.''"

Investigator has a record of controversy, success

Hamilton Spectator - News: "Detective Sergeant Steve Hrab has a direct, in-your-face style that could be construed as abrasive, rude, even reckless.

Over the years, his investigative techniques and take-no-prisoners approach have landed him in hot water with superiors, judges and defence lawyers.

Two of his biggest investigations -- the murder of Tapleytown teacher Beverley Perrin and the contract killings of Lynn and Fred Gilbank -- have been mired in controversy and multimillion-dollar lawsuits."

How a County Attorney's Office Is Streamlining E-Discovery

Legal Technology - How a County Attorney's Office Is Streamlining E-Discovery: "While the revised Federal Rules of Civil Procedure pertaining to electronic discovery that hit the books in December may have caused headaches for many in the legal profession, some discovered unexpected benefits. Case in point: the Nassau County Attorney's Office in New York, which implemented new technology to meet the updated requirements and found that it made e-discovery more efficient than expected.

Nassau County deployed Clearwell's Intelligence Platform -- a program applied to e-mail and electronic documents that automates the analysis, culling and review process -- in February, to comply with the amendments to the FRCP rules 16, 26, 34 and 37. Those rules now require anyone who can be involved in litigation in federal court to retain electronic records -- such as e-mails, instant messages and text documents -- and be able to retrieve them. The rules also require all parties to present a description of all electronically stored information within 99 days of the beginning of a legal case."

Families make plea for missing persons bill

WTHR - Indianapolis News and Weather - Families make plea for missing persons bill: "Lawmakers took action on legislation designed to aid in the search of missing persons in the state. The House already passed out the bill and now it is the Senate's turn. The testimony was very emotional.

We have heard the names of the missing like Brookley Louks and Charles Rickey but Tuesday the Senate Homeland Security Committee heard what made these people special, and what made the search for the missing so frustrating.

The committee heard from Molly Datillo's cousin, Karen Joe Smith's stepmother, Wade Steffey's dad and Lola Catherine Fry's sister. But it was Niqui McCown's mother who really captured their spirit.

'Someone took something from me more valuable than gold. My baby,' said Barbara McCown. 'There are so many Niquis out there and no one seems to care but put yourself in my place. There is no way whether you pass this or not that you will forget Niqui. You will forget none of the Niquis that are out there. They are your family. Don't walk over them like they didn't exist. We want an answer. We demand an answer.'"

Private Investigator Hired In County Mold Case

Private Investigator Hired In County Mold Case - News: "Truman Medical Center has hired a private investigator to try to find out who leaked photographs to KMBC.

In January, KMBC's Micheal Mahoney reported on problems with mold inside the Jackson County Health Department in Independence. Pictures given to KMBC showed numerous splotches of mold on the walls in a records room.

Officials admitted they had an issue and needed to fix it.

Mahoney reported that since then, the county health department, which is part of Truman Medical Center, has been determined to find out who leaked the story.

Former county health employee Elaine LaFoe said a private investigator paid a visit to her last week and tried to threaten her."

House fire cause still not known

House fire cause still not known: "The cause of a fire at a rental house on March 2 which displaced a family of four is still undetermined, a fire department official confirmed this morning.

An investigator from the State Fire Marshal’s office at the Michigan State Police post in Gaylord has been called to examine the scene in an attempt to determine a possible cause.

Hancock Fire Department Capt. Mark Dennis said although firefighters contacted the fire investigator at the Negaunee Township post of the Michigan State Police on March 2, that investigator is on personal leave so the investigator in Gaylord was called. It’s expected he will arrive on scene today."

Safeguard e-files after terminations

New Orleans CityBusiness -- The Business Newspaper of Metropolitan New Orleans: "In today’s technology-driven business world, disgruntled employees can damage companies in far more lasting ways than simply taking physical property. Today, a disgruntled employee who is also computer savvy can steal and share confidential information and trade secrets, disable a network or corrupt data.

In the past, when an employee was terminated, companies protected themselves by changing locks, monitoring the removal of personal items from desks and lockers and, when necessary, escorting the employee off the premises with a security guard.

“Company security today requires a greater level of oversight of employee technology use as a precaution against theft or misuse of proprietary information,” said Ed Harold, an attorney with labor law firm Fisher & Phillips LLP. “Protection of your electronic data when you discharge or lose employees in sensitive positions is a vital step in insulating the company against sabotage and for use in any future claims that may arise.”"

Missing in Michigan

Missing in Michigan: "There are more than 4,000 adults and juveniles missing in Michigan, as of Dec. 31, according to the National Center for Missing Adults. Some cases end quickly, but others have ended in homicides. Michigan's most famous missing persons case, the disappearance of former Teamsters leader Jimmy Hoffa, has been unsolved for more than 30 years. Following are well-known missing person cases that occurred in Michigan:

Jackie Thompson: In 1929, Henry Ford helped find the 5-year-old son of an ex-Ford dealer by dispatching the head of his security department to use his underworld connections. The ransom for the boy, who was released after 24 days, was originally $35,000. Ford was said to be very worried that one of his grandchildren would be abducted and developed a security team with that in mind."

Red Cross to require background checks of volunteers - volunteers in an uproar

Red Cross to require background checks of volunteers - volunteers in an uproar: "Initially, the Red Cross' requirements included more than a criminal background check. Volunteers were also to be required to grant permission for the Red Cross' background investigation company to conduct a 'credit check' and a 'mode of living' check as well. Additionally, the Red Cross indicated that the only criminal background check they would accept would be from its own investigation company, 'mybackgroundcheck.com.' (ARRL).

Ham radio operators who provide services to the Red Cross asked ARRL to intervene. ARRL has issued this position statement cautioning Radio Amateurs to be very careful regarding permission documents that served agencies might ask you to sign, and is continuing discussion with Red Cross."

Surveillance: The buck stops where?

Palladium-Item - www.pal-item.com - Richmond, Ind.: "The FBI's top brass is admitting to illegally poking around into the personal lives of Americans under the auspices of the Patriot Act.

In a 126-page scathing audit by Justice Department Inspector General Glenn A. Fine, released Friday, the FBI was called out for demanding personal information on people without authorization over a three-year period; improperly obtaining telephone records in non-emergency circumstances; and underreporting to Congress the number of times the agency used administrative subpoenas, called national security letters, to obtain information on people.


All very troubling during a week when the 'Scooter' Libby conviction underscored yet again the lengths administrations will go in abusing authority by placing political interests above national ones.

The immediate expressions of regret, outrage and apology to Friday's report from top FBI and Justice Department officials are the bright spots, the good news, in this dark and woefully troubling story.

Attorney General Alberto Gonzales characterized the breaches of public trust as 'frustrating' and 'upsetting' and left open the possibility of criminal prosecutions, although the auditors gave no indication of criminal misconduct in their report.

FBI Director Robert S. Mueller, while maintaining that the powers remain vital in catching "

School taking bids for video surveillance

Sidney Herald - We are your story!: "The Sidney School District has received one bid for video surveillance equipment to be installed at Sidney High School and Sidney Middle School.

Sidney Superintendent of Schools Doug Sullivan said the bid is $25,000 for each school. The bid includes 16 cameras along with other equipment. The school district is still waiting on another bid.

Trustee haven't approved having video surveillance equipment yet, and are only in the process of receiving bids at this point. Cameras are proposed to be located in parking lots and hallways.

'It's something that might be done in phases,' Sullivan said."

Parents reunite to find justice

Parents reunite to find justice | Ocala.com | Star-Banner | Ocala, Fla.: "Two people torn apart by a bitter divorce, and who have wildly conflicting stories about their marriage and child custody dispute over Jessica, were together again last week - in a courtroom to finally hear the words they both needed to hear.

Mark Lunsford and Angela Bryant both got the justice they were seeking when their daughter's killer, John Couey, was found guilty by a jury in Miami.

The divorced parents, who until last week had very little contact since Jessica's birth in 1995, were cordial. They spoke a few times during the trial, though their conversations lasted no more than one to two minutes.

After court proceedings, Lunsford did his usual thing. He got up in front of the cameras and urged politicians to financially back child protection legislation. Bryant stood off at a distance, looked in his direction and lit a cigarette. With her sister, Beulah Le, by her side, Bryant would then walk down the courthouse steps toward her car."

Elko County woman arrested on suspicion of murdering mother

Las Vegas SUN: Elko County woman arrested on suspicion of murdering mother: "A 51-year-old Elko County woman with a criminal record that includes elder abuse has been arrested on suspicion of murdering her 76-year-old mother, authorities said.

Mary Lou Wise's body was found partially buried Friday afternoon in the backyard of the Deeth home she shared with her daughter, Teresa Wise, about 35 miles east of Elko off Interstate 80, said Elko County Undersheriff Rocky Gonzalez.

Teresa Wise was arrested without incident later in the day after returning to the home, located behind the ranching community's post office.

The victim is a former Deeth postmaster and another daughter, Doris, is the current postmaster, said Sheriff Dale Lotspeich.

Authorities did not know Doris' last name, but said she called the sheriff's office after finding blood in the house.

'(The victim) was in a shallow grave, with brush over the body,' Gonzalez told the Elko Daily Free Press."

Ex-top cop 'private eye' faces court

Ex-top cop 'private eye' faces court - Yahoo!7 News: "A former Queensland police deputy chief has become the first person to be charged with operating as a private investigator without a licence, the state government says.

Former Queensland police deputy commissioner David Blizzard appeared in the Brisbane Magistrates Court on Wednesday, charged with acting as a private investigator without a licence.

A spokeswoman from the Office of Fair Trading, which brought the action against Blizzard, said the possible maximum penalty for a single breach of the Security Providers Act 1993 was $7,500.

'This is the first prosecution of a private investigator for operating without a licence,' the spokeswoman said in a statement."

P.I. denies asking cop to drop charges

edmontonsun.com - Alberta - P.I. denies asking cop to drop charges: "A trial began yesterday for a former city drug cop turned private investigator charged with obstruction of justice and extortion in a case involving a police informant.

Police allege Ross Barros, 54, tried to get cops to withdraw charges against an alleged drug dealer in exchange for Barros not revealing who the confidential source was.

As well, police allege Barros committed extortion by getting a group of alleged gangsters together and inducing them to provide personal information, including cell phone numbers, in order to identify the informant.

Barros is claiming he simply tried to inform the police they needed to change their system because it was easy to access phone records and track down informers.

Court heard the charges stem from a May 6, 2005, meeting between Barros and Sgt. Kevin Brezinski, then a detective with the Integrated Response Organized Crime unit. "

Stars' sleuth faces wider charges

BBC NEWS | Entertainment | Stars' sleuth faces wider charges: "US celebrity private eye Anthony Pellicano has pleaded not guilty to expanded wire-tapping charges.

A new document filed by prosecutors accuses him of eavesdropping on the ex-wife of billionaire investor Kirk Kerkorian.

Mr Pellicano has also been charged with breaching the privacy of Hollywood stars including Sylvester Stallone.

He intends to defend himself and remains in custody. He and five others have pleaded not guilty to the charges.

The latest version of the indictment says the investigator listened in to conversations held by Mr Kerkorian's former wife, Lisa Bonder Kerkorian, during the course of a child custody case."

Investigator Named In FTC Complaint

Investigator Named In FTC Complaint: "A Spring Hill private investigator linked to the recent pretexting scandal at Hewlett-Packard Co. is named in a complaint filed last month by the Federal Trade Commission.

In the complaint, federal attorneys accuse Cassandra Selvage and three other people of using deceptive investigative techniques, known as pretexting, to acquire private phone records.

In pretexting, investigators pose as someone else - often, the person whose records they are seeking or a telephone company employee - to obtain confidential information.

Selvage, 37, owner of Eye in the Sky Investigations, could not be reached for comment Friday.

The complaint, filed in U.S. District Court Feb. 14, seeks to stop Selvage and a Melbourne-based firm, Action Research Group, from using pretexting to obtain and sell phone records."

Private eye avoids jail in spying scandal

Business: "A Melbourne private investigator implicated in a spying scandal at Hewlett-Packard Co. will avoid jail time after his lawyer tendered a 'no contest' plea Wednesday to a misdemeanor charges in California.

Lawyers for the local investigator, Matthew DePante, manager of Action Research Group, and three other defendants in the case entered no contest pleas to misdemeanor charges of fraudulent wire communications in Santa Clara County Superior Court.

The judge dropped the charges against former Hewlett-Packard Co. board Chairwoman Patricia Dunn, who was accused of fraud in the company's boardroom spying scandal."

The Private Eye Who Knew Too Much

The Private Eye Who Knew Too Much (from Your Local Guardian): "The mum and brother of a private detective axed to death in a pub car park 20 years ago returned to the scene of the crime today.

Alastair Morgan and his mother Isobel Hullsman lay flowers by the Golden Lion, in Sydenham, and called for witnesses to come forward and help solve the horrific murder, for which nobody has yet been brought to justice for.

Dad-of-two Daniel Morgan, from South Norwood, had been drinking in the pub for about an hour-and-a-half, on March 10 1987, before he walked out the back door at 9pm and was hit several times in the head with an axe.

He was later found dead with the axe still embedded in his head.

It is believed the private investigator was about to expose a south London drugs network possibly involving corrupt police officers."

Gingrich admits to infidelity amid attack

DenverPost.com - Gingrich admits to infidelity amid attack: "ormer House Speaker Newt Gingrich was having an extramarital affair even as he led the charge against President Clinton over the Monica Lewinsky affair, he acknowledged in an interview with a conservative Christian group.

'The honest answer is yes,' Gingrich, a potential 2008 Republican presidential candidate, said in an interview with Focus on the Family founder James Dobson to be aired today, according to a transcript provided to The Associated Press. 'There are times that I have fallen short of my own standards. There's certainly times when I've fallen short of God's standards.'

Gingrich argued in the interview, however, that he should not be viewed as a hypocrite for pursuing Clinton's infidelity.

'The president of the United States got in trouble for committing a felony in front of a sitting federal judge,' the former Georgia congressman said of Clinton's 1998 House impeachment on perjury and obstruction-of-justice charges.

'I drew a line in my mind that said, 'Even though I run the risk of being deeply embarrassed, and even though at a purely personal level I am not rendering judgment on another human being, as a leader of the government trying to uphold the rule of law, I have no choice except to move forward and say that you cannot accept ... perjury in your highest officials.'"

Catch a Cheating Spouse with the SnoopStick

Catch a Cheating Spouse with the SnoopStick - Gearlog: "I certainly had my share of sucky ex-boyfriends. While I didn't feel the need to spy on them, I wouldn't have minded getting back at them by using the SnoopStick.

The SnoopStick is a USB flash drive that lets you see what your victim is doing while on the Internet and the sender and recipient of every e-mail in real time from anywhere in the world. And that's not all: you can even log the user off, disable Web access, set time restrictions or turn the computer off! That's right, you could be sipping margaritas in Mexico and check up on your boyfriend with one simple stick. Connect it to your computer's USB port, run the setup process to install the monitoring components, and in sixty seconds you'll know if he's lying about viewing porn sites."

Two arrested in auto insurance fraud probe

Central Valley Business Times: "A man and a woman have been arrested on charges of staging automobile accidents and filing insurance claims for medical treatment they falsely claimed to have received in other countries.

'I am committed to fighting fraud wherever we find it … this investigation extended all the way to Sri Lanka,” says California Insurance Commissioner Steve Poizner.

The Department of Insurance has accused Ron Ranasingh of conspiring with others in staging three vehicle accidents that between February 2003 and September 2004. After each accident, Mr. Ranasingh and others submitted tens of thousands of dollars in false insurance claims, the department says.

Agents with the U.S. Department of Homeland Security tracked down addresses listed on fake bills submitted for chiropractor offices in Sri Lanka, New Delhi and Hong Kong to find they weren't chiropractic offices at all, according to the state."

Chiropractor accused of insurance fraud (phillyBurbs.com) | Courier Times

Chiropractor accused of insurance fraud (phillyBurbs.com) | Courier Times: "A Bucks County chiropractor allegedly made $50,000 from submitting bogus insurance claims for patient procedures he never performed, the Pennsylvania Attorney General's Office said Monday.

Dr. Jonathan Wiktorchik, 55, who lives on Churchville Road in Upper Southampton, was arraigned Monday on charges of insurance fraud and theft by deception. Both counts are third-degree felonies and can carry a maximum combined sentence of 14 years in prison. Bail was set at $50,000.

The alleged crimes occurred between 2002 and 2004 at the Upper Bucks Chiropractic Clinic in Tinicum, which Wiktorchik owns with his wife, Helen.

The Courier Times was unsuccessful in reaching Wiktorchik for comment."

Arson Investigator Testifies in Halbach Murder

WBAY-TV Green Bay-Fox Cities-Northeast Wisconsin News: Arson Investigator Testifies in Halbach Murder: "An arson expert testified Wednesday morning in Steven Avery's murder trial. Prosecutors say Avery and his nephew Brendan Dassey killed Teresa Halbach in October, 2005, and burned her remains.

State Department of Justice arson investigator Bill Pevytoe led the investigation of burned items across the Avery salvage yard property.

Pevytoe told jurors how they searched all possible burn areas, including a wood boiler and a metal smelter on the salvage yard property where they found no evidence, and the burn pit behind Steven Avery's garage where they did find evidence."

Nevada County man still missing - TheUnion.com

Nevada County Local News: Nevada County man still missing - TheUnion.com: "Mark Byers, 46, was reported missing Friday, but was taken off law enforcement's missing persons database Monday after a charity worker reported he put Byers on a bus to Santa Cruz to visit his aunt.

But Byers never contacted his aunt, Nevada County Sheriff's Lt. Bill Evans reported Tuesday, and Byers was put back on the missing persons list.

Byers boarded a bus last Wednesday, according to the charity who called the sheriff's office at 9:28 a.m. Monday."

Court suspends child custody of suburban Detroit murder suspect

Court suspends child custody of suburban Detroit murder suspect: "A Macomb County juvenile court referee has suspended Stephen Grant's parental rights.

The hearing came after he was arraigned on charges of first-degree murder and dismemberment of a body in Tara Grant's death.

His two children have been placed under the supervision with the state Human Services Department.

Grant told investigators he killed his wife at their home last month while the couple's two young children were believed to be asleep. The Grants have a six-year-old girl and a four-year-old boy, who have been staying with relatives."

School bus director disciplined over background check issue

AP Wire | 03/06/2007 | School bus director disciplined over background check issue: "The city school district has demoted the head of its transportation department over the revelation that a private bus company had failed to conduct complete criminal background checks on drivers.

Eric Pinkett Sr., a district employee since 1975, also will be suspended without pay for 10 days toward the end of the district's fiscal year July 31 and then retire, The Columbus Dispatch reported Tuesday.

'He is being suspended for failure to perform job responsibilities in the events leading up to the cancellation of school' on Jan. 25, Mike Fulwider, spokesman for Columbus Public Schools, told the newspaper.

Classes were canceled after First Student Inc. decided to ground its Columbus fleet following the arrest of one of the company's drivers by Columbus police on a charge of cocaine possession. The driver also had three previous convictions for driving under the influence."

Klamath Falls Seeks To Expand Background Checks

KOBI NBC5 - Klamath Falls Seeks To Expand Background Checks: "The City of Klamath Falls is in the process of tightening up their background check policies and in doing so will afford non-profits the opportunity to scrutinize employees or volunteers before they are hired.

City managerJeff Ball, says that background checks already exist but the new proposals will allow additional services to be provided.

'What this policy does, in compliance with the state requirements, allows us to expand in two different areas. One is with respect to volunteers, where there is a lot of contact with the public, especially kids.

This opens it up to where all volunteers are subject to the criminal background, criminal history check should the organization request it.

The other thing it does, is it creates a policy that would allow non-profits in the community to request us to run checks of their own folks, and to do that through L.E.D.S.

If a law enforcement data systems check shows a criminal history, detailed information can then be requested, and kept on file for three years."

The One from the Other by Philip Kerr @ Blogcritics.org

Book Review: The One from the Other by Philip Kerr @ Blogcritics.org: "There is a certain beauty and trusting to fortune in rushing into a library to return a book and deciding to check out another while one’s son is practicing soccer. Such was the case with my discovery of Philip Kerr’s The One from the Other. In reading this, the latest of Kerr’s ongoing saga of the German private investigator Bernard Gunther, I realize I have entered a story that takes place in 1949, but began many years before with Kerr’s “Berlin Trilogy”, which is made up of his novels, March Violets (1989), The Pale Criminal (1990), and A German Requiem (1991). I did not, however, suffer from having not read these earlier books and The One from the Other is self-contained.

The book’s title is derived from a quote attributed to German Lutheran theologian Reinhold Niebuhr, that would eventually transmogrify into the ubiquitous “Serenity Prayer” — “…and the wisdom to distinguish the one from the other.” This prayer is important when considering that Gunther is returning to private investigation after several years of running his ailing wife Kirsten’s hotel in Dachau. It is four years after VE day and Gunther and Kirsten move from Munich to Dachau to help her father run his hotel."

Fraudulent Auto Crash Claims Result in Arrest in La.

Fraudulent Auto Crash Claims Result in Arrest in La.: "The Louisiana State Police Insurance Fraud Unit announced it arrested Becky Roberts, of West Monroe, in Ouachita Parish on Feb. 23, 2007, for insurance fraud (2 counts) and forgery.

State Police said an investigation revealed Roberts fabricated witnesses to support an August 2004 auto crash she filed with State Farm which resulted in her vehicle not being at fault. She also submitted fraudulent documents in support of an October 2005 claim in which her vehicle was classified as a total loss and she was paid $531.40.

Roberts was arrested at her business, Quality Care Litigation Support Services, located in Monroe, and transported to Ouachita Correctional Center. Her bond was set at $5000.00 for forgery and $5000.00 on each count of insurance fraud."

Trustees want open inquiry

Northwest Herald - Trustees want open inquiry: "Village officials are unsure whether they will discuss the results of an investigation into possible misconduct at Village Hall in secret or in public later this month.

Both Trustees John Ragland and Todd Hendrickson want Elgin attorney Patrick Crimmins to present the investigation’s results publicly at a Village Board meeting. But they said the board might decide to discuss it in closed session depending on the results and legal advice.

“Since the taxpayers are paying for the investigation, I think the public is entitled to know the results of the investigation,” Hendrickson said.

The private investigation, which has taken months and thousands of dollars more than initial estimates, started last summer after the trustees ignored a request from local law enforcement agencies for more information about Village President Virginia Povidas’ alleged financial mismanagement before leading a larger investigation of their own.

Now, the investigation results could come weeks before an election that will produce at least one new trustee.

“I think we’d like to have this thing wrapped up before the election,” said Ragland, who is not seeking re-election. “It might send a signal.”"

Phoenix Arizona Private Investigator

The PInow.com team would like to welcome their newest private investigator in Arizona.

Peter Wohlleban of Priority One Investigations, Inc. provides investigative services statewide in Arizona. Please visit their PInow.com profile page for additional contact information.

PI License: 1547592

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Birmingham Alabama Private Investigator

The PInow.com team would like to welcome their newest private investigator in Alabama.

Joey Danforah of Joey D Investigations provides investigative services throughout the state of Alabama. Please visit their PInow.com profile page for additional services and contact information.

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Madison Wisconsin Private Investigator

The PInow.com team would like to welcome their newest private investigator in Wisconsin.

Rikki Glen of Rikki Glen & Associates provides investigative services in Madison, Wisconsin and surrounding cities. Please visit their PInow.com profile page for additional services and contact information.

PI License: 9308-063

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Riverhead New York Investigator

The PInow.com team would like to welcome their newest private investigator in New York.

Edward McCloskey of ET Investigative Service Inc. has been a licensed private investigator in the state of New York for over twenty years. Please visit their PInow.com profile page for additional services and contact information.

PI License: 11000051960

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Oak Park Michigan Private Investigator

The PInow.com team would like to welcome their newest private investigator in Michigan.

Miguel Bruce of Armorbearer Investigations, LLC is a company with no bounds or limits. We are and always will be an inner city firm, but Michigan is our home and there is no limit to helping others throughout the state of MI. Please visit their PInow.com profile page for additional services and contact information.

PI License: 3701205204

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Houston Texas Private Investigator

The PInow.com team would like to welcome their newest private investigator in Texas.

Daniel Velez of Second Nature Research provides private investigation services throughout the city of Houston, as well as surrounding areas in Texas. Second Nature Research has bi-lingual investigators on staff. Please visit their PInow.com profile page for additional services and contact information.

PI License: A12585

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Oconomowoc Wisconsin Private Investigator

The PInow.com team would like to welcome their newest private investigator in Wisconsin.

Kevin Keyser of Mapleton Investigations, LLC provides private investigation services throughout Wisconsin. Mapleton Investigations can also provide investigative services nationwide and in various locations throughout the world. Please visit their PInow.com profile page for additional services and contact information.

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Berlin Maryland Investigator

The PInow.com team would like to welcome their newest private investigator in Maryland.

Timothy Keane of ABCO Investigations has investigators and specialists who are available on call for any case that may arise even at short notice. ABCO has an excellent reputation in the community for getting the job done right the first time and in the most cost effective manner possible. You will also be impressed by our personal and professional references made available upon your request. ABCO also has many associates located throughout the state and country. PI License: 106-2924

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Portland Oregon Private Investigator

The PInow.com team would like to welcome their newest private investigator in Oregon.

Neil O'Neill of Pacific Surveillance Agency provides private investigation services throughout the state of Oregon; they also have the resources to provide investigative services worldwide. Please visit their PInow.com profile page for additional services and contact information.

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Gastonia North Carolina Investigator

The PInow.com team would like to welcome their newest private investigator in North Carolina.

Jack Fanning of Carolinas Investigative Group, LLC provides private investigation services throughout the Carolinas; both North Carolina and South Carolina. They are fully licensed, bonded, and insured. Please visit their PInow.com profile page for additional services and contact information.

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Glen Burnie Maryland Private Investigator

The PInow.com team would like to welcome their newest private investigator in Maryland.

William Leighton of Apex Investigative Services, Inc. provides private investigation services throughout the Baltimore and Washington D.C. Metropolitan areas. Please visit their PInow.com profile page for additional services and contact information.

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Family hires investigator to probe further in women's death

Bradenton Herald | 03/05/2007 | Family hires investigator to probe further in women's death: "Unanswered questions have left the family of Tarah Sudlow searching for evidence on their own to close what they suspect was a murder case.

Her grandmother, Barabara Killian, doesn't think Tarah jumped from a van to her death last November, as those in the van - Tarah's husband, Heath Sudlow, and mother-in-law, Vickie Sudlow, have attested.

During a news conference this morning at the Manatee County Courthouse, Killian and other members of Tarah's family discussed holes in the investigation, like the van not getting impounded soon enough and Tarah's clothing getting incinerated instead of being examined by a lab.

With help from private investigator Chuck Chambers, the family hopes additional interviews with witnesses will change the state attorney's office's decision to not press charges against Heath and Vickie Sudlow, a decision the office announced Friday.

'If the questions are left unanswered, it's hard for the family to believe it was an accident,' Chambers said."

Use caution when hiring a caregiver

Recordnet.com: Use caution when hiring a caregiver: "Questions to ask before hiring a caregiver:

• How is the caregiver screened and trained?

• What are the qualifications of the caregiver?

• How will the caregiver be instructed as to the duties and any special tasks?

• Who will check on the caregiver?

• If hiring through an agency, does the agency have written personnel policies and a fair wage scale?

• Are caregivers covered by liability and workers’ compensation insurance and a dishonesty bond?

• What is the charge for the service, and what is included in that charge?

• Is there a minimum charge even if a service is not provided?

• Are payroll taxes paid by the company or is the customer responsible?

• Are there extra charges, such as overtime or travel, the customer must pay?

• How often will the customer be billed, and will insurance or another payer be billed directly?

• What if the customer doesn’t like the quality of care, and how will those issues be resolved?

• Who do I call in an emergency?

• Who is the caregiver’s supervisor?

— Source: California Association for Health Services at Home"

Local investigator in contest to be All-Star

The Herald Banner, Greenville, TX - Local investigator in contest to be All-Star: "A veteran Greenville Police Department detective is in the running for national recognition by the “America’s Most Wanted” television program.

Narcotics Investigator Wesley Russell is among the law enforcement agents and other first responders who are competing for the title of “America’s Most Wanted All-Star”.

Russell has worked for the Greenville Police Department for more than 15 years and serves as the department’s only narcotics investigator and assists the Drug Enforcement Agency (DEA) and Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) in regional activities."

E-discovery & The Data Center

Processor Editorial Article - E-discovery & The Data Center: "With the potential exception of lawyers, no one likes lawsuits. Legal fees and costly verdicts are only half the problem; EDD (electronic data discovery) is the rest. Even in small lawsuits, EDD can be a six-figure bill. No wonder, then, that words such as “headache” and “nightmare” are used to describe it.

Consider the mind-bending range of data that EDD can encompass: Word, Excel, PowerPoint, emails, IMs, CRM, and ERP apps and even a department-level Access database. Every PDF, Web site, intranet, and extranet may need to be searched. And don’t forget about wikis and blogs, internal and external alike. If you’ve deployed unified messaging, even voicemails could be subject to search.

Nor is that data in one place. To complete an EDD request, you may have to rummage through file servers, email servers, SANs, mirrors, archives, and backup tapes (whose stubbornness is legendary), not to mention hundreds or even thousands of endpoint hard drives. Do you use an ASP? A colocation vendor? Better give them a call, too. "

Safety for Online Daters: Revolutionary Technology in Background Checks

Safety for Online Daters: Revolutionary Technology in Background Checks - PR.com: "Mybackgroundcheck.com proves to be a useful tool to online social network users who want a “real” background check on the date they may meet face to face.

Mybackgroundcheck.com (MBC) was created for the purpose of providing a reliable web-based, applicant-supplied background check system to the consumer market.

“According to our research, the two top concerns of online daters are; verify the true identity of the person communicating with them and verifying that they are not violent criminals or sex offenders,” said Robert Mather, CEO of MyBackgroundcheck.com. "

DMV cover-up alleged after fatal school bus accident

New Haven Register - DMV cover-up alleged after fatal school bus accident: "Two lawmakers charged Tuesday that key state motor vehicles officials staged a 'cover-up' in connection with a scandal over a cocaine-abusing, state-licensed school-bus driver who hit and killed a pedestrian last year.

State Sens. Thomas P. Gaffey, D-Meriden, and Donald J. DeFronzo, D-New Britain said a Dec. 26 DMV internal report failed to disclose that the agency briefly had a policy in place to prevent anyone with a criminal record from getting a school bus driver’s license."

Man charged with insurance fraud for filing false claim

Helena Independent Record: "A Clancy man has been charged with a felony count of insurance fraud after he allegedly fled the scene of a crash and later claimed damage to his vehicle occurred in a Helena parking lot, according to a state District Court document.

Vern A. Nardi also is charged with misdemeanor counts of failing duty to give information and render aid, and failure to provide immediate notice of an accident. He’s set to appear before District Judge Thomas Honzel on March 8.

Nardi couldn’t be reached for comment."

2 Marines are arrested in insurance fraud case

2 Marines are arrested in insurance fraud case - Los Angeles Times: "Two Marines were arrested Wednesday on suspicion of arson and insurance fraud for burning a car to help a fellow Marine collect insurance money, authorities said.

Benjamin Faler, 26, of Lake Elsinore and Theodore Arvanitis, 28, of Twentynine Palms drove a 2006 Nissan Altima to a remote area, then set it on fire, destroying it, said Gary Smith, a senior investigator with the San Bernardino County Sheriff's Department.

The men received the keys from Matthew Larsen, the owner of the car, and his girlfriend, Regina Lapiana, investigators said. Larsen and Lapiana have already been arrested in connection with the fire."

Insurance fraud suspect arrested

newsobserver.com | insurance fraud suspect arrested: "Police arrested Assia Benabbou, 31, of Raleigh on suspected insurance fraud crimes.

Benabbou was arrested at her home around 6 a.m. today and processed at the Wake County Jail. She faces felony charges and could be imprisoned if convicted.

Her alleged co-conspirator, Husam Doulati, 35, also of Raleigh, is at large and wanted.

The two are accused of staging an auto accident and allegedly filing a claim for more than $5,000 with Progressive Mutual Insurance Company. The company paid the claim but a tip to the Department of Insurance led to a criminal investigation."

Carnal Knowledge: Screaming infidelities

Gauntlet Opinions - Carnal Knowledge: Screaming infidelities: "Type 'infidelity' into a Google search and you will find countless sites devoted to supporting victims of affairs as well as aiding them in discovering their partner's betrayals.

Interestingly, more and more of these sites are dedicated to understanding why women cheat and how their partners can catch them. Throughout history, men's infidelity has often been expected--even the notoriously devoted Napoleon had many lovers other than his beloved Josephine. Such expectations were rarely extended to women, despite the fact that many did keep secret lives, usually because once they were discovered or became pregnant at a suspicious time they faced harsh repercussions.

Recent statistics, however, show a rise in female infidelity. In North America up to 37 per cent of men and 22 per cent of women admit to having affairs. Many experts believe that the percentage of women having affairs should be higher, but remains stunted as many women are unwilling to disclose their dirty little secrets. "

Investigator promoted at Force One

Investigator promoted at Force One > General Business > Stories > Centennial > YourHub.com: "Force One Investigations is pleased to announce the promotion of Whittney Patrick to Investigation Profiler for Skip Accounts. Whittney started at Force One in October 2006 as an Investigator Apprentice and quickly developed her skills in Auto Skip Tracing (locating debtors who have 'skipped' out on their auto loans and recovering the financed property.) When Randall 'Randy' Fritz, President of Force One, saw a need for the position of Investigation Profiler, he knew immediately Whittney was the right person for the job.

Whittney jumped at the opportunity to take on a new challenge and started her new position on January 29, 2007. The transition has been remarkably easy as Whittney quickly found her groove. Whittney is a dedicated professional who always strives to do the best she can while learning and growing in the process. She is always upbeat, enthusiastic and up to the challenge of any task. The Force One Investigations team enjoys Whittney's passion and charm and we know she is well on her way to doing great things."

Cops charged in insurance fraud scam

MidHudsonMostWanted.Com: "Two police officers have been arrested and charged with having the same person wreck their vehicles to collect insurance money.

In one case, State Police at Liberty allege that William Kloss, III torched a 2005 Dodge Ram 2500 pickup truck for Edward Kowalik, Jr. Kowalik is a police officer with the New York City Department of Environmental Protection Police. Kowalik was having trouble making truck payments. He was charged with arson and insurance fraud.

Kloss was charged with torching the truck on February 26, 2007."

Two women plead guilty to insurance fraud

Charleston Daily Mail: "Two Kanawha County women have pleaded guilty on separate charges of insurance fraud and a Mercer County man has been indicted on a felony charge of insurance fraud, West Virginia Insurance Commissioner Jane Cline announced.

Gloria Dunlap of Elkview and Barbara Bostic of Chelyan pleaded guilty Monday on separate fraud charges, Cline said.

Dunlap, 43, was indicted in November on two felony counts of workers' compensation insurance fraud for allegedly withholding information from her treating physician in order to obtain additional benefits to which she was not entitled, according to a statement issued by Cline's office.

As part of a plea agreement, Dunlap pleaded guilty to one misdemeanor count of wrongfully seeking workers' compensation benefits and has agreed to pay restitution in an amount that will be determined later by the Kanawha County Probation Department, Cline's office said. Dunlap's sentencing is scheduled May 8."

Investigator Recommends Firing NU Chemistry Professor

Investigator Recommends Firing NU Chemistry Professor - News Archive: "An outside investigator appointed by University of Nebraska president J-B Milliken has recommended that a chemistry professor accused of having explosives in his class be fired.

Last fall, University police arrested John Belot, Jr., 38, after he was accused of passing around a bag of explosives in his class.

A student reported to police that Belot passed around a paper sack of explosives, each about the size of a roll of quarters.

Belot later was charged with possession of a destructive device, but prosecutors dismissed the charge earlier this month when he agreed to participate in a pretrial diversion program."

Former investigator in trial hospitalized

Northwest Herald - Former investigator in trial hospitalized: "Instead of taking the witness stand, one of the men suing former State’s Attorney Meg Gorecki over their firing was hospitalized Wednesday.

Former state’s attorney investigator Phillip Carlson was absent from court during the trial’s sixth day after being taken to Delnor-Community Hospital. He later was transferred to another hospital for treatment of an unspecified medical condition. Carlson has had two strokes, according to testimony.

If he is unable to testify, attorneys could agree to submit to the jury testimony from an earlier deposition.

Although Carlson did not appear, the case moved on with the opening of Gorecki’s defense. The jury could begin deliberations as early as today.

Carlson and Thomas R. Smith filed the wrongful-termination lawsuit in 2001 against Gorecki, saying she fired them because they supported her opponents and spoke out against her during the 2000 election. She defeated incumbent David Akemann in the primary; she then won a race against Democrat Robert Steffen to become state’s attorney."

Search continues in two missing persons cases

Oroville Mercury Register - Search continues in two missing persons cases: "A special law enforcement task force has been formed to lead the search for Veronica Guzman, 19, a Chico State University sophomore missing since Feb. 19.

The Gridley-Biggs Police Department, Chico State University police and Butte County District Attorney's Office have called a conference for this afternoon to announce the latest details in the case.

Guzman attended a class at Chico State the day she went missing and is believed to have driven from the campus sometime around 4 p.m.

Several searches of campus parking areas have failed to locate her car.

Family members said she was expected back home in Biggs by 5 p.m., but never arrived and hasn't been heard from since.

She was reported missing to police at 1:30 a.m. Tuesday."

Lobby kiosk checks visitor background

Lobby kiosk checks visitor background | KioskMarketplace: "Davidson Elementary School opened its doors in 1993. Until last year, visitors to the North Carolina school would fill out a visitor form with a pen and receive a temporary hall pass from an office staffer.

In August 2006, the school installed the LobbyGuard system. Today, visitors can check themselves in – and the school can keep tabs on who is trying to get in, using the kiosk’s sophisticated background check functionality.

“The old way of doing things did not provide some of the securities that our current system provides,” said principal Celeste Ellis. “Just recently, the background check alerted us on two instances of questionable persons.”

When someone wants to pay a visit to Davidson Elementary, that person swipes his driver’s license on the lobby kiosk. It snaps a picture and prepares a one-use visitor badge – while simultaneously checking sex offender registries and the school’s internal “do not allow” list. If the visitor is a match for one of those lists, the badge isn’t printed and the office is alerted."

Insurance Criminals Busted in N.C.: Four People Arrested for Fraud Ring, Woman Charged with Embezzling Premiums

Insurance Criminals Busted in N.C.: Four People Arrested for Fraud Ring, Woman Charged with Embezzling Premiums - 2/27/2007 - insurancenewsnet.com: "Jim Long, North Carolina Commissioner of Insurance, is on a mission to rid his state of insurance fraud. According to him, insurance fraud in North Carolina is big business and is on the rise.

On February 23, 49-year old Margaret Corey Humphrey was arrested on two charges of obtaining property by false pretense and three charges of embezzling insurance premium.

Between July 2004 to November 2005, officials accused Humphrey of taking premium payments from 15 customers amounting to $6,700 using her Nationwide Insurance office in Wayne County. Humphrey surrendered her insurance agent license on the order of the Department of Insurance and is now under a $20,000 secured bond. Humphrey’s alleged illegal activities were first exposed in 2005 from a tip received by the department. Humphrey will face prison time if found guilty."

New questions arise on hiring investigator

Rocky Mountain News - Denver and Colorado's reliable source for breaking news, sports and entertainment: Local: "Jefferson County officials' motives for hiring a private investigator are made murkier by his invoices showing he compiled information the county already had on hand.

The investigation, now the subject of a Colorado Bureau of Investigation inquiry, was conducted by private detective Daril Cinquanta, a close friend of County Commissioner Jim Congrove.

Among other things, the county hired Cin-quanta to look into the past of Mike Zinna, a frequent critic of county government who sued Congrove, other county officials and county employees, claiming they violated his constitutional rights .

Zinna's case remains active in U.S. District Court in Denver."

KUSD background checks questioned

KUSD background checks questioned: "A teacher and coach at Kingman High School was hired at the start of the 2005-2006 school year despite having been convicted of a minor offense against a juvenile stemming from a highly publicized hazing incident in Winslow in 2000 that involved several basketball players on a team that he coached.

Danny Gonzalez was hired as a science teacher and assistant girls basketball coach after reportedly being interviewed by then girls head coach and science department chair Darrin Peppard, KHS Principal Pat Mickelson and KUSD Assistant Superintendent Betsy Parker. He became the girls head basketball coach this year when Peppard left to accept a position in Wyoming."

How to use the Internet to conduct a person's background check

abc13.com: How to use the Internet to conduct a person's background check: "Whether you are dating or looking to hire someone to take care of your kids, what you do not know about a person's background can surprise you.
If you are going to check someone's background you have two options, do it yourself, or hire someone. If you are going to do it yourself, here's what you need to know.

Jaime Greaver has never looked up a potential date before, but says the idea certainly has its appeal.

'I do think it is a good idea because in today's day and age you just don't know,' said Jamie Greaver of Houston.

We asked Greaver to run a background check on a person she recently met. To do that, we gave Greaver a password for Public Data, one of the many Internet background search engines Anyone can get an account with the company. One month of searches costs ten bucks."

Massage Business Owner Pleads Guilty in Insurance Scheme

Massage Business Owner Pleads Guilty in Insurance Scheme: "A Glendale, Calif., skin care and massage business owner has plead guilty after California Department of Insurance (CDI) investigators found she was filing claims for acne and chiropractic treatments when her clients were getting facials and massages.

Robyn Alexandre, 31, pleaded guilty to one count of insurance fraud and one count of false tax returns as part of a plea agreement with the Los Angeles County District Attorney's Office. Alexandre will serve 52 non-consecutive weekends in county jail or in a private facility and pay $257,171 to the Franchise Tax Board. Alexandre was also ordered to pay $454,000 in restitution to Blue Cross, Aetna, Blue Shield, and Health Net insurance companies on a percentage of their losses."

Britney Spears returns to rehab - again - calling off court hearing

abc13.com: Latest entertainment and celebrity news from KTRK: "An appearance in family court sought by Kevin Federline amid a child custody dispute with Britney Spears was canceled Thursday as reports surfaced that she was back in rehab.

Spears returned to the Promises Malibu Treatment Center late Wednesday, according to reports from TMZ, 'The Insider' and 'Extra.' Her mother, Lynne Spears, drove her to the center, 'Extra' and 'The Insider' said.

The 25-year-old pop star previously left the Promises center Wednesday, according to 'The Insider,' less than a day after arriving. The center specializes in treating drug and alcohol abuse.

Last week, Spears sought treatment at a center in the Caribbean but also checked out after a day, according to various reports.

Spears and Federline reportedly agreed Wednesday night that he would keep their two young sons while Spears was in rehabilitation, a program that takes between 30 and 45 days."

Yes, Virginia, There is Auto Insurance Fraud

Yes, Virginia, There is Auto Insurance Fraud | Tortdeform: "For years now the debate has been raging in the public media as to whether or not there is systemic fraud in the field of automobile accident and No-Fault insurance. Industry spokespersons have long been pointing to “phony” lawsuits and illegitimate claims pressed by felonious claimants and their dishonest lawyers and doctors, all with the purpose of invading the insurance policies that some of America’s largest and most profitable corporations sell to drivers at exorbitant rates. These industry mouthpieces have all the while been saying that it is the ‘fraud’ running rampant throughout these types of cases that is the driving force behind the rise in auto insurance rates to their present unconscionable levels, and that all that needs to be done to restore balance to the world of auto insurance – as well as fairer rates to the consumer – is to crack down on this fraud.

At long last, despite years of intense stonewalling and high level misdirection and disinformation, there is proof that they are right!"

Library workers upset over surveillance cam

News 10 Now | 24 Hour Local News | ALL NEWS | Library workers upset over surveillance cam: "A small security camera is causing a big controversy in Ithaca. Workers at the Tompkins County Public Library are upset they were being watched.

Library Director Janet Steiner suspected money was being taken from the library donation box. Steiner then contacted the Ithaca Police Department, who placed a surveillance camera in a clock radio.

Employees discovered the camera and were not happy. 35 of the library's workers signed a petition and brought it to County Legislative Chair Tim Joseph."

Insurance fraud nets podiatrist 3 years

APP.COM - Insurance fraud nets podiatrist 3 years | Asbury Park Press Online: "A former Freehold podiatrist was sentenced to three years in prison Friday for fraudulently attempting to obtain more than $85,000 in disability payments, according to Attorney General Stuart Rabner and Criminal Justice Director Gregory A. Paw.

Jonathan B. Siegel, 47, of Freehold was sentenced to three years by Superior Court Judge Anthony J. Mellaci Jr. in Monmouth County.

Siegel was ordered to pay $33,574 in restitution to Unum Life Insurance Company of North America, representing the total amount he was overpaid as a result of the fraud, according to state Insurance Fraud Prosecutor Greta Gooden Brown. The sentence followed Siegel's guilty plea to attempted theft by deception, a charge contained in a March 6, 2006, Monmouth County grand jury indictment.

At his Oct. 11 hearing before Mellaci, Siegel admitted that between January 1998 and September 2001, he fraudulently attempted to obtain more than $85,000 in disability insurance benefits from the Unum Life Insurance Company of North America."

Longview Investigator Back From Iraq

KLTV 7 Tyler-Longview-Jacksonville, TX: Longview Investigator Back From Iraq: "An East Texas man is back home in Longview after leaving his family and a good job behind, to serve in Iraq. He was in the Air Force right out of high school, 12 years as a Longview police officer, then a special investigator with the Gregg county district attorneys office. But at forty four Mike Augustine saw what was going on in Iraq and made a life decision.

'Right after 9-11 there was a big feeling of patriotism and rightfully so, I'm still able bodied, I've got law enforcement and military experience maybe I can do my part' Augustine says.

Joining the naval reserves, mike was sent to Iraq for a year to teach security techniques to Iraqi regulars, leaving behind his job and his family."

Death probe spurs debate

Death probe spurs debate - baltimoresun.com: "A month after a youth died while being restrained at the Bowling Brook Preparatory School, authorities have not determined what caused his death or whether any laws were broken in the way the juvenile facility's staff handled him.

Though investigators say dozens of people have been interviewed, key student eyewitnesses to Isaiah Simmons' death have not been contacted by the Carroll County Sheriff's Office since the youths were removed from the residential program, according to students and their families.

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Investigators from different agencies did question the students in interviews at Bowling Brook immediately after Simmons' death Jan. 23, officials have said.

But experts say the youths should have been interviewed again -- in a different setting and away from the school's staff -- after the juvenile court ordered their removal from the facility."

Surveillance cameras saw trouble, police stopped it

Redlands Daily Facts - Surveillance cameras saw trouble, police stopped it: "Downtown video surveillance cameras and alert dispatchers likely headed off a potential assault over the weekend.

According to police spokesman Carl Baker, police dispatchers were monitoring the video from surveillance cameras in several locations along Orange Street Saturday night when they saw a man in the crosswalk at State Street challenging people walking to their cars.

While continuing to keep an eye on the subject through the video screens mounted in the Police Department's Dispatch Center at the corner of Eureka and Brookside, dispatchers alerted officers who arrived and arrested the man for being drunk in public.

The downtown surveillance cameras, approved by the City Council in November 2006, are part of the Redlands Police Department's strategy to leverage existing technology as 'force multipliers,' Baker said.

Officials said, one of the advantages of the system is the ability it gives police to intervene during a crime in progress or even before a crime occurs."

Prison wife charged with elder abuse

Amador Ledger Dispatch: "A story of elder abuse began to unfold Tuesday when Katherine Garcia-Herzog appeared before Superior Court Judge Susan Harlan on charges that she took advantage of an 88-year-old Fiddletown woman.

Garcia-Herzog, who is 53 and no longer lives in Amador County, was arrested earlier this month in Santa Rosa and booked into the Sonoma County Jail on charges that she bilked Fiddletown resident Helen Thompson out of more than $25,000. The investigation is ongoing.

The case, laced with intrigue from the onset, came to the attention of Amador County Sheriff's Office investigators in June 2006. Authorities were alerted by a neighbor of Thompson, who called to voice concern over the woman's welfare.

Thompson's granddaughter, Elaine Hyatt, told the Ledger Dispatch that she now lives with her grandmother and expects to testify against Garcia-Herzog in order to see justice done."

Landlords Checking For Meth

Newschannel 3 | Landlords Checking For Meth: "Finding out who is a meth offender in Minnesota is as easy as a click on your computer. And some Albert Lea landlords say they are using it as a part of their routine background check on prospective tenants.

Last month the state unveiled a new online methamphetamine offender registry. You can search by first and last name and by county. Landlords check credit history and criminal background and residents say the meth check will help to keep their homes safer.

“It’s a good thing. Personally I don’t like to be around that stuff. I don’t like the lifestyle that really goes with it, “says apartment resident Stephen Sumner.

Landlords say in addition to safety, the online database will save them thousands of dollars. One landlord said if a resident has a meth lab in the building, everything from the carpeting to the walls would have to be removed and replaced with new items. She said that expense could cost her more than $2,000."

Investigator says teen's death possibly suicide

www.centredaily.com | 02/23/2007 | Investigator says teen's death possibly suicide: "Blood droplets around the body of a 14-year-old boy who was shot to death with a lawmaker's gun show the boy could have shot himself, an investigator said at a coroner's inquest Thursday.

No charges have been filed in the shooting death of Louis Farrell, who lived next door to state Sen. Robert Regola and was friends with the Republican lawmaker's 16-year-old son, Bobby.

The county coroner is using the inquest as a basis to recommend whether criminal charges should be filed, but the final decision will be up to prosecutors.

The teenager was found dead July 22 from a single gunshot wound to the head, but authorities have yet to determine if he committed suicide, shot himself accidentally or was shot by someone else.

Sarah Kinneer, a state police crime lab expert, testified at the start of a two-day inquest Thursday that she examined microscopic blood droplets found near the barrel of the gun and under one fingernail clipped from one of the boy's fingers."

Investigator seeking info about judge hopefuls

The Hutchinson News, Hutchinson, Kans. | Local News: "Rumor has it someone from the Kansas Bureau of Investigation spent the past two days in Hutchinson performing a little sleuth work for Gov. Kathleen Sebelius.

John Gaunt, a special agent with the top state investigative agency, came to Hutchinson as part of the Bureau's background investigation on the two finalists for the Reno County Magistrate Judge appointment: private attorney Randy McEwen and Cheryl Allen, an attorney for Legal Services for prisoners.

'He talked with both of us,' McEwen said Thursday afternoon. 'And from what I've heard, he's talked to several others.'

He did, and several others who commonly roam the courthouse confirmed it."

Private eye charged with court fraud

Monterey County Herald | 02/22/2007 | Private eye charged with court fraud: "The California attorney general on Wednesday charged a private investigator with filing bogus documents to aid four death row inmates, calling the case one of the largest frauds ever perpetrated on the state's criminal justice system.

Kathleen Culhane was arraigned Wednesday afternoon in Sacramento on 45 felony counts of forgery, filing false documents and perjury.

''This is fraud at the highest level,'' Michael Farrell, a senior assistant attorney general, said after the arraignment. ''This is someone who is trying to undermine the system.''

Among the inmates for whom Culhane allegedly lied was Michael Morales, who was sentenced to death for the 1981 rape and murder of a Central Valley teenager.

Questions about the San Francisco private investigator arose a year ago when Morales petitioned the governor for clemency and prosecutors challenged the authenticity of several documents Culhane submitted on his behalf. His execution eventually was stayed over the state's lethal injection method, a matter unrelated to Culhane."

Five Arrested in Orange County for Fraud

Five Arrested in Orange County for Fraud: "California Insurance Commissioner Steve Poizner announced the arrests of five people in four separate cases of insurance fraud in Orange County.

The arrests included:
• The arrest of an Irvine man for filing an insurance claim for rental car payments he allegedly made to himself. James Toufic Assali, 32, was arrested at his residence on Jan. 23, 2007 by the Irvine Police Department on three felony counts of insurance fraud, and one felony count of attempted grand theft. Assali was booked into the Orange County jail, and his bail was set at $20,000.

According to Orange Regional Office of the CDI Fraud Division Investigators, Assali submitted a fraudulent rental car invoice to Infinity Insurance claiming $5,235 in rental charges. The invoice showed payment for the vehicle was to be made to 'Fortis Rental Solutions.' When Assali was questioned about the invoice, he said he never heard of the company Fortis Rental Solutions and that his wife had made all of the car rental arrangements."

Surveillance cams get green light

STLtoday - News - St. Charles: "The police department, which already uses a portable video system for crowd surveillance, agreed Wednesday to help finance a permanent camera network downtown.

It could be operational in May, with St. Louis joining Chicago and other large cities bringing more technology to bear against street crime.

'The cameras will add another layer of security for downtown,' said Assistant Chief Stephen Pollihan, who visited Chicago for ideas. 'If it's beneficial like I think it will be, we'll expand the program into the neighborhoods.'

The police board agreed to provide $115,000 in asset forfeiture funds for the project. It also approved a contract with IBM to lay groundwork and determine if nine cameras the department already owns can be used.

The police will provide half the $30,000 payment to IBM, plus $100,000 for hardware. Downtown St. Louis Inc. will provide the other $15,000 to IBM and provide staff to monitor the cameras."

Investigator in Michael Jackson, Winona Ryder cases ordered to stand trial

Investigator in Michael Jackson, Winona Ryder cases ordered to stand trial - Los Angeles Times: "A Los Angeles judge Wednesday ordered a private investigator who worked for high-profile criminal defendants including Michael Jackson and Winona Ryder to stand trial for allegedly conspiring to pay off an alleged rape victim.

Superior Court Judge Lance A. Ito ruled there was sufficient evidence to try Bradley G. Miller, along with George Izquierdo, a Realtor whose son is charged with the rape, and Camilo Valentin, Izquierdo's employee.

Alex Izquierdo was represented by defense lawyer Mark Geragos, who has long worked with Miller, including during the child molestation prosecution of Jackson, which ended in acquittal, and the successful shoplifting prosecution of actress Ryder.

Alex Izquierdo is charged with 24 counts of rape, torture, false imprisonment and other crimes for allegedly abusing his live-in girlfriend. She told police he had burned her with an iron, sodomized her and threatened to kill her.

Miller and the other two men are accused of conspiring to take the woman to Las Vegas on the day in 2005 that she was to testify against Izquierdo, who faces life in prison if convicted."

Private investigator charged with filing fraudulent documents for Calif. death row inmates

Private investigator charged with filing fraudulent documents for Calif. death row inmates | www.azstarnet.com ®: "The state attorney general charged a private investigator Wednesday with filing false court documents on behalf of four death row inmates, calling the case one of the largest frauds in California's criminal justice system.

Kathleen Culhane, 40, was arraigned Wednesday on 45 felony counts of forgery, filing false documents and perjury.

'This is fraud at the highest level,' said Michael Farrell, senior assistant attorney general. 'This is someone who is trying to undermine the system.'

Culhane was a staff investigator for the Habeas Corpus Resource Center in three of the cases and for an inmate's attorneys in the fourth. Her job was to find jurors and witnesses and get them to sign papers that could be used in the inmates' defense or requests for clemency.

The charges against Culhane allege that she prepared false documents and forged signatures on papers that were then turned over to the inmates' attorneys and filed with the courts and the governor."

FBI Surveillance Tapes Of John Ford

FBI Surveillance Tapes Of John Ford - Eyewitness News Everywhere: "Eyewitness News has new information in the John Ford Tennessee Waltz trial. In court on Tuesday, February 20, 2007, the FBI submitted potentially damaging surveillance footage against the former Tennessee state senator.

Investigators say the phone messages and conversations prove John Ford took bribes in return for political favors.

The following is an excerpt from a conversation on October 15, 2004:

John Ford: “Oh man I've gotta call this m*&%$@#$*!$#. He's got this G*%&#%^!@ watch he’s supposed to have for me. It's a $50,000 Rolex. I did him a favor. It's a rich white boy.'

A rich white boy John Ford later identifies to an undercover FBI agent as Rusty Hyneman. The FBI says the watch came in exchange for trying to help Hyneman avoid environmental fines on some of his land development projects."

Event Focuses on Surveillance, Wiretapping, Terrorism

UC Davis News & Information :: Event Focuses on Surveillance, Wiretapping, Terrorism: "John Yoo -- who spearheaded the Bush administration's legal response to the 2001 terrorist attacks -- and other constitutional scholars will debate the National Security Agency's surveillance program, warrantless phone wiretapping and the war on terror at UC Davis March 9.

The event, titled 'Katz v. U.S: 40 Years Later -- From Warrantless Wiretaps to the War on Terror,' will focus on how the U.S. Supreme Court's landmark 'search and seizure' decision in Katz applies in a modern age of global terrorism.

The UC Davis Law Review and the School of Law will host the free, public event. The program runs from 9 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. in the Wilkins Moot Court Room of King Hall on the UC Davis campus.

'The issue of warrantless wiretaps and personal privacy has resurfaced from under the current NSA surveillance program,' said David Richardson, editor-in-chief of the law review. 'This symposium will allow some of the greatest legal minds in the country to discuss both sides of this controversy.'"

Young folk rip-off elderly

Young folk rip-off elderly | The Courier-Mail: "ELDERLY Queenslanders are losing $2.5 million every month to rip-off merchants who often turn out to be their own children, in a financial scandal set to deepen over the coming decade.

A Queensland Government funded agency is one of the first in Australia to gather statistics on financial abuse of the elderly by examining Helpline figures over four years.

The figures, given to a federal inquiry into the elderly and the law, are just part of the information being fed to the Federal Government about the problem, which is set to deepen as Australia's population rapidly ages.

'Some children try to acquire their parents' money before they die and beat their siblings to it,' said Yvonne Zardani, secretary of the Queensland branch of the Australian Pensioners and Superannuants League."

Metro knew driver was a felon, say documents

STLtoday - News - St. Louis City / County: "When a wheelchair-bound woman was sexually assaulted by a Metro Call-A-Ride van driver in 2005, transit officials said the company they hired for background checks missed his criminal conviction and status as a registered sex offender.

But personnel documents obtained by the Post-Dispatch show Metro knew that William T. Hamilton spent 19 months in prison for a Class D felony. He even admitted on the application that he'd been convicted of a crime, writing 'to Be Discussed at interview.'

Reached Tuesday, Hamilton said he did tell the Metro interviewer in 2001 about two convictions for sex crimes.

Metro lawyers were expected to argue in St. Louis Circuit Court today for dismissal of a suit by the rape victim, claiming the agency has immunity. "

Carnahan bill seeks to limit background check fees

Land Line Magazine: The Business Magazine for Professional Truckers: "Truckers could pay a lot less for hazmat background checks if a new bill introduced in the U.S. House of Representatives becomes law.

U.S. Rep. Russ Carnahan, D-MO, introduced HR1079, dubbed the Professional Driver Background Check Efficiency Act, on Feb. 15.

He introduced the bill because of the current hazardous materials background check procedures, which he said in a statement “cause professional drivers a substantial loss of time, income and out-of-pocket expenses.”

The hazardous material endorsement required for professional drivers varies in cost, but is typically $94 per driver. This legislation would initiate a $50 cap.

The Owner-Operator Independent Drivers Association was quick to throw its support behind the important piece of legislation and thank Carnahan for sponsoring the bill."

Private investigator guilty of wire fraud

BillingsGazette.com :: Private investigator guilty of wire fraud: "A Montana private investigator pleaded guilty to wire fraud Tuesday for bilking a dozen U.S. law offices, including a firm once used by Martha Stewart and former AIG chairman Maurice R. Greenberg.

Michael Lair, 46, admitted in U.S. District Court that he wrongfully accepted at least $200,000 from the firms between 2003 and 2006 by promising to deliver information about highly publicized lawsuits, including one involving Greenberg.

Lair said he knew he could not get the information the companies wanted.

Lair does not have a listed telephone number in the Bozeman area and could not be reached for comment Tuesday."

State charges investigator who helped condemned inmates

AP Wire | 02/21/2007 | State charges investigator who helped condemned inmates: "The California attorney general on Wednesday charged a private investigator with filing bogus documents to aid four death row inmates, calling the case one of the largest frauds ever perpetrated on the state's criminal justice system.

Kathleen Culhane was arraigned Wednesday afternoon in Sacramento on 45 felony counts of forgery, filing false documents and perjury.

'This is fraud at the highest level,' Michael Farrell, a senior assistant attorney general, said after the arraignment. 'This is someone who is trying to undermine the system.'

Among the inmates for whom Culhane allegedly lied while working as a staff investigator for the Habeas Corpus Resource Center was Michael Morales, who was sentenced to death for the 1981 rape and murder of a Central Valley teenager.

Questions about the San Francisco private investigator arose a year ago when Morales petitioned the governor for clemency and prosecutors challenged the authenticity of several documents Culhane submitted on his behalf. His execution eventually was stayed over the state's lethal injection method, a matter unrelated to Culhane.

The attorney general's criminal complaint alleges that between November 2002 and February 2006 Culhane filed at least 23 fraudulent documents designed to aid Morales and three ot"

Battling police hiring private investigators

Battling police hiring private investigators - National - smh.com.au: "THE NSW fraud squad is so stretched for resources that it is relying on private investigators to compile briefs of evidence, a Sydney court has heard.

Detective Sergeant Roland Winter, a fraud squad investigator who was giving evidence in a criminal trial this week, said his former boss at the fraud squad had conducted the investigation and taken statements from key witnesses while on sick leave from the police force.

Matthew Douglas Simons, 45, is facing trial over nine counts of dishonestly obtaining almost $700,000 from a fellow parent at Kambala, a private school for girls in Rose Bay.

Sergeant Winter said due to 'resource issues' it was common practice for external investigators, usually former police officers, to investigate frauds and prepare briefs of evidence on behalf of their clients which they then presented to police.

In the Simons case, Sergeant Winter told the court that his former boss, then Detective Inspector Michael Gerondis, had put together the prosecution brief while on sick leave waiting to be discharged from the police force."

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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