Investigator Chosen for Gomsi Case

An attorney and private investigator who recently retired as an Irvine police lieutenant will conduct the investigation into alleged misconduct by the Coachella Valley Mosquito and Vector Control District's top manager.

Private Eyes Probing Children's Theatre Case

An "administrative investigation" involving private investigators separate from an ongoing criminal probe by police detectives has been launched into the actions of three Palo Alto Children's Theatre employees who are on paid suspensions pending the outcome of the investigations.

Investigator to Examine Cops' Actions With Madrid

The La Mesa city manager hired an investigator yesterday to determine whether police officers followed regulations when they gave Mayor Art Madrid and a city employee a ride to the mayor's home when both were apparently intoxicated.

Private Investigator Jay J. Armes Raises Questions About Young Woman's Death

The death of a young woman whose body was found in the desert earlier this year has raised questions about what happened the night she went missing in 2005.

Signs indicate that 21-year-old Alondra Rodriguez was suicidal when she left home but two months since the discovery of her body east of El Paso there are suspicions her death may have been a homicide.

Private Detective Probes Case From Outer Space

Private eye T.K. Davis has worked his share of oddball cases. Once, he tracked down a one-armed woman wanted for child endangerment. He staked out a backyard to catch a guy throwing dirt clods into a pool. When you make your living answering life's mysterious questions at $100 an hour, you take a few calls out of the blue.

Thieving Little Britains

A leading UK Private Investigator has found that more than three quarters of workers have stolen from their current or previous places of work. The figures show that potentially over £432m of company goods, including laptops, confidential personal data, TVs, and even an office pet in one case are stolen in the UK each year. It is also clear that very few measures are in place across companies to prevent theft from happening.

Private Investigators Probe Payroll Scam

Private investigators have been hired to conduct an internal investigation at Waukegan High School, following the arrest of two security guards in January for alleged pay irregularities.

The three investigators from Naperville-based Probe International are conducting interviews at the high school and checking documents and payroll records, according to Thomas Morris, legal counsel for Waukegan Public Schools.

Sex, Lies & Surveillance

Damien Delzoppo of Avenue Investigations says he was playing a clean game — "well within the limits of the law" — during an episode that ended with one Melbourne contractor blackmailing a rival into pulling out of the tendering for a local council job.

It seems that the rival — owner of a construction business, 20 to 30 workers — had been winning council jobs left and right. He was significantly undercutting everybody else. It was a mystery.

It didn't take long to find out the guy was having an affair with his materials supplier. She was selling him the materials cheap.

Trial Begins for Hollywood Private Investigator

Jury selection began Wednesday for the federal trial of private investigator Anthony Pellicano and four co-defendants, charged in a wiretapping case that prosecutors said targeted Hollywood celebrities and others.

Pellicano, 63, is accused of running a criminal enterprise that wiretapped phones and bribed police and telephone workers to get confidential information that could be used to gain an advantage in divorce, business and other cases.

Fraud Scene Investigator

People don’t normally try to kill you for doing their taxes, but forensic accounting is a whole different ball game.

One morning a few years ago, forensic accountant Al Vondra was driving to work on Cleveland's Interstate 77 as he always did. But this day was different. As he was driving, all four tires on his Buick LeSabre suddenly exploded. The gas tank hit the ground at 65 miles per hour, and the car came to a grinding halt. Fortunately, nothing exploded, and Vondra was able to get to the side of the road and wait for the police.