Private Investigator Volunteers to Help Find Jaliek Rainwalker

“A lot of people are thinking, having different thoughts about what's going on in the case and we just want to be able to look into every single avenue,” said Jamie Richardson, a private investigator who can't show his face on camera.

Al-Qaida Website was Hosted in Phoenix

A Web site used by al-Qaida to recruit car bombers, encourage war on the West and provide a forum for Islamic militants went online from Phoenix this week.

The incident reflects a recent push by al-Qaida and other terrorist groups to spread their message, often using Internet hosts in the United States. Although private companies can refuse to host any Web site, they often do little to monitor their sites' content.

Accused Loveland Man Hires PI

Stephen Accomando, a Loveland man accused of plotting to murder his wife, has hired a private investigator to look into the background of the state's primary witness in the case.

Police arrested Accomando, 42, late last month after his stepbrother, James Henderson, contacted police and claimed the two had conspired to kill Accomando's wife while Accomando was in California, according to Loveland police.

Ins and Outs of Mystery Shopping

Mystery shopping, spotting, secret shopping - call it what you will, it has captured the attention of those looking for employment and those who think they have found the perfect job opportunity. Most private investigative agencies have a branch of their agency that performs this type of work. There also are companies that solely provide mystery shopping to companies.

Valentine's Day Time to Expose Cheats

The lead-up to Valentine's Day is an ideal time to catch out cheating partners as they try to satisfy both their spouse and lover, private investigators say.

They claim the weeks before February 14 are when cheaters leave most evidence of their affairs, such as receipts for romantic gifts or suggestive texts.

Port of Seattle Says it Will Hire Fraud Investigator

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

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

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

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

'Sizzle' lost from Old Settlers

Delphi Chamber of Commerce lost a valuable item after last year's Carroll County Old Settler's celebration. Members need to find the item because it provides one of the most needed services to vendors and exhibitors at the event.

The missing item is the electric wire used to supply power from the downtown junction boxes to the rides and booths. One local private investigator, a Carroll County native, has offered to find the missing item free of charge.

Going to Google Before Going Out With Your Date

Friday night in South Tampa is always a big night. On this night, happy hour always seems to be a bit happier at watering holes like MacDinton's. The thirty yard line outside the patio that stretches to Howard Avenue proves it. Inside guys like Anthony Salotto are dropping their best lines, “I am dead sexy” says the 26-year-old transplant from New Jersey.

Amidst the spirits there is plenty of technology and women are using it. Nearly every woman we spoke with has either heard of someone or they themselves have “Googled” a person that they are interested in. The reason? There is a whole mix of them. “Combination, married, record, just nuts” says Ayana Gibson.

Hollywood Investigator to Be His Own Lawyer

A federal judge ruled on Wednesday that Anthony Pellicano, the Hollywood private investigator facing trial on wiretapping and conspiracy charges, can represent himself at trial next month. Judge Dale S. Fischer of United States District Court said she was bound by Supreme Court case law to let Mr. Pellicano do so, but urged him to reconsider. The ruling raises the prospect that Mr. Pellicano, who often grabbed the limelight in his career as an investigator to the stars, would again take center stage at his trial, set to begin Feb. 27.

PI Life No TV Show

Life as a private investigator is like a slice out of TV’s Magnum PI but without the car chases, prowling dogs, sprawling mansions and loud shirts on sunbaked beaches.

"Okay," says Clinton Bowerman, "being a private investigator isn’t at all like it is portrayed by Hollywood. There’s a lot more paperwork.

Exclusive: Private Investigator Speaks Out About Szostak Case

"We strongly believe that somebody out there knows something, saw something, heard something or was told something about what happened to Josh," said Private Investigator Patrick Anastasi.

On December 22nd, Josh Szostak went out to hit the Albany bars with some friends. He parked outside the Elbo Room on Delaware and Morton. The group later went to the Bayou café downtown. After midnight, he separated from his friends - and vanished.

Wrong Man on Death Row?

Who left the male DNA? And how did it get there?

C.J. Ford, an Anaheim private investigator hired by Clair, now 48, called Friday for prosecutors to aggressively seek answers.

"Now they can find out who did it," Ford said.

Clair, a transient with an armed robbery conviction in Louisiana, has argued for his innocence, but has lost in appeal after appeal.

Computer Forensics Faces Private Eye Competition

The Internet is boundless and cybercrime scenes stretch from personal desktops across the fiber networks that circle the globe. Digital forensic investigators like Harold Phipps, vice president of industry relations at Norcross Group in Norcross, Ga., routinely slip across conventional geographic jurisdictions in pursuit of digital evidence and wrongdoers.

Lawmakers across the Savannah River in Columbia, S.C., have different ideas, however. Under pending legislation in South Carolina, digital forensic evidence gathered for use in a court in that state must be collected by a person with a PI license or through a PI licensed agency.

Private Investigator to Speak

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

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

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

Belfair Investigators, Who Illegally Posed as Others, Lacked License

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

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

Private investigator says Maddie is still alive | Herald Sun

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

'Maddie was kidnapped.

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

Technology Helps Locate Suspects In Construction Site Theft

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

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

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

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

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

Stamford Private Eye Reveals Case Secrets

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

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

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

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

Investigator Vows to Pursue Case

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

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

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

Doctor in Lipo Controversy Hired Spy

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

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

Fake Pradas and Guccis to be Burned

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

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

Drew Peterson Asks Public to Help With his Legal Defense

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

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

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

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

Pretexting Indictment Names Belfair Private Investigator

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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