Two former Maricopa County attorneys, Lisa Aubuchon (Deputy County Attorney) and Andrew Thomas (Country Attorney) launched investigations into graft and corruption in the county’s allegedly corrupt government. Their investigation led to charges against County Supervisors, and a County Judge, of racketeering charges. Following their investigations, Thomas was relieved of office and Aubuchon put on administrative leave due to claims that the investigations and charges were unethical. Read the full article »
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Private Detectives Retained to Ensure Ethical Behavior
By Jeff L in Crime, Criminal Background Check, Criminal Records, Electronic Fraud, Electronic Theft, Investigations, MSI Detective Services, Police Records, Private Investigator, Safety, Screening, Security, Surveillance Services, Technology, fraud, legal papers, technorati at August 24th, 2010 | No commentsTags: Crime, criminal conduct, criminal investigation, criminals, ethical investigations, ethics, fact-finding, Fraud Investigations, information gathering, interrogation, investigation, MSI, MSI Detective Services, msi services, Myers Investigative Services, Myers Services, PI, police, political investigations, politics, Safety, unethical conduct, video surveillance
Getting Someone Else’s Cell Phone Records is Illegal!
By MSI in Crime, Criminal Background Check, Criminal Records, Electronic Fraud, Electronic Theft, Harrassment, Investigations, Police Records, Privacy, Private Investigator, Security, harassment, invasion of privacy at July 22nd, 2010 | No commentsWe all should know that obtaining cell phone records of someone else is illegal. What many want to know is the exact section of law which prohibits it. This would pertain to attempting to get them, getting them, possessing and retaining them – anything and everything pertaining to them.
See H.R. 4709: Law Enforcement and Phone Privacy Protection Act of 2006,
and S. 2178: Consumer Telephone Records Protection Act of 2006.
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Missing Girl Found 7-Years Later
By Jeff L in Attorney Services, Crime, MSI Detective Services, Missing Children, Missing Persons, Police Records, Private Investigator, Safety, Security, Surveillance Services, technorati at July 17th, 2010 | 1 commentA 7-year Los Angeles cold case regarding the disappearance of Amber Nicklas is nearing resolution. FBI, Los Angeles, and Arizona police officers, armed with court orders, found Amber Nicklas–now 8-years old–living in a Phoenix home with her “family.”
The story is bizarre, and much of the information is confidential due to the ages of those involved. In September 2003, Amber Nicklas was living with foster parents when her three biological aunts visited her, taking their niece to a nearby Chuck E. Cheese restaurant. The child was never returned to foster care, and two of the three aunts were arrested, charged, and imprisoned. The third aunt, along with the baby girl had vanished.
In late 2009, a LA County detectives received a lead that was strong enough to re-open the case; it turned out to be false, but detectives were already re-examining details and updating the case with new information. The only hard evidence–a picture of baby Amber and a footprint from her birth certificate.
In early July 2010, detectives found–and interviewed–the missing third aunt who had disappeared with Amber. Following this interview, and armed with a court order, LA detectives knocked on a Phoenix-area door to discover Amber was alive and well, living with her “family” (her parents and two siblings). The Phoenix family–whose names are not being released–were raising Amber in the Gypsy tradition, and hired an attorney, claiming they were unaware the girl was considered missing.
Amber’s biological grandmother, according to their lawyer, gave them custody of the child in 2003 because the girl’s mother, a drug addict, was unfit to provide care.
At this stage, no one is facing criminal charges because there are no signs of abuse or neglect. Los Angeles County Captain Patrick Maxwell said his investigators were ‘heartbroken’ and emotionally ‘torn up’ because Amber’s been returned to foster care, far away from the only family she’s known.
While authorities in both LA and Phoenix are searching for answers, no doubt struggling with the notion that the motives behind Amber’s abduction were to provide the girl with a better chance in life, her Phoenix family plans to petition for her custody.
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Video Voyeurism Law
By Jeff L in Chicago, Crime, Debugging - Electronic Countermeasures, Electronic Theft, Harrassment, Illinois, Investigations, MSI Detective Services, Privacy, Private Investigator, Safety, Security, Surveillance Services, Technology, eavesdropping, invasion of privacy, technorati at June 27th, 2010 | No comments
Video voyeur laws exist in all 50 States, making it illegal to capture images of a person’s private areas without consent. In some states the crime is a felony while in others classify the crime as a gross misdemeanor. State law provides citizens with a “reasonable expectation” of privacy.
Pictures or videos taken when people are disrobing in private, or believe they’re in private, are illegal.
For example, it’s reasonable to expect privacy in a bathroom, or standing in line at a store. Both places are areas where images of private parts would not normally be captured.
A number of cases in recent news:
Patrick Culmer, a 32-year-old Sacramento man, was sentenced in February to five days jail and ordered to complete a sex addiction program after pleading guilty for attempting to take images under the door of a fitting room where a woman was undressing.
Ty Standley, 35, was arrested in August after Sears store security said he followed a 10-year-old girl around at the Altamonte Mall. A jury found a Deltona man guilty Thursday night of snapping pictures up girl’s skirt while she tied her shoes.
Terry Kristin Rauh, a 43-year-old teacher, is free on bail following his arrest in April on 10 counts of video voyeurism stemming from images found on an iPod of adult co-workers in the unisex bathroom of the teacher’s lounge. He maintains his innocence and formal charges have yet to be filed.
Patrick Wayne Flannigan, 42, was arrested by police on May 20 for violating a restraining order, coercion, and videoing an ex-girlfriend without her knowledge while she performed a sex act. He was caught when he sent the images to her.
Dr. Vincent Pacienza, 54, was found guilty on the felony charge of Unlawful Surveillance in the Second Degree. He faces up to four years in prison at his July 30 sentencing. Pacienza, a cardiologist, will also face medical misconduct charges that may result in the suspension, or revocation, of his medical license. After serving jail time, he will be registered as a sex offender for 10 years.
If you have questions regarding illegal video, or photo, surveillance, please contact one of MSI’s detectives via e-mail or us call toll-free at (888)338-4545.
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