Category Archives: Court Ruling

Liar Catchers is interested in all Court Rulings that may effect future law relative to Private Investigations.

State sanctions music festival promoters

The state Department of Corporations on Friday ordered Elevated Sound Productions, co-producer of this weekend’s Playground Festival in Irvine, to stop selling investments. The order also names ESP senior salesman Jake Hurtado, who was caught on tape promising a 2-to-1 … Continue reading

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Ex-police officer admits to charges

In Adelaide Magistrates Court, David Barry Hawkins, 38, has admitted abusing his position between January and February 2008 at Port Pirie. A private investigator, Heath Lee Boyle, 34, has pleaded not guilty to 26 counts of aiding and abetting Hawkins … Continue reading

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Law enforcement officers, others testify in Strate murder trial

PROVO — Defense attorney Ronald Yengich swung a metal drum stool through the air Wednesday in court. During the testimony of Orem police detective Randy Crowther, Yengich wanted to know if the stool — which he said weighed between 6 … Continue reading

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Felony Murder Charges Against McDaniel Stand, Case Heads to Grand Jury

Today, Judge William Shurling ruled Bibb County District Attorney Greg Winters meant the ‘burden of proof’ in charging 25 year old Stephen McDaniel with the felony murder of 27 year old Mercer Law grad Lauren Giddings. It took Judge Shurling … Continue reading

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True Religion’s Trademark Fight Ends Out of Court

For years now, True Religion has been on a vigilant hunt for apparel makers illegally using the company’s iconic horseshoe back-pocket design, which symbolizes everything cool about the premium-denim brand. But in an about-face, an English apparel maker, who said … Continue reading

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Ottawa’s corruption test case

By Bangladeshi standards, the red-brick compound of A.K.M. Mosharraf Hossain is a country estate. A four-foot wall encircles the property in the capital city of Dhaka. The only way inside is past a guard booth and a metal gate that … Continue reading

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Millions of US court records bound for shredder

CHICAGO (AP) — Wrestling with the challenges of documents in the digital age, U.S. officials are destroying millions of paper federal court records to save storage costs — but the effort is raising the ire of some historians, private detectives … Continue reading

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Private eye gets probation for pipe theft

An Ottawa private investigator was sentenced Wednesday in La Salle County Circuit Court for stealing a piece of perforated plastic pipe worth $35. On June 13, a jury found Ross B. Radke, 54, guilty of theft. At a hearing Wednesday, … Continue reading

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Lawyer Charged In Conspiracy Wants Court Records Unsealed

The prosecution of Washington criminal defense lawyer Charles Daum pits a veteran attorney against a former client, a local man whose drug case is at the heart of the allegations against Daum. Prosecutors contend Daum and two private investigators conspired … Continue reading

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Contra Costa scandal figure pleads not guilty

SAN FRANCISCO — A private investigator at the center of a federal investigation into local law enforcement pleaded not guilty to drug and corruption charges Friday. Christopher Butler, 50, was indicted by a federal grand jury along with his friend … Continue reading

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