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Private Investigator Air Conditioning theft

Posted on February 14, 2012 by Chief Investigator Valentine

GENESEE COUNTY, Michigan — A scrap yard dealer said it has hired a private investigator to delve into all the recent air conditioner thefts in the area.

Junk Iron and Metal, off Center Road in Flint, hired a private investigator two weeks ago, and is working with local police agencies on about five cases, said Don Sampson, managing partner.

“Our intention to coordinate with our other scrap yards to find out who is doing these commercial air cooler thefts,” said Sampson, who is paying for the investigator out of his pocket. “We are looking to put an end to this.”
Sampson said the investigator is working with Swartz Creek, Grand Blanc, Flint city and the Genesee County Sheriff’s Department.

Scrappers are raiding the units to get into the valuable copper.

Local police agencies have said they have seen an influx of people raiding air conditioner units to businesses and churches. New Jerusalem Gospel Baptist Church on Carpenter Road had $50,000 worth of damage to two of its air conditioning units in a theft last month.

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The Village, a mix of businesses on Saginaw Street near Coldwater in Mt. Morris and Genesee townships, has been hit about five times in the last year, causing $200,000 in damage.

“With every business in town getting hit, you almost have to put a 24/7 armed guard (on the units),” Sampson said.

Two Flint police officers have been assigned to investigate illegal scrapping. The Flint City Council temporarily suspended the license of two scrap dealers for

The scrap yards have photos, driver’s license numbers and fingerprints of the offenders, and they are forwarding them over to police, Sampson said. The cases have not resulted in any arrests, but Sampson hopes there will be soon.

Police departments could not immediately be reached for comment.

“With every business in town getting hit, you almost have to put a 24/7 armed guard (on the units),” Sampson said.

Two Flint police officers have been assigned to investigate illegal scrapping. The Flint City Council temporarily suspended the license of two scrap dealers for

Police departments could not immediately be reached for comment.

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Insurance Fraud What can you do?

Posted on February 14, 2012 by Chief Investigator Valentine

Health Care Fraud or Health Insurance Fraud:
As the population ages and through the use of fraudulent internet postings, telemarketing scams and door-to-door sales people canvasing senior communities, health care fraud and health insurance is on the rise. The purpose of this post is to provide a general description of both and to provide a few tips on how to avoid them.
Medical Equipment Fraud:
Equipment manufacturers offer “free” products to individuals. Insurers are then charged for products that were not needed and/or may not have been delivered.
“Rolling Lab” Schemes:
Unnecessary and sometimes fake tests are given to individuals at health clubs, retirement homes, or shopping malls and billed to insurance companies or Medicare.
Services Not Performed:
Customers or providers bill insurers for services never rendered by changing bills or submitting fake ones.
Medicare Fraud:
Medicare fraud can take the form of any of the health insurance frauds described above. Senior citizens are frequent targets of Medicare schemes, especially by medical equipment manufacturers who offer seniors free medical products in exchange for their Medicare numbers. Because a physician has to sign a form certifying that equipment or testing is needed before Medicare pays for it, con artists fake signatures or bribe corrupt doctors to sign the forms. Once a signature is in place, the manufacturers bill Medicare for merchandise or service that was not needed or was not ordered.
Tips for Avoiding Health Care Fraud or Health Insurance Fraud:
Never sign blank insurance claim forms.
Never give blanket authorization to a medical provider to bill for services rendered.
Ask your medical providers what they will charge and what you will be expected to pay out-of-pocket.
Carefully review your insurer’s explanation of the benefits statement. Call your insurer and provider if you have questions.

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Do not do business with door-to-door or telephone salespeople who tell you that services of medical equipment are free.
Give your insurance/Medicare identification only to those who have provided you with medical services.
Keep accurate records of all health care appointments.
Know if your physician ordered equipment for you.
If you have already been affected by health care fraud or health insurance fraud, you must take immediate action by either bring it to the attention of a health care professional, a member of your family or seek the assistance of an attorney. The fraudsters are counting on the fact that you will do nothing

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Background check FBI gets it down to 7 minutes

Posted on February 14, 2012 by Chief Investigator Valentine

(CBS/AP) WASHINGTON – The FBI conducts 165,000 fingerprint checks a day and the job just got easier, and more than twice as fast to do.

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The bureau has begun using a new computer system that takes just seven minutes to search a database of 70 million sets of fingerprints for a possible match with the fingerprints of a suspect. That’s down from the old average search time of 17 minutes.

In a recent side-by-side, five-day test of the new and old computer systems, the new FBI system turned up 910 additional matches between prints submitted to the bureau and prints in the FBI’s database from earlier arrests.

Engineers computed the accuracy rate of the new system at 99.6 percent, compared with the rate of 92 percent for the old system, which had been in use for more than a decade.

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pedophile tracking Sandusky to see grandkids

Posted on February 14, 2012 by Chief Investigator Valentine

A Pennsylvania judge has eased bail restrictions on former Penn State University assistant football coach Jerry Sandusky, allowing him visits with 11 of his 14 grandchildren as he awaits trial on child sex abuse charges.

Sandusky, 68, the former Penn State assistant football coach who admitted last year in an interview that he showered with young boys though insisted he was not a pedophile, is charged with 52 counts of abuse involving 10 boys between 1994 and 2008.

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(GlobalPost reports: Sandusky: I showered with young boys, but I’m not a pedophile)

Meanwhile, the mother of three of Sandusky’s grandkids, criticized Judge John M. Cleland’s ruling Monday and will have another judge decide if her kids can visit him while he is under house arrest, according to the Patriot News.

“I do not believe it is safe for my children, or any children, to be around Jerry Sandusky,” Jill Thomas, who is in a custody dispute with her ex-husband, Matt Sandusky, said in a statement

USA Today reported that the same judge also rejected a prosecution request that a jury in Sandusky’s upcoming trial be drawn from outside the State College area, a move legal analysts said was important to Sandusky’s May 14 trial.

The paper quotes Widener University law professor Wesley Oliver as saying defense attorneys are likely hoping that the jury pool will include people who view Sandusky as one of the architect’s of Penn State’s football success.

“Sandusky just needs to find one person who will put more weight on his football reputation,” Oliver said. “It is a potentially high-risk, high-reward game.”

“I’m sure they are looking for anyone who knows Sandusky as one of the best defensive coordinators in the nation,” the paper quotes Jeffrey Lindy, an attorney who has dealt with child sex abuse cases, as saying.

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electronic surveillance the ” camden camera”

Posted on February 14, 2012 by Chief Investigator Valentine

Worried the “Camden Camera” surveillance system might violate the rights of innocent visitors to the city’s drug-plagued neighborhoods?

Talk to Laura Sánchez.

“Twenty years ago, I would have been on the civil liberties side, but now I think the [surveillance] is absolutely wonderful,” says Sánchez, the special-projects coordinator for Camden’s Area Health Education Center.

Beginning this week, notices will be mailed to owners of vehicles caught by the city’s Eye in the Sky network. The missives are not arrest warrants, but warnings designed to encourage drug buyers to get help – and get out of town.

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“People who live in the city have rights, too,” says Sánchez, who lives in Fairview with her husband and daughter. “We have a right not to be worried about a drug trade fueled by people from the suburbs. I’m sick of it.”

Data collected during the program’s first four weeks indicate that 90 percent of the 624 “suspicious” vehicles seen at one North Camden intersection were registered to suburban addresses.

“It seems that people from the suburbs love to point their finger at Camden,” longtime Fairview resident Fran Dyson says. “It’s ironic that 90 percent of the buyers are from the suburbs.”

She’s right: A big chunk of the traffic at one of the arguably most dangerous corners in “C-town” – Sixth and York – came from places such as Cherry Hill, Mount Laurel, and Deptford. And Blackwood, Westville, and Sicklerville.

There’s no reason to think the statistics are substantially different at the other ‘stop-n-cop’ corners in other neighborhoods, particularly those close to I-676 and Route 130.

Now, let’s pause and point out that 10 percent of the customers whose license tags showed up at that particularly hot corner were linked to owners living in Camden zip codes. Drug “sets” ply their trade in every neighborhood, and the community bears some responsibility.

But despite its reputation, the city is home to many thousands of people who would never think of taking drugs, yet find themselves forced to live with the often-bloody ramifications of other people’s addictions.

“My 10-year-old daughter doesn’t understand why I won’t let her walk two blocks from our house. But people are being held up in broad daylight,” Sánchez says. “People have been shot in Yorkship Square.”

Lifelong city resident Lillian Ubarry lives near the Cramer Hill intersection where beloved bodega owner Deogones Miguel Almonte was gunned down Dec. 5.

“Every day I go by that store, and every day it breaks my heart,” says Ubarry, 56, outreach coordinator for the Camden County Cancer Screening Project.

“I have never been scared like I’m scared now, and it’s a horrible thing. I love my home. I have a beautiful home. But you begin to feel like you have to leave.”

Jason Laughlin, spokesman for the Camden County Prosecutor’s Office, says the focus has hardly shifted from sellers to buyers.

“The dealers are still being targeted,” he says. “We’re not criminalizing anyone. The warnings are a tool.

“We’re trying to find a way to change people’s behavior, to encourage them to deal with a problem. I don’t think anyone imagines this is going to shut down all the drug corners.”

That’s no reason not to try, says Sánchez, who 20 years ago stood with Ubarry and other activists, leafleting apparent drug buyers as they entered North Camden.

“I don’t know if we ever deterred anybody, but we were out there,” she says.

Adds Ubarry, “Sometimes we saw them turn around.”

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computer forensics Eric Knuth uses PI

Posted on February 14, 2012 by Chief Investigator Valentine

A university employee charged with child porn will appear before a Coles County judge today to discuss recently submitted evidence related to the case.

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Eric Knuth, an Information Technology Services employee, and his attorney Ron Tulin filed a motion to allow a private investigator to examine the hard drive that the prosecution claims contains the unlawful material Knuth is charged with displaying, according to the case record at the circuit clerk’s office.
The private investigator is St. Louis-based company Forensic Computer Service, who has over 30 years experience in the computer, security and management fields, according to the defense’s motion.
Knuth is charged with displaying an image of child pornography on a laptop in December 2008.
The record states: “(Knuth) displayed on an Apple MacBook Air an image of two girls (Knuth) knew or reasonably should have known to be under the age of 18…depicting the unclothed genitals and partially developed breasts of the girls.”
Knuth is scheduled to appear before the judge at 9 a.m.
The hearing will be the 11th such proceeding in 16 months.

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pedophile tracking Douglas Harold Patrick gets 14 years

Posted on February 13, 2012 by Chief Investigator Valentine

A 64-year-old man who sexually abused 18 boys he had lured and groomed with alcohol, drugs, pornography and gifts has been sentenced to 14 years in jail.

Douglas Harold Patrick, a former Lambton County resident, pled guilty in December to more than 50 sexual offences and was sentenced Monday in Sarnia court.

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The abuse, covering more than seven years in Lambton during the 1980s, included Patrick masturbating boys, and performing oral sex and anal intercourse with boys. They performed the same sex acts on him.

“It is abundantly clear his actions were planned and deliberate,” said assistant Crown attorney Randy Evans during a prior sentencing hearing.

A pre-sentence report and psychiatric assessment stated Patrick admitted a sexual attraction to boys at the time of the offences, but no longer felt that way.

Patrick denied being a pedophile, but the psychiatrist’s report indicated pedophilia never leaves a person.

Neither report indicates a risk of repeat offences and no charges have been laid during the past 20 years, said defence lawyer Ken Marley.

Patrick has not lived in Sarnia for more than 10 years.

Patrick told the court he takes responsibility for his offences and wants to apologize.

The abuse was done in secret and the boys were left feeling guilty and embarrassed, said Evans. So the abuse was not disclosed until much later in their lives, he said.

As boys grew older, Patrick stopped abusing them, instead seeking out new, younger victims. Some boys were abused once or twice; one was subjected to abuse 100 times.

Patrick’s acts of depravity hit the boys like a tsunami, said Justice Mark Hornblower.

Some of the victims had never spoken of the abuse until they were contacted by police during an eight-month investigation that ended in 2011.

During a preliminary hearing a victim testified he thought Patrick’s actions were wrong, but he wanted gifts Patrick offered like knives, flags, beer and drugs.

One man said, in a victim impact statement read to the court, he’s struggled with the abuse for more than 30 years, in nightmares unable to get rid of Patrick the “demon.”

At one point he attempted suicide.

The impact is shared by victims, their families and the community because some victims’ substance abuse and criminal activity is rooted in the abuse, said Hornblower.

During a prior court appearance, after listening to 45 of Patrick’s charges, a victim’s family member shouted he couldn’t hear anymore and charged the prisoner’s box.

He was stopped by court security and police officers before reaching Patrick.For sentencing, Hornblower referred to a higher court decision stating sexual predators must know they will pay a heavy price.

Patrick’s jail time includes one year of pre-sentence custody.

He will be on the sex offender registry for 20 years and a lifetime ban on his attendance at parks, playgrounds and schoolyards was imposed.

In his impact statement, one victim said he hopes knowing Patrick will be somewhere he can’t hurt anyone else,will give him (the victim) peace of mind.

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Electronic Surveillance GPS is about to be Illegal

Posted on February 13, 2012 by Chief Investigator Valentine

RICHMOND, Va. — Legislation making it illegal to deceptively install an electronic tracking system on a person’s vehicle has cleared the House of Delegates and is on its way to the Senate.

The House voted 88-10 Monday to pass Del. Joe May’s bill. The Loudoun County Republican introduced the legislation at the behest of a constituent who was shocked to discover that a private investigator hired by his estranged wife had placed a GPS device on the undercarriage of his car, and it wasn’t illegal.
The bill carves out exemptions for law enforcement officials who obtain a warrant, parents tracking their kids, any legally authorized representative of an incapacitated adult, owners of fleet vehicles and electronic communications providers like OnStar and cell phone companies.

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executive protection What should body guards drive

Posted on February 13, 2012 by Chief Investigator Valentine

Whitney Houston’s death on Saturday was just the latest in a too-long line of showbiz tragedies. Even if her hyperproduced adult R&B wasn’t your style, you had to respect that voice — a dynamic and eerily clear mezzo-soprano with very few peers in pop music history.

In addition to her singing she also lit up the movie screen, most famously opposite Kevin Costner in “The Bodyguard.” So, in memory of a person who — it would seem — really needed someone to watch over her: What’s the best car for a modern-day Bodyguard?

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Were it our personal protection services firm, our flagship vehicle would have to be a Brabus-tuned Mercedes Geländewagen, preferably with armor plating. The military-inspired G-wagen exudes a protective aura as it sits, but the monster V-12 and mods that Brabus puts in place take that self-secure attitude to a whole new level while providing enough torque to escape any threat — or flatten a Kardashian-grade paparazzi scrum. It will outhandle any other large SUV, and visibility is on par with most motorcycles. The well-tailored cabin soothes jangled nerves, and the airy interior lets you keep close tabs on a valuable passenger.

Which is especially important when the biggest threat to that passenger is herself.

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Identity Theft Ricardo Keith Dutrieclue & Melissa Hicks

Posted on February 13, 2012 by Chief Investigator Valentine

A Pennsylvania couple stopped Friday for speeding on I-75 was held in the Bradley County jail charged with 60 counts of identity theft.

A detective for the Bradley County Sheriff’s office on Friday stopped the vehicle after radar showed it to be in excess of the 70 mph limit. During the investigation, forms of identification for 60 different people were found consisting of 40 driver’s licenses and 24 social security cards. Detectives also found 45 prepaid VISA cards and numerous W-2’s from the Internal Revenue Service.
The driver, Ricardo Dutrieculle, 54, had an active Georgia probation violation warrant and is being held in jail pending extradition. He is also charged with 60 counts of identity theft, speeding, and having an expired registration.

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The passenger, Melissa Hicks, 44, was charged with 60 counts of identify theft. Her bond is $600,000.

Both reside in Braddock, Pa., and will be arraigned Monday in General Sessions Court.

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Private Investigator Air Conditioning theft

Insurance Fraud What can you do?

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pedophile tracking Sandusky to see grandkids

electronic surveillance the ” camden camera”

computer forensics Eric Knuth uses PI

pedophile tracking Douglas Harold Patrick gets 14 years

Electronic Surveillance GPS is about to be Illegal

executive protection What should body guards drive

Identity Theft Ricardo Keith Dutrieclue & Melissa Hicks

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