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Computer Forensics, Privacy & the Law

Ohio

Ohio Medical Voyeur Pleads No Contest, May Appeal Warrantless Search of SIM Chips

Posted by: Frederick Lane on 07 February 2010

Tagged in: workplace forensics , voyeurism , video(s) , search warrants , Ohio , judicial opinion(s) , digital camera , criminal , child pornography

Jaime Aguirre, a 43-year-old Ohio medical imaging technician accused of taking hundreds of surreptitious nude and semi-nude photos of patients at Advanced Medical Imaging in Tiffin, Ohio, pleaded "no contest" to 15 child pornography charges in a Portage County courthouse. Additional child pornography and voyeurism charges were filed against Aguirre in Seneca County (where AMI is located) after a forensic examination of his home computer revealed more patient photos. Police also found hundreds of photos and video recordings of women made in various public locations near Aguirre's home. Bond for the Seneca County charges was set at $750,000.

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Ohio Ultrasound Voyeur May See More Jail Time for Child Pornography

Posted by: Frederick Lane on 11 January 2010

Tagged in: workplace forensics , voyeurism , video(s) , photographs , Ohio , mobile forensics , digital camera , criminal , child pornography

Last September, I wrote about the travails of Jamie Aguirre, an ultrasound technician at Advanced Medical Imaging in Tiffin, Ohio, whose penchant for secretly videotaping undressed and sedated patients, and collecting X-rays of public areas, came to light after he was pulled over for a traffic violation.

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Ohio Attorney Convicted of Tampering with Voyeur Evidence

Posted by: Frederick Lane on 19 December 2009

Tagged in: workplace forensics , voyeurism , Ohio , digital camera

A 57-year-old Ohio attorney, Donald J. Guernsey, was convicted in the Seneca County Common Pleas Court for two counts of tampering with evidence. According to a report by the Fostoria Review Times, an employee of Guernsey's law firm discovered a digital camera hidden in a roll of paper towels in an upstairs bathroom.

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Computer Forensics Decisions for the Weeks of 10/19 to 10/30/2009

Posted by: Frederick Lane on 01 November 2009

Tagged in: Wisconsin , U.S. District Court (W.D. Pennsylvania) , U.S. District Court (N.D. Illinois) , U.S. District Court (E.D. Tennessee) , U.S. District Court (E.D. Missouri) , U.S. District Court (E.D. Michigan) , U.S. District Court (D. Idaho) , U.S. District Court (D. District of Columbia) , U.S. District Court (D. Arizona) , U.S. Court of Appeals (10th Circuit) , Texas , Ohio , judicial opinion(s)

The following is a list, by jurisdiction, of federal and state court decisions that involve or touch on some aspect of computer forensics. Every effort has been made to locate relevant decisions; however, this list is intended as a research aid only, and may not be definitive.

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Traffic Stop Triggers Forensics Investigation of Medical Imaging Voyeur

Posted by: Frederick Lane on 29 October 2009

Tagged in: workplace forensics , voyeurism , video(s) , photographs , Ohio , mobile forensics , digital camera , criminal , child pornography , cellphone

A routine traffic stop in northern Ohio led to a disturbing discovery: numerous nude photos of patients secretly taken by an ultrasound technician at Advance Medical Imaging, a facility located in Tiffin, Ohio. The suspect, Jamie Aguirre, 43, is being held in lieu of $250,000 bail; a preliminary hearing is scheduled for Friday, October 30, in the Kent Municipal Court.

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Computer Forensic Decisions for the Week of 8/31 - 9/4/2009

Posted by: Frederick Lane on 07 September 2009

Tagged in: Wisconsin , Virginia , U.S. Court of Appeals (9th Circuit) , U.S. Court of Appeals (8th Circuit) , U.S. Court of Appeals (7th Circuit) , Ohio , Mississippi , judicial opinion(s) , Florida

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Computer Forensic Evidence Presented in Ohio Rape Case

Posted by: Frederick Lane on 23 October 2008

Tagged in: sexual grooming , Ohio , laptop , hard drive , erotic stories , criminal , child pornography

An unusually detailed summary of computer forensic evidence was published earlier today in the Marion (Ohio) Star. The testimony was presented by Bill Hawk, an computer forensics expert from the Ohio Bureau of Criminal Identification and Investigation, in the rape trial of Danny Starner, 55.

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