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Posted by: admin
on 24 January 2011
Conviction Reversed — During a computer forensics examination for alleged fraud, multiple images of child pornography were discovered on defendant's computer. A second search warrant was obtained and a federal forensics examiner eventually uncovered over 150 images of child pornography. Defendant was ultimately charged with one count of "knowingly received and attempted to receive one or more visual depictions [of minors engaged in sexually explicit conduct]," i.e., two Web site banners containing sexually explicit images of children.
Posted by: Frederick Lane
on 07 February 2010
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.
Posted by: Frederick Lane
on 01 February 2010
Last week, authorities used a new branch of computer forensics -- GPS forensics -- to help locate the body of a missing Peoria, AZ man. The case offers a glimpse into one of the rapidly-growing specialties in the computer forensics industry.
A short time before Christmas, James Jay Keefer, 55, told friends that he was heading off to do some exploring near Kingman, about three hours northwest of Glendale. When he failed to return, friends and family reported him missing.
The day after Keefer left town, a woman named Cynthia Ann Langrall, 57, was shot while jogging in Glendale. Suspicion quickly focused on Greg Allen Hawkins, 48, a Peoria resident known to have a long-standing grudge with Langrall's husband. Hawkins was also Keefer's roommate, and had gone with him to on the trip to Kingman.
Before police could question Hawkins, he fled the state and barricaded himself in his parents' home in northern California. Law enforcement officials conducted extensive negotiations to persuade Hawkins to give himself up, but after several hours, he committed suicide.
During their search of the house, police discovered a handheld GPS unit. A forensic exam revealed the coordinates for a "location of interest" near Kingman. When police visited the site, they found human remains which they believed to be Keefer. DNA tests are being conducted to confirm the body's identity.
Given the tremendous popularity and growing ubiquity of GPS technology, it's not surprising that this is a rapidly growing segment of the industry. According to the Web site GPSForensics.org, more than $5 billion worth of GPS devices were sold in the United States in 2008, and another $5 billion worldwide. Depending on the particular design of the device, a variety of potentially useful information can be extracted from GPS devices, including:
* Track Logs
* Trackpoints
* Waypoints
* Routes
* Stored Location; Home, Office, etc…
* Security Location
* Recent Addresses
* Call Logs (Missed, Dialed, Received)
* Paired Device History
* Incoming/Out Going Text Msg
* Videos, Photos, Audio
As GPS technology is added to a wider and wider array of devices, the role of GPS information in court cases will undoubtedly increase markedly.
Posted by: Frederick Lane
on 23 January 2010
Long-time Boston sportscaster and "Candlepins for Cash" host Bob Gamere, 71, was sentenced to five years in federal prison last Wednesday, following U.S. District Court Judge William Young's acceptance of the plea agreement Gamere and his attorney, William H. Kettlewell, worked out with Assistant US Attorney Robert Richardson.
Posted by: Frederick Lane
on 11 January 2010
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.
Posted by: Frederick Lane
on 27 December 2009
In the December 2009 issue of Vanity Fair, contributing editor Mark Bowden takes a close look at an Internet sexual predator case and raises some interesting questions about police investigative procedures.
Posted by: Frederick Lane
on 01 December 2009
There is a tendency on the part of some lawyers, judges, and juries to treat evidence retrieved through computer forensics as somehow more credible than traditional, non-electronic evidence. The process of retrieving seemingly invisible data from the electronic void gives it a somewhat mystic quality that can blind factfinders to its real worth.
Posted by: Frederick Lane
on 03 November 2009
When the Berkshire County District Attorney's office in western Massachusetts loaded a CD of larceny evidence onto its computer, it found more than it expected: a computer file folder with 153 images of child pornography, as well as photos and a video of a male masturbating in front of a computer. The room in the video was one the district attorney had seen before: the evidence room at the Adams Police Department.
Posted by: Frederick Lane
on 30 October 2009
Earlier this month, the nation was temporarily captivated by the possibility that 6-year-old Falcon Heene had accidentally launched himself into the atmosphere on a homemade UFO-shaped balloon that traveled more than 50 miles from his Fort Collins, Colorado home. In addition to consuming vast quantities of the airwaves, the incident mobilized various National Guard and law enforcement units, and even shut down Denver International Airport briefly (the balloon ended its 2-hour flight just 12 miles from the airport).
Posted by: Frederick Lane
on 29 October 2009
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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