PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE AND ACCOMPLISHMENTS
Michigan State Police – Trooper – 1977 – 1989
Uniform Sergeant – Owosso Post – 1989-1999
- Supervise Criminal Investigations
- Maintain and Supervise Property Room and Evidence
- Oversee budget, scheduling and training of officers
- Assist in Criminal Investigations
Detective Sergeant – Michigan State Police. (Retired – July 2002)
- Case Supervision and monitoring of criminal investigations.
- Designed a digital mug shot program for several MSP locations.
- Investigated hundreds of computer related crimes for over 35 different Law Enforcement Agencies, with a conviction rate of 100%.
- Instructor – How to seize a computer without destroying evidence
Types of Investigations Include:
- Homicide
- Fraud
- Embezzlement
- Threatening Communications
- Larceny
- Intimidation and Harassment Complaints
- Bribery
- Worked closely with outside law enforcement agencies and other branches of the criminal justice system.
- Aided Federal, State and local law enforcement officers and prosecutors.
- Assigned to work closely with the Clinton County Detective Bureau.
Assignments included the following counties:
Ingham, Eaton, Jackson, Clinton, Shiawassee, Macomb, Oakland, Ionia, Gratiot, Livingston, Hillsdale, Lenawee, Isabella, Lapeer and Monroe.
Awards
- Meritorious Service – Investigation of a “Murder-For-Hire” scheme originating in Arkansas.
- Life Saving Award.
- Unit Citation for Professional Excellence – Unsolved Homicides and Armed Robbery Investigations.
- Distinguished Expert badges in marksmanship (the highest level achievable).
PROFESSIONAL TRAINING
- Access Data Internet Forensics
- Access Data Forensics Bootcamp
- Certificate of Training – Access Data Forensic Toolkit
- Over 28 years of continuing education & experience with the Michigan State Police
- Certificate of Training – Guidance Software – Encase
- Certificate of Computer Training – FBI Laboratory – Quantico, Va.
- Certified A+ PC Hardware/Software
- Terminal Agency Coordinator – Law Enforcement Information Network
- US Attorney’s Cyber-Crime Course
- Attorney General’s Computer Crimes Course.
- Member High Tech Crime Consortium
- Eastern Michigan University – High Tech Crimes
- Lansing Computer Institute.
- CelleBrite Certified – Cell Phone Forensics
- Cellebrite Advanced Smartphone Analysis (CASA)
- AccessData Forensic Toolkit – ACE Certified
COMPUTER FORENSICS – Testified as an expert witness in the following counties:
- Clinton County Circuit Court- Criminal and Civil Cases
- Shiawassee County Circuit Court – Criminal
- Macomb County Circuit Court- Criminal
- Eaton County Circuit Court – Criminal
- Jackson County – Circuit and District Court – Criminal and Civil
- Ingham County – Circuit and Probate Court
- Oakland County – Circuit Court – Criminal & Civil
- Federal Bankruptcy Court – Eastern District – Detroit
- Clermont County – Ohio
- Kalamazoo County – Circuit Court
- Newaygo County – Circuit Court
- Grand Traverse County
- Kent County
- Wayne County
- Genesee County
- Livingston County
- Ottawa County
- Washtenaw County
- United States District Court for the Western District of Michigan
- United States District Court for the Eastern District of Michigan
- Westmoreland County Criminal Court – Greensburg, Pennsylvania
Use and Monitoring of GPS Tracking Devices and Surveillance
- Clinton County
- 54-B District Court – East Lansing
- Eaton County
- Ingham County
CELL PHONE FORENSICS – EXPERT WITNESS
- St Joseph County Circuit Court
- Jackson County
- Ottawa County
- Genesee County
- Clinton County Circuit
- St Joseph County
- Wayne County
- Kent County
- Ingham County
- Calhoun County
- United States District Court for the Eastern District of Michigan
Court Appointed – Federal Court’s in Michigan
- United States District Court for the Eastern District of Michigan
- United States District Court for the Western District of Michigan
Guest Speaker
- South East Michigan Chapter Association of Certified Fraud Examiners: April 2015
- State Appellate Defender Office and State Bar of Michigan:
- Criminal Law Spring Conference – Frankenmuth, MI. – June 2016
- Detroit/Wayne County Criminal Advocacy Program:
- Coleman A. Young Municipal Center Auditorium, Detroit, MI. – October 2016
Please feel free to contact me if you have and questions.