Archive for March 2003
The Train Ride Investigation
Attorney Robert Fickman and Attorney Stanley Schneider represented the owner of a train ride concession who noticed during an audit a discrepancy in the number of tickets sold versus revenues. Our Investigation Reveals… Investigator Carey Wellmaker analyzed almost two years of receipts and deposits compiling a spreadsheet that documented all of the tickets sold, the discrepancies and the identity…
Read MoreThe Child Smothering Murder Investigation
Attorney Stanley Schneider and Attorney Kevin Fine represented a foster care parent who was charged with smothering a child in his care when attempting to encourage him to go to sleep. The prosecutors claimed the defendant, possibly due to stress from his job, held the child’s face down in his pillow in his crib to…
Read MoreThe Divorced Stepfather Retro-Sex Investigation
George Tyson represented a defendant charged with the sexual abuse of his stepdaughter. The outcry occurred a number of years after the defendant had left the household and had remarried. The victim did not make the outcry until after her mother wanted to take her to a doctor to determine if she had been sexually…
Read MoreThe Retro-Sex Criminal Investigation
Chip Lewis represented a Houston police officer charged with the sexual abuse of his granddaughter. The outcry came a number of years after the alleged incident. The Gradoni Investigation Reveals Investigators interviewed over 25 individuals who verified that the victim’s father, also a Houston Police Department officer, was upset with the defendant because he failed…
Read MoreThe Apartment Complex Rumble Investigation
Attorney Alan Cohen represented a teenager charged with aggravated assault. The teenager had tried to break up a fight at his apartment complex involving the complainant, who had just been released from jail. The Gradoni Investigation Reveals… Investigators obtained affidavits from a number of witnesses to the incident who stated that the defendant had actually been…
Read MoreThe College Football Theft Investigation
The College Football Theft Investigation Allen Cease represented a high school student who was charged with going to another student’s house and along with 2 other co-defendants, had taken items from the garage. The main eyewitness told police he saw the defendant removing the items and placing them in his vehicle. The Gradoni Investigation Begins…
Read MoreThe Parking Lot Murder Investigation
Murder Charges Dismissed Attorney Mike Stone represented an elderly gentleman who had accelerated his car in a motel parking lot striking his wife and causing her death. The State’s key witness told police that she heard the couple arguing as they exited the lobby and then watched as the defendant purposely ran over his wife…
Read MoreThe Case of the Keyed Car
Criminal Mischief: Dismissed in Court Attorney Alan Cohen represented a former Harris County Deputy who was on probation for a family violence case involving the deputy’s ex-wife. The ex-wife told the Humble Police Department that her car had been keyed at work. The ex-wife also told officers that co-workers had observed an individual matching her…
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