Archive for August 2006
Child Fondling Investigation Leads to Dismissal
Houston Attorney Windi Akins represented a defendant charged with fondling a juvenile. The defendant had been working with the complainant’s father and had gotten into a disagreement over the purchase of a truck. Gradoni & Associates Investigates The Matter Our investigation determined that the location in Houston, where the alleged assault took place, did not…
Read MoreThe Case of the Squirmish Snitch
Attorney Mark Bennett represented an individual charged with Possession of Cocaine in State Court. Bennett learned that the investigation was initiated by a confidential informant. Gradoni & Associates Investigates The background investigation of the informant indicated that he was currently on bond awaiting sentencing in Beaumont on a narcotics offense. Investigators began by visiting the…
Read MoreThe Suspected Daycare Fondling Investigation
Attorney Robert Fickman represented the son of a Houston, TX daycare owner who had worked at the daycare center in 2001 while recovering from a back injury. A year after the daycare center closed, a juvenile female made an outcry that the owner’s son had inappropriately fondled her. Gradoni & Associates Investigate Investigators conducted a background…
Read MoreSuspect Robber, Suspect Witnesses
Karen Barney represented a defendant charged with Aggravated Robbery in the 183rd District Court in Houston, Harris County, Texas. Gradoni & Associates Investigates Investigators visited the scene in order to establish the witnesses’ actual vantage points. Witnesses were also interviewed. Karen was able to show the jury that the witnesses’ observations and statements were suspect.…
Read MoreThe Lost Marbles Theft Investigation
The owner of a marble company determined there was $200,000 of missing product after an inventory check. Once the discovery had been made the person responsible for the inventory and the overall general supervision of the workers quit. J.J. Gradoni Investigates Chief Investigator J.J. Gradoni interviewed a number of employees who admitted that they were…
Read MoreThe Federal Solicitation of a Minor Case
Attorney Robert Fickman and Attorney Stanley Schneider represented a school teacher charged in Federal Court with Soliciting a Minor on the Internet. During the discovery phase, the defense team was given hundreds of e-mails written by the defendant to 2 females. Gradoni & Associates; Internet Detectives Our investigation determined that the female’s identity was false. Investigators found…
Read MoreThe Case of the Staged Meth Arrest
Wayne Hill and David Jones represented an individual charged with possession of methamphetamines. The police report indicated that the male was stopped on a routine traffic violation for not having a front license plate. The officer then arrested the defendant for this traffic violation. The arrest allowed the officer to do an inventory search of…
Read MoreThe “Smuggling of Illegals” Death Inquiry
Attorney Robert Morrow and Attorney David Adler represented a female co-defendant that was charged as a co-conspirator with the ring’s leader in facilitating the smuggling of illegals via a tractor-trailer in Victoria, TX. Attorney Katherine Scardino and Attorney Joe Salinas represented the 2nd trial defendant, also a female. Attorney Gerald Bourque represented the 3rd defendant…
Read MoreThe Case of the Drunken Sales Manager
Our client was a manufacturing company that sold tools in the oilfield industry. Our client’s product base included thousands of small items. During an inventory it was discovered that a number of items in specific categories were missing. Our client had reason to believe that the Sales Manager was possibly selling items to competitors because…
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