Archive for March 2015
The Case of The Missing Laptops
The Case of The Missing Laptops We were hired by a Houston, TX-based firm who keeps a large inventory of laptops that they supply to customers in the medical field. The laptops are delivered to the medical client completely updated with current software and the medical client’s specific needs. After the September 2014 inventory, our…
Read MoreUpcoming Trials
Security Guard Faces Death Penalty In June we will start jury selection on a security guard facing the Death Penalty, being charged with the murder of two prostitutes and the aggravated robbery of 6 other prostitutes, all from the Channelview area. Investigator Keith Kucifer has interviewed the State’s 6 prostitute witnesses, who did not report…
Read MoreWhen Being An Investigator Gets Interesting
J.J. Gradoni recently interviewed one of our criminal Defendants at the Harris County Jail. The Defendant had lengthy criminal history and had a number of very serious pending charges that most likely could result in him spending the rest of his life in prison. The hardened criminal and gang member was very reluctant to discuss…
Read MoreThe “His Turn to Inflict Pain” Murder Investigation
Attorney Skip Cornelius represented a Defendant who was charged with the stabbing death of an individual during an altercation. Our client regularly hung out at a makeshift bar and pool hall on the North side of Houston. One of the Defendant’s associates had taken the victim’s car and not returned it. The victim was getting…
Read MoreThe Wrong Man Killed in Dope Rip-Off Case
Attorney Skip Cornelius represented a teenager charged with Capital Murder. The teenager was selling dope for a dealer and had been ripped off by a customer. When our Defendant informed the dope dealer about what happened she also gave him a description of the actor along with his purple colored vehicle. The dope dealer and…
Read MoreThe Weed Killing Investigation
Attorney Skip Cornelius represented a Defendant who was charged with Capital Murder for attempting to rob a dope dealer during a transaction, which resulted in the shooting death of the dope dealer’s associate. Our Defendant admittedly sold small quantities of weed from his apartment, using the State’s star witness as his source. The source had…
Read MoreThe Case of the Homemade Engine Fabricator
HIGHEST VALUE PROPERTY RECOVERY IN HISTORY OF GRADONI & ASSOCIATES Our firm was contacted by a Texas City Detective who advised that his uncle worked for a company that built engines used in chemical plants to verify the content and amount of product being delivered to the facility. Our client built the specialized equipment, which…
Read MoreThe Finger Investigation
Attorney Brett Podolsky represented a defendant who was in very ill health. The defendant, a gay male, was charged with biting off the finger of his lover’s mother. The mother showed up at the defendant’s apartment highly intoxicated. During the verbal altercation that ensued, she attacked the defendant, who is frail and in ill health.…
Read MoreThe “Kingpin Bums Ride to Hit” Investigation
Attorney John P. “Casey” Keirnan represented a defendant charged along with 3 other defendants with Capital Murder. The State alleged that the head of a local dope ring wanted to have an individual who provided information to the police killed. This individual recruited and paid a facilitator to take care of the hit. The facilitator…
Read MoreMarijuana Leads to Death, Gradoni Investigates
Attorney Katherine Scardino represented a young man who allowed an acquaintance to use his apartment to buy marijuana in Houston, TX. During the transaction, the acquaintance shot and killed one of the weed sellers in an attempt to rip them off. Our client was not present when this occurred, but the State of Texas alleged…
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