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Confessed Thief Accused of iMurder
Attorney Robert “Bob” Loper represented an individual who was charged with the beating death of a fellow resident at an apartment complex, in which the victim’s iPhone was taken. The State had an 8 year old juvenile witness who claimed he observed the defendant strike the victim. The defendant claimed from the beginning that he…
Read MoreThe Texas Prison Break Murder Trial
Attorney Jimmy Phillips Jr. and Attorney Katherine Scardino represented one of two inmates attempting to escape from a work project in a Huntsville prison unit where 80 inmates were working. During the escape the co-defendant was trying to leave the area in a stolen truck, coming in contact with a guard who fell from her…
Read MoreThe Case of the Nightclub Gangland Killing
Attorney Skip Cornelius represented a young defendant who was charged, with another defendant, with the shooting death of a rival gang member at a club in Houston, TX. Gradoni & Associates Investigates We were able to identify and interview two witnesses who stated that the defendant was with them at the club when the shots…
Read MoreThe Narco-Murder Dismissal
Attorney Mary E. Conn and Attorney Jerald Graber represented a male charged with the shooting deaths of two individuals during a narcotic transaction in Houston, TX. The defendant was arrested at age 17, spending 4 years in the Harris County Jail before his case went to trial. The defendant had two different attorneys before Mary…
Read MoreThe Shotgun Murder Investigation
Attorney Katherine Scardino and Attorney Jimmy Phillips Jr. represented a lady charged with the shooting death of her husband. The defendant, her husband and her husband’s brother were returning home from an evening of heavy drinking. While in the driveway to the residence the husband assaulted the defendant, smashing her head against the dashboard of…
Read MoreThe Case of the Dirty Daughter
Attorney Brett Podolsky represented an individual who had stopped by his rental home, which was occupied by his daughter who had a well-documented drug addiction problem, and found three males inside; two of which were in bed with his daughter. The defendant was enraged, telling all three of the males to leave the residence immediately.…
Read MoreThe Death by Ophthalmologist Inquiry
Attorney Skip Cornelius represented an ophthalmologist who was charged with murder. The ophthalmologist’s college son was having a party at their home when they caught an intruder in the backyard. The intruder was asked to leave and he did, without incident. Intruder Camps Bushes A short time later the same intruder was found hiding in…
Read MoreThe Case of the Intrastate Burglar
My good friend and attorney has an office in the office park where we are located. On a weekend when his alarm system was not working he was burglarized, suffering a loss of computers, laptops and other valuable items. As usual. there were no identifiable suspects. My friend was frustrated that he did not have…
Read MoreThe Case of the Shell Companies
“The Billing Scam” Attorney Phillip Hilder, one of our most tenured clients, referred Gradoni & Associates to one of Houston’s largest commercial land development companies. The individual in charge of Company signage abruptly quit, taking the majority of the documents at her station with her which caused alarm and concern by Management. Our Investigation Begins…
Read MoreThe Case of “Just Living” … With $80,000.00
Payroll Clerk – Busted An international engineering firm hired Gradoni & Associates to investigate a number of irregularities identified with vacation pay on a number of employees. It appeared that a number of vacation checks had been made payable to a payroll clerk who cashed the checks, using her own name and driver’s license, although…
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