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Male Prostitute Accused of “Laptop” Robbery
Attorney Skip Cornelius represented a male prostitute who allegedly ran up to the complainant’s car, robbing the complainant at gun point in the middle of the street and taking his laptop. J.J. Gradoni Investigates The defendant informed us that the complainant was actually one of his tricks, who had given him the laptop to hold…
Read MoreThe “Let’em Shoot at You First” Murder Investigation
Attorney Brett Podolsky represented a defendant charged with the shooting death of an individual in the parking lot of an after-hours club in Houston, TX. The State of Texas had witnesses that were allegedly going to testify that the defendant had shot the victim without provocation. The defendant claimed all along that the entire incident…
Read MoreThe Case of the Invoice Groomer
Thieves Amongst Us The Owner of a large Pet Grooming & Boarding Hotel for animals had become suspicious that one of the employees had been changing the deposit slips each morning and taking some of the cash collected. The Client provided us with the computer research that they had conducted, which indicated that a number…
Read MoreThe Case of the Chemical Plant Extortion Saint
Payroll Raised Fraud John Rhem, one of our Corporate Attorney clients, asked Gradoni & Associates to look into allegations from employees of a chemical plant that their Supervisor had extorted money from them in return for favorable reviews so the employees could receive pay raises. J.J. Hits The Ground Running Chief Investigator J.J. Gradoni spent…
Read MoreThe Case of the Concrete Thief
Our firm was hired by a concrete company who had suspicions that one of their drivers was diverting loads dedicated to a client and dropping them at locations where the loads were sold for personal gain. One of the reasons that the perpetrator was able to divert a load was due to the fact that…
Read MoreNew Cases
During the month of February 2015 we received three new Death Penalty cases from Defense Attorneys Katherine Scardino and Jimmy Phillips. Escaped Brazos County Inmates The first case is a seven-year-old case being tried in Brazos County on a change of venue. Two inmates attempted to escape from a work project in a field where…
Read MoreThe Expeditious Service Case
Attorney Kate McConnico represented an individual who had family law matters in Harris County, TX and Atlanta, GA with his ex-wife. Gradoni & Associates’ investigators received a phone call on a Thursday morning from Kate’s Client who stated that the local Constables were unable to serve papers on his former wife, who lived in an…
Read MoreThe Extra-Marital Cocaine Affairs Case
Attorney Alice J. O’Neill and Attorney Georgann “GiGi” Oglesby represented a father who was seeking custody of his two children. The father alleged that the mother had been involved in an extra-marital affair with a male who was heavily involved in personal narcotics use. Due to the gravity of the situation, Gradoni & Associates was…
Read MoreThe Case of the Home Improvement Crooks
Our client in The Woodlands wanted to widen her driveway and add a pool and cabana area outfitted for barbecuing in her back yard. She selected a company who advertised extensively in The Woodlands area as being an expert in those specific areas. The owner of the company sent his sales manager to bid the…
Read MoreThe Mean Streets of Houston
How It Really Is On The Street Edna Velez was conducting interviews related to a double homicide. Most of the witnesses had lengthy criminal history and were involved in gangs. During one of the interviews a potential witness made the following comment to Edna when she made the statement to him that we honestly believed…
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