A new study sponsored by the Office of National Drug Control Policy finds an association between drug abuse and criminal behavior. The Arrestee Drug Abuse Monitoring (ADAM) program gathered information on drug abuse from adult male arrestees in 10 counties across the country. Denver county was one of those tested. Face-to-face interviews and urinalysis were [...]

A few months ago, I got a call from a woman who wanted to bond out her ex-son-in-law. I met with her to do the paperwork and she described him as an a life-long alcoholic who had associations to the biker world and claimed to have friends in low places. I asked her if she [...]

I just got a phone call from Dog the Bounty Hunter. He wanted to know if I had any fugitives to be picked up. Unfortunately, there are none at present. However, that could change at any time. The conversation was over pretty quickly, and I was surprised to hear from him. I forgot to ask [...]

There has been a lot of publicity about online predators recently. As a former criminal investigator or sex crimes against children, I was  curious about the trend an decided to investigate. I’ve seen all of the promos for Dateline – To Catch a Predator, yet I cannot bring myself to watch it. I’ve lived it, [...]

Here’s a story that blends technology and stupid criminology. A woman in New York was mugged in a train station and her iPhone was taken. Later, while checking her e-mail, she noticed an e-mail in her outbox that she knew that she didn’t send. She opened the file and discovered that the thief had used [...]

I just learned of a new website, Crime Mapping that allows law enforcement agencies to inform the public about crime in their area. The system utilizes the records of that agency and produces a searchable map with all of the crime activity pinpointed by location and nature of crime. It costs the agency about $3000 a [...]