News Articles / Press Releases

Please review the following news articles pertaining to the National RCFL program, as well as RCFL programs in different cities around the country.

Click a year to view a list of archived articles.

2012

National RCFL Program

	3/1/12 — FBI Director Robert S. Mueller, III, mentioned the RCFL Program in a speech before the RSA Cyber Security conference in San Francisco. Read the full transcript to learn how the FBI is combatting cyber crime through technology and partnerships like the RCFLs.

	1/30/12: Digital Detectives Dig Through Data Deluge — The RCFL Program was featured on ABC's "20/20" news magazine. Click here to read the story which included an interview with the Rocky Mountain RCFL Director, SSA Sean O'Brien.

2011

National RCFL Program

	5/20/11: The RCFL Program was recently mentioned in Infosecurity Magazine — read the article entitled "Cybercrime Knows No Borders."

Chicago RCFL

	6/1/11: RCFL Program Featured on FBI.gov — The RCFL Program, specifically the Chicago RCFL, is currently featured on the FBI homepage. Click here to read the full article.

	5/6/11: Audio/Video Forensics Benefits Diverse Investigations — The ability to enhance images extracted from video and digital cameras has helped solve many investigations — from fleeing bank robbers caught on camera to actual crimes recorded on tape. Chicago RCFL Examiner Paul Rettig is applying his video forensics skills to aid two very different investigations — one for the National Hockey League and another involving a violent criminal who not only robs but chokes his victims — learn more.

Heart of America RCFL

01/17/2011: Heart of America RCFL (HARCFL) Director SSA Lou Ann Stovall Featured in a Kansas City Star Article about Child Prostitution — According to the article, child exploitation is so prevalent, â€œFederal courts have been flooded in recent years with cases charging defendants with the possession, distribution or production of child pornography." Much of that evidence is processed through the HARCFL - read the full text.

Intermountain West RCFL

	7/6/11: IWRCFL Feature Article — The Salt Lake City Tribune recently profiled the Intermountain West RCFL — read the full article.

New Mexico RCFL

12/6/11: NMRCFL Open for Business — The New Mexico Regional Computer Forensics Laboratory (NMRCFL) officially opened on the grounds of the University of New Mexico.

Below you will find links to related articles and videos:

Orange County RCFL

	The Orange County RCFL (OCRCFL) officially opened on January 5, 2011 with FBI Director Mueller in attendance. Click here to view some of the news reports or here to read the FBI's press release.

	01/05/2011: LA TIMES - FBI cyber-crime lab opens in Orange The $7-million regional crime lab will help law enforcement agencies analyze evidence from computers, cellphones and other digital devices. Click here to view the full story.

	01/05/2011: Regional forensics computer crime lab opens in Orange County Law enforcement agencies throughout Southern California now have a new tool for fighting crime: a new regional computer forensics crime lab in Orange. Click here to view the full story.

	01/05/2011: Computer Forensics Lab to Tackle Cyber Crime With criminals becoming more technologically savvy, the FBI and local law enforcement agencies have joined forces to tackle cyber crime using the new $7 million Orange County Regional Computer Forensics Laboratory in Orange. Click here to view the full story.

Philadelphia RCFL

	5/9/11: News Feature — Philadelphia RCFL Director JP McDonald was recently featured in a Philadelphia Inquirer news article about the FBI's cybercrime and digital forensics programs — read it now.

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North Texas RCFL Featured—in a two-part series produced by Channel 33 TV News in Dallas. Click here to watch part one and part two. Click here to visit the North Texas RCFL website.

New Mexico RCFL Featured—Eyewitness News 4 in Albuquerque recently interviewed members of the New Mexico RCFL in their story about the laboratory, which will be located on the campus of the University of New Mexico. Click here to watch.

RCFL Program Informational Video "When law enforcement is called to a crime scene they're not only gathering physical evidence, they are also searching for digital evidence — clues that are just as valuable when it comes to solving 21st century crime." Click here to watch the full video.

	11/16/10: Ohio Man Found Guilty of Homicide – Miami Valley RCFL Examiner Testified at Trial — Read more.
	9/14/10: JURY CONVICTS OHIO MAN OF RAPE – FACEBOOK MESSAGES SUPPORT PROSECUTION'S CASE — An Examiner with the Miami Valley RCFL (MVRCFL) testified during the trial of an Ohio man convicted of rape and aggravated burglary. Although no DNA or fingerprints were found—digital evidence uncovered by the MVRCFL staff played a pivotal role in the case – learn more.
	8/9/10: Former Teacher Sentenced for Distributing Child Pornography — The Miami Valley RCFL (MVRCFL) assisted the FBI Columbus Cybercrimes Task Force in the investigation of Michael Highman, 43, a former teacher and coach who received an 11-year jail sentence for using an Internet site to share more than 200,000 images and movies of prepubescent teenage boys engaged in sexual acts – learn more.
	8/9/10: Former High School Coach Pleads Guilty to Child Pornography, Obscenity Charges – The Miami Valley RCFL (MVRCFL) supported the investigation of attorney Marc Greenberg, 33, who plead guilty to one count of possession of child pornography and one count of transferring obscene material to minors – learn more.
	3/30/10: Woman Pleads Guilty to Possessing Child Pornography – Kendra L. Sasser, 33, received a 20-month sentence for enticing a 16-year old boy to create child pornography. The Miami Valley RCFL (MVRCFL) supported the investigation which began in 2007—click here to learn more.
	2/10/2010: Church Music Director Pleads Guilty to Sexual Assault Against Minors — The Miami Valley RCFL supported this federal investigation—click here to read the full story.

	8/30/10: San Diego Man Receives Heavy Sentence for Possessing Child Pornography — Former San Diego resident David Grummer received a 295-month prison sentence for 18 counts of receipt of child pornography and five counts of possession of child pornography, in a case investigated by the FBI and the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA). The San Diego RCFL (SDRCFL) provided digital forensics expertise to investigators who pursued this case as part of Project Safe Childhood – learn more.
	6/30/10: San Diego RCFL Assists Successful Child Pornography Investigation — A San Diego man was convicted on June 24, 2010 on 18 counts of receipt of child pornography and five counts of possession of child pornography in a case investigated by the FBI and the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA). The San Diego RCFL (SDRCFL) provided digital forensics expertise to investigators in the case which was brought as part of Project Safe Childhood – learn more.
	5/12/10: San Diego Man Pleads Guilty to Sexually Assaulting Children — The San Diego RCFL assisted the San Diego County District Attorney's Office in the investigation of Jared Ravin Yaffe, who paid a babysitter to bring children in his care to him, so he could molest them. On May 7, 2010, Yaffe plead guilty – learn more.
	5/12/10: Teen Hacker Found Guilty for Crashing PlayStation Website — The San Diego RCFL supported the federal investigation – click here to learn more.
	4/26/10: Southern California Man Pleads Guilty to Teens' Murders – By pleading guilty to the murders of Chelsea King, 17 and Amber Dubois, 14, John Gardner will spend the rest of his life in a jail cell, and will not face the death penalty. The San Diego RCFL was involved in the forensic analysis of several computers from both investigations—learn more.

	9/23/09: Child porn on computer lands man 8-year prison sentence DAYTON – A West Carrollton man who took his computer to a repair shop only to have the shop employees discover child pornography on the laptop has been sentenced to eight years in federal prison.

	5/4/09: KETTERING, Ohio -- FBI agents said they arrested Kettering attorney, Marc Norman Greenberg, 32, at his law office on Monday morning. Greenberg was charged in a federal complaint filed at the U.S. District Court, with 12 counts of violating obscenity laws by transferring obscene images to minors. Greenberg is the girls basketball coach at Chaminade-Julienne High School. The complaint charging Greenberg alleged that between February and April of 2009, he used computers at his home and office to engage in graphic sexual conversations and to transmit obscene images. The images were allegedly sent to individuals who Greenberg believed were underage females.

	3/10/2009: I-Team- Inside An FBI Probe The email came in the dead of winter and was chilling indeed. A man calling himself Abdul Yohanish said he was about to bomb the major local bridges connecting Ohio to Kentucky, the local international airport, and Paul Brown Stadium, home of the Cincinnati Bengals. Just who was Abdul Yohanish? And was the threat real?...

	01/29/09: FBI center in Centerville examines computers, other electronics DAYTON – When the FBI started investigating computer crimes, the focus was mainly on child pornography. Now, agents find that computers are used in all sorts of crimes, from terrorism and identity theft to fraud and murder. "Crimes are committed with the click of a mouse," said Keith Bennett, special agent in charge of the Cincinnati Field Office. "Now we have crimes crossing continents. You could have a criminal in Europe committing a crime in southern Ohio."

	08/25/2009: Watchmen of Cyberspace Computer crime is fast becoming one of law enforcement's biggest challenges. That's why the FBI has teamed up with local agencies to open the new five-million-dollar-plus Orange County Regional Computer Forensics Laboratory. Click here (PDF) to view the full story.

	07/22/2009: FBI lab to open in O.C. to nab cyber criminals SANTA ANA – Orange County law-enforcement agencies will deploy a new, $5 million FBI digital forensics lab in the central part of the county when it opens in February. It will be the 16th such lab in the country. Its location has not been unveiled. Representatives of the participating agencies of the FBI-sponsored Regional Computer Forensics Laboratory signed a Memorandum of Understanding Wednesday to formalize their commitment to pony up forensic examiners and other resources...

	07/22/2009: Cyber Crime Crackdown (VIDEO) Tonight we know that Orange County will soon be the home to a $5 million state-of-the-art FBI digital forensic lab. Click here to watch the video.

	07/22/2009: Computer Crime Lab (VIDEO) A new regional lab was inaugurated in Orange County today to fight computer crime. Click here to watch the video.

	07/22/2009: FBI Teaming up with Local Law Enforcement for the Orange County Regional Computer Lab (AUDIO) SSA Jason Weiss say the new $5M headquarters will help solve a variety of crimes. Click here to hear the complete story.

	12/3/09: Future cyber sleuths get an early start A threat in an online game chat room didn't faze Alexis Rivera. The Ridley High School senior immediately contacted local police, who told her to delete her account. "They are just cyber boys," Rivera, 17, said about the teen wannabe hackers who told her to pose before a Web cam or else they would hack her computer. "They think they can control people." Had the cyber boys known whom they were targeting, they might have changed their minds...

	4/8/09: FBI Computer Forensics Gets National Thumbs-Up America's criminal forensics laboratories get plenty of criticism these days, but representatives of the FBI's Philadelphia Regional Computer Forensic Laboratory (PHRCFL) said yesterday observers should find comparatively little to criticize about their facility...

	04/7/09: Local forensics lab gets national recognition RADNOR, Pa. April 7, 2009 (WPVI) -- A Delaware County forensics lab is officially going national. With the help of the latest high-tech gadgets and a little intuition, authorities are making a science out of solving crime.

	04/7/09: FBI's high-tech forensics lab in Radnor is accredited A high-tech FBI laboratory in Delaware County recently was accredited by an independent national forensic science organization, lab officials announced today. The Philadelphia Regional Computer Forensics Laboratory in Radnor received accreditation in digital and multimedia evidence from the American Society of Crime Laboratory Directors. The organization reviews procedures used in labs.

	02/11/09: Who Nailed Bonnie & Clyde, Ft. Dix 6 and Larry Mendte? NBC10 Investigative Reporter Harry Hairston goes behind the scenes of a special federal task force to show you how they closed in on 3 big local cases that all involved computer forensics. Click here for the video clip.

	2/12/10: The RCFL Program is part of the FBI's Operational Technology Division. Click here to read about the work performed by another OTD Unit, Forensic Audio, Video, and Image Analysis (FAVIAU).

	3/30/10: Federal Grand Jury Convicts Houston Man of Sex Trafficking of a Minor and Coercing and Enticing an Adult to Commit Prostitution – The Greater Houston RCFL (GHRCFL) supported the investigation, which was brought as part of Project Safe Childhood. GHRCFL Deputy Director Larry Hovey testified at trial – click here for the full story.

	11/5/10: Former New Jersey Lawmaker Sentenced to State Prison — Neil M. Cohen, 59, who served in the New Jersey State Assembly, is now headed to state prison for viewing and distributing child pornography in his legislative office. The New Jersey Regional Computer Forensics Laboratory (NJRCFL) supported the investigation – learn more.
	8/5/10: Former Hoboken Mayor Sentenced — Peter J. Cammarano, III received a two year prison sentence for accepting illegal campaign contributions totaling $25,000, in return for aiding proposed development projects. The New Jersey RCFL (NJRCFL) is supporting the on-going investigation – learn more.
	4/27/10: Former Hoboken Mayor Pleads Guilty to Corruption Charges—Peter J. Cammarano, III pleaded guilty on April 20, 2010 to accepting illegal campaign contributions in return for aiding proposed development projects. He was one of 44 people arrested last summer, as part of a massive public corruption and international money laundering investigation. The New Jersey RCFL (NJRCFL) is supporting the on-going investigation—learn more.

	12/23/10: Oregon Bank Bombers Receive Death Sentence - NWRCFL Supported Investigation — A jury handed the death sentence to convicted bank robbers Joshua Turnidge and his father, Bruce. The pair set a bomb in a West Coach Bank in Woodburn, Oregon which killed two officers and seriously injured the police chief - learn more.

	12/14/10: Northwest RCFL Support Successful Child Pornography Prosecution — Convicted sex offender Donald Wayne George, 64, is going to prison for 25 years for his many crimes against his 4-year old step granddaughter. The Northwest RCFL examined several pieces of media seized during the investigation, which was brought under Project Safe Childhood – read the FBI's press release.

	12/3/09: FBI Techno-sleuths Find Evidence In Digital Codes With FBI agents closing in on him, one suspect tried to burn down his own home in hopes the flames would destroy the computer hard drive holding the evidence to send him to prison. He failed. Another fired a shotgun into his computer at point blank range in hopes that blowing its two hard drives to smithereens would save him from the federal pen. He ruined one hard drive but the other survived and he went to prison...

	12/4/09: Chicago lab goes after digital crooks Trying to conceal wrongdoing, criminals often do whatever possible to get rid of digital evidence, sometimes acting in a moment of panic. That can include anything from deleting e-mails to shooting computers with a shotgun or even burning the house down. It's left to the Chicago Regional Computer Forensics Laboratory to try and recover the data. "The stuff isn't always looking pretty when it comes in here," John Parcol, a Chicago forensic examiner, said Thursday...

	12/3/09: FFBI's electronic sleuths find key evidence buried on hard drives and in cellphone messages The FBI is celebrating a new honor for its high-tech Chicago Regional Computer Forensics Laboratory. The laboratory, which handles 500 cases a year in northern Illinois, on Thursday received full accreditation from the American Society of Crime Laboratory Directors-Laboratory Accreditation. The recognition puts it in the top level of such laboratories nationwide...

	5/12/2009: Police cracking down on child porn- Special Victim's Unit Takes On Child Porn Tucked in a corner of the Independence, MO police headquarters, an office hums with activity. Computers are on, evidence bags with DVD's, CD-ROM's, and computer hardware line the desks and shelves. It's not your normal office of detectives. It's the reorganized Special Victim's Unit. And it's working.

	07/21/2009: DCJ Partners with FBI on Computer Forensics The Department of Community Justice (DCJ) is the only parole and probation department in the nation to have a full-time examiner assigned with the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) forensic laboratory. DCJ staff are using these cutting edge approaches to help break the cycle human trafficking, foiling sex crimes, identity theft, drug and gang activity and fraud cases...

	02/11/2009: FBI Lab Clues Police In — Portland center trains local officers on investigating in digital age PORTLAND – Police investigators have been digging into computers for years, but now a digital crime scene can include a cell phone, a GPS unit, an Xbox game system ... or a teddy bear. That's why the FBI has established a regional laboratory to assist more than 100 police agencies in Oregon and Southwest Washington...

	02/11/2009: Northwest Regional Computer Forensics Lab Receives Accreditation The only regional computer forensics laboratory in the Pacific Northwest received accreditation Wednesday. The lab – which is in Portland – is one of only fourteen accredited computer forensic labs in the country. It's operated by the FBI in partnership with local and state police. Police say accreditation is the best way to make sure evidence stands up in court...

	August 12, 2009 – The Western New York RCFL welcomed the Niagara County Sheriff's Office as a participating agency. Click here to read a news story in the Niagara Gazette.

	12/26/08: So You Want to Be a Cybersleuth? DETECTIVE AT WORK Rick Ayers probes the contents of handheld devices. Rick Ayers doesn't look much like the geek he says he has always been. A former golfer and rock guitarist, six feet tall, with a weight lifter's build, long hair and a soul patch, Mr. Ayers, 37, stands out in the gray corridors of the National Institute of Standards and Technology, the federal agency in suburban Washington that sets standards for the measurement sciences...

	11/07/08: BEHIND THE SCENES - FBI Experts Deliver Technical Tools In our early days, our investigative technologies were fairly high-techâ€¦for the time, that is. Like two-way and short-wave radios, still and motion picture cameras, radio monitoring stations, and mobile surveillance command posts (sometimes disguised as refrigerator trucks!)...

	07/16/08: New FBI digital forensics lab partners with local law enforcement Andrew R. Bland, III, Special Agent in Charge (SAC) of the Houston office of the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) announced the opening of a new state-of-the art digital forensics laboratory which will better serve the region's law enforcement community. This one-stop, full service forensics laboratory is the new home of the Greater Houston Regional Computer Forensics Laboratory (GHRCFL). The GHRCFL is devoted entirely to the examination of digital evidence in support of local, state, and federal criminal investigations...

	07/15/08: Houston FBI opens new digital crime lab Video: The opening of the Greater Houston Regional Computer Forensics Laboratory (GHRCFL) was held Tuesday...

	09/07/2008: Police cracking down on child porn — Investigators process more than 300 child porn cases at the FBI's Heart of America Regional Computer Forensics Lab every year. The lab and Project Safe Childhood, a federal program, are instrumental in prosecuting people found with the illegal images, said Kim Martin, assistant United States attorney...

	06/18/2008: Missouri survey finds an extensive network trading in child pornography Child-exploitation investigators found something unsettling when they recently took a 30-day snapshot of files being shared through computers in Missouri. More than 7,000 computers were trading known images of child pornography. The Kansas City area accounted for more than 700 of those computers, which used peer-to-peer software similar to that used to trade music...

	1/24/08: Forensics lab receives national accreditation As digital media play an increasingly prevalent role in everyday life, gathering evidence for criminal cases has become even more challenging for investigators. That's where the individuals at the Heart of America Regional Computer Forensics Laboratory come in. Investigators at the lab, located in an office building near Briarcliff Village, are trained to analyze computers, cell phones and other media for clues that might produce leads in criminal cases. The investigators represent 18 law enforcement agencies from the local, state and federal levels, including the Platte County Sheriff's Office and the Kansas City Police Department...

	10/28/08: The Regional Crime Forensics Lab — It's kind of like the Geek Squad meets James Bond meets Law and Order This morning I took a tour of the Intermountain West Regional Crime Forensics Lab, in Salt Lake City. They just received international accreditation, and have been here for three years...

	10/28/08: Forensics lab receives accreditation Law enforcement's newest technology tool got a boost today. The regional computer forensics lab received international accreditation. The secure evidence room has shelves and shelves of computers, hard drives, cell phones, PDAs and video cameras. Any electronic tool connected to a crime is analyzed there.

	7/29/08: Ex-mayor Sentenced - The once powerful ex-mayor of Newark, New Jersey, Sharpe James, was sentenced to 27 months in prison, and ordered to pay a $100,000 fine for fraud and conspiracy. His ex-girlfriend, Tamika Riley was sentenced to 15 months in prison. The New Jersey RCFL supported the federal investigation and examined several computers related to the case...

	4/23/08: Teacher charged with distributing child porn A teacher in the township middle school was arrested today on charges that he received and distributed child pornography from his home computer, authorities said...

	06/19/2008: Rape charges shock NH neighbors Brian Knippers had a career in the New England software industry, a Newmarket condo he shared with a girlfriend and a passion for fishing that included posting his trophies on-line. And if police charges prove to be true, the 35-year-old is a serial rapist who stalked prostitutes in Massachusetts and brutally attacked and raped them over the past 2 1/2 years. After two days of testimony in a Massachusetts courtroom this week, a judge ordered him held for 90 days, according to the Enterprisenews.com, the Web site of the Brockton (Mass.) Enterprise newspaper...

	06/12/2008: Gasport man accused of child porn charges GASPORT – A Gasport man was indicted Monday in federal court on charges that he possessed child pornography. Jason Willis, 36, was charged Monday with unlawful possession, distribution and receipt of child pornography that had been shipped and transported in interstate and foreign commerce by means of a computer, U.S. Attorney Terrance P. Flynn announced Wednesday...

	Spring/Summer 2007: Digital Forensics by Craig M. Goscha and Eileen M. Sanchez Rehrig, The Value of Partnership in Support of Criminal Investigations. E-mail, the Internet, laptops, USBs, MP3 players, cell phones, PDAs, video equipment - today, nearly every crime has the potential to leave digital fingerprints. A scan of the headlines is evidence of this. Everything from white collar crimes to murders has been successfully prosecuted using digital forensics. As crimes become increasingly sophisticated, it is imperative that progressive law enforcement agencies incorporate the collection, preservation, and analysis of digital evidence into their routine investigative efforts...

	05/09/07: Blue Springs man faces child abuse, pornography charges As a result of a tip from Internet provider America Online, a 65-year-old Blue Springs man was charged today with multiple counts of child abuse and child pornography. Jerry D. Wilson was arrested at his home and was being held on a $250,000 cash-only bond. According to court documents, AOL informed the National Center for Missing and Exploited Children in 2004 that e-mails linked to Wilson contained pornographic images involving children. The national center gave the information computer-crime authorities in St. Louis...

	1/28/07: VIDEO SURVEILLANCE - Usage is multiplying worldwide Cameras gather evidence, help catch criminals A robber grabbed a convenience store's video surveillance tape and cut it to pieces. An FBI laboratory in Kansas City last year put it back together. A Kansas burglar's face didn't give him away on video, but the tattoos on his neck and arms did. The FBI lab froze the frames, photographed the tattoos and identified the man. As more surveillance cameras appear worldwide, police use them more and more to mine evidence and catch criminals. Even more and better cameras are on the way, and so are more technicians called video forensic experts. Kansas City police want to spend $4 million to upgrade their patrol car cameras to higher-quality digital equipment. Police in both Kansas Citys hope to install cameras in high-crime neighborhoods. And some officers on both forces are being trained in forensic video...

	11/15/2007: Ex-city worker faces child porn charges - A federal indictment names Charles Evans, former deputy director of the city's IT department. DAYTON – A former city employee suspected of possessing child pornography now faces a two-count federal indictment on those allegations. Charles Evans, the former deputy director of Dayton's information technology department, is charged with one count of receipt of child pornography and one count of possession of child pornography, Fred Alverson, spokesman for Gregory G. Lockhart, U.S. attorney for the Southern District of Ohio, said Wednesday night.

	9/25/2007: FBI arrest Miamisburg woman in child porn case FBI agents arrested a Miamisburg woman Tuesday morning accused of enticing a teenage boy to make child pornography. Kendra L. Sasser, 30, of 28 S. Ninth St., was arrested at her home without incident, said J. Mark Batts, acting special agent in charge of the Cincinnati FBI office. FBI agents also executed a federal search warrant at the home, Batts said. Sasser had been in contact with a 16-year-old boy in Yuma, Ariz. for several weeks, and the two had exchanged explicit photos, according to an affidavit filed by FBI Special Agent Scott W. Warren...

	7/12/07: 25 Years For Webcam Hacking Mark Wayne Miller, age 47, of Dayton, was sentenced in United States District Court here today to a total of 300 months imprisonment followed by supervised release for the rest of his life. Gregory G. Lockhart, United States Attorney for the Southern District of Ohio and J. Mark Batts, Acting Special Agent in Charge, Federal Bureau of Investigation, Cincinnati Field Division; announced the sentence handed down today by Senior United States District Judge Walter H. Rice...

	1/25/07: Former administrator jailed for child porn Ex-Washington Twp. official sentenced to 20 months in prison, five years probation and a $2,500 fine. DAYTON – — Former Washington Twp. Deputy Administrator Tom Toberen was sentenced Wednesday in federal court to 20 months in prison, five years probation and fined $2,500 for possession of child pornography. He also will have to register as a sex offender when he is released from prison, said U.S. District Judge Thomas M. Rose. Toberen, 51, will be allowed to surrender to U.S. marshals, who will notify him when and where to report in about 30 days, Rose said...

	1/24/2007: Georgia man who had sex with girl, 15, gets 6 years in prison A Georgia man who picked up his 15-year-old Internet girlfriend from the Dayton Mall and had sex with her in a Tennessee motel has been sentenced to six years and six months in prison. Following his release, Keith Alan Hanshaw will be ordered to register with the proper state sex offender agency and will not be allowed to own or use a computer, according to the sentence U.S. District Court Judge Walter H. Rice ordered Monday...

	11/15/07: School staffer accused of child porn - Lebanon Boro man an aide at Phillipsburg Middle School A Lebanon Borough resident employed as a teacher's aide at Phillipsburg Middle School has been arrested and charged with possession of child pornography...

	08/23/07: Probing the criminal mind's memory - A regional lab in Radnor analyzes computer data to catch lawbreakers Not surprisingly, one just can't stroll into the Philadelphia Regional Computer Forensic Lab in the Radnor Financial Center. In the office lobby, a friendly if not guarded face greets you behind a plate of bulletproof glass, high-security doors surround you and cameras silently survey you. It is in that office in Radnor where digital information technologies like computers and cell phones are taken apart and searched for information as part of law-enforcement investigations and legal cases from all of Eastern Pennsylvania...

	07/14/07: Pa. man convicted of terror bomb plot - Jurors took only an hour to reject his defense that he tried to snare al-Qaeda members. SCRANTON - Apparently agreeing with the government that Michael Curtis Reynolds is a terrorist and not a terrorist-hunter, a federal jury took little more than an hour yesterday to convict the Wilkes-Barre "loner" of trying to help al-Qaeda destroy fuel pipelines and ruin the U.S. economy...

	06/26/07: “Fort Dix Six” On May 8, 2007, six foreign-born Muslim men were arrested and faced charges in federal court for plotting to attack Fort Dix and murder American soldiers serving at the Army installation in New Jersey. They are currently being held without bail...

	05/02/07: Philadelphia RCFL Supporting Investigation Involving Threats Against Colleges The Philadelphia RCFL (PHRCFL) is assisting state and local authorities in an investigation involving a series of threatening e-mails against five college campuses outside Philadelphia. The campuses are part of Delaware County Community College, which comprises 16 campuses serving approximately 10,000 students. School officials were forced to close the schools for several days, and according to a statement from Jerome S. Parker, President, on the college's Web site, classes will remain closed while the police investigation continues...

	02/09/07: Pennsylvania State Senator Indicated One of the most powerful lawmakers in Pennsylvania, State Senator Vincent J. Fumo, was recently indicted on a slew of federal charges. The Philadelphia RCFL is providing U.S. Attorney Patrick Meehan's office expert digital forensics expertise in support of this investigation...

	1/7/2007: Dialogue Denver DA - Computer Crime, Denver 8 Online Hardly a day goes by that you don't hear about some time of computer crime. As cases increase, so has the law enforcement response. The FBI has opened a regional computer forensic lab to help investigate and prosecute these crimes. FBI Special Agency Chris Buechner joins Denver DA Mitch Morrissey on Dialogue Denver DA...

	08/15/07: Cybercrime forensics lab cinches high-profile cases From the BALCO steroids scandal to last year's contaminated spinach case, the Silicon Valley Regional Computer Forensics Laboratory has been in involved in nearly every high-profile investigation in the Bay Area...

	01/11/07: SILICON VALLEY COMPUTER FORENSIC LAB EARNS ELITE STATUS Silicon Valley high tech crime fighters are helping maintain the valley's reputation by earning an accreditation as one of the country's elite computer forensic laboratories. The FBI announced today that the Silicon Valley Regional Computer Forensic Laboratory in Menlo Park has been accredited by the American Society of Crime Laboratory Directors/Laboratory Accreditation Board. The Silicon Valley lab becomes one of only 16 in the United States and only three in the FBI's network of 14 such labs to earn the board's stamp of approval, the FBI reported ...

	11/14/07: Digital DNA A Look Inside the FBI's Computer Crime Lab Buffalo is home to one of the FBI's 14 Regional Computer Forensics Labs, or RCFLs. It's here local, state and federal examiners team up to break down computers, cell phones, and iPods in search of evidence from a crime...

	02/16/06: Alleged sexual predator arrested outside library A 19-year-old Buffalo Grove man was arrested last week for allegedly soliciting sex on the Internet from someone he thought was a 13-year-old girl...

	02/16/06: Today's FBI: Computer forensics, digital fingerprints When you think of crime scenes and gathering evidence, perhaps DNA and fingerprints come to mind. But there's another science which is helping law enforcement agencies like HPD find and convict criminals. It is the growing field of forensic computing...

	10/20/06: Forensic Technology at the Fingers of Investigators You may be surprised by exactly how much information about yourself is stored on your cell phone or computer. Now, law enforcement agencies across Kansas are using those clues to fight crime and accessing forensic evidence, right from their desktops. "Everything from terrorism to child pornography to identity theft to complex theft schemes," says Corporal Thad Winkleman of the types of crimes they work on at the Heart of America Regional Computer Forensics Laboratory...

	06/02/06: Sex-Murder Case KANSAS CITY, Mo. -- KMBC's Jim Flink reported that when video images are fuzzy, local law enforcement brings the video to the Heart of America Regional Computer Forensic Lab. This week alone, there have been several high-profile cases in which video has been central to the case. More than 22 tapes in the Richard Davis and Dena Riley case are in the hands of the FBI...

	05/06: The Digital Detectives - HIDDEN FOLDERS, "DELETED" FILES AND INTERNET CACHES HIDE CLUES CRIMINALS NEVER KNEW THEY LEFT BEHIND The night Cindy M.* disappeared, she ate dinner with her parents and older brother in the family's two-story suburban Pittsburgh home, then went to her room and promised to come back for apple-walnut pie. The pretty 13-year-old with dark blond hair and blue-green eyes never returned. When her parents checked her room, they found neither a note nor a sign of forced entry. It was New Year's Day, 2002, and their daughter was simply gone ...

	02/06: Northland lab helps solve major crimes: Computer forensics used to crack high-profile cases throughout area A quick question: What do Dennis Rader, the BTK serial killer, Lisa Montgomery, the lady arrested on suspicion of murdering Bobbie Jo Stinnett and removing an unborn baby from her womb, and Thomas Murray, the former Kansas State University professor convicted of murdering his wife, all have to do with Kansas City? ...

	10/26/06: FBI News—RCFL Opened in Kentucky The new Kentucky Regional Computer Forensics Laboratory—located on the University of Louisville, Shelby Campus—provides high-quality digital forensics services to any law enforcement agency with jurisdiction in the state of Kentucky. There are currently 14 FBI-sponsored RCFLs around the nation, serving more than 4,000 agencies in 17 states...

	10/20/06: Crime-fighting in the electronic age FBI setting up lab to track digital data Office will help agencies statewide Crime scenes aren't just about fingerprints and blood samples anymore. Increasingly, criminals are leaving behind digital traces of their activities -- on computers, cell phones, BlackBerries and other electronic devices...

	10/20/06: Kentucky now has a new forensics lab equipped to zero in on digital clues Fingerprints, fibers, and weapons. Those used to be the key pieces of evidence needed to solve crimes. But these days a computer or cell phone may contain crutial evidence. Kentucky now has a new forensics lab equipped to zero in on digital clues. The RCFL, Regional Computer Forensics Labratory, is located on U of L's Shelby Campus...

	10/19/06: New Crime Lab Opens In Louisville LOUISVILLE, Ky. -- A new state-of-the-art crime lab opened in Louisville Thursday. The Kentucky Regional Computer Forensic Lab is one of only 14 in the country. Experts at the lab will focus on digital evidence – - extracting it, preserving it and enhancing it. "Today the smoking gun that every investigator hopes to find might take the form of a time computer chip hidden in an ordinary electronic device," Kerry Haines, executive director of the FBI's science and technology branch said...

	10/19/06: Louisville home to digital forensic investigation center LOUISVILLE, Ky. - A new digital forensics center opened Thursday in Louisville, a move Kentucky law enforcement said will help them catch and prosecute criminals. The Kentucky Regional Computer Forensics Laboratory will serve as a central place for law enforcement officers to seek help in crimes involving computers and other technology used to store or hide information, said Tracy Reinhold, the FBI's special agent in charge for Kentucky...

	10/19/06: Digital Forensic Investigation Center Opens In Louisville (LOUISVILLE, Oct. 19th, 2006) -- FBI Agents were in Louisville this week to unveil a new state-of-the art crime lab. Located on UofL's Shelby campus, the new Kentucky Regional Computer Forensics Lab is one of only 14 in the nation, with the goal of analyzing digital evidence from crime scenes, and training future crime fighters. As WAVE 3's Caton Bredar reports, law enforcement agencies from across the state believe the new lab will help the Commonwealth stay one step ahead of the criminals...

	February 2nd 2006: Rita Cosby Live & Direct ...LIVE & DIRECT with us tonight is Larry Depew. He is the director of the New Jersey Regional Computer Forensic Laboratory. Larry, thank you so much for giving sort of a little bit of a tour. You know, before the show, you were showing us the evidence room. Tell us what kind of evidence, you know, in general terms comes into you? And how does it get to you? ... (View web version or PDF

	February/March 2006: State-of-the-Science Crime Lab Blooms in Garden State The smell of fresh paint and sawdust is still strong in some corners of the new State Police Technology Center in New Jersey. The Technology Center opened in May 2004, next door to the equally new Troop C Headquarters and Communications Center. Sprawled over 38 acres just outside Hamilton on Route 130, the complex is the new home of the New Jersey Department of Law and Public Safety Forensic Science Center, one of the most preeminent forensic laboratories in the country...

	02/12/06: Parents key to Internet safety North Caldwell seminar offers tips for children's computer usage There are ways to protect children from Internet predators, but it's a matter of parents getting involved with their children's online usage, according to federal and county law enforcement officials. "You never know who is online on the other end," FBI Special Agent Dave Freyman told a group of parents last week at West Essex Junior High in North Caldwell...

	07/07/06: Lab turns to cyberspace to solve crimes Go ahead and argue that you were nowhere near the bank that got robbed. Investigators have evidence that suggests otherwise. Even if you deleted those Internet driving directions to the crime scene, forensic experts can find them - and a whole lot more. "Computers are the crime scene of the new millennium," U.S. Attorney Patrick Meehan said yesterday, adding that evidence increasingly surfaces in the cyber world...

	05/24/06: FBI Combating Digital Crime The digital age has brought us serious digital crime, and the FBI is getting up to speed to combat it. An FBI lab is so new, it hasn't even open yet, not scheduled to open until July. But we got an exclusive sneak peak of the FBI's new weapon on crime in the Delaware Valley...

	06/18/06: Danger just a click away: Experts warn of Internet predatorsIt's possible to buy a new car for sale thousands of miles away, find a date, network for business, research any topic at the touch of a few buttons and above all, communicate with virtually anyone, anywhere in chat rooms, topic-specific blogs and popular profile sites ...

	2006: ABC 7 News story about the Rocky Mountain RCFL

	01/19/06: FBI-funded lab unlocks digital clues to crimes As criminals rely more on the newest technology, law enforcement is keeping pace with high-tech sleuthing. And Colorado is in the forefront. Federal and local officials are heralding the opening of a new computer forensics laboratory where stored, digital information from an array of devices - including cellphones, iPods, digital cameras and computers - can be unlocked by experts and presented as evidence ...

	01/19/06: Lab to turn technology against crime The folks at the new regional computer forensics lab here say they're going to take a byte out of crime. They led journalists on a tour of the facility on Wednesday, showing off the high-tech gear they say will help crack more child pornography and enticement crimes, identity thefts, eBay cheats and even murders and terrorist plots ...

	11/28/2006: Online love triangle led to Dynabrade worker's death A middle-aged West Virginia woman posing as an attractive young female on the Internet became the apex of a love triangle that sparked a fatal ambush in Clarence in September, Erie County sheriff's officials said Monday after arresting the man suspected of the killing...

	09/08/2006: High-tech Crime Lab Officially Opens in Buffalo A lot has changed over the years when it comes to criminal investigations. Nowadays, digital evidence can be just as important as physical evidence when it comes to solving a case. A brand new, state-of-the-art forensics lab has just opened in Buffalo...providing high-tech crime fighting techniques to law enforcers throughout Western New York. The Ralph Phillips case could be one that they've been working on...

	09/08/2006: New laboratory to help FBI, local police; BUSTED: Forensic laboratory helps recover erased hard-drive files and catch criminals Criminals around the region will have to think twice about computer-based identity theft. The Federal Bureau of Investigation announced the opening of its new Western New York Regional Computer Forensic Laboratory Thursday. The lab's primary purpose is to aid criminal investigations by recovering files on a computer that a user thought was deleted, said Detective Scott Sheehan of the City of Tonawanda Police Department...

	09/08/2006: High-tech Crime Lab Officially Opens in Buffalo Sep 07, 2006 - A lot has changed over the years when it comes to criminal investigations. Nowadays, digital evidence can be just as important as physical evidence when it comes to solving a case. A brand new, state-of-the-art forensics lab has just opened in Buffalo...providing high-tech crime fighting techniques to law enforcers throughout Western New York. The Ralph Phillips case could be one that they've been working on...

	09/08/2006: High-tech lab fights crime of digital age: FBI's $1.5 million facility can recover data, zero in on such offenses as child pornography Imagine a laboratory filled with equipment advanced enough to locate deleted child pornography on a hard drive, recover old e-mails sent on a cell phone and trace the owner of a camera used to download photographs onto a laptop...

	10/05: Evidence Technology Magazine, September/October 2005,Compression Standard: Most forensic video analysts say they would like to see an industry standard for digital video It is obvious to anyone who ventures out in public: The security-camera or surveillance-video industry is in a booming market. There are cameras in every corner of our retail stores, entertainment centers, and office buildings- and it won't be long before they are on every corner of our big-city streets ...

	10/05: Evidence Technology Magazine, September/October 2005, Training and certification help video analysts approach their jobs with a new level of confidence Like many people who are just starting out in the field of forensic video analysis, Paul Hartzell initially felt completely alone. He began working as a graphic artist at the Hennepin County Attorney's Office in Minneapolis, Minnesota. His main job was preparing crime-scene exhibits for court, although he would occasionally do some video editing. When Hartzell recognized an influx of surveillance and digital video, he urged the Attorney's Office to help set up a forensic video analysis system ...

	03/10/2005: Dusting for digital fingerprints EVERY new technology leads to new forms of crime. As a Chicago policeman once put it: “No other section of the population avail themselves more readily and speedily of the latest triumphs of science than the criminal class.” He was speaking in 1888, about the electric telegraph. But he could just have easily been speaking about computers and networks today. As criminals adopt new technologies, crime-fighters must follow suit, devising new ways to gather and analyse evidence. In the case of modern digital technology, the result is the growing field of “forensic computing”...