Fitbits and cell phones were the focus of Tuesday morning in the George Burch murder trial. Day seven was also the day that the state called their final witness, resting their case, allowing the defense to call witnesses. Before the state rested, they looked closer into the Fitbit that Nicole VanderHeyden’s boyfriend Doug Detrie was […]
A criminal analyst with the Ohio Bureau of Criminal Investigation showed jurors “maps” Wednesday – showing the movements of Austin Burke’s cellphone June 12, the day Burke is accused of killing Brandon Sample in a rural area of Bristol Township. The testimony of Bill Moskal of the bureau and the 15 images he created for […]
New video played in court today shows the driver in a deadly 2016 bus crash with a cellphone in his hand, prosecutors say. Johnthony Walker, 25, was driving a school bus when it crashed on Talley Road in Chattanooga, Tennessee, on Nov. 21, 2016. Thirty-seven students were on the bus at the time of the […]
Law enforcement agencies in Virginia could soon have faster access to resources in the cases of missing people. It is part of a new bill working its way through the legislature. Seconds can be key when it comes to solving abduction cases. Technology often helps investigators crack the code. “If it’s truly abduction, it’s immediate,” […]
Federal prosecutors said cellphone records of a defense lawyer in a Roanoke drug case were obtained to determine if he encouraged a subpoenaed witness not to testify before the grand jury. The explanation filed in court Friday and a defense response Saturday add to an unusual exchange of accusations between the U.S. attorney’s office in […]
