Press Releases / News Articles
- 6/21/11: Convicted Murderer Receives Life Sentence — Digital Evidence Took Center Stage — The man accused of fatally stabbing Iraq war veteran James Stropas, 32, was sentenced to life in prison without possibility of parole. Philadelphia RCFL Examiner Mike Avella, on assignment to the laboratory from the Delaware County District Attorney's Office, testified during the trial and received an accommodation for his work on the high-profile case – get the whole story.
- 3/30/11: Murder Trial Ends in Conviction – Digital Evidence Took Center Stage — The man accused of fatally stabbing Iraq war veteran James Stropas, 32, was convicted of first degree murder. Philadelphia RCFL Examiner Mike Avella testified during the trial.
- 3/9/11: Colorado Mom Turned Home-Grown Terrorist Pleads Guilty — U.S. citizen Jamie Paulin Ramirez, 32, plead guilty on 3/8/11 to one count of conspiracy to provide material support to terrorists. Ramirez faces a potential maximum penalty of 15 years in prison and a $250,000 fine at sentencing. The Philadelphia RCFL supported the investigation into Ms. Ramirez, along with her co-conspirator, Colleen LaRose, aka "Jihad Jane," who plead guilty to four charges in federal court earlier this year.
- 2/2/11: "Jihad Jane" Pleads Guilty — Colleen LaRose, aka "Jihad Jane," plead guilty to four charges in federal court. The Philadelphia RCFL supported the investigation which involved her and alleged co-conspirator Jamie Paulin-Ramirez, 31, in a plot to murder Swedish cartoonist Lars Vilks.
- 12/16/10: Protecting Communities: Philadelphia RCFL Aides Identify Theft Investigation
- 12/9/10: Digital Evidence Section Assists "Operation Trident Breach" – A Joint Cybercrime Operation Conducted by the FBI and International Law Enforcement
- 12/7/10: Canadian Broker Receives Heavy Jail Sentence and Fine
- 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...
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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...
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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.
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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.
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04/07/09: FBI Press Release FBI's Regional Computer Forensics Laboratory Network Increases Number of Accredited Labs - Philadelphia Becomes the Ninth RCFL to Receive Accreditation. The American Society of Crime Laboratory Directors/Laboratory Accreditation Board (ASCLD/LAB) accredited the Philadelphia Regional Computer Forensics Laboratory (PHRCFL) in digital and multi media evidence—the 35th laboratory to achieve this goal, and the ninth RCFL to earn this accreditation.
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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.
- Fort Dix Trial Starts December 22, 2008 - Fort Dix Terror Trial Ends With Guilty Verdict – After spending 38 hours over six days deliberating, a jury convicted five foreign-born Muslim men of plotting to attack Fort Dix and murder American soldiers, but acquitted them of attempted murder. The Philadelphia RCFL supported the investigation.
- Philadelphia News Anchor Sentenced Former TV anchor Larry Mendte, 51, a well-known media personality in Philadelphia, completed his fall from grace after being sentenced by U.S. District Judge Mary A. McLaughlin to six months of house arrest. Mendte pleaded guilty in federal court for hacking into former colleague Alycia Lane’s s mail account and reading over 500 personal and confidential messages. The Philadelphia RCFL supported the investigation.
- Edward Anderton Sentenced for Identity Fraud Sentenced November 14, 2008 - Edward Anderton, one-half of the aptly name "Bonnie & Clyde of Identity Fraud," received a four-year prison sentence for stealing personal information from friends, co-workers and neighbors to support a lavish lifestyle.
- Former Pennsylvania State Senator's Trial Begins He was one of Pennsylvania's most powerful and wealthiest lawmakers, but on October 22, 2008, Vincent J. Fumo was just another defendant in federal court, facing charges of fraud, conspiracy and obstruction of justice. The Philadelphia RCFL is providing expert digital forensics expertise in support of this high-profile investigation.
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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...
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GSA Fall Newsletter - New FBI Computer Forensics Lab Opens in Pennsylvania Less than a year ago, Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) Headquarters sent a requirement to GSA toprocure approximately 16,000 square feet of space to house a new Regional Computer Forensics Lab (RCFL) in the Philadelphia suburban area...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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01/18/06: Press Release Kerry E. Haynes, Assistant Director of the FBI's Operational Technology Division (OTD), joined with the heads of several Denver area law enforcement agencies today to commemorate the opening of the Rocky Mountain Regional Computer Forensics Laboratory (RMRCFL) in Centennial, Colorado. The RMRCFL is the tenth laboratory to join a national network of FBI-affiliated digital evidence facilities...
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3/31/05: Press Release The FBI is poised to expand the country's premier computer forensics laboratory network starting in May, according to Assistant Director Kerry E. Haynes, Operational Technology Division. Additional Regional Computer Forensic Laboratories (RCFLs) are scheduled to open in Portland, Oregon; Salt Lake City, Utah; Buffalo, New York, and; Denver, Colorado by early summer ...
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