On the cusp of the anniversary of the Sandy Hook Elementary School shooting in Newtown, Conn., a CBS News poll reveals Americans overwhelmingly support a federal law requiring background checks on all potential gun buyers, a measure that has so far failed to be put into law.
A Clerical Error Landed Kathleen Casey on the Streets
If you are an employer needing background checks performed on prospective employees, MSI Detective Services offers this service. Mistakes won’t be make like the ones you will read about in this story because we have the means to accurately check and cross-check information. For example, in the first story, our staff would have noticed that […]
More Than 100 Arrested in Massive NYC Theft Ring
Bank tellers, restaurant workers and other service employees in New York lifted credit card data from residents and foreign tourists as part of an identity theft ring that stretched to China, Europe and the Middle East and victimized thousands. In total, 111 people were arrested and more than 85 are in custody; the others are […]
Solyndra Leaders Invoke 5th Amendment at Hearing
Top executives from a bankrupt California solar energy company declined to testify before a congressional hearing investigating their half-billion dollar government loan. Solyndra Inc. CEO Brian Harrison and the company’s chief financial officer, Bill Stover, both invoked their Fifth Amendment right to decline to testify to avoid self-incrimination. Solyndra Inc. received a $528 million loan from the […]
Ex-inmate attempts to sneak into California Prison
On Thursday, thermal imaging cameras of the New Folsom State Prison recorded a parolee trying to sneak in. Marvin Lane Ussery, 48, was arrested on suspicion of being a felon on prison grounds. He had served time at New Folsom Prison (aka California State Prison Sacramento) for robbery. He violated his parole which was issued […]
