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05-28-12

WFAA.com 05-21-12
Affidavit reveals evidence Katy Trail robbery suspect left behind
Dallas police have released the affidavits in the arrest of the alleged Katy Trail robber. A finger print off a purse and a crime stopper tip is what led police to Dominique Thornton.
http://www.wfaa.com/news/crime/aFFIDAVIT-SHOWS--152343665.html

Syracuse.com 05-25-12
New York State Police solve five-year-old Mattydale burglary
Mattydale, NY – New York State Police solved a five-year-old burglary when prints found at the scene were recently matched to a Syracuse man. Frankie Temple, 25, was charged with second-degree burglary Wednesday…
http://www.syracuse.com/news/index.ssf/2012/05/new_york_state_police_solve_fi.html

Talehquah Daily Press 05-25-12
Testimony in Butcher trial centers on evidence
She said a “lift card” submitted by OSBI Special Agent Todd Spurlock, who investigated the scene of Dunegan’s death at Wisteria Lane, had a positive comparison to Butcher’s left little finger and left ring finger.
http://tahlequahdailypress.com/local/x1561291728/Testimony-in-Butcher-trial-centers-on-evidence

PhillyBurbs.com 05-23-12
Couple charged in Bucks-Mont burglary spree
Montgomery Township Detective Ed Davies, a certified latent fingerprint examiner, compared the fingerprints on the propane tank from Hatfield and the set from the Hilltown bedroom window with Siringhaus’ and both were a match, according to court records.
http://www.phillyburbs.com/news/local/the_intelligencer_news/couple-charged-in-bucks-mont-burglary-spree/article_4f9b5e76-62c5-5ea9-937c-b90b51c833f0.html

33WYTV news 05-25-12
Police: Evidence Turned Around Murder Case
"We were unable to identify that palm print until we received this information and exhumed the body," said Youngstown Police Chief Rod Foley. The information the chief refers to came in the form of tips from two different sources suggesting it had been Colvin at the scene and not Houser. That led to Thursday's dismissal of Houser's murder charges in court.
http://www.wytv.com/content/news/local/story/Police-Evidence-Turned-Around-Murder-Case/iJY0_jtdv0-duOVgMwoGpw.cspx

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06-03-12

Deseret News 05-30-12
Fingerprints point to Riverton man in arson case
Fingerprints obtained from a basement window at the scene of the fire were used to identify the defendant.
http://www.deseretnews.com/article/865556682/Fingerprints-point-to-Riverton-man-in-arson-case.html

Quad-City Times 05-21-12
Convicted killer disputes evidence from trial
MacDonell testified he didn’t think the fingerprint evidence was conclusive enough to tie Enderle to the crime. He also said two fingerprint cards with fingerprints marked as belonging to Enderle had different patterns on the right thumb.
http://qctimes.com/news/local/crime-and-courts/convicted-killer-disputes-evidence-from-original-trial/article_1c2e2c02-ab9e-11e1-ac0f-0019bb2963f4.html?comment_form=true

News-Star.com 06-02-12
Shawnee woman sentenced for accessory after the fact in murder case
A Shawnee woman charged with accessory after the fact after being arrested for wiping fingerprints and any other evidence from a murder weapon has been sentenced to serve 10 years with the Department of Corrections.
http://www.news-star.com/news/x492296446/Shawnee-woman-sentenced-for-accessory-after-the-fact-in-murder-case

Tahlequah Daily Press 05-25-12
Testimony in Butcher trial centers on evidence
Stormy Gibble, a senior OSBI criminalist who specializes in latent evidence, testified she analyzed a Sallisaw McDonald’s receipt recovered in the black Nissan, but was unable to collect fingerprints from the item. She said a “lift card” submitted by OSBI Special Agent Todd Spurlock…
http://tahlequahdailypress.com/local/x1561291728/Testimony-in-Butcher-trial-centers-on-evidence

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06-10-12

Valley Central.com 06-08-12
DNA and fingerprints link brothers in string of burglaries
Their fingerprints and DNA samples are now being linked by police to not only to this case, but to other burglary cases in Brownsville as well. Investigator Perez says without forensic science, it would be incredibly difficult to identify suspects.
http://www.valleycentral.com/news/story.aspx?id=763819#.T9QVwsWwWEM

Norwalk Patch 06-06-12
Fingerprints Lead To Man's Arrest For School Burglary Two Years Ago
In the course of being processed for his warrant arrest on Monday, police ran Hines' fingerprints through IAFIS and found they matched the prints detectives collected at the school in 2010. Hines was held on $10,000 bond and given a court date of June 11.
http://norwalk.patch.com/articles/fingerprints-lead-to-man-s-arrest-for-school-burglary-two-years-ago

The Augusta Chronicle 06-05-12
Fingerprints led to arrest in cold case, family says
The Rev. Dennis Dunbar, Pauline McCoy’s grandson, said Richmond County Sheriff’s investigator Ashley Pletcher told him fingerprints on his grandmother’s windowsill and one that was smeared in blood linked Jimmy Riley to her death.
http://chronicle.augusta.com/news/crime-courts/2012-06-05/fingerprints-led-arrest-cold-case-family-says?v=1338931635

11KTV.com
Suspect In Elderly Woman's Murder To Stand Trial
Smith was later linked to the murder after police say fingerprints on an exterior window of Grazioli's home on Samuel Point were identified as his. Smith's fingerprints were also found on Grazioli's vehicle, which had been left on Westmeadow Drive, two blocks from her home.
http://www.kktv.com/news/headlines/Suspect_In_Elderly_Womans_Murder_To_Stand_Trial_158306955.html

Bay News 9.com 06-09-12
Largo man, 18, accused of beating 3-month old baby
"He says, 'And the next thing I knew, the baby fell out of the swing and hit the floor or hit the arm that the swing is connected to.'" But doctors found fingerprints on the baby's head that suggest the child was beaten, police said.
http://www.baynews9.com/content/news/baynews9/news/article.html/content/news/articles/bn9/2012/6/9/largo_man_18_accused.html

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06-18-12

The Portland Press Herald 06-12-12
In DNA era, police print lab still crime-solving workhorse
She didn't know him, and police had only a vague description to work with, but within a few hours officers identified the suspect, and tracked him to a West End apartment just two days after the attack.
http://www.pressherald.com/news/lab-helps-link-prints-to-crimes_2012-06-12.html

The Herald-Tribune 06-11-12
Cops: Fingerprints, video connect Sarasota man to burglaries
Fingerprints on a broken window at Leather Express, 2015 60th Avenue East in Ellenton, identified Smith as the person who burglarized the store on March 27, according to another arrest report.
http://www.heraldtribune.com/article/20120611/ARTICLE/120619977?tc=ar

Williamsburg Yorktown Daily 06-15-12
Witness Testifies in Dec. Shooting that Left Bystander Dead
Williamsburg Police Lt. Sam Wulfeck testified that a Virginia Peninsula Regional Jail crew working a trash detail on Route 60/York Street Jan. 12 found a 9mm semiautomatic gun in the grass. Subsequent testing showed that fingerprints from the gun’s magazine matched Thomas’, Wulfeck said.
http://wydaily.com/local-news/9335-witness-testifies-in-dec-shooting-that-left-bystander-dead.html

LeHighValleyLive.com 06-14-12
Charges dropped against Bethlehem man whose fingerprints were on candy wrapper in stolen car
Authorities lifted fingerprints off a candy bar wrapper and matched it with Dees' left ring finger, according to court papers. Nelson said Dees could be asked to testify against the man police now believe was behind the theft.
http://www.lehighvalleylive.com/bethlehem/index.ssf/2012/06/charges_dropped_against_man_po.html

LaCrosseTribune.com 06-12-12
Investigators paint Koula as liar
Analysts also did not find Koula’s fingerprints on the threatening note he sent to himself, Matson said.
“Is this an example where a person could handle an item without leaving a fingerprint?” prosecutor Gary Freyberg asked.
http://lacrossetribune.com/news/local/investigators-paint-koula-as-liar/article_ec15ddd0-b444-11e1-8f29-001a4bcf887a.html

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06-25-12

Kitsap Sun 06-18-12
Plea deal in Seattle cold case homicide
The 1978 case went unsolved until last year when detectives re-analyzed latent fingerprints and matched MacDonald, who had lived near her home at the time.
http://www.kitsapsun.com/news/2012/jun/18/plea-deal-in-seattle-cold-case-homicide/

Mail-Online 06-25-12
Police forced to destroy all mugshots of innocents: Schoolboy's landmark legal victory
The High Court ruled yesterday that retaining photographs of suspects who have never been charged was a breach of their human rights. Police forces will now have to trawl through their records deleting images, including those of people cleared at trial.
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2163219/Police-forced-destroy-mugshots-innocents-Schoolboys-landmark-legal-victory.html

Sun-Sentinel.com 06-21-12
Bingo Queen's murder solved 15 years later, BSO says
Olga Parlante's strangulation had remained unsolved until recently, when an upgrade to a massive database of crime fingerprints — now it can use palm prints, too — enabled the Sheriff's Office to identify a convicted felon as a suspect, the agency announced Thursday.
http://articles.sun-sentinel.com/2012-06-21/news/fl-grandmother-murder-arrest-20120621_1_palm-prints-olga-parlante-mark-parlante

The Chatanoogan.com 06-25-12
Fingerprints Link Webb To Theft Of Laptop
An officer lifted latent fingerprints from the window and those were positively identified as those of Webb, police said.
http://www.chattanoogan.com/2012/6/24/2 ... aptop.aspx

The Murietta Patch 06-25-12
Man Pleads Guilty in Greer Ranch
Several distinctive smudged fingerprints were seen on the doors of the two Mercedes, prompting police to take latent prints. Police received confirmation May 29 that two of the prints belonged to Grisham.
http://murrieta.patch.com/articles/man-pleads-guilty-in-greer-ranch-burglary

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07-01-12

WaynesvilleDailyGuide.com 06-26-12
Arrest Burglary Second Degree
On June 11, 2012 the Missouri State Highway Patrol crime lab reported a positive match between the suspect fingerprints at the scene and those of the suspect in the case. The suspect was contacted by the investigating deputy and informed of the fingerprint match and he admitted to entering the building for the purpose of stealing.
http://www.waynesvilledailyguide.com/news/x1915461567/Arrest-Burglary-Second-Degree

DigTriad.com 06-30-12
Judge Frees Lamonte Armstrong After New Evidence In His 1995 Conviction
According to Greensboro Police, "a partial palm print, along with other latent prints collected at the scene, was sent to the State Crime Laboratory for identification in the early 1990's; no match was made. Advances in technology since Armstrong's trial have now helped us identify the palm print as belonging to Christopher Bernard Caviness, a person of interest in this crime.
http://www.digtriad.com/news/article/234285/57/New-Trial-Possible-for-Man-Convicted-of-Murder

PatriotLedger.com 06-29-12
Fingerprints help police crack 2009 Marshfield break-in cases
Police say they have identified the man responsible for breaking into four Marshfield businesses in 2009 after investigators were finally able to match the suspect to fingerprints taken from the crime scene.
http://www.patriotledger.com/topstories ... k-in-cases

BBC News Tyne & Wear 06-29-12
Judith Richardson killing: Graeme Jarman denies murder
Jurors were told his fingerprints were found at the scene. "I've never been inside her house and where you've managed to print from I have no idea," he told officers during interviews read to the jury. "The truth is I didn't murder, kill or interfere in any way at all with Judith Richardson under any circumstances."
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-tyne-18648054

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07-09-12

Sun Sentinel 07-08-12
Not like 'CSI,' but fingerprints help crack South Florida cases
"It's not going to be what you see on CSI or on TV where the screen lights up and goes, 'match, match, match,'" said Mark McDonald, forensic identification unit manager with the Palm Beach County Sheriff's Office.
http://www.sun-sentinel.com/news/palm-beach/fl-crime-scene-fingerprints-20120707,0,4757829.story

IndyStar.com 07-03-12
Murder suspect is arrested in 1989 slaying of girl, 16
Ultimately, it was that bloody palm print found at the crime scene that police ultimately used to link Denk to the murder. Prints taken from Denk during an unrelated arrest in 1997 matched the print found at the scene, police said.
http://www.indystar.com/article/20120703/NEWS02/120703015/Bloody-palm-print-leads-arrest-1989-honor-student-slaying?odyssey=nav|head

and “CODIS was able to match the palm print to Denk's fingerprints from an unrelated arrest in 1997.”
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2168475/Amy-Weidner-Bloody-palm-print-leads-arrest-family-friend-1989-honor-student-slaying.html

Edinburg Evening News 07-0912
Forensics ‘found prints of accused on heroin bags’
Caroline Stewart, 26, a mark enhancement officer based at Fettes police HQ, told the court that she identified a number of fingerprints on plastic bags and packaging removed from the house in Sighthill View using fluorescent lights and dyes.
Mark McLoughlin, 53, a fingerprint officer with the Scottish Police Services Authority, gave evidence that the fingerprints yielded a match with the accused, Kris Brown.
http://www.scotsman.com/edinburgh-evening-news/edinburgh/forensics-found-prints-of-accused-on-heroin-bags-1-2397099

SouthBendTribune.com 07-08-12
Fingerprints lead to burglary suspect
SOUTH BEND -- Fingerprints led local police to a South Bend 18-year-old who was arrested Thursday in connection with a June 15 burglary in the 1000 block of South 33rd Street.
http://www.southbendtribune.com/news/sbt-fingerprints-lead-to-burglary-suspect-20120708,0,6596037.story

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07-15-12

MarketWatch 07-15-12
Linde Canada To Display Novel Latent Print Development Technology at Forensic Conference in Phoenix
The dry, non-contact technology uses a gaseous application process for developing latent fingerprints, eliminating hazardous carrier solvents used in traditional processing methods and the physical application of these materials by dipping, spraying, brushing and drying.
http://www.marketwatch.com/story/linde-canada-to-display-novel-latent-print-development-technology-at-forensic-conference-in-phoenix-2012-07-10

Hannibal Courier-Post 07-15-12
Pettey murder trial: Lover on the stand
Nicole Rhoads, a criminalist with the Missouri State Highway Patrol, testified on the witness stand and displayed to the jury, Pettey’s finger prints on the box found in Becky Kirk’s van during the investigation following Fugate’s death.
http://www.hannibal.net/newsnow/x836136325/Pettey-murder-trial-Lover-on-the-stand

ChicoER.com 07-13-12
Man charged with killing roommate now also charged with helping to make meth
During cross-examination by defense attorney Robert Radcliffe, Hutton acknowledged that Halsema told him he never went into the bedroom with the lab because it was a mess. Two latent fingerprints lifted from the equipment matched Davies and not Halsema.
http://www.chicoer.com/news/ci_21067228/man-charged-killing-roommate-now-also-charged-helping

PhillyBurbs.com 07-13-12
Witness testifies in trial
“I just wanted to get out of there. Everything just happened so fast,” said Revell, who told the jury she saw blood in the staircase as she ran for help. Authorities said Williams left a palm print in Plowden’s blood in that staircase.
http://www.phillyburbs.com/my_town/mount_holly/witness-testifies-in-trial/article_2a69d6b0-e19c-56ca-8d1c-cd8dd7a931df.html

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07-22-12

TucsonCitizen.com 07-18-12
Avondale man accused in $50,000 Mesa copper theft
Investigators also found fingerprints on the outside door knob of an electric panel and a water jug that had been left at the business, police said. A possible DNA match was found between McMullen and the water-jug fingerprints on Nov. 29 and a confirmed match was made between McMullen and the electric-panel fingerprints on Jan. 10, according to police.
http://tucsoncitizen.com/arizona-news/2012/07/18/avondale-man-accused-in-50000-mesa-copper-theft/

DailyTimes 07-19-12
Upper Darby police nab suspected serial burglar
Delaware County Criminal Investigation Division Forensic Unit Detective David McDonald compared Richards’ fingerprints with those found inside a residence and confirmed the match. His fingerprints allegedly matched prints lifted from the scene of the June 14 burglary on the 500 block of California Avenue.
http://www.delcotimes.com/articles/2012/07/19/news/doc5008b470ae057759045162.txt?viewmode=fullstory

Los Angeles Times 07-22-12
LAPD to ration fingerprint analysis to deal with backlog
Under the plan, which the department will roll out in coming months, each of the LAPD's 21 police stations and specialized divisions will be allotted only 10 cases each month in which fingerprints will be analyzed promptly, Deputy Chief Kirk Albanese said. All other cases will be placed on a waiting list.
http://www.latimes.com/news/local/la-me-lapd-fingerprint-20120723,0,2734204.story

Independent.IE 07-20-12
Fingerprints on a chocolate bar lands shop raider in jail
He then pressed the imitation firearm to the “terrified” woman’s chest and picked up a Kinder Bueno bar to scan it and open up the till. When it opened he grabbed the cash inside and ran out the door. Gardai later found his fingerprints on the chocolate bar wrapping and identified Campbell as the robber.
http://www.independent.ie/national-news/courts/fingerprints-on-a-chocolate-bar-lands-shop-raider-in-jail-3174734.html

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07-30-12

BrowardNet 07-28-12
BSO Busts Southwest Ranches Boat Burglar; Suspected in Other Counties
Some good old-fashioned police work and a couple of fingerprints resulted in the arrest of a Miami man who stole the engines off two boats parked at their owners’ homes in Southwest Ranches.
http://browardnetonline.com/2012/07/bso-busts-southwest-ranches-boat-burglar-suspected-in-other-counties/

TodayOnline 07-28-12
Drink-driver's fingerprints lead to US$100m-fraud fugitive
LAS VEGAS - A fingerprint match in a Las Vegas-area drunken driving case led United States authorities to a German fugitive in a US$100 million international fraud scheme who has been on the run for five years, authorities said Friday.
http://www.todayonline.com/World/EDC120728-0000035/Drink-drivers-fingerprints-lead-to-US$100m-fraud-fugitive

SFGate 07-26-12
Minn. crime labs scrutinized after St. Paul issues
The director of the St. Paul lab and two criminalists recently testified that they had little training in testing suspected narcotics. They also said the lab had no written procedures and basic scientific guidelines were ignored.
http://www.sfgate.com/news/article/Minn-crime-labs-scrutinized-after-St-Paul-issues-3737603.php

PhillyBurbs.com 07-30-12
Willingboro man acquitted of Maple Shade motel murder
Williams was apprehended moments later as he ran naked in the nearby Bel-Air Motel parking lot. Jurors watched surveillance video of him shedding his clothes as he fled. Evidence included DNA and Williams’ partial palm print in Plowden’s blood on the staircase of the Motel 6, but it proved not enough to convict.
http://www.phillyburbs.com/news/local/burlington_county_times_news/willingboro-man-acquitted-of-maple-shade-motel-murder/article_c6b48269-274d-5432-a89b-57d79a989bb8.html

Forbes 07/26/12
Researchers Trick Iris Scanner With Forged Eye Images
Galbally, an assistant researcher at Universidad Autonoma, is himself involved with European projects to asses vulnerabilities in biometric scanning, notably one called Tabula Rasa. On blackhat.com he says that his forged irises, or “binary iriscodes” probably wouldn’t get past a human expert, but “there is a high chance that they can break into an iris recognition system.”
http://www.forbes.com/sites/parmyolson/2012/07/26/researchers-trick-iris-scanner-with-forged-eye-images/

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08-06-12

KENS5,com 08-02-12
Fingerprints lead S.A. police to burglary suspect next door
Police said Garcia broke into the apartment by tearing the air conditioning unit out of the wall and then using a knife to open the bedroom door. Investigators said Garcia left his fingerprints all over the apartment, and was then picked out of a photo lineup by his upset neighbor.
http://www.kens5.com/news/Fingerprints-lead-SA-police-to-burglary-suspect-next-door-164721616.html

NorthJersey.com 08-01-12
Fingerprint scan leads to arrest of Fairview burglary suspect
Latent fingerprints at the scene came back to Gonzalez, whose fingerprints are on file at the National Crime Information Center from a previous arrest, Kahn said.
http://www.northjersey.com/fairview/Fingerprint_scan_leads_to_arrest_of_Fairview_burglary_suspect.html

The Chattanoogan.com 07-31-12
Police Use Fingerprints To Nab Suspect In Family Dollar Robbery
Police said fingerprints were lifted from Ms. Congdon's car, but there initially were no matches. However, after Williams was arrested for the first time as an adult the next day, there was a match to his prints.
http://www.chattanoogan.com/2012/7/31/231308/Police-Use-Fingerprints-To-Nab-Suspect.aspx

WestBorough Patch 08-03-12
Inmate Facing Charges in Westborough House Break
An inmate serving time for Westborough house breaks will be charged in an April 17 break on Edward Dunn Way, because his fingerprints matched those found at the scene, Westborough Police said today.
http://westborough.patch.com/articles/inmate-facing-charges-in-westborough-house-break

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08-13-12

The Register 08-10-12
Victim testifies in Gadjik trial
Testimony Thursday, Aug. 9, in the William Gajdik trial might have come from a CSI episode, aside from being more realistic. Fingerprints are not found on every surface, witnesses told the jury. Nevertheless, Gajdik's fingerprints were found on a vehicle and items from inside that vehicle in Fergus Falls, Minnesota, according to the testimony of several witnesses.
http://www.thedcregister.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=4275:gajdik-trial-brings-csi-to-dearborn&catid=1:latest-news&Itemid=44

The Sacramento Bee 08-12-12
Man gets maximum sentence in '78 killing
KOMO-TV reports ( http://is.gd/7Pg0Gd) that MacDonald's fingerprints were on file from multiple arrests over more than two decades. They came back as a match when detectives checked fingerprints collected at the slaying scene.
http://www.sacbee.com/2012/08/08/4708364/man-gets-maximum-sentence-in-78.html

Bradenton Herald 08-08-12
Smith's ex-girlfriends testify at trial; verdict expected this week
Robert Feverston, a latent print examiner for the sheriff's office, said a print lifted from the medical encyclopedia matched Smith's left index finger. Calvin Briles, the victim's eldest son, said in 2007 he borrowed the medical encyclopedia among other books from his parents.
http://www.bradenton.com/2012/08/08/4148747/smiths-ex-girlfriends-testify.html

The Kansas City Star 08-07-12
State highlights botched Peterson investigation
But he said he would not let them suggest to jurors during testimony or in their closing arguments that there must have been evidence in Savio's house that wasn't collected but that would have proven Peterson's guilt.
"If the state thinks they're going to argue that ... if (investigators) looked closer, they would have found Mr. Peterson's fingerprints (or other evidence proving he killed Savio), that's not going to happen," he said.
http://www.kansascity.com/2012/08/07/3747968/peterson-trial-focuses-on-botched.html

Boca News Now 07-26-12
Boca Burglar Leaves Hand Prints, Shoe Prints, Unsurprisingly Is Caught
You may find it difficult to believe, as CSI-type shows have been on the air for more than a decade, but burglars in Boca Raton continue to commit crimes in the area without wearing gloves. The Boca Raton Police Department really is that good, so investigators tend to have little problem finding the ‘perps’ who leave their prints behind.
http://bocanewsnow.com/2012/07/26/boca-burglar-leaves-hand-prints-shoe-prints-unsurprisingly-is-caught/

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08-20-12

The Citizen 08-14-12
Rockaway Police purchase new emergency management device
The funds, set aside in 2011 as part of the general capital ordinance, were initially intended for the purchase of an AFIS (Automatic Fingerprint Identification System), …
The greater reach of the message board, in combination AFIS’ outdated practice of just using fingerprints instead of also collected DNA, led to the police department’s decision to change direction with the funding.
http://newjerseyhills.com/the_citizen/news/rockaway-police-purchase-new-emergency-management-device/article_35e2bca8-e659-11e1-8a60-0019bb2963f4.html

ClickOn Detroit 08-17-12
Farmington Hills police arrest suspect in string of car break-ins
Farmington Hills police say they have arrested a man in connection with 23 car break-ins in the Chatham Hills neighborhood. The suspect, a 21-year-old man from Taylor, was identified from fingerprints that were left behind on one of the cars that was targeted, police said.
http://www.clickondetroit.com/news/Farmington-Hills-police-arrest-suspect-in-string-of-car-break-ins/-/1719418/16168404/-/pf8o2/-/index.html

NYDailyNews.com 08-14-12
‘Done deal’ prosecution of man who shot parole officer ends in a surprise mistrial
The judge found that a digital file of a fingerprint found on the weapon was not given to the defense as is required by law. The defense lawyer got only a life-size thumbnail of the fingerprint, sources said. "My client is entitled to a fair trial in accordance with the law and without this evidence he couldn't have one," defense lawyer Kenneth Perry said. A detective testified last week that the fingerprint is incomplete and cannot be compared to any other.
http://articles.nydailynews.com/2012-08-14/news/33204111_1_samuel-salters-parole-officer-defense-lawyer

JolietPatch 08-15-12
Left-Behind Prints Lead Cops to Alleged Burglar
A Joliet man who left his fingerprints behind at a crime scene was arrested Tuesday for stealing cash, jewelry and electronics from a home on Center Street.
http://joliet.patch.com/articles/left-behind-prints-lead-cops-to-alleged-burglar

ScotsMan.com 08-14-12
Jenny Methven murder trial: I’m scared of getting blame for what I didn’t do – accused’s ‘suicide’ note
Kean is also charged with attempting to pervert the course of justice between 13 and 19 March by failing to turn up at Perth police headquarters to have his fingerprints taken for elimination purposes and repeatedly cutting his fingertips and palms to prevent police taking usable samples. Kean denies all the charges against him. The trial before Lord Glennie continues.
http://www.scotsman.com/news/jenny-methven-murder-trial-i-m-scared-of-getting-blame-for-what-i-didn-t-do-accused-s-suicide-note-1-2465891

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08-26-12

Peoria Times 08-23-12
Police solve bank robbery with single fingerprint
Police said fingerprints are, in large part, water-based and in the summer heat, can quickly degrade. The quick actions of detectives likely preserved the single fingerprint that was found. In less than 24 hours, Peoria police crime scene technicians managed to turn their one piece of evidence into the name of a suspect.
http://www.peoriatimes.com/news/article_73b393d2-ec93-11e1-82dd-001a4bcf887a.html

WZVN-HD ABC 7 08-23-12
Fingerprints identify Port Charlotte burglary suspect
The fingerprints were found on a window pane and positively matched those of Tyler Ray Kerry. Kerry lives a few houses away from the burglary scene.
http://www.abc-7.com/story/19352061/2012/08/23/fingerprints-identify-port-charlotte-burglary-suspect

Al.com 08-21-12
Man out of prison since March arrested on robbery charge after couples are held up outside Semmes restaurant
While deputies asked the public’s help in identifying Gaines, they were able to name him after latent prints were lifted from the scene of one of the credit card transactions, Cochran said. Gaines left prison in March after serving 32 months of a split 20-year sentence for an armed robbery on Jan. 5, 2009.
http://blog.al.com/live/2012/08/man_out_of_prison_since_march.html

WBTV.com 08-23-12
Finger print leads to arrest of ex-boyfriend in home break-in
A detective was dispatched to the scene and was able to lift several fingerprints from the interior and exterior near where the bathroom window had been broken out. The fingerprint cards were taken to the Gaston County Police Department to be analyzed by crime scene officers. One of the fingerprints came back to Michael Alvin Punch, 29, from Dallas.
http://lincolncounty.wbtv.com/news/crime/74752-finger-print-leads-arrest-ex-boyfriend-home-break

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TC Palm 08-29-12
Fingerprints tie Fellsmere woman to 2 home burglaries, police say
A Fellsmere woman was named as the suspect in a couple of home burglaries earlier this summer after law enforcement used a fingerprint to tie her to the crimes, according to a news release Wednesday.
http://www.tcpalm.com/news/2012/aug/29/fingerprints-tie-fellsmere-woman-to-2-home-say/?partner=RSS

The MetroWest Daily News 08-31-12
Cops nab TD Bank robbery suspect
Bob Costello, Remillard’s attorney, argued for a lesser bail, calling into question the accuracy of some of the information presented. Costello said that police had to use some sort of enhancement technique to lift the prints off the bank note since they could not be lifted using conventional methods. "To what extent that enhancement may have affected the fingerprints, I don’t know," he said, but it’s possible they could have been tainted.
http://www.metrowestdailynews.com/news/x1107514210/Cops-nab-TD-Bank-robbery-suspect

KYMA.com 08-29-12
Fingerprint expert takes the stand in murder trial
Prosecutors called fingerprint expert Robert Tavernaro to testify about his analysis of the glove prints found by detectives investigating the crime scene. There were a total of four prints found in the house that Tavernaro testified could be that of a leather or fabric material.
http://www.kyma.com/slp.php?idN=7271&cat=Local%20News

First 12 News KXII.com 08-30-12
Man accused of murdering elderly Wynnewood man headed to trial
Brownlee was found dead inside his home on Sept. 29 after families requested police do a welfare check on him. Investigators say High's finger and palm prints were found at the scene of the crime.
http://www.kxii.com/news/headlines/Man-accused-of-murdering-elderly-Wynnewood-man-headed-to-trial-168052986.html

Delaware County News Network 08-31-12
Aston brothers charged with brutal home-invasion murder in Lanco
Additional forensic evidence recovered from the house included palm prints, multiple depleted shotgun shells, one shotgun shell, multiple expended .22-caliber casings, .22-caliber projectile, a .22-caliber rifle and a .32-caliber handgun.
http://www.delconewsnetwork.com/articles/2012/08/31/news_of_delaware_county/news/doc5040b96455517454784849.txt?viewmode=fullstory