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Vendor passes test in lottery theft
BANGKOK, Thailand - A lottery vendor has passed a lie test in the case of a man she claims stole a winning ticket from her, according to police. Rosarin Sakdaroj claims a man stole a lottery ticket from her that ended up a big winner - Bt6.1 million to be exact - back on May 16. Local authorities administered a polygraph test to the woman to make sure she was telling the truth; Sakdaroj apparently passed the test. The alleged thief, Sit Kijpruek, was asked to take a test but refused. A background check into Kijpruek revealed that he has a history of theft, and other vendors in the area claimed the man has stolen from them in the past and exchanges those stolen goods for alcohol. The man insists he bought the ticket from Sakdaroj.
Source: Mailing from APA member Henry Mungle. Article appeared in The Nation. By Khon Kaen, July 9, 2004.
UK May Introduce Polygraph Tests to exiting Sex Offenders
LONDON, England - A new British law may require all sex offenders to take a polygraph test before being released from prison and at random times during their freedom. Although the use of the tests has brought some controversy to the UK, a small number of tests were administered to some ex-cons leaving prison and the use of the exams was welcomed by probation officers. Home Secretary David Blunkett has recently noted that he supports the use of the tests and may introduce them into the judicial system.
Source: http://www.bignewsnetwork.com. 'Lie detector tests for UK sex offenders.' June 1, 2004.
Civil Group Approves Of Lie Tests
LONDON, England - In the wake of the announcement that British authorities may test every convicted sex offender before being released from prison and during their freedom, civil liberties groups said they approve of the measure. Liberty, a human rights organization in the UK, said that although it is skeptical about how reliable a polygraph is, it has no objections to testing sex offenders. The group did say that it would not approve the use of the results in court. People in favor of the measure say that the tests will keep offenders from committing more crimes because they will be monitored more closely than before. In preparation for the possible law, authorities have purchased five polygraph machines.
Source: http://www.politics.guardian.co.uk. 'Liberty supports preventive lie tests.' By Alan Travis, The Guardian. June 1, 2004.
Yearly Exams a Requirement in Arizona
PHOENIX, Arizona - A convicted child molester gave an exclusive interview to News 5 and revealed a number of details. The man, who wished to keep his identity a secret, said that he would prey on younger children with an unstable homelife. He spent two years in prison for molesting a 13-year-old girl and an 8-year-old boy, but said he molested 11 children in total.
Among the details he revealed was how closely he is monitored by police, now that he is out of prison. The man said he is subject to close police supervision, and he is required to take annual polygraph exams.
Source: http://www.kpho.global. 'What a molester wants'. News 5. May 21, 2004.
BUFFALO, New York - Maybe Hollywood isn't overstating that much.
Similar to the CBS series, 'Cold Case Files,' detectives are working to solve a decades-old murder case. Police started with a hunch, administered a lie detector test, interviewed a suspect, and have found the man who killed a woman and hid her body more than 30 years ago.
"I don't think any one of us thought we had much of a chance being so old and stuff," said John Wolf, NY State Police investigator. "But we started looking at it and some names came up."
Source: http://www.wivb.com. 'EC Sheriff's cold case unit in action.' May 21, 2004.
WASHINGTON, D.C - There is more fallout from the Iraq War and how it was handled in Washington. In light of the decision to cut off funding for the Iraqi National Congress because U.S. financial backing for one Iraqi political party had become 'inappropriate,' according to Deputy Defense Secretary Paul Wolfowitz, more details were revealed at the lack of communication among American authorities. One such example involved administering polygraph tests, or the lack thereof. A clause in an agreement between the Iraqi National Congress and U.S. authorities stated that all sources should be subjected to polygraph exams in briefings and debriefings. However, it was revealed that those rules were not always followed.
Source: http://www.msnbc.com. 'Why the Pentagon cut off funding to the Iraqi National Congress.' By Michael Isikoff and Mark Hosenball, Newsweek. May 19, 2004.
STUART, Florida - A doctor accused of fondling five female patients claims the whole thing is a 'great misunderstanding.' Dr. Richard Allen Hill, 44, was charged with fondling women's breasts during an exam for something entirely different, police say. Hill claims he looking out for the patients' well being because his sister died of breast cancer at a young age. He offered to take a lie detector test to prove his innocence, but police never gave him one. The alleged victims say that while visiting Hill for other problems 'one woman saw him for a wound on her ankle' Hill gave them what he called a "breast exam." The woman with the ankle wound saw him a few days later because the wound worsened, and he gave her another "exam." Hill was arrested after a police officer was fondled in his exam room. The media attention on the case has prompted more women to say they were assaulted by Hill. Years ago, a woman accused Hill of raping and sodomizing her in his exam room; the woman later dropped the charges and still apologizes to the doctor for accusing him of the acts.
Source: http://www.palmbeachpost.com. "Doctor: Fondling charges a 'misunderstanding.' By Pat Moore, Palm Beach Post. May 19, 2004.
Lie tests in fishing tournament
MIAMI, Florida - A fishing contest awarded a Hummer H2 to the winning team, but there was a catch. The After-School All-Stars Dolphin Challenge was held in Miami earlier this summer, and the team with the biggest catch would receive a Hummer H2 automobile. The winning team pulled into port two hours early, confident its 37.9 pounder was large enough to win. And it was.
Tournament officials put several verification processes into place to ensure fair play. Among those was a polygraph test; one member of each group, selected at random, was administered a test to make sure his/her team was following the rules. According to officials, each team passed with flying colors.
Source: http://www.fishingworld.com. "Bluewater extreme team catches a $60,000 hummer." By Anthony Albelo. May 27, 2004.
Man says lie test will prove innocence
RAINBOW LAKES ESTATES, Florida - A man admitted to a pair of murders that may have never happened. Juan Losoya, 27, told authorities that he killed two people - along with two others whose bodies were found - but authorities have not found any more remains. Authorities suspect that Losoya may have bragged about the fictitious deaths to friends. At any rate, police will continue to look for bodies. The man arrested and jailed for the two deaths, Arnold Lee 'Sonny' Evans, has proclaimed his innocence was day one. Evans said that he witnessed the murders from a fenced-in area of the home he was sharing with his then girlfriend. The man claims that he watched as two trucks pulled up 'with a total of five men' and shot two men in a hail of gunfire. Evans said he is willing to take a lie detector test to prove his story.
Source: http://www.starbanner.com. 'Suspects talk.' By Joe Callahan, Star Banner. May 26, 2004.
TALLAHASSEE, Florida - A deputy has been reinstated after he was fired earlier this year.
Deputy Derrick Conyers of the Leon County Sheriff's Department was let go - along with another deputy - after an investigation into his actions during a raid at the home of pro football player Corey Fuller. The player was being investigated in an illegal gambling plot. Conyers and the other deputy, John Johnson, were hired by Fuller to guard his home in January after a robbery attempt. The security work was done when the two were off duty from their full-time work at the sheriff's office. Conyers and Johnson were thought to have known about the illegal, high-stakes gambling going on at the home. The two were fired, but Conyers was brought back on the force after a sheriff's office hearing. According to sheriff's reports, Conyers and Johnson knew about the gambling and both failed voice-stress tests when asked about the subject. When asked about the failed test. Conyers said he was nervous during the exam. During the sheriff's hearing, Conyers admitted to knowing about the gambling, so he told Johnson about it. Johnson reportedly said that there was no truth to what he was saying. Johnson's bid to be re-hired was denied.
Source: http://www.tallahassee.com. 'Deputy gets his job back.' By Tony Bridges, Tallahassee Democrat. June 5, 2004.
Mother indicted in baby's death; father cleared through lie test
ATHENS, Texas - A woman has been indicted for capital murder after allegedly dumping her newborn child behind a restaurant. Taika Barron, 20, was arrested the day after she gave birth to Eric Ibarra Jr. and then dumped him behind an Applebee's restaurant. Barron's attorney, Steve Green, contends that the infant was born stillborn. On the stand at the indictment, Athens Police Department Detective Mike Murphy admitted that the truth may never be known as to whether or not the baby was stillborn. But he believes that the child's death stems from a "lack of care for the child at birth and the abandonment." The father of the child, Eric Ibarra, was questioned in the death and was given a polygraph exam, but he was ruled a non-suspect in the case.
Source: http://www.athensreview.com. 'Barron draws capital murder indictment.' By Jayson Larson, Athens Review. May 25, 2004.
Former guard sentenced; polygraph now the norm
GOODING, Idaho - A former prison guard has been sentenced for saving sex with an inmate.
Joel Shay Lamm, 34, was sentenced earlier this summer in the case. Prosecutors said Lamm took a female prisoner out of her cell on two separate occasions, brought her to another area of the prison, and the two engaged in sexual activity. A letter written found in the prison's library that mentioned the encounters led police to the arrest. Lamm was serve between five and 15 years for the crime. As a result of the case, the sheriff's department administers lie detector tests to all new hires.
Source: http://www.magicvalley.com. 'Former jailer gets prison for sex with inmate.' By Rebecca Meany, The Times News. June 5, 2004.
Ex-chief proclaims innocence, refuses polygraph
Preston, Idaho - The former police chief of this city, fired for allegations of sexual misconduct, is proclaiming his innocence. On Jan. 12, Scott Shaw was fired from his position as police chief. He says the city didn't give him a reason or a chance to respond, actions that contradict city policy. The city claims that Shaw used his police power to coerce a female drug suspect into having inappropriate sexual contact with him. The suspect was not charged any drug-related crimes, even though she apparently had committed some. Shaw has said that he is completely innocent of the charges, but he refused to take a lie detector test when asked.
Source: http:// www.journalnet.com. 'Allegations denied by ex-Preston police chief.' By Emily Jones, Idaho State Journal. May 24, 2004.
NEW ORLEANS, Louisiana - The FBI is stepping into a drug case and will administer a lie detector test to see if one of the suspects in the crime has any ties to it. Justin Moss, a former wrestling and football coach at Archbishop Shaw High School, will be tested to see whether or not had anything to do with marijuana found in a home. Moss, Maxwell Landry, and another man were arrested. In addition, Moss will be asked about what he saw at the time of the arrest; Moss claims a police officer kicked Landry while he was on the ground in handcuffs. Polygraph tests are still controversial in the state of Louisiana, and their results are not admissible in court, but the test will help the case, say authorities.
Source: http://www.nola.com. 'Drug suspect agrees to lie detector test.' By Steve Cannizaro, The Times-Picayune. May 19, 2004.
With polygraphs, crime rate decreases
MEXICO CITY, Mexico - This city of millions has a new weapon to fight crime, and its benefits are already showing. At the advice of former New York City Mayor Rudy Giuliani, Mexico City has increased pay for its police force and it now screens officers with lie detector tests. The exams help to keep police corruption out of the department. So far this year, Mexico City's crime rate has fallen 8.8 percent.
Source: http://www.newsday.com. 'Crime drops on Giuliani's advice.' May 16, 2004.
WARRENTON, Virginia - In a bizarre case, Warrenton, Va. officials are hoping to try a man for a rape. Again. Frank Kaloustian, 44, was arrested and charged with rape on March 17. A woman claimed Kaloustian, a water delivery man, brought bottled water to her office and raped her. The defendant claimed he passed a lie detector test, but police refuted that statement, saying he failed the exam. In late May, the Prosecutor Kevin Casey lowered the charge to consensual sodomy. Kaloustian claims that he met the woman at her office and the two began flirting. He said they had sexual contact, but it was consensual. She also said that he cut her with a pair of scissors. Kaloustian said that the case is still being pursued because the woman is the wife of a sheriff's deputy. He pleaded guilty to the sodomy charge, but only because he could not afford to fight the original charge of rape. Casey said that when a grand jury can be convened, he will pursue a rape charge. Again.
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Boyfriend Admit after Polygraph
By Cass Rains
A 24-year-old Enid man told police he hit 1-month-old Zachary Felber because the boy would not stop crying. The infant remains hospitalized with a fractured skull.
The confession was included in an affidavit presented when a felony child abuse charge was filed Wednesday against J.C. Crase. Crase, according to the affidavit, had given police several reasons for the boy’s injuries.
After a polygraph examination, Crase said he had not been telling the truth and he “backhanded” the boy because he would not stop crying, according to the affidavit.
According to the affidavit, Chase said the boy had thrown his head backward and hit a door frame. Crase also he was holding the boy and spinning and Zachary struck his head on a door frame.
Following the polygraph, Crase said Zachary was strapped into a bouncy chair that was on the table and he backhanded the boy with his left hand on the left side of the boy’s head, the affidavit states.
Crase said he had struck Zachary “pretty hard,” and the boy fell off of the table while still seated in the chair. Crase told police after picking the boy up he immediately saw a bruise on the boy’s head.
Crase, who faces no more than life in prison, no less than a year in jail and a fine of $500 to $5,000, will be arraigned Friday in Garfield County District Court.
Bank Employee Admit Robbery After Polygraph
The Tampa Tribune@Published: Aug 14, 2007
TAMPA - Bibi Lall, suspected of helping rob the bank she managed, failed a polygraph test and crumbled under intense questioning.
The robber, she told investigators, had forced her to help in the theft of $125,000 in October from the Trustco Bank in Apollo Beach, according to court records. Lall said the robber threatened to tell her husband she was having an affair, so she went along, fearful of losing her two young children.
Lall, 35, pleaded guilty last month to bank robbery and was set to testify at trial this week against the man she says manipulated her, 46-year-old Paul Anthony Graham.Graham reached his own deal Monday. The charge they both pleaded guilty to carries a maximum of 25 years in prison.
Police: Man Taking Polygraph Admits To Molesting Girl
HERNDON, Va. -- Fairfax County police are investigating a man who was trying to join the volunteer auxiliary police force, News4's Jackie Bensen reported. Police said the man took the required polygraph test and during the course of that test admitted he had sexually molested a 6-year-old girl he baby-sat.
A search warrant obtained by News4 said the man had successfully completed previous stages of the volunteer process and had even been given some police department equipment, including an identification badge.
Confessed Arson case After Polygraph Test
CLIFTON -- A department store employee has been arrested after she admitted to setting a fire in a store bathroom in a plot to leave work early, police said.
Jennifer Burns, 21, of North Arlington couldn't wait for her shift at Kohl's department store on Main Avenue to end Monday and told police she thought setting a fire would send everyone home early, Lt. Richard Berdnik said Wednesday
Burns was arrested Tuesday and charged with third-degree arson after she failed a polygraph test and admitted to setting the fire, Berdnik said. She posted $25,000 bail.
Berdnik said Burns put a lit cigarette in a plastic toilet seat cover holder that was mounted on a wall, which caused smoke to fill the bathroom. Another employee went into the bathroom shortly afterward, saw the smoke and alerted co-workers to call 911. Police said Burns made that call.
Store surveillance cameras revealed Burns was the last person to leave the bathroom before the fire began, Berdnik said.
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Home Secretary John Reid is considering introducing polygraph tests nationwide
Sex offenders are facing compulsory lie detector tests after a trial revealed more than four out of ten lie to the authorities.
Officials said John Reid is considering introducing the polygraph tests nationwide after judging the pilots a success.
Exposing the paedophiles and other offenders to be hiding the truth led to them facing stricter supervision in the community.
And the Home Secretary, desperate to restore battered public confidence in the probation service, believes it will make it easier to stop re-offending.
A Home Office pilot scheme used polygraph tests on 350 offenders on parole or probation. The convicts, who had volunteered to take part in the trials, were then questioned about whether they had struck again, or breached licence conditions.
A shocking 44 per cent - or 214 out of 347 - were found to be deceptive. No deception was found in just a fifth of cases, with the rest either inconclusive or incomplete.
New information about paedophiles' behaviour - which could be vital in protecting children and others from sex attacks - was obtained in nearly eight out of 10 cases.
Some 31 tests had uncovered evidence that sex offenders had lied about not committing new offences.
In one case, a 24-year-old man on parole for unlawful sexual intercourse with a 14-year-old girl admitted still being in contact with her, and later police interviews revealed they were having sex.
Another offender's lie detector test revealed he was still having sex with his 15-year-old victim. Information provided by the polygraphs - which measure heart-rate and breathing for signs of anxiety - led probation officers to increase their risk assessment of offenders in eight out of ten of cases.
In a seprate survey of comparable cases in which lie detectors were not used, probation officers reduced their risk assessments in more than five out of 10 cases.
It means that use of the technology led officials to deal with sex offenders much more strictly and cautiously than in cases where the machines were not deployed.
Nine out of ten of probation staff said the polygraph or lie detector tests helped them monitor sex offenders properly.
Professor Don Grubin, of Newcastle University, said: "The aim is not to catch offenders out who have re-offended. The aim is to prevent them from re-offending in the first place."
The Home Office now intends to extend the scheme to see if it works on sex offenders who have not chosen to take the tests, before considering its use nationwide.
It was published alongside a heavily-trailed report into whether the controversial Megan's Law should be introduced in the UK.
Despite five-months of Government research - including high-profile trips to the US by junior minister Gerry Sutcliffe - the idea remains mired in confusion.
The Home Office said members of the public may be able to ask officials for details of suspected paedophiles living in their neighbourhoods under plans for a 'targeted two way disclosure' of information.
But officials have yet to decide how the system would work, or what information would be given out. One scenario is that s single-mother with a new partner would be able to approach the police to check he is not a sex offender.
At present, it is up to the police to approach the woman if they have any concerns.
Information about probation hostels which house sex offenders could also be made more easily accessible.
But there will be no making available of the pictures of paedophiles living nearby, or giving a list of names, as happens in the US.
This is likley to disappoint tabloid newspaper the News of the World, which has deen demanding a 'Sarah's Law', in memory of murdered schoolgirl Sarah Payne.
Other steps to monitor paedophiles could include increased use of surveillance, such
Lie detector test helps clear man in robbery probe
September 2006
A lie detector test helped clear a man held on unrelated charges of any suspicion in a bank robbery investigation, Decatur police said Thursday.
Investigators called him a "person of interest" in the case but never charged the man, whose name was not released, in connection with the Sept. 7 robbery of First American Bank on Beltline Road Southwest at Danville Road.
"We are very, very confident that he is not the person that robbed the bank," said Detective Jeremy Hayes. "We gave him a polygraph, which he voluntarily submitted to. When asked if he had anything to do with the bank robbery, he showed no deception when he stated that he had not."
Hayes said the polygraph confirmed suspicions that arose after police compared the man to clearer photographs than those initially obtained from the bank's security cameras.
"It's clearly not the man we had in custody. It confirmed our beliefs, basically is what the polygraph did," Hayes said.
Hayes said police have no other suspects at this time.
The man caught on video appears to be 6 feet,-3-inches or taller, with a slim build.
"I really would like people to look closely at the photograph. If it looks like somebody, I would like them to at least call and give us a name. If someone calls in with some information about a person, it's not saying that we're automatically going to look at them as a suspect," he said.
Hayes can be reached at 341-4638
| Polygraph test helped nab suspect |
| Siyabonga Mkhwanazi September 08 2006 at 09:35AM |
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There was one question that led police to give Desigan Govender a polygraph test: Why was Mohammed Asif Ayob's BMW M3 parked outside an unoccupied suburban house, which Govender guarded, the day after Ayob had disappeared? Weideman decided to question Govender again as she was not satisfied, and found the accused was lying. He was asked to take a polygraph test, and he agreed, she said. When the test results showed he was lying, Govender confessed and pointed out the crime scene, where Ayob's body was found. |