June 2011 Archives

Computer Blog Today reports that a computer expert witness took the stand on Thursday in Pittsburg to explain information found on Richard Poplawski’s computer hard drive, and what websites he visited just hours before the prosecution said he shot and killed three Pittsburgh police officers.

Read more: computerblogtoday.com.

Charles J. Key, a retired city police officer who wrote the Balitmore police department's rules of force, testified as an expert witness on behalf of Gahiji Tshamba.  Tshamba is the Baltimore police officer who shot an unarmed Marine a dozen times during a confrontation outside a Mount Vernon nightclub. He spoke for the first time on June 9th at his trial, saying he was being chased, backed into a corner, and shot the man as he advanced on him.

Read more: thebaltimoresun.com.

Former Children's Hospital of Philadelphia General Counsel Roosevelt Hairston, Jr., has been charged with one count each of mail fraud, money laundering and filing a false tax return for his embezzlement of $1.7 million from CHOP.

Hairston was employed in various senior positions at CHOP, including most recently as general counsel and executive vice president. Hairston allegedly used dozens of false invoices he created for shell companies to steal from CHOP between 1999 and February 14, 2011, including  33 fraudulent invoices related to expert witnesses, collecting $225,000 from CHOP.

Read more: westmorelandtimes.com.