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Successful Cases

Criminal Prosecution

* Located 4 fugitive felons that fled California. Each were involved in a major violent sex crime attack. All
   were found guilty and sent to prison
* Found evidence and proved a man was fraudulently obtaining insurance benefits. Prosecuted and
   convicted
* Identified, located and reported a man who had been stalking a celebrity in Woodland Hills

Insurance Exposure

* Assisted in a take nothing award on a murder case, where the victim was found to have actually caused
   his own death
* Worked another take nothing case on a fraudulent slip and fall case
* Investigation of another case, where an employee was killed by a co-worker and proved the issue and
   motive were not work related
* Proved a worker killed in an auto accident was not in the scope of his employment at the time of the
   accident
* Provided video tape evidence leading to a dropping of all injury claims filed by a government employee
* Found proof that a school employee had falsified a robbery and assault claim, leading to the dropping of
   the claims and criminal prosecution
* Obtained statements in Modesto of associates of a man disputing his under oath testimony of an
   occurrence, leading to perjury charges
* Obtained video tape in Porterville of a truck driver competing in a series of rodeo events, while at the
   same time claiming total disability
* Proved employee's alleged injuries actually resulted from fight with police

Service of Process

* Served Summons and other documents on major celebrity in Beverly Hills
* Ran stakeout and served papers on television personality in Malibu
* Served papers on several persons hiding in rural areas and using alias names in Madera, Fresno, Merced,
   Tulare, Kern and Los Angeles
* Served papers on a Federal prisoner in Louisiana, while he was being transported between courts

Criminal Defense

* Successfully worked the defense on a Attempted Murder case in Reedley and Parlier, resulting in an
   acquittal on all charges
* Proved a man arrested for First Degree Murder was not at the scene and had all charges dropped in North
   Hollywood
* Worked a First Degree Murder case and discovered enough evidence to cause the jury to be deadlocked in
   Lancaster.
* Located witnesses on an Armed Robbery case in Fresno, each of which provided evidence to allow those
   charges to be dropped
* Defended man accused of seven animal related felonies in Madera County, all felony charges were
   dismissed
* Proved a man charged with several sex related felonies was not the suspect that committed the crime. All
   charges dropped
* Located witnesses on an assault and battery case in Tracy. Their information led to all charges being
   dropped
* Part of defense team in a Bakersfield Federal Terrorism case. Defendant found not guilty on all charges

Family Law

* Proved a custodial parent was operating a prostitution operation and allowed the other parent to have full
   custody in San Diego
* Located a fugitive parent, isolated the child and allowed the custodial parent from out of California to take
   the child home
* Determined the whereabouts of a fugitive parent in Texas. Informed authorities, parent was arrested and
   child returned home
* Located several Los Angeles county criminal and serious civil cases for a European client, which assisted
   her London child custody case
* Found three missing Modesto children being held by fugitive parent in Colorado. Children were returned to
   the custodial parent

Locate Investigations

* Found a man missing for 10 years in the Sierra Nevada mountains
* Reunited a mother an daughter separated for 26 years, since birth
* Found all 9 classmates of a Tulare, California elementary school for their 50th reunion
* Reunited a mother and daughter separated for 16 years in Stockton
* Found a man and reunited him with his ex-wife after 28 years in Clovis
* Located a mother of a woman missing for 23 years in time for the grandchild’s birth in Coalinga
* Located a terminally ill elderly woman’s daughter so they could be spend the last days together Oakhurst
* Found and safely returned a man suffering from dementia to his family in Bakersfield
* Located several witnesses to a series of crimes that had occurred over 25 years earlier in Fresno
* Found a missing 9 year old boy in downtown Los Angeles and returned him to his family
* Located San Francisco business owner hiding in Russia in time for his deposition

Domestic Cases

* Successfully completed dozens of domestic cases, involving discovery of unfaithful spouses and other
   spousal matters
* Located information on a care giver allowing the family to act against her before assets had been stolen in
   Madera
* Discovered spouse was part of a major prostitution ring, allowing other spouse to bring successful court
   action

Business Cases

* Identified employees stealing clients and customers from a major service provider in Los Angeles
* Conducted undercover work at an industrial site and identified drug use and theft in Monterey
* Performed hundreds of background and pre-employment checks for various businesses throughout Central
   California, which identified dozens of criminal records of prospective employees
* Documented 4th story theft of items and products from a major business warehouse in Los Angeles

Entertainment Cases

* Performed many surveillance, background, security and other services for entertainment personalities and
   their attorneys * Worked on television shows providing services for producers and staff

Out of California Cases

* Have successfully worked cases in New York, Virginia, Nevada, Idaho, Oregon, Arizona, Colorado, South
   Dakota, Illinois, Wisconsin, Oklahoma, Missouri, Tennessee, Texas, Florida, Arkansas, Louisiana and Georgia

Court Testimony

* Provided testimony in court cases in Los Angeles, Orange, Riverside, San Bernardino, Merced, Kern,
   Fresno, Madera, Merced, San Joaquin, Sacramento, Ventura, Amador and Tuolumne counties

Searchlight Investigations

Robert O'Day
Phone: 559-760-3488
Fax: 559-222-2434
Fresno Branch
285 West Shaw Avenue, #101
Fresno, CA 93704
Coarsegold Branch
PO Box 222
Coarsegold, CA 93614
Southern California Office
585 West Sierra Madre Blvd.
Suite D
Sierra Madre, CA 91024
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