Discussion #4_ Bank Robbery Investigation

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Mykalah Smith ADJUS-222-5512 3/24/23 Discussion #4: Bank Robbery Investigation The problem, question, and even answers that we need to pay close attention to is a bank robbery that occurred at 12:38 hrs at the U.S. Bank, 1965 Diamond Blvd. It appears that the suspect was seen getting in line waiting for one of the tellers to be available, when he approached our victim Veronica Bradley handing her a note that stated “This is a robbery. I have a gun. Give me all of the money in your drawer and I will not shoot you. If you don’t, I will shoot everyone in the bank.” Our victim gave him about $4500 from her drawer, which included 1’s, 5’s, 10’s , 20’s and 100’s. Our suspect has no identification, just a description of his race, range of age, weight, height, clothing, what he had with him, and his tattoo. I am the lead investigator who was called to the scene of the robbery. To further my investigation I would identify and effectively secure the crime scene even though reports state that our suspect exists. The bank ran west-bound through the parking lot and entered the alleyway next to Fuddruckers in the Willows Shopping Center. you never know our suspect can still be close so i’ll make sure the scene is cleared before furthering my investigation. Next I'll communicate a plan to the team members. The type of crime was already identified when the bank manager reported it. Therefore, important activities that the investigating team will include in his step are identifying any threat to evidence, all resources required to gather the evidence, and signaling the team members to proceed with the investigation. The main threat to the evidence of the bank robbery is new customers accessing the building and allowing people within the crime scene to move around. After securing the crime scene, the next step is to ensure that the investigators

Mykalah Smith ADJUS-222-5512 3/24/23 protect all the areas the suspect used to access and exit the bank as well as where he stood and touched. Protecting the entrance, where the suspect was waiting and standing at the counter, is instrumental in identifying any physical evidence related to the crime, such as dust particles and hair. The investigators can use these objects in forensic analysis to help identify the suspect and where he may have come from. Although the people at the bank contradicted the type of shoes the suspect was wearing, tennis shoes and boots can carry dust particles that can help the investigation. Further investigation of the protected areas would focus on the glass and the counter where the suspect might have touched his hand. Veronica Bradley, the crime’s victim teller, indicated that the suspect was not wearing gloves. Therefore, he must have left fingerprints at the counter and the glass of the main entrance. During this step, the team will capture photographs and comprehensive notes of the protected areas. The team will then collect evidence such as fingerprints and footwear impression marks from the areas where the suspect stood. The investigators will photograph the glass in a high resolution, where the suspect is believed to have touched, to collect fingerprints. Equally, they will dust fingerprint powder on the counter used by the suspect and capture and lift any print that may appear on the surface using adhesive tape. Footwear examination will help resolve the discrepancies about the type of shoes the suspect was wearing. The investigating team will use chemicals, powders, or alternative light sources to identify invisible shoe prints on the bank floor where the suspect was waiting and at the counter. The investigation focus will then shift to questioning all the crime witnesses. Both bank staff and customers who were present when the suspect accessed and left the building will be investigated,

Mykalah Smith ADJUS-222-5512 3/24/23 and the information given will be recorded for further analysis. All the witnesses will be separated and questioned individually by different team members. This strategy of separating the witnesses will help prevent them from the possibility of sharing details about the incident with one another or working together to create a cover story. The main questions will be about what the witnesses saw and how well they can describe the suspect. I will also ask the staff to give their opinion about how the suspect knew a GPS transponder was attached to the money he stole. Veronica Bradley will further be requested to produce the handwritten given by the suspect during the crime. The witnesses’ statements will be recorded manually and digitally for further analysis to help identify the suspect and if there was an insider who might have helped him. After that I will then review CCTV footage. The police will extract footage of CCTV mounted at the bank, ATM, and other adjacent buildings and streets. The surveillance video at the bank will help my team and I compare witnesses’ statements about the incident and culprit and what was recorded. Additionally, it will help identify whether the suspect was responding to any signal to take action. On the other hand, CCTV footage at the neighboring buildings identify whether the suspect was accompanied by someone else who might have helped him escape from the scene. The logical steps I will take in the coming days and weeks to try to establish the identity of my suspect is analyzing the witnesses’ description of the suspect’s physical appearance and sketching his picture. The extracted surveillance footage will then be reviewed to confirm what was described by the witnesses. The fingerprints collected at the crime scene will then be analyzed to help establish the DNA of the actual culprit of the back robbery because different people may have similar physical appearances.

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