6A THE STANLY NEWS PRESS I Albemarle, NC Sunday, April 1, 2012 NEWS Tips continued from page 1A only has he assisted clients with needs in handwriting identification and identity theft issues, but he has also been retained as the forensic handwriting expert for "Swift Justice with Nancy Grace" on CBS. part of his presentation, Grogan had the audience participate in an exercise where each audience member signed their name on a sheet of paper and then exchange the sheet with a neighbor. Grogan then instructed the audience to try to duplicate the signature. He explained that, oftentimes, a signature can be copied because it is over-simplified. A signature that has been signed slowly is also easy to duplicate, as well as a signature that it.
varies from one signing to the next. the "It's my experience that criminals are lazy. If it is too much for the them to copy your signature then a chances are they won't try it. But as there are some steps you can take to reduce the chances that your signature could be copied," Grogan said. Some tips Grogan provided to urs make a signature forgery-proof is to: Make it consistent and complex.
The of a signature is measured by how many times the lines cross one another; Write using long strokes; a Change the. direction of the strokes; Make the signature more illegi-- a ble while trying to incorporate as many lowercase letters as possible; Use the same signature for signing all legal documents, as well as the same kind of pen and ink; Use gel based ink when signing checks to help prevent check washing; Practice the signature until it can be written rapidly; Stylize the writing so it is difficult to imitate; and, Consider using more than one to 6 Remember any unique style you can introduce into your signature to individualize it will make it easier. to prove your case should you be the victim of forgery or identity theft." Thomas Grogan, Forensic Handwriting Expert 72 signature one for legal documents and one for correspondences. "Many times- when people try forge a signature, they're not writing They're drawing it. They try to get first letter as close as possible and don't pay as much attention to lowercase letters.
That's why it's good rule of thumb to incorporate many lowercase letters as possiple, and try to focus your stylizing to those letters," Grogan said. "Remember any unique style you can introduce- into your signature to individualize it will make it easier to prove your case should you be the victim of forgery or identity theft." Grogan close his presentation by providing the audience with a look at case that continues to trouble him." "If you work any time in this field, sooner or later you're going to have case come across your desk that will haunt you for the rest of your life. This is that case for Grogan said, while displaying the ransom note from the JonBenet Ramsey case." He explained that he was sent the three-page ransom note in 2009, as" well as 200 pages of naturally executed handwriting of a potential suspect in the case. After nearly eight months of studying the evidence, Grogan submitted his expert opinion the Boulder, Colo. D.A.
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He said he was familiar with the evidence and assured -me that. it would not lead anywhere," Grogan said. "Shortly after I had a voice message from the client saying they were going to go public with the note. Before I had a chance to return the call, I started getting phone calls from Grogan explained that in this particular case, the information that had been made. public was a photoshopped copy of the first page of the ransom note in which the client recreated the page using samples of writing from the "suspect." "I had to go on record to explain that the information was not accurate because we did not use the photoshopped page as evidence.
We used the nearly 200 pages of exemplar writing instead," Grogan said. "It's in instances like this that I wish there was a disclaimer 'Don't try this at 199 Grogan's presentation Tuesday night was part of the Foundation Lecture at SCC. He was asked to speak to students at SCC by the college's Cyber Crime Club, DataHunt3r's. To submit story ideas, contact Tiffany Thompson at (704) 982-2121 ext. 24 or press.com.
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Also during the search, officers found Ricky Donnal Parker, 29, of 1105, a Wreck continued from page 1A into the roadway. The force of the impact caused the Navigator to A come off the ground high enough that it ran across the top of four other vehicles, including two Buicks, a Dodge Intrepid and a Ford Taurus. The Navigator came to rest on. top of the Intrepid and Taurus. 8 A 31.
AL Spaulding Albemarle, with four bags of marijuana. He was arrested and charged with possession with intent to sell and deliver marijuana. Bond amounts are unknown as of press time. Both individuals are scheduled to appear in court on April 23. To submit story ideas, contact Tiffany Thompson at (704) 982-2121 ext.
24 or press.com. Anders did not suffer any serious injuries and refused transport by Stanly County EMS. The Stanly County' Sheriff's Office assisted with traffic control. Charges are pending in the incident, according to Hartsell. To submit story ideas, contact Tiffany Thompson at (704) 982-2121 ext.
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