EUREKA – On January 19, 2017, a Humboldt County jury convicted Devin Lee James Schmidt, 24, of arson, following a trial that included testimony by California Statewide Law Enforcement Association (CSLEA) and Association of Criminalists-DOJ (AC-DOJ) Member Lynn Melgoza. Melgoza is criminalist supervisor at California Department of Justice Bureau of Forensic Services. Schmidt started a […]
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DOJ Criminalists’ Assistance in Shasta County Murder Investigation Leads to Suspect’s Arrest
BURNEY- On January 19, 2017, Shasta County Sheriff’s detectives arrested Juan Manuel Venegas, 39, for the murder of David Wicks, a Johnson Park gas station attendant who died after being sprayed with a flammable liquid and set on fire. The arrest followed a month-long investigation which included pieces of evidence that were sent to the […]
DOJ Senior Criminalist Testifies in Preliminary Trial Involving UCSB Rape Case
SANTA BARBARA- A man accused of raping and beating a fellow student at UC Santa Barbara in February 2014, will face trial on charges of forcible rape, torture and great bodily injury. The decision that there was enough evidence to try Daniel Chen, 21, was made by Santa Barbara Superior Court Judge Pauline Maxwell on […]
DOJ Criminalist Melanie Velasco Speaks at UCR’s “Evenings with the Experts”
RIVERSIDE – Those interested in the role that crime labs, and those who work in them, play in solving crimes, finding suspects, and identifying victims got a chance to hear from California Department of Justice (DOJ) Criminalist Melanie Velasco on Thursday, July 20, 2016. Velasco, a member of the California Statewide Law Enforcement Association (CSLEA) […]
Association of Criminalists-DOJ Holds 2016 First Quarter Board Meeting
RIPON – On April 15, 2016, seven Association of Criminalists-Department of Justice (AC-DOJ) board members met in Ripon for their first quarterly meeting in 2016. “Due to the distances involved and everybody’s busy schedules, we don’t often get to meet physically as a board,” said AC-DOJ President John Miller. “It was great to see everybody […]
Inside California DOJ’s DNA Lab in Richmond
RICHMOND – If you ever want to meet a group of serious and successful crime fighters and crime solvers, walk into the California Department of Justice(DOJ), Bureau of Forensics Jan Bashinski DNA Laboratory in Richmond and introduce yourself to any one of the criminalists there. “These are public safety employees. They may not carry guns, they […]
CSLEA Visits Criminalists at Santa Barbara Regional Lab
SANTA BARBARA – On May 20, 2015, the California Statewide Law Enforcement Association (CSLEA) and its affiliate, Association of Criminalists for The Department of Justice (AC-DOJ), held a site visit and lunch for criminalists at the California Department of Justice Bureau of Forensic Services Santa Barbara Regional Lab. “Sending a CSLEA team of representatives out […]
CSLEA Visits Criminalists at DOJ DNA Crime Lab in Richmond
RICHMOND – On March 18, 2015, the California Statewide Law Enforcement Association (CSLEA) and its affiliate, Association of Criminalists for The Department of Justice (AC-DOJ), held a site visit and lunch for criminalists at the California Department of Justice DNA Crime Lab in Richmond. “This is a perfect opportunity for our criminalists to visit with […]
CSLEA Visits DOJ and DCA in Fresno
FRESNO – On January 14, 2015, the California Statewide Law Enforcement Association (CSLEA) held a site visit and lunch for Criminalists at the California Department of Justice Bureau of Forensic Services Fresno Regional Laboratory. “Having our Member Services Representative Shelley Bishop, our Chief Counsel Kasey Clark and Association of Criminalists-DOJ President John Miller on hand […]
A CSLEA Presentation Featuring The Criminalists At The DOJ Crime Lab In Ripon
At the California Statewide Law Enforcement Association (CSLEA), we know the professionals we represent have some pretty amazing jobs and at the Department of Justice, Bureau of Forensics Crime Labs, those professionals play a vital role in criminal justice. “Without the very important, very sophisticated, very scientific work that our criminalists do, many criminal cases […]
