AFTE Distinguished Member Referral List

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AFTE Distinguished Member Referral List

The following list is provided to individuals requesting the assistance of a firearms/tool marks examiner in private casework. This list gives pertinent information about the individuals as well as the various types of forensic examinations they conduct based on the listing of Service Codes.

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North East

Richard R. Arnold
Maine State Police (Ret. Det/Lt.)
Firearms Examiner
124 Lakeshore Drive
P.O. Box 105
Belgrade Lakes, ME 04918-0105 USA
Telephone: 207-495-2623
Fax: Same as above
E-mail: forensicballistics@verizon.net
Service Codes: ABCDEF

Roy J Gallant
Maine State Police Crime Laboratory
72 Guptill Road
Belgrade ME 04917
Telephone: (207) 495-3566
Service Codes: ADEFG

Robert A Hathaway
Firearms & Tool Mark Examiner
60 Hillcrest Drive
Vernon CT 06066-4206
Telephone: (860) 872-2132
FAX: (860) 872-2132
E-mail: rhforensic@aol.com
Service Codes: AB

Robert H Kennington
After April 15:
541 Forest Road
Wolfeboro, NH 03894
(603) 569-4483 -Also FAX (Likely busy between 6 AM-9AM, 7PM-10PM)
Email: rhk@worldpath.net

After about November 10:
484 Lake Francis Road
Lake Placid, FL 33852-6190
(863) 699-5725 (In use after 7 PM - Call early)
Email: bob1@htn.net
Service Codes: ABCFJ; Firearms identification - handguns only. Matrix identifications from fired evidence. Stippling patterns. X-ray caliber determinations. Serial number restorations (any surface).

Robert T. Levine
121 Virginia Road
Pittsburgh, PA 15237
Telephone: (412) 366-7397
Service Codes: ABCDFGJ; Criminalistics, Crime Scene reconstruction

Marshall K. Robinson
937 Prospect Road
Cheshire, CT 06410
Telephone: 1-203-271-2378
Fax: same
E-mail: mkrobinson@cox.net
Service Codes: ABCH
Web site: www.robinsonforensics.com

Gerald R Styers
Firearms Identification Specialist
195 Park Dr.
Reedville PA 17084
Telephone: (717) 667-9555
FAX: (717) 667-9555
E-mail: gstyers@embarqmail.com
Service Codes: ABCDEFGHJ

William N. Welch
Firearms Services Ltd.
1004 Winfield Dr.
Bel Air Maryland 21015-1537
Telephone: (410) 879-0709
FAX: (410) 638-0293
E-mail: fslwnwjmw@hotmail.com
Service Codes: ABEFG

South

Jamie Becker
Firearms & Toolmark Examiner
Tarrant County Medical Examiners Crime Lab
200 Feliks Gwozdz Place
Fort Worth TX 76104 USA
Telephone: (817)-920-5700 x179
FAX: (817)-920-5719
E-mail: jbecker@tarrantcounty.com
Service Codes: ABCDEFGK; Suspect Hail Damage, Court Transcript Review

William E Conrad
Conrad Enterprises
1303 Stoney Creek Drive
Fredericksburg VA 22407-
Telephone: (540) 898-3733
FAX: (540) 845-0344
E-mail: scenepro@yahoo.com
Service Codes: ABCDEFGI

Raymond Cooper
South West Institute of Forensic Sciences
5230 Medical Center Dr
Dallas TX 75235
Telephone: (214) 920-5978
FAX: (214) 920-5896
E-mail: rballistic@ev1.com
Service Codes: ABCDEFGHI; Additional e-mail address: rec11@juno.com

John H Dillon Jr.
Forensic Consultant
7007 Trails End Road
Manassas VA 20112
Telephone: (703) 791-5559
FAX: (703) 791-6712
E-mail: jhdillonjr@comcast.net
Service Codes: ABCDEFGK; Will handle foreign and domestic (U.S.) civil and criminal matters, training, training needs assessment and laboratory program evaluations

Lannie G. Emanuel
Southwest Institute of forensic Sciences
5230 Medical Center Dr
Dallas TX 75235-0728
Telephone: (214) 920-5979
FAX: (214) 920-5896
E-mail: lemanuel@ffatme.com
Service Codes: ABCDEFGHJ

Richard N. Ernest
Independent Firearms Examiner
7413 Arcadia Trail
Fort Worth TX 76137 USA
Telephone: (817)-228-6526
FAX: (817)-498-6375
E-mail: rernest@e-gunlab.com
Service Codes: ABCDEFGHIJK; Shooting scene reconstruction, serial number restoration, cartridge case ejection pattern testing, advanced toolmark identifications, trace evidence examinations relating to firearms evidence & shooting scene reconstructions

Ronnie Freels
Forensic Scientist
85 Wedgwood Dr.
Shelbyville KY 40065
Telephone: (502) 633-2372
FAX: (502) 633-2372
E-mail: reinbullet@aol.com
Service Codes: ABCDEFGJ available for case review

Lonny R Harden
Independent Examiner
1071 Turtle Neck Road
Alexander City AL 35010
Telephone: (256) 234-0205
Cell: (256) 212-2420
FAX: (256) 234-0205
E-mail lrharden@charter.net
Service Codes: ABCDEFG; Crime scene deposition and trial transcript evaluation

Robert P Hart
11420 SW 88th Street
Miami FL 33176
Telephone: (305) 271-4945
E-mail: hart6314@aol.com
Service Codes: ABCDHJK; Evidence photography and photo analysis

Billy J Hornsby
4735 East Bay Drive
Panama City, FL 32404
Telephone: (850) 874-9495
E-mail: billyhornsby@hughes.net
Service Codes: ABCDEF

Edward E Hueske
Forensic Training Consulting LLC
541 Halifax Lane
Coppwell TX 75019
Telephone: (972) 304-8668
Fax (972) 393-3612
E-mail: xprtwit@aol.com
Service Codes: ABCDEFGJK; Trace evidence, crime scene investigation, shooting reconstruction

Terrance A. LaVoy
Independent Examiner
10442 Collar Drive
San Antonio FL 33576
Telephone: 352-588-4409
Fax: same
E-mail: talassoc@lavoy.net
Service Codes: ABCDEFJ

Edard W Love
Bexar County Forensic Science Center
7337 Louis Pasteur
San Antonio TX 78229-4565
Telephone: (210) 335-4161
FAX: (210) 335-4160
E-mail: edlove@co.bexar.tx.us
Service Codes: ABCDEF; Caliber determination by x-ray

Mary-Jacque Mann
IIS Consulting
1805 Aisquith Rd.
Richmond, VA 23229
Telephone: 804-288-8818
Fax: 804-288-8814
E-mail: fergmann@aol.com
Service Codes: ADG

Joseph J Masson
Firearms and Toolmark Examiner
205 Plantation Drive
City: Littleton, NC 27850
Telephone: 252 586-1898
E-mail: jojoe@lgaston.org
Service Codes: ABCD

Cleon C Mauer
M & M Forensic Consultants, Inc.
148 Nelsons Drive
Bracey VA 23919
Telephone: (434) 636-2453
FAX: (434) 636-2531
E-mail: mauerc@aol.com
Service Codes: ABCFGK; Vehicle lamps - on or off

William S McBrayer
Charlotte-Mecklenburg Crime Lab
601 E. Trade St
Charlotte NC 28202-2940
Telephone: (704) 353-1068
FAX: (704) 353-0088
E-mail Shopmac@aol.com
Service Codes: ABCDFHJ; would prefer civil type cases

Charles R Meyers
Independent Examiner
215 Stone Ave
Jefferson NC 28640
Telephone: (336) 246-5938
Service Codes: ABCEF

Robert A Poole
Independent Examiner

828 Fair Oaks Drive, Grand Prairie, Texas 75052
Home Phone: (972) 522-0767
Cell Phone: (972) 797-8711
E-mail: bpoole1946@yahoo.com
Service Codes: ABCDEFH

Ronald L Singer
Tarrant County Medical Examiners Crime Laboratory
200 Feliks Gwozdz Place
Ft. Worth TX 76104-4191
Telephone: (817) 920-5700 x176
FAX: (817) 920-5719
E-mail: crimelab@flash.net
Service Codes: ABCDEFGJ

George W Stanley
Forensic Firearm & Toolmark Consultant
55 Mackey Rd
McDonough GA 30252
Telephone: (678) 432-6348
E-mail: holeinhand@aol.com
Service Codes: ABCDEFGI Civil Cases

I. C. Stone
Forensic Scientist
2608 Royal Birkdale Dr.
Plano TX 75025
Telephone: (972) 396-5420
FAX: (972) 396-5817
E-mail: icstone@comcast.net
Service Codes: AEFG

Jimmie D Thompson
Palm Beach County Sheriff's Crime Laboratory
3228 Gun club Road
West Palm Beach FL 33406-
Telephone: (561) 688-4217
FAX: (561) 688-4310
E-mail: thompsonj@pbso.org
Service Codes: ABCDFGJ

Raymond S Voorhees
Consultant in Forensic Science
3015 Donnington Court
Jeffersonton VA 22724-1731
Telephone: (540) 937-4835
FAX: (540) 937-4154
E-mail: rsvoorhees@uspis.gov
Service Codes: ABCDEFIJK; Improvised explosion device reconstruction/analysis

Melvin S. Zahn, Jr.
706 Bay View Ct.
Melbourne, FL 32940
Telephone: 321-259-1025
E-mail: tonimelza@yahoo.com
Service Codes: ACDF

Midwest

Stanton O Berg
Firearms Consultant
6025 Gardena Lane NE
Minneapolis MN 55432-
Telephone: (612) 571-9314
E-mail: forensicb@aol.com
Service Codes: ACDEF

David J Brundage
Independent Examiner
8424 Indian Hills Drive

Nashville, TN 37221
E-mail: dbrundage@bellsouth.net
Service Codes: ABCDEFGIJ; Photography, aerial and crime scene; physical matching

John C. Cayton
Chief Criminalist
Clinton County Sheriff’s Office
1325 S.W. Wamsley Road
Osborn MO 64474-9119 USA
Telephone: (816)-449-2752
FAX: (816)-449-2122
E-mail: forensiclab@msn.com
Service Codes: ABCDEFGHIJK; Knife Cut, Puncture Wounds, Bare Foot Print Exams, Forced Entry, Crime Scene Review/Reconstruction, Case Backlog Contract Service, Air/BB Gun Examinations

M. J. Kreiser
3112 Sequoia Drive
Springfield IL 62707
Telephone: (217) 529-6572
E-mail: jkreiser@warpnet.net
Service Codes: ABCDEFJ

George G. Kass
Forensic Ammunition Service Inc.
Owner
4512 Nakoma Drive
Okemos, MI 48864
Telephone: 517-349-9362 or 517-204-4506
Fax: 517-349-8208
E-mail: forammo@aol.com
Service Codes: D

Krail Lattig
4774 Spaulding Orchard Rd.
Chatham IL 62629
Telephone: (217) 483-5415
E-mail: aklattig@springnetone.com
Service Codes: ABCDEFJ

David A. Lindman
5778 Hopecrest
P.O. Box 64
Nisswa, MN 56468-0064
Telephone: (218) 963-3983
E-mail: lind327@hotmail.com
Service Codes: ABCDEFG; Retired examiner from the Minneapolis Police Crime Lab

Monty C Lutz
Telephone: (414) 273-9811
E-mail: roxythecat123@aol.com
Service Codes: ABCDFG

Pete Striupaitis
Firearm & Toolmark Examiner
12524 So. Natchez Ave.
Palos Heights, IL 60463
tel. 773-259-2594
E-mail: striup@aol.com
Service Codes: ABCDEFGI

Training of new trainees in firearm and toolmark identification and in evidence collection and preservation.

West

Patrick D Ball
L.A.P.D. (Independent Examiner)
P.O. Box 2843
Corona CA 91718-2843
Telephone: (909) 549-0100
E-mail: gun4n6@aol.com
Service Codes: ABCDEFGI

Raymond Gieszl
Southwest Forensic Service
4416 West Paradise Lane
Glen Dale AZ 85306
Telephone: (602) 938-5851
E-mail: rmgieszl@yahoo.com
Service Codes: ABCEFGJK; general criminalistics, reconstruction

Lucien C Haag
Forensic Science Services, Inc.
P. O. Box 5347
Carefree AZ 85377
Telephone: (480) 488-4445
FAX: (480) 488-3838
E-mail: haagfssi@aol.com
Service Codes: ADEFG

Michael G Haag
Forensic Firearm Examiner
Forensic Science Consultants Inc
5929 Painted Pony Dr. NW
Albuquerque NM 87120 USA
Telephone: (5050-897-8302
E-mail: mhaag@forensicfirearms.com
Service Codes: ABCDEFGK; Shooting Scene Reconstruction Training, Case Review

William Matty
San Bernadino Sheriff s Crime Lab
200 S. Lena Road
San Bernadino CA 92415
Telephone: (909) 387-2200
FAX: (909) 387-2688
E-mail: willm44@znet.com
Service Codes: ABCDEFGJ; Experienced in GSR from hands by atomic absorption and scanning electron microscopy

Matthew Noedel

Noedel Scientific
13002 151st Street East
Puyallup, WA 98374
Telephone: 253-227-5880
E-mail: mnoedel@att.net
Service Codes: ABCDEFK; Officer Involved Shootings, Crime Scene Reconstruction, Case Review

Rocky S. Stone
Albuquerque Police Dept. (retired - independent examiner)
741 South Highway 217
Tijeras, NM 87059 USA
Telephone: 505-286-0808
E-mail: rockyabq@aol.com
Service Codes: ABCDEFGJK: Crime scene reconstruction, Fracture (physical match) comparisons, Latent fingerprint comparisons

Chi Kung Beta Tam
Los Angeles Police Department
Firearms Examiner
3401 San Fernando Road
Los Angeles, CA 90065
USA
Telephone: (818) 426-6643

Email: btam@alumni.cuhk.net
Service Codes: ABCDEFI

Jimmy L Trahin
Independent Firearms Examiner
14438 Cedarsprings Dr.
Whittier CA 90603
Telephone: (562) 698-2674
FAX: (562) 698-2147
E-mail: jtrahin@verizon.net
Service Codes: ACDEF

Dwight D. Van Horn
Forensic Firearms Examiner
PO Box 1014
Hayden, Idaho 83835
Telephone: (208) 772-6703
Fax: (208) 772-7903
E-mail: ddvanhorn@adelphia.net
Service Codes: ABCDEF

Gaylan Warren
Columbia Int. Forensics Lab
202 Casey Court
Newport, WA 99156-9363
Telephone: (509) 447-2067
Cell: (509) 991-3411
Fax: (509) 447-4184
E-mail: 4n6@povn.com
Service Codes: ABCDEFJK; Shooting scene reconstruction, Blood spatter

Rick Wyant
CRT Less Lethal Consulting, Inc
Forensic Scientist III
PO Box 1214
Snohomish, WA 98291 USA
Telephone: 425-238-9662
E-mail: rick@crtlesslethal.com
Service Codes: ABCEK; Crime Scene Reconstruction, TASER, Conductive Energy Weapons, Less-lethal Impact munitions, Chemical Agents

Australia

Sgt. Gerard Dutton
Tasmania Police Ballistics Section
37 Liverpool Street
P. O. Box 308C
Hobart, Tasmania 7000
AUSTRALIA
Telephone: (03) 6230 2346
Fax: (03) 6230 2244
E-mail: gerard.dutton@police.tas.gov.au
Service Codes: ABCDEF

Canada

Finn Nielsen
Late of Centre of Forensic Sciences
Consultant
3500 South Millway, #68
Mississauga, Ontario L5L 3T8
Canada
Telephone: 905-608-0613
Fax: 905-566-7369
E-mail: Fnielsen 0613@rogers.com
Service Codes: ABCDEF

Service Codes

Firearms Identification- basic comparison of ammunition/components with suspect firearms

Tool mark Identification-basic tool mark comparison with suspect tools

Firearms design, operability, defects, alterations and conversions, modifications and accidental discharge

Cartridge manufacture and source determination of ammunition components

External/terminal ballistics calculations/determinations (trajectory, ricochet, penetration, etc.)

Distance determination (range of fire) from GSR deposits or pellet patterns on skin, clothing, or other objects

Gunshot residue testing involving the chemical analysis for lead or nitrite residues, or instrumental analysis for elements/particles associated with GSR and/or primer residues

Authentication of genuine relics and collectibles; detection of forgeries

Locks, safes, alarm mechanisms, or security devices

Footwear and/or tire track identification; basic comparison of impressions to suspect tires/footwear; determination of possible manufacturer of shoe/tire prints

Any other related item - list examination type under comments

Disclaimer

Note: The referral list is provided to requesting individuals with the following disclaimer:

This list represents a referral of examiners available to you as opposed to a recommendation or endorsement of any particular member. While these individuals are distinguished AFTE members in good standing, it is your obligation to evaluate their credentials, determine their ability to be of assistance, and negotiate fees, for the services sought.

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