If you're a true crime fan or just curious about law enforcement procedures, here's your opportunity to get your questions answered. Simply submit your questions by using our Newsbreaker form on the upper right-hand corner of the HNGN home page and series host Jon Leiberman will pick several for our guest experts to answer.
If you've ever wanted to how a lie detector works and whether it can be fooled, what a bail bondsman does when he's enlisted by a celebrity who needs some help to get out of a jam, or what can be done to assist investigators who are chasing down sex offenders, this is your chance.
See below for our schedule of guests and events:
June 2
Ira Judelson, bail bondsman to the stars
A fully licensed New York State Bail Bondsman, Ira Judelson has worked with many of today's biggest stars, including former New York Giants football players Lawrence Taylor and Plaxico Burress; rappers Ol' Dirty Bastard, Ja Rule and DMX; Kristin Davis, once the leader of a prostitution ring; comedian Katt Williams; Robert Joel Halderman, the Emmy-winning CBS producer who tried to extort money from David Letterman; and Calvin R. Darden Jr., the stockbroker who defrauded companies that he wooed with his celebrity connections
June 9
Jack Trimarco, former FBI and polygraph expert
Jack Trimarco is an internationally known, highly experienced and respected expert polygraph examiner, also known as a forensic psycho-physiologist. For almost 21 years , Trimarco served as a Special Agent for the F.B.I., including as program manager for the F.B.I. Polygraph Unit at the Los Angeles Field Office from 1990 until his retirement in 1998. He also served as Inspector General for the U.S. Department of Energy Polygraph Program between 2000 and 2002. Following his training with the Department of Defense and the F.B.I. as a polygraph/ lie detection expert, he has conducted more than 3,500 polygraph tests throughout the world and is a California State Private Investigator.
A few high profile cases in which Trimarco consulted or served as the polygraph examiner:
- Oklahoma City Bombing
- "Unabomber' investigation
- Dodger Stadium opening day parking lot assault
- Pro tennis referee murder case
- Campaign contributions to the Democratic National Committee investigation
- Dr. Peter Lee espionage case
- Marquisha Candler kidnapping/murder case
- Assassination of DEA Agent Enrique Camarena in Mexico
- Dr. Wen Ho Lee espionage case
- Jewish Defense League ODEH bombing death
- 1993 World Trade Center Bombing
- Whitewater Investigation
- Cordoba vs. the United States
- Jose Canseco steroid allegations
June 15
Derek VanLuchene, CEO of Ryan United
In 1987, when VanLuchene was 17 years old, his 8-year-old brother Ryan was abducted and murdered by a repeat sex offender. Derek spent 18 years as a Montana law enforcement officer working for both the Conrad Police Department and the Montana Division of Criminal Investigation. Currently, he manages Ryan United, a non-profit organization dedicated to his brother. Through Ryan United, VanLuchene provides resources to crime victims, law enforcement, corrections officials specific to sex offender management, child abduction and community safety.
