Posted by Brenda Lund on Wed, Apr 06, 2011 @ 01:43 PM
The Issue:
An individual was seeking employment, and in fact, had already been hired by a company who employs people to take pictures of persons attending various venues, such as baseball games, snow skiing, water parks, amusement parks, etc.
The company chose to hire first, and do the background screening after the fact, due to the immediate need for photographers.
Action Taken by Nation Search:
Nation Search conducted their Comprehensive Criminal Screening, which consisted of: Department of Corrections search, county criminal search, SSN/Address Trace, state specific sex offender registry and a Federal criminal, state specific, district court search.
Results of Investigation:
The search results turned up the fact that this individual had a bank robbery, possing insturment of crime and murder in his background, from 1997. Possession with intent to manufacture and deliver, a controlled substance, and carrying firearms without a license, from 1994. This individual was sentenced to 8-17 years in prison, and is currently out on supervised parole. He was fined several million dollars.
This is not a guy you want taking pictures of you and your family.
Upon learning of this, the individual was immediately fired from his place of employment.
This is a sad story that we hear about altogether too often. This individual may have completely turned his life around, however, we all make decisions that have consequences, and we have to live with the repercussions of those decisions and consequences.
Posted by Brenda Lund on Thu, Feb 03, 2011 @ 12:40 PM
This story is about the author's mother, and her Home Owners Associations irresponsible hiring of a construction crew, and the tragedy that could have been avoided, had a background screening been requested by the HOA.
One summer day, a construction crew showed up in my mother's complex to stucco the exterior of the 150+ homes within her associations complex. She had been notified this work was to be done, as were the other home owners.
I believe that when these types of situations occurr, that the homeowner has the right to assume that the HOA has completed the necessary due diligence in order to make every effort to insure that the association members are not placed in danger.
NOT THE CASE AT ALL. ASSUME NOTHING!
Mom had planned a vacation out of the country for that summer. She left early in the morning. I received a phone call from the police, at about 2 a.m. the following morning. A man had cut the phone lines going into her home, broken down the front door, and crashed through her picture window.
I live close, and was able to get to her home within about 10 minutes, where I was greeted by the police, and her next door neighbor. The neighbors had been awakened by loud noises, and upon realizing what was going on, had called the police, and held a gun on the intruder and his vehicle (unbeknownst to the intruder), in order that they might stop him from leaving the scene prior to the police arriving.
The man was a very large, tall man, weighing over 300 lbs. My mother is a very petite women, weighing around 110-115 lbs. The investigators put the crime scene together, and told me that the man had gone right upstairs to where he knew her bedroom was located, jumped from the door to her bed, in the dark, bringing down the ceiling fan onto the bed. Upon finding that my mother was not in bed, he became enraged, and literally destroyed her home. Her bedding was pulled off and placed in his truck. He tossed her Grandfather clock, which had been handmade by her deceased father, over his shoulder, took it outside and let it fall across the bed of his truck, etc., etc. The man was found to be drunk and on methanphetamines, cocaine, and marijuana, among other things. It required 8 policeman to get him under control, handcuffed, and in a patrol car....then the same manpower, to get him out of the car and into a jail cell.
The investigator told me that his investigation concluded that he would most definitely have killed my mother, had she been in the bed.
Had a background screening been performed, the HOA would have found that this man had spent considerable time in 2 separate Federal Penitentary's for aggravated rape, burglarly, drug charges, etc. Each offense had become progressively more violent.
He should have never been allowed on the property. The Construction company was at fault, also, for not performing their due diligence.
The situation was tragic, in that he destroyed many, many items that had been handmade by my mom's deceased father that were very close to her heart. The insurance company helped her to find restoration companies that were able to restore most of the items.
We count our blessings that she was not in her house that early morning.
The man spent 2 years out on bond, in my mother's neighborhood, which was absolutely terrifying to her, before his court case came up. He then left the state, and it took another 3 years, or so, to locate him and bring him back to our state to stand trial. He was eventually sentenced to 12 years in prison. He came up for parole every 6 months. Mom wrote a letter for each hearing, telling the parold board what he did, and why he should not be paroled. This was a very dark and scary time in my mom's life, as she knew that he was aware that she wrote the letters that kept him from being paroled.
He served his entire 12 year sentence. Upon his release, my mom and our family went through years of anxiety, knowing that he was out, and not knowing how much responsibility he took for his actions and subsequent incarceration, and how much he blamed on my mom....or, where he was, physically.
It has been over 20 years since he has been out of jail, and we never heard from him again.
A simple, inexpensive background screening could have prevented the entire situation.
A lawsuit was brought against the HOA, and the construction company, and my mom spent years and years being scarred and scared. None of this was necessary.
Remove the gray area from all of your hiring decisions.
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Posted by Brenda Lund on Fri, Jan 21, 2011 @ 10:38 AM
The Issue:
A government job core contractor was interviewing for positions. This company is very diligent about conducting background screenings on any potential employee's, which is also, a government requirement. So, NationSearch.com was engaged to perform the background search on a particular individual.
Action Taken by NationSearch.com:
NationSearch.com immediately performed our most effective and informative background search, that is, a Comprehensive Background Screening, which consists of:
Social Security/Address Trace - checks to see where applicant has lived in the past 7 to 10 years, also provides the information necessary for conducting the criminal checks.
State Department of Correction -checks to ascertain if person was or is being monitored by the State.
County Criminal -checks for misdemeanor or felony charges or convictions.
Sex Offender Registry - checks appropriate state registry, per state guidelines.
Federal- checks for convictions in the Federal system.
This is the result of our investigation:
1/2007 Battery Against Household Member - Conditional Discharge -1 yr probation - Dismissed 1/2008 Misdemeanor
2/2009 Assault on household member with intent to commit bodily harm - Felony - nolle pros. (not prosecuted)
8/2009
Charge 1. Aggravated assault against household member-felony
Charge 2. Battery against household member -misdemeanor
Charge 3. Battery against household member -misdemeanor
Charge 4. Battery against household member - misdemeanor
Charge 5. Abandonment or abuse of a child -felony
Disposition: This case is pending, no court date has been set
Conclusion:
One might conclude that this individual has an anger issue. However, NationSearch.com's job is to report the facts. What the client does with the information is the client's business. The point being, the client has the information they need in order to make an informed hiring decision.
Posted by Brenda Lund on Thu, Dec 30, 2010 @ 10:48 AM
The Issue:
A couple of companies were looking to hire some employees…an RV Sales company, and a cold storage company, for produce. Both companies were wanting to have their applicants investigated for any criminal history, and contacted NationSearch.com to perform the background screening, in an effort to protect the integrity of the company and workforce.
ActionTaken by NationSearch.com:
Both of these companies chose, wisely, to run a full Comprehensive Background Screening, consisting of a State Department of Corrections Search, State Specific Sex Offender Search, County Criminal Search, and a Federal Criminal State Specific District Court Search.
Searches on both of these potential employees uncovered sexual offender histories. Each individual has been incarcerated for lewd and lascivious acts on a minor child. Both have been released on probation, and are required to register as sex offenders for the rest of their lives.
Conclusion:
NationSearch.com provided the clients with this information, in order for them to make an informed hiring decision.
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800-827-9550
Posted by Brenda Lund on Fri, Nov 05, 2010 @ 11:16 AM
The Issue:
An employment agency requested a background screening on an individual applying for a general labor position.
Action Taken by NationSearch.com:
The Agency directed us to search a particular county in Oklahoma. In doing so, we discovered a manslaughter charge, stemming from a vehicle accident, where alcohol was involved. Subsequently, a search of the Department of Corrections was conducted. This revealed a 23 year sentence that was suspended down to the 270 days already spent in jail, due to classes the individual participated in under court orders.
This individual was convicted of another dui several years later, and sentenced to 2 years in prison, which was served.
Conclusion:
This was a case of a teenager making a huge mistake at a very young age. Driving a vehicle while intoxicated, causing an accident, and consequently taking another's life.
NationSearch.com provided the information the hiring agency was looking for, in order to make an informed decision.
Vehicular manslaughter is defined as the causing of another person’s death due to illegal driving of a vehicle.
Posted by Brenda Lund on Tue, Nov 02, 2010 @ 09:50 AM
The issue:
A truck dealership was hiring for a position, and needed to have a background check conducted on the applicants. A particular individual applied for the job and the dealership contacted NationSearch.com in order to begin the background screening process.
The Action Taken by NationSearch.com:
NationSearch.com set about performing the most comprehensive search in the industry. That search consisted of:
| 1 Motor Vehicle History Search |
| 1 State Specific Sex Offender Registry |
| 1 State Department of Corrections |
| 1 Colorado Courts Integration |
| 1 County Criminal Search |
| 1 Fed. Criminal State Specific District Court Search |
The Conclusion:
In the midst of the background search, NationSearch.com uncovered a very violent and sad history. This applicant had been convicted of felony aggravated incest in 1997, and was sentenced to 8 years in prison, then escaped and was charged with felony escape, and had 2 years added to the prison sentence. This applicant is a registered sex offender.
NationSearch.com provided the client with the information necessary to make an informed decision.
Posted by Brenda Lund on Thu, Oct 21, 2010 @ 11:32 AM
The Issue:
A truck dealership was in process of hiring for an open position in sales, and contacted NationSearch.com for a background screening on the applicant.
The Action Taken by NationSearch.com:
NationSearch.com was contacted to do a Comprehensive Criminal Search, and a Social Security Number/Address Trace. The Comprehensive Criminal Search consists of:
Comprehensive Criminal Search
The comprehensive criminal search is the most exhaustive search available. This search includes the following:
- State Department of Correction - checks to ascertain if a person was or is being monitored by the State.
- County Criminal - checks for misdemeanor or felony charges or convictions.
- Sex Offender Registry - checks appropriate state registry, per state guidelines.
- Federal - checks for convictions in the Federal Court system.
The Conclusion:
NationSearch.com's screening revealed that the applicant is on the Sex Offender Registry. This applicant has been a registered sex offender since 2001. This applicant's crimes are against children.
This information gave the potential employer the information they were looking for in order to make an informed hiring decision.
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800-827-9550
Posted by Brenda Lund on Tue, Oct 05, 2010 @ 11:21 AM
Issue:
A car dealership was interviewing for a position, and wanted to run background screenings on the applicants, as a precautionary, and preventative measure
The Action Taken by NationSearch.com
NationSearch.com was contacted to do the background search, and conducted the following searches:
| 1 Social Security Number/Address Trace |
| 1 County Criminal Search |
| 1 Fed. Criminal State Specific District Court Search |
| 1 Motor Vehicle History Search |
| 1 State Specific Sex Offender Registry |
| 1 Workers Compensation (requires applicant's authorization) |
| 1 State Department of Corrections |
The Conclusion:
This was a very comprehensive search which revealed that this individual has had documented run-ins with the law since at least 2005. These charges included knowingly damaging property, telephone harassment, intent to commit theft of over $300, restraint of dogs, domestic battery with physical contact, battery causing bodily harm, assault, criminal trespass, and disorderly conduct.
This gave the potential employer the information they needed in order to make an informed decision.
NationSearch.com is your industry leader in the Background Screening Arena. Let us help you become informed so that your hiring decisions are made with foreknowledge, rather than cleaning up the mess later.
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800-827-9550
Posted by Brenda Lund on Thu, Sep 30, 2010 @ 12:58 PM
The Issue:
A car dealership was looking to hire a salesperson, and requested that NationSearch.com check the applicants history in order to determine if there was any criminal activity.
The Action Taken by NationSearch.com:
NationSearch.com was contracted to do the background screening on this individual, according to the clients instructions. In do so, a comprehensive screening was performed, including the following searches: county criminal, state specific sex offender registry, state Department of Corrections, Colorado Courts Integration, Federal Criminal State Specific District Court, OFAC/SDN (Office of Foreigh Asset Control/Specially Designated Nationals), Social Security Trace and address trace, and a Denver County General Sessions.
The Conclusion:
The search revealed that the individual had a record beginning in 1986, and had been charged and found guilty of numerous felonys. They had been charged with 3rd degree assault, menacing, false imprisonment, harassment, stalking, in that the applicant continual called and followed another individual, criminal trespassing, 1st degree burglary, wiretapping, domestic violence, criminal intent to commit 1st degree sexual assault (to which the individual plead guilty), 2nd degree sexual assault with penetration, violation of restraining order, and violation of bail bond conditions. This individual was sentenced 14 years probation, which was revoked, due to numerous violations, and eventually turned into 12 years in prison.
The client was armed with the information necessary in order to make an informed hiring decision on the applicant.
Posted by Brenda Lund on Tue, Sep 21, 2010 @ 12:06 PM
The Issue: A medical staffing agency had a vacancy, and was in the midst of interviewing for the purpose of hiring. They contracted NationSearch.com to perform their background screenings, as a matter of due diligence.
The Action Taken by NationSearch.com:
During the process of the criminal records disclosure, NationSearch.com performed the following Comprehensive Criminal screenings....Nationwide Criminal Database/Sex Offender Search, Statewide Criminal Records Search, State Specific Sex Offender Registry, Federal Criminal State Specific District Court Search, County Criminal search, Colorado Courts Integration search, Social Security Number and Address Trace.
The Conclusion:
The client's decision to use our most exhaustive, comprehensive search, resulted in finding that the applicant is a registered sex offender, in the state of Colorado. The applicant was formerly an employee in the Colorado State Penal System, and had been charged with official misconduct, and inappropriate sexual contact with a prisoner, a felony, in 2006. The applicant plead guilty, and was given a 4 year deferred sentence, 12 months probation and sentenced to 60 hours of community service, plus fines.
This individual went on to incur charges of driving while under restraint, not only in 2006, but in 2009. Then was charged with false reporting of false information, in 2009, which landed them 12 months probation, 24 hours of community service, and court costs and fines.
The sad part of this story is that this individual will be branded a sex offender for life, and will always need to register as one no matter where they go, in the US. This distinction is with them for life.