Speakers March 23 & 24, 2011—Open to the public
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Det. Inspector Anne Lawrence
Detective Inspector Anne Lawrence is a 28-year veteran with the Metropolitan Police Service in London.
She has been assigned to the Counter Terrorist Command Unit, New Scotland Yard since 2003. She heads up an investigation team of terrorist detectives. She is a qualified Senior Investigating Officer and has successfully completed the Management of Serious Crime Course in Australia. She has played a significant role in the major terrorist investigations in the UK including the following:
- The shoe bomber linked to Richard Reid in 2003 (Operation Snagged)
- The fertilizer bomb plot in 2004 (Operation Crevice)
- The July 7, 2005 London bombings (Operation Theseus)
- The liquid airlines plot in 2005 (Operation Overt)
- The failed car bombs in London and the Glasgow Airport attack in 2007 (Operation Seagram)
She has experience investigating terrorist offences overseas including an attempt to kill the British High Commissioner in Bangladesh and the murder of UK nationals in Afghanistan. She is currently assigned to the Coroners Inquest being conducted by Lady Justice Hallett at the Royal Courts of Justice into the 52 people who were killed on July 7, 2005 in the London bombings.
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Investigator Robert B. Appleton
Investigator Robert B. Appleton is currently assigned to Forensic Investigation Support Services (FISS) under direction of the Bureau of Criminal Investigation (BCI) Headquarters in Albany, NY. He is a NYS certified Latent Print examiner, Crime Scene and Evidence Technician. He is certified by the Drug Enforcement Agency (DEA) as a site safety supervisor and clandestine laboratory technician. He serves on the Contaminated Crime Scene Emergency Response Team (CCSERT) and holds certifications in Weapons of Mass Destruction while attending schools hosted by U.S. Department of Homeland Security and other government agencies. He is a New York State Police Instructor and NYS Certified Instructor.
Rob Appleton is a 14-year veteran with the New York State Police, and has been in his current assignment since August of 2005. His training and experience encompasses the following Specialized Fields:
- Forensic Crime Scene Processing
- Latent Print Processing and Identification
- Court Testimony
- Hazardous Materials Identification
- Clandestine Laboratories
- Weapons of Mass Destruction (Biological, Nuclear/Radiological, Chemical, and Explosive)
- Incident Response to Terrorist Bombings
He graduated in 1992 from Norwich University the Military College of Vermont with a B.S. in Environmental Engineering Technology and currently serves on the Board of Fellows. In 2008, Rob completed his Master’s degree in Public Administration from Marist College and is a member of the National Honor Society for Public Administration and Affairs, Pi Alpha Alpha. He is an adjunct professor for Marist teaching in the MPA program. For Marist, he has taught at the NYPD Academy in New York City, NYSP Academy in Albany, and online programs.
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Investigator Ryan R. Kubasiak
Investigator Ryan R. Kubasiak is a 11-and-a-half-year veteran of the New York State Police and is currently assigned to the Computer Crime Unit Forensic Laboratory. In his capacity as a forensic examiner of digital evidence, Kubasiak is tasked with crimes involving desktop computers, laptop computers, small and large capacity storage media, and network intrusions of servers and storage area networks. Kubasiak previously worked for the State University of New York at Buffalo as a Local Area Network administrator before taking his law enforcement position. He has been published as a lead author in Macintosh digital forensics and also is the web administrator of the website MacOSXForensics.com.
Investigator Kubasiak currently holds a degree or certification in the following notable areas:
- Bachelor of Science in Computer Science
- certified computer examiner, certified electronic evidence specialist
- Encase Certified Examiner
- Apple Certified Technical Coordinator, Apple Certified Support Specialist
- Encase Certified Examiner, Encase Advance Field Investigation Model Forensics
In addition, Investigator Kubasiak maintains associations internationally with the following well-respected organizations:
- High Tech Crime Investigators Association
- International Association of Computer Investigation Specialists
- Investigation Systems Security Association
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Dr. Lowell J. Levine, DDS
Dr. Lowell J. Levine is a forensic scientist and co-director of operations for the New York State Police Forensic Services Unit. After receiving a Doctor of Dental Surgery degree from New York University in 1963, he served two years of active duty as a dental officer in the US Navy and recently retired from US Naval Reserve as a captain. He has served as president of the American Academy of Forensic Odontology. He has testified as an expert witness in celebrated cases nationwide, including that of serial murderer Theodore Bundy, as well as in federal courts, court martials and committees of the United States Congress.
He has established an international reputation for his participation in the identification of Nazi war criminal Joseph Mengele, assistance in the investigation by the “Commission on the Disappeared” of Argentina, and most recently has served as a member of a team of experts that went to Ekaterinburg, Russia to examine the remains of Tsar Nicholas II and his family. He has also served as a consultant to the Philadelphia Special Investigation Commission investigating the MOVE conflagration and US Army’s Central Identification Laboratory identifying MIA’s of Vietnam. He participated in the medico-legal investigation of the sailors killed on the USS Stark (EFG-31) as well as the select committee on Assassinations of the US House of Representatives, which investigated the assassination of President John F. Kennedy.
In addition to training scientists in Indonesia, Panama, Costa Rica, Ecuador and other countries for various governments and agencies, he has published numerous scientific papers and lectures throughout the United States and internationally. He was instrumental in developing the annual NYSP Col. Henry F Williams Seminar. He is also the recipient of the Hobart College Medal of Excellence, as a distinguished alumnus.
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Senior Investigator Gary B. Kelly
Gary Kelly is a 24-year veteran with the New York State Police, currently assigned as the supervisor in the Special Victims Unit. He is responsible for the development and implementation of law enforcement training in the fields of child abuse and sexual offense investigations, elder abuse, and the state’s AMBER Alert program. He holds the position of the statewide AMBER Alert Coordinator, and is responsible for the management of New York State’s AMBER Alert child abduction program. He has activated NY’s AMBER Alert system in 13 child abduction cases involving 18 children, each safely recovered, including an international case with the suspect crossing into Canada.
Gary also serves on New York State Children’s Justice Task Force, NYS Committee for Coordination of Police Services to Elderly Persons, and other advisory groups related to issues pertaining to special victims. He is a staff member of an intensive training program on forensic interviewing of abused children. Gary has more than 11 years of field experience in conducting child abuse, elder abuse and sexual offense investigations. He also spent three years assigned to a Major Crimes Homicide Unit. Gary holds a Master’s Degree from the State University of New York at Albany School of Criminal Justice and has instructed law enforcement and social service agencies for the past several years.
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James Kennedy
Jim Kennedy supervises the New York State Police Forensic Video/Multimedia Services Unit. The unit is located in upstate New York and based in the State Police Academy in Albany. The Forensic Video/Multimedia Services Unit is a multi-section unit responsible for forensic video, video production and multimedia service support.
As a trained forensic video specialist, Mr. Kennedy provides forensic video support throughout the Northeast. This support includes:
- Video documentation of major crime scenes, natural and man-made disasters, depositions, interviews, clandestine drug labs, protests and criminal and civil scene re-enactments.
- Forensic video analysis of analog and digital multimedia evidence from Federal, State and local agencies throughout the Northeast. This service is provided through the use of several, complex, state of the art, forensic video processing systems.
- Prepare and present expert material for court presentation. Mr. Kennedy is a sworn expert witness in the field of forensic video analysis.
Mr. Kennedy has successfully completed training in the field of Forensic Video from the US Department of Justice, Federal Bureau of Investigation, New York State Police, US Army Central Identification Division, Avid Technologies, Ocean Systems, Inc., Sony Professional, Adobe Systems and Kodak Corporation.
Mr. Kennedy is a New York State certified police instructor, New York State Police Academy instructor and routinely provides instruction to federal, state and local agencies throughout the Northeast in the field of “Law Enforcement Technologies.” He is a member of the “Teleforensics in Law Enforcement” committee and directs a pilot program for the Department of Justice and National Institute of Justice in the field of “Crime Scene Teleforensics.”
He is a member of the Law Enforcement/Emergency Services Video Association and Capital District Forensic Officers Group. Mr. Kennedy is a 20-year veteran of the New York State Police and has been Unit Director since 1999. He resides in Rennselaer County with his wife and two sons.
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Acting Senior Investigator George Maclarty
George MacLarty has been a sworn member of the New York State Police since 1996. After four years of patrol duties, he was assigned to the Troop K Forensic Identification Unit in Poughkeepsie, NY as a full service crime scene investigator. Inv. MacLarty was promoted to the rank of sergeant in 2002 and to the rank of investigator in 2003. During his tenure as a crime scene investigator serving the counties of Westchester, Putnam, Dutchess, and Columbia, he has investigated thousands of forensic cases, ranging from a quintuple homicide, homicides, suspicious deaths, sexual assaults, and bank robberies.
Inv. MacLarty has testified as a forensic expert witness in several courts of jurisdiction and holds an expertise in crime scene reconstruction, including the fields of photography, latent print processing/examination, bloodstain pattern analysis, entomological evidence collection, and excavation of human remains. Inv. MacLarty is a recognized instructor in his field, and has appeared on the forensic TV series “Trace Evidence” and “Forensic Files.”
