Directo

Question 1

What do you do as a detective at Dover county

Answer 1

I am a lead investigator of a wide variety of crimes, i trained especially for robbery and burglary situations

Question 2

What were you investigating at that time

Answer 2

A string of convenience store robberies

Question 3

Can you elaborate on these robberies?

Answer 3

Well, in 2011, multiple convenience stores were robbed in the town of Wilmington, on the 17th of that year there was another convenience store robbery—At first it seemed like others but I quickly realized it was unlike the others I was assigned to

Question 4

Where did the robbery occur

Answer 4

Ironically, the luckyconvenience store

Question 5

Was this case investigated?

Answer 5

Yes I was assigned lead investigators

Question 6

Who was the first suspect

Answer 6

Robert Carmichael a convicted felon involved in the previous armed robberies of large targets such as community banks and religious institution

Question 7

Who was the second suspect

Answer 7

Robin Roberts a convicted burglar but not a person known to use a weapon

Question 8

Who was the third suspect

Answer 8

Robin Bergman who lived just a few blocks away from the lucky convenience store that was robbed on the 17th of December 2011. Berkman previously had a history of graffiti, such a vanadlization that once took place just adjacent to the crime scene

Question 9

Why berkman

Answer 9

Berkman knew the area well and had previously vandalized the area

Question 10

And how isthmus significant (berkman having vanadlizard thestorr previously

Answer 10

From the wall berkman tagged there is Avery good view of the surveillance camper as of the lucky convenience store

Question 11

Why was that relevenent (berkman having knowledge of the wall tagged)

Answer 11

That knowledge would’ve advantageous to a robber with intentions of targeting this store

Question 12

How did you begin to meet with him

Answer 12

I called him to meet with me but it was a bit odd

Question 13

Why was the all odd

Answer 13

It was as thought he had expected my call it had definitely raises my suspicion in this suspect

Question 14

Did he agree to meet with you

Answer 14

Yes he readily accepted and I had proceeeded with my investigation

Question 15

How did you proceed

Answer 15

I met wberkman at his apartment and I simply questioned his involvement, standard procedure

Question 16

Did you believe him when he said no

Answer 16

Absolutely not. He claimed he was running errands in briarcliff but there was no proof or assurance from other that he was there on December 17. The location is just minutes from the crime scene anyways

Question 17

How did your meeting with the plaintiff conclude

Answer 17

He insisted on notifying me of any new info he would find on the case so I left him my business cards so he could contact me

Question 18

What if anything happened after your meeting with the plaintiff

Answer 18

He would make a number of phone calls above a considerably normal standard to speak off the case. He would be so attached that my partners would refer to him as my junior detection. It was absurd

Question 19

What did you do then?(after DNA test)

Answer 19

I continued meeting and speaking with the suspect, following the normal procedure required of me)

Question 20

Did you learn anything from this (meeting and speaking with berkman afterDNA test)

Answer 20

Yes— berkman spoke to me about the specific type of weapon used in the crime, information not publicly disclosed

Question 21

Why was this significant (berkman talking bout the weapon used)

Answer 21

The additional information about the type of gun used coupled with berkman xontinued efforts to help with the investigation convinced me even more strongly that berkman was indeed the perpetrator

Question 22

What if any other steps did you take in your investigation (after berkman talks bout gun)

Answer 22

FOLLOWINGSTANDARD PROCEDURE I asked berkman to take a polygraph examination

Question 23

Who conduction the polygraph

Answer 23

A trained officer from the NYS police

Question 24

Did you attend the examination

Answer 24

Ya

Question 25

What did you observe during the polygraph

Answer 25

Towards the end berkman became emotional and was sobbing uncontrollably. He apologized doesn’t trouble he may have caused including the injuries sustained by the owner of the convenience store who had been shot

Question 26

How did you respond to the situation (sobbing @polygraph)

Answer 26

I comforted him

Question 27

What happened after you comforted him

Answer 27

Berkman contrinued to apologize and express his sorrow through his repeated “sorry’s” like a confession

Question 28

What was the significance of the sorrys

Answer 28

It was clear that berkman appeared guilty and apologetic regarding the troubles of the case he may have caused emphasizing his role in the crime

Question 29

What did you do after the polygraphexamination

Answer 29

I arrested berkman for the dec 17 robbery of the lucky convenience store

Question 30

Why did you arrest berkman

Answer 30

Berkmans guilt during the polygraph was obvious. He raised suspicion as he was overly attached to the case that he was not obligated to pursue and spoke of info NOT publicly released.hehadno proof of not being in the area when the robbery took places ships history of graffiti near the sight of the crime illustrates his expertise on the area and convenience store himself. He knew where the cameras were and knew the area inside out.

Question 31

What happened then(arrest)

Answer 31

The district attorney presented the case to a grand jury

Question 32

What was the result of the grand jury

Answer 32

Berkman was indicted and eventually found guilty. It’s my understanding that his conviction was unanimously confirmed.

Question 33

Did you I vestigatedcarmichael

Answer 33

Of course I investigated him using standard procedures

Question 34

What did you find after I vestigatingcarmichael

Answer 34

his MO was to hot much larger targets such as community banks and large religious institutions.not convenience stores. The evidence just didn’t point to him—it pointed to berkman