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Stacy Dittrich
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Stacy Dittrich is an award-winning
15-year law enforcement officer, author, media consultant, and former detective specializing in sex crimes. With past training
by a former FBI Behavioral Specialist, Stacy is certified through the National Institute of Truth Verification as an examiner
(CVSA- lie detector). Stacy has also been assigned to a federal drug task in the investigations of numerous homicides. In
2002, she received the Victim’s of Crime Award from former Ohio Attorney General, Jim Petro and is a certified law enforcement
instructor.
Stacy is a member of the International
Thriller Writer’s Association, Sisters in Crime, and is a regular contributor on Women in Crime Ink, a new web blog
by an impressive group of award-winning true-crime authors, print and broadcast journalists, crime novelists, producers for
CNN and CBS News, television personalities, and criminal justice professionals. Stacy is also a guest contributor at OfficerResource.com.
Stacy is co-owner of Justice Interrupted, LLC; an investigation and media team along with LA Deputy District Attorney, Robin
Sax, and famed author and violence expert, Susan Murphy-Milano. Stacy has appeared as a law enforcement commentator on CNN, Fox’s Geraldo at Large, The Nancy
Grace Show, E True Hollywood, The War On Crime, The Dana Pretzer Radio Show, “That’s Life” with Cleveland’s
Robin Swoboda, and numerous talk-radio stations nationwide. She has appeared in the pages of SELF magazine, Women’s
World magazine, Allure Magazine, The Boston Herald, and The UK Observer to name a few. She has given her expert and professional
opinion on cases ranging from the Jon Benet Ramsey case to the Manson Family. She comes from a long line of law enforcement,
as her husband, father, and uncles are police officers. Stacy Dittrich currently resides in Ohio with her husband and two
daughters. Stacy Dittrich is the
author of
Murder Mountain, Stumbling Along the Beat: A
Policewoman's Uncensored Story from the World
of Law Enforcement, The Devil's Closet, The
Body Mafia, The Rapture of Omega, Mary Jane's
Grave; Murder Behind the Badge: True
Stories of Cops Who Kill and Searching for
Sandra, The Story Behind the Disappearance of
Sandra Cantu.
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According to the book description of
Searching for Sandra, The Story
Behind the Disappearance of Sandra
Cantu, “Where was Sandra?
Across the country, parents watched
with growing panic as the surveillance
video was replayed on the evening
news: a young girl in black leggings
and a Hello Kitty t-shirt, skipping
alone through the mobile home park
where she lived. Her bouncing steps
carried her quickly across the screen
and beyond the camera's view-just two
weeks after she celebrated her eighth
birthday, Sandra Cantu disappeared.
Within days, panic gave way to horror
when investigators reported that
Sandra's neighbor, 28-year-old Melissa
Huckaby, had been arrested and charged
with the rape and murder of the young
girl. Sandra's death at the hands of a
trusted adult female sent a powerful
message to parents everywhere: The
days of warning against "Stranger
Danger" are long gone, having been
replaced by an even darker era where
stereotypes no longer exist and
families can never be sure who to
trust.”
According to the book description of
Murder Mountain, “When a
young woman disappears from home
without her personal effects,
Detective CeeCee Gallagher is
determined to find her - only to
discover she was not the first to
vanish. CeeCee and FBI Agent Michael
Hagerman follow the trail of chilling
clues deep into the West Virginia
woods, and a dark world of drugs,
torture, and cannibalism. With her
family in grave danger, CeeCee will
have to risk everything if she's to
bring justice to ... Murder Mountain.
In this haunting prequel to The
Devil's Closet (2008), Stacy Dittrich
introduces her readers for the first
time to CeeCee Gallagher, Agent
Michael Hagerman, and the case that
changed both of their lives forever.
Murder Mountain is the fifth novel in
Dittrich's provocative detective
series - novels inspired by actual
police cases, told by one of America's
leading female crime experts, and now
in production for a syndicated
television series.”
According to the book description of
Stumbling Along the Beat: A
Policewoman's Uncensored Story from
the World of Law Enforcement,
“At the age of 23, Stacy Dittrich
became the first female officer hired
by her town in Ohio. In Stumbling
Along the Beat, Dittrich reveals, for
the first time, what she really faced
when she put on her uniform and badge.
In this uncensored account, she takes
the reader behind the scenes to show
the realities of life inside a local
police department. She lays bare the
discrimination she faced, the ugly
politics within the department, and
how she finally won the respect she
deserved. Reflecting on her years of
work in the sex crimes unit, Dittrich
tells how she learned to keep her
composure in the face of some of the
most horrifying and heartbreaking
crimes imaginable. Finally, she
reveals her daily struggle to balance
her work with her life as the mother
of two young daughters and the wife of
a fellow police officer, including the
fear that when she kisses her family
good-bye to go to work, it might be
for the last time. Funny, moving, and
fast-paced, Stumbling Along the Beat
is as unforgettable as it is
eye-opening. Dittrich’s story will
obliterate any preconceived notions of
what it means to be a cop, especially
when you’re also a woman.
According to the book description of
The Devil's Closet,
“Multiple Amber Alerts for missing
girls bring Detective CeeCee Gallagher
onto the case of a serial child
abducter and murderer. Time is running
out as Gallagher and her partner race
to save the girls’ lives and apprehend
the killer before he CA strike again.”
According to the book description of
The Rapture of Omega,
“Three recent homicides seemed
unrelated until Detective CeeCee
Gallagher noticed all three bodies had
a similar mysterious mark. The more
CeeCee investigates, the more clues
point to a strange religious cult
that’s moved into a nearby farmhouse,
and the darker and more sinister it
all seems. But whatever the cult may
have done in the past, it’s no match
for their truly horrifying plans for
the future.”
According to the book description of
Mary Jane's Grave, “When
a teenaged girl is found murdered on
“Mary Jane’s Grave,” an actual Ohio
site long rumored to be haunted,
locals insist it’s the ghost of Mary
Jane out for revenge. But CeeCee is
determined to find the
real—human—killer.”
According to the book description of
Murder Behind the Badge: True
Stories of Cops Who Kill, "Most
men and women who aspire to be police
officers begin their careers with a
noble dream of community service,
upholding the law, and helping those
in need. Yet over time the rigors and
emotional strain of dealing with
society’s worst element wear on even
the most idealistic officers like a
sheet of sandpaper, until what used to
be a compassionate human being is
slowly rubbed away. A few become
corrupted and slip into criminal
behavior, directly contradicting their
oath to guard the public. Even worse,
there are some who hide behind their
badges to commit the most heinous
crimes imaginable.
In a shocking true-crime narrative
that reads like a thriller, former
police officer, former detective, and
mystery writer Stacy Dittrich tells
eighteen stories about cops who kill.
From the brutal to the bizarre, the
senseless to the extreme, these men
and women abused their power, took
human life, and are now (except for
one) paying the consequences.
Some killed for love, others for
money, and still others because of
seemingly trivial personality
conflicts. Dittrich profiles, among
others:
• New Orleans cop Antoinette Frank,
who brutally murdered three innocent
people, including a fellow officer
• Canton, Ohio police officer Bobby
Cutts Jr., who murdered his former
girlfriend when she was nine-months
pregnant
• California highway patrolman Craig
Peyer, who pulled over San Diego State
college student Cara Knott over a
frivolous traffic violation, then
murdered her.
• Columbia, Missouri officer Steven
Rios, who slit the throat of his gay
lover, after he threatened to tell
everyone of their relationship."
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About the Richland
County Sheriff's Office The Richland County Sheriff’s Office has consists of 120 employees; including 52 deputy sheriff’s
in various law enforcement function; 44 corrections personnel and over 20 civilian employees. Among the services provided
by Richland County Sheriff’s Office are Detective Bureau; Critical Incident Stress Services; Transportation and Court
Security; and, Allied Special Operation Response Team. The Detective Bureau of the Richland County Sheriff’s Office “is a seven person unit, which follows up
on potentially long term felony investigations. There is one sergeant assigned to Richland County Children Services, who handles
sexual abuse and inter family sexual abuse cases. One detective is assigned to the Metrich Drug Task Force that consists of
ten counties and still growing. There is one detective assigned to investigate juvenile complaints, and also handle the D.A.R.E.
program in the county schools. We also have four detectives who work any other type of case from thefts to homicides which
occur in the county that needs investigated. The Detective Bureau over the last three years has investigated an average of
584 cases per year. As the years go by it seems as if the cases are getting more complex, and take longer to investigate.” Source: sheriffrichlandcounty.com
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