About us

After retiring from law enforcement in 2015, Ken Richardson obtained his Private Investigator’s License in both North Carolina and South Carolina. His primary goal was to establish a reputation built on integrity, professionalism, and honor—a goal he has successfully achieved over nearly eight years in the business.

Throughout his career as a private investigator, Ken has conducted over 30 death investigations, including homicides, suicides, and accidental deaths. Notably, he collaborated with a defense attorney to exonerate a deputy wrongfully charged in an on-duty shooting, resulting in a "not guilty" verdict and the deputy’s return to duty. In another significant case, Ken’s investigation led local law enforcement to reopen a case, resulting in a first-degree murder charge against a suspect.

In addition to his work on death investigations, Ken has established a strong presence in personal injury investigations. He has assisted attorneys in challenging large insurance companies, including a case where he uncovered evidence that cleared a client accused of causing a fire due to negligence. His thorough
investigations have often resulted in favorable settlements for clients whose claims were initially denied.

Leveraging his extensive experience in law enforcement, Ken now assists companies
and local governments with hiring practices, conducting third-party reviews, and internal affairs investigations. His firm regularly collaborates with two local law enforcement agencies, two private educational institutions, and five businesses for background checks and internal investigations. Notably, he has aided in hiring key executives, including a Chief Financial Officer for a Fortune 500 company and a Chief of Police for a local agency.

Ken’s law enforcement career began in 1992, culminating in his role as Captain with
the Huntersville Police Department, where he supervised 57 patrol officers and managed over 8,500 serious felony cases. His expertise includes crime scene processing, interview techniques, and case management, with extensive experience in homicides, sexual assaults, and fraud investigations. He has also conducted numerous internal investigations and prepared media releases during major
incidents.

Greg Forest is a distinguished leader in the field of criminal justice, currently serving as the Vice President of Richardson Davis and Forest Investigative Group, LLC. In this role, he spearheads comprehensive investigative solutions for civil, internal, personnel, compliance, and criminal matters, demonstrating a commitment to delivering thorough and effective results in complex cases.

Greg’s career in law enforcement spanned 34 years which began with the Charlotte Mecklenburg Police Department. From 2021 to 2023, Greg served as the Chief United States Probation Officer for the Western District of North Carolina, having previously held the same position from 2004 to 2015. In this capacity, he managed the day-to-day operations of the U.S. Probation and Pretrial Services Office, overseeing a multi-million-dollar budget and implementing strategic initiatives to enhance the integrity of the judicial process. His expertise includes resolving complex challenges related to policy interpretation and resource management.

Prior to his current role, Greg was a United States Marshal from 2018 to 2021 and from 2002 to 2004. He was responsible for the administration and technical direction of operations across 32 counties in North Carolina. His leadership included overseeing the implementation of physical security standards in federal courthouses, establishing specialized task forces to address law enforcement challenges, and directing federal criminal investigations.

From 2015 to 2018, Greg served as the Manager of International Trade Compliance at IOMAX USA, Inc., where he managed compliance with critical regulations and facilitated governmental interactions to ensure adherence to international trade laws. Earlier in his career, Greg was a Senior United States Probation Officer specializing in drug and alcohol treatment and served as a police officer with the Charlotte Mecklenburg Police Department where he served in several capacities from 1986 to 1995. While at CMPD Greg served on a Federal Organized Crime Drug Enforcement Task Force, as a Vice and Narcotics Investigator and as a member of the Narcotics Interdiction Task Force.

David has 29 years of law enforcement experience. Before retiring from the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) after 24 years, David was an Officer in the United States Navy and a Police Officer with the San Diego Police Department in California. When David retired from the FBI, he was a Supervisory Special Agent managing complex criminal investigations of national gangs, narcotic trafficking organizations, and violent Incident crimes to include cyber threats, cyber stalking, interstate domestic violence, and violent assaults.

In his time as a Supervisory Special Agent, David also managed and investigated complex financial crimes, health care fraud, money laundering, civil rights violations, and public corruption at the local, state, and federal levels. He also supervised all of Charlotte Division’s Critical Incident Response Programs including Special Weapons and Tactics (SWAT) team, Crisis Response and Negotiations programs, Special Agent Bomb Tech Programs, the FBI Surveillance Program, and the Weapons of Mass Destruction (WMD) programs, Radiological, Biological, and Chemical, throughout the state of North Carolina.

David received extensive training in forensic crime scene analysis and was a Team Leader with the FBI Evidence Response Team (ERT). Between his experience as a police officer and a Special Agent, David has investigated hundreds of crime scenes, homicides, and violent crimes. David was also first responder to the Pentagon on 9/11 with the FBI’s ERT.

Dan has over two decades of experience in federal law enforcement. As a Special Agent with the FBI, he focused on investigating and facilitating the prosecution of various offenses, including public corruption, civil rights violations, complex financial crimes, child exploitation, and healthcare fraud. His responsibilities included conducting investigations, gathering evidence, interviewing and interrogating individuals, documenting case activities, collaborating with prosecutors, and providing testimony in court to achieve convictions.

In addition, Dan held the position of Team Leader and subsequently Senior Team Leader for the FBI Evidence Response Team (ERT). He played a crucial role as Team Leader during significant investigations, such as the Boston Bombing, an officer ambush in Florence, South Carolina, and an international terrorism case in New Bern, North Carolina. Throughout his career, he oversaw the processing of more than 100 crime scenes related to homicides, shootings, and utilized specialized forensic techniques. His court testimonies have spanned numerous federal and state cases concerning investigations, interviews, and the collection and analysis of crime scene evidence.

Dan has also been an instructor for crime scene investigation courses tailored for state and local law enforcement agencies, both at the FBI Laboratory and the FBI Academy. Additionally, he taught classes on crime scene investigation techniques at International Law Enforcement Academies located in San Salvador, El Salvador, Budapest, Hungary, and Gaborone, Botswana.

Tonya was a North Carolina Criminal Investigator and Federal Bureau of Investigation Task Force Officer with over 30 years’ experience in law enforcement until retirement in 2024.

A native of the Tarheel state, Tonya grew up in Warren County and graduated from the University of North Carolina at Wilmington with a degree in Criminal Justice. Following graduation, she became a NC Probation and Parole Officer prior to becoming a Criminal Investigator with the Special Operations and Intelligence Unit of the North Carolina Department of Public Safety.

For the last 16 years of her career, she was assigned to the Raleigh Resident Agency of the Federal Bureau of Investigation as a Task Force Officer serving on the Raleigh Durham Safe Streets Task Force for 4 years and the White Collar/Public Corruption Task Force for 12 years.

Tonya investigated numerous public corruption cases to include law enforcement and elected officials at the local, state and federal levels. She also investigated civil rights, money laundering, financial crimes, extortion, bribery, murder for hire, kidnapping, Hobbs Act violations, drug trafficking/conspiracy and gang cases. Tonya worked and led state and federal search warrants, undercover operations and Title III (Wire Intercepts). She has experience testifying in federal grand jury and state and federal courts. She also worked with the United States Department of Justice on public corruption and civil rights investigations.

In addition to her extensive investigative experience, Tonya responded to and assisted with critical incidents to include Amber Alerts, missing persons, homicides, kidnappings and natural disasters.

During her career, Tonya led a North Carolina fugitive initiative coined “Operation Arrow”. The initiative resulted in the capture and service of over 13,000 misdemeanor and felony warrants.

She has logged over 2,500 training hours in state and federal law enforcement to include advanced interview and interrogation, discovery training, uniform legal, law and policy training, cyber security, surveillance techniques, FBI evidence response and field medic.  

Carl Robbins served as the Town of Mooresville (NC) Chief of Police from 2008 until his retirement in December of 2015. He began his career with the Mooresville Police Department in 1994 as a detective. During his 21 year career in Mooresville, he served in various capacities including supervision of the Criminal Investigations unit.

While serving as chief, the Mooresville Police Department earned the distinction of achieving National Accreditation. Robbins and his department were recognized for their focus on service to the community, collaborative efforts with community stakeholders, community partnerships and successful crime prevention initiatives. Robbins also served as a Regional Director for the North Carolina Association of Chiefs of Police and is the former coordinator of the local crime stopper board.

Before joining the Mooresville Police Department, he served as a police officer in his hometown of Cornelius, North Carolina. In addition to his experience with the Cornelius Police Department, he also spent time as an on-call investigator with the Mecklenburg County Medical Examiner’s Office in Charlotte. While serving in that capacity, he assisted in the investigation of homicides, suicides, accidental and equivocal deaths. He also served as an Adjunct Instructor for Mitchell Community College in Statesville and taught various curriculum courses in Criminal Justice, including a course in Criminalistics.

Glenn has a 30-year career in both local and federal law enforcement. He served nine years with the Durham Public Safety Department which encompassed both law enforcement and fire fighting duties. While with Durham PS he was promoted to Detective in the Vice and Narcotics Division and also served as a full-time member of the Selective Enforcement Team (SWAT). Glenn was then promoted to Sergeant in the uniformed patrol division.

After leaving the City of Durham Glenn accepted a position as a Special Agent with the United States Secret Service in the Raleigh Resident Office, where he investigated counterfeit currency, forged Treasury checks, bank fraud, identity theft and threats against the President and other protectees of the US Secret Service. Glenn next served in the New York City Field Office where he primarily investigated the manufacture, sale, and use of counterfeit US currency. Glenn was also selected to be the Lead Site Agent for the General Assembly of world leaders at the United Nations (UNGA). This assignment involved coordination with UN Security, New York Police Department Intelligence Division, US State Department Diplomatic Security Agents, the US Secret Service UN Coordinating Center and numerous foreign protective service agents representing the 60 plus Heads of State attending the UNGA.

Glenn’s career with the Secret Service continued when he was promoted to the Ford Protection Detail in Rancho Mirage, CA and Beaver Creek, CO. After completing this protection assignment Glenn served in the Wilmington, NC Resident Agency, where he was a member of the ATF Violent Offender Task Force in Fayetteville. Glenn was then promoted to Supervisory positions in the Charleston SC Resident Office, the Richmond VA Field Office and the Charlotte NC Field Office. For his last assignment with the Service Glenn accepted a promotion to Washington, DC, as the Assistant Special Agent in Charge of the Vice-Presidential Protection Division from which he retired after a 21-year career.

Glenn’s career then moved to the private sector where he was the Director of Security and Executive Protection for Lowe’s Companies. He was responsible for implementing the first executive protection program for Lowe’s and also responsible for the physical security and contract security guards at Lowe’s campuses in North Carolina and New Mexico. After this position Glenn was asked to establish the role of corporate investigations within the Lowe’s Legal Department, where he was the first Director of Corporate Investigations. There he investigated matters received through Lowe’s anonymous tip website and phone number. These investigations covered a wide variety of matters from corruption, compliance violations, theft of property, misuse of funds and violations of Lowe’s HR policies.

After taking a retirement from Lowe’s Glenn accepted positions at Ally Financial in Charlotte and then Ingersoll Rand in Davidson, where he implemented the first executive protection programs and was also responsible for the physical security of the corporate offices and contract security officers.

Wesley graduated from Wilkes Community College in 1998 with an associate’s degree in criminal justice and completed the Basic Law Enforcement Training Program. In 1999, he joined the Wilkesboro Police Department as a Patrol Officer, where he served for four years. During his tenure there, Wesley was a licensed chemical analyst and a licensed radar operator.

In 2003, Wesley moved to Huntersville and joined the Huntersville Police Department as a Patrol Officer. After four years, he was promoted in 2007 to the Criminal Investigation Unit as a Detective. In this role, he investigated crimes such as fraud, embezzlement, motor vehicle theft, burglary, arson, and sex crimes. Wesley retired early from HPD in 2012.

In 2014, Wesley returned to the Huntersville Police Department as a volunteer, initiating a volunteer unit to assist with clerical work for the department’s civilian employees.

Tom retired in 2024 as a Criminal Investigator with the North Carolina Special Operations and Intelligence Unit with over 30 years of service in law enforcement. He spent the majority of his career assigned to federal task forces to include the United States Marshals Service and the Federal Bureau of Investigation.

Born and raised in New Jersey, Tom moved to North Carolina and earned undergraduate degrees in Criminal Justice and Sociology from Pfeiffer College in 1995. In 2006, Tom earned a Master’s Degree in Liberal Studies from the University of North Carolina at Greensboro.

Tom began his career in Alamance County, NC, serving for 8 years as a state probation officer. Tom transferred to New Hanover County and was selected to serve as a task force officer with the United States Marshals Service Violent Fugitive Task Force. The next 9 years were spent investigating, locating and arresting violent fugitives in southeastern North Carolina, to include leading a team that located and arrested one of the Tennessee Bureau of Investigations top 10 most wanted fugitives.

In 2015, Tom took a position serving as a task force officer with the Federal Bureau of Investigation in the Raleigh Resident Agency. In that capacity, he spent 5 years assigned to the Joint Terrorism Task Force working both domestic and foreign terrorism investigations. While working in Raleigh, Tom helped to establish Operation Arrow, a joint fugitive initiative between the FBI and the North Carolina Department of Public Safety. This initiative resulted in the service of more than 13,000 warrants.

In 2020, Tom transferred to Dare County as an FBI task force officer working in the Manteo RA. In that capacity, Tom was assigned to a public corruption task force, but worked on all manners of federal criminal violations to include human trafficking, narcotics, fraud, bank robbery, firearms, internet crimes against children, kidnapping and terrorism.

Jess is originally from Florida, but moved to the Charlotte area after completing her Bachelor’s degree in Criminal Justice at Western Carolina University. In 2009, she attended the Basic Law Enforcement Training academy at Gaston College and was hired by Huntersville Police Department immediately after graduation from the academy. She worked as a Patrol officer for five years. In her time at Huntersville Police Department, Jess received her General Law Enforcement Certification, was a licensed chemical analyst, a licensed Radar operator, had training in crime scene processing as well as the many other patrol functions.

Tom has decades of experience in law enforcement and private sector security management and protection. Tom comes to All Access after eight years of Security Management at a local Charlotte area “Fortune 50” company. As Manager of Global Security, Tom supervised and maintained the Security needs for an array of different locations and facilities -- such as Access Control, Visitor Management, CCTV, Emergency Notification, Internal Investigation, as well as Kidnap/Ransom response (Internationally) and did oversee a staff of approximately eighty(80) security personnel.

Prior to Tom's private sector career, he served 20 years with the New York City Police Department, where he retired as a Detective. From the time of the Terrorist attacks of September 11, 2001, until his retirement in February 2007, Tom was assigned to the NYPD Intelligence Division, and was assigned to investigate FBI Terrorist Leads, and Terrorist related cases in New York and surrounding areas. While also assigned to the Intelligence Division, Tom had numerous assignments for Dignitary and Executive Protection details for events such as Presidential visits, United Nations General Assembly, Republican National Convention, Grammy’s Music awards, US Tennis Open, Foreign Heads of State, Professional Sporting events, and Recording Industry of America members and events.

Other investigative assignments included, Organized Crime, Narcotics, Firearms, Money Laundering, Identity Fraud, Homicide, Medicaid Fraud, and Search Warrant executions, which resulted in hundreds of arrests and successful prosecution. Tom was also an “Expert witness” for the Manhattan District Attorneys Office, for narcotics testimony, while he was assigned to the NYPD, Manhattan South Narcotics Team. While with the NYPD, Tom had the opportunity to work on joint cases with many Federal Agencies to include, FBI, DEA, DOD, IRS, ATF, U.S. Secret Service, US Marshals, and Department of State.

Wes has worked for Pineville Police Department for 26 years in different capacities. Just recently retired as a Sgt. over the criminal investigations unit supervising the Criminal Investigations unit, K-9 unit, and the vice narcotics unit. Promoted to Sgt. in 1996 and ran a patrol shift up to 2004 when he was reassigned to CID. From 2004, Wes attended several undercover schools and criminal investigations classes from the N.C. Justice Academy.

During the years from 2004 to retirement in 2017, Wes worked as an undercover police officer investigating gambling cases, drug cases, and vice operations. Wes worked hand and hand with Charlotte Mecklenburg Police, Matthews Police, Gastonia Police, Cornelius Police, Huntersville Police, Mecklenburg County ABC, and other local agencies investigating vice and narcotics complaints.

In 2012, Wes became a Task Force Officer with the Department of Homeland Security Investigations. While there, Wes investigated large quantities of illegal narcotics smuggling, Bulk cash smuggling, and Human Trafficking. These cases netted large quantities of cocaine, heroin, U.S. Currency, and Methamphetamine from the mountains of Boone N.C. to Myrtle Beach S.C. While a TFO, Wes worked with the FBI, Secret Service, DEA, and ATF in various cases.