RCFL: Regional Computer Forensics Laboratory

HARCFL Helps Send Long-Time Child Molester to Jail

Thanks to the digital evidence recovered by the Heart of America RCFL (HARCFL); a judge gave registered sex offender Robin Roggenbuck, 57, the maximum prison sentence of 35 years. Roggenbuck was first convicted of statutory sodomy in 1981 and on multiple counts of child molestation in 1992 in Washington State. He was found guilty on five counts of possession of child pornography by a jury in Platte County, Missouri in 2009. The HARCFL provided digital forensics support to investigators and two Examiners testified during Roggenbuck's trial which concluded on December 8, 2009.

The Platte County Police Department arrested Roggenbuck in 2007, after a homeless 17-year old told authorities he was molested by him on many occasions, and that he victimized other boys, according to court documents. Roggenbuck’s computer was seized and examined by the HARCFL, which recovered movies of young male children performing sexual acts and other pornographic images of minors. It took the jury less than a half-hour to reach a guilty verdict. At age 57, the 35-year prison term is a virtual life sentence for Roggenbuck.

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