How to Use criminalist in a Sentence

criminalist

noun

• The retired criminalist was the one who first worked the Hough murder.
  — San Diego Union-Tribune, 6 Feb. 2022
• On the morning of June 10, a criminalist took fingerprints and palm prints for Downs and identified him that afternoon.
  — oregonlive.com, 21 Aug. 2019
• Yet Vanderkolk, the state police criminalist who testified for the prosecution, was even bolder in his claims about the garbage bags.
  — Christian Sheckler, ProPublica, 20 July 2019
• That was John Simms, a criminalist respected by his peers for his thoroughness.
  — San Diego Union-Tribune, 6 Feb. 2022
• In the weeks after the murder, Tahnee Nelson Mehmet, a criminalist at the county crime lab, ran dozens of tests on the evidence collected from the Kumra mansion.
  — Katie Worth, WIRED, 19 Apr. 2018
• And according to court documents, before the DNA tests were done, a glassine envelope which contained the paint chip was checked out overnight — signed out to the same criminalist who had matched the blood on it to Cooper.
  — Erin Moriarty, CBS News, 21 Mar. 2021
• Questions that might never have been answered if not for a forward-thinking criminalist.
  — CBS News, 16 Oct. 2021
• During the great snowstorm of early 2017, a Portland Police criminalist snapped a picture of a flock gathered next to headquarters.
  — Kale Williams, OregonLive.com, 7 Feb. 2018
• Bullied as a child, anxious and depressed for much of his adult life, the 61-year-old retired police criminalist had suffered consequences at work and at home for failing to stand up for himself.
  — San Diego Union-Tribune, 6 Feb. 2022
• The criminalist provided a forensic report to a police sergeant, who obtained an arrest warrant for the woman based largely on the DNA match, according to the lawsuit.
  — Tim Stelloh, NBC News, 13 Sep. 2022
• Singh remained across the street, pacing and on the phone as detectives arrived and police forensic criminalists photographed the victims and bullet casings scattered in the parking lot.
  — oregonlive, 3 May 2023
• The defense says the criminalist’s work can no longer be trusted and are asking a judge to ban him from testifying at a preliminary hearing, set to begin Tuesday.
  — Greg Moran, San Diego Union-Tribune, 19 Apr. 2021
• Lambert’s stunned reaction caught the criminalist off-guard.
  — San Diego Union-Tribune, 6 Feb. 2022
• Among other things, defense lawyers uncovered crime lab records that showed troubling work history of criminalists who worked on the case, and that evidence had been mishandled.
  — Greg Moran, San Diego Union-Tribune, 7 June 2023
• The union represents about 950 rank-and-file officers, sergeants, detectives and forensic criminalists.
  — oregonlive, 11 Sep. 2019
• The union represents about 850 rank-and-file officers, sergeants, detectives and forensic criminalists.
  — oregonlive, 20 Nov. 2019
• Under cross-examination, a state criminalist admitted the pliers found on the boat had no blood or tissue on them but were rusty, suggesting they hadn't been used recently.
  — Samira Asma-Sadeque, Peoplemag, 20 Jan. 2024
• The police union represents about 950 rank-and-file officers, sergeants, detectives and forensic criminalists.
  — oregonlive, 8 Feb. 2020
• Police criminalists later lifted Dorn’s fingerprint from a bottle found with the vehicle, the affidavit said.
  — oregonlive, 15 Jan. 2020
• Steve Walker, communications director for the DA, also said the office’s case management system doesn’t include data on which criminalist worked on a case.
  — Greg Moran, San Diego Union-Tribune, 17 Oct. 2021
• Additionally, Steve Walker, communications director for the DA, said the office’s case management system doesn’t include data on which criminalist worked on a case.
  — Justin Ray, Los Angeles Times, 19 Oct. 2021
• Today, a team of dedicated investigators and criminalists from northern and southern California are working together to track down the elusive killer.
  — Christine Pelisek, PEOPLE.com, 25 Oct. 2017

Last Updated: 30 Nov 2024