Scientology's Private Investigators

Page last updated June 5, 1995

This is Eugene Martin Ingram, the Church of Scientology's lead private investigator (photo courtesy of Jeff Jacobsen, who snapped it at a Cult Awareness Network convention). He was born on February 24, 1946. There is a warrant out for his arrest in Tampa, Florida for impersonating a police officer. If you see him, please call the Hillsborough County Sheriff's Warrant Department at (813) 247-8000 and let him know what jurisdiction you saw him in. Also contact your local police department. The case number is 94-12262 and the warrant number is 94-051479.

Ingram is also wanted in Tacoma, Washington for criminal impersonation, a gross misdemeanor (case number 95-1530374). The events leading to this warrant are described here.

Ingram was kicked off the LAPD amid allegations of involvement with a prostitution ring and drug dealers, but he was never convicted of any charges.

Some strange goings-on regarding Ingram's records have occurred, described by Dick Cleek, with a further update from the mysterious abcdefg.

Click here to learn about Ingram's previous investigative work involving Grady Ward.

Click here to learn about Ingram's earlier investigation of Jeff Jacobsen.


Meet a couple of private investigators in the employ of the Church of Scientology. They are pictured here in a car with no license plate in the parking lot of the Mesa Justice Court across the street from the Church of Scientology on Dobson and University in Mesa, Arizona. (These photos courtesy of Stephen Marinick.)



The investigator pictured here and another one (not pictured) hung out in front of Scientology critic Jeff Jacobsen's house on the morning of May 1, 1995 and went through his trash. (Click here for Jeff's account of that.)





This guy accompanied the guy above to visit the Justice Court parking lot on May 6, 1995. He videotaped the proceedings as his companion took photographs of the Internet protestors across the street.



The local Scientologists claimed not to know who these guys were. A kid sent across the street to speak to them, came back and reported that they claimed to be with The Arizona Republic. A cellular phone call to the Republic disproved that, and when a protestor approached them and asked if they were from the "R&G" (Republic and Gazette, the two Phoenix dailies owned by Phoenix Newspapers, Inc.), they didn't understand the question.

Click here if you can identify any of these unidentified private investigators.

Click here for a summary of the May 6 protest.


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