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{{Infobox Celebrity
| name = Eugene Martin Ingram
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| birth_date = [[1946]]
| birth_place = {{USA}}
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| occupation = [[Private investigator]]
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'''Eugene Martin Ingram''' is an [[United States|American]] [[private investigator]], who formerly worked for the [[Los Angeles Police Department]] for 13-years, and attained the rank of sergeant. He owns Ingram Investigations, based in [[Los Angeles, California]]<ref>[http://www.manta.com/coms2/dnbcompany_glgdrn Ingram Investigations Company Profile] on [[Manta]]</ref> with two other licensed locations in [[San Diego, California|San Diego]] and [[Oakhurst, California]].{{Fact|date=June 2007}} He also owns Ingram Protective Services based in Los Angeles.{{Fact|date=June 2007}}

Ingram Investigations was issued a ''Private Investigator'' license in the state of California on [[October 12]] [[1982]].<ref name="license">http://www2.dca.ca.gov/pls/wllpub/WLLQRYNA$LCEV2.QueryView?P_LICENSE_NUMBER=9387&P_LTE_ID=651</ref> Ingram Protective Services was issued a ''Private Patrol Operator'' license on the same day, which has since been canceled at the licensee's request.<ref name="IPSLicense">http://www2.dca.ca.gov/pls/wllpub/WLLQRYNA$LCEV2.QueryView?P_LICENSE_NUMBER=8506&P_LTE_ID=653</ref> Ingram investigations was issued ''Private Investigator - Branch'' licenses on August 23, [[1999]] for Oakhurst, California and San Diego, California.<ref name="license3">http://www2.dca.ca.gov/pls/wllpub/WLLQRYNA$LCEV2.QueryView?P_LICENSE_NUMBER=5132&P_LTE_ID=652</ref><ref name="license4">http://www2.dca.ca.gov/pls/wllpub/WLLQRYNA$LCEV2.QueryView?P_LICENSE_NUMBER=5133&P_LTE_ID=652</ref>

== Los Angeles Police Department ==
Ingram was a desk sergeant employed with the [[Los Angeles Police Department]] until 1981.<ref name="lindsey">{{cite news
| last =Lindsey
| first =Robert
| coauthors =
| title =Lawyer Says Scientologists Are Seeking to 'Frame' Him
| work =[[The New York Times]]
| pages =
| language =
| publisher =[[The New York Times Company]]
| date =September 3, 1984
| url =http://select.nytimes.com/gst/abstract.html?res=F60915FB3B5C0C708CDDA00894DC484D81
| accessdate = }}
</ref><ref name="behar">{{cite news
| last =Behar
| first =Richard
| coauthors =
| title =The Scientologists and Me
| work =[[Time (magazine)|Time]]
| pages =
| language =
| publisher =[[Time Warner]]
| date =May 6, 1991
| url =http://www.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,972886,00.html
| accessdate = }}
</ref>

Ingram was acquitted<ref name="tobin">{{cite news
| last =Tobin
| first =Thomas C.
| coauthors =
| title =Police looking for church's private eye
| work =[[St. Petersburg Times]]
| pages =Tampa Bay and State; Tampa Today
| language =
| publisher =Times Publishing Co.
| date =January 28, 1995
| url =http://pqasb.pqarchiver.com/sptimes/access/21355573.html?dids=21355573:21355573&FMT=FT&FMTS=ABS:FT&date=Jan+28%2C+1995&author=THOMAS+C.+TOBIN&pub=St.+Petersburg+Times&edition=&startpage=1.B.1.B&desc=Police+looking+for+church%27s+private+eye
| accessdate = }}</ref> of charges that claimed he was involved in organized prostitution activities, specifically training prostitutes how to evade police officers.<ref name="klein">{{cite news
| last =Klein
| first =Patricia
| coauthors =
| title =Investigation of officer in prostitution case
| work =Herald Examiner
| pages =
| language =
| publisher =
| date =January 2, 1981
| url =
| accessdate = }}
</ref> He was also acquitted<ref name="tobin" /> of charges of obstructing a Los Angeles Police Department [[narcotics]] investigation.<ref>{{cite news
| last =Friedman
| first =Arnie
| coauthors =Erwin Washington
| title =Officer-case witnesses charged with murder
| work =Los Angeles Daily News
| pages =
| language =
| publisher =
| date =1981
| url =
| accessdate = }}
</ref> The Herald Examiner reported that Ingram was to face a police department hearing on eleven counts of serious misconduct, but that the hearing had been delayed due to Ingram having been shot by a sniper.<ref name="klein" />

== Private investigations ==
The Sacramento Bee indicated that Ingram was involved in a sting operation against [[Gerry Armstrong]].<ref name="bee">{{cite news
| last =Staff
| first =
| coauthors =
| title = Scientology 'Stings' A Critic He's Secretly Videotaped
| work =[[Sacramento Bee]]
| pages =Page A4
| language =
| publisher =
| date =April 25, 1985
| url =
| accessdate = }}
</ref>
<ref name="oregonian">
{{cite news
| last = Staff
| title = IRS Wins OK to Copy Videotapes
| work = [[The Oregonian]]
| date = April 25, 1985
}}</ref>

In January 1995, the ''[[St. Petersburg Times]]'' reported that an unnamed woman alleged that Ingram and Scientologist Matt Bratschi posed as [[Hillsborough County, Florida]] sheriff's detectives, making insinuations that the sheriff of neighboring [[Pasco County]] was involved in an illegal activity.<ref name="tobin" /> After an investigation, a felony warrant was issued for Ingram's arrest in [[Tampa Bay, Florida]], with bail set at [[USD|USD$]]1,000.<ref name="tobin" /><ref>{{cite news
| last =Staff
| first =
| coauthors =
| title =An Ultra-Aggressive Use of Investigators and the Courts
| work =[[The New York Times]]
| pages =
| language =
| publisher =[[The New York Times Company]]
| date =March 9, 1997
| url =
| accessdate = }}
</ref><ref name="warrant">http://www.rickross.com/reference/scientology/scien383.html Image of arrest warrant</ref>

==References==
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== See also ==
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[[Category:Scientology controversy]]
[[Category:Scientology and the legal system]]

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