Rusty Clevenger for Spartanburg Coroner

Curriculum Vitae

Charles R. Clevenger

Personal Details:

Date of Birth: 13 March 1964 

Spartanburg Resident: 44 years

Marital Status: Happily Married 18 years

Children: Twins -15 years of age

Telephone: Work- (864) 503-4648 

Dorman High School Graduate

Spartanburg Methodist College Criminal Justice Studies

S.C. Criminal Justice Academy Criminal Justice Studies 

Professional Qualifications - Qualification Institution Status:

Member International Homicide Investigators Association - Current

Member S.C. International Association for Identification - Current

Member S.C. Accident Reconstruction Specialists - Current

Member Fraternal Order of Police - Current

Current Employment from July 1, 2005

                  Forensic and Crime Scene Investigation Coordinator (Spartanburg County)

Past Employment January 1997 until July 2005

                  Solicitor’s Senior Investigator in charge of Homicide                                 

                  and Death Penalty Investigations

April 1993 until January 1997

                  Sheriff’s Homicide and Violent Crime Detective

February 1991 until April 1993

                  Sheriff’s Burglary Task Force Detective

January 1988 until February 1991

                  Sheriff’s Narcotics and Vice Investigator

August 1985 until January 1988

                  Sheriff’s Patrol Officer

Professional Education:

September 2008 - Post Bomb Blast Forensic Investigator

August 2008 - Underwater Criminal Investigations

November 2007 - Coroners Mass Disaster Training

November 2007 - Accident Re-construction Part II

August 2007 - Practical Homicide Investigation

July 2007 - Cemetery Law and Death Investigation

June 2007 - S.C. Coroners Conference

May 2007 - Police Instructor Certification

October 2005 - Accident Re-construction Part I

February 2005 - SLED Forensics Internship

June 2003 - S.C. Coroners Conference

June 2002 - Analyzing Criminal Behavior

December 2000 - Medico-Legal Death Investigator

October 2000 - S.C. Solicitor’s Conference

March 2000 - Investigating Child Homicides

October 1999 - Profiling Homicide

October 1998 - Criminal Analysis

October 1998 - Advanced Homicide Investigation

November 1997 - Investigating Exploited & Missing Children

October 1996 - Advanced Investigative Techniques

April 1994 - Practical Homicide Investigation

January 1993 - Introduction to Homicide Investigations

November 1991 - Fingerprint Identification

August 1989 - Basic Photography

April 1988 - DEA Drug and Vice Investigation

February 1987 - SC Criminal Justice Academy

Professional Awards:

1991 Spartanburg County Detective of the Year

1991 Crime Stoppers Officer of the Year

1995 North Carolina Sheriff’s Criminal Justice Advisory Citation

Sex Related Homicide and Death Investigation/ Practical and Clinical Perspectives

                   Vernon Geberth- CRC Press pp.368 thru pp.373

Practical Homicide Investigation/ Tactics, Procedures and Forensic Techniques Fourth Edition

                   Vernon Geberth- CRC Press pp. xxvi

Spartanburg Herald Journal- Upstate Section dated January 2^nd 2005

                  "Investigator’s jobs are never done". Alexander Morrison

Court:

I have testified more than 100 times in S.C. State Court, 2 times in N.C. State Court and 1 time in Federal Court.

I have investigated and arrested, or assisted, in the prosecution and conviction of (1) multi-million dollar arson case, (4) Death Penalty cases, (84) Murder cases, and (68) Felony DUI cases where death or great bodily injury resulted in Spartanburg County.