Lab hours:
8 AM – 5 PM
Monday – Friday

For assistance call:
(636) 949-3020 or
(636) 949-0809 after hours

To request information, email us at cmateja@sccmo.org

Location:
St. Charles County Sheriff's Department
101 Sheriff Dierker Ct.
O'Fallon, MO 63366

Cyber Crime Unit's
MySpace page

Member of:

Missouri Internet Crimes Against Children Task Force

Regional Computer Crime Education and Enforcement Group of Greater St. Louis

Information You Need
FACTS & STATISTICS

Children & the Internet

• According to Highlights of the Youth Internet Safety Survey conducted by the U.S. Department of Justice, "one in five children (10 to 17 years old) receive unwanted sexual solicitations online."
  

• More than 30 million children in the United States have access to the internet.

Cyber Crime Unit

The computer forensic lab at the Sheriff’s Department was fully operation in August 2001. The caseload of the lab has been:

                                                            2001    10 cases

                                                            2002    53 cases

                                                            2003    55 cases

                                                            2004    82 cases

                                                            2005    131 cases

                                                            2006    162cases

                                                            2007    253 cases

                                                            2008    272 cases

In 2009, the unit handled 345 investigations and took in 278 cases for analysis resulting in 386 forensic investigations.

In addition to the cases reported directly to the Sheriff’s Department in the standard course of business, we receive numerous referrals from the Internet Fraud Complaint Center (IFCC) in regards to internet thefts occurring in Saint Charles County. Additional cases are appearing from the Sheriff’s Department’s participation with the Regional Computer Crime Education and Enforcement Group of Greater Saint Louis (RCCEEG) and the Missouri Internet Crimes Against Children Task Force.