Oklahoma State Bureau of Investigation   A. DeWade Langley   Director   Jessica Brown Public Information Director

 12/19/07                 FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE           

 OSBI Criminalist of the Year Award

Oklahoma State Bureau of Investigation Criminalist Robert Weston was presented with the OSBI 2007 Criminalist of the Year Award during a ceremony Tuesday at the National Cowboy & Western Heritage Museum in Oklahoma City.  Weston is a drug chemist working from the OSBI Central Laboratory in Oklahoma City.

During the year, Weston developed a method to determine the purity of methamphetamine and to identify substances not easily identified using standard methods.  He also built a spectral library and developed quantitation methods for methamphetamine.

Weston has worked for the bureau nearly 11 years.  

OSBI Director DeWade Langley (left) presenting Weston with his award.