after retiring from the new jersey state police, justin hopson founded a private investigative firm in south carolina. as a private eye, justin hopson specializes in both civil and criminal investigations. investigations such as skip tracing, insurance fraud, marital infidelity, dram shop law, and corruption are his primary cases. justin hopson also led the high-profile investigation into the murder of james belli (case no. 2:10-cv-02356-rmg). he is a member of the south carolina association for legal investigators (scali) and is a concealed weapons permit holder. scali has since selected and appointed mr. hopson to its ethics committee and invited him as a keynote speaker at its annual conference. in 2013, mr. hopson was selected and appointed by governor, nikki haley, to a south carolina state advisory committee. that same year, justin hopson was interviewed on abc news 20/20 and his book, ""breaking the blue wall"" climbed to #14 on amazon's true crime ranking.