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Art teacher arrested for sex assault on student www.privateofficer.com
Posted on November 20, 2009Groton CT Nov 20 2009 – An art teacher at Robert E. Fitch Senior High School was arrested Thursday on sexual assault charges after a police investigation found he had engaged in “inappropriate conduct” with a female student. Timothy Riendeau, 29, of 31 Fleming Court, was charged with two counts of second- degree sexual assault, said Lt...
Hospital security nabs purse snatcher www.privateofficer.com
Posted on November 20, 2009DAYTON OH Nov 20 2009 - A Miami Valley Hospital security officer helped arrest a man who was seen walking near the hospital with a black purse belonging to a sleeping patient. The officer noticed Richano V. Fisher, 34, carrying the bag about 2:45 a.m...
Ws. teacher aid charged with sexual assault of student www.privateofficer.com
Posted on November 20, 2009River Falls WS Nov 20 2009 Former River Falls teacher’s aide Rebecca Ann O’Malley-Tietz has been arrested and charged with first degree sexual assault of a child. The boy, a student of River Falls School District’s Harbor Program, where O’Malley-Tietz worked, was 12 years old at the time of the alleged assault...
Oceanside teacher charged with rape of student www.privateofficer.com
Posted on November 20, 2009OCEANSIDE CA Nov 20 2009 ? A physical education teacher at Oceanside High School was arrested Thursday on allegations that he had a two-year sexual relationship with a student beginning when she was 15 years old, police said. Corey Hogue, 37, is expected to be booked into Vista jail on suspicion of two counts of rape [...
Off-duty Vegas cop gunned down in robbery www.privateofficer.com
Posted on November 20, 2009Las Vegas NV Nov 20 2009 When Trevor Nettleton decided to follow in his father’s footsteps, the retired highway patrol trooper tried to talk his son out of it. Richard Nettleton warned him about the dangers of police work, but his son insisted on serving his country and his community, first as a Marine and then [...
Casino officers detain man taking lewd pictures www.privateofficer.com
Posted on November 19, 2009San Diego CA Nov 19 2009 A visitor to the Valley View Casino found himself under arrest this week, accused of aiming his cell phone camera underneath a woman’s skirt —- and it may not be the first time he has done so, authorities said Wednesday...
Retired police Captain dies in crash www.privateofficer.com
Posted on November 19, 2009Pearl MS. Nov 19 2009 Retired Pearl police Capt. George Burgess was on his way to a motorcycle club meeting when his Yamaha cruiser collided with a Ford Taurus on Tuesday evening. Burgess, 58, died at the scene, at Lakeland and River Oaks drives in Flowood...
TSA names Kimberly Herrea Officer of the Year www.privateofficer.com
Posted on November 19, 2009Arlington VA Nov 19 2009 Kimberly Herrera, a transportation security officer at Albany International Airport, has been named the agency?s Employee of the Year for 2009. She accepted her award at the TSA?s Eighth Annual Honorary Awards Ceremony in Arlington, Va...
New laws won?t allow clothes to dry on clotheslines www.privateofficer.com
Posted on November 19, 2009PERKASIE, Pennsylvania Nov 19 2009(Reuters) ? Carin Froehlich pegs her laundry to three clotheslines strung between trees outside her 18th-century farmhouse, knowing that her actions annoy local officials who have asked her to stop. Froehlich is among the growing number of people across America fighting for the right to dry their laundry outside against a rising [...
Judge rules TSA went to far in porn search www.privateofficer.com
Posted on November 19, 2009HONOLULU HI Nov 19 2009 – A federal judge in Hawaii on Tuesday threw out all the evidence against a man caught with child pornography at Hilo Airport. The judge ruled that screeners went too far in searching the man’s luggage. In a ruling that could affect the way the Transportation Security Administration screens luggage...
College security officer attacked, injured www.privateofficer.com
Posted on November 18, 2009LANCASTER CA. Nov 18 2009 contracostatimes – An Antelope Valley College security guard nursed a sore arm on Wednesday after she was attacked on a campus parking lot by a guy with an apparent beef against cops, authorities said. The incident, initially reported as a possible stabbing, occurred at 9:14 p...
Criminal charges against security guard dismissed www.privateofficer.com
Posted on November 18, 2009Cornelia GA Nov 18 2009 On Friday, charges were dropped against now-former Habersham Medical Center Security Officer Jerry Lee Hunnicutt. Hunnicutt was charged Wednesday with false public alarm, a felony, after a suspicious package he allegedly placed in the vestibule of the new emergency department resulted in implementation of the hospital’s emergency response plan...
Security officer helps raise funds for basketball team www.privateofficer.com
Posted on November 18, 2009Des Moines IA. Nov 18 2009 Students roared as Bob Lutter’s leg hair leapt from his shin last week. Lutter moaned and groaned. It sounded like karma. Lutter, 28, is a security officer for AIB College of Business. Students say he is very good at his job – it’s just unfortunate that his job is to dole out $25 [...
Teacher accused of putting ?Hit? on student www.privateofficer.com
Posted on November 18, 2009Atlanta GA Nov 18 2009 A Georgia teacher reportedly has been placed on paid administrative leave after being charged with making terroristic threats against a 16-year-old student. Randolph Forde was arrested last month after being accused of asking the student at Mundy’s Mill High School whether or not he was gay, threatening to hit the student and [...
Security spots burglars, aids in capture www.privateofficer.com
Posted on November 18, 2009TACOMA WA Nov 18 2009 Tacoma police arrested three men late Sunday on suspicion they got into a fenced Tacoma Public Utilities lot and tried to steal expensive pieces of metal, officials said Monday. A security guard working at the utility?s main office at 3628 S...
Woodbridge teacher charged with sexual assault on child www.privateofficer.com
Posted on November 18, 2009Woodbridge NJ Nov 18 2009 James I. Clancy, 35, of Crampton Avenue in Woodbridge proper, was arrested at Woodbridge Police headquarters on Nov. 11 and was charged with aggravated sexual assault, sexual assault, and two counts of endangering the welfare of a child, authorities said...
Wal-Mart seeks police help for holiday security www.privateofficer.com
Posted on November 17, 2009TOWN OF WALLKILL NY Nov 16 2009 ? Plan on braving the crowds and hunting for Black Friday bargains at the Walmart on Route 211? You?ll be doing so under the watchful eyes of town police officers. The Town Board voted last week to allow its officers to patrol Walmart throughout Thanksgiving Day weekend...
NYPD kill security guard during nightclub fracas www.privateofficer.com
Posted on November 17, 2009NEW YORK CITY NY Nov 16 2009 ? Police say officers breaking up a brawl at a New York City bar shot one armed man dead and wounded another. They say Kevin White was a security guard at the Norwood Palace Sports Bar in Brooklyn, where patrons were smacking each other with stools...
Hospital melee lands 3 in jail, woman Tasered www.privateofficer.com
Posted on November 16, 2009JEANNETTE, Pa. Nov 16 2009 channel4 news– It played out more like a scene from a daytime soap opera, but a hospital scuffle with police led to one woman being shocked with a Taser outside a Westmoreland County hospital emergency room. Police said the wife of 74-year-old Donald Thoma was being treated for excessive alcohol consumption [...
Wal-Mart arrest leads to charges of racism www.privateofficer.com
Posted on November 16, 2009ST. LOUIS MO Nov 16 2009 ? Nearly three years after Heather Ellis switched checkout lines at a southeast Missouri store and touched off what she calls a racially charged dispute with white customers and authorities, the young black schoolteacher faces a trial that could send her to prison for 15 years...
South Ms. police go undercover to combat shopliftings www.privateofficer.com
Posted on November 15, 2009D’IBERVILLE, MS Nov 15 2009(WLOX) – This week in Jackson County, two women were arrested for stealing more than $3,200 worth of items at the Moss Point Cracker Barrel. Police arrested Lucedale residents Lucia Sanborn and Karen Smith. The upswing in thefts has South Mississippi law enforcement on alert, especially D’Iberville Police with the new Promenade [...
Security guard charged with double homicide www.privateofficer.com
Posted on November 15, 2009HIDALGO COUNTY TX Nov 15 2009 news5- Early Saturday morning, deputies found two people dead in the backyard of Bentsen and Palm Drive Apartment. Juan Huerta called 911 himself and confessed to both murders. He told police he found his wife with Juan J...
Choate Hall security director retires www.privateofficer.com
Posted on November 15, 2009WALLINGFORD CT Nov 15 2009- One of the biggest challenges Gerard “Gerry” McCormick faced in 1977 when he came to Choate Rosemary Hall to run campus security was figuring out how to safeguard a sprawling campus of 1,050 students, at its peak, spread across more than 400 acres...
Texas officer fired for inappropriate touching of student www.privateofficer.com
Posted on November 14, 2009HARLINGEN TX Nov 14 2009 news5.com – A Harlingen police officer was fired after allegations he touched a 16-year-old girl inappropriately.CHANNEL 5 NEWS broke the story last week. Harlingen Police Chief Danny Castillo fired Officer Jose Infante after a review hearing this week...
Man charged in death of Univ. of Alabama student www.privateofficer.com
Posted on November 14, 2009Tuscaloosa AL Nov 14 2009 Jeanie Scott had been drinking when she put on a pain patch and died hours later of an overdose, according to the Tuscaloosa Police Department’s account of events that occurred almost a year ago. This week, James Edward Hurn, 28, the man suspected of giving her the patch, was arrested and [...
Roanoke school security guard pleads guilty to porn charges www.privateofficer.com
Posted on November 14, 2009Roanoke VA Nov 14 2009 A former security guard at Patrick Henry High School pleaded guilty Monday morning to four counts of possessing child pornography. Conrad Porter, 71, of Roanoke, made the guilty pleas in Roanoke City circuit court. He could get up to 20 years in prison...
Lone Grove teacher charged with lewd acts with child www.privateofficer.com
Posted on November 14, 2009CARTER COUNTY, OK Nov 14 2009– A Lone Grove Schools teacher and Sunday School teacher is now facing charges of lewd acts with a child. Carter County Undersheriff Milton Anthony says Gary Kent Montgomery, 63, was arrested Friday afternoon after a 7-year-old girl came forward saying he had inappropriately touched her...
UT Football players charged in armed robbery www.privateofficer.com
Posted on November 13, 2009KNOXVILLE TN Nov 13 2009 (WATE) — Three UT football players are charged with attempted armed robbery following their arrests early Thursday, Knoxville police said. The players are all freshmen. Defensive back Janzen Jackson, 19, and wide receiver Nu’Keese Richardson, 19, and defensive back Michael Edwards, 18, are charged with three counts each of attempted armed [...
Teacher arrested for being high at school www.privateofficer.com
Posted on November 13, 2009Manchester Nov 13 2009 Parents of students attending Goose Rock Elementary School in Clay County say they’re shocked after a teacher’s arrest. “When I drop them off at school I expect them coming into a safe environment and have teachers in their right mind,” said Jessica Smith, a concerned parent...
2 Charged with murder, shooting guard in Alabama www.privateofficer.com
Posted on November 13, 2009Montgomery, Alabama Nov 18 2009 – An 18-year-old man has been charged with the shooting death of a teenager at a private party in Montgomery. Police say the suspect is in custody and charged with murder in the death of 17-year-old Marcus Alloway...
Shoplifting ring arrested using children to shoplift www.privateofficer.com
Posted on November 13, 2009Chicago IL November 12, 2009 (WLS) — A Chicago woman is accused of using her two young children in a shoplifting ring that police say stretched from Chicago to Cleveland. The group is also accused of identity theft, and police in both cities are trying to find the victims...
Man calls 911, asks operator for sex www.privateofficer.com
Posted on November 13, 2009TAMPA Fla Nov 13 2009- Joshua Basso, 29, was looking for sex Wednesday morning and out of minutes on his cell phone, according to Tampa police. So he called the only number that worked: 911. “Basso states that he was going to do his laundry today but was informed that the washer was inoperable,” Tampa police Officer [...
13 robberies at UWM university concern police www.privateofficer.com
Posted on November 13, 2009Milwaukee Wi Nov 13 2009 Thirteen robberies have occurred in the past three weeks near the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee, although crime near the campus is down overall since Sept. 1, according to data released Thursday by Milwaukee police. Only one robbery occurred in the same area in the previous three weeks, the statistics show...
Alabama police chief quits after just one year www.privateofficer.com
Posted on November 13, 2009PRICHARD, Ala. Nov 13 2009 al.com — Prichard police Chief Lawrence L. Battiste is quitting the force, he said Thursday, stepping down about a year early in his five-year contract. Battiste said he was leaving to become the chief probation officer at the Strickland Youth Center in Mobile...
Security manager hired as Texas police chief www.privateofficer.com
Posted on November 11, 2009LA MARQUE TX Nov 11 2009 ? A private security firm manager from Arkansas with two decades of experience as a small-town police chief will be the next police chief in La Marque, the city manager announced Monday. Randall Aragon, who had stops in South Carolina, North Carolina and Arkansas as police chief, is scheduled to [...
Security guard lied about abduction, arrested for burglary www.privateofficer.com
Posted on November 11, 2009Security guard lied about abduction, arrested for burglary www.privateofficer.com CINCINNATI OH Nov 11 2009 — Police have charged a Roselawn woman who claimed she was abducted from her workplace and sexually assaulted. Vonda Waters told police that she was abducted by several men Nov...
Millville teacher arrested for child endangerment www.privateofficer.com
Posted on November 11, 2009MILLVILLE NJ Nov 11 2009– A one-time Millville teacher of the year was arrested Tuesday morning on a charge of child endangerment, police Chief Ed Grennon confirmed. Lawrence Young, a chemistry teacher at Millville Senior High School, was released from Cumberland County Jail sometime Tuesday after posting $75,000 bail, according to the jail’s admission office...
Security, police arrest DUI driver at courthouse www.privateofficer.com
Posted on November 11, 2009GAINESVILLE Fla Nov 11 2009 – An intoxiacted driver made a number of wrong turns in downtown Gainesville Wednesday morning, including driving across the Hall County Courthouse courtyard. Gainesville Police Lt. Carol Martin said officers responded to the courthouse parking deck around 9 a...
Alert guard spots steel plant fire, prevents major damage www.privateofficer.com
Posted on November 10, 2009W. HOMESTEAD, Pa. Nov 102 009– An electrical short is being blamed for a fire at a steel plant in West Homestead early Monday morning. A security guard spotted smoke at about 3:30 a.m. at the WHEMCO Plant on West Seventh Street. Firefighters were able to isolate the fire and extinguish the blaze in about an hour...
Woman charged after leaving infant in vehicle at mall www.privateofficer.com
Posted on November 10, 2009SALEM, N.H. Nov 10 2009– A Sandown, N.H., woman was charged with endangering the welfare of a child after leaving her infant in a car in a store parking lot while she returned an item, police said. Police responded to the parking lot of the Macy’s store at the Mall at Rockingham Park on Friday on [...
UPS executive commits suicide after rape arrest www.privateofficer.com
Posted on November 10, 2009Atlanta GA Nov 1 0 2009 Mark Warren Samoline, 50, a vice president for UPS and Johns Creek resident, committed suicide just weeks after he was accused of raping a 21-year-old woman in Bloomington, Ind. Gwinnett County police confirmed that Samoline’s death Friday was ruled a suicide by the medical examiner...
Casino security officers arrest rape suspect www.privateofficer.com
Posted on November 10, 2009Kansas City Nov 10 2009 Clay County prosecutors have charged a Shawnee man in connection with an attempted rape in a parking garage at the Ameristar Casino last week. Manoxay J. Salivanh, 37, allegedly followed a 23-year-old woman from the casino at 8201 N...
Rivers Casino security vote not to unionize www.privateofficer.com
Posted on November 10, 2009Pittsburgh PA Nov 10 2009 Security personnel working at the Rivers Casino voted 38-35 Monday evening to oppose organizing under the International Union for Security, Police and Fire Professionals of America. The SPFPA is one of two unions currently courting Rivers Casino workers: The United Steelworkers of America are also working with some of the remaining [...
8 die in Louisiana helicopter crash www.privateofficer.com
Posted on November 10, 2009GIBSON, La. Nov 10 2009 (AP) ? Authorities searched a southern Louisiana marsh by boat Monday for clues that might determine what caused a helicopter crash that killed eight people bound for an offshore oil platform. The helicopter, operated by PHI Inc...
Fla. security company hired felon to run port operations www.privateofficer.com
Posted on November 10, 2009RIVIERA BEACH FLA Nov 10 2009 ? The firm newly contracted to guard the Port of Palm Beach hired a felon to help run its operations there four months after the state denied him a license to work in private security. Jason Deltoro, 27, hired shortly after Sunstates Security began work at the port in January, [...
Memphis security officer critical after being shot www.privateofficer.com
Posted on November 09, 2009Memphis TN Nov 9 2009 Memphis Police are investigating the overnight shooting of a security guard. Early Friday morning, a security guard at the University Commons warehouse on Chelsea Avenue called police and said he had been shot. When officers arrived and found the man, he was rushed to The MED in critical condition...
Comedian Katt Williams arrested in Georgia www.privateofficer.com
Posted on November 09, 2009NEWNAN, Ga.(metro Atlanta GA) Nov 9 2009 By: Rick McCann-Staff Private Officer News Network http://www.privateofficer.com/ Comedian Katt Williams found that breaking the law in Georgia is no laughing matter. Williams who is a well-known comedian and has appeared on numerous cable shows has been charged with burglary and criminal trespassing and remains in custody Monday morning in the Coweta County [...
Shoplifting News www.privateofficer.com
Posted on November 09, 2009Shoplifting News Nov 9 2009 Lancaster PA City police on Wednesday arrested three people on retail theft charges in two separate incidents at Park City Center. A fourth person was cited for retail theft at a downtown retailer. According to police, Michael E...
KY. 12 Year old girl dies in ATV crash www.privateofficer.com
Posted on November 09, 2009PADUCAH, Ky. Nov 9 2009 (AP) – A western Kentucky child has died following an all-terrain vehicle crash. Ciara Greenwell of Reidland in McCracken County died at Vanderbilt University Medical Center in Nashville, Tenn., Sunday night. The Paducah Sun reported the 12-year-old girl was injured Saturday night when the ATV she was riding hit a fence...
Female Iowa officer retires after 32 yrs on the force www.privateofficer.com
Posted on November 09, 2009WATERLOO IA Nov 9 2009- The first female officer to reach the ranks of sergeant and lieutenant at the Waterloo Police Department is retiring. Ann Meyer began her career in 1977 when law enforcement still was a male-dominated field. Her first night on the job included a tavern fight, a car chase and a shooting death on [...
Shoplifter uses pepper spray on security to escape www.privateofficer.com
Posted on November 09, 2009Syracuse, NY Nov 9 2009- A teen-ager is being held in the Justice Center Jail after Syracuse police said she attempted to steal more than $100 worth of clothing from J.C. Penney at Carousel Center and shot pepper spray at two store employees. J.C. Penney loss prevention officer Nicholas Guanciale observed 16-year-old Shameiya T...
Veteran police officer commits suicide www.privateofficer.com
Posted on November 09, 2009Montgomery County TX Nov 9 2009 By: Rick McCann-Staff Private Officer News Network http://www.privateofficer.com/ The sheriff’s office is investigating the death of an n 11-year veteran of the Houston Police Department. Deputies say that the officer was found dead in the Woodlands Saturday morning...
Security company pulls officers off school traffic posts www.privateofficer.com
Posted on November 08, 2009Mooresville NC Nov 8 2009 After providing officers for traffic control at seven Iredell-Statesville Schools for a number of years, a local security company recently discontinued the practice. “It’s purely a business decision,” said Donna Campbell, owner of Wilson Security...
MS. shoplifter given life without parole www.privateofficer.com
Posted on November 08, 2009Desoto County, MS Nov 8 2009 – Surveillance video shows Mario London going in and coming out of Southaven’s Wal-mart committing a crime that could be his last. “He goes and chooses a computer valued at like $598 and puts it in his shopping cart,” explains Lieutenant Mark Little with the Southaven Police Department...
Man arrested for assaulting security officer with pipe www.privateofficer.com
Posted on November 08, 2009Waynesboro VA Nov 8 2009 Deputies have arrested a Waynesboro man on charges he clubbed an Eastside Speedway security guard with a metal pipe. Authorities said Christopher Neal Root, 24, hit Troy Price in the back of the head Oct 24, leaving him crumpled on the ground and bleeding...
State and federal lawmakers looking to curb shoplifting www.privateofficer.com
Posted on November 08, 2009BRAINTREE MA Nov 8 2009 ledger.com A push is on at the state and federal levels to curb organized retail crime, which is estimated to cost retailers billions. Increasingly sophisticated rings of thieves who steal specific merchandise from stores and resell it everywhere from flea markets to Internet auction sites are a growing problem, according to lawmakers [...
Police arrest man after assaulting store security agent www.privateofficer.com
Posted on November 08, 2009Mentor OH Nov 8 2009 A man is accused of stealing two rolls of duct tape, an exercise ball, two Sony DVD players, three T-shirts, a Santa skirt and a set of pool balls, complete with the rack, from the Kmart in Mentor. Then, he punched the security guard who tried to stop him, Mentor Police Lt...
Security officer nabs armed murder suspect www.privateofficer.com
Posted on November 08, 2009Greenville SC Nov 8 2009 A Greenville man was charged today with fatally shooting the owner of an auto parts store off White Horse Road. Chavis Laranzo Cox, 20, is accused in warrants of using a handgun on Monday to shoot Al-Waajid Samad Haneef, 38. Haneef, who was shot in the head, was found in Haneef?s Auto Parts [...
Police charge man with burglarizing cars at hospital www.privateofficer.com
Posted on November 08, 2009Coralville IA Nov 8 2009 A Coralville man was arrested Friday after allegedly stealing debit cards from an occupied vehicle at University of Iowa Hospitals and Clinics and then using the cards to buy food in the hospital cafeteria. Theodore John Pietryga, 48, of 1322 Fifth St...
SC Couple sue Guard Company for arson www.privateofficer.com
Posted on November 07, 2009HILTON HEAD ISLAND, S.C. Nov 7 2009? A South Carolina couple has sued a Georgia-based security company for hiring a guard accused of setting fires. The Island Packet of Hilton Head reports Friday that Norman and Marjorie Agin say Norred & Associates and two local supervisors were negligent because they failed to investigate four fires that [...
Gang members arrested in casino kidnapping www.privateofficer.com
Posted on November 07, 2009PLACERVILLE, Calif. Nov 7 2009– Several people were arrested Friday after an alleged kidnapping and dispute about gang affiliations took place last month at Red Hawk Casino. The El Dorado County Sheriff’s Office said on Oct. 14, several Hispanic men and women confronted two white men and one woman at the casino and asked them if [...
Atlanta 4 yr old hit by train www.privateofficer.com
Posted on November 07, 2009ATLANTA GA Nov 7 2009 (AP) – Police say a 4-year-old boy has been hit by a train in northwest Atlanta and is in critical condition. Atlanta Police Officer James Polite said the child ran out of his yard while chasing after his dog Thursday evening and was struck...
Police look to restrict security officer uniforms, badges and cars www.privateofficer.com
Posted on November 07, 2009Hemet CA Nov 7 2009 Security guards who want to work in Hemet are going to have to avoid looking like cops in their dress and vehicles under an ordinance approved last week. Police Chief Richard Dana asked for an update of the city?s 1984 law covering private security companies after his department experienced problems resulting from [...
?In-Car? computers make the job easier for police www.privateofficer.com
Posted on November 07, 2009Tuscaloosa AL Nov 7 2009 tuscaloosanews.com Long gone are the days when officers had to call dispatch to get information about the driver they just pulled over. CAPS, the University of Alabama Center for Advanced Public Safety, has changed law enforcement capabilities through new computerized software programs...
Man arrested for assaulting police, security officers www.privateofficer.com
Posted on November 07, 2009Carpentersville IL Nov 7 2009 A Chicago man was charged with possession of a loaded pistol and battery this week after a scuffle with a police officer and a security guard at an apartment complex in Carpentersville. Samuel Williams, 22, of the 700 block of Garfield Avenue, was arrested after police responded Monday to a domestic battery [...
Boston police to train hospital security officers www.privateofficer.com
Posted on November 07, 2009BOSTON MA Nov 7 2009– Boston Police met with security officials for area hospitals to work on a plan of attack in the wake of a series of attacks at Massachusetts General Hospital. “Were going to bring them in and were going to train them just like we would Boston Police officers so that they understand [...
Alabama county may add bible classes next year www.privateofficer.com
Posted on November 07, 2009MARSHALL COUNTY, AL Nov 7 2009 (WAFF)- Teaching of the Bible in high school is a trend that’s on the rise. More than two dozen public schools in Alabama are already offering Bible related courses, and now a Marshall County school is exploring the idea...
NC College police nab robbery suspect www.privateofficer.com
Posted on November 07, 2009Greensville NC Nov 7 2009 The last suspect in an Aug. 20 pawn shop robbery was arrested Friday by Pitt Community College police. Devontra Arnez Tyson, 21, of 4535 Martin Circle, Ayden, is one of four men accused of trying to rob Jolly?s Pawn Shop, located near the intersection of North Greene Street and Pactolus Highway...
Armored car robbed, suspects on the run www.privateofficer.com
Posted on November 06, 2009Abington Townshp PA Nov 6 2009 Three men, two of them masked and armed with a handgun and shotgun, robbed an armored car this morning in Abington Township without getting out of their getaway van, officials said. No one was harmed in the 9:40 a.m. stickup in front of the TD Bank at 710 Old York [...
Boston police and security meet to make area safer www.privateofficer.com
Posted on November 06, 2009Boston MA Nov 6 2009 Boston police met yesterday with security chiefs from the city?s hospitals to discuss ways to make their facilities safer in the wake of several brutal crimes at hospitals in recent weeks. The meeting occurred less than two weeks after a psychiatrist was nearly killed when a patient stabbed her in [...
North Alabama police on stakeout-?for hogs gone wild? www.privateofficer.com
Posted on November 06, 2009FLORENCE AL Nov 6 2009 – This wasn’t what city leaders had in mind when they touted the inclusiveness of the sportsplex. It has turned into a nightspot – for hogs. In recent weeks, feral hogs have battered the grounds along the fence at the western border of Coffee-O’Neal Park...
SC teacher arrested for sex with student www.privateofficer.com
Posted on November 06, 2009SUMTER COUNTY Columbia SC Nov 6 2009 — A former Lakewood High School teacher was arrested Thursday and charged with engaging in sexual activity with a fifteen year-old girl. Edward A. Hubbard, 33, is also charged with allowing the girl to view pornographic materials and giving the girl alcohol...
Man charged with GA.-Ala. bank robberies www.privateofficer.com
Posted on November 06, 2009COLUMBUS, Ga. Nov 6 2009 — A Newnan man has been arrested on suspicion of robbing banks in the Columbus area. A partial license plate number led authorities to 56-year-old John Ernest Johnston. The Columbus Ledger-Enquirer reports Thursday that he faces charges of armed robbery and possessing a firearm during the commission of a crime in Tuesday’s [...
GA. police dog stolen, killed, 2nd dog beaten www.privateofficer.com
Posted on November 06, 2009BARNESVILLE, Ga Nov 6 2009– A Griffin police dog has been found shot to death, and the officer he worked with is offering a $500 reward in the case. The Herald-Gazette newspaper in Barnesville reports that Griffin officer Chad Moxon, who lives in Lamar County, says the dog, called Jimi, was taken from the kennel at [...
Inmates come to the aid of jail guard under attack www.privateofficer.com
Posted on November 06, 2009TAMPA, Fla. Nov 6 2009 Four inmates who came to the rescue of a Florida jail guard when he was attacked by another inmate may be getting some help of their own. Deputy Larry McKinnon said Thursday the Hillsborough County Sheriff’s Office will write letters to the inmates’ attorneys that can be used on their behalf in [...
OFFICER DOWN-NY STATE TROOPER www.privateofficer.com
Posted on November 06, 2009Trooper David Lane New York State Police New York End of Watch: Wednesday, November 4, 2009 Biographical Info Age: 30 Tour of Duty: 4 years Badge Number: 4705 Incident Details Cause of Death: Automobile accident Date of Incident: Wednesday, November 4, 2009 Weapon Used: Not available Suspect Info: Not available Trooper David Lane was killed in an automobile accident while on patrol the town of Catskill...
Jacksonville police officer found dead in patrol car www.privateofficer.com
Posted on November 06, 2009JACKSONVILLE, Fla. Nov 5 2009 A veteran Jacksonville officer died Wednesday afternoon in his unmarked police car on the Hart Bridge. Police said they were notified about 1:15 p.m. of a person slumped over the wheel of a car against the barrier wall of the bridge near the exit to Martin Luther King Jr...
Security officer kidnapped at Wal-Mart www.privateofficer.com
Posted on November 05, 2009SURPRISE AZ Nov 5 2009– A Wal-Mart security guard was kidnapped at knifepoint Tuesday night in Surprise. According to police, a 60-year-old security employee saw three men loading bundles of folded cardboard onto a truck at the rear of the store near Litchfield and Bell roads at approximately 11:30 p...
Security officer involved in shooting at burglary scene www.privateofficer.com
Posted on November 05, 2009Miami Beach Fla Nov 5 2009 One person was shot in a confrontation between an armed security guard and people attempting to break into an abandoned building on Miami Beach, WPLG-Ch. 10 reports. The incident happened at a condo building under construction at 6261 Collins Ave...
Family of slain college student settles lawsuit www.privateofficer.com
Posted on November 05, 2009KNOXVILLE, Tenn. Nov 5 2009(AP) ? The family of a slain Tennessee college student has settled a lawsuit against the Knoxville apartment complex where she was fatally stabbed in 2004. Michael and Joan Berry of Lawrenceville, Ga., had sued Brendon Park Apartments, Brendon Park Associates and First Management Services Inc...
St. Louis school security use pepper spray to quell disturbance www.privateofficer.com
Posted on November 05, 2009ST. LOUIS MO Nov 5 2009 (KMOX) — About a dozen Sumner High School students had to be treated by paramedics after security guards used mace to break up a fight in the cafeteria today. District spokesman Patrick Wallace says the altercation, which was in retaliation for an earlier altercation, took place during the second lunch [...
Memphis police, school security squabble over uniforms www.privateofficer.com
Posted on November 05, 2009MEMPHIS, TN Nov 5 2009 ? Memphis? top cop says Memphis City Schools aren?t doing enough to make sure people won?t confuse school security guards with Memphis police officers. The district has agreed to change the shape of the badge worn by security guards, but that’s it...
Family of man killed by guards want investigation www.privateofficer.com
Posted on November 05, 2009Cape Cod MA Nov 5 2009 The attorney for the family of a man who died after being restrained at Cape Cod Hospital says the family wants a copy of the surveillance video that allegedly captured the incident. “The family was promised the video,” said Kerry Choi, the Boston attorney representing the family of Daniel J...
Man stabs self to avoid work www.privateofficer.com
Posted on November 05, 2009EDGEWATER, Colo., Nov. 5 2009 (UPI) — A Denver man who claimed to have been attacked has confessed he stabbed himself to avoid having to work, police say. Investigators said Aaron Siebers, 29, walked into his place of employment, a Blockbuster Video in Edgewater, Colo...
Security officer slashed during shoplifting incident www.privateofficer.com
Posted on November 05, 2009Chicago IL Nov 5 2009 A Lawndale man was held on a $200,000 bond after being charged with allegedly slashing the hand of a Walgreens security guard with a box cutter and shoplifting Theraflu Monday night on the West Side. Neil Round, 44, of the 3400 block of W...
KC School security regain gun privileges www.privateofficer.com
Posted on November 05, 2009Kansas City Nov 5 2009 In the end, Kansas City School District security guards regained their privilege Wednesday to carry firearms. But what started out as a matter of fixing a policy glitch swelled into a philosophical discussion among administrators and board members about school safety, surrounding neighborhoods and holstered guns in the hallways...
Mall security nabs robbery suspects www.privateofficer.com
Posted on November 05, 2009Wilmington DE Nov 5 2009 Three Wilmington men were charged Wednesday in the robbery of a 17-year-old boy in a Christiana Mall restroom, state police reported today The incident happened about 3:45 p.m. when the three followed the boy into a restroom in the food court area, police said...
College decides to shut down police force www.privateofficer.com
Posted on November 05, 2009Rocklin CA Nov 5 2009 With the sudden departure of the Sierra College Police Chief Greg Murphy and a shrinking state budget, the school turned to the Rocklin Police Department to take over law enforcement responsibility on campus. ?What we are doing is taking over that responsibility to contract officers on campus, and in turn, give them [...
Man sentenced to prison for murder of security guard www.privateofficer.com
Posted on November 05, 2009PHOENIX AZ Nov 5 2009 (AP) – A San Carlos man was sentenced Wednesday to 25 years in federal prison for the slaying of a security guard. Federal prosecutors say 23-year-old Melvin Pascal Nash previously pleaded guilty to second-degree murder, as did co-defendant Mason James Henry...
Armored truck guard charged with thefts of cash www.privateofficer.com
Posted on November 05, 2009STATEN ISLAND, N.Y. Nov 5 2009 — An armored truck guard who transports bags of cash from stores to banks on Staten Island, is accused of skimming more than $30,000 from the loot he was supposed to protect. Police say Luis A. Vazquez, 31, of Elizabeth, N...
Cobb County GA officer arrested in high stake poker game www.privateofficer.com
Posted on November 05, 2009SMYRNA, Ga. Nov 5 2009– A Cobb County police officer resigned after being arrested for his alleged involvement in a high-stakes poker game. After complaints from residents, police set up an undercover sting and arrested one of their own. Police said officer Christopher Soltes, a police officer in the county’s Westside precinct, acted as the poker game [...
Fort Hood rampage leaves 7 dead, 20 injured
Posted on November 05, 2009Fort Hood TX Nov 5 2009 BREAKING NEWS WASHINGTON ? The Army says seven people were killed and 20 wounded in a pair of shootings at the Fort Hood Army base in Texas. An Army spokesman at the Pentagon says the shootings began about 1:30 p.m. Thursday at a personnel and medical processing center at Fort Hood...
Security officer delivers baby on hospital sidewalk www.privateofficer.com
Posted on November 04, 2009Eau Claire WI Nov 4 2009 (WQOW) – So far this year, Sacred Heart Hospital has seen the birth of 872 babies. But there is one that definitely stands out because of where he was delivered. At 7 pounds, 1 ounce, baby Kellen might not appear to be different than any other baby...
81 Year old man Tasered during traffic stop www.privateofficer.com
Posted on November 04, 2009FAIRBANKS AK Nov 4 2009 ? An 81-year-old man was Tasered during a traffic stop last week. It is the second time since 1998 that police have had to make a show of force during a traffic stop to arrest Glen M. Wilcox, a Fairbanks-based Episcopalian priest and real estate agent...
Armed student arrested, security officer injured www.privateofficer.com
Posted on November 04, 2009CINCINNATI OH Nov 4 2009 — One person suffered a minor injury and another was taken into police custody Tuesday after an incident at a Cincinnati high school. Police were called to Aiken University High School just before 9:30 a.m. after a student told school officials that another student had a gun...
Security guard charged in cold case murder www.privateofficer.com
Posted on November 04, 2009Rancho Cucamonga CA. Nov 4 2009 A convicted rapist was arrested today for the 1986 disappearance of a Highland woman whose remains were found two years later off Greenspot Road. Investigators declined to say how 28-year-old Nancy Klinger was killed but they said Larry Hite has always been a person of interest in her disappearance...
Two indicted for using fake poker chips at casino www.privateofficer.com
Posted on November 04, 2009Tulsa Okla. Nov 4 2009 Two Missouri men have been charged by a Tulsa federal grand jury with conspiring to defraud an Oklahoma casino by using counterfeit poker chips. William Reece Lancaster, 49, and Mark Vernon Edmiston, 45, are accused of victimizing the Seneca Cayuga Grand Lake Casino near Grove from Sept...
NYU student commits suicide www.privateofficer.com
Posted on November 04, 2009New York Nov 4 2009 A 20-year old student at New York University apparently took his own life on Tuesday morning, reviving concerns about the high number of suicides there in recent years. University and police officials said the student, Andrew E. Williamson-Noble, a junior from Irvington, N...
Rev. Al Sharpton lashed out after daughter, ex-wife arrested www.privateofficer.com
Posted on November 03, 2009NEW YORK, NY Nov 3 2009 ? The Rev. Al Sharpton lashed out Sunday at the ?unfair? treatment of his daughter and ex-wife by cops who arrested the duo for arguing over a traffic ticket in Harlem. ?I cannot imagine how two unarmed women with no record, could be taken in cuffs from a traffic dispute [...
Aiken County SC teacher arrested www.privateofficer.com
Posted on November 03, 2009Aiken County SC Nov 3 2009 A former Aiken County middle school teacher was arrested today on charges of lewd act and criminal sexual conduct with a 14-year-old girl. The arrest marks the second of a former or current Aiken County educator in as many weeks for a sex crime...
Private prisoner transport company sued www.privateofficer.com
Posted on November 03, 2009NASHVILLE TN Nov 3 2009 (CN) – Corrections Corporation of America let an inmate escape from a private prison in Mississippi and steal a guard’s gun, which he used to shoot a police officer five times, the officer and his wife claim in Davidson County Court...
Auburn radio personality-columnist found dead www.privateofficer.com
Posted on November 03, 2009Auburn Ala. Nov 3 2009 An Auburn radio personality and newspaper columnist has been found dead of natural causes. John “Stump” Thrower was found dead in his Auburn home Monday morning. Authorities say the 56-year-old died of natural causes...
Second Spring High School teacher arrested for student sexual relationship www.privateofficer.com
Posted on November 02, 2009Houston TX Nov 2 2009 A Spring High School teacher is scheduled to appear in court today on three felony counts of having an improper relationship with a student, the second teacher at the campus to face allegations of that type of behavior in a month, authorities said...
Security officer shot breaking up fight www.privateofficer.com
Posted on November 02, 2009SALT LAKE CITY Ut Nov 2 2009 (ABC 4 News) ? A security officer was shot while trying to break up a fight outside a Salt Lake dance club early Sunday morning. The shooting took place in the parking lot of Duvan Karamba at 1049 East and 2100 South at around 1:45 a...
Atlanta bank employee shot during robbery www.privateofficer.com
Posted on November 02, 2009DECATUR, Ga. Nov 2 2009 – A bank robber shot and wounded a bank employee during a robbery at the SunTrust bank in the Embry Hills Shopping Center in DeKalb County Monday morning. Channel 2 Action News reporter Richard Elliot spoke to investigators at the bank...
Seattle police officer killed, trainee injured
Posted on November 02, 2009SEATTLE WA Nov 2 2009 Few clues have emerged from a drive-by shooting that left a nine-year veteran Seattle police officer dead and a trainee injured on Halloween night. Investigators on Sunday fielded tips, interviewed potential witnesses and scoured through video tapes for evidence that would lead them to the assailant or assailants...
Four killed at NC Television store www.privateofficer.com
Posted on November 02, 2009MOUNT AIRY, N.C. Nov 2 2009 Four men were killed in a shooting at a northwestern North Carolina television store on Sunday, and authorities said they were looking for a suspect who might be armed with an assault rifle. Mount Airy Police Chief Dale Watson said at a news conference that the victims were shot in the [...
Officer hailed as hero www.privateofficer.com
Posted on October 31, 2009Houston TX OCT 31 2009 chron.com A moonlighting deputy constable was hailed for cool competence Friday for his apprehension of an armed career criminal, who minutes earlier, authorities said, seriously wounded a young doctor during a robbery in a supermarket parking lot...
Man guilty of assault on secuirty www.privateofficer.com
Posted on October 31, 2009Fairbanks AK OCT 31 2009 A 24-year-old man who assaulted and disarmed a security guard outside the federal building in Fairbanks has pleaded guilty to felony assault The Fairbanks Daily News-Miner reported that Jarrid Bloom faces a minimum sentence of 10 years in federal prison for using a handgun during a violent crime...
Retired police officer mulled by dog www.privateofficer.com
Posted on October 31, 2009Minneapolis MN Oct 31 2009 Amy Klinefelter was sitting down to a night on the computer and some TV Sunday evening when thumps emanating from her basement caught her off guard. Her roommate, Jim Stewart, was downstairs with his American bulldog, watching TV as usual...
Security guard arrested for theft of credit cards www.privateofficer.com
Posted on October 30, 2009ASCENSION PARISH, LA Oct 30 2009 (WAFB) – A security guard at Motiva is accused of stealing gift cards meant for plant employees. Jake Vanner, Jr. was arrested October 15th and charged with felony theft. According to reports, the Ascension Parish offices of Motiva were burglarized and several Academy Sports gift cards were taken...
Man arrested for ?Carjacking? security guards golfcart www.privateofficer.com
Posted on October 30, 2009WEST PALM BEACH, FL OCT 30 2009–West Palm Beach Police have arrested a man whom they say escaped from a mental facility at St. Mary’s Medical Center and stole a security guard’s golf cart as his getaway vehicle. According to investigators, Timothy Gregory punched a 59-year-old female security guard in the face and ‘carjacked’ the security [...
Calif. police officer investigated by FBI commits suicide www.privateofficer.com
Posted on October 30, 2009BURBANK, Calif. Oct 30 2009 ? A police sergeant who was being investigated in an FBI probe into police misconduct has committed suicide on the corner of a Southern California residential street. The Burbank Police Department said that 50-year old Neil T...
School bus driver arrested for having sex with student www.privateofficer.com
Posted on October 30, 2009FAIRBURN, Ga. Oct 30 2009 — Jacqueline Connally, a former Fulton County school bus driver, remained in jail Thursday, accused of having sex with a student who rode her bus. Police arrested Connally, 22, at her apartment in Union City on charges of misdemeanor sexual assault, but overnight the charge was upgraded to felony sexual battery...
Teachers fight over man in classroom www.privateofficer.com
Posted on October 30, 2009CLAYTON COUNTY, Ga. Oct 30 2009 — Police said a love letter on the social networking web site Facebook sparked an on-campus, profanity-laced fight between two teachers at Rex Hill Middle School in Rex. The altercation allegedly got so out of hand, an officer ended up arresting both instructors...
Birmingham mayor guilty of money laundry, excepting bribes
Posted on October 29, 2009Birmingham AL Oct 29 2009 Larry Langford, Birmingham’s mayor and a former Jefferson County commissioner, has been found guilty in his federal bribery trial. Langford, who is 61 or 63, was found guilty of taking about $236,000 in cash and gifts from Montgomery investment banker Bill Blount and lobbyist Al LaPierre...
Five VA. corrections officer charged with ?fondling? K-9 www.privateofficer.com
Posted on October 29, 2009Powhatan VA Oct 29 2009 Five Virginia Department of Corrections officers have been charged with animal cruelty involving the fondling of a K-9 dog and videotaping the two incidents. All five officers were training at the Academy for Staff Development in Goochland County to become K-9 handlers...
Nightclub security officer stabbed to death www.privateofficer.com
Posted on October 29, 2009New York City NY Oct 29 2009 A security person who tossed troublemakers from a popular Washington Heights hangout was stabbed to death early Tuesday, police said. Arsene Epouta was knifed in the chest after jumping in the middle of a fight at La Casa del Mofongo...
Jeffrey Bolden found guilty in security officer murder www.privateofficer.com
Posted on October 29, 2009COLUMBIA, Mo. Oct 29 2009 — A Boone County jury found Jeffrey Bolden guilty of second-degree murder and second-degree assault on Wednesday night. Prosecutors convinced the jury that Bolden caused the death of Cox North hospital security officer Monte Ruby of Springfield in August 2008...
Teacher arrested for lewd behavior via the internet www.privateofficer.com
Posted on October 29, 2009STUART, Fla Oct 29 2009 — A former Pasco County school teacher was arrested after he showed his genitalia to an undercover sheriff’s detective posing as a 14-year-old girl on an Internet chat room, the Martin County Sheriff’s Office said Monday Joel Cupp, 31, of New Port Richey, was arrested on a charge of lewd and [...
S.C. AG?s employee caught with stripper in cemetery www.privateofficer.com
Posted on October 29, 2009COLUMBIA, SC Oct 29 2009 (WIS) – A former South Carolina legislator has been fired from the state attorney general’s office after authorities say he was discovered in a cemetery with a teenage stripper during his lunch break. Police reports released Wednesday said 66-year-old Roland Corning was stopped Monday after his car was spotted in an [...
Man poses as security guard, gropes woman www.privateofficer.com
Posted on October 29, 2009Sioux Falls SD Oct 29 2009 A Sioux Falls man was arrested early Sunday morning after posing as a security guard at a local restaurant in order to grope a guest. Sergio Fabian Arevalo-Velasquez, 25, met a 21-year-old at the door of El Paraiso Restaurant at 2401 E...
Tri-Rail security guard arrested for kidnapping www.privateofficer.com
Posted on October 29, 2009Palm Beach Fla Oct 29 2009 When a Tri-Rail passenger missed the last train at the Lake Worth station, a security guard offered to give her a ride to a station in Fort Lauderdale. Instead, she told police, the guard assaulted her. Peter Alan Crumb, 40, of The Acreage, was booked Tuesday evening into the Palm Beach County [...
Utah teacher arrested for sexual abuse of students www.privateofficer.com
Posted on October 29, 2009WEST JORDAN Utah Oct 29 2009 ? A former teacher’s assistant accused of having sexual intercourse with two 15-year-old students was arrested this week. Andrea Billingsley, 31, was picked up at her home Tuesday and arrested on suspicion of forcible sexual abuse, forcible sodomy and distributing pornographic materials to minors, said West Jordan police officer Dan [...
TN. police charge five in counterfeit money bust www.privateofficer.com
Posted on October 29, 2009NEWPORT TN Oct 29 2009 (WATE) — Five people have been arrested in a large counterfeit bust in Cocke County. Two suspects were arrested initially: ? Charles Wayne Sprouse, 30, of Del Rio ? Joie Warren, 36, of Del Rio Sprouse and Warren are facing a total of 374 federal counts of criminal simulation...
KY. teacher charged with drug trafficking www.privateofficer.com
Posted on October 29, 2009SALYERSVILLE, Ky. Oct 29 2009 (AP) — Police say a teacher at North Magoffin Elementary School has been arrested on drug trafficking charges. Darrell B. Patrick, 46, of Salyersville, was arrested Tuesday on six counts of first-degree trafficking in a controlled substance...
Security officer will let judge decide if laws were violated www.privateofficer.com
Posted on October 29, 2009Tucson AZ Oct 29 2009 A former security guard has decided to let Pima County Superior Court Judge Christopher Browning decide if he was legally prohibited from carrying the gun he used to shoot and paralyze a suspected shoplifter. Joshua Kosatschenko and Nicholas Kagas were working security at a south-side convenience store last June when Tucson police [...
Off-duty officer kills attacker who beat, robbed him www.privateofficer.com
Posted on October 29, 2009DEER PARK NY Oct 29 2009 ? Suffolk County Police are investigating the shooting death of a Bay Shore man who beat and attempted to rob an off-duty police officer early Tuesday morning. An off-duty Nassau County detective was attacked by two men who tried to rob him while he was at a 24-hour car wash [...
Security officer injured nabbing wallet thief www.privateofficer.com
Posted on October 29, 2009Nassau NY Oct 29 2009 A Hicksville man was arrested Tuesday night after he sneaked into an employee-only area of Winthrop-University Hospital in Mineola and stole a wallet from a woman’s purse, Nassau police said. A witness saw the suspect, Frank J...
Man arrested for shooting friend in the head www.privateofficer.com
Posted on October 29, 2009Greely CO. Oct 29 2009 Alcohol, football and a handgun apparently do not mix any better than drinking and driving. The trio put Greeley resident Timothy Pollard, 37, behind bars under a $100,000 bond on Sunday, facing felony charges of attempted manslaughter and second-degree assault after his friend was shot in the head at his home...
Security officer shoots burglar hiding in his truck www.privateofficer.com
Posted on October 28, 2009HOUSTON TX Oct 28 2009 (KTRK) — A security guard shot a burglar hiding in the backseat of his truck in southwest Houston. The shooting happened around 2am on Clarewood and Alder in southwest Houston. Security guard Miguel Amaya was on his way to work overnight when he heard a noise...
School security officer injured in traffic accident www.privateofficer.com
Posted on October 28, 2009Homewood IL Oct 28 2009 A dean’s assistant who works security at Homewood-Flossmoor High School is improving and due to be released from the hospital in a few days after being struck by a vehicle Friday morning in a parking lot at the high school, a high school spokesman said...
Former hospital guard sent to prison for child porn www.privateofficer.com
Posted on October 28, 2009CHATTANOOGA, Tenn. Oct 28 2009 (AP) ? A former security officer at Erlanger Medical Center has been sentenced to 10 years and five months in federal prison for using computers at the hospital’s medical complex to receive images of child pornography...
Walt Disney security charge man with fondling woman in pool www.privateofficer.com
Posted on October 28, 2009LAKE BUENA VISTA, Fla. Oct 27 2009– A 19-year-old Fort Lauderdale man was arrested after allegedly fondling a woman in the wave pool at Walt Disney World’s Typhoon Lagoon. Investigators say the 30-year-old victim at first thought it was an accident when she felt someone grab her bikini and touch her...
Alabama PTA president arrested for stealing money www.privateofficer.com
Posted on October 28, 2009DOTHAN, Ala. Oct 28 2009 (AP) ? A Midland City woman has been charged with stealing more than $4,000 from the Parent Teacher Association chapter where she was president. The Dothan Eagle reports Tuesday that Dale County Sheriff’s investigators have charged 35-year-old Brandace M...
Off-duty MGH security officer kills patient who stabbed doctor www.privateofficer.com
Posted on October 28, 2009Boston MA Oct 28 2009 A burly mental patient bent on hacking his doctor to death was shot dead by a quick-thinking, off-duty security guard who encountered the crazed man stabbing the shrink in a gruesome attack at a Massachusetts General Hospital clinic yesterday, police said...
Missing animal control officer found safe www.privateofficer.com
Posted on October 27, 2009ATLANTA GA Oct 27 2009– Atlanta police say a Fulton County Animal Control officer who went missing after responding to a stray-dog call in one of Atlanta’s troubled neighborhoods has been found. Police say Wanda Jefferies, 52, was being treated at Grady Memorial Hospital...
Samford University officer run down by shoplifter www.privateofficer.com
Posted on October 27, 2009Homewood AL Oct 27 2009 Two men are in the Homewood City Jail after giving some students at Samford University a fright. Just after 3pm Monday the pair were caught shoplifting inside the campus bookstore. When confronted the men turned tail and fled to their car...
Detroit-Where private security is booming www.privateofficer.com
Posted on October 27, 2009Detroit MI Oct 27 2009 Shortly before noon on a recent Monday, T.J. Cooper sat in his red pickup, showing off his digital camera. He clicked through pictures he had taken a few weeks earlier of a man driving a truck full of radiators stolen from a vacant home here in Indian Village, one of Detroit’s [...
NJ man kills 2yr old daughter, self www.privateofficer.com
Posted on October 27, 2009CAMDEN NJ Oct 27 2009 — A 25-year-old man killed his 2-year-old daughter before cutting his own throat and setting fire to his Northgate I apartment on Sunday night, authorities said. Eric Banks was alone with his daughter, Enalla Banks, Sunday night inside the Camden apartment when the girl’s mother returned at about 8:45 p...
Serial mall thief nabbed by security www.privateofficer.com
Posted on October 27, 2009HAYWARD CA Oct 27 2009 ? A man is scheduled to be arraigned today after being arrested in a string of brazen snatch-and-run shopping mall thefts in Hayward and possibly other locations along the Interstate 880 corridor, police said. About 10:15 a.m. Thursday, a Southland Mall security guard noticed a van parked in the fire lane [...
Baltimore officer pulls gun on haunted house employee www.privateofficer.com
Posted on October 27, 2009ESSEX, Md. Oct 27 2009 ? A Baltimore city police officer delivered the fright of a lifetime to a haunted house employee, pulling a gun on the chain-saw-wielding man at the end of his act, authorities said Monday. Sgt. Eric Janik, 37, was charged with assault and reckless endangerment for pointing his service handgun at the [...
Anaheim substitute teacher arrested for having sex with student www.privateofficer.com
Posted on October 27, 2009Anaheim CA Oct 27 2009 An Anaheim substitute teacher has been arrested on charges of having sex with an underage student, police said today. Marc Silberman, 27, was arrested Saturday night after a Savanna High School student told police that she had sexual contact with Silberman two days earlier, according to the Anaheim Police Department...
Police charge man in murder of UCONN student www.privateofficer.com
Posted on October 27, 2009STORRS, Conn. Oct 27 2009? Police on Tuesday charged a man with the murder in the stabbing death of a University of Connecticut football player outside a school-sanctioned dance, but his defense attorney says he was just trying to break up a fight. Two others also were charged in the fight that led to the death [...
OFFICER DOWN MINNESOTA www.privateofficer.com
Posted on October 26, 2009Reserve Deputy Mike Wilken Ramsey County Sheriff’s Department Minnesota End of Watch: Sunday, October 25, 2009 Biographical Info Age: 56 Tour of Duty: 10 years Badge Number: Not available Incident Details Cause of Death: Struck by vehicle Date of Incident: Saturday, October 24, 2009 Weapon Used: Not available Suspect Info: Not available Reserve Deputy Mike Wilken succumbed to injuries sustained the previous night when he was struck by [...
Security officer pepper-sprayed during robbery www.privateofficer.com
Posted on October 26, 2009MOBILE, Ala. Oct 26 2009 — Two robbers, one armed with a water gun loaded with pepper spray, overtook a 41-year-old security guard to snatch a bank deposit bag Friday outside a west Mobile store. One of the robbers blasted the guard in the face with the liquid, blinding him long enough to take the bag [...
KC nightclub security in shoot-out www.privateofficer.com
Posted on October 26, 2009KANSAS CITY, Mo. Oct 26 2009– Security guards exchanged gunfire with a drive-by shooter early Sunday morning outside of a Kansas CIty, Mo., strip club. Around 2:30 a.m. shots were reported outside of Gerry’s Silver Slipper, 4704 Independence Ave...
Teacher arrested for sending sexual content to student www.privateofficer.com
Posted on October 26, 2009SOMERVILLE NJ Oct 26 2009? A 50-year-old Bridgewater-Raritan High School teacher was arrested Friday on charges related to his alleged exchange of text and e-mail messages containing sexually explicit images with a 15-year-old student who attends the school...
Costa Rica security out number police www.privateofficer.com
Posted on October 26, 2009Costa Rica October 26 2009 Private security guards in Costa Rica almost double the number of police officers in Costa Rica. According to the Dirección del Servicio de Seguridad Privada del Ministerio de Seguridad, there are 20.000 registered security guards to 13...
Security officer aids in kidnapping arrest www.privateofficer.com
Posted on October 26, 2009DURHAM NC Oct 26 2009 Police say that a man suspected of kidnapping a boy and his mother from Charlotte over the weekend is scheduled to appear in a Durham courtroom Monday. Authorities arrested Samuel McCrae at a Durham gas station Saturday night after the boy alerted a security guard...
17 Year old, 3 juveniles charged with murder in S.C. www.privateofficer.com
Posted on October 26, 2009WINNSBORO, SC Oct 26 2009 (WIS) – The Fairfield County coroner says a 20-year-old Winnsboro man was murdered early Sunday morning. Officials say Mahquaun Loftin was shot off College Street in the middle of the road. Acting Winnsboro police Chief Freddie Lorick says Loftin was in a fight with several juveniles at a house party...
15 Year old charged in murder of missing Mo. girl www.privateofficer.com
Posted on October 26, 2009ST. MARTINS, Mo. Oct 26 2009 (AP) – Juvenile authorities said Saturday that a 15-year-old has been charged with first-degree murder for the death of a 9-year-old central Missouri girl found in the woods two days after she went missing. Police did not release the teen’s gender or name and provided few other details about the [...
Security officer killed during home invasion www.privateofficer.com
Posted on October 25, 2009ATLANTA GA Oct 25 2009– Police are investigating the shooting death of a private security guard at The Preserves at Collier Ridge on Bankhead Highway. Family members say Friday night around 7:30pm, 43-year-old Robbie Smith was trying to stop a home invasion when he was attacked and shot in the leg...
Alert security officer spots robbery suspects www.privateofficer.com
Posted on October 25, 2009SALT LAKE CITY Utah Oct 25 2009 (ABC 4 News) ? A security guard is being thanked by police for his assistance in the arrest of two suspects believed to be involved in Salt Lake City robbery Friday. Officers say 23 year-old Randy Clark and 18 year-old Leslie Campos waited outside the Buca Di Beppo at [...
Sports bar patron killed in shooting www.privateofficer.com
Posted on October 25, 2009SACRAMENTO, Calif. Oct 24 2009 A 22-year-old man was killed in a popular sports bar and restaurant in Sacramento. Police said a security guard called to report a shooting in the parking lot of Center Court Restaurant on the 3600 block of N. Freeway Boulevard at about 1:52 a...
Church janitor charged in murder of priest www.privateofficer.com
Posted on October 25, 2009MORRISTOWN, N.J. Oct 25 2009 ? Authorities investigating the slaying of a priest arrested the church janitor Saturday, alleging he stabbed the cleric 32 times with a kitchen knife after arguing with him in the rectory. Morris County Prosecutor Robert Bianchi said 64-year-old Jose Feliciano was charged in the murder of the Rev...
Florida police officer commits suicide www.privateofficer.com
Posted on October 25, 2009Chattahoochee Fla Oct 25 2009 A Chattahoochee police officer shot himself to death Friday as police were discovering the body of his long-time mistress buried in a shallow grave near his home east of Chattahoochee, according to Chattahoochee Police Chief Vann Pullen...
Security guard stabbed by shoplifter www.privateofficer.com
Posted on October 25, 2009SAN DIEGO CA Oct 25 2009 — A suspected shoplifter stabbed a security guard at a Clairemont Mesa grocery store, police said Saturday. The security guard at Vons at 5555 Balboa Ave. had handcuffed the shoplifter, but removed the handcuffs after about an hour, and the man stabbed him in the arm with something and ran [...
Security guard charged with murder in Florida www.privateofficer.com
Posted on October 25, 2009Coconut Creek Fla Oct 25 2009 A man barged into his ex-girlfriend’s Coconut Creek home on Saturday, stabbing her and killing a friend when he tried to protect her, police said. Paul Gayle, a 28-year-old security guard with a state-issued weapons license, was charged with first-degree murder, attempted first-degree murder and armed burglary...
Opry Mills security unknowlingly nabs murder suspect www.privateofficer.com
Posted on October 24, 2009Nashville TN Oct 24 2009 A Madison woman has been charged with vehicular homicide in connection with a car crash that killed a wrecker driver late Thursday night. Metro Police said Eddy McCreery, 44, of Eastside Avenue, was loading his daughter?s broken-down car onto a flatbed tow truck shortly before midnight on the westbound shoulder of Interstate [...
Orange County teacher charged with sexually assaulting student www.privateofficer.com
Posted on October 24, 2009LOS ANGELES CA Oct 24 2009 — A teacher at what has been called Orange County’s Best High School has been arrested on suspicion of sexually assaulting a student. Christopher Ontiveros teaches history at Oxford Academy in Cypress and his wife is a gym teacher there...
Man kills girlfriend, himself in church www.privateofficer.com
Posted on October 24, 2009POTTSVILLE, Pa. Oct 24 2009 – Police say a man killed himself inside a church after fatally shooting his girlfriend outside an eastern Pennsylvania Social Security office. Pottsville police say 51-year-old Frank Manganiello shot Sandra Pucci around noon Friday before fleeing to the First United Methodist Church and killing himself...
Teen critical after 41 feet fall from mall escalator www.privateofficer.com
Posted on October 24, 2009Indianapolis IN Oct 24 2009 FFA officials are keeping in touch this morning with the family and teacher of a 16-year-old Texas student who fell 41 feet at Circle Centre mall. An FFA spokesperson said that Philip Caler’s condition remained unchanged at Methodist Hospital...
Four students from same school commit suicide www.privateofficer.com
Posted on October 24, 2009Palo Alto CA Oct 24 2009 For the fourth time in less than six months, a student from one Palo Alto high school has committed suicide, authorities say. The boy stepped in front of a train at the same location where three other students have killed themselves since May...
TX. teacher stabs infant also charged with sexually assaulting student www.privateofficer.com
Posted on October 24, 2009SUGAR LAND, Texas Oct 24 2009? Rosenberg police say a Sugar Land man accused of stabbing his infant son Friday was already under investigation for allegedly sexually assaulting a student at the Lamar ISD school where he teaches. Anthony Gilbert, 37, is a teacher at B...
Teacher Tom Nolan charged with rape of child www.privateofficer.com
Posted on October 24, 2009FALLSBURG NY Oct 24 2009 – Tom Nolan, a 39-year-old teacher in the Ellenville Central School District, was arrested by the Liberty State Police in Port Jervis on Thursday morning and charged with rape in the third degree, and endangering the welfare of a child, a class E felony and a misdemeanor, respectively...
Dallas police write bogus tickets to ?Non-English? drivers www.privateofficer.com
Posted on October 24, 2009Dallas TX Oct 24 2009 Dallas Police Chief David Kunkle said this afternoon that his officers have written at least 39 citations to people over the past three years for not speaking English. Apologizing publicly to the city’s Spanish-speaking community, the chief said all officers and supervisors involved will be investigated for dereliction of duty...
Tulsa police, security team up-working hand in hand www.privateofficer.com
Posted on October 24, 2009TULSA, OK Oct 24 2009 — Police are teaming up with local security guards to make the city safer. In their new joint venture, officers and guards will be talking more and coordinating their efforts. The move will not only make it easier for the two groups to work together, it will multiply the efforts of [...
Alabama pastor charged with sex abuse of children www.privateofficer.com
Posted on October 24, 2009ANDALUSIA AL OCT 24 2009 New details are emerging in the sex abuse case against a local pastor, as Sheriff Dennis Meeks confirmed Friday there are ?multiple? child victims in this ?large-scale? investigation. Ralph Lee Aaron, a 54-year-old Andalusia resident, was jailed Wednesday on charges of sex abuse of a child under 12 and sodomy...
Nurse, 2 others charged with attempt to bring drugs into jail www.privateofficer.com
Posted on October 24, 2009BROOKSVILLE Fla (Tampa) Oct 24 2009 ? Three people, including a Hernando County Jail nurse and an inmate, were arrested Friday in connection with an attempt to bring prescription drugs inside the jail. The nurse, Brett Melton, 40, of Spring Hill, is facing charges of possession and trafficking a controlled substance, according to an arrest report...
Active-duty soldier murdered in his Alabama home www.privateofficer.com
Posted on October 23, 2009Saraland AL Oct 23 2009 The body of a 57-year-old active-duty soldier was found in his home in Saraland on Wednesday afternoon, and police said evidence at the scene indicated the case is a homicide. The man’s body was found inside the residence at 704 Williams Ave...
GA. police chase, gunfight, leaves one dead www.privateofficer.com
Posted on October 23, 2009COVINGTON, Ga. Oct 23 2009 — A high-speed chase on I-20 Wednesday night ended in a gunfight between police and a suspect that left the suspect dead. A Georgia State Patrol officer spotted a car going 94 mph on the interstate in Newton County about 9 p...
Florida Memorial University student charged in assault on security www.privateofficer.com
Posted on October 23, 2009Miami Fla Oct 23 2009 A Florida Memorial University student faces battery charges, while a campus security officer has been placed on leave following a bathroom tussle involving the student, three guards and allegations of one guard brandishing a gun...
Wal-Mart security agent fired for chasing armed suspect www.privateofficer.com
Posted on October 23, 2009Ocala Fla Oct 23 2009 Josh Rutner said he was just doing his job as a Wal-Mart “asset protection officer” earlier this month when he chased a knife-wielding theft suspect across the store parking lot. The man, later identified as Marc Ash, was arrested by Ocala police and the merchandise was recovered...
Man robs McDonald?s commits, suicide as police close in www.privateofficer.com
Posted on October 23, 2009HARTFORD CT Oct 23 2009 – A 21-year-old man from North Stonington who robbed a McDonald’s restaurant on Flatbush Avenue before shooting himself in the woods near the Trinity College campus has been identified as Kyle Smith. Smith had told family members he was traveling to Hartford to commit a robbery, then take his own life, [...
Deputy sheriff?s death still unexplained www.privateofficer.com
Posted on October 23, 2009CHICO CA OCT 23 2009 A Glenn County sheriff’s deputy died Wednesday night after falling unconscious at his north Chico home. Mark Louis Arnone, 36, had been a deputy for 10 years and also worked as a weekend and fill-in disc jockey at rock and country stations owned by Deer Creek Broadcasting...
Sacramento State University student bludgeoned to death www.privateofficer.com
Posted on October 23, 2009Sacramento CA Oct 23 2009 Two months after he moved from his Santa Clara home to a brand new Sacramento State University dormitory, Scott Gregory Hawkins told his parents he was adjusting well and liked the roommates in his five-person suite. But in a shocking outburst of violence, Hawkins was bludgeoned to death inside his room Wednesday [...
Ambulance charge more for obese patients www.priavetofficer.com
Posted on October 23, 2009TOPEKA, Kan. Oct 23 2009 — The memory still bothers Ken Keller: A panicked ambulance crew had a critically ill patient, but the man weighed more than 1,000 pounds and could not fit inside the vehicle. And the stretcher wasn’t sturdy enough to hold him...
Rapper Lil Wayne guilty of gun charges www.privateofficer.com
Posted on October 23, 2009NEW YORK Oct 23 2009 ? The Grammy-winning rapper Lil Wayne pleaded guilty to attempted weapon possession on Thursday, and expects to receive a one-year jail sentence. He previously had pleaded not guilty to illegal gun possession charges that carried at least 3 1/2 years in prison upon conviction...
TASER issues new warning on shooting into chest area www.privateofficer.com
Posted on October 22, 2009SCOTTSDALE, Ariz.Oct 22 2009 ? The maker of TASER stun guns is advising police officers to avoid shooting suspects in the chest with the 50,000-volt weapon, saying that it could pose an extremely low risk of an “adverse cardiac event.” The advisory, issued in an Oct...
Boston man charged in terror plot www.privateofficer.com
Posted on October 22, 2009BOSTON MA Oct 22 2009 ? A pharmacy college graduate made a defiant appearance in federal court Wednesday, hours after being charged with conspiring with two other men in a terror plot to kill two prominent U.S. politicians and carry out a holy war by attacking shoppers in U...
Robber hugs, and prays with victim before fleeing www.privateofficer.com
Posted on October 22, 2009INDIANAPOLIS IN Oct 22 2009 A man who police said was involved in a bizarre robbery in which he hugged and prayed with a frightened store clerk turned himself in after his mother saw him on TV. Indianapolis police Lt. Jeff Duhamell said Gregory Smith, 23, had a gun when he went to the Advance America Store [...
Newark airport security guard charged with threats on Obama www.privateofficer.com
Posted on October 22, 2009NEWARK NJ Oct 22 2009– A casual chat at a coffee cart in Newark Liberty International Airport sparked a national security threat and a full-blown U.S. Secret Service investigation today on the eve of President Barack Obama?s visit to the state. John Brek, 55, of Linden, was charged today with a third-degree count of making terroristic [...
Cleveland Ohio teacher arrested for sexual battery of student www.privateofficer.com
Posted on October 22, 2009CLEVELAND OH Oct 22 2009 — The Cleveland police sex crimes unit arrested St. Joseph Academy drama and choir director Patrick Janson at his Westlake home this morning on a warrant for sexual battery involving a former student. The sex crimes unit had been investigating a report of an illicit relationship between a teacher and one [...
Mall shoplifter head-butts security, tangles with police www.privateofficer.com
Posted on October 22, 2009Spartanburg SC Oct 22 2009 Jeffrey Lostraglio’s Gore-Tex jacket is supposed to be impenetrable to water, but Monday it unexpectedly needed to block the teeth of a Pennsylvania man. Lostraglio was helping Spartanburg Public Safety Officer Roger Morton arrest a shoplifting suspect who authorities say had head-butted Morton three times and assaulted two WestGate Mall security guards [...
Security firm in financial trouble may loose state contracts www.privateofficer.com
Posted on October 22, 2009Seattle WA Oct 22 2009/seattlepi.com The Seattle firm handling security for 25 state liquor stores is in financial trouble and is in danger of losing its state contract. The firm wants to reinvent itself and keep the contract under a different name. The state is saying: Prove that your reinvented finances can handle the contract before we will [...
Aiken S.C. teacher arrested for rape of 14 year old boy www.privateofficer.com
Posted on October 22, 2009AIKEN CTY, S.C.Oct 22 2009—An Aiken County woman has been arrested on four counts of criminal sexual conduct with a minor and four counts of lewd acts. Tammy Joy Key, a former teacher at Leavelle McCampbell Middle School, was arrested by Aiken County deputies...
Shoplifter bites security agent during struggle www.privateofficer.com
Posted on October 22, 2009HARRISBURG, Pa. Oct 22 2009 – A woman is charged with stealing perfume from a department store and biting a security guard who confronted her. Police said Monday that 36-year-old Karla Brushell was spotted shoplifting a “substantial quantity” of women’s fragrance at the Sears store in Harrisburg...
DUI suspect arrested for assaulting security officer
Posted on October 22, 2009APPLETON WS Oct 22 2009 ? A 27-year-old man was taken into custody Sunday night after he plowed the vehicle he was driving into a traffic pole and fled the scene. Police said the incident happened a little after 7 p.m. The man was attempting to turn onto College Avenue from S...
Winston-Salem teacher charged with sexual misconduct www.privateofficer.com
Posted on October 22, 2009WINSTON-SALEM, N.C. Oct 22 2009 – A Winston-Salem middle school drama teacher was arrested Saturday on charges of sexual misconduct with a student. Investigators arrested 57-year-old Ralph Surridge after an administrator with the Forsyth County School District received a tip that the teacher was having an inappropriate relationship with a student...
El Paso officer facing felony charges commits suicide www.privateofficer.com
Posted on October 22, 2009EL PASO TX Oct 22 2009 — A 16-year veteran police officer shot and killed himself days before he was scheduled to appear in court on two felony charges, the county medical examiner said today. Javier Alonzo, 43, died Tuesday from a self-inflicted gunshot wound to the head, said Dr...
Investigator kills himself at Mobile County Sheriff HQ www.privateofficer.com
Posted on October 21, 2009Mobile AL. Oct 21 2009 A sergeant with the Mobile County Sheriff’s Office killed himself Tuesday afternoon after negotiators pleaded with him for almost two hours to surrender his handgun. Sheriff Sam Cochran said the sergeant “became very distraught” about 3 p...
Two charged with cooking dope in hotel room www.privateofficer.com
Posted on October 21, 2009Wednesday, October 21, 2009 MOBILE, Alabama Oct 21 2009 – Police arrested a couple they say were cooking cocaine inside their room at the Days Inn in Tillmans Corner. Following a lead, police staked out the motel Saturday and waited for Jermaine Marisett to leave...
Security officer injured in bus accident www.privateofficer.com
Posted on October 21, 2009Albuquerque NM Oct 21 2009 kob.com A security guard on board an Albuquerque city bus when it collided with a car Saturday spoke exclusively with Eyewitness News 4 about the frightening experience. The crash happened Saturday on Central Avenue at the I-25 overpass...
TSA agent nabbed in laptop computer thefts www.privateofficer.com
Posted on October 21, 2009PHILADELPHIA PA Oct 21 2009 philly.com- Authorities say a former airport screener has admitted stealing laptop computers and a video-game system from passengers’ checked luggage in Philadelphia. Troy Davis was an officer with the Transportation Security Administration at Philadelphia International Airport...
Police charge man being disorderly at MD. mall www.privateofficer.com
Posted on October 21, 2009SALISBURY, Md. Oct 21 2009- Authorities have arrested a man accused of getting drunk and acting disorderly at the Centre at Salisbury mall. Salisbury police say that on Saturday, Oct. 17 at around 6:15 p.m., officers responded to a report of a disorderly person in the food court of the mall...
Burglary suspect escapes security at airport www.privateofficer.com
Posted on October 21, 2009South Bend IN Oct 21 2009 City and county police surrounded South Bend Regional Airport on Monday night searching for a burglary suspect who tried to board a Chicago-bound bus. The suspect, wanted on burglary charges, was identified by airport security as he tried to board a Greyhound bus departing from the airport...
Joyce Meyer Ministries sued in murder case www.privateofficer.com
Posted on October 21, 2009WATERLOO, Ill., Oct. 20 2009 (UPI) — A Christian television ministry shares responsibility for the death of an Illinois woman and her sons, allegedly killed by her husband, her family says. Jack Carey, a lawyer representing the relatives of Sheri Coleman, filed an addition Monday to a lawsuit against Joyce Meyer Ministries, the St...
Akron Ohio mayor says he was ?Set-Up? on traffic stop www.privateofficer.com
Posted on October 21, 2009AKRON, Ohio ? Oct 21 2009 The mayor of Akron said a 911 call reporting him for erratic driving over the weekend was orchestrated for political purposes. In a statement released Monday, Mayor Don Plusquellic said an Akron firefighter and his girlfriend set him up, following him from a restaurant and then dialing 911 to report him [...
OnStar helps police end pursuit www.privateofficer.com
Posted on October 21, 2009Detroit MI Oct 21 2009 When two Visalia, Calif., police officers swung their cruisers behind a sport utility vehicle that had been carjacked at gunpoint early Sunday, they prepared for a dangerous high-speed chase. The 2009 Chevrolet Tahoe roared away with officers in pursuit, but shortly after the suspect made a right turn, operators at General Motors [...
Florida deputies kill wild boar near festival www.privateofficer.com
Posted on October 21, 2009Pinellas Park Fla Oct 21 2009 Police in Pinellas Park, Fla., said they shot and killed a 200-pound wild boar after the animal was spotted near a local church festival. Officers fatally shot the large animal Sunday evening after determining the boar posed a potential threat to residents and motorists, the St...
Former NFL player charged with murder www.privateofficer.com
Posted on October 21, 2009SLIDELL, LA Oct 21 2009? A former Seattle Seahawks player from Slidell has been arrested on charges of murdering a Slidell-area man during a struggle inside of the victim?s home Monday. St. Tammany deputies arrested former NFL player Terreal Bierria for the murder of Soron Salter...
UConn player stabbed to death on campus www.privateofficer.com
Posted on October 18, 2009STORRS, Conn. Oct 18 2009? A University of Connecticut football player was stabbed to death early Sunday after an on-campus dance, hours after the team’s homecoming weekend victory over Louisville. Jasper Howard, 20, of Miami, a junior and starting cornerback, and a second person were stabbed during a fight after someone pulled a fire alarm during [...
Fire breaks out at California mall www.privateofficer.com
Posted on October 18, 2009SANTA MARIA CA Oct 18 2009 – A fire breaks out at the Santa Maria Town Center Mall.The fire broke out at around 4:30 Friday afternoon. Crews immediately evacuated the mall and got shoppers and mall employees to safety while they battled the flames...
Memphis school security officer charged with rape www.privateofficer.com
Posted on October 18, 2009MEMPHIS, Tenn Oct 18 2009 – A Memphis City Schools security officer has been charged with “statutory rape by an authority figure”. Police say 29 year old Mario A. Harris is accused of having an inappropriate relationship with a 17-year-old student at Northside High School...
Utah teacher arrested for sexual abuse of students www.privateofficer.com
Posted on October 18, 2009St. George Utah Oct 18 2009 A Pine View High school teacher was arrest by Washington City police. Officials believe from June 2008 until August 2009 there was some kind of incident between 39-year-old John Robert James Cody and girls between the ages of 12 to 18...
Police Chief Wayne Yates arrested www.privateofficer.com
Posted on October 18, 2009WINNSBORO, SC Oct 18 2009 (WIS) – A Midlands police chief facing assault and battery charges after an early-morning bar fight has been placed on unpaid administrative leave, officials said Friday. Winnsboro Department of Public Safety Chief Wayne Yates and two others are charged in connection to a fight that left the victim with a broken [...
Apartment residents, security tangle over enforcement of rules www.privateofficer.com
Posted on October 18, 2009Marshall TX. Oct 18 2009 Residents at Belaire Manor Apartments claim the misconduct by some of the complex’ security guards has gotten out of hand. One resident claimed she was assaulted and threatened by guards last week and several others say they’ve experienced similar misconduct in the past...
OFFICER DOWN ST. LOUIS MO.
Posted on October 17, 2009Police Officer Julius Moore St. Louis Police Department Missouri End of Watch: Thursday, October 15, 2009 Biographical Info Age: 23 Tour of Duty: 1 year, 10 months Badge Number: 937 Incident Details Cause of Death: Automobile accident Date of Incident: Tuesday, October 6, 2009 Weapon Used: Not available Suspect Info: Not available Officer Julius Moore succumbed to injuries sustained in an automobile accident nine days earlier...
OFFICER DOWN WINSTON-SALEM NC
Posted on October 17, 2009Sergeant Mickey Hutchens Winston-Salem Police Department North Carolina End of Watch: Monday, October 12, 2009 Biographical Info Age: 50 Tour of Duty: 27 years Badge Number: Not available Incident Details Cause of Death: Gunfire Date of Incident: Wednesday, October 7, 2009 Weapon Used: Handgun Suspect Info: Shot and killed Sergeant Mickey Hutchens succumbed to gunshot wounds sustained five days earlier after responding to backup another officer at a [...
OFFICER DOWN TEXAS
Posted on October 17, 2009Sergeant Timothy Olsovsky Victoria County Sheriff’s Office Texas End of Watch: Wednesday, October 7, 2009 Biographical Info Age: 51 Tour of Duty: 24 years Badge Number: 221 Incident Details Cause of Death: Heart attack Date of Incident: Wednesday, October 7, 2009 Weapon Used: Not available Suspect Info: Not available Sergeant Tim Olsovsky suffered a fatal heart attack while conducting night qualifications at the department’s shooting range...
OFFICER DOWN LAS VEGAS NV
Posted on October 17, 2009Police Officer Milburn (Millie) Beitel III Las Vegas Metropolitan Police Department Nevada End of Watch: Thursday, October 8, 2009 Biographical Info Age: 30 Tour of Duty: 5 years Badge Number: Not available Incident Details Cause of Death: Automobile accident Date of Incident: Wednesday, October 7, 2009 Weapon Used: Not available Suspect Info: Not available Officer Millie Beitel succumbed to injuries sustained the previous day in a single vehicle [...
Fort Smith teacher arrested for giving booze to minor www.privateofficer.com
Posted on October 17, 2009Fort Smith Ark Oct 17 2009 Former Cedarville High School Spanish teacher Mark Fears, 47, was arrested Saturday by Crawford County deputies on the school campus on two misdemeanor alcohol-related charges. He resigned his teaching position Monday. A representative of the Crawford County Prosecuting Attorney?s Office said Fears is charged with drinking in public and contributing to [...
Allied Barton Security fined $50,000 for use of unlicensed guards www.privateofficer.com
Posted on October 17, 2009Seattle WA Oct 17 2009 The state recently fined a Tukwila security firm $50,000 for using unlicensed guards at locations that included three Puget Sound hospitals. The Washington Department of Licensing and Allied Barton Security Services signed an order on Sept...
Former Marine sergeant arrested on multiple charges www.privateofficer.com
Posted on October 17, 2009Grand Junction CO Oct 17 2009 A former Marine Corps sergeant was arrested Tuesday on sex assault allegations moments after he pleaded not guilty to identical charges involving the same alleged victim. Jonathan Douglas Roy, 24, of Lochbuie, was arrested by Mesa County Sheriff?s Department investigators who sat in on Roy?s plea hearing Tuesday afternoon in District [...
Woman sues Sears after being mugged www.privateofficer.com
Posted on October 17, 2009Cook County IL Oct 17 2009 A woman is suing retail giant Sears, Roebuck and Co. for more than $100,000 for allegedly failing to provide security when she was mugged in a store parking lot in Chicago. Christine Granberry’s lawsuit claims that on Nov...
Nightclub security nab man with stolen gun www.privateofficer.com
Posted on October 17, 2009Seattle WA Oct 17 2009 Security at a Belltown nightclub detained a man who was armed with a stolen handgun early this morning. The man was turned over to Seattle police, who booked him into jail. Seattle police responded to the club in the 2200 block of Western Avenue just after 2 a...
Off-duty officer shoots shoplifters during assault www.privateofficer.com
Posted on October 17, 2009Beltsville MD Oct 17 2009 Prince George’s County police shot a man who came at them with an automatic rifle Friday after he had tried to rob an armored truck near the Capital Beltway and then fled into a Beltsville home. It was one of two incidents Friday in which county police shot suspects...
S.S. Seward Institute teacher arrested for sex with student www.privateofficer.com
Posted on October 16, 2009Warick NY Oct 16 2009 Brian P. Egan, an English teacher at S.S. Seward Institute in Florida, was arrested Oct. 8 on felony charges of having oral sex with a student at the school when she was 16 years old. John Van Der Molen, senior investigator with the New York State Police, said Egan, 40, was surprised [...
Fredericksburg ISD teacher charged with sexual contact with student www.privateofficer.com
Posted on October 16, 2009FREDERICKSBURG, Texas Oct 16 2009 A local high school teacher accused of having a relationship with a student. On Friday, Michael Stevens has bonded out of jail. The 42-year-old teaches physics and is the head track coach for Fredericksburg High School...
Portland officials want to deputize city water security officers www.privateofficer.com
Posted on October 16, 2009PORTLAND, Ore. Oct 16 2009 – Should Portland’s water supply be guarded by security officers who carry guns? It’s a plan generating a lot of heat and something City Commissioner Randy Leonard never thought would be an issue. Leonard wants Water Bureau security guards to become peace officers so they can deal with problems at reservoirs but [...
Alaska Public Safety Officers unique breed www.privateofficer.com
Posted on October 16, 2009Alaska Oct 16 2009 Gov. Sean Parnell called for a greater law enforcement presence in Bush Alaska during a speech in Bethel on Tuesday (13 Oct.). Parnell was speaking before the Village Council Presidents? 45th annual convention in Bethel. Parnell called for greater cooperation between the villages and the State to fill all 71 funded [...
Security nabs hotel burglar www.privateofficer.com
Posted on July 10, 2009LOUISVILLE, KY JULY 10 2009 (WAVE) – A man is facing burglary charges after forcing his way into a downtown Louisville hotel room. According to Louisville Metro Police, 29-year-old David Rodgers waited for a maintenance worker at the Galt House to open a room on Friday...
Alabama security officer shoots armed man www.privateofficer.com
Posted on July 10, 2009Mobile AL July 10 2009?Police say that a man who was drunk, carrying a knife…and threatening a security guard was shot overnight. Police say it happened at the Quik Pick gas station on St. Stephens Road in Mobile. Ofc. Chris Levy of the Mobile Police Department says, the man got into a verbal altercation with the [...
Shoplifter leads police on high speed chase www.privateofficer.com
Posted on July 10, 2009DAYTON OH July 10 2009 ? A 46-year-old woman suspected of shoplifting from the Dayton Mall on Tuesday, July 7, led police on a high-speed pursuit from Miami Twp. into the city of Dayton that ended in her arrest. The West Carrollton resident was taken into custody at 4:42 p...
Man charged after taking clothes off at mall www.privateofficer.com
Posted on July 10, 2009KINGSPORT TN July 10 2009 ? A man was arrested at the Kingsport Town Center early Tuesday morning after allegedly repeatedly taking his clothes off, putting them back on, and walking around in circles and refusing to leave the premises. According to an incident report from the Kingsport Police Department, officers were dispatched shortly after midnight [...
Parking ticket violator leads police on chase www.privateofficer.com
Posted on July 10, 2009PORTLAND, Ore. July 10 2009 — A woman who owed $1,700 in parking fees at the airport after parking her car there for three months tried to get away without paying Tuesday afternoon, police said. Airport police said Cecelia Walton drove over a curb between the parking structure and the cashier’s booth at about 2:30 p...
Husband, wife doctors charged in grand thefts www.privateofficer.com
Posted on July 09, 2009Rochester NY July 9 2009 Two married doctors are in jail Tuesday accused of stealing close to $250,000 dollars. Neither of them would stop talking in court. Dr., Michael Miran, a psychologist and an adjunct professor at R.I.T. and his wife, Dr. Esta Miran are accused of fraud...
Security officer assaulted, robbed with his gun www.privateofficer.com
Posted on July 09, 2009FAIRBANKS AL JULY 9 2009 ? A Fairbanks man is accused of taking a security guard?s gun and using it to rob him. Jarrid Bloom, 24, formerly of Nevada, has been charged with eight felonies, including robbery, burglary, weapons misconduct, theft, assault and tampering with evidence...
Security officer aids police in theft arrests www.privateofficer.com
Posted on July 09, 2009CORPUS CHRISTI TX July 9 2009 ? Corpus Christi police arrested an 18-year-old and may be looking for one more person believed to be involved in multiple auto burglaries and an attempted robbery of two teens Tuesday night. Security guards told police at 9:09 p...
Police arrest suspect for threats against security www.privateofficer.com
Posted on July 09, 2009Iowa City July 9 2009 An 18-year-old Iowa City man was arrested Wednesday morning for allegedly threatening to kill uniformed security officers at an apartment complex. According to Iowa City Police, a Premiere Security officer was patrolling Dolphin Lake Point Enclave, 2401 Highway 6 E...
TX teacher arrested on sex charges www.privateofficer.com
Posted on July 09, 2009Amarillo TX July 9 2009 A teacher and coach remained in the Dallam-Hartley County Jail in Dalhart Tuesday after being arrested on a charge of indecency with a child, jail and county officials said. Ronald Alvin Thompson, 56, was taken into custody Monday on a warrant from Hartley County that was issued the same day...
Home invaders kill 12 yr old Nashville girl www.privateofficer.com
Posted on July 09, 2009NASHVILLE, Tenn.July 9 2009 — A 12-year-old girl is dead after a south Nashville home invasion early Thursday morning. Police said a group of men broke into the back door of a house on Maury Street around 1 a.m. When a 12-year-old girl walked up to see the intruders, police said they shot her and ran off...
LAPD detective commits suicide at sheriff?s station www.privateofficer.com
Posted on July 08, 2009LOS ANGELES CA July 8 2009 ? Officers throughout the Los Angeles Police Department grieved Tuesday as news spread that a veteran detective had killed herself in the lobby of an L.A. County Sheriff’s Department station Monday night. Susan J. Clemmer, a well-regarded officer assigned to the LAPD’s Gang and Narcotics Division, walked into the Santa [...
12 Year old arrested in murder of 5wk old cousin www.privateofficer.com
Posted on July 08, 2009MARIETTA, Ga. July 8 2009– Cobb County police said they have arrested a 12-year-old boy on a murder charge in the death of his 5-week-old cousin. Cobb County Police spokesman Sgt. Dana Pierce said Tuesday that officers found the infant unresponsive in a car parked outside a Target store in Marietta Saturday evening...
Police say they have killed SC serial killer www.privateofficer.com
Posted on July 06, 2009GAFFNEY, S.C. July 6 2009 AP? Law enforcement officials have identified the man they think is the serial killer who shot five people to death in South Carolina in recent days. Authorities identified the suspect Monday night as 41-year-old Patrick Tracy Burris...
Security officer nabs triple murder suspect www.privateofficer.com
Posted on July 06, 2009San Antonio TX July 6 2009 A 30-year-old man wielding an assault rifle was arrested on a murder charge after three people, including his 2-year-old daughter, were found shot to death in his North Side apartment early Sunday. Chris Allgood was charged with one count of murder and one count of discharging a firearm after authorities found [...
Providence considers licensing bouncers www.privateofficer.com
Posted on July 06, 2009Providence RI July 6 2009 A person convicted of a violent crime generally would be ineligible to work as a bouncer at a bar or nightclub in the city under potential licensing rules suggested by the administration of Mayor David N. Cicilline. And someone with a criminal record for drug peddling or weapons possession or a generally [...
San Francisco patrol specials face discipline www.privateofficer.com
Posted on July 06, 2009SAN FRANCISCO CA July 6 2009 sfexaminer.com ? The majority of San Francisco?s 161-year-old private patrol unit will face discipline after refusing to hand over their client lists to The City?s police department. Fed up with resistance from many of the approximately 35 patrol specials, police commissioners laid down the law last month and said the officers [...
Bond increased to $2 million for teacher who had sex with 10yr old
Posted on July 06, 2009DURHAM, NC July 6 2009 (WTVD) — In an investigation that’s starting to draw comparisons to the Mary Kay Letourneau case, a Durham, North Carolina teacher has once again been arrested for allegedly making contact with a 10-year-old boy she’s accused of having sex with...
Walt Disney Monrail crash kills driver www.privateofficer.com
Posted on July 05, 2009LAKE BUENA VISTA FL July 5 2009 news13 – News 13 has learned a driver of the Walt Disney World Monorail System was killed when two monorail trains collided early Sunday. Witnesses who called the News 13 newsroom said the trains collided around 2 a...
Police investigate Steve McNair?s death www.privateofficer.com
Posted on July 05, 2009NASHVILLE, Tenn. July 5 2009 AP? Police were working Sunday to unravel the relationship between slain former NFL quarterback Steve McNair and his friend, a 20-year-old woman who was found shot to death alongside him in his downtown condominium. McNair, who led the famous Tennessee Titans‘ drive that came a yard short of forcing overtime in [...
TSA agent arrested for avoiding flight screening www.privateofficer.com
Posted on July 05, 2009NEWARK, N.J. July 5 2009 ? A Transportation Security Administration agent was arrested at a New Jersey airport after authorities say she avoided a pre-flight screening and boarded a plane. Authorities say Wanda Weems of Newark was detained Friday morning at Newark Liberty International Airport after she boarded a Continental Airlines flight bound for Houston...
CBN Headquarters sent suspicious white powder www.privateofficer.com
Posted on July 05, 2009VIRGINIA BEACH, VA July 5 2009 – Authorities say a white powder substance that was mailed to the Christian Broadcasting Network headquarters in Virginia, causing several employees to be isolated for six hours, was whey protein powder. Virginia Beach fire spokesman Tim Riley says lab work determined the powder was the kind used by body builders, [...
So called prophet arrested for molesting children www.privateofficer.com
Posted on July 05, 2009Las Vegas NV July 5 2009 A Valley man is out of his church and in jail. Police say he claimed to be a prophet but instead, they say, he was molesting children. Metro says Benito Catello is a self-proclaimed prophet who’s facing dozens of felony charges...
Serial killer still on the loose in South Carolina www.privateofficer.com
Posted on July 04, 2009GAFFNEY, S.C. July 4 2009 – A teenage girl shot while helping her father in their family’s small furniture and appliance store died Saturday, becoming the fifth victim of a suspected serial killer terrorizing a small South Carolina community, authorities said...
Steve McNair is Dead!
Posted on July 04, 2009Nashville TN July 4 2009 Nashville fire officials and Titans’ sources have confirmed that former Titans QB Steve McNair, 36, has been shot to death at an apartment in downtown Nashville. The circumstances of the shooting were unclear. Police spokesman Don Aaron said a woman was also found dead with McNair...
Detroit Lions? Security Director Looses Battle with Cancer www.privateofficer.com
Posted on July 04, 2009Detroit MI July 4 2009 Ricky Sandoval, the Lions team?s director of security, died Thursday morning at Harper University Hospital in Detroit after a courageous battle with pancreatic cancer that lasted more than three years. He turned 49 on June 30th and is survived by his loving wife, Gael...
Camp Pendleton guard found murdered while on duty www.privateofficer.com
Posted on July 04, 2009San Diego CA July 4 2009 Authorities are questioning a suspect in the death of a sailor from Houston. The body of August Provost, 29, was found at Marine Corps Camp Pendleton base in Southern California about 3:30 a.m. Tuesday. Provost had been standing watch as a sentry at a compound on the base, said Capt...
Security officer?s quick actions saves cop www.privateofficer.com
Posted on July 04, 2009Security officer’s quick actions saves police officer www.privateofficer.com Myrtle Beach SC July 4 2009 Dozens of people along Ocean Boulevard on Wednesday night were horrified to see a man slamming his car into other cars, all while police say an officer was hanging on to the side of the man’s car...
Former security officer awarded $743,000 in lawsuit www.privateofficer.com
Posted on July 04, 2009TEXAS CITY TX July 4 2009 galvestonnews ? A Galveston County jury on Thursday awarded a former BP security guard $743,000 for injuries she suffered after she tripped walking out of a portable toilet four years ago. Glenda Ann Nixx, 58, broke both feet when she tripped on an improperly installed grate outside the toilet near the [...
Retired NYPD officer chases down robbery suspects www.privateofficer.com
Posted on July 04, 2009Bronx NY July 4 2009 A pair of muggers were thwarted Friday by a heroic retired cop who burst from his security job at a Bronx McDonald’s and opened fire on the crooks, hitting one in the leg, police and witnesses said. The gunplay began around 8 p...
PA. police officer arrested for hit and run death www.privateofficer.com
Posted on July 04, 2009PITTSBURGH PA July 4 2009 — Crafton police officer Donnie Breeden, 38, turned himself in at police headquarters on Friday, accompanied by his attorney. An arrest warrant was issued for Breeden charging him with one count each of involuntary manslaughter and accidents involving death or personal injury in the fatal hit-and-run of David Hall, 24, [...
Tip leads to arrest of blue jean bandits www.privateofficer.com
Posted on July 04, 2009Atlanta GA July 4 2009 A tip led Atlanta Police on Friday to an arrest of 11 alleged blue jean bandits and about $10,000 in stolen jeans, a police spokeswoman said. The tipster alerted police of suspicious activity in the backyard of a house in the 900 block of Farrington Road, Sgt...
Woman charged in shoplifting spree www.privateofficer.com
Posted on July 04, 2009Kennewick WA July 4 2009 A Moses Lake woman on an alleged shoplifting spree at the Columbia Center mall is accused of twice hitting a security officer who was trying to stop her. Marisol Elizabeth Ramirez, 23, pleaded innocent to second-degree robbery...
Armored car guard charged with grand theft www.privateofficer.com
Posted on July 03, 2009GLENS FALLS NY July 3 2009 — An employee of an armored car service was arrested Wednesday on a felony charge that accuses him of stealing more than $13,000 that he was supposed to put in an automatic teller machine, police said. Robert H. Ryan, 57, of Albany, was charged with third-degree grand larceny after an [...
Unattended bag blown up at DIA www.privateofficer.com
Posted on July 03, 2009DENVER CO July 3 2009 9news.com – The bomb squad detonated a package near the west side doors of Denver International Airport on Thursday afternoon after the unattended bag prompted the closure of several roadways leading to the airport. An airport source tells 9NEWS K-9 units responded to the area to investigate the bag...
Security nab armed teen robber www.privateofficer.com
Posted on July 03, 2009ANTIOCH CA July 3 2009 ? Security guards subdued a 14-year-old boy following the armed robbery of a pizzeria Wednesday night, and investigators are exploring whether he is linked to a series of armed holdups over the past week, including one in which a taqueria owner was shot multiple times, police said...
Rookie police officer makes first arrest minutes after graduation www.privateofficer.com
Posted on July 03, 2009NEW YORK July 3 2009 (AP) ? A New York Police Department rookie just couldn’t wait to get started. One of the NYPD’s newest officers made his first arrest Thursday just minutes after graduating from the Police Academy in a ceremony at Madison Square Garden...
Police round up unlicensed NC guards www.privateofficer.com
Posted on July 03, 2009Greensboro, NC July 3 2009 wfmy.com — From concerts to nightclubs, to big family-friendly events… any crowded place you go is bound to have security people. But are they really protecting you? 2 Wants To Know discovered sometimes those security people, or bouncers, could be breaking the law...
Security guard arrested for assault on police www.privateofficer.com
Posted on July 03, 2009BRIDGEWATER NJ July 3 2009 ? A security guard at the Centerbridge II senior housing building was charged Tuesday with two counts of aggravated assault on police officers. John Magee, 41, of Bernards, has been charged with assaulting Bridgewater police officers Louis Bowers and Thomas Kochanski...
14 year old charged in assault, robbery www.privateofficer.com
Posted on July 03, 2009FREMONT CA July 3 2009 ? A 14-year-old girl was arrested Wednesday afternoon, accused of punching and biting a clothing store’s security guard who was trying to detain her and her mother for shoplifting, police said. The guard took four punches to the face and was bitten on the forearm by the girl about 12:30 p...
Fla. correction officer charged with aiding inmate escape attempt www.privateofficer.com
Posted on July 03, 2009KISSIMMEE, Fla.July 3 2009 — Authorities say a corrections officer faces kidnapping, armed robbery and nearly a dozen other charges for helping an inmate at a central Florida jail obtain a loaded handgun in an escape attempt. The Osceola County Sheriff’s Office says 44-year-old Michelle Hung is being charged as a principal with all the felonies [...
PA. school official charged with rape www.privateofficer.com
Posted on July 03, 2009LEHIGHTON, Pa. July 3 2009 mccall.com – An eastern Pennsylvania school official has been charged with raping a boy. State police say 38-year-old Gary Snyder of Franklin Township, Carbon County had sex with the boy for several years. The boy, now 16, told police the relationship started when he was in sixth or seventh grade...
Sea Lion takes over patrol boat www.privateofficer.com
Posted on July 03, 2009NEWPORT HARBOR CA JULY 3 2009 — A sea lion became a unexpected sea captain when the curious creature took the helm of an Orange County Sheriff’s Harbor Patrol fireboat, officials say. Last week, Harbor Patrol deputies responded to a report of an aggressive sea lion who had reportedly latched onto a child’s pant leg, according [...
Houston security officer shot dead www.privateofficer.com
Posted on July 02, 2009HOUSTON TX July 2 2009 — One security guard was killed and another was wounded during a shooting at a northwest Harris County night club on Thursday, KPRC Local 2 reported. Harris County sheriff’s deputies said a man walked into the Eclipse Night Club in the 900 block of F...
Mother sues security in death of son www.privateofficer.com
Posted on July 02, 2009Waco TX July 2 2009 wacotrib.com The mother of a Waco man who died in December 2007 after a struggle with two security guards has filed a wrongful death lawsuit against the owners of the security firm. Sandra Marie Lockhart, of Waco, the mother of Orlando Gamble, is seeking unspecified damages in her lawsuit, filed this week in [...
Man charged after threatening federal security officer www.privateofficer.com
Posted on July 02, 2009Derby CT July 2 2009 Ted E. Mangold, a 53-year-old from Derby, has been charged with threatening a federal employee on duty, said U.S. Attorney Lanny Welch. Mangold, who also is known as Melissa E. Mangold, was charged in a criminal complaint and affidavit filed in U...
NC teacher arrested for sexual assault on student www.privateofficer.com
Posted on July 02, 2009ZEBULON NC July 2 2009 (WTVD) — Police accuse a teacher at Wakelon Elementary School with sexually assaulting a student. George Johnson, 60, is charged with indecent liberties with a child and indecent liberties by a teacher. Investigators say the victim was a student at the school...
Police recruit dies during training www.privateofficer.com
Posted on July 02, 2009PUEBLO, Colo. July 2 2009 A 34-year-old recruit for a Colorado sheriff’s office collapsed and died after the department’s physical agility test. Pueblo County Sheriff Kirk Taylor says that Sergio Aragon collapsed Monday at a high school track after running about a half-mile as part of a standard physical agility test...
NJ teacher arrested for sexual assault on students www.privateofficer.com
Posted on July 02, 2009River Edge NJ July 2 2009 A Cliffside Park man was arrested Monday night for sexual assault on students at a Kids International Cultural school. Takuya Ichikawa, 21, of Cliffside Park, was charged with endangering the welfare of a child and sexual assault charges According to authorities, in June, a 7-year-old boy disclosed to detectives that while attending [...
Casino robber killed by retired police officer www.privateofficer.com
Posted on July 02, 2009BURTON, Michigan July 2 2009 — Adam Crossnoe says the life cut short by shots in the Palace Poker Room early Wednesday morning didn’t have to end that way. “Had he not come in shooting, it wouldn’t have happened like that,” said Crossnoe, the 32-year-old owner of the business on East Bristol near Fenton Road...
GA Substitute teacher arrested for child molestation www.privateofficer.com
Posted on July 02, 2009GAINESVILLE GA July 2 2009 – A former church employee and substitute teacher is in the Hall County Jail facing child molestation charges. Hall County Sheriff’s Col. Jeff Strickland said 25-year-old Jacob Allen Morris is accused of molesting an 8-year-old girl in both Hall and Douglas counties...
Police charge teens with damaging security vehicle www.privateofficer.com
Posted on July 02, 2009LEWISTON ME July 2 2009 sunjournal.com ? One teenager was arrested and another was being sought Wednesday night after police said the pair busted out a window on a golf cart manned by Bates College security agents. Police arrested 18-year-old Justin Edwards of Casco after a brief scuffle near the corner of Ware and Main streets, a [...
UNCC assistant dean arrested for theft www.privateofficer.com
Posted on July 02, 2009CHARLOTTE, N.C. July 2 2009 — An assistant dean of students at the University of North Carolina at Charlotte is accused of stealing thousands of dollars from the university. Ashley Postell, 27, was arrested on six counts of embezzlement. According to police reports, Postell admitted to stealing about 2,000 from fraternity and sorority funds...
Longtime hospital security officer suffers heart attack at work www.privateofficer.com
Posted on July 01, 2009FRESNO CA. JULY 1 2009 Longtime Community Regional Medical Center security officer, Tim Slaton, kindly and gently kept the peace, was a stickler for perfection and kept things light with his quirky humor. A heart attack downed him shortly after midnight June 20 as he worked his usual post in the hospital?s main lobby...
Off-duty security officer drowns in rescue of girl www.privateofficer.com
Posted on July 01, 2009SULPHUR, Oklahoma July 1 2009– A Shawnee man died while trying to save his fiance’s daughter from drowning. What started out as a fun, family gathering, quickly turned into tragedy. Jeanna Bennett said Monday will be a day she’ll never forget...
Brink?s changes name to Broadview Security www.privateofficer.com
Posted on July 01, 2009Atlanta GA July 1 2009 Starting next week, it will be hard for TV watchers to miss a barrage of commercials for Broadview Security. The name Broadview is new, but it’s part of a very old company–Brink’s ( BCO – news – people )...
100 New Kansas City police cars sit idle www.privateofficer.com
Posted on July 01, 2009Kansas City MO July 1 2009 kcnews.com The Kansas City Police Department spent at least $2.1 million in the last 13 months to buy more than 100 vehicles that will take months ? perhaps years ? to fully deploy. And some Kansas City Council members, still in the midst of their own budget crisis, are angry...
Police charge man for trying to burn down bar www.privateofficer.com
Posted on July 01, 2009FAIRPORT HARBOR, Ohio July 1 2009– A 54-year-old man was arrested early Saturday morning, accused of trying to set fire to a Fairport Harbor tavern. Fariport Harbor police and Fire Departments responded to the Highwater Tavern on High Street at 2:49 a...
Federal agents arrest security guard for internet hacking www.privateofficer.com
Posted on July 01, 2009Arlington TX July 1 2009 A man from Arlington, Texas, who worked as a contract security guard at the Carrell Clinic on North Central Expressway in Dallas, has been arrested on felony charges outlined in a criminal complaint, announced Acting U.S. Attorney James T...
Shots fired outside club lands 3 in jail www.privateofficer.com
Posted on July 01, 2009SOUTH SALT LAKE UT July 1 2009 ? A fight outside a strip club resulted in a shot fired and three people arrested early Monday. About 1:30 a.m., four men leaving The Show Club, 3423 S. Main, got into a confrontation with another group in the parking lot, said South Salt Lake police detective Gary Keller...
Portland police seek violent shoplifter www.privateofficer.com
Posted on July 01, 2009PORTLAND, Ore. July 1 2009 fox12.com — Portland police are searching for a violent shoplifter who attacked a security guard at a Fred Meyer store on Monday. Portland police officers said the security guard tried to stop the shoplifter from leaving the store at about 2:30 p...
Security officer nabs hit-run suspect www.privateofficer.com
Posted on July 01, 2009Springfield MO July 1 2009 news-leader.com A security officer on patrol was in the right place at the right time and captured a felon. While on duty at a business near the intersection of Kearney Street and Howard, Laszlo Laky witnessed a man flee from a traffic accident — and caught him...
Baltimore transit police officer charged with rape www.privateofficer.com
Posted on June 30, 2009Baltimore MD June 30 2009 wjznews.com A police officer has been charged with rape. Sources tell WJZ it happened while the officer was on duty. In charging documents, the 15-year-old says her ordeal started when she asked him for directions. WJZ has learned at MTA police officer, 37-year-old Donald Brown, has been charged with rape and kidnapping...
Atlanta Security Officer Shot and Killed www.privateofficer.com
Posted on June 30, 2009ATLANTA GA June 30 2009 – Atlanta Police are investigating the early Monday morning shooting death of a security guard at the ‘Gold Spa’ located at 1916 Piedmont Road. Around 1:15 am, the unidentified guard was asked to investigate a suspicious person in the rear parking lot of the spa, authorities say...
Police seek shoplifting teens who assaulted security www.privateofficer.com
Posted on June 30, 2009KANSAS CITY, Mo. June 30 2009– Overland Park, Kan., police released a surveillance picture of two men suspected in an assault on a store’s security officer. Police said the men are suspected of stealing shoes from the JC Penney Outlet Store in the 9400 block of West 75th Street on June 16...
TN policeman arrested after pouring gasoline on girlfriend www.privateofficer.com
Posted on June 30, 2009Covington, TN June 30 2009 – A Bartlett police officer was arrested Friday for assaulting his girlfriend by allegedly dousing her with gasoline and threatening to light her and the house on fire. 44-year old Master Patrolman, Phillip Devers, is now charged with domestic aggravated assault...
Three New York workers overcomed by sewer fumes die www.privateofficer.com
Posted on June 30, 2009New York City June 30 2009 newsday.com Three workers – including a father and son – were killed Monday afternoon when they were overcome by hydrogen sulfide fumes while trying to escape a deep, water-filled hole at a Queens waste transfer plant, authorities said...
College security officer robbed after aiding 2 teens www.privateofficer.com
Posted on June 30, 2009DAYTONA BEACH FL June 30 2009 newsjournalonline.com — A Bethune-Cookman University security guard allowed two teens to use her office bathroom because one of the boys was bleeding and she felt sorry for him. The kindness was returned with a crime, police said...
Man harrasses mall security via 2 way radio www.privateofficer.com
Posted on June 30, 2009Ventura County CA June 30 2009 Thousand Oaks police arrested a Northridge man earlier this month on suspicion of using radio equipment to interfere with radio operations at The Oaks mall. Police said an unknown man broadcast profanity to security officers at the mall...
Police shoot, kill violent shoplifter www.privateofficer.com
Posted on June 30, 2009Ridgeland, MS June 30 2009 (WLBT) – A teen shoplifter is dead and a Ridgeland Police officer is recovering after a violent incident in the WalMart parking lot off County Line Road. An investigation is now underway to determine exactly what happened...
Man detained by security dies in police custody www.privateofficer.com
Posted on June 30, 2009Dallas TX June 30 2009 A man died in Dallas police custody this morning after approaching a warehouse security guard while acting strangely and having hallucinations, police said. ?Probably the most force that was used was just placing the handcuffs on him,? said Sgt...
Seven Detroit teens shot at bus stop www.privateofficer.com
Posted on June 30, 2009DETROIT MI June 30 2009 AP ? Gunmen in a green minivan opened fire on a group of teenagers waiting at a bus stop near a Detroit school on Tuesday, wounding at least seven including two who were in critical condition, authorities said. At least five of the teens, including the two in critical condition, had [...
Arrests made at Def Leppard/Poison concert www.privateofficer.com
Posted on June 28, 2009DARIEN CENTER NY JUNE 28 2009 ? The following people were arrested at Darien Lake Theme Park Resort during Friday?s Def Leppard/Poison concert, the Genesee County Sheriff?s Office said: ? Murad Ramadan, 35, of 66 Huetter St., Buffalo, was charged with disorderly conduct after allegedly wrestling with security officers trying to evict him for urinating in [...
Security officer rescues carjacking victim www.privateofficer.com
Posted on June 28, 2009SALT LAKE CITY UT June 28 2009 — Every day Chad Butterfield goes to work as a security officer for CBI Security hoping to make a difference. Every day was pretty much the same, until Wednesday night. “I heard some yelling and screaming and saw a male suspect running from a vehicle,” Butterfield said...
Small Alabama town raided by federal agents www.privateofficer.com
Posted on June 28, 2009Repton AL June 28 2009 Dozens of drug agents swooped into the small Conecuh County town of Repton looking for drugs and weapons. The 35th Judicial Circuit Drug Task Force had five search warrants and served them all at the same time across town. Agents believe that some people in this sleepy town are part of a [...
Former Seagate security guard sent to prison www.privateofficer.com
Posted on June 28, 2009BOULDER CO June 28 2009? A former Seagate security guard was sentenced Friday to 11 years in prison for her part in an organized scheme with her son to steal hard drives from the company and sell them. Prosecutors also asked Boulder District Judge Maria Berkenkotter to order that Zoe Johnston repay $726,436 to Seagate as [...
Virginia security guard arrested for extortion www.privateofficer.com
Posted on June 28, 2009ARLINGTON, Va. June 28 2009 – A security guard at a North Arlington shopping center has been charged with extorting money from teenagers. Homer Kelly, 49, has been charged with two counts of extortion for requesting payment from two teens. Several teens were stopped at the Lee/Harrison Shopping Center by a security guard around 4 p...
Tn. teacher arrested for sexual battery of student www.privateofficer.com
Posted on June 28, 2009Cleveland TN June 28 2009 A Lake Forest Middle School teacher was arrested Thursday afternoon on multiple charges of sexual battery and solicitation of a minor. Casey Brock, 32, was arrested after being indicted by a Bradley County Grand Jury, according to 10th Judicial District Attorney Steve Bebb...
NYC tourists taken on wild police chase www.privateofficer.com
Posted on June 26, 2009NEW YORK CITY NY June 26 2009 AP ? Five French tourists got a harrowing start to their New York visit: a wild police chase. As they looked for a ride at the Air France terminal at John F. Kennedy International Airport on Tuesday morning, the visitors were lured to a van that was not licensed [...
Police officer charged with sexual assault of juvenile www.privateofficer.com
Posted on June 26, 2009MARION VA June 26 2009 A law enforcement officer employed by a mental health institute in Marion, Va., has been charged with sexually assaulting a juvenile and is on leave without pay, according to the Virginia State Police and a hospital official. Timothy Lynn Slagle, a ?security officer senior? at the Southwestern Virginia Mental Health Institute, [...
Corrections guard charged with rape www.privateofficer.com
Posted on June 26, 2009NEW CASTLE, Del. – June 26, 2009 – (WPVI) — A former Delaware Department of Corrections employee is charged with rape after, investigators say, he coerced a female inmate into having sex with him. Investigators say Roger L. Thompkins, of New Castle, had sex with a 24-year-old inmate at the Women’s Work Release Center in the [...
Duke University official offered 5yr old son for sex www.privasteofficer.com
Posted on June 26, 2009DURHAM NC June 26 2009 (WTVD) — The FBI says a Duke University official offered his 5-year-old adopted son for sex over the internet. Frank M. Lombard, 42, now faces federal charges. He is an associate director of the Health Inequalities Program at Duke’s Center for Health Policy...
Security officer slashed with knife www.privateofficer.com
Posted on June 26, 2009Bethlehem PA June 26 2009 Police said a security guard patrolling a Bethlehem construction site hit by copper thieves was slashed by someone armed with a knife early Wednesday. The attack happened at 12:45 a.m. at an apartment building site at 2701 Cherry Lane...
Security officers pepper sprayed, injured in bar fight www.privateofficer.com
Posted on June 26, 2009Sacramento CA June 26, 2009 sacbee.com A sprawling bar fight left one man shot in the leg, a security guard injured and two men in jail, according to a Sacramento Police Department crime report. The incidents grew out of what apparently was a running fight inside and outside of the American Spirit Bar in the 3200 block of [...
Oregon teacher charged with rape of boy www.privateofficer.com
Posted on June 26, 2009SALEM OR June 26 2009 — Salem police arrested a Silverton teacher Tuesday on accusations of first and second-degree rape, sodomy and sex abuse involving a teenage boy. Susan Christina Alderson, 46, a sixth-grade teacher at Robert Frost Elementary School, allegedly started abusing the boy in 2002 when he was 13...
Resort security officers receive awards www.privateofficer.com
Posted on June 26, 2009Desert Springs CA June 26 2009 desertsun.com The Resort Communities Security Association honored 12 security officers at its third annual Service Award program at a June 4 luncheon attended by 98 members at the Desert Falls Country Club. The RCSA is an organization of professional security managers, community association managers and valleywide law enforcement agencies...
W.VA. teacher charged with soliciting teenager www.privateofficer.com
Posted on June 26, 2009SPENCER, W.Va. June 26 2009 — A criminal complaint shows a Roane County teacher has been charged with soliciting a 13-year-old girl through text messages. Roane County Magistrate Jason Bennett said Friday that Michael Brohard, 31, of Spencer allegedly made inappropriate comments to the girl on June 19 and 20...
Private Officer dies during struggle with trespasser www.privateofficer.com
Posted on June 25, 2009Louisville KY June 25 2009 A private security officer has died after trying to restrain a trespasser. According to a report, the security officer was on duty at a car lot when he spotted a man kneeling between some vehicles for sale. The security officer approached the trespasser and attempted to detain him while he called police but [...
Wanted fugitive arrested at Foxwoods Resort Casino www.privateofficer.com
Posted on June 25, 2009Mashantucket, Conn. June 25 2009 William Willoughby of 784 Rear Mass Ave., Boston, was arrested by State Police at Foxwoods Resort Casino. According to police, Willoughby was spotted as a prior ejection and approached by security. Willoughby provided a false name, discovered after a background check and fingerprinting...
NJ police officers injured during shoplifting arrest www.privateofficer.com
Posted on June 25, 2009MONTCLAIR NJ June 25 2009 — Two Montclair police officers were injured Sunday while trying to arrest a woman accused of shoplifting at a Pathmark Supermarket, a police official said today. Charade Jenkins, 44, and her husband, Donald Couram, 52, both of Montclair, were both arrested on two counts of aggravated assault on police officers and [...
Sheriff?s seize guard dogs, arrest company owner www.privateofficer.com
Posted on June 25, 2009WINTER HAVEN FL June 25 2009 A Winter Haven woman who leases guard dogs to area businesses was charged with animal neglect Tuesday after authorities discovered the dogs in poor condition, the Sheriff’s Office said. Kathy Browning, 38, is charged with 24 counts of animal cruelty, a misdemeanor, according to a Sheriff’s Office report...
Casino patrons fight off robber www.privateofficer.com
Posted on June 25, 2009Norwich CT June 25 2009 State police said several casino patrons fought off a robbery attempt early Tuesday in a parking garage at Mohegan Sun. At about 1:30 a.m., police said Bobby Porter, 21, of 45 Boulder Drive in New London, followed several casino patrons to their vehicle in Riverview Garage...
NOPD says $200,000 missing from evidence room www.privateofficer.com
Posted on June 25, 2009NEW ORLEANS LA June 25 2009 ? Several hundred thousands dollars worth of property and cash have going missing from the NOPD evidence room, according to NOPD Superintendent Warren Riley. Riley said they are still searching items, doing inventory on hundreds of thousands of items and said the investigation is far from over...
Man arrested after attempting to run down security www.privateofficer.com
Posted on June 25, 2009Louisville KY June 25 2009 Police say a Louisville man tried to run down two security guards at a night club with his car. Officers arrived and arrested 29-year-old Gabriel Majak who is charged with operating a vehicle under the influence, wanton endangerment and criminal mischief...
Police charge teens with theft, assault www.privateofficer.com
Posted on June 25, 2009Santa Rosa Fla June 25 2009 Two young Santa Rosa men were arrested Tuesday afternoon after assaulting security guards and police officers trying to detain them on shoplifting charges. The men, an unidentified 16-year-old juvenile and 19-year-old Fernando Osorio are suspected of hiding items from Coddingtown Mall?s JC Penney?s outlet in their clothing and leaving the store [...
Security officer recognized for his many talents www.privateofficer.com
Posted on June 25, 2009Enid Ok June 25 2009 enidnews.com Robert Steele makes his mark on the people of Vance Air Force Base nearly every day in the course of his job as a gate security guard. But he already has made a large mark on the base, many large marks, in fact, and colorful ones, as well...
Woman arrested for leaving 4 children in hot van www.privateofficer.com
Posted on June 25, 2009INDIANAPOLIS IN June 25 2009 6news.com — A woman was arrested over the weekend after she left four children in a swelteringly hot van as she went shopping at a mall, police said. Lafayette Square Mall security officers noticed the children in the van Saturday evening, 6News’ Ericka Flye reported...
Three charged with armed robbery after pulling gun on security www.privateofficer.com
Posted on June 25, 2009SPOKANE, Wash. June 25 2009- Three teenagers are in custody in Kootenai County in connection with an armed robbery at a WinCo grocery store in North Spokane and in connection with a home burglary on 32nd Ave. on Spokane’s South Hill. Spokane police say just before 7 p...
Officer commits suicide after leading pursuit www.privateofficer.com
Posted on June 25, 2009Topeka KS June 25 2009 Friends and co-workers were left to grapple Wednesday with why a promising young law enforcement officer apparently turned his weapon on himself following a multi-county chase early Tuesday. Pottawatomie County Sheriff’s officers said they believe Brian Resser, a 23-year-old officer with two area law enforcement agencies and a father of two, led [...
Houston police officer shot and killed www.privateofficer.com
Posted on June 24, 2009HOUSTON TX June 24 2009?An undercover Houston police officer was killed Tuesday night in a shootout at a Walgreens parking lot. Officer Henry Canales, 42, was shot during a reverse sting operation that was being conducted by HPD?s Burglary, Theft and Auto Division around 9:40 p...
New Jersey police officer commits suicide www.privateofficer.com
Posted on June 24, 2009NORTH BRUNSWICK NJ June 24 2009 ? A veteran township police officer died Saturday after apparently shooting himself at his home, the department announced Monday. In a statement, police said Patrolman Thomas Szabo died at the home from an apparent self-inflicted gunshot wound...
Woman kidnaps baby from Michigan church www.privateofficer.com
Posted on June 24, 2009CUTLERVILLE MI June 24 2009– Police say Tabitha Reid visited two other churches Sunday before taking an 11-month-old girl from her own church — a crime that confounded her family and the baby’s parents. Before she allegedly kidnapped the little girl from Kentwood Community Church, Reid pretended to be a nursery attendant at Cutlerville East Christian [...
Three charged with Xbox 360 thefts www.privateofficer.com
Posted on June 24, 2009CARROLLTON, Ga. June 24 2009 — Police arrested three men Monday, charging them with stealing Xbox 360 games from 11 Wal-Mart stores in Georgia and Alabama. Investigators said Levar Raymone Thornton, 29, of LaGrange, Tyrell Maurice Myers, 18, of Conley and Union City resident Michael Cunningham, 19, bought Xbox games at Wal-Mart, removed the real games [...
Man charged with assaults on security, police www.privateofficer.com
Posted on June 24, 2009Greenwood SC June 24 2009 A Greenwood man is facing charges after allegedly assaulting a pair of security officers at Self Regional Medical Center. Greenwood County Sheriff?s Office arrested Brian Tillman Bowie, 28, and charged him with assault and battery of a high and aggravated nature...
Family affair at Wal-Mart leads to arrests www.privateofficer.com
Posted on June 24, 2009CANTON OH June 24 2009 Police arrested three Portage County residents Monday after a young man was accused of stealing from a Canton Wal-Mart while his father and a young woman with a gun waited in the parking lot. All three remained in the Stark County Jail Tuesday on charges stemming from the 7:15 p...
Security union sues TVA www.privateofficer.com
Posted on June 24, 2009Knoxville TN June 24 2009 chattanooga free press The labor union for TVA?s nuclear security guards sued the federal utility today for refusing to bargain with the union after switching the guards at the Browns Ferry Nuclear Power Plant from a contract employer to TVA?s payroll...
Unarmed jail guard tackles inmate with 9mm gun www.privateofficer.com
Posted on June 24, 2009OSCEOLA COUNTY, Fla. June 24 2009 wftv.com — According to Osceola County investigators, a jail inmate somehow got a 9mm gun and attempted to escape. However, his plan was thwarted by a female guard who tackled him to the ground. The shake down started late Tuesday afternoon...
Northmont High School teacher arrested with minor girl www.privateofficer.com
Posted on June 24, 2009ENGLEWOOD, Ohio June 24 2009 — A Northmont High School assistant football coach and head track coach was arrested in Clinton County early Tuesday, June 23, after he was discovered in a parked car with a 17-year-old Englewood girl, according to a report in the Wilmington News Journal...
Brinks Armored Car Guard Killed In Wreck www.privateofficer.com
Posted on June 23, 2009Santa FE NM June 23 2009 A Brink?s armored car security officer was killed on Monday at around 5pm after being involved in a traffic accident with a truck. Police say that the armored truck blew a tire and struck another truck and then rolled over onto some train tracks...
OFFICER DOWN WISCONSIN www.privateofficer.com
Posted on June 23, 2009OFFICER DOWN Trooper Jorge Dimas Wisconsin State Patrol Wisconsin End of Watch: Sunday, June 14, 2009 Biographical Info Age: 23 Tour of Duty: 1 year Badge Number: Not available Incident Details Cause of Death: Automobile accident Date of Incident: Saturday, May 9, 2009 Weapon Used: Not available Suspect Info: Not available Trooper Jorge Dimas succumbed to automobile accident injuries sustained one month earlier while on patrol on State Highway [...
OFFICER DOWN ARKANSAS www.privateofficer.com
Posted on June 23, 2009OFFICER DOWN Assistant Chief Joey Cannon Plumerville Police Department Arkansas End of Watch: Friday, June 19, 2009 Biographical Info Age: Not available Tour of Duty: 27 years Badge Number: Not available Incident Details Cause of Death: Gunfire Date of Incident: Friday, June 19, 2009 Weapon Used: Gun; Unknown type Suspect Info: Apprehended Assistant Chief Joey Cannon was shot and killed while making a traffic stop on U...
Police arrest suspect in robbery shoot-out with security www.privateofficer.com
Posted on June 23, 2009Baltimore County MD. June 23 2009 Baltimore County police have arrested a man who they say exchanged gunfire Sunday night with a security officer during a robbery at an Arbutus food store. Police are not releasing the man’s identity until he is formally charged...
Medical Center honors security officers for apprehending robbery suspect www.privateofficer.com
Posted on June 23, 2009Pittsburg PA June 23 2009 Jefferson Regional Medical Center hosted a program to recognize three St. Moritz Security officers for their work in apprehending a robbery suspect at a credit union within the medical center. Security officers Robert Yingling, of West Mifflin, and Byron Johnson and Joseph Webb, both of Clairton, received awards and recognition Friday afternoon [...
Three charged in thefts, assault at Wal- Mart www.privateofficer.com
Posted on June 23, 2009HERMITAGE PA June 23 2009 ? Three people were charged after they stole items at 8:24 p.m. Friday from Walmart, 1275 N Hermitage Road, police said. James Bryan, 32, Jessie Bryan, 26, and Arthur Raguse, 33, all of 347 Hadley Road, Hempfield Township, were involved in stealing $535 worth of portable dvd players, lighters, and underwear, [...
Indian Tribe security guard charged with rape www.privateofficer.com
Posted on June 23, 2009FORT DUCHESNE, Uintah County UT June 23 2009 ? A security guard for the Ute Tribe’s housing department has been charged in U.S. District Court with sexually assaulting a woman on two occasions ? once at gunpoint. Roger Uinta Reed, 31, is charged with two counts of aggravated sexual abuse while within Indian country...
Henry County GA. school principal arrested at school
Posted on June 23, 2009HENRY COUNTY, Ga.June 23 2009 — A Henry County elementary school principal went from his school to jail Monday. Henry County police arrested Jason Douglas at Walnut Creek Elementary on a probation violation stemming from a pending drunk driving case...
Steel Mill security officer wants investigation of police www.privateofficer.com
Posted on June 23, 2009BURNS HARBOR IN June 23 2009 A steel mill security officer has asked the FBI and Porter County police to look further into a June 3 altercation between him and a Burns Harbor police officer. In addition, The Times has obtained a video showing the run-in between the Burns Harbor police officer and the security officer [...
Security officers shoot at driver www.privateofficer.com
Posted on June 23, 2009Charleston SC June 23 2009 A security guard at a Savannah Highway nightclub fired three shots at a suspect’s car after it struck another security guard and several parked cars early Sunday. Charleston County sheriff’s deputies said the suspect was in handcuffs when they arrived about 2 a...
Vandal pulls knife on security officers www.privateofficer.com
Posted on June 23, 2009Sandy Utah June 23 2009 Sandy police arrested a 32-year-old man Saturday after he threatened a security guard with a knife and then maced him. A bouncer at Club Allure, near 8900 South and Harrison Street, saw the man slashing tires around 1 a.m. and confronted him in the club’s parking lot...
Wanted fugitive steals car during shoplifting www.privateofficer.com
Posted on June 23, 2009Boston MA June 23 2009 Brian Hilario is accused of stealing more than $400 worth of merchandise with 25-year-old Michael Couto while Couto’s father waited in the parking lot. Police say Couto’s father knew nothing of the robbery and thought he was just giving the men a ride to the grocery store...
Mother goes shopping, leaves 4mth old twins in car www.privateofficer.com
Posted on June 22, 2009ELLENWOOD, Ga. June 22 2009– A Marietta mother is accused of leaving her 4-month-old infant twins in a car while she shopped at a local Wal-Mart. Police said it happened Saturday at the Wal-Mart on Anvil Block Road in Ellenwood. Authorities said a passer-by noticed the kids alone in the car and called police...
PGA player Chris Smith?s wife killed in crash www.privateofficer.com
Posted on June 22, 2009ANGOLA, Ind. June 22 2009 — A newspaper is reporting that the wife of a professional golfer from Indiana was killed in a car crash. Beth Smith, of Peru, Ind., wife of PGA Tour player Chris Smith, was killed Sunday when the sport utility vehicle she was traveling in collided with a Greyhound bus transporting a [...
Four arrested in Fla. shoplifting spree www.privateofficer.com
Posted on June 22, 2009SEBRING FLA June 22 2009 — A group of Polk County women saw more of Highlands County than they were hoping Thursday after being arrested following an alleged shoplifting spree and a chase through The Bluffs condominiums complex. According to a Highlands County Sheriff’s Office report Angelina Lynn Cook, 29, of Bartow; Kiela Tanika Crews, 23, [...
Police investigate assault on K-Mart security agent www.privateofficer.com
Posted on June 22, 2009Rock Hill SC June 22 2209 An employee in Kmart’s loss prevention department who helped retrieve stolen merchandise Wednesday was attacked by the accused shoplifters’ friends that night, police reports said. The employee was the complainant in a report that led to the arrests of Richard Allman and Andy Cook of Rock Hill and Kathleen Williams of [...
NYPD officer arrested in shoplifting incident www.privateofficer.com
Posted on June 22, 2009New York City June 22 2009 An off-duty NYPD officer was arrested for shoplifting from a Queens athletics store, The Post has learned. Thirelle Taffe, 38, was picked up for swiping sandals from a Sports Authority on Northern Boulevard in Long Island City around 6:30 p...
South Dakota teacher charged with sex crimes with students www.privateofficer.com
Posted on June 22, 2009RAPID CITY, S.D.June 22 2009 (AP) A former high school music teacher in the Rapid City area is accused of sexual misconduct with students. Thirty-one-year-old Sommar Chaffee is charged with solicitation of a minor and exploitation of a minor. She was arrested in Sioux Falls over the weekend and released on a $1,500 bond...
Parents sue shopping center for lack of security in death of son www.privateofficer.com
Posted on June 21, 2009DADE CITY FLA June 21 2009- The 750 calls for service from 2001 to 2005 should have been a grim warning to the owners of the shopping center at 2400 Land O’ Lakes Blvd., a plaintiffs’ witness testified Friday. In questioning alcohol expert Donald Schultz, attorney Paul McKenna took jurors through dozens of the calls...
NJ teacher arrested for showing porn to student www.privateofficer.com
Posted on June 21, 2009TRENTON NJ June 21 2009 — A Hightstown High School art teacher has been arrested for allegedly showing a pornographic cell phone video to two students. Shawn D. Cier, 34, of Parkside Road, Bedminster, was charged with knowingly exhibiting obscene material to a minor, child abuse and harassment...
SC man charged with fondling himself at Belk?s www.privateofficer.com
Posted on June 21, 2009UNION, S.C. June 21 2009 — A man is facing charges after he was caught on camera following a woman in a store and then exposing and fondling himself, according to police. A security guard at the Belk store in Union was watching the video from surveillance cameras and noticed the man walking back and forth [...
Police charge two with assault on police, security www.privateofficer.com
Posted on June 21, 2009Myrtle Beach SC June 21 2009 A Myrtle Beach couple were arrested after they fought with each other, security guards and police at Broadway at the Beach, according to a police report. Amber Christine Quick, 23, of 4326 Pine Way, was charged with throwing bodily fluids, resisting arrest, public intoxication and breach of peace while Mark William [...
1 Dead, 3 injured in NC chicken plant ammonia leak www.privateofficer.com
Posted on June 21, 2009LUMBER BRIDGE, N.C. JUNE 22 2009? An ammonia leak at a poultry processing plant in Lumber Bridge killed one man and sent three others to hospitals Saturday morning, Robeson County Manager Kenneth Windley said. Fire officials said preliminary investigations show that a high-pressure ammonia line ruptured at Mountaire Farms Inc...
Mall security detain man with meat cleaver www.privateofficer.com
Posted on June 21, 2009NORTH ATTLEBORO MA June 21 2009 – A disgruntled subcontractor is accused of brandishing a foot-long meat cleaver and threatening the owners of a restaurant before hacking at wood cabinets he installed in a dispute about payment. Jian Sheng Gao, 52, of Quincy, was arrested Thursday night at the Ruby Thai Kitchen at Emerald Square mall, [...
Bank robber surrenders to police minutes after heist www.privateofficer.com
Posted on June 21, 2009CHARLOTTE, N.C. June 21 2009 — Police said the suspect in a bank robbery Friday didn?t get very far. According to Charlotte-Mecklenburg police, Herbert Bines, 52, robbed the Wachovia Bank at 4111 N. Tryon St. at 9:30 a.m. He allegedly slipped the bank teller a note, took the money and fled...
Armored truck robbery under investigation www.privateofficer.com
Posted on June 21, 2009NACOGDOCHES, TX June 21 2009(KTRE) – Nacogdoches say they still have not made any arrest in robbery on Friday afternoon, however, Police and the FBI are investigating the robbery of a Loomis Armored truck in downtown Nacogdoches. No injuries were reported, according to FBI...
KY. teacher charged with having sex with student www.privateofficer.com
Posted on June 21, 2009UNION, Ky.June 21 2009 — A Union, Ky. teacher and coach was arrested Friday on accusations that he had sex with a student. Jason Collins-Baker, 31, is charged with two counts of first-degree sexual abuse. The Boone Co. Sheriff’s Department said Collins-Baker, a teacher and head track coach at Cooper High School, had a sexual relationship with [...
St. Louis police secondary employment questioned www.privateofficer.com
Posted on June 20, 2009ST Louis MO June 20 2009 It’s no secret that many, if not most, police officers “moonlight.” Officers depend on overtime or off-duty jobs to supplement their family incomes. It’s also no secret that this can pose serious questions about conflict of interest...
Church youth leader charged with rape of teenager www.privateofficer.com
Posted on June 20, 2009TROY OH June 20 2009? A Tipp City area man charged this week with rape and gross sexual imposition for alleged acts against a girl under age 13 served as a youth leader and director of children?s church at Vandalia Baptist Temple, a Miami County sheriff?s detective said...
Former VA. cop, wife arrested for bank robbery www.privateofficer.com
Posted on June 20, 2009Bend OR June 20 2009 A former Henrico County police officer who pleaded guilty in 2006 to stealing marijuana from the evidence room has been arrested and charged with holding up a bank in Bend, Ore., a television station there is reporting on its Web site...
Retired LAPD no longer to wear uniforms on security details www.privateofficer.com
Posted on June 20, 2009Los Angeles CA June 20 2009 To the casual observer they look like the real thing: Uniformed Los Angeles police officers on motorcycles controlling traffic around action-packed chase scenes and sprawling film sets on the streets of L.A. Gawkers and paparazzi who get up close, however, might realize something is a bit off...
Tybee Island police make arrests at Miley Cyrus filming www.privateofficer.com
Posted on June 20, 2009Tybee Island GA June 20 2009 Filming of the Miley Cyrus movie, ?The Last Song,? on Tybee Island is drawing some big attention. Three paparazzi were arrested Wednesday for being on private property and violating a secure area. Tybee Island Police tell me that they told the three not to go in the secure area and warned [...
Norridge Shoplifting Arrests www.privateofficer.com
Posted on June 20, 2009Norridge IL June 20 2009 RECENT RETAIL THEFT ARRESTS Janusz Moranski, 56, of 7404 W. Belmont Ave. in Chicago, was taken into custody June 7 and charged with retail theft. Police said Moranski was seen selecting two items valued at $23.99 about 3:30 p...
Macy shoplifter threatens security with shears www.privateofficer.com
Posted on June 20, 2009TOWN OF WALLKILL NY June 20 2009 – State police said a Port Jervis man stole merchandise from Macy?s at the Galleria at Crystal Run Wednesday evening, then threatened a security guard with a pair of metal cutting shears before fleeing. Police said the security guard wrote down the license plate of the vehicle the man, [...
Hunter pleads guilty in shooting death of baby www.privateofficer.com
Posted on June 20, 2009MONTICELLO NY June 20 2009 ? Queens hunter Edward Taibi pleaded guilty to second-degree manslaughter on Friday in the shooting death of 16-month-old Charly Ann Skala. Taibi agreed to a plea deal whereby he will be sentenced to two to eight years in prison for the Nov...
14 Year old girl who killed mother in custody www.privateofficer.com
Posted on June 19, 2009El Dorado County CA June 19 2009 The 14-year-old El Dorado Hills girl accused of killing her mother, then fleeing to the Bay Area with her boyfriend, has been booked into the El Dorado County Juvenile Detention Facility, according to sheriff’s officials...
Tallahassee teacher charged with felony porn with student www.privateofficer.com
Posted on June 19, 2009Tallahassee FL June 19 2009 A former Lincoln High School teacher and a 17-year-old student exchanged thousands of text messages, including 30 that mentioned “love,” according to court documents. Karolyn Nagel, 24, was arrested and Wednesday night and later released on felony charges of computer pornography and traveling to meet a minor...
TSA sued over passenger detention www.privateofficer.com
Posted on June 19, 2009ST. LOUIS MO June 19 2009(AP) ? A lawsuit has been filed against the Transportation Security Administration on behalf of a Ron Paul supporter who was detained at the St. Louis airport because he was carrying about $4,700 in cash. The lawsuit was filed Thursday by the American Civil Liberties Union on behalf of Steven Bierfeldt [...
NC Fire Department treasurer arrested for $150,000 theft www.privateofficer.com
Posted on June 19, 2009Fairview NC June 19 2009 By: Rick McCann Private Officer News Network http://www.privateofficer.com/ Authorities with the Union County Sheriff’s Office now say that they have made an arrest in the theft of close to $150,000 from the Fairview Fire Department...
Driving school instructor charged with exposing himself to student www.privateofficer.com
Posted on June 19, 2009Burbank CA June 19 2009 Police in Burbank have arrested a driving school instructor for allegedly exposing himself, according to officials. Edmond Eyvazian, 35, of Burbank was arrested on Monday, said Sgt. Robert Quesada, a spokesman for the department...
Manhattan teacher aide arrested for molesting six yr old www.privateofficer.com
Posted on June 19, 2009New York City NY June 19 2009 A teacher’s aide accused of molesting a six-year-old girl in Manhattan was arraigned today and is now being held on bail. Police say Angel Benitez, 60, worked at P.S. 178 in Fort George, Manhattan. The Department of Education says the arrest stems from an allegation of inappropriate touching made last week...
Toll House Cookie Dough Recall www.privateofficer.com
Posted on June 19, 2009NEW YORK June 19 2009? Food maker Nestle USA on Friday voluntarily recalled its Toll House refrigerated cookie dough products after a number of illnesses were reported by those who ate the dough raw. The company said the Food and Drug Administration and the Centers for Disease Control are investigating reported E...
Police arrest suspect in security officer murder www.privateofficer.com
Posted on June 19, 2009TEMPE, AZ June 19 2009– Officials say new information into the Tempe Police Department helped track down the suspect in a murder case that happened more than a year ago. Tempe Police Sgt. Steve Carbajal said Amante Gary Evans, 28, was arrested Wednesday morning, only two days after police received new evidence from the DPS crime [...
Nightclub disturbances, assault leads to arrest www.privateofficer.com
Posted on June 18, 2009Seattle WA June 18 2009 A man was arrested early Sunday for allegedly assaulting a security guard at the War Room, a Capitol Hill nightclub. Club security told police the assault happened as the man in his mid 20s was being escorted out for fighting with another person...
Former mountain bike champion charged with marijuana distribution www.privateofficer.com
Posted on June 18, 2009WILTON NY June 18 2009 ? Nearly 400 pounds of marijuana and more than $1 million in cash were seized by state police and federal agents after they arrested a former mountain biking national champion from Virginia and an area man at his Wilton home Tuesday...
Casino security charge man with fake ID, trespassing www.privateofficer.com
Posted on June 18, 2009Mashantucket, Conn. June 18 2009 A Brooklyn, N.Y., man was arrested by Foxwoods Resort Casino State Police after he was identified as a prior ejection by casino security. The accused, Chun Shan Guo, 48, of 343 58th St., F12, fled the Cedar Casino and was found in the Rainmaker Casino...
UGA student charged in felony theft incident www.privateofficer.com
Posted on June 18, 2009Athens GA. June 18 2009 red&black news A University student was arrested and charged with felony theft by shoplifting after a worker at a downtown clothing store suspected her and another man of taking almost $700 in items. Azadeh Shadea Sigari, an 18-year-old freshman from Marietta, was arrested following a call made to Athens-Clarke County police from a [...
Fleeing shoplifter arrested after foot chase www.privateofficer.com
Posted on June 18, 2009REIDSVILLE NC June 18 2009 ? A Reidsville man was charged with various offenses following a foot chase June 9. Tony Lee Anderson, 40, of 203 Gaston St., was apprehended by Reidsville police after being chased by security officers at K-Mart, where he reportedly tried to steal merchandise...
Traffic barrel artist arrested in NC www.privateofficer.com
Posted on June 18, 2009Traffic barrel artist arrested in NC www.privateofficer.com RALEIGH, N.C. JUNE 18 2009 When Joseph Carnevale chopped up three stolen orange and white traffic barrels from a construction site to create a massive sculpture of a roadside monster thumbing a ride, the North Carolina college student said he saw it as a form of street art...
Dick?s Sporting Goods employee charged in $13,000 theft www.privateofficer.com
Posted on June 18, 2009Stafford VA June 18 2009 Dick’s Sporting Goods employee was arrested last week on charges that he stole more than $13,000 from the store. 1st Sgt. Liz Scott of the Spotsylvania County Sheriff’s Office said Michael Drew Martin, 25, of Stafford, was charged with felony embezzlement Friday...
Continental Airlines Pilot dies in flight, plane lands safely www.privateofficer.com
Posted on June 18, 2009New York June 18 2009 A 61year old captain on a Continental Airlines flight has died during the flight, according to the AP. WCBS-TV in New York says the pilot died on a flight from Brussels and the plane was expected to make an emergency landing at Newark Liberty International Airport...
Recent Retail/Security News www.privateofficer.com
Posted on June 18, 2009ATLANTA GA JUNE 18 2009 RETAIL/SHOPLIFTING NEWS Lenoir County NC Julie Kaye Tacinelli, 26, 125 Rockwood Drive, Kinston, May 27, misdemeanor shoplifting. Bond: Written promise. Arresting officer: K. Dunham. Amy Sandlin, 31, 3331 Anita Drive, La Grange, May 27, misdemeanor shoplifting...
Teacher charged with sexual abuse of student www.privateofficer.com
Posted on June 17, 2009Rochester NY June 17 2009 A Victor High School art teacher was arrested Monday and accused of forcibly touching and sexually abusing a female student. Ronald L. Bartlett, 49, of 7 Helmsford Way, Penfield, was charged with third-degree sexual abuse and endangering the welfare of a child, according to the Ontario County Sheriff’s Office...
Corrections security agent arrested for abuse of power www.privateofficer.com
Posted on June 17, 2009Indianapolis IN June 17 2009 wthr.com – A community corrections contractor is in custody for allegedly using his position to take advantage of female inmates in his care. Marion County Prosecutor Carl Brizzi filed felony charges against Brima Kemokai, a contractor in charge of guarding inmates on home detention...
Two teens die in police chase www.privateofficer.com
Posted on June 17, 2009ATLANTA GA June 17 2009 — Two teenagers were killed and a third injured in a crash in the West End area of Atlanta after a police chase early Tuesday morning. Officers spotted the car, which had been reported stolen Monday afternoon, just before 1 a...
Dead body found at Bonnaroo festival www.privateofficer.com
Posted on June 17, 2009MANCHESTER, Tenn. June 17 2009 – At 11:30 a.m. the body of man in his mid 20s was found at Bonnaroo. The clean-up crew found the deceased at a campsite in a single-person tent. According to Coffee County Sheriff Steve Graves, the deceased was alive Monday at 3 p...
Cell phone saved clerk during knife attack www.privateofficer.com
Posted on June 17, 2009ROSWELL, Ga.June 17 2009 wsbtv.com– A cell phone may have saved the life of a Roswell liquor store clerk. Police Lt. James McGee tells WSB-TV that when a would-be robber tried to stab the clerk at the Beverage Mart on Holcomb Bridge Road, the knife dented the cell phone in the clerk’s pocket, but did not injure [...
Miami-Dade police officer killed in wreck www.privateofficer.com
Posted on June 17, 2009Miami FL June 17 2009 Giovanni Gonzalez once set his sights on playing professional baseball, but when fate put an end to that dream, the kid from Coral Gables embarked on another: serving his community as a police officer. After graduating from the police academy, the Miami-Dade police officer was quickly promoted to the Kendall district’s nighttime [...
Shoplifter attacks security officer www.privateofficer.com
Posted on June 17, 2009Novato CA June 17 2009 A Novato man was arrested Tuesday after he allegedly attacked a security guard while stealing sausage and steak from a grocery store, police said. Myles Damien McDonough, 47, was booked on suspicion of robbery, theft and other allegations...
Security officer shot during robbery www.privateofficer.com
Posted on June 17, 2009JACKSON, Miss. June 17 2009 — Jackson police have identified the security officer who was shot at Hamp’s Place nightclub on Friday night. Police said that two men in a dark-colored, older model Mercedes-Benz approached the owner and security guard as they were leaving the building, police said...
Montrose High School teacher arrested for sex with student www.privateofficer.com
Posted on June 17, 2009New Milford PA June 17 2009 A Montrose High School teacher turned himself in on charges related to sex with a student. 28 year old Jeffrey David Norris was arraigned in New Milford Town Court in Susquehanna County. Norris faces 12 charges including statutory and indecent sexual assault and corruption of minors...
Teacher?s aide sexually assaults mentally disabled girl www.privateofficer.com
Posted on June 17, 2009PORT ORCHARD, Wash June 17 2009 — A Bainbridge High School teacher’s aide has been accused of sexually touching a 17-year-old mentally disabled girl at a swimming pool. A witness reported the touching Thursday at the Bainbridge Island Aquatic Center and police investigators reviewed video surveillance...
Security officer nabs burglars in the act www.privateofficer.com
Posted on June 17, 2009Prescott AZ June 17 2009 A security guard checking the arts and crafts booths at the courthouse plaza at around 1:45 a.m. Sunday noticed a man hand a large box from under one of the tents to another man standing nearby. The man with the box ran off while the security guard chased the man who had [...
Police charge Sear?s employee with identity theft www.privateofficer.com
Posted on June 16, 2009Monroe LA June 16 2009 Monroe police arrested a Sears employee and two other suspects Saturday night after they reportedly attempted to fraudulently obtain credit cards at the store. Sears employee Nicholas Armando Young, 21, 503 Nichols St., Monroe, was observed by police on surveillance video taking credit card applications from the other suspects and attempting to [...
Fla police investigate death of baby left in car www.privateofficer.com
Posted on June 16, 2009ST. AUGUSTINE, FL JUNE 16 2009 — A 12-month-old baby died Sunday afternoon after being left in a car, police say. The St. Johns County Sheriff’s Office responded to the 300 block of Harvard Road. Rescue personnel arrived and found a 12-month-old girl that was not responsive...
Maryland security aid police www.privateofficer.com
Posted on June 16, 2009Leonardtown MD June 16 2009 ASSAULT 2ND DEGREE: On Friday, June 12 at 10:56 pm, TFC J. Fleetwood and Tpr. B. Wiesemann were traveling south bound Point Lookout Road in the area of Chaptico Road in Mechanicsville when an oncoming orange Chevrolet Corvette crossed the double line almost striking TFC Fleetwood’s marked MSP unit...
Bus driver,another man shot to death near terminal www.privateofficer.com
Posted on June 16, 2009Woodbridge VA June 16 2009 A bus driver and another man were fatally shot yesterday morning near a bus terminal in Woodbridge, and a suspect was arrested last night and charged with murder, Prince William County police said. Police said that the bus driver and the suspect were employees of the Potomac and Rappahannock Transit Commission and [...
Security officer aids police in theft arrests www.privateofficer.com
Posted on June 16, 2009Denver CO June 16 2009 At 1:34 p.m. on June 9, an officer parked at West Ohio Avenue and South Wadsworth Boulevard observed two Office Depot employees running toward the patrol car. The employees said three men had just stolen three computer monitors from the store and were driving away...
Security officer killed during confrontation www.privateofficer.com
Posted on June 15, 2009Miami Fla June 15 2009 A Metrorail garage security guard was fatally shot at work Sunday night, according to police. Miami-Dade investigators identified the man as 50-year-old Chevor Wint, an armed security guard who worked at the Earlington Heights Metrorail garage, 2100 NW 41st St...
Security officers stop possible kidnapping www.privateofficer.com
Posted on June 15, 2009SEATTLE WA June 15 2009 – A security guard may have stopped a woman from being kidnapped near the Space Needle. Security personnel were monitoring security cameras in the predawn darkness on Saturday when they spotted something suspicious. They could see a woman walking alone when a car pulled up next to her...
Police seek suspects in security officer attack www.privateofficer.com
Posted on June 15, 2009STEUBENVILLE,OH June 15 2009 — Steubenville police are on the lookout for a suspect who attacked a security guard at Fransican University overnight. Captain John Young tells wtrf.com the attacked happend while the female security guard was making rounds near what’s called the physical plant at the University...
Car stolen at Sea-Tac airport smashes into 7 police cars www.privateofficer.com
Posted on June 15, 2009SEATAC, Wash. JUNE 15 2009 — The King County Sheriff’s Office says a man stole an SUV from a family unloading luggage at the Seattle-Tacoma International Airport and then smashed into seven police cars while he was trying to get away at speeds more than 100 miles per hour...
Chicago police arrest bogus guard www.privateofficer.com
Posted on June 15, 2009CHICAGO IL June 15 2009 – Chicago Police say a 33-year-old man impersonating a security guard has been arrested after being found with a loaded handgun on an elevated train platform. Two undercover officers were working on the Chicago Transit Authority train platform on the city’s west side Friday when they spotted a man with a [...
Charlotte bus accident kills one www.privateofficer.com
Posted on June 15, 2009Charlotte NC June 15 2009 Police are reporting that a person who suffered serious injuries this morning in the collision of a Charlotte Area Transit System bus and a passenger vehicle in south Charlotte has died. The Charlotte Mecklenburg police said that the wreck happened at Park and Gleneagles roads early Monday morning...
Three killed in NY small plane crash www.privateofficer.com
Posted on June 15, 2009Three killed in NY small plane crash www.privateofficer.com SCOTIA NY June 15 2009 ? Family members of three people killed in Sunday?s crash of a small plane into the Mohawk River were on the scene this morning as the plane was pulled from the river...
N.A.P.O. changes name to PRIVATE OFFICER INTERNATIONAL www.privateofficer.com
Posted on June 13, 2009Atlanta GA June 13 2009 PRESS RELEASE HELLO MEMBER: I wanted to announce to you today that effective June 15 2009, we will be changing our name from the National Association of Private Officers to; PRIVATE OFFICER INTERNATIONAL. This change reflects our growth and direction of the organization as we continue to expand our reach worldwide, bringing training, networking, recognition, services [...
International Security News
Posted on June 13, 2009INTERNATIONAL NEWS Lancashire England Four men have been arrested after a security guard was stabbed at a Lancashire supermarket. The worker was attacked by two men as he filled a cash machine at Booths in Liverpool Road, Longton. Eyewitnesses said he was stabbed in the leg by a machete shortly after 10...
High school teacher charged with sexual assault of student www.privateofficer.com
Posted on June 13, 2009FILLMORE June 13 2009 — A former mayor, LDS bishop and high school teacher in Fillmore has been arrested on charges of having sex with a 17-year-old girl. Keith Gillins was booked into jail Monday night after the student came forward with the allegations...
Police charge man with multiple Dollar General robberies www.privateofficer.com
Posted on June 13, 2009Mobile AL June 13 2009 A Mobile man accused of robbing a Dollar General store Wednesday night had been out of jail for only two weeks after being arrested in connection with an earlier robbery. In addition, Kyle Gardner, 18, has been linked to two robberies in May at area Dollar General stores, police said...
Panty thief gets 9 years in prison www.privateofficer.com
Posted on June 13, 2009ALLIANCE, Ohio June 13 2009 An Ohio man has been sentenced to nine years in prison for stealing underwear from more than 20 women in a series of home break-ins going back to 2006. Thomas Williams, 25, pleaded guilty Wednesday to 11 felonies, including nine burglary counts...
Woman charged with forging fake notes for students www.privateofficer.com
Posted on June 13, 2009MYRTLE BEACH, S.C. June 13 2009 Students have been known to try to fake a doctor’s note to get out of school. A South Carolina woman has now been arrested and accused of writing fake doctor’s notes for four students. The Sun News of Myrtle Beach reported Wednesday that 45-year-old Naomi Antoinette Aranda was charged with forgery...
Father and son charged with trafficking women for sex www.privateofficer.com
Posted on June 13, 2009NASHVILLE, Tenn.June 13 2009 – It’s not something you expect to hear about – especially in Nashville. A father and son have been accused of trafficking women as sex slaves. Officers arrested Charles and Timothy Lee Thursday morning at the Red Roof Inn on Sidco Drive...
Police charge man with assault, theft www.privateofficer.com
Posted on June 13, 2009Chicago IL June 13 2009 Authorities arrested a Chicago man and charged him with retail theft, resisting arrest and battery after stealing purses and fighting with security guards and police at Chicago Ridge Mall, police said. According to the police report, Lewis Cross, 37, of the 5800 block of South Campbell Avenue was spotted by security and [...
Mother arrested after 9yr old caught shoplifting www.privateofficer.com
Posted on June 13, 2009PALMETTO FLA June 13 2009 ? A Palmetto woman has been arrested on a child neglect charge after a Wal-Mart security guard caught her 9-year-old son shoplifting. A Palmetto police report said Christine Colon, 30, could not be located after officers responded to the shoplifting call at the Wal-Mart Supercenter in the 500 block of 10th [...
Felon breaks into Georgia police station www.privateofficer.com
Posted on June 13, 2009McDonough GA June 13 2009 A convicted felon is back in jail after he broke into the McDonough Police Department and stole several guns. After breaking into the police department, Jamie Lee Clark then sold some of the firearms, according to court records...
Millville teacher arrested for sexual assault of students www.privateofficer.com
Posted on June 13, 2009MILLVILLE NJ June 13 2009 ? A teacher at Memorial High School was recently charged with three offenses, including first-degree aggravated assault, for allegedly sexually assaulting two teenage students, Cumberland County Prosecutor Ronald J. Casella announced Friday...
Father & son pastors sentenced to prison for thefts www.privateofficer.com
Posted on June 13, 2009SANTA ANA CA June 13 2009 – Father-and-son pastors who formerly led the Calvary Baptist Church in Yorba Linda have each been sentenced to 2 years in prison for using church offers to finance lavish lifestyles. Richard Wimberly Cunningham, 76, and his 52-year-old son, Philip Ladd Cunningham, are accused of stealing $3 million in donations to [...
Security officers kill 1, injure 2 others in seperate shootings www.privateofficer.com
Posted on June 12, 2009Atlanta GA. June 12 2009 PRIVATE OFFICER INTERNATIONAL BREAKING NEWS COLUMBIA, SC One person is dead after an overnight shooting. According to the Richland County Sheriff’s Department, the incident happened just after midnight at the Colonial Villa Apartments...
Private security protect the public everyday www.privateofficer.com
Posted on June 12, 2009Washington DC June 12 2009 By Christian Davenport Washington Post Staff Writer They’re often derided as rent-a-cops, the hall monitors of law enforcement, whose uniforms suggest professionalism and proficiency even if they don’t always garner respect...
Charlotte teacher arrested for indecent liberties with student www.privateofficer.com
Posted on June 12, 2009CHARLOTTE, NC June 12 2009 (WBTV) – A middle school band instructor has been charged with taking indecent liberties with a student at a Charlotte high school, police said. Richard Priode, 44, of Green Lea Court in Charlotte, teaches band at Sullivan Middle School in Rock Hill, police said...
Lowe?s security agent injured in shoplifting incident www.privateofficer.com
Posted on June 12, 2009FAIRVIEW HEIGHTS IL June 12 2009– A security officer at the Lowe’s store at 6211 North Illinois Street was injured this evening when he was dragged by a vehicle, police said. It happened about 5 p.m when the officer tried to stop a man suspected of stealing a power tool set...
Montrose band teacher arrested for sexual assault on student www.privateofficer.com
Posted on June 12, 2009MONTROSE CO June 12 2009 ? Andrew Burke, a band teacher at Montrose High School, was arrested Wednesday, June 3 on a warrant for sexual assault on a child by a person of trust. Montrose Police Cmdr. Gene Lillard said Burke was arrested in the 1900 block of White House Drive...
Police pursuit ends in deaths of 4 people www.privateofficer.com
Posted on June 12, 2009PhiladelphiaPA June 12 2009 A woman critically injured when her toddler and two other children were killed by a car driven by a man fleeing police died this morning, officials say. She was identified as Latoya Smith, 22, who had been taken to Einstein Medical Center after the fleeing car crashed into a crowd last night in [...
Security guard arrested for stealing from Tony Parker?s house www.privateofficer.com
Posted on June 12, 2009San Antonio TX June 12 2009 A security guard hired to watch over Tony Parker’s home has been accused of attempting to hawk on Craigslist an autographed Michael Jordan jersey he swiped from the Spurs guard’s personal gymnasium. Bexar County Sheriff’s deputies arrested 22-year-old Christopher James Carolan after linking him to a posting on the online classified [...
Teacher arrested for ?inappropriate touching? of student www.privateofficer.com
Posted on June 12, 2009Concord NH June 12 2009 concordmonitor.com A teacher with 46 years of experience at St. Paul’s School and a Harvard education was arrested Tuesday for assaulting a female student, the police said. William Faulkner, a 69-year-old math teacher, was charged with simple assault and endangering the welfare of a child, both misdemeanors...
Santa Monica security aid police in arrests www.privateofficer.com
Posted on June 12, 2009Santa Monica CA. June 12 2009 Officers responded to the 300 block of the Santa Monica Pier ? Pacific Park ? regarding a report of a suspect being detained by Pacific Park security for vandalism. When officers arrived, they spoke with security guards who said they entered a bathroom and saw the suspect kneeling beside a [...
Veteran police officer charged in bank robbery attempt www.privateofficer.com
Posted on June 12, 2009Temple Hills MD June 12 2009 A 16-year veteran of the Prince George’s County Police Department has been charged with allegedly trying to rob a bank early Wednesday morning, acting as a lookout ? dressed in his police uniform ? while another man tried to saw into the bank’s vault...
Federal courthouse security sues over security breaches www.privateofficer.com
Posted on June 12, 2009San Francisco CA June 12 2009 Security officers at the federal courthouse in San Francisco have used drugs or alcohol on duty, allowed entry to individuals without properly screening them and engaged in romantic liaisons while on the job, according to a lawsuit filed by three guards...
Memphis Red Cross worker suspected in embezzlement www.privateofficer.com
Posted on June 12, 2009Memphis, TN June 12 2009 – A former Red Cross employee is suspected of embezzling more than $10,000, meant for fire victims. Organizers with the Midsouth Chapter of the American Red Cross are now calling for a full-on police investigation. The Executive Director of the Red Cross says the employee was a volunteer for years and was [...
$160,000 missing after money falls from armored truck www.privateofficer.com
Posted on June 12, 2009Detroit MI June 12 2009 They searched high and low for their lost money after it tumbled from the back of an armored car Thursday, but security company officials still netted a hefty loss along one of Metro Detroit’s busiest roadways — and are calling on local people to help recover the missing $160,000...
NM Trooper killed in helicoper crash www.privateofficer.com
Posted on June 11, 2009ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. June 11 2009 State police have confirmed that hiker Megumi Yamamoto and pilot Sgt. Andy Tingwall have been found dead. Officials said earlier Thursday that they feared university student Yamamoto did not survive the crash Tuesday night...
Armored car robbed in Phoenix www.privateofficer.com
Posted on June 11, 2009PHOENIX AZ June 11 2009 — Police searched for a man who reportedly robbed an armored car guard at a central Phoenix Wal-Mart Tuesday. According to Phoenix Police Det. James Holmes, the robbery occurred at a Wal-Mart near 35th Avenue and Bethany Home Road just before noon...
2 Milwaukee police officers shot www.privateofficer.com
Posted on June 11, 2009Milwaukee WI June 11 2009 jsonline.com Two Milwaukee police officers were shot Tuesday afternoon on the near south side by a bicyclist whom they had stopped, police said. A suspect was arrested a short time later. Both officers were shot more than once and were taken to Froedtert Hospital in Wauwatosa...
Yuma cop charged with stealing from department www.privateofficer.com
Posted on June 11, 2009YUMA, Ariz. June 11 2009 Yuma police’s officer of the year in 2008 has been arrested on suspicion of stealing more than $11,000 in cash from seized evidence to support an addition to prescription drugs. The Yuma Police Department placed Officer George Presco on administrative leave after a detective discovered Presco didn’t return evidence – including [...
Austin construction accident kills three www.privateofficer.com
Posted on June 11, 2009Austin TX June 11 2009 statesman.com Three people died Wednesday after falling from a high-rise condominium being built near the University of Texas. Four construction workers, whose names were not released, were working on a scaffold outside the building at 21st and Rio Grande streets when part of it collapsed for unknown reasons about 2:30 p...
Off-duty officer?s DUI crash kills four www.privateofficer.com
Posted on June 11, 2009St. Louis County MO. June 11 2009 (KTVI-FOX2now.com) – A Sunset Hills police officer’s blood alcohol level was twice Missouri’s legal limit hours after the crash she is accused of causing that killed four people, say prosecutors. Chrissy Miller is now charged with four counts of manslaughter and one count of assault...
Michigan police chief commits suicide www.privateofficer.com
Posted on June 11, 2009DELTON, Mich. June 11 2009 (NEWSCHANNEL 3) – A West Michigan community is in shock after a law enforcement leader took his own life. The body of Barry Township Police Chief Marshal ‘Mark’ Kik was found behind police headquarters in Delton Wednesday morning...
North Carolina teacher faces 40 sex crime charges www.privateofficer.com
Posted on June 11, 2009SPENCER NC June 11 2009 ? Police have charged a North Rowan High School teacher with having sex with a student. Bobby Eric Sharpe, 32, of 1022 Fourth Creek Landing Drive, Statesville, is charged with 28 counts of sexual activity with a student and 12 counts of statutory sexual offense...
Home Depot employee charged with $40,000 theft www.privateofficer.com
Posted on June 11, 2009Mobile AL June 11 2009 A Home Depot employee was arrested amid accusations that he stole more than $40,000 worth of merchandise from the store over the last year, Mobile police said. Police arrested 51-year-old Paul Gwin of Semmes on Tuesday, after Home Depot loss prevention agents detained him, police spokesman Cpl...
U.S. Holocaust Memorial Museum officer killed in gunbattle www.privateofficer.com
Posted on June 10, 2009WASHINGTON DC June 10 2009 ? An 88-year-old gunman with a violent and virulently anti-Semitic past opened fire with a rifle inside the crowded U.S. Holocaust Memorial Museum on Wednesday, fatally wounding a security guard before being shot himself by other officers, authorities said...
Family sues Knoxville mall over wrongful death www.privateofficer.com
Posted on June 10, 2009KNOXVILLE, Tenn June 10 2009 (WVLT) — A five million dollar wrongful death lawsuit has been filed against Simon Malls, the owner of Reno Men’s Wear, and a security firm in connection to a fatal shooting inside the Knoxville Center Mall on October 8, 2008...
Professional shoplifters nabbed in Auburn www.privateofficer.com
Posted on June 10, 2009Auburn NY June 10 2009 Two Auburn women are accused of using their large purses to steal almost $1,150 in merchandise from four stores at the Waterloo Premium Outlets mall Friday, state police said Monday. Troopers said Frances Copes, 24, of 54 Parker St...
Security officer opens fire on burglar www.privateofficer.com
Posted on June 10, 2009Fontana CA June 10 2009 An armed security guard opened fire on a would-be thief who was trying to break into a Fontana building materials business Sunday, police said. The guard was working at Thompson’s Building Materials at 11027 Cherry Avenue at 12:51 a...
Police say security intefered with duties www.privateofficer.com
Posted on June 10, 2009Chesterton, IN June 10 2009 Chesterton Tribune Burns Harbor Town Marshal Jerry Price was scheduled to meet today with the firm which provides security at the Burns Harbor facility of ArcelorMittal USA following an incident on June 3 at the East Gate. According to the report filed by Officer K...
Woman gunned down at Fla hospital www.privateofficer.com
Posted on June 10, 2009TITUSVILLE Fla June 10 2009 ? A 30-year-old woman gunned down this morning outside Parrish Medical Center was afraid her husband, Jeremiah Williams, would kill her if she tried to leave him, court records said. In the documents filed May 5, Yolanda Garvin-Williams wrote: ?I told him I that I was leaving...
Woman sues hospital for inadequate security www.privateofficer.com
Posted on June 10, 2009Las Vegas NV June 10 2009 One of the two women sexually assaulted by a man in the parking lot of a Las Vegas hospital last year says security was inadequate there and has filed a lawsuit over the incident. The woman, identified as Jane Doe in court papers, filed the suit last week in Clark County [...
3 Killed in NC Slim Jim plant explosion www.privateofficer.com
Posted on June 10, 2009GARNER, N.C.June 10 2009 ? Authorities say they have found a third body inside a Slim Jim factory in North Carolina a day after an explosion wrecked the building. Garner Police Sgt. Chris Clayton said crews found the remains of a missing worker Wednesday morning...
PA. trooper killed in shoot-out www.privateofficer.com
Posted on June 08, 2009Scranton PA June 8 2009 One trooper is dead and another remains hospitalized this morning following a shoot-out on Route 611 in the Poconos last night that also resulted in the death of the suspect, a man who had fled with his 9-year-old son in Nazareth...
Grandfather shoots wife, kills grandson www.privateofficer.com
Posted on June 08, 2009COMMERCE GA June 8 2009 — Commerce Police say a Jackson County man has shot and killed his 6-year-old grandson and wounded his wife before being shot by police. Police said Sunday they shot 55-year-old Robert L. Clark after he opened fire on police...
Casino patron arrested for threatening security www.privateofficer.com
Posted on June 08, 2009PLAINS TWP PA June 8 2009 ? State police reported the following incidents: Denise A. Dreisbach, 49, of Saylorsburg, was charged at 2:40 a.m. Saturday with criminal trespass and public drunkenness after telling a security officer at Mohegan Sun at Pocono Downs Casino she was going to cut him...
OFFICER DOWN?VIRGINIA www.privateofficer.com
Posted on June 07, 2009OFFICER DOWN Investigator Chadwick Alan (Chad) Carr Greene County Sheriff’s Office Virginia End of Watch: Thursday, June 4, 2009 Biographical Info Age: 31 Tour of Duty: 7 years, 6 months Badge Number: Not available Incident Details Cause of Death: Automobile accident Date of Incident: Thursday, June 4, 2009 Weapon Used: Not available Suspect Info: Not available Investigator Chad Carr was killed in an automobile accident on Route 631, near [...
Off-duty Providence officer dies in wreck www.privateofficer.com
Posted on June 07, 2009Providence RI June 7 2009 abc6news.com ABC 6 News has learned that an off-duty Providence police officer was killed in an accident early Saturday morning. Authorities have confirmed that Officer Peter Rocchio died of injuries sustained in the crash. The accident took place shortly after 1 a...
Four arrested in armored car guard murder www.privateofficer.com
Posted on June 07, 2009MIAMI FL JUNE 7 2009 – The four men charged in connection with last December’s fatal shooting of an armored car guard at Dadeland Mall are scheduled to go before a federal judge today, WFOR-Ch. 4 reports. Dwight Carter, 23, Emmanuel Maxime, 23, Nikkia Thomas, 21, and Erskaneshia Ritchie, 21, will be arraigned before U...
BrandsMart USA employees steal 188 televisions www.privateofficer.com
Posted on June 07, 2009Atlanta GA June 7 2009 ajc.com Some customers apparently got more than they paid for when they shopped at the BrandsMart USA in Stockbridge. Six employees of the store have been arrested for stealing 188 televisions and two computer monitors valued at nearly $100,000, according to police...
Sex offender exposes self at KMart www.privateofficer.com
Posted on June 07, 2009MISHAWAKA IN June 7 2009 ? Imagine you’re at the store with your young child when a man unzips his pants and exposes himself. Police say that’s what happened at the K-Mart on McKinley in Mishawaka. The 75-year-old suspect, Larry Hostetler, admitted he?s a sex offender right after police arrested him...
Mesa police flush fetus down toilet www.privateofficer.com
Posted on June 07, 2009MESA, Ariz. June 7 2009 Police in Arizona say five officers have been placed on paid leave after one allegedly flushed a fetus down a toilet. Mesa Police Chief George Gascon (gas-KOHN’) says four officers responding to a call about a possible miscarriage at a motel on Monday discovered a woman who apparently lost a fetus estimated [...
Security guard fights back when robbed www.privateofficer.com
Posted on June 06, 2009Daytona Fla June 6 2009 Cordera Bracy, 22, targeted the wrong person when she chose to follow security guard Michael Page, 50, from a Sanford Amscot business to his DeBary home. “She had her face covered and made her voice sound like a guy’s,” said Page...
Texas teacher arrested for being drunk in class www.privateofficer.com
Posted on June 06, 2009Brazoria County TX June 6 2009 On Monday, June 1, Cesar Flores, 34, a Spanish teacher at Manvel High School was taken into custody and charged with Public Intoxication and Assault by Contact after he came to the campus intoxicated and allegedly attempted to kiss a female student...
Security guard charged in aggravated assault investigation www.privateofficer.com
Posted on June 06, 2009Lake Tahoe CA June 6 2009 Police arrested a security guard at South Tahoe High School on Friday for allegedly giving police misleading statements regarding an aggravated assault outside a quinceanera at St. Theresa Catholic Church on May 2. At about 9:20 a...
LAPD detective charged in 80?s murder www.privateofficer.com
Posted on June 06, 2009Los Angeles June 6 2009 A veteran Los Angeles police detective was arrested Friday in the 1986 Van Nuys killing of her ex-boyfriend’s wife, cracking a cold case packed with the love-triangle twists and forensic drama of a television cop show. Stephanie Ilene Lazarus, 49, of Simi Valley, was arrested at LAPD headquarters where she worked and [...
Thousands of tickets found hidden at Nashville courthouse www.privateofficer.com
Posted on June 05, 2009Nashville TN June 5 2009 Officials have found thousands of missing traffic tickets, hidden by clerks, right inside the Metro courthouse. The tickets were found stuffed inside two desks, and the number — more than 5,000 tickets so far — is staggering...
Ohio teacher charged with child porn www.privateofficer.com
Posted on June 05, 2009CLEVELAND OH June 5 2009 — A Medina County teacher has been arrested by the FBI on charges of possession, receipt, and distribution of child pornography. The FBI says agents arrested 40-year-old Timothy A. Holmes on June 3. Holmes made his initial court appearance in U...
Police charge man with rape at school www.privateofficer.com
Posted on June 05, 2009Cambridge MN June 5 2009 A 19-year-old Cambridge, Minn., man was arrested on suspicion of raping a Forest Lake Area High School student in a school entryway after classes ended Wednesday. Christopher Robin Webster is in the Washington County Jail on suspicion of first-degree criminal sexual conduct and obstruction of justice...
High school band teacher arrested for student sex www.privateofficer.com
Posted on June 05, 2009Montrose CO June 5 2009 A Montrose High School band teacher was arrested on child sex charges Wednesday, according to Montrose Police. Andrew J. Burke, 37, is being held without bond at the Montrose County Detention facility. He faces charges of sexual assault on a child by one in a position of trust...
Teacher arrested for child porn www.privateofficer.com
Posted on June 05, 2009RUSTON LA June 5 2009 — A former Louisiana Tech University teacher and lecturer faces numerous charges of sex crimes involving juveniles. Ralph Gabriel, 55, of Ruston, was arrested in October on five counts of indecent behavior with a juvenile and one count of computer-aided solicitation for sexual purposes stemming from an Internet sting operation by [...
Delaware teacher charged with sexually extorting student www.privateofficer.com
Posted on June 05, 2009Millsboro DE June 5 2009 Delaware State Police have arrested a Sussex Central High School teacher for having inappropriate contact with a student. On Wednesday morning, police arrested John George Rainis, 24, of Villa Circle, Delaware. According to police, Rainis, an Indian River School District Teacher who is an athletic trainer and full time substitute teacher, had an [...
Man shot by off-duty security in critical condition www.privateofficer.com
Posted on June 05, 2009Ferndale MI June 5 2009 A 58-year-old man is in critical condition today, shot in the neck by an off-duty mall security officer who thought the man was breaking into his Ferndale apartment. The victim is expected to survive, but police are investigating whether the shooting at 2 a...
Jewel thieves mace security, employees during robbery www.privateofficer.com
Posted on June 05, 2009Philadelphia PA June 5 2009 Employees and patrons at the famous Boyd’s men’s clothing store in center city Philadelphia were shaken up but no one was seriously hurt as four men staged a smash-and-grab robbery at the upscale store on Thursday afternoon...
South Carolina teacher arrested for relationship with student www.privateofficer.com
Posted on June 05, 2009Indian Land SC June 5 2009 A middle school teacher in Lancaster County faces sex charges involving a student. Jonathan Jens, 36, of Fort Mill, was arrested Monday at Indian Land Middle School, where he teacher social studies and is coach of the boys’ basketball team...
Security guard arrested for assault on emergency workers www.privateofficer.com
Posted on June 05, 2009NICEVILLE FLA June 5 2009– A 26-year-old guard with the Air Force Security Forces was arrested at Turkey Creek on May 26 after she fought a police officer and firefighter who tried to pull her out of the water, according to her arrest report. Christina Marie Stefanik was at the park at 4 a...
Armored car guard shot 4 times during robbery www.privateofficer.com
Posted on June 05, 2009MIDLAND/ECTOR COUNTY TX June 5 2009 newswest9.com – Authorities have arrested the final suspect in connection with Thursday’s attempted robbery and shooting in Odessa. The first two arrests were made at the Airline Mobile Home Park on Highway 80 in Midland County around 4:00 Thursday afternoon after authorities surrounded the area...
Teacher accused of sexual communications with 7th grader www.privateofficer.com
Posted on June 05, 2009HOUSTON TX June 5 2009 (KTRK) — A local middle school teacher is off the job, all for what he’s accused of doing to a seventh grade student. Investigators are focusing on that teacher’s cell phone. The teacher is on paid administrative leave pending results of the investigation...
NC Councilwoman charged with $1million fraud www.privateofficer.com
Posted on June 05, 2009MARSHVILLE NC June 5 2009 Marshville Councilwoman Denise Whitley was arrested Monday and charged with forging an elderly relative’s will on an estate worth more than $1.2 million. Whitley is accused of presenting a will to the Union County Clerk of Court that left all of Ethel Julia Whitley’s real and personal property to Denise Whitley and [...
BWI security officer struck by lightning www.privateofficer.com
Posted on June 05, 2009Baltimore MD June 5 2009 A security officer at Baltimore-Washington International Thurgood Marshall Airport was injured Wednesday night when she was struck by lightning or experienced a near-strike during a heavy storm, said a spokesman for the airport...
TSA security officer dies in crash www.privateofficer.com
Posted on June 04, 2009MIDLAND TX June 4 2009 A 24-year-old security officer from Midland was killed early Wednesday after his truck rolled over on State Highway 191 just west of Midland, Department of Public Safety communications operator Gilbert Villarreal said. Scott Mark Wanamaker, a security officer with the Transportation Security Administration, was pronounced dead at the scene of the [...
Security officer shoots-kills armed robber www.privateofficer.com
Posted on June 04, 2009Milwaukee WI June 3 2009 Two people were shot, one fatally, during an attempted armed robbery Wednesday afternoon at a check cashing business near N. 76th St. and W. Capitol Drive, officials said. Both men who were shot are believed to have been trying to rob Check Into Cash, 3906 N...
Alabama police officer killed while working security www.privateofficer.com
Posted on June 04, 2009MOBILE, Ala. June 4 2009 — A Mobile police officer was shot and killed Tuesday night while working private security at an apartment complex, authorities said this morning. Officer Brandon Sigler, 26, was found with a gunshot wound about 11:30 p...
Police arrest four in fatal armored car robbery www.privateofficer.com
Posted on June 04, 2009LAKEWOOD, Wash. June 4 2009 – Lakewood Police say they have arrested all of the ?main players? in the deadly shooting and robbery at a Wal-Mart store on Tuesday, and that the robbery was an inside job. Lakewood police spokesperson Lt. Heidi Hoffman says detectives believe they have arrested the two men seen in surveillance video [...
Police employee charged with grand theft www.privateofficer.com
Posted on June 04, 2009Washington, GA June 4 2009?A woman who worked for the police department in Washington, Georgia has been arrested and charged with stealing money from the department. Investigators say that Tammy Dale Land is accused of taking more than $40,000 from a Washington Police Department account...
Police arrest suspect in Denver security officer?s murder www.privateofficer.com
Posted on June 04, 2009Denver CO June 4 2009 Police have made an arrest in connection with the murder of a security guard outside a nightclub. Denver Police have arrested 21-year-old David Cano-Rivera for investigation of accessory to first-degree murder in connection to the shooting in the El Chaparral nightclub early last Friday morning...
Armed shoplifter charged with robbery www.privateofficer.com
Posted on June 04, 2009Detroit MI June 4 2009 A man armed with a handgun was arrested after stealing condoms from Wal-Mart, 29555 Plymouth Road, at about 10 a.m. Monday Loss prevention officers at Wal-Mart watched the man rip open a box of condoms, then stuff them into his pocket...
Boy dies after being struck by lightning www.privateofficer.com
Posted on June 04, 2009FREDERICKSBURG, Va. June 4 2009 ? Police say a 12-year-old Spotsylvania County boy died and another boy was critically injured after lightning struck as they were playing catch. The incident occurred Wednesday on a ballfield south of Fredericksburg as severe storms battered parts of Virginia, flooding roads and knocking out power...
Actor David Carradine found dead in Bangkok www.privateofficer.com
Posted on June 04, 2009BANGKOK June 4 2009(AP) ? Actor David Carradine, star of the 1970s TV series “Kung Fu” who also had a wide-ranging career in the movies, has been found dead in the Thai capital, Bangkok. A spokesman for the U.S. Embassy, Michael Turner, confirmed the death of the 72-year-old actor...
Security officer arrested after shooting shoplifter www.privateofficer.com
Posted on June 04, 2009Pima County AZ June 4 2009 A local security guard accused of attempted murder for a shooting at a southside convenience store. Pima County Sheriff’s deputies say two guards confronted three shoplifting suspects early Wednesday morning at the Circle-K at Country Club and Ajo...
Husband employs man from Craigslist to rape wife www.privateofficer.com
Posted on June 04, 2009KANNAPOLIS, N.C. June 4 2009(AP) ? A North Carolina husband used the online advertising service Craigslist to enlist a man to rape his wife in the couple’s home, police said Wednesday. The 25-year-old Kannapolis man faces first-degree rape and other charges...
Police Lt. Jonas found shot dead in Centreville www.privateofficer.com
Posted on June 03, 2009CENTREVILLE IL June 3 2009– Centreville police Lt. Greg Jonas was shot and killed early Tuesday. Jonas, 58, of Centreville, appeared to have been shot once in the back of the head, said St. Clair County Coroner Rick Stone. Residents of the Ernest Smith Apartments in Centreville said Jonas was lying in the street and his [...
Wright?s county deputy killed in motorcycle wreck www.privateofficer.com
Posted on June 03, 2009ST. Paul MN June 3 2009 A Wright County Sheriff’s deputy was killed in a motorcycle accident early Tuesday morning. Dan Lang, 43, was riding his custom motorcycle in north Minneapolis when he hit a median near Washington Avenue North and 2nd Street North...
Security injured, gun stolen trying to capture burglar www.privateofficer.com
Posted on June 03, 2009Dallas TX June 3 2009 A security guard was injured and his gun was stolen after he tussled with a man suspected of burglarizing vehicles at a northeast Dallas apartment complex Tuesday night. David Preasley, 41, was working security at the Firefox apartment complex in the 5700 block of Pineland Drive when he saw a man he [...
Armed man nabbed at Bangor mall www.privateofficer.com
Posted on June 03, 2009BANGOR, Maine June 3 2009 ? An Enfield man was arrested Tuesday afternoon after allegedly threatening another man at the Bangor Mall and then brandishing a loaded handgun at police officers who responded to the threat. Brian W. Murphy, 24, has been charged with criminal threatening with a dangerous weapon, a Class C felony, but likely [...
Two security officers killed at Stockton apartments www.privateofficer.com
Posted on June 03, 2009Stockton CA June 3 2009 Stockton police characterized as “cold-blooded” the killing of two security officers, shot dead in their cars this morning. “There is no doubt that it is incredibly cold-blooded,” said Officer Pete Smith, a Stockton police spokesman...
Two arrested in fatal armored car robbery www.privateofficer.com
Posted on June 03, 2009LAKEWOOD, Wash. June 3 2009– Two people have been arrested in connection with the fatal shooting of an armored car guard at a Wal-Mart store Tuesday afternoon According to the Lakewood police, the suspects were arrested shortly before midnight. The suspects are currently being held at the Pierce County jail...
School security officer injured breaking up fight www.privateofficer.com
Posted on June 03, 2009BROWNSTOWN TWP MA June 3 2009 ? A security guard who tried to break up a fight at Woodhaven High School was bitten and one of her fingernails was partially torn off, according to a police report. The incident occurred at about 12:30 p.m. May 26. The report said two students were fighting and the security guard [...
Escaped murders caught in New York www.privateofficer.com
Posted on June 03, 2009LITTLE ROCK, Ark. June 3 2009 AP – Two convicted murderers who escaped from an Arkansas prison wearing guard uniforms were captured Tuesday in New York state. Calvin Adams and Jeffrey Grinder were in the same car that had been left for them at the Cummins Unit prison in Grady, about 90 miles southeast of Little [...
Constable kills wife, then himself www.privateofficer.com
Posted on June 03, 2009FOREST HILL LA June 3 2009 — A 9-year-old Forest Hill boy was orphaned on his birthday Tuesday when his father shot his mother and then killed himself, authorities said. apides Parish sheriff’s officials said James Anthony Carroll, 38, and his wife, 26-year-old Rebecca Lynn Carroll, were found dead around 8 a...
OFFICER DOWN CHICAGO IL www.privateofficer.com
Posted on June 02, 2009OFFICER DOWN Police Officer Alejandro (Alex) Valadez Chicago Police Department Illinois End of Watch: Monday, June 1, 2009 Biographical Info Age: 27 Tour of Duty: 3 years Badge Number: 9534 Incident Details Cause of Death: Gunfire Date of Incident: Monday, June 1, 2009 Weapon Used: Gun; Unknown type Suspect Info: Not available Officer Alex Valadez was shot and killed while investigating reports of gunfire on South Hermitage Road shortly [...
OFFICER DOWN MISSISSIPPI www.privateofficer.com
Posted on June 02, 2009OFFICER DOWN Master Sergeant Steve L. Hood Mississippi Department of Public Safety – Highway Patrol Mississippi End of Watch: Friday, May 29, 2009 Biographical Info Age: 50 Tour of Duty: 26 years Badge Number: F-3 Incident Details Cause of Death: Vehicle pursuit Date of Incident: Friday, May 29, 2009 Weapon Used: Automobile Suspect Info: Charged with manslaughter Master Sergeant Steve Hood was killed in an automobile accident while pursing [...
Philly nightclub security officer killed www.privateofficer.com
Posted on June 02, 2009PHILADELPHIA PA June 2 2009 (AP) ? Police say the step-grandson of boxing great Joe Frazier has been fatally shot in a North Philadelphia bar. Police say 25-year-old Peter Lyde Jr. was working as a security guard when he was struck by a bullet during an argument involving a patron, a bartender and two other people [...
Security officer shot at Maryland nightclub www.privateofficer.com
Posted on June 02, 2009Capital Heights MD June 2 2009 Three men posed for a picture early this morning inside a legendary Prince George’s County nightclub, the Ebony Inn. They flashed wads of fake cash, then left and got into a fight with another group in the parking lot that ended in a barrage of gunfire that wounded a security [...
Man jailed for the 153rd time www.privateofficer.com
Posted on June 02, 2009PORTSMOUTH NH June 2 2009 ? Paul Baldwin was arrested for the 153rd time Sunday, a week after he completed a one-year jail sentence for stealing a $1.99 can of beer. Arraigned June 1 by video from the Rockingham County House of Corrections, Baldwin, 49, with no fixed address, was charged with a class A misdemeanor [...
Security agent run over during shoplifters escape www.privateofficer.com
Posted on June 02, 2009Seattles WA June 2 2009 A store security guard escaped serious injury last night when he was struck by a car driven by a suspected shoplifter, according to Seattle police. At 8 p.m., the guard at a business in the 1400 block of Northwest Market Street saw a man shoplifting and followed him out of the store, [...
Albertson?s employee accused of stealing thousands www.privateofficer.com
Posted on June 02, 2009Great Falls MT June 2 2009 A former Albertsons employee is accused of stealing thousands of dollars from the company while she worked there. A 57-year-old Connie Barker faces a felony theft by embezzlement charge. Court documents indicate Barker stole approximately $3,000 from the Westside Albertsons, where she worked...
Security shoots armed man at Aldi store www.privateofficer.com
Posted on June 02, 2009Chicago IL June 2 2009 Chicago police are investigating the shooting of a customer by a security guard this morning at a South Side grocery store. Police said a 46-year-old man was shot about 10:05 a.m. in a parking lot outside of the Aldi store at 6621 S...
750 pound woman ?towed? to morgue www.privateofficer.com
Posted on June 02, 2009INDIANAPOLIS IN June 2 2009– A 750-pound woman who died in her bed was covered with a carpet and pulled out of her apartment on the mattress in view of neighbors, then hoisted onto a flatbed wrecker to be taken to the county morgue. Marion County Coroner Frank Lloyd Jr...
Security guard shoots-kills armed man www.privateofficer.com
Posted on June 02, 2009San Antonio TX June 2 2009 A security guard shot and killed an armed man outside an East Side bar Sunday morning, police said. That incident might have prompted a retaliatory shooting that wounded the bar’s manager outside his home nearly three hours later...
Teens charged with robbery after alcohol thefts www.privateofficer.com
Posted on June 02, 2009Anderson CA June 2 2009 Two young men were arrested Sunday night, accused of stealing alcohol from the Wal-Mart Supercenter in Anderson and then fighting with security guards who tried to detain them for shoplifting, Anderson police said today. With a bottle of booze in hand, Jacob Steiner, 18, of Redding had attempted to leave the store, [...
NY teacher arrested during internet sex sting www.privateofficer.com
Posted on June 02, 2009ELMSFORD, N.Y.June 2 2009 – A Westchester County teacher has been placed on a jail suicide watch after being arrested in an Internet sex sting. Authorities say Gregg Cavaluzzi showed up for in Elmsford what he thought he was a tryst with an underage girl...
Myrtle Beach vacationer arrested for hotel incident www.privateofficer.com
Posted on June 02, 2009Myrtle Beach SC June 2 2009 An N.C. man was arrested after a security guard told police he saw the man throw a lamp from a hotel balcony into the pool area, according to a police report. Christopher Brandon Hull, 27, of Mount Airy, N.C., was charged with damage to personal property at 1:30 a...
Prison guard shoots tires of reckless driver www.privateofficer.com
Posted on June 02, 2009CANTON IL June 2 2009 The Illinois River Correctional Center in Canton is under lockdown after an officer shot a woman’s car tire Friday night for allegedly driving at high speeds through the parking lot and toward an officer. Kelly A. Mainard, 47, of Genoa in DeKalb County was being held Monday in the Fulton County Jail [...
Parolee charged in TJ Maxx robbery www.privateofficer.com
Posted on June 02, 2009GREENBURGH NY June 2 2009 lohud.com – A local man on parole for robbery was arrested over the weekend in connection with another robbery, police said, this time at a Hartsdale store. Jahiem Pedrow, 31, was again in jail after he was charged with second-degree robbery and resisting arrest following a confrontation at T...
California emergency responder dies-line of duty www.privateofficer.com
Posted on June 02, 2009San Luis Obispo CA June 2 2009 A San Luis Obispo emergency responder who died in the line of duty is remembered Monday in his hometown of San Jose. 24-year-old Christopher Meadows was killed over Memorial Day weekend while volunteering with the San Luis Obispo County Search and Rescue Unit...
Abortion doctor shot-killed at Kansas church www.privateofficer.com
Posted on June 01, 2009WICHITA, Kan May 31 2009. AP ? Dr. George Tiller, one of the nation’s few providers of late-term abortions despite decades of protests and attacks, was shot and killed Sunday in a church where he was serving as an usher. The gunman fled, but a 51-year-old suspect was detained some 170 miles away in suburban Kansas City [...
Women with toddlers shoplift at Wal-Mart www.privateofficer.com
Posted on June 01, 2009FORT PIERCE FL June 1 2009 ? Three Fort Pierce women are accused of shoplifting about $130 worth of merchandise from Wal-Mart as they carried three toddlers with them Tuesday, according to Fort Pierce police. Andrea D. Clark, 19, of the 3300 block of South Seventh Street, Tequila Boston, 19, and Fran Toya Lashon Roberts, 18, [...
Woman charged with disorderly conduct at casino www.privateofficer.com
Posted on June 01, 2009Dauphin County PA June 1 2009 Authorities have arrested a Maryland woman at the Hollywood Casino at Penn National in Dauphin County following a disturbance Sunday night. State police said Nancy Mae Cool, 21, of Westminster, Md., was permanently evicted from the casino after she ignored requests from casino security to calm down as she was yelling [...
Police charge three in shoplifting incident, assault www.privateofficer.com
Posted on June 01, 2009Kingsport TN June 1 2009 Police arrested three Kingsport residents at Wal-Mart Friday — one accused of shoplifting, the other two accused of fighting loss prevention and police. Kingsport Police responded to a report of a fight at Wal-Mart, 2500 W...
Mother arrested for burning retarded daughter www.privateofficer.com
Posted on June 01, 2009FAYETTEVILLE NCJune 1 2009(WTVD) — Cumberland County deputies have arrested a 33-year-old Fayetteville woman and charged her with burning her handicapped daughter with a hot iron. Cumberland County Sheriff’s Office spokesperson Debbie Tanna told Eyewitness News that a teacher noticed the girl’s scars and contacted authorities...
Security duped into helping men commit burglary www.privateofficer.com
Posted on June 01, 2009PANAMA CITY BEACH FLA June 1 2009? Two Beach men were arrested on felony charges after allegedly forcing their way into a Beach man’s house and attacking him. Bay County Sheriff’s Office deputies were called to the 180 block of White Cap Way and met by a man who said two men, one allegedly wielding a [...
Security aids police in burglary arrest www.privateofficer.com
Posted on May 31, 2009Elkhart IN May 31 2009 A 27-year-old Elkhart man was arrested Saturday morning following a burglary at the Forest River plant. Police say they interrupted the burglary in progress after a security guard at the business, in the 29000 block of Old U.S. 33 in Elkhart, called for help shortly after midnight...
Jury indicts 16yr old for robbery, shooting security www.privateofficer.com
Posted on May 31, 2009Columbia MD May 31 2009 A Howard County grand jury indicted a 16-year-old Columbia teenager on a slew of charges stemming from the attempted robbery and shooting at a security guard near the Long Reach Village Center in Columbia earlier this month. Darnell Rasheen Furby was indicted Wednesday on charges of first-degree assault; theft of less than [...
Section 8 Vouvher Scam Hits Nashville www.privateofficer.com
Posted on May 31, 2009NASHVILLE, Tenn May 31 2009- Metro Police have issued a warning for a scam that hits close to home. A man has been promising Section 8 housing vouchers, but takes the applicant’s money instead. Some victims have come forward, but police think there could be many others...
Constable shoots man refusing to kneel www.privateofficer.com
Posted on May 31, 2009EL PASO TX May 31 2009 — A county constable shot a man who refused to kneel down and put his hands up, according to El Paso County Sheriff’s Spokesman Jesse Tovar. The shooting happened in the parking lot of the El Bandolero nightclub in east El Paso...
Shoplifters charged after police pursuit www.privateofficer.com
Posted on May 31, 2009Manchester CT. May 31 2009 Manchester police said they have arrested a pair of expert shoplifters after a brief chase. According to police, the two women nearly got away with thousands of dollar’s worth of merchandise at the Buckland Hills Mall...
3 Charged in bank robbery plot www.privateofficer.com
Posted on May 30, 2009ALBANY, GA May 30 2009(WALB) – Three men arrested in an Albany bank parking lot Thursday are now charged with planning a robbery. Albany Police say a sharp-eyed employee likely prevented a bank robbery. She saw the men acting suspiciously. Police took them in for questioning and now say they were obviously preparing to commit [...
Union secures raises, benefits for NYC security www.privateofficer.com
Posted on May 30, 2009NYC NY May 30 2009 Months of negotiations with national security contractors AlliedBarton and FJC have culminated with new union contracts that provide significant wage increases, employer-paid family health care and benefits for some 3,000 City-contracted security officers over three years...
Hospital security helps nab robbery suspect www.privateofficer.com
Posted on May 30, 2009Peoria IL May 30 2009 Quick work by security teams at two local hospitals has one man in custody tonight. That man is accused of approaching two women at two area hospital parking decks in the past 24 hours and trying to steal their bags. A Nurse was walking to her car on the third floor north-parking [...
Man arrested for stealing critically injured officer?s gun www.privateofficer.com
Posted on May 30, 2009Chicago IL May 30 2009 A 22-year-old South Side man was charged in connection with the theft of a 9 mm Beretta belonging to a Chicago police officer as he lay critically injured following a traffic crash Wednesday at 98th and Halsted Streets, authorities said tonight...
$250,000 falls from armored truck www.privateofficer.com
Posted on May 30, 2009SYRACUSE, N.Y. May 30 2009– Hundreds of thousands of dollars lying on a city street. It was a shocking discovery for two people on Syracuse’s Northside. One man walking out of a barber shop and another man walking to his car on North Salina Street discovered at least $250,000 had fallen out of an armored Loomis [...
Teacher arrested for sexual classroom romps with student www.privateofficer.com
Posted on May 30, 2009Queens NY May 30 2009 A Queens public school teacher turned a 2nd-floor classroom into an after-school sex den, luring her teenage student into a torrid fling, prosecutors said. Melissa Weber, 27, a social studies teacher at Middle School/Intermediate School 8 in Jamaica, seduced the 14-year-old male student seven times over the past month, prosecutors said...
Denver security officer shot-killed www.privateofficer.com
Posted on May 29, 2009DENVER CO May 29 2009 – Someone in the crowd at the El Chaparral night club in Denver pulled out a gun and shot two security guards early Friday. One of them died on arrival at the hospital. A manhunt for the suspect was underway. Police say it happened at about 12:50 a...
Police charge man in shooting of women, security officer www.privateofficer.com
Posted on May 29, 2009Kansas City MO May 29 2009 Jackson County prosecutors today charged a man with shooting at two women and a security guard in March, injuring a 66-year-old woman with stray gunfire. Prosecutors charged Kenneth W. Thompson, 24, of Kansas City with 15 felonies: seven counts of first-degree assault, seven counts of armed criminal action and one count [...
Former security supervisor arrested for sexual assault www.privateofficer.com
Posted on May 29, 2009Denver CO May 29 2009 The former head of security at a Denver charter school has been charged with sexually assaulting a female grade-school student during a five-month period in late 2007 and early 2008. Charged is 47-year-old Victor Ware. Ware worked at the former Challenges, Choices and Images charter school in Denver...
45 New Orleans school security laid off www.privateofficer.com
Posted on May 29, 2009New Orleans LA May 29 2009 The Recovery School District has laid off 45 security guards in a cost-cutting move, according to the district’s security director Eddie Compass. The layoffs, which were announced today, reduce the number of guards working in district-run schools to 77, Compass said...
Security officer kills woman, commits suicide www.privateofficer.com
Posted on May 29, 2009Meriden CT May 29 2009 myrecordjournal.com In a chilling 911 call Wednesday morning, police dispatchers heard a man apologize while a woman screamed. The man asked for officers to come to a house at 54 Spice Hill Drive. Seconds later, they heard five gunshots...
Ex-cons run down security after shoplifting incident www.privateofficer.com
Posted on May 29, 2009BANTAM CT May 29 2009 ? A New Milford man who allegedly assaulted a security guard and tried twice to run him over during a shoplifting incident, was ordered held on $25,000 bond on several felony charges. Dakota R. Griffing, 18, 38 Birchwood Drive, hoped he would be released from custody so he could return to [...
Pizza deliverman leads police to kidnap victim www.privateofficer.com
Posted on May 29, 2009ATLANTA GA. May 29 2009 — A Snellville man was arrested on suspicion of abducting an Atlanta woman and driving her to Sevier County, Tenn., where the alleged victim told authorities she was raped. Sevier County Sheriff Ron Seals said 46-year-old David Jansen abducted the 24-year-old woman while she was jogging in her Atlanta neighborhood on [...
Elderly security officer violently robbed www.privateofficer.com
Posted on May 29, 2009SCHERERVILLE IL May 29 2009 A St. John man pushed an elderly man to the ground after threatening his life and stealing about $20 from his wallet, police said. Erick Kegebein, 35, 11475 W. 93rd Ave., was charged Thursday with robbery, a Class B felony, according to an affidavit...
Shoplifters assault, run over store security agent www.privateofficer.com
Posted on May 29, 2009Lincoln NE May 29 2009 Lincoln Police say a shoplifting incident at Shopko at 3400 North 27th Street turned violent Thursday afternoon, and ended in the arrests of four people from Marshalltown, Iowa. Police say 34-year-old Jose Lopez and 28-year-old Maria Cardenas were inside Shopko, when they put six cans of baby formula, worth $26 each, into [...
Off-duty NYPD officer killed by fellow officer www.privateofficer.com
Posted on May 29, 2009NEW YORK May 29 2009 (AP) — A plainclothes policeman who drew his gun while chasing someone he had found rummaging through his car was shot and killed by a fellow officer who was driving by and saw the pursuit, the police commissioner said. Commissioner Raymond Kelly said 25-year-old Omar J...
Man urinates on security officer www.privateofficer.com
Posted on May 29, 2009Orland Park IL May 29 2009 A Braidwood man was charged with disorderly conduct after he allegedly relieved himself on a security officer at a festival in the parking lot of Orland Square Mall in Orland Park police said. The man, identified as Joshua Obrakta, 25, of the 300 block of Orchard Lane was acting disorderly when [...
Man dead after shooting NC police www.privateofficer.com
Posted on May 28, 2009KINGS CREEK, N.C. May 28 2009 wsoctv.com– Investigators in Caldwell County said a man who shot two deputies, an 8-year-old girl and her father was found dead from a gunshot wound after deputies fired back. The shootings happened early Thursday morning in the Kings Creek community...
Alabama police officer arrested for murder www.privateofficer.com
Posted on May 28, 2009Birmingham AL May 28 2009 al.com A 22-year-old Birmingham man charged with murder in a Friday morning Irondale shooting death has been a Brighton police officer for about a year, Brighton Mayor Angelo Hinkle said tonight. Chevis Finley was booked into the Jefferson County Jail Friday night on $75,000 bond...
Florida teacher arrested for sexual battery of student www.privateofficer.com
Posted on May 28, 2009HIALEAH, FL May 28 2009–The Hialeah Police Department has arrested Maria Guzman Hernandez and charged her with sexual battery. Mrs. Hernandez was a 6th Grade teacher at Our Lady of Charity School, in Hialeah. According to police she had an intimate relationship with a 15-year-old male student she met at the school...
Two Arizona officers killed in copter crash www.privateofficer.com
Posted on May 28, 2009PEORIA, Ariz. May 28 2009– Two people who died in a small helicopter crash on Friday have been identified as Peoria police employees. Peoria police Officer Mike Gauchat, 41, and police services Officer Donna Cullum, 45, died when the two-seat homebuilt Safari helicopter they were in crashed west of Interstate 17 just south of Black Canyon [...
Security guard sent to prison for molestation of child www.privateofficer.com
Posted on May 28, 2009Tulsa OK May 28 2009 A former school security guard was sentenced Wednesday to 17 years in prison for molesting a girl he met at Hale High School. Tracy Sullins, 49, pleaded no contest in April to one count of lewd molestation. He did not have a deal with prosecutors to govern his punishment...
Kansas teacher arrested for sexual relationship with student www.privateofficer.com
Posted on May 28, 2009Junction City KS. May 28 2009 A Junction City High School teacher was in the Geary County Detention Center on Thursday after being arrested in connection with an unlawful sexual relationship with a student. Junction City Police Chief Bob Story identified the arrested woman as Micha A...
Two arrested in casino disturbance, assault www.privateofficer.com
Posted on May 28, 2009Bethlehem PA May 28 2009 A Coopersburg couple face assault charges after Bethlehem police said they struck a Sands Casino Resort Bethlehem security officer early this morning when he told them the bar was closing. Larry L. Scholl, 60, and Antoinette Scholl-Hermans, 58, will both be sent summons for charges of simple assault, harassment, disorderly conduct and [...
Former Marietta teacher charged for student sexual assault www.privateofficer.com
Posted on May 28, 2009Marietta GA May 28 2009 A former Marietta High School teacher has been arrested for having sex with a student. Marietta Police Officer Jenny Murphy said Christopher King, who taught English and was involved with the school newspaper, was arrested at his home without incident...
Woman charged with assault on security www.privateofficer.com
Posted on May 28, 2009Wauwatosa WI May 28 2009 An 18-year-old Milwaukee woman was charged with battery and retail theft after she bit two security guards at Macy’s in Mayfair Mall last week. According to the Wauwatosa Police Department report: Security staff watched Jamie Jackson rip a price tag off a $30 hat and put it on her head...
Mike Tyson?s daughter dies in home accident www.privateofficer.com
Posted on May 27, 2009Phoenix AZ May 26 2009 Mike was very dedicated to that baby,” Rogich said. ?I think every parent’s greatest fear is that they live beyond their children. I know Mike has had his troubles in his life, but he’s always been a good father...
Mall security officer critical after being stabbed www.privateofficer.com
Posted on May 27, 2009Toronto Canada May 27 2009 A security guard in her forties is in serious condition after being stabbed Tuesday at North York’s Sheridan Mall, according to Toronto Emergency Medical Services. The woman’s kidney was punctured in the stabbing, which took place shortly before 6 p...
Tufts Medical Center security saves man from suicide www.privateofficer.com
Posted on May 27, 2009BOSTON MA May 27 2009 — A security officer from Tufts Medical Center who had been on the job for a little more than one year rushed to the aid of a man Friday night who was trying to jump off an eight-story parking garage. Officer Rommel Clarke said that around 7 p...
Teacher found in sexual position with student www.privateofficer.com
Posted on May 27, 2009Wilmington NC May 27 2009 An elementary school teacher from Pitt County has resigned after her arrest this weekend in Wilmington. Wilmington police say Jessica Wishnask has been charged with indecent liberties with a minor. Police say early Saturday morning a patrol officer spotted a suspicious vehicle on North 5th Avenue...
New Mexico guard charged in 3 murders www.privateofficer.com
Posted on May 27, 2009SANTA FE NM May 27 2009 (KRQE) – A Santa Fe man accused of killing his pregnant girlfriend and her father pleaded not guilty in a Santa Fe courtroom Tuesday amid questions about whether he will be charged with two murders or three. For now Marino Leyba Jr...
12 year old found with bomb at Denver Airport www.privateofficer.com
Posted on May 27, 2009DENVER CO May 27 2009 – Police in Denver say a 12-year-old boy tried to take an incendiary device through security at Denver International Airport Wednesday morning. They took him into custody and detained him for possession of an incendiary device...
Defunct funeral home leaves behind 4 bodies www.privateofficer.com
Posted on May 27, 2009GARY, Ind.May 27 2009 (AP) – Church leaders who bought a defunct Indiana funeral home in a tax sale have stumbled upon four bodies that had been left behind in the vacant building. Lake County Coroner David J. Pastrick calls the situation in the former Serenity Gardens Funeral Home in Gary “unbelievable...
Bar fight, assault on security leads to arrest www.privateofficer.com
Posted on May 27, 2009Gilroy CA May 27 2009 Police officers chased and tried to stun a man with an electric charge after he ran from El Rio Nilo, 7474 Monterey St., late Sunday night, police said. Enrique Leyva, 31, got into a fight with a security guard outside the downtown bar near Monterey and Martin streets about 11:51 p...
Tn child,8, found hanging in tree www.privateofficer.com
Posted on May 27, 2009MURFREESBORO, Tenn. May 27 2009 — A foster child who was being raised by a Rutherford County deputy and his family was found dead on Monday night hanging from a tree. Police said Alex Cotten, 8, was found hanging from a tree during a fishing incident while his two brothers, foster father — who’s a reserve [...
Security use excessive force on Greyhound Bus patron www.privateofficer.com
Posted on May 27, 2009Minneapolis MN May 27 2009 A father trying to get to work says security at the Greyhound Bus Station in downtown Minneapolis beat, tased, and maced him Monday night. Minneapolis Police are backing up Troy Cooper?s story, saying private security may have gone too far...
Oceanside police captain forced to shoot son www.privateofficer.com
Posted on May 27, 2009FALLBROOK, Calif. May 27 2009?Officials say an Oceanside police captain has shot and wounded his grown son after the younger man attacked his own mother. San Diego County Sheriff?s Lt. Dennis Brugos says Capt. Reginald Grimsby reported the shooting at his Fallbrook home early Saturday morning...
Delaware trooper commits suicide www.privateofficer.com
Posted on May 27, 2009SMYRNA, DEL. ?May 27 2009 Delaware State Police Cpl. Joshua A. Giddings, 32, apparently committed suicide at his Smyrna home Tuesday, May 26. Giddings was arrested May 11 after an investigation revealed he engaged in sexual relations with a woman he had arrested in exchange for not taking her to court...
Security officer shoots, kills armed man www.privateofficer.com
Posted on May 26, 2009Birmingham AL May 26 2009 By: Rick McCann Private Officer News Network http://www.privateofficer.com/ Police are investigating an incident in which a man was shot and killed Sunday night by a security officer after crashing his vehicle at a car dealership and reportedly threatening people with a gun...
8 Charged in Columbus mall melee www.privateofficer.com
Posted on May 26, 2009Columbus GA May 26 2009 Eight people were detained by Columbus police after a Saturday night fight in the Peachtree Mall parking lot, reports state. Officers met with mall security and took five women into custody when called to the scene around 8 p.m...
Police charge woman with defrauding 19 Target stores www.privateofficer.com
Posted on May 26, 2009Scottsdale AZ May 26 2009 Scottsdale police arrested a Nevada woman Wednesday in connection with a fraudulent scheme that affected 19 Arizona Target stores, officials said. Seira Saili, 38, is accused of shoplifting items from Target stores on 25 occasions since May 1 and then attempting to return the items that she stole, police said...
Security and police capture school burglars www.privateofficer.com
Posted on May 26, 2009TULSA, OK May 26 2009 By: Brett Davis Private Officer News Network http://www.privateofficer.com/– Police say quick reaction led to the arrest of two men in relation to a Tulsa school break-in overnight Monday. A Tulsa Public School security officer went to Sequoyah Elementary at 3441 East Archer Street to check out an alarm call...
Shoplifting/Retail Security News www.privateofficer.com
Posted on May 26, 2009Atlanta GA May 26 2009 Rockingham NC Two recent shoplifting incidents and one arrest have been reported by the Rockingham Police Department. At a store at Falling Creek Plaza Shopping Center, Rockingham, suspects stole $65.12 worth of items in one incident and $57...
School system ripe with sexual predators www.privateofficer.com
Posted on May 25, 2009LITITZ, Pa.May 25 2009 – Bill Flickinger can understand one or two bad apples in a school district the size of Warwick, which serves the storybook-cute hamlet of Lititz. But the school board president has a hard time explaining how so many faculty members have strayed into forbidden territory and had sexual relationships with students...
One injured resisting security, police www.privateofficer.com
Posted on May 25, 2009WILDWOOD NJ May 25 2009– A Union City man identified as 20 year-old Christopher Oyola is hospitalized following an altercation with private security and Wildwood Police that accrued here at the Brittany Motel on Saturday, May 23, 2009 at 3:52 a...
Private security supervisor killed in crash www.privateofficer.com
Posted on May 25, 2009SARASOTA COUNTY FLA May 25 2009- Two people were killed early Sunday in a wreck near the intersection of State Road 72 and High-Hat Boulevard. According to the Florida Highway Patrol, Caitlyn Smith, 21, of Sarasota, lost control of her SUV and slammed into the Dodge Nitro driven by Delmiro Da Costa, 59, of Sarasota...
Miami Dolphins player charged with felony assault on police www.privateofficer.com
Posted on May 25, 2009Miami Fla May 25 2009 A Miami Dolphins player was arrested early Sunday morning after he allegedly struck a police officer with a truck on Ocean Drive in Miami Beach. Defensive end Randy Starks, 25, has been charged with aggravated battery on a law enforcement officer...
Security officer in gunbattle with burglars www.privateofficer.com
Posted on May 25, 2009Reno NV May 25 2009 Reno Police are seeking help in identifying two suspects in an early morning shooting and vehicle burglary on Wedekind Road. About 3:35 a.m. today, officers responded to the 1600 block of Wedekind Road, where a security officer with Martin and Ross Security told police a suspect fired several shots at him as [...
Armored car guard shot during robbery www.privateofficer.com
Posted on May 24, 2009Charleston SC May 24 2009 An armored security car employee narrowly escaped a bullet to the head Saturdaymorning after he made a money pickup at Citadel Mall in West Ashley. The Brink’s Inc. employee was leaving the building about 11:30 a.m. when a gunman approached him, robbed him and fired one shot at him, police said...
Nightclub security injured in Nashville www.privateofficer.com
Posted on May 24, 2009NASHVILLE, Tenn May 24 2009 – Two security guards were attempting to remove the man from the club for violating the dress code when they say the man attacked them. The incident happened just before 1 a.m. on Saturday at the Graham Central Station night-club on Second Avenue North...
Memphis guard charged in shooting incident www.privateofficer.com
Posted on May 24, 2009Memphis TN May 24 2009 Memphis Police have charged an apartment security guard with aggravated assault for shooting a man in the ankle. The shooting occurred around 11:30 p.m. Friday at the New Horizon Apartments. According to a police affidavit, Jerome Johnson, 23, and another security guard tried to stop a man who was walking through the apartments...
Arrest made in security guard murder after 11 yrs www.privateofficer.com
Posted on May 24, 2009CANTON, Miss. May 24 2009(AP) – After nearly 11 years, police have made an arrest in the slaying of a security guard at a Canton apartment complex. The cold case unit of the Canton Police Department reopened the 1998 case and a Madison County grand jury indicted 29-year-old Marcus Reed on a murder charge in the [...
Atlanta security guard arrested for bomb threat www.privateofficer.com
Posted on May 24, 2009ATLANTA GA May 24 2009 — The FBI says a 50-year-old security guard has been charged in connection with a bomb threat at the Georgia Department of Labor building in Atlanta. FBI special agent Gregory Jones says Robert Lamar Thompson of Covington faces charges involving the false report of a bomb last Friday...
Chicago police officer charged in DUI hit and run death www.privateofficer.com
Posted on May 24, 2009Chicago IL May 24 2009 chicagotribune.com A veteran Chicago police officer was charged Saturday in the fatal hit-and-run that killed a 13-year-old boy who had sneaked outside to ride his bike with friends on the South Side Friday. Richard Bolling, 39, of the 8600 block of South Wolcott Avenue was charged Saturday with aggravated driving under the influence, [...
4 Killed in Fallon plane crash www.privateofficer.com
Posted on May 24, 2009Fallon CA May 24 2009 A small twin-engine aircraft crashed just east of the Fallon Municipal Airport at approximately 7:30 on Friday evening, killing all four occupants. Dead are Commander Luther H. Hook, III, the Executive Officer of Naval Air Station Fallon, and three of his daughters: Kaitlyn Elizabeth Hook, age 15, Rachel Katherine Hook, age 12, [...
Police pursuit of shoplifters ends in death www.privateofficer.com
Posted on May 23, 2009CHARLOTTE, NC May 23 2009 (WBTV) – A police chase resulted in fatal vehicle crash in northeast Mecklenburg County Friday afternoon. According to a spokeswoman with the Charlotte-Mecklenburg Police Department (CMPD), officers with the Concord Police Department were pursuing a vehicle involved in a theft from the Concord Mills mall into Mecklenburg County...
Wal-Mart employee shot by unknown person www.privateofficer.com
Posted on May 23, 2009LILBURN, Ga May 23 2009 By: Brett Davis Private Officer News Network http://www.privateofficer.com/ — An employee was shot and wounded Thursday night outside a Gwinnett County Wal-Mart. The victim told police he was behind the store on Lawrenceville Highway in Lilburn with another employee when he heard a pop and felt something hit his leg...
100 Years prison for father who poisoned children www.privateofficer.com
Posted on May 23, 2009CLAYTON COUNTY, Ga. May 23 2009 — A father was sentenced to 100 years in prison for poisoning his children Thursday. A Clayton County jury found William Cunningham guilty on all seven counts of aggravated assault and cruelty to children. Cunningham spiked his children?s soup with prescription drugs and lighter fluid in a plot to get money [...
Sherwood teacher charged with sexual assault of student www.privateofficer.com
Posted on May 23, 2009Sherwood AR May 23 2009 A Sylvan Hills Middle School teacher and football coach has been arrested on two sex-related felonies following a two-week investigation by the Sherwood Police Department. According to Sherwood Police Capt. Scott McFarland, Tyson Norsworthy, 28, of Jacksonville was arrested without incident at the city police department at 6 p...
Man with assaults security, police with cane www.privateofficer.com
Posted on May 23, 2009Canton NY May 23 2009 St. Lawrence County Sheriff?s deputies arrested a Massena man in Canton this morning after he allegedly attacked officers responding to a call for assistance from court security. According to deputies, 42-year-old Terry A. Derouchie of State Highway 56 was at the St...
McAllen TX. teacher arrested for student rape www.privateofficer.com
Posted on May 23, 2009McAllen TX May 23 2009 A 30-year-old high school math teacher faced felony charges Thursday that he carried on a yearlong relationship with a student less than half his age. Police said the 14-year-old student told her mother of the improper relationship with the IDEA Quest Academy & College Preparatory instructor Tuesday at their McAllen home...
Casino security officers hit during police pursuit www.privateofficer.com
Posted on May 23, 2009Boulder City NV May 23 2009 A high-speed chase on Interstate 515 southbound this morning ended with an arrest in the buffet line of the Railroad Pass Casino. Kalani Pelekane Ahquin, 34, was booked into the Clark County Detention Center on charges of possession of a stolen vehicle, reckless driving, evading a police officer, assault with a [...
Woman charged with assault on store security www.privateofficer.com
Posted on May 23, 2009EVANSVILLE, IN May 23 2009 (WFIE) – A Boonville woman is arrested after police say she beat a security guard, who was trying to stop her from shoplifting. It happened Thursday evening at the Target Greatland. Evansville police say 30-year-old Amy Huey was seen trying to hide several items...
Police identify fishermen killed in Louisiana boating accident www.privateofficer.com
Posted on May 22, 2009HOUMA, La. May 22 2009 — Five men who planned to take part in a weekend fishing tournament died when their 24-foot aluminum boat ran under one end of a barge, Louisiana officials said. Three were from the Houston area. Department of Wildlife and Fisheries Capt...
Rialto security officer fatally shot www.privateofficer.com
Posted on May 22, 2009RIALTO CA May 22 2009 – A security guard was fatally shot early Thursday morning outside the nightclub where he worked, marking Rialto’s first homicide of the year. Ricardo Alejandro Velarde, 23, of Long Beach, was found shortly after 7:15 a...
N.C. insurance agent pleads guilty to murder, fraud www.privateofficer.com
Posted on May 22, 2009CHARLOTTE, N.C. May 22 2009 — A Charlotte insurance agent accused of killing an insurance investigator pleaded guilty to 25 counts of embezzlement on Thursday. Michael Howell, 41, of Indian Trail ran the Dilworth Insurance Agency. Police say he killed Sallie Rohrback, a state Department of Insurance agency examiner, by hitting her in the head with [...
Multi-state fraud ring busted www.privateofficer.com
Posted on May 22, 2009COTTONWOOD HEIGHTS UT May 22 2009 desertnews.com? A multi-state fraud ring targeting Home Depot stores came to an end in Utah. Cottonwood Heights police arrested five men Wednesday and were looking for a sixth on Thursday in connection with the complex scheme...
North Penn high school teacher arrested for sex with student www.privateofficer.com
Posted on May 22, 2009Lansdale PA May 22 2009 CBS.com A teacher from North Penn High School has been arrested for having inappropriate sexual relations with a student. Authorities say math teacher Heather Lynne Zeo, 36, admitted to having an ongoing sexual relationship with one of her 11th grade students...
Dayton police officer indicted in vehicle impound scheme www.privateofficer.com
Posted on May 22, 2009DAYTON OH May 22 2009 – A Montgomery County grand jury indicted 43-year-old Dayton Police officer Phillip E. Brooks Sr. today, May 21, on 22 counts related to the illegal sale of impounded vehicles. Brooks was indicted on: seven counts of forgery, eight counts of tampering with records, three counts of unauthorized use of the database, [...
California teacher arrested for string of child molestations www.privateofficer.com
Posted on May 22, 2009Little Rock CA May 22 2009 An elementary school teacher has been arrested on suspicion of a string of child molestations in the Antelope Valley authorities said. The Los Angeles Coutny Sheriff’s Department arrested Gilberto Roca, 35, for allegedly molesting 12 students at Antelope Elementary School in the community of Little Rock, southeast of Palmdale...
Man charged after hospital security assaulted www.privateofficer.com
Posted on May 22, 2009Garden City MI May 22 2009 Toni Anthony Private Officer News Network http://www.privateofficer.com/ Officers were called to the emergency room at Garden City Hospital, 6245 N. Inkster Road, at 7:45 a.m. May 18 about a patient fighting with security. A nurse told police that Inkster Rescue had brought the man to the hospital nearly 12 hours earlier due [...
Gadsden Al teacher arrested for sex with student www.privateofficer.com
Posted on May 22, 2009Gadsden AL May 22 2009 A Gadsden City High School teacher and coach has been arrested on sex charges after he allegedly had a sexual relationship with a 15-year-old student. Nicholas Keith Smith, 26, Southside, was taken into custody at the school on Monday and charged about 2:30 p...
5 Louisiana fishermen killed in boating accident
Posted on May 21, 2009Houma LA May 21 2009 By: Rick McCann Private Officer News Network Five fishermen who had entered the Houma Oilman’s Invitational Fishing Tournament which starts tomorrow are dead. The small town of LaPlace is dealing with the big loss after a boating accident killed the five people and left one survivor in critical condition...
Shoplifter throws baby at security agents www.privateofficer.com
Posted on May 21, 2009MEMPHIS, TN May 21 2009 (WMC-TV) – A shoplifting suspect is on the run after throwing a baby at a security guard during an escape attempt. The incident happened early Wednesday afternoon at Wal-Mart on Austin Peay in Raleigh, where police say the two-month-old baby’s aunt was caught shoplifting inside the store...
Mother and daughter charged in shoplifting spree www.privateofficer.com
Posted on May 21, 2009Reno NV May 21 2009 Reno police arrested a mother-daughter shoplifting team who said they were stealing from stores because they were broke, and learned how to do it from the men in their lives. Melissa Longo, 33, and her mother Marie Valderrama, 54, were booked Saturday into the Washoe County Jail on burglary and grand theft [...
Georgia police bust stolen goods fencing operation www.privateofficer.com
Posted on May 21, 2009Athens GA May 21 2009 By: Rick McCann Private Officer News Network http://www.privateofficer.com/ Operators of convenience stores in one area of Georgia are out of business today after police busted them for doing more than selling cigarettes and beer...
Philadelphia school crime at record level www.privateofficer.com
Posted on May 21, 2009Philadelphia PA May 21 2009 Crime spiked in Philadelphia schools last year, hitting a record level. Nearly 15,000 criminal incidents were reported in 2007-08, a 14 percent jump from the previous school year, according to an analysis by Philadelphia’s safe schools advocate obtained by The Inquirer...
Women charged in flat screen TV caper www.privateofficer.com
Posted on May 21, 2009SALEM MA May 21 2009 ? Two women were arrested on shoplifting charges after allegedly trying to steal a flat-screen television from a local department store. Police were called to Target at 205 S. Broadway about 3 p.m. Thursday, after store security workers spotted the women trying to leave the store with a 32-inch LCD television, [...
Gun pulled on security during robbery www.privateofficer.com
Posted on May 21, 2009Kissimmee FLA May 21 2009 Police are looking for two men suspected of stealing baseball hats, leather belts with rhinestones and “hip-hop-style” T-shirts from the 192 Flea Market in Kissimmee, police said today. The items were discovered missing Sunday after two men, one who pointed at back handgun, confronted a security guard at the flea market at [...
Woman faces robbery charge in shoplifting incident www.privateofficer.com
Posted on May 21, 2009Big Spring TX May 21 2009 A simple case of shoplifting turned violent Sunday afternoon, landing a Big Spring woman and local juvenile behind bars, according to law enforcement officials. Ruthie Marie Murphree, 39, of 800 W. Marcy Apt. 22, was arrested Sunday on a charge of robbery after she and a 13-year-old suspect allegedly attempted to [...
Security officer nabs assault suspect www.privateofficer.com
Posted on May 21, 2009Memphis TN May 21 2009 By: Brett Davis Private Officer News Network http://www.privateofficer.com/ A suspect that was wanted in the May 5 stabbing at the Cambridge Court Apartments was taken into custody by police today after being caught by a security officer...
Federal agents arrest 4 in security officer murder www.privateofficer.com
Posted on May 21, 2009Miami FL May 21 2009 At least four people have been arrested in connection with last year’s fatal shooting of an armored car guard at Dadeland Mall, federal court records show. The four are in federal custody in Miami for the killing of Carlos Alvarado, 57, a Dunbar armored car driver...
Two arrested at Myrtle Beach airport with guns www.privateofficer.com
Posted on May 21, 2009MYRTLE BEACH, SC May 21 2009 (WMBF) – Two men have been arrested in three days for allegedly taking firearms into Myrtle Beach International Airport. According to Horry County Police, Wayne Scott Bias, 26, of Lesage, WV, was arrested Sunday by TSA authorities after screeners found a pistol in his carry-on luggage...
Amored car robbery thwarted by guard www.privateofficer.com
Posted on May 21, 2009Silver Springs MD May 21 2009 By: Rick McCann Private Officer News Network http://www.privateofficer.com/ Montgomery County police are looking for a suspect in yesterday?s attempted robbery of an armored truck. The suspect walked up to the guard and sprayed him with pepper spray outside a Silver Spring SunTrust Bank but the security officer was able to fend off his attacker, [...
5 Dead in Louisiana boat wreck www.privateofficer.com
Posted on May 21, 2009BREAKING NEWS DULARGE, La May 21 2009. ? Five people were killed when their recreational fishing boat slammed into a barge sometime late Wednesday night or early Thursday morning in the Falgout Canal in Dularge, about 12 miles southwest of Houma. Captain Samuel Martin of the Louisiana Wildlife and Fisheries Department said that everyone aboard the fishing [...
OFFICER DOWN NORTH CAROLINA
Posted on May 20, 2009RALEIGH, NC May 20 2009- Trooper Kyle P. Barber, age 46, died yesterday at Wake Forest University Hospital in Winston Salem following a medical procedure related to an on-duty injury that occurred in January 2007. Trooper Barber joined the North Carolina State Highway Patrol in May, 2005...
Mall officer captures robbery suspect www.privateofficer.com
Posted on May 20, 2009Riverside CA May 20 2009 One of two teens who approached a young mother in a Target parking lot grabbed her toddler and demanded the woman?s wallet. According to the Riverside Police Department, the 23-year-old woman got out of her car at the Target at 3520 Magnolia Ave...
Security guard, 3 others shot at nightclub www.privateofficer.com
Posted on May 20, 2009CHARLOTTE, N.C. May 20 2009 — A fight at a south Charlotte strip club led to a shootout in the parking lot early Wednesday. Police said a group of people began fighting inside the Carousel Club at about 3 a.m. The fight spilled out into the parking lot and gunfire was exchanged...
Police officer attempts suicide
Posted on May 20, 2009Police officer attempts suicide during stand-off www.privateofficer.com SHREVEPORT, LA May 20 2009 (KSLA) – We have new developments in the case of an Ark-La-Tex police officer who allegedly tried to kill himself. Nurses at LSU Hospital list homer police officer Mike Rayburn in serious condition after doctors performed surgery on him this evening...
Family of murdered security officer files lawsuit www.privateofficer.com
Posted on May 20, 2009Cleveland OH May 20 2009 The family of a security guard, who was gunned down while on duty in November, is suing the assisted-living facility where he worked and the security company that employed him. In the lawsuit, filed Monday in Cuyahoga County Common Pleas Court, Deborah Boyd, mother of Johnnie Boyd Jr...
Security shoots robbery suspect www.privateofficer.com
Posted on May 20, 2009MAR VISTA CA May 20 2009 By: Brett Davis Private Officer News Network http://www.privateofficer.com/ Police say a security officer shot and wounded a 19-year-old would-be robber Tuesday afternoon in Mar Vista. Police were unable to confirm a report that the wounded suspect was shot in both legs, but officer Karren Rayner confirmed that “a robbery suspect (was) shot by [...
Okaloosa sheriff pleads guilty to fraud www.privateofficer.com
Posted on May 20, 2009SHALIMAR, Fla. May 20 2009 — A Panhandle sheriff arrested on a Las Vegas gambling trip with $5,000 in his pocket and $30,000 in a hotel safe pleaded guilty to fraud, money laundering and other charges Tuesday. Charles Morris avoided trial by pleading guilty to six counts of conspiracy, theft, fraud and money laundering...
Former Joyce Meyer guard charged with murder www.privateofficer.com
Posted on May 20, 2009COLUMBIA MO May 20 2009 — Christopher Coleman was arrested Tuesday and charged with strangling to death his wife and two sons, Maj. Jeff Connor, deputy commander of the Major Case Squad of Greater St. Louis, announced Tuesday. Connor made the announcement about 10:30 p...
Cherokee County GA teachers arrested for duct taping child www.privateofficer.com
Posted on May 19, 2009WOODSTOCK, Ga. May 19 2009 — A Cherokee County high school teacher and her paraprofessional have been arrested after allegedly duct taping a special education student to a chair. Cherokee County officials said Woodstock High School teacher Laurie Peavy and her paraprofessional, Nancy Cheek, duct taped a special education student to a chair in 2008...
New York teacher arrested for bank robbery www.privateofficer.com
Posted on May 19, 2009ONONDAGA COUNTY, N.Y. May 19 2009 — Twenty-eight-year-old Mark Gurniak was completing his sixth year as a math teacher at Cicero-North Syracuse high school. But Friday, police arrested him, alleging he robbed a Chase bank in Minoa on Thursday afternoon...
Florida music teacher arrested for student molestation www.privateofficer.com
Posted on May 19, 2009Ocala Fla May 19 2009 Marion County – A music teacher in Marion County has been arrested on lewd and lascivious molestation and battery charges after inappropriately touching two young female students, Marion authorities said. John E. Morrison, 62, of Ocala, is charged with one count of lewd/lascivious molestation and two counts of battery...
LA transit security under investigation for excessive force www.privateofficer.com
Posted on May 19, 2009Los Angeles CA May 19 2009 Los Angeles commuters have been improperly detained, pushed, choked and struck by Metropolitan Transportation Authority security guards, according to interviews and internal law enforcement memos obtained by The Times. Alleged assaults over the last two years have prompted at least 11 investigations by the L...
New Orleans band teacher arrested for sexual misconduct www.privateofficer.com
Posted on May 19, 2009NEW ORLEANS LA May 19 2009 ? A band teacher at McDonogh 35 high school was arrested Monday on several charges involving sexual contact with juveniles. Patrick Williams, 33, is charged with felony carnal knowledge of a juvenile, four counts of indecent behavior with juveniles, three counts of contributing to the delinquency of a juvenile and [...
Charleston police officer on trial for double dipping www.privateofficer.com
Posted on May 19, 2009CHARLESTON, W.Va May 19 2009 wvgazette.com — Keith Peoples, the fifth Charleston Police Department officer accused of double dipping by working an outside security job while on the clock for the city, allegedly racked up hundreds of hours of overlapping time, prosecutors said Monday...
Bedford police officer kills himself and woman www.privateofficer.com
Posted on May 19, 2009LAWRENCE COUNTY, Ind. May 19 2009 — In Lawrence County, a Bedford police officer and a woman who recently broke up with him are dead, and investigators said they believe it’s a murder-suicide case. The Lawrence County Coroner said 35-year-old Kyle Brown and 29-year-old Kathryn Tucker died of apparent gunshot wounds Monday morning and that Brown’s [...
Armored car robbed in California www.privateofficer.com
Posted on May 19, 2009Sebastopol CA May 19 2009 pressdemocrat.com An armed man forced a Brink?s guard to lie on the ground during a lunchtime robbery Monday that shocked onlookers gathered near a downtown Sebastopol bank One witness described the robber walking toward the Brink?s truck parked outside the Bank of America on Healdsburg Avenue pointing what appeared to be a black [...
Security aids police in burglary arrests www.privateofficer.com
Posted on May 19, 2009MADISON WI May 19 2009(WKOW) — Madison police arrested five teens outside of East Towne Mall for their roles in at least one burglary. Just after 7:40 Sunday morning police responded to the mall where security staff members were chasing five teens...
Alaska teacher arrested for abusing minor www.privateofficer.com
Posted on May 19, 2009ANCHORAGE, Alaska May 19 2009 ktuu.com — A teacher, coach, mentor and youth group leader is behind bars, charged with 14 felony counts of sexually abusing a minor. Police arrested 25-year-old Jenson Eugene Seifert on Friday at Birchwood Christian School...
Hard Rock Casino displays $5 million in cash www.privateofficer.com
Posted on May 19, 2009TAMPA FL May 19 2009 - It’s about as close as most of will ever get to $5 million in cash. The Seminole Hard Rock and Casino in Tampa is unveiling a new exhibit Monday morning? the largest amount of money ever publicly displayed at a casino. Several armed guards and casino employees escorted the cash through [...
Student shoots self in head during class www.privateofficer.com
Posted on May 19, 2009LAROSE, La May 19 2009 ? The 15-year-old 8th grader who fired a shot into a ceiling at Larose-Cut Off Middle School before turning the gun on himself may have had more ambitious plans that were detailed in a loose-leaf journal found inside his backpack...
NC Teacher indicted on rape of child www.privateofficer.com
Posted on May 19, 2009DURHAM NC May 19 2009 (WTVD) — A Creekside Elementary teacher’s assistant charged with having sex with a student has been indicted. Gina Marie Watring, 40, now faces charges she raped a child, first-degree kidnapping, felony child abduction, and indecent liberties with a child...
Police duties fast becoming part of private security www.privateofficer.com
Posted on May 18, 2009Atlanta GA May 18 2009 Three months after 9/11, the New York Times ran a quiet story that highlighted a developing trend concerning a sudden increase in the number of police officers retiring from their jobs for careers with private security companies...
Burglary suspect attacks security with knife www.privateofficer.com
Posted on May 18, 2009Seattle WA May 18 2009 Seattle police are looking for a man who was involved in an assault and break-in Friday afternoon. Just before 6 p.m., police received a report of a security guard fighting with a knife-wielding man at a store in the 5200 block of 40th Avenue North...
Police K-9 dies in patrol car www.privateofficer.com
Posted on May 18, 2009FLORENCE, Ariz May 18 2009 — A police K-9 left in a Florence patrol car has died, said Detective Walt Hunter of the Florence Police Department. Vysta was in the vehicle alone for 40 minutes earlier this week, Hunter said. Hunter said it’s a car designed specifically for police K-9 units...
Florida woman charged in shoe attack on security www.privateofficer.com
Posted on May 18, 2009TAMPA FLA May 18 2009 – A Bartow woman was arrested early today on a charge that she hit a nightclub security guard in the face with a shoe, the Hillsborough County Sheriff’s Office said. The guard then used pepper spray on Karen Cruz, 23, an arrest report said...
Tucson teacher arrested for sexual misconduct www.privateofficer.com
Posted on May 18, 2009Tucson AZ May 18 2009 Tucson Police arrested an Utterback Middle School teacher on Friday. Police say 36-year-old Joseph O. Massey was booked into the Pima County Jail on two counts of Sexual Conduct with a Minor. Authorities say he is being investigated for having an inappropriate relationship with a female student...
Three charged in melee, stabbing security officer www.privateofficer.com
Posted on May 18, 2009Reno NV May 18 2009 Three Reno men were arrested this morning after they refused to leave a bar and one of them allegedly stabbed a security guard. Several men were asked to leave El Cortez Lounge, 235 W. 2nd St., about 7:10 a.m. Police say they refused to leave and got into a physical altercation with [...
Police kill armed man at Georgia K-Mart www.privateofficer.com
Posted on May 17, 2009CANTON, Ga. May 17 2009 — Police officers shot and killed a suspect after receiving a report of a man with a gun at a Kmart store in Cherokee County Saturday morning. The shooting happened just after 11 a.m. at the Kmart at 1751 Marietta Highway in Canton...
Orlando police lay off officers www.privateofficer.com
Posted on May 17, 2009Orlando Fla May 17 2009 Orlando police officers thought they were safe from city layoffs, but 15 officers out of 700 on the force will soon be out of a job. That has some residents concerned about how the city will be able to fight crime. ?It doesn’t sound like that many but we need them,? one [...
Police charge shoplifter with grand theft www.privateofficer.com
Posted on May 17, 2009NAPLES FL May 17 2009 ? A 31-year-old Miami woman on probation for grand theft has been arrested on charges she used foil-lined booster bags to shoplift at Coastland Center mall in Naples. Lisa Ann Hayward had a first-appearance hearing Saturday on a felony charge of possession of an anti-shoplifting device...
Shoplifters arrested after biting police officers www.privateofficer.com
Posted on May 17, 2009Shreveport LA May 17 2009 A Shreveport police officer was bitten while trying to arrest two women suspected of shoplifting at a Shreveport business Saturday afternoon. At around 1:40 p.m., Cpl. Scott Deen responded to a call from the Old Navy store in the 6600 block of Youree Drive, where a woman was suspected of shoplifting...
Security officer robbed, shot at www.privateofficer.com
Posted on May 17, 2009Columbia MD May 17 2009 Howard County police arrested three youths Thursday and charged them with trying to rob and shooting at a security guard near the Long Reach Village Center Wednesday night. All the shots missed, police said they were told. Rick Britton, 20, of Odenton, faces attempted murder, assault and attempted armed robbery and handgun [...
Five people injured in GA. mall crash www.privateofficer.com
Posted on May 17, 2009Augusta GA May 17 2009 Five people were injured at Augusta Mall when they were hit by a car in the parking lot, according to an official at a local ambulance company. The injured were taken to Medical College of Georgia Hospital, according to Gold Cross EMS Maj...
Shoplifting arrest may solve ring of thefts at truck stops www.privateofficer.com
Posted on May 17, 2009New Castle IN May 17 2009 A routine shoplifting arrest in eastern Indiana might have solved a ring of thefts at Flying J truck stops across the country. Indiana State Police arrested Shane Nelson, 47, of Corinth, Miss., and Richard Gutierrez, 35, of Tucumari, N...
Shoplifter also charged with dealing drugs www.privateofficer.com
Posted on May 17, 2009Braintree MA May 17 2009 Christopher M. Bean, 33, of Brockton was arrested on the evening of May 12 after allegedly stealing less than $50 worth of merchandise from K-Mart on Grossman Drive and charged with shoplifting and trafficking in OxyContin, Deputy Police Chief Russell Jenkins told the Forum...
OFFICER DOWN NAGS HEAD NC
Posted on May 16, 2009OFFICER DOWN Sergeant Dulan Earl Murray Jr. Nags Head Police Department North Carolina End of Watch: Thursday, May 14, 2009 Biographical Info Age: 48 Tour of Duty: 26 years Badge Number: 105 Incident Details Cause of Death: Automobile accident Date of Incident: Friday, May 15, 2009 Weapon Used: Not available Suspect Info: Not available Sergeant Dulan Murray was killed in an automobile accident on South Croatan Highway while responding [...
Security guard arrested for killing boss www.privateofficer.com
Posted on May 16, 2009Miami Fla May 16 2009 Miami-Dade Police say a security guard who had been fired and who was angry that his air conditioning had been had been fired and who was angry that his air conditioning had been disconnected is now charged with killing his boss and shooting another woman who was nearby...
Missouri teacher charged with rape of student www.privateofficer.com
Posted on May 16, 2009Greenfield MO May 16 2009 Dade County prosecutors have charged a Greenfield High school teacher with having sex with a student after investigators received information to the crime. Female teacher Alison M. Peck has been charged with two counts of second-degree statutory rape...
Two face aggravated robbery in Kroger incident www.privateofficer.com
Posted on May 16, 2009HEBRON OH May 16 2009 ? Two suspected shoplifters were arrested for aggravated robbery Thursday when they allegedly tried to run over a security guard at Kroger, according to Hebron Police Chief Jim Dean. A 47-year-old man and 41-year-old woman were apparently caught stealing alcohol from the supermarket by a female security officer, Dean said...
Judge okays security guard?s body to be exhumed www.privateofficer.com
Posted on May 16, 2009Greene County MO May 16 2009 A Greene county judge will allow the body of a Springfield hospital security guard to be dug up from the grave. Judge Mike Cordonnier agreed to the request Thursday made by the lawyer of Jeffrey Bolden. Monte Ruby was buried last August, days after police say he was kicked in the head [...
GA. police unwilling to aid private detention center www.privateofficer.com
Posted on May 15, 2009Gainesville GA May 15 2009 The private entity that soon will run the North Georgia Detention Center in Midtown Gainesville has asked the Gainesville Police Department to provide police assistance when the facility opens this summer. It doesn?t appear that city officials have any intentions of doing so...
Security,police capture burglars www.privateofficer.com
Posted on May 15, 2009LAKEWOOD RANCH FL May 15 2009 — Two juveniles and an 18-year-old man were arrested on felony charges after a senior class prank that involved breaking into Lakewood Ranch High School and hanging a handmade sign, according to a Manatee County sheriff’s report...
KY teacher charged with child porn www.privateofficer.com
Posted on May 15, 2009Paris KY May 15 2009 Paris High School teacher has been arrested and charged with 25 counts of possession of child pornography. Kenneth Shadoan, 30, had been a math teacher at Paris High School for the last three years. Paris Police received a complaint Monday from a parent who said her 17 year-old son had received ?inappropriate [...
Charlotte Schools eliminates 60 security positions www.privateofficer.com
Posted on May 15, 2009CHARLOTTE, N.C. May 15 2009 — Charlotte-Mecklenburg Schools announced Thursday it?s eliminating 60 of its campus security positions for the upcoming school year. CMS officials said the number of campus security associates will go from 177 to 119 in 2009-2010...
North Carolina teacher charged with stalking student www.privateofficer.com
Posted on May 15, 2009NEWTON, N.C. May 15 2009 ? Authorities in Newton have arrested a high school teacher and charged him with stalking a male student. The Catawba County Sheriff’s Office arrested John Michael Donadio and charged him with stalking a male student at school...
Four US citizens murdered in Tijuana www.privateofficer.com
Posted on May 15, 2009TIJUANA, Mexico May 15 2009 — The bodies of four U.S. citizens were found strangled, beaten and stabbed in a van in this border city, two days after they reportedly left their Southern California homes for a night at the Mexican clubs, U.S. officials said Thursday...
Police charge four in TJ Maxx incident www.privateofficer.com
Posted on May 14, 2009UNIVERSITY HEIGHTS OH May 14 2009 By: Brett Davis/Staff Private Officer News Network http://www.privateofficer.com/ Two women and two girls were arrested Saturday after they stole items and fled in a car, almost striking a security officer, from TJ Maxx & More, 14060 Cedar according to police...
Man hits State Trooper; commits suicide www.privateofficer.com
Posted on May 14, 2009SEATTLE WA May 14 2009– A man who struck an off duty trooper at a hardware store parking lot, then smashed into four cars before attempting to commit suicide by ramming his car head-on into semi truck Tuesday died at the hospital Wednesday afternoon...
LA sheriff sergeant faces grand theft charges in shoplifting incident www.privateofficer.com
Posted on May 14, 2009Los Angeles CA May 14 2009 A Los Angeles County Sheriff?s Department sergeant could face charges of grand theft and child endangerment in connection to the shoplifting of $790 in clothing from a store in Thousand Oaks, authorities said Tuesday. Sgt. Steven Mark Flamm, 42, was booked into Ventura County Jail Monday after he turned himself in [...
Sheriff lays off deputies, security staff www.privateofficer.com
Posted on May 14, 2009Dayton OH May 14 2009 daytondailynews.com Five Montgomery County sheriff?s deputies and 10 security officers will be laid off June 1, Sheriff Phil Plummer announced on Wednesday, May 13. He notified the employees, and also eliminated three unfilled sergeants positions that he had planned to fill...
Delaware trooper charged in sexual extortion www.privateofficer.com
Posted on May 14, 2009New Castle DE May 14 2009 A Delaware State Police corporal is charged with sexual extortion and other offenses for allegedly engaging in a sexual act with a woman he had arrested on a shoplifting charge. Police said the act was in exchange for taking the woman home instead of to court...
Crowd turns on police during shoplifting arrest www.privateofficer.com
Posted on May 14, 2009Portland ME May 14 2009 portlandpress.com Several juveniles and adults face charges following a melee at Franklin Arterial and Fox Street that began when police stopped and arrested a shoplifting suspect and an unruly crowd gathered. Police responded to a report that a man had stolen two bottles of vodka at 7 p...
Police chief suspended for wearing jeans www.privateofficer.com
Posted on May 14, 2009JONESBORO, Ga. May 14 2009– Some citizens in the city of Jonesboro have accused the police chief of looking like a cowboy. That?s why Mayor Luther Maddox said he wants Chief Brad Johnson to wear a uniform, instead of blue jeans and boots on the job...
Armed man tries robbing security officer www.privateofficer.com
Posted on May 14, 2009Lafayette LA May 14 2009 By: Rick McCann Private Officer News Network http://www.privateofficer.com/ Police respnded on May 12, 2009, at approximately 11:30 pm, to assist a security officer who had been threatened by an armed man. The security officer was inside a security building in the 300 block of Feu Follet Road when a white male approached...
Police kill 77 yr old man after officer shot www.privateofficer.com
Posted on May 14, 2009FOLEY, Ala May 14 2009 — During a marijuana raid on a Foley residence early this morning, police officers shot and killed a 77-year-old man after he had shot a police officer in the leg with a pistol mounted with laser sights, Foley police said...
Security officer attacked by gang members www.privateofficer.com
Posted on May 14, 2009Morgan Hill CA May 14 2009 Police arrested two suspected gang members Friday evening after they attacked a 23-year-old security guard at the Gilroy Premium Outlets in what sources said appeared to be revenge for his leaving the gang life. Sgt. Jim Gillio would not confirm or deny if the victim, from Morgan Hill, ever belonged to [...
Police know who killed Joyce Meyer?s security guard?s family www.privateofficer.com
Posted on May 14, 2009Columbia, Ill. May 14 2009 ? The lead investigator hunting the murderer of a woman and her two sons said Wednesday he knows who did it ? but that the prosecutor may take a month or more to review the evidence. “Our investigation reveals who is responsible for these deaths,” said Maj...
Security officer captures two robbery suspects www.privateofficer.com
Posted on May 13, 2009REHOBOTH, DEL. May 13 2009 The Delaware State Police have arrested two women for a May 11 armed robbery at the Exxon gas station located at the intersection of Route 1 and Route 24. Police said two women wearing gloves, black hoodies, masks and sunglasses entered the store on Monday morning at approximately 2:40 a...
Bank robber leaves wallet behind www.privateofficer.com
Posted on May 13, 2009KANSAS CITY, Mo. May 13 2009 Police didn’t have to dust for fingerprints to find this suspect?they just rifled through the wallet he left behind at the scene. Albert Vincent Perkins was charged with robbing First Federal Bank in Kansas City on Thursday...
Armored car robbery leaves guard injured www.privateofficer.com
Posted on May 13, 2009Lancaster CA May 13 2009 Two masked robbery suspects jumped out of a car today and assaulted a Brinks guard who was delivering two bags of cash to a credit union in Lancaster. The armored car robbery occurred in front of Edwards Federal Credit Union at Avenue J-12 and 10th Street West at 12:27 p...
Apartment security officers shot at by trespasser www.privateofficer.com
Posted on May 13, 2009Indianapolis IN May 13 2009 Toni L Anthony Staff Private Officer News Network http://www.privateofficer.com/ Someone shot at apartment security officers near Northeast side and police want to know why. Several security officers on routine patrol of an apartment complex when they heard several gun shots in their area and got out to investigate...
Security officer finds badly beaten man www.privateofficer.com
Posted on May 13, 2009Lubbock TX May 13 2009 Lubbock police have identified the men they suspect severely beat Danny Mahaffey, 55, over the weekend. Police Sgt. John Gomez said officials expect charges to be filed this week against Mahaffey’s suspected assailants, whose names aren’t being released pending the filing of charges...
Wife of 2003 robbery suspect now charged in crime www.privateofficer.com
Posted on May 13, 2009St.Croix County WI May 13 2009 The wife of a western Wisconsin man charged in a 2003 armored car robbery drove the getaway car and deposited huge sums of money in a bank, according to charges filed in St. Croix County Circuit Court. Debra Ann Wiegand, 29, of Herbster, Wis...
Waffle House waitress shoots complaining customer www.privateofficer.com
Posted on May 13, 2009MANNING, S.C. May 13 2009 — A waitress at a South Carolina Waffle House has been arrested and accused of shooting a customer who complained about the service. The Clarendon County Sheriff’s Office says 29-year-old Yakeisha Ward of Manning is charged with assault and battery within intent to kill...
Police officer injured by fleeing shoplifter www.privateofficer.com
Posted on May 13, 2009Natick MA May 13 2009 A suspected shoplifter is facing more serious charges than he bargained for, including assault to kill, after allegedly striking a cop with his car while fleeing the Natick Collection mall. State police arrested Anthony Saiete, 30, of Warwick, R...
Jail inmate assaults hospital security , escapes www.privateofficer.com
Posted on May 13, 2009Watsonville CA May 13 2009 A County Jail inmate who escaped from Dominican Hospital on Monday night after assaulting a security guard was caught with help from a police dog about 90 minutes later, the Sheriff’s Office reported Tuesday. Nathan J...
Ohio security officer assaulted, breast biten www.privateofficer.com
Posted on May 13, 2009Cincinnati OH May 13 2009 A husband and wife woke up Wednesday with a rap sheet after an alleged attack on a Riverbend Music Center security guard Tuesday night that included pulling her hair and biting her breast. Deputies with the Hamilton County Sheriff’s Office say the melee began around 8:45 p...
25 cars shot at on California Interstate www.privateofficer.com
Posted on May 13, 2009Fremont CA May 13 2009 California Highway Patrol investigators say 25 people have now reported having been shot at while driving a stretch of Interstate 680 in Fremont during the last few weeks. Under the cover of darkness, someone has been using a BB gun or some sort of air rifle to target drivers in both directions [...
May Is Mental Health Awareness Month www.privateofficer.com
Posted on May 12, 2009Atlanta GA. May 12 2009 By: Rick McCann Private Officer News Network http://www.privateofficer.com/ May is the month that mental health providers use for Mental Health Awareness and to broaden their reach within the community. Grayce Crockett, a mental health specialist in Charlotte said that workers hold seminars, speak to area employees, and make their services known around the area...
Macy shoplifters clobber security but get nabbed www.privateofficer.com
Posted on May 12, 2009Sugar Land TX May 12 2009 Two Houston men were arrested Saturday after allegedly shoplifting items from a Macy?s store at First Colony Mall. Arrested were Lance Bobby Dike, 19, who was charged with robbery, and Chinedu Drexler Arimonyeotu, 20, who was charged with theft...
Former NYPD officer gets 10 year prison term www.privateofficer.com
Posted on May 12, 2009PHILADELPHIA PA May 12 2009 (AP) ? A former New York City police officer who pulled a gun on three bank tellers during a bank robbery in Reading, Pa., last year, was sentenced on Monday to 10 years in prison. The former officer, Christian A. Torres, 22, still faces charges in New York in connection with [...
Shoplifters cause mall evacuation www.privateofficer.com
Posted on May 12, 2009ORANGE COUNTY, Fla.May 12 2009 — Three shoplifters at the Florida Mall caused an evacuation during their getaway. Eyewitnesses say a security guard and two Macy’s employees followed the trio out of the department store into the mall last night...
Bouncer charged after assault incident www.privateofficer.com
Posted on May 12, 2009BOULDER, Colo. May 12 2009? A 23-year-old bouncer at Boulder?s Shooters Bar & Grill faces second-degree assault charges after being accused of putting a drunk customer in a rear chokehold and pushing him down the stairs, causing him to pass out and break his jaw...
Man points gun at security is fatally shot www.privateofficer.com
Posted on May 12, 2009FORT WORTH TX May 12 2009 ? A 23-year-old man who had been thrown out of an east Fort Worth club was fatally shot by one of the owners early Saturday after reportedly pointing a gun at an unarmed security guard. Police said Monday that they will consult with the Tarrant County district attorney?s office to [...
Security officer injured by shoplifters www.privateofficer.com
Posted on May 12, 2009SCRANTON PA May 12 2009 ? A security officer at Redner?s Market, 550 N. Seventh Ave., was injured when he was assaulted by the brother of a juvenile shoplifting suspect, city police said. Mark Reilly of Scranton stopped the 16-year-old boy outside the store and was escorting him back inside when the youth?s 18-year-old brother punched [...
College student arrested after failing to clean dorm room www.privateofficer.com
Posted on May 12, 2009Unity, ME May 12 2009 – Police say a Unity College student who failed to do a thorough cleaning of her dorm room before leaving campus faces criminal charges after security guards found several marijuana plants growing there. The Waldo County Sheriff’s Office said 19-year-old Annica McGuirk of Cabot, Ark...
Filene?s Basement security stabbed in escape attempt www.privateofficer.com
Posted on May 12, 2009Watertown MA May 12 2009 Brett Davis Private Officer News Network http://www.privateofficer.com/ On May 8 at 3:25 p.m. police were dispatched to Filene?s Basement in the Arsenal Mall on Arsenal Street for a shoplifting report. Security agents saw Rickie Lyoms, 42, of 58 West Durham St...
Police, school security nab stabbing suspect www.privateofficer.com
Posted on May 12, 2009WILLIMANTIC CT May 12 2009 ? – Willimantic police are investigating a stabbing today at Windham High School. A student suffered non-life threatening injuries, police said. Lt. Mary Beth Curtis said police were still actively investigating the incident and had no other information to release...
Lebanon TN police officer dies in crash www.privateofficer.com
Posted on May 11, 2009LEBANON, Tenn. May 11 2009 — The Lebanon Police Department is mourning the death of an officer who was killed in an off-duty motorcycle wreck late Saturday night. Police said Officer Jeff Stone was killed instantly when a car pulled out in front of him at the intersection of South Cumberland Avenue and West Jennings Street...
?Five Finger Discount? alive and well www.privateofficer.com
Posted on May 11, 2009Washington DC May 11 2009 washingtontimes.com The “five-finger discount” has a hold on the nation. Pizzas, art supplies, baby formula, diabetic test strips, fancy lingerie, perennial plants ripped from the ground – just about anything is up for grabs in a sour economy as more Americans resort to shoplifting...
Sheriff removes security from courts in dispute www.privateofficer.com
Posted on May 11, 2009CROWN POINT IN May 11 2009 Lake County Sheriff Rogelio “Roy” Dominguez withdrew security guards from Lake County Government Center’s administrative building Monday morning in an apparent dispute with county officials over a hiring freeze...
Shoplifting pizza cutter ends in robbery charge www.privateofficer.com
Posted on May 11, 2009CANTON OH May 11 2009 A Canton man was arrested on a robbery charge after a Wal-Mart store security officer said he fought with her as he tried to get out of the store without paying for a pizza cutter. The item sells for $18.07. Peter A. Vega Jr., 43, who lives at the Stark Regional Community Corrections [...
Shooting at Atlanta Krystals leaves one dead www.privateofficer.com
Posted on May 11, 2009Atlanta GA May 11 2009 One person was dead and another wounded early Saturday following a workplace shooting at a Clayton County fast-food restaurant. Clayton police spokesman Tim Owens said the shooting happened about 5 a.m. at the Krystal restaurant on Ga...
NY shoplifting sprees lead to arrests www.privateofficer.com
Posted on May 10, 2009ROCKAWAY TWP. NY May 10 2009 – People who allegedly tried to ?grab and go? nearly $6,000 worth of merchandise from Rockaway Townsquare Mall stores were arrested in two separate incidents, police said. Best Buy workers called police to the outer mall store at 2:45 p...
Fort Rucker security unhappy about physical fitness test www.privateofficer.com
Posted on May 10, 2009Dothan AL May 10 2009 Dothaneagle.com The company which contracts the security officers at Fort Rucker recently changed and as a result the 130-plus officers will have to take an unexpected physical fitness test. Retired Command Sgt. Major Johnny Oliver, who works security at Fort Rucker, said the officers did not know they would have to take the [...
GA shoplifter leads police on three county chase www.privateofficer.com
Posted on May 10, 2009AUGUSTA GA MAY 10 2009 An Augusta man was arrested Friday in Burke County after police said he led them on a three-county chase and nearly hit two officers with his truck. Police said they began chasing Gary Kitchens, 45, at Wal-Mart on Knox Avenue in North Augusta after he stole a CD player, according to Lt...
Three charged in shoplifting spree www.privateofficer.com
Posted on May 10, 2009Sioux City IA May 10 2009 Three Sioux City, Iowa, women were arrested Thursday afternoon, accused of taking more than $1,700 in clothes and perfume from several Sioux Falls stores, police spokesman Sam Clemens said. A loss prevention officer at Gordman’s reported the women to police, who were then able to catch up with the women as [...
NC teacher charged with sex crimes with minors www.privateofficer.com
Posted on May 10, 2009WILLIAMSTON NC MAY 10 2009 The police Department applied for and received a search warrant for the residence located at 409 N. Haughton Street, Williamston. Items of evidence were collected and presented to the District Attorneys Office for review. After consultation with the District Attorney?s Office Williamston Police obtained an arrest warrant for Mr...
Fraud suspect shot by police www.privateofficer.com
Posted on May 10, 2009Chicago IL May 10 2009 abc7.com A shooting occurred on Chicago’s Magnificent Mile during a busy Saturday afternoon shopping day. Police say a woman was shot in the stomach after she struggled with an officer for his gun. Officers approached the woman after employees at a store thought she was trying to use a stolen credit card...
Retrial of security guard murder suspect underway www.privateofficer.com
Posted on May 10, 2009Viera FL May 10 2009 Jury selection in the retrial of a Palm Bay man accused in the 2004 robbery and shooting death of a Florida Tech security guard is set to begin Monday. Anthony Johnson?s four-week trial in the slaying of 63-year-old Royce McCain ended in a hung jury in November 2006...
Retail Security/Shoplifting News www.privateofficer.com
Posted on May 10, 2009Atlanta GA May 10 2009 Compiled By: Toni Anthony Private Officer News Network http://www.privateofficer.com/ These are the latest shoplifting arrests and retail security incidents. VALDOSTA GA Valdosta police arrested Appolonia Monique Bowen, 20, on the 1400 block of North Lee Street for charges of shoplifting and interference of an officer, according to reports...
Security Officer Killed In Crash www.privateofficer.com
Posted on May 10, 2009Hilton Head SC May 10 2009 A 47-year-old Sea Pines security officer was killed while driving to work Friday night when his car struck a 12-foot alligator and then swerved into an oncoming Greyhound bus in Jasper County, officials said Saturday. Steven Newell of Savannah was killed instantly, Jasper County coroner Martin Sauls III said...
Armed citizen shoots out tire of fleeing shoplifters www.privateofficer.com
Posted on May 10, 2009Azle TX May 10 2009 A citizen with a ?concealed-carry? handgun license shot out a tire on a car full of fleeing shoplifters, then followed them in his own vehicle Wednesday morning, helping Azle police apprehend four people who were subsequently charged with robbery...
Professor wanted for murder found dead www.privateofficer.com
Posted on May 10, 2009ATHENS, Ga May 10 2009 (AP) ? Cadaver dogs found the body of a wanted professor ?beneath the earth? in the north Georgia woods Saturday, two weeks after police say he shot his wife and two other people to death outside a community theater, then vanished...
Security officer captures burglary suspect www.privateofficer.com
Posted on May 10, 2009SPRINGFIELD, Mass.May 10 2009 (abc40) — A man from Somerville staying in Springfield on business allegedly tried to break in to two cars and steal their GPS systems while drunk, according to police. James Adler, 43, of 31 Lincoln Ave., Somerville, was staying at the Marriott hotel in Springfield on business Thursday night, police said...
Bandits rob jewelry store while security at lunch www.privateofficer.com
Posted on May 09, 2009New York City NY May 9 2009 A pair of bold bandits snatched $1million worth of diamonds from a midtown jewelry store Thursday while the security guards were at lunch, police sources said. The store’s co-owner, Rafaela Amini, buzzed the duo into Gioia Galleria Inc...
Assistant principal, security charged in drug scheme www.privateofficer.com
Posted on May 09, 2009East Hartford CT May 9 2009 hartfordcourant.com An assistant principal is charged with injury to a minor and tampering with a witness after she allegedly sent a student to buy drugs from another student “in an attempt to catch the other student selling drugs,” police said...
Pedestrian dies after being struck by SC State Trooper www.privateofficer.com
Posted on May 09, 2009SPARTANBURG, SC May 9 2009 (AP) – A pedestrian has been killed after he was struck by a South Carolina trooper on a Spartanburg highway. The Spartanburg County Sheriff’s Office says the trooper was headed west on Asheville Highway in his patrol car when the man was struck Thursday night...
Police arrest man in armored car robbery, shooting www.privateofficer.com
Posted on May 09, 2009Omaha, NE May 9 2009 – An Omaha man has been arrested for the armored car robbery at the Douglas County Treasurer’s office. A guard, making a scheduled pick-up, was shot during the robbery at the Florence branch at 30th & Weber. Witnesses described two suspects who got away in a van...
Police nab man wanted in Home Depot robbery www.privateofficer.com
Posted on May 09, 2009Freeport NY May 9 2009 A man who assaulted a security agent who attempted to stop him from fleeing a Freeport Home Depot with a shopping cart filled with unpaid-for power tools was arrested Friday following a lengthy investigation, police said. The robbery occurred on Dec...
Haines City teacher arrested for sex with minor www.privateofficer.com
Posted on May 09, 2009POLK COUNTY, FL May 9 2009 abcnews.com — Haines City High School math teacher and former cross country coach Allen James Guerin was arrested by detectives today and charged with unlawful sex with a m