Criminal Law

Indio casino security officer nabs bank burglar www.privateofficer.com

Posted on April 01, 2011
Indio CA April 1 2011 A parolee was arrested early today on suspicion of burglarizing a Palm Desert bank. Ryan Aaron Shelton, 30, of Thermal was taken into custody at 3:45 a.m. Thursday at the Fantasy Springs Resort Casino in Indio, where a casino security guard detained him, according to Deputy Herlinda Valenzuela of the [...

Security guard nabbed in purse theft www.privateofficer.com

Posted on April 01, 2011
Tulare County CA April 1 2011 A security guard working at a Tuesday-night Tulare Regional Medical Center fundraiser at the International Agri-Center was arrested in connection with the theft of a purse belonging to one of the event’s attendees. William Quiran, 35, of Porterville was booked into the Tulare County Main Jail on suspicion of [...

Chesapeake teacher charged after trying to entice minor www.privateofficer.com

Posted on April 01, 2011
Chesapeake VA April 1 2011 To Chesapeake police he’s Peter Brown, a man officers arrested last week after police say he tried to contact a minor for sex. But to students at Grassfield High School, he’s ‘Mr. Brown.’ Students tell NewsChannel 3 he was a photography teacher...

Rialto teacher charged with child pornography www.privateofficer.com

Posted on April 01, 2011
RIALTO CA April 1 2011 — Sheriff’s Deputies arrested an 8th grade teacher Wednesday on suspicion of possession of child pornography and felony child endangerment. Michael Jacob Edmondson, 32, is a social studies teacher at Frisbie Middle School in Rialto...

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Oklahoma City social studies teacher charged with child abuse www.privateofficer.com

Posted on April 01, 2011
OKLAHOMA CITY OKL April 1 2011 — A social studies and science teacher at an Oklahoma City middle school has been charged with child abuse. Jeremy Shawn Parke, 39, was charged Wednesday with two counts of child abuse in Cleveland County District Court...

Balloon museum security spots possible bombs www.privateofficer.com

Posted on April 01, 2011
ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. April 1 2011 – An Albuquerque police officer said what he found in a Jaguar outside the Balloon Museum ?scared the hell out of him.? It was scary enough that the bomb squad, ATF and the FBI responded and blocked off the road to the museum for more than eight hours...

Loomis Armored Car employee charged with felony theft www.privateofficer.com

Posted on April 01, 2011
Madison WI April 1 2011 An armored car employee was charged with felony theft Wednesday for allegedly taking $20,000 in cash from a company truck and burying it in the yard outside his apartment building. Burl Harper, 56, of Fitchburg, knew after taking he money on March 14 that it wasn’t right but took it [...

L.A. security guard killed in shoot-out with police www.privateofficer.com

Posted on April 01, 2011
Los Angeles CA April 1 2011 It was like something out of a Wild Wild West movie, and in the end it was those with the quickest draw who succeeded. Except it wasn’t a Wild West movie but a real-life scene on the streets of Los Angeles – captured on live television as a security [...

Boys and Girls Club employee is facing charges www.privateofficer.com

Posted on April 01, 2011
LODI CA April 1 2011 A Boys and Girls Club employee is facing charges for allegedly inappropriately touching a young girl. On Monday Lodi officers were contacted by school officials about a student who may have been molested on school grounds during an after-school program...

Former New Towne Mall security sent to jail for theft www.privateofficer.com

Posted on April 01, 2011
NEW PHILADELPHIA OH APRIL 1 2011 ? A former New Towne Mall security guard and his brother-in-law will serve 15 days in county jail as part of their sentences for stealing items valued at a total of nearly $1,000 from two mall stores last fall. Steven E...

Security guard caught with explosives www.privateofficer.com

Posted on April 01, 2011
London April 1 2011 The woman, a 40-year-old dog handler, was detained after her vehicle was searched by police in a car park off Pudding Mill Lane, Stratford, on Tuesday evening, it has been revealed. Scotland Yard said the arrest was made by Olympic site support unit (OSSU) officers after a tip-off...

Georgia police arrest violent duo wanted in armored car robberies, murder www.privateofficer.com

Posted on March 31, 2011
LAWRENCEVILLE, Ga.March 31 2011 — Gwinnett County police announced two arrests in connection with a series of ATM and armored car robberies in Metro Atlanta over the past 5 months. Stacy Lamont Dooley and Quinton Lamar Booker have been charged in the series of eight armed robberies and the murder of an armored car guard [...

TN man guilty of killing man, eating his flesh www.privateofficer.com

Posted on March 31, 2011
KNOXVILLE, Tenn.March 31 2011 – A Tennessee man has been convicted of killing a man in a bar and eating his flesh. The Knoxville News Sentinel reports that jurors on Tuesday convicted Herbert Mike Merritt of first-degree murder. Merritt shot Anthony Laymond “Tony” Ford six times before stabbing him and carving out a piece of [...

Mother-daughter sentenced in shoplifting-assault www.privateofficer.com

Posted on March 31, 2011
MIDDLETOWN PA March 31 2011 – The two were shoplifting with their children when they got into a fight with a 55-year-old Oxford Valley Mall security guard and severely beat the woman. A mother and daughter from Trenton who beat a 55-year-old Oxford Valley Mall security guard who tried to stop them from shoplifting were [...

Former Massechusetts teacher charged with rape

Posted on March 31, 2011
GREENFIELD, Mass. March 31 2011 ? A former middle school teacher has been arrested and charged with rape charges, after alleged sexual assaults on a former student. Mary Carey, spokesperson for Northwestern District Attorney Dave Sullivan’s office, tells abc40 and FOX 6 that 45-year-old Brendan Kenny of Greenfield was arrested Monday night by State Police on multiple [...

Virginia Beach security officer intervenes in armed robbery www.privateofficer.com

Posted on March 31, 2011
Virginia Beach VA March 31 2011 I would have done that for anybody being chased in the parking lot, that’s my job, that’s what I get paid to do.” Still afraid to show his face, fearing retaliation; Thomas, a security guard for Q-Master Billiards in Virginia Beach says he knew instantly Monday night wouldn’t be [...

Teens left locked in police van over 14 hours www.privateofficer.com

Posted on March 31, 2011
FORT LEE, N.J. March 31 2011- Three New Jersey police officers have been suspended after five arrested teenagers spent the night locked up in a police van. The teens were among a group of 20 who were rounded up after neighbors complained about a loud house party early Saturday...

NY nurse arrested for prescriptions fraud www.privateofficer.com

Posted on March 31, 2011
Batavia, N.Y March 31 2011 Police say that a nurse, identified as Sege D. Kalmbacher Sr. is under arrest after authorities say he was illegally writing his own prescriptions for narcotic pain medicine. Detectives say the 36-year old Town of Byron man used his position as a licensed practical nurse (LPN) to get access to [...

Police arrest suspects in armored guard killing www.privateofficer.com

Posted on March 31, 2011
ATLANTA GA MARCH 31 2011 Gwinnett County police have arrested two men in connection with a string of violent armored car robberies across the metro Atlanta area, including one in Toco Hill Shopping Center on March 15 that left a Lawrenceville guard dead...

Texas prison guards indicted in prisoner beating www.privateofficer.com

Posted on March 31, 2011
AMARILLO TX March 31 2011 ? Three fired prison guards have been indicted over the alleged beating of an inmate at a maximum-security unit in Texas. The Amarillo Globe-News reported Wednesday that a fourth indicted guard retired after the June 2010 incident at the Clements Unit...

Gulfport man charged with embezzlement www.privateofficer.com

Posted on March 31, 2011
GULFPORT, MS March 31 2011 – Gulfport Police have reported the arrest of a local man for stealing a substantial amount of cash from his employer. Police say that 19-year-old Daniel Jordan has been charged with Embezzlement after he was allegedly caught taking $1200 from a business on Monday...

Gulfport MS police chief?s daughter killed by DUI driver www.privateofficer.com

Posted on March 30, 2011
GULFPORT, MS March 30 2011 – Charges have been upgraded against the suspect in a Tuesday night crash on Pass Road in Gulfport. WLOX News was told by Gulfport Deputy Police Chief Leonard Papania Darrell Edward Blappert Junior is now charged with DUI causing death...

Mentor man charged with exposing himself at K-Mart www.privateofficer.com

Posted on March 30, 2011
Mentor OH March 30 2011 A man is accused of exposing himself Monday morning in the men’s department in the Mentor Kmart store. Richard Hennessey, 28, of Madison, had visited the store at about 11 a.m. A store security guard said she saw Hennessey expose and stroke himself on the security camera, Mentor Police Lt...

Nightclub security assaulted with beer bottle www.privateofficer.com

Posted on March 30, 2011
CORPUS CHRISTI TX March 30 2011 ? A 20-year-old woman was arrested after the bouncer at the Corpus Christi bar accused her of striking him with the beer bottle Sunday, police said. The bouncer at Safari Sports Bar told police that he was breaking up an altercation between two women before 1:30 a...

Security officer opens fire on hit-run suspect www.privateofficer.com

Posted on March 30, 2011
NAPLES, Fla.March 30 2011- The Naples Police Department is investigating a bizarre hit-and-run that happened in the 700 block of 5th Ave. S. “I was at my store and it was probably about 10:45p.m. and I heard a loud bang and I said that sounds like a gunshot,” said Amy Rosenbluth, whose store is located [...

Missing BP laptop had personal data of claimants www.privateofficer.com

Posted on March 30, 2011
NEW ORLEANS LA March 30 2011 (AP) – BP says one of its employees lost a laptop containing personal data belonging to thousands of residents who filed claims for compensation after the Gulf oil spill. The oil giant disclosed the potential data security breach to The Associated Press on Tuesday...

Lincoln teacher charged in sexual assault of student www.privateofficer.com

Posted on March 30, 2011
LINCOLN IL March 30 2011 ? A Lincoln Community High School teacher has been formally charged with multiple sexual assault and sexual abuse charges involving a student. Douglas Benz, 43, an English teacher, freshman football coach and assistant coach in other sports at LCHS, on Monday was charged by Logan County State?s Attorney Michael McIntosh?s [...

Colorado teacher pleads guilty to felony child abuse www.privateofficer.com

Posted on March 30, 2011
Loveland CO March 30 2011 Former Mountain View High School instructional coach Courtney Bowles pleaded guilty Monday to one felony count of child abuse resulting in serious bodily injury. As part of a plea deal, three original charges of sex assault on a child by one in a position of trust, contributing to the delinquency [...

Granby substitute teacher charged with sexual assault www.privateofficer.com

Posted on March 30, 2011
Granby CT March 30 2011 Police arrested a substitute gym teacher Sunday and charged him with two counts of risk of injury to a minor, two counts of fourth-degree sexual assault and three counts of breach of peace. The charges against Robert A. Klein, 62, of Lindsey Circle in North Granby, are based on several [...

Security stops storage facility burglary by locking suspect in www.privateofficer.com

Posted on March 30, 2011
ST. JOSEPH, Mo., March 30 2011 (UPI) — An observant security guard thwarted an attempted storage facility burglary by locking a man inside the unit, St. Joseph, Mo., police said. Ronald E. Dennis, 49, was released from the Mini-Warehouse of St. Joseph and subsequently arrested for burglary by police, the St...

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