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Wife of Texas school principal arrested for having sex with student www.privateofficer.com

Posted on December 18, 2010
MINEOLA TX Dec 18 2010 ? A four-and-a-half-month investigation into an alleged improper relationship between a Mineola educator and a student culminated Thursday in the arrest of JoAnn Stephens, the wife of the high school principal. Stephens, who is employed by the school district, is listed on the district?s website as working with students in [...

Shasta High School Teacher arrested For Sexual Battery www.privateofficer.com

Posted on December 18, 2010
Redding CA Dec 18 2010 Criminal charges have been filed against a Shasta High School teacher who was arrested earlier this week on suspicion of sexual battery. Troy Steven Leachman, a social science and modern world history teacher, was arrested on Monday and is scheduled to be arraigned on Jan...

Security officers nab car thief www.privateofficer.com

Posted on December 18, 2010
COSTA MESA CA Dec 18 2010 ? Security guards from a dance club found a patron’s reportedly stolen car and held a man who was taking valuables from it, police said. Matthew Cervantes, 20, from Santa Ana, was taken into custody early Friday after guards from the Shark Club detained him for police, authorities said...

NC Volunteer Firefighter Charged in Double Fatality www.privateofficer.com

Posted on December 18, 2010
McDowell County NC Dec 18 2010 An Avery County volunteer firefighter has been charged in connection with a street racing triple-fatality crash involving two Blowing Rock volunteer firefighters returning from a training session in March, authorities said...

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Wal-Mart shoplifting ring nabbed in NY www.privateofficer.com

Posted on December 18, 2010
MONTICELLO NY Dec 18 2010 ? Police believe three men they arrested on Thursday are part of a theft ring that has targeted Wal-Mart stores in the Town of Wallkill and Westfall Township, PA. At least two of them have been arrested in connection with an attempted robbery at the Wal-Mart store in Monticello earlier [...

SANTA CRUZ EXPANDS USE OF PRIVATE SECURITY

Posted on December 18, 2010
SANTA CRUZ CA DEC 18 2010 Following the success of the First Alarm security guard program downtown, Santa Cruz Police announced the launch of a similar pilot program, this time covering the wharf and area parks. The program is a partnership between Santa Cruz Parks and Recreation and the Santa Cruz Police...

Atlanta Security Officer Gunned Down www.privateofficer.com

Posted on December 18, 2010
\ Atlanta GA Dec 18 2010 police do not believe the fatal shooting of a security guard at an southwest towing company was related to his job. We’re talking to his family members and checking out some things,” Atlanta police Major Keith Meadows told the AJC Saturday afternoon...

New Hampshire security officer honored for nabbing mugger www.privateofficer.com

Posted on December 17, 2010
MANCHESTER, N.H.Dec 17 2010?A New Hampshire security officer who helped nab a man charged with mugging a 91-year-old woman by videotaping the assault is being honored for his actions. Police say Nicholas Laliberte was working at the Currier Museum of Art Dec...

High school student receives award for aiding security officer www.privateofficer.com

Posted on December 17, 2010
VINELAND NJ Dec 17 2010 — When Vineland High School senior Joyce Figueroa saw someone in trouble, she sprang into action. The basketball player and Junior Reserve Officer Training Corps, or JROTC, cadet was sitting in the school’s cafeteria last Thursday when two students began fighting, knocking a female security guard to the ground in [...

Apartment security in gun battle with trespasser www.privateofficer.com

Posted on December 17, 2010
Indianapolis In Dec 17 2010 A security guard exchanged gunfire with a man he found sleeping in a hallway at an apartment complex on the Northeastside this morning. Kenneth Daniels, 49, was on patrol in a building at 3830 N. Emerson Ave. at 3:45 a.m. when he spotted Darnell L...

School Security Chief ?I?m No Hero? www.privateofficer.com

Posted on December 17, 2010
Panama City Fla Dec 17 2010 The security officer hailed as a hero for taking down a shooter in a vicious gun battle in a Florida school board meeting said today that he opened fire after he thought his friend had been killed, and then cried when he saw his friend alive...

Armored truck robbery reported in Louisiana www.privateofficer.com

Posted on December 17, 2010
COVINGTON, La.Dec 17 2010 — Two armed men in ski masks held up an armored car in Covington on Thursday morning, the sheriff’s office said. The Brinks armored car was parked at an Outback Steakhouse on Park Place Drive when the two robbers approached, according to the St...

Police arrest 13 students in Chicago school fight www.privateofficer.com

Posted on December 17, 2010
Chicago IL Dec 17 2010 Thirteen Foreman High School students are facing charges following a melee that erupted in a hallway at the Northwest Side school Thursday afternoon. The incident happened about 1 p.m. in a third floor hallway of the school, 3235 N...

Body of baby girl found in a box in Texas www.privateofficer.com

Posted on December 17, 2010
McAllen TX Dec 17 2010 A baby girl from Arizona was found dead Thursday inside a cardboard box that was shipped to a warehouse in Texas, authorities said. A McAllen Police Department spokesman, Sgt. Ricardo Cantu, said a truck carrying used clothing from Phoenix to McAllen arrived at a warehouse Wednesday evening...

Alabama Paramedic killed on Interstate 65 www.privateofficer.com

Posted on December 17, 2010
Montgomery AL Dec 17 2010 A Morgan County woman died Wednesday in Montgomery while trying to help wreck victims there. Twenty-nine-year old Laura Smith Pullam was a member of the Morgan County Rescue Squad and was working for an ambulance service in Montgomery...

Bellagio Casino robbed by armed man www.privateofficer.com

Posted on December 16, 2010
LAS VEGAS NV Dec 16 2010 –Las Vegas police detectives are investigating an early morning robbery at the Bellagio. Police say around 3 a.m. on Tuesday, a man wearing a motorcycle helmet walked into the pit area with a gun. Officers say he pulled out a gun at the craps tables and told casino guests [...

Mall kidnapping proves to be false rumor www.privateofficer.com

Posted on December 16, 2010
TOLEDO, OH Dec 16 2010 - For months, there has been a rumor about a possible kidnapping at the Westfield-Franklin Park Mall. Although WTOL has received many phone calls and emails from people are really worried about the issue, Police Chief Mike Navarre says it’s absolutely not true...

Union County NC teacher arrested for sex with student www.privateofficer.com

Posted on December 16, 2010
UNION COUNTY, N.C.Dec 16 2010 — A Union County teacher resigned Wednesday after allegations of a sexual relationship with a student surfaced. The Union County Sheriff?s Office said 27-year-old Melissa Bitz had sex with an 18-year-old student at Parkwood High School in Monroe, where she was a first-year Spanish teacher...

Tribal police chief gets prison for defauding government www.privateofficer.com

Posted on December 16, 2010
MARQUETTE WI Dec 16 2010 — The former Sault Tribal Police Chief was sentenced in federal court for defrauding the federal government. In a plea agreement 52-year-old Fredrick James Paquin was sentenced to one year and one day in prison and ordered to pay over $231,000 in restitution to the federal government...

Man charged in theft of 15,000 social security numbers www.privateofficer.com

Posted on December 16, 2010
ALBANY, N.Y. Dec 16 2010- An arrest has been made of an individual alleged to have illegally downloaded personal information, including social security numbers of about 15,000 people. Police arrested Evan Kane, 25, from Waterford NY, for stealing the collection of social security numbers from computers belonging contractors working for the Office of Disability and [...

Bodies washing up on NY beach baffles police www.privateofficer.com

Posted on December 16, 2010
BABYLON, N.Y. Dec 16 2010? A New York police official says the FBI has offered any resources necessary to assist with a homicide investigation of four women whose bodies were dumped on a remote beach highway. Suffolk County Police Commissioner Richard Dormer says officials believe a serial killer could be responsible for the killings...

Texas student exposes self to teacher www/privateofficer.com

Posted on December 16, 2010
HARDIN COUNTY TX DEC 16 2010 - A teenager who attends Lumberton High School has posted bond and is out of jail on a charge of exposing himself to a female substitute teacher. David Brian Pipps, 17, is a junior at Lumberton High School, according to Chief Danny Sullins at the Lumberton Police Department...

TODDLER DROPPED INTO BOILING WATER DIES www.privateofficer.com

Posted on December 16, 2010
DALLAS TX DEC 16 2010(AP) – A Dallas toddler has died after police say he was dropped in a pot of boiling water. Dallas police told The Dallas Morning News in a story Tuesday that 16-month-old Jabraylon Bables appeared to have been dipped in boiling water...

Augusta Ga. school security officer named ?Officer of the Month? www.privateofficer.com

Posted on December 16, 2010
Augusta GA Dec 16 2010 A campus security officer, Remille Ables, was honored Tuesday evening as the Richmond County School System’s Officer of the Month for quickly taking a boy into custody after the school received a tip that he had a gun at school...

Christmas comes to death row www.privateofficer.com

Posted on December 16, 2010
Nashville TN Dec 16 2010 By the end of the week, each of the 710 inmates at the Riverbend Maximum Security Institution will receive a Christmas present at the foot of their cells. Someone warm and smiling will unwrap it, and pass the goodies through a slot in the cell door...

Philadelphia security officer shot in the head www.privateofficer.com

Posted on December 16, 2010
Philadelphia PA Dec 16 2010 An off-duty security guard was shot in the head late last night at a Sunoco station at 38th Street and Girard Avenue. Lt. John Walker of Southwest Detectives said the victim tried to intervene when he saw a man arguing with a Sunoco cashier about 11:30 p...

Baldwin County employee commits suicide in front of co-workers www.privateofficer.com

Posted on December 16, 2010
Bay Minette AL Dec 16 2010 A 63-year-old Baldwin County garbage system supervisor apparently killed himself early Wednesday morning after using his own pickup truck to block the path of a county garbage truck in front of his Airport Road home in Bay Minette, a Sheriff?s Office official said...

Border Patrol Agent Gunned Down 4 Arrested www.privateofficer.com

Posted on December 15, 2010
RIO RICO C A Dec 15 2010 — Law enforcement authorities are scouring mountainous, rocky terrain on foot and on horseback, searching for one of five men suspected of shooting and killing Border Patrol Agent Brian Terry on Tuesday night. Four suspects are in custody, including one who is hospitalized...

Shoplifter tries to escape on motorized shopping cart www.privateofficer.com

Posted on December 15, 2010
Palm Beach Fla Dec 15 2010 When choosing a getaway vehicle, it’s a good idea to make sure it goes more than 3 miles an hour. A Palm Beach man led security guards on an intense slow-speed chase in a motorized shopping cart in a grocery store parking lot after he allegedly stole some meat [...

Gunman opens fire at school board meeting-commits suicide www.privateofficer.com

Posted on December 15, 2010
PANAMA CITY Fla Dec 15 2010? A gunman opened fire at a school board meeting Tuesday, sending the audience scrambling before he exchanged shots with a security guard and then killed himself, police said. No one besides the gunman was injured. Witnesses said the gunman walked up to a podium and spray-painted a red “V” [...

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