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Armored car securityofficer shot during robbery in DC www.privateofficer.com

Posted on September 14, 2010
Washington DC Sept 14 2010 Police are investigating the shooting of an armored truck guard. It happened shortly before 3 p.m. Monday in the 600 block of Malcolm X Avenue in Southeast Washington outside a Popeyes restaurant. The guard was shot in the face and was taken to the hospital by his partner in critical [...

Off-duty Oklahoma police officer killed in bar fight www.privateofficer.com

Posted on September 14, 2010
LITTLE ROCK, Ark. Sept 14 2010 ? An Oklahoma police officer who was in Arkansas for sniper training was punched in the nose during a bar fight and later died at a hospital. Police say 25-year-old Elzie Cain got into a fight with 26-year-old Aaron Threlkeld at about 4 a...

OFFICER DOWN- OFFICER JOHN ZYKAS

Posted on September 13, 2010
Officer John Zykas United States Department of Homeland Security – Customs and Border Protection – Office of Field Operations U.S. Government End of Watch: Wednesday, September 8, 2010 Biographical Info Age: Not available Tour of Duty: 15 years Badge Number: Not available Incident Details Cause of Death: Heart attack Date of Incident: Thursday, September 2, [...

OFFICER DOWN??Sergeant Thomas Alexander

Posted on September 13, 2010
Sergeant Thomas Alexander Rayville Police Department Louisiana End of Watch: Saturday, September 11, 2010 Biographical Info Age: 57 Tour of Duty: 20 years Badge Number: Not available Incident Details Cause of Death: Gunfire Date of Incident: Saturday, September 11, 2010 Weapon Used: Gun; Unknown type Suspect Info: Apprehended Sergeant Thomas Alexander was shot and killed [...

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Police Officer James M. (Jimmy) Johnson Jr dies of gunshot wound

Posted on September 13, 2010
Police Officer James M. (Jimmy) Johnson Jr. Carrollton Police Department Georgia End of Watch: Wednesday, May 26, 2010 Biographical Info Age: 55 Tour of Duty: 3 years, 8 months Badge Number: Not available Incident Details Cause of Death: Gunfire Date of Incident: Tuesday, November 11, 1980 Weapon Used: Handgun; ...

Three charged in Louisiana officer?s murder www.privateofficer.com

Posted on September 13, 2010
RAYVILLE LA Sept 13 2010 ? Three men are being held behind bars at Richland Parish Detention Center in connection with the shooting death of Rayville Police Department’s K-9 Sgt. Thomas M. Alexander, according to Louisiana State Police. Alexander, 57, was shot and killed while responding to a burglary-in-progress call at a home on U...

NC rapper had stolen gun at airport www.privateofficer.com

Posted on September 13, 2010
Raleigh NC Sept 13 2010 A local man known in the music world as rapper Petey Pablo was arrested at Raleigh-Durham International Airport on Saturday after security officials found a gun in his luggage. Moses Barrett III, 37, of Knightdale, was arrested by RDU Airport police, and charged with carrying a concealed weapon, possession of [...

Five Wackenhut employees charged with racketeering www.privateofficer.com

Posted on September 13, 2010
Miami Fla Sept 13 2010Authorities have charged five former employees of security firm Wackenhut — which has been accused of overbilling Miami-Dade taxpayers for millions of dollars — with racketeering, court records show. The arrest warrants issued this week for Nathan Holmes, Robert Alvarado, William Acosta, Roberto Pereira and Elijah Pendleton have been sealed as [...

Shots fired at security during bank robbery www.privateofficer.com

Posted on September 13, 2010
St Paul MN Sept 13 2010 A 56-year-old man with four armed holdups on his rap sheet was charged on Friday in federal court with taking a teller hostage and shooting at a police officer after allegedly robbing a bank in St. Paul’s St. Anthony Park neighborhood...

Casino security make major drug arrest www.privateofficer.com

Posted on September 13, 2010
Payson AZ Sept 13 2010 �Here?s a hint: If you are going to do a drug swap, don?t do it under a security camera. That was the lesson learned on Thursday, Sept. 2, after Tonto Apache Tribe officers intercepted a major drug deal, arresting four individuals on drug related charges...

Fort Smith educators charged in sex crimes www.privateofficer.com

Posted on September 13, 2010
Fort Smith AR Sept 13 2010 Two Fort Smith educators were arrested Thursday during an undercover police investigation targeting people who solicit prostitutes on social networking sites. Darby Junior High Principal Christopher Lee Rink, 32, and Darby social studies teacher Brian Patrick Rincon, 44, were arrested in separate incidents Thursday on suspicion of misdemeanor patronizing [...

Multiple police-security agencies capture Boston shooter www.privateofficer.com

Posted on September 12, 2010
Boston MA SEpt 12 2010 Around 6:58PM last night, Friday, August 10, 2010, officers from District D-4 (South End) responded to a radio call for a person shot. On arrival, officers observed Boston Health and Hospitals (EMS) and a Northeastern police officer on scene attending to the victim, a 22-year old male who had sustained [...

Lowell Mass police officer killed by DUI driver www.privateofficer.com

Posted on September 12, 2010
Lowell Ma. Sept 12 2010 An off-duty Lowell police officer was struck and killed by an alleged drunk driver early yesterday morning, officials said. Sergeant Patrick Johnson, 31, of Lowell, a six-year veteran of the department, was riding his motorcycle at Princeton Boulevard and Foster Street in Lowell around 12:30 a...

Phoenix airport passenger detained for bomb threat www.privateofficer.com

Posted on September 12, 2010
Phoenix AZ Sept 12 2010 A passenger aboard a US Airways flight Saturday headed to Phoenix from Las Vegas was detained after he made threat on the plane, officials said. US Airways flight 399 left Las Vegas’ McCarran International Airport at 4:13 p...

TSA officers move up the rank www.privateofficer.com

Posted on September 12, 2010
Boston MA Sept 12 2010 When Heather Callahan started working for the Transportation Security Administration screening passengers at Logan International Airport in 2002, she looked at the airport?s deputy federal security director and thought: ?I wonder why I can?t have his job??? Six years later, she did...

Argument over eggs leaves 6 dead in Ky www.privateofficer.com

Posted on September 12, 2010
JACKSON, Ky.Sept 12 2010 ? A 47-year-old eastern Kentucky man went on a rampage in a trailer park Saturday morning and killed five people with a shotgun before turning the gun on himself, state police said. A relative of two of the victims told the Associated Press that the shootings in Breathitt County happened after [...

NC Security officer stabbed during nightclub brawl www.privateofficer.com

Posted on September 12, 2010
GREENSBORO NC Sept 12 2010 ? A 24-year-old security guard was stabbed in the back and another was assaulted with a pipe during a fight at a bar early this morning, police said in a news release. At 2:40 a.m., Greensboro police officers responded to the Carolina Mexican Bar and Kitchen at 110 E...

CT. hospital won?t fight security officer union attempts www.privateofficer.com

Posted on September 11, 2010
Norwich, Conn.Sept 11 2010 ? The William W. Backus Hospital is pledging to cooperate with a security guards union voted in this week, the first union in the hospital?s 117-year-history. ?We?re not protesting the vote,? Shawn Mawhiney, director of communications, said Friday...

Naked man Tased dies www.privateofficer.com

Posted on September 11, 2010
King County Wa Sept 11 2010 Kings County Sheriff’s Deputies are investigating the death of a man who became non-responsive shortly after being arrested. Officer say they were called out to the Santa Rosa Rancheria, just after midnight Friday for reports of a naked man under the influence of drugs...

NYPD auxiliary officer creates history with restored police cars www.privateofficer.com

Posted on September 11, 2010
New York City NY Sept 11 2010 GLENN SOKOLOFSKY, perhaps the closest thing New York City has to a curator of police car history, recently recounted an interesting story about the New York Police Department?s early patrol cars. Authentic period details include a calibrated speedometer and two-way radio...

Former church teacher arrested for lewd molestations www.privateofficer.com

Posted on September 11, 2010
ANTLERS, OK Sept 11 2010 — A former church school teacher was arrested on charges of lewd molestation. U.S. Marshals arrested Dale Elledge, 72, in Southern Oklahoma Wednesday night and brought him back to McClain County. The sheriff’s office says Elledge disappeared after allegations surfaced that he molested six young girls at the Word of [...

Lebanon Valley College officer struck on vehicle www.privateofficer.com

Posted on September 11, 2010
Lebanon Valley PA Sept 11 2010 A Lebanon Valley College public safety officer was injured Wednesday morning when he was struck by a van while on bicycle patrol in Annville Township, Lebanon County, Annville Township police said. Sean T. Frawley, 32, of Annville, was assisting Annville police with traffic control around 10 a...

Mobile police officer suspended for sexual contact with prisoner www.privateofficer.com

Posted on September 11, 2010
Mobile Al. Sept 11 2010 A Mobile Police officer has been placed on administrative leave for allegedly having improper sexual contact with a woman who was under arrest and in his custody. Officer Jonathon Anthony, assigned to First Precinct Patrol, is accused of having sexual contact with a 26-year-old woman, according to a news release [...

Security officer murderer gets long prison term www.privateofficer.com

Posted on September 11, 2010
LAS VEGAS NV Sept 11 2010 (AP) – A 37-year-old former fugitive who took a plea deal to avoid the death penalty has been sentenced to 29 to 90 years in Nevada state prison in the 1998 slaying of a Tropicana casino security guard. Clark County District Court Judge Jennifer Togliatti sentenced Jose F...

NY woman pepper spray, assault Wal-Mart security www.privateofficer.com

Posted on September 11, 2010
New Hartford NY Sept 11 2010 – Three Syracuse women were arrested in New Hartford after police say they attacked a security guard with pepper spray and a baby carrier. Police have arrested Tayonda Durham, 25; Billie Goode, 28; and Harlyn McBean, 29, on multiple charges including criminal possession of stolen property, grand larceny, and [...

Wal-Mart security assaulted by fleeing shoplifter www.privateofficer.com

Posted on September 11, 2010
BERWICK, LA Dept 11 2010 A man accused of eating food inside a store without paying for it and running away after hitting a security guard when confronted about stealing was arrested Wednesday afternoon in Berwick. According to the St. Mary Parish Sheriff’s Office, Albert Hebert, 46, was booked into the parish jail on shoplifting [...

Downtown security patrol makes arrest www.privateofficer.com

Posted on September 11, 2010
Santa Cruz CA. Sept 11 2010 One of the First Alarm security guards hired to augment downtown policing helped make an arrest Wednesday, the first time the guard patrols have led to an arrest since they started working Pacific Avenue on Saturday morning, Santa Cruz police Lt...

NY teen arrested for selling marijuana at local mall www.privateofficer.com

Posted on September 11, 2010
NEW HARTFORD, N.Y.�Sept 11 2010�New Hartford police say 19 year old Paul Pomichter of Cold Brook has been charged with attempting to sell marijuana to a shopper who was eating in the food court. Police say the patron advised Pomichter that he was not interested and after pomichter walked away the patron advised a mall [...

Kraft Food worker kills co-workers in shooting www.privateofficer.com

Posted on September 10, 2010
PHILADELPHIA PA CSept 10 2010 ? A woman who had just been suspended from her job and escorted from a Kraft Foods Inc. facility returned with a handgun and opened fire Thursday, killing two people and critically injuring a third before being taken into custody about an hour later, police said...

SRO pushed through window during student fight www.privateofficer.com

Posted on September 10, 2010
Chattanooga TN Sept 10 2010 A Hamilton County School Resource Officer recieved minor cuts this morning after a scuffle between students. School Spokesperson Danielle Clark says it all started with an argument between two students before class began. Clark says teachers and administrators tried to break it up, but then a sister of one of [...

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