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Fla. security guard charged with child porn www.privateofficer.com

Posted on August 30, 2010
Collier County Fla Aug 30 2010 A 25-year-old Golden Gate man faces a charge of possessing child pornography. A Collier County sheriff’s deputy went to the Whitestone Group, 1035 Collier Center Way, North Naples, where a company executive told him he suspected that Shelton Berger, a company security officer, had pornography on his company laptop computer...

Washington judge rules police chief violated ?Whistleblowers Act? www.privateofficer.com

Posted on August 30, 2010
Washington DC Aug 30 2010 A D.C. Superior Court jury ruled that senior police officials, including Chief Cathy L. Lanier, violated the District’s whistleblower act when they suspended a police officer in 2005 after he informed city officials that the department allegedly brokered an illegal deal to provide security for the Gallery Place entertainment area [...

Alabama man Tasered during Wal-Mart incident www.privateofficer.com

Posted on August 30, 2010
Valley Al. Aug 30 2010 Police tell News Leader 9 a man caused quite a scene at Walmart. Police were called around 11:30 p.m. Thursday to assist paramedics as they tried to calm down a combative patient in front of Walmart off Highway 29 in Valley, AL...

Police arrest 35 at Tom Petty concert www.privateofficer.com

Posted on August 30, 2010
Buffalo NY Aug 30 2010 Some concert goers are probably wishing they had backed down when confronted by authorities Saturday night, following a concert by Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers at Darien Lake. Genesee County sheriff’s deputies made more than 30 arrests — including several that involved physical confrontations with either Darien Lake security or [...

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Portland City Council candidate charged with DUI www.privateofficer.com

Posted on August 30, 2010
PORTLAND, Ore.Aug 30 2010 — A woman running for city council was arrested on suspicion of driving under the influence of intoxicants Friday night after a security guard reported seeing her fall off her scooter. Portland police said they arrested Mary Volm, 56, at about 10:15 p...

Omaha mall shooting brings back painful memories www.privateofficer.com

Posted on August 30, 2010
Omaha NE Aug 30 2010 Police in Omaha, Nebraska, said Saturday they were investigating a shooting outside the same mall where a gunman killed eight people nearly three years ago. An off-duty police officer working security at Westroads Mall was chasing two shoplifting suspects when they hit him with their car, Omaha Police Officer Michael [...

Fight at Miami mall ends with dozen arrests www.privateofficer.com

Posted on August 30, 2010
Aventura Fla Aug 30 2010 The line leading to the AMC 24 Theaters at the Aventura Mall stretched from the box office to the nearby mall entrance Saturday, as a noisy crowd of teens had gathered to buy tickets to two movies opening that night. A fight soon broke out between two youths near the [...

Two Alaska police officers killed www.privateofficer.com

Posted on August 30, 2010
ANCHORAGE, Alaska AUG 30 2010 A man accused of killing two police officers in a small Alaska village surrendered to authorities Monday. Alaska State Troopers said John Marvin Jr. turned himself in shortly after 9:30 a.m. in the southeast Alaska village of Hoonah...

Police kill armed woman at Delta Air Lines facility www.privateofficer.com

Posted on August 30, 2010
CLAYTON COUNTY, Ga.Aug 30 2010 — Clayton County police officials said a woman was shot and killed outside a Delta Air Lines facility on Monday afternoon. The woman, who is a family member of a Delta employee, arrived at the Delta Technical Operations Center just after 2 p...

Alaska State Fair protestor arrested by security www.privateofficer.com

Posted on August 28, 2010
ANCHORAGE, Alaska Aug 28 2010 A 10-minute YouTube video from the Alaska State Fair is getting people’s attention after an Obama protester was taken down by fair security for what they say was disorderly conduct and criminal mischief. But others say the man civil liberties were violated...

ATF investigates TN Islamic Center fire www.privateofficer.com

Posted on August 28, 2010
MURFREESBORO, Tenn. Aug 28 2010 ? Federal agents have been called out to investigate a possible arson case at the construction site of a controversial Islamic Center of Murfreesboro in Rutherford County. Officials said four construction vehicles were doused in some kind of flammable liquid accelerant early Saturday morning...

OFFICER DOWN Chief of Police Paul Jeffrey Fricke

Posted on August 28, 2010
Chief of Police Paul Jeffrey Fricke Hawk Point Police Department Missouri End of Watch: Friday, August 27, 2010 Biographical Info Age: Not available Tour of Duty: Not available Badge Number: Not available Incident Details Cause of Death: Automobile accident Date of Incident: Friday, August 27, 2010 Weapon Used: Not available Suspect Info: Not available Chief [...

OFFICER DOWN-Deputy Sheriff Brian Harris

Posted on August 28, 2010
Deputy Sheriff Brian Harris Kane County Sheriff’s Office Utah End of Watch: Thursday, August 26, 2010 Biographical Info Age: 41 Tour of Duty: 19 years Badge Number: Not available Incident Details Cause of Death: Gunfire Date of Incident: Thursday, August 26, 2010 Incident Location: Arizona Weapon Used: Rifle Suspect Info: At large Deputy Brian Harris [...

Officer Charles Collins killed

Posted on August 28, 2010
Officer Charles Collins United States Department of Homeland Security – Customs and Border Protection – Office of Field Operations U.S. Government End of Watch: Sunday, July 11, 2010 Biographical Info Age: 56 Tour of Duty: 8 years Badge Number: Not available Incident Details Cause of Death: Automobile accident Date of Incident: Sunday, July 11, 2010 [...

Houston security officer kills man armed with butcher knife www.privateofficer.com

Posted on August 28, 2010
Houston TX Aug 28 2010 An apartment security guard fatally shot a 35-year-old man who threatened him with a beer bottle, fireplace poker and butcher knife late Friday at a Greenspoint-area apartment complex, officials said. Roderick McGuire, 26, was working security at the complex in the 800 block of Greens shortly before midnight when he [...

Ohio man gets 28-life sentence in security officer murder www.privateofficer.com

Posted on August 28, 2010
DAYTON OH Aug 28 2010 ? Christopher Beatty-Jones, who failed to convince a jury that he shot two security guards last March in self-defense, was sentenced Friday, Aug. 27, to 28 years to life in prison. Montgomery County Common Pleas Judge Michael L. Tucker sentenced Beatty-Jones about a half hour after the jury convicted him [...

Men sentenced to prison for security officer?s murder www.privateofficer.com

Posted on August 28, 2010
SANTA ANA, Calif.Aug 28 2010?A Long Beach man has been sentenced to 11 years in prison for the killing of a security guard during a burglary at a church construction site in Orange County. Prosecutors say 29-year-old Sean Christopher Hodge pleaded guilty Friday to a felony count of voluntary manslaughter in the death of 51-year-old [...

Woman charged with assault, resisting security www.privateofficer.com

Posted on August 28, 2010
Norfolk NE Aug 28 2010 A woman was arrested for allegedly assaulting security officers and assaulting a police officer after she was removed from a local club. Norfolk police were called to Club Hollywood shortly after midnight Saturday, said Capt. Leon Chapman of the Norfolk Police Division...

Security officers nab drug user www.privateofficer.com

Posted on August 28, 2010
Woodcliff Lake NJ Aug 28 2010 A 20-year-old man from Ho-Ho-Kus was arrested in Woodcliff Lake on Aug. 16 at 4:24 p.m. and charged with possession of a controlled dangerous substance and drug paraphernalia. Police received a phone call from security from a business on Tice Boulevard that reported they had detained a trespasser...

Walt Disney parks pays 69 employees in back wage disputes www.privateofficer.com

Posted on August 28, 2010
Orlando Fla Aug 28 2010 Walt Disney Parks and Resorts agreed to pay almost a half-million dollars in back pay to 69 employees to compensate for violations of the Fair Labor Standards Act, the U.S. Department of Labor said Thursday. Labor officials said an investigation revealed that inventory-control clerks in the company’s food and beverage [...

Cleveland security officer finds murder victim www.privateofficer.com

Posted on August 28, 2010
CLEVELAND OH Aug 27 2010 – An 87-year-old man was killed early Friday morning in his apartment at 2250 Community College on Cleveland?s east side. Cleveland police said the building?s security officer noticed the victim?s apartment had been broken into just before 2 a...

Accused murderer John Paul Necaise hangs himself www.privateofficer.com

Posted on August 28, 2010
GULFPORT, MS Aug 28 2010 – Accused murderer John Paul Necaise had died. Necaise hanged himself with a belt in the holding cell of the Harrison County Courthouse Thursday morning. He was there changing out of his jail uniform. The Harrison County Sheriff’s Department said they learned Friday afternoon that his family gave doctors permission [...

Former FBI agent gets prison for gun selling www.privateofficer.com

Posted on August 28, 2010
EL PASO, Calif. Aug 28 2010 ? A federal judge sentenced former FBI agent John Shipley on Tuesday to two years in prison after his conviction of gun dealing without a license. Shipley, 40, also was convicted in April of providing federal agents with false documents to hide the number of guns he sold...

School employee commits suicide while investigated for sex crimes www.privateofficer.com

Posted on August 27, 2010
Barrington IL Aug 27 2010 A special education aide at the Barrington Middle School-Prairie Campus who committed suicide was under investigation for possible inappropriate sexual contact with a 13-year-old boy, police said. Barrington police began investigating Steve Mirkin, 32, of the 400 block of West Russell Street in Barrington, on Aug...

Security chief sues West Mifflin Area School District www.privateofficer.com

Posted on August 27, 2010
West Mifflin PA Aug 27 2010 The former director of security of the West Mifflin Area School District has sued the district and school board in federal court alleging that his job termination in June violated a five-year employment contract he had with the district and violated his civil rights...

Security officer suffers severe burns in explosion www.privateofficer.com

Posted on August 27, 2010
Austin TX Aug 27 2010 On Wednesday, August 25, 37-year-old Austin police department officer Bobby Vu was injured in a workplace explosion in Austin, TX. At the time of the accident, Vu was off-duty but working as a security guard at The Cottages apartment complex on Slaughter Lane...

Lawsuit filed against hospital by patient claiming he was assaulted by security www.privateofficer.com

Posted on August 27, 2010
Prince George County MD Aug 27 2010 A car crash victim who doctors wrongly tagged as a cancer patient claims he was beaten by hospital guards when he tried to leave to avoid unnecessary chest surgery. Joseph Wheeler said he awoke at Prince George’s Hospital in Upper Marlboro, Maryland after a June 23 car accident [...

Bouncer charged with assault www.privateofficer.com

Posted on August 26, 2010
Rocky Mount NC Aug 26 2010 Police were called to the D&I Center Nightclub early Wednesday morning in reference to a fight. When they got there, Michael Perry, a bouncer at the club, was allegedly assaulting a 25-year-old man. According to police reports, officers ordered Perry to stop fighting...

Baltimore girl 14, charged with robbery-murder www.privateofficer.com

Posted on August 26, 2010
Baltimore MD Aug 26 2010 The two Honduran men sitting on the front steps of a Southeast Baltimore rowhouse couldn’t help but chuckle at the sight of a 14-year-old girl clutching a silver revolver and demanding money. But Arteesha Holt wasn’t like most girls her age...

Sylvester Stallone?s security team arrest trespasser www.privateofficer.com

Posted on August 26, 2010
Hollywood CA Aug 26 2010 Sylvester Stallone has a fan who wanted to meet him so badly that he snuck onto his Los Angeles property, but Stallone wasn?t even home at the time. Luckily, the fan did get to meet the ?Expendables? actor?s security team instead...

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