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Police investigation leads to $80 million in drugs www.privateofficer.com

Posted on August 22, 2010
GILROY, Calif.Aug 22 2010 ? After a year-long investigation, deputies in Gilroy, Calif. swarmed a house and found nearly 500 pounds of drugs worth $80 million. They say it?s the biggest drug operation they?ve ever seen. Scattered across the kitchen, living room, bedrooms and garage, they found hundreds of pounds of meth and 20 kilos [...

Man charged in burglaries of multiple K-Mart stores www.privateofficer.com

Posted on August 22, 2010
Duval County Fla Aug 22 2010 A 38-year-old Westside man was arrested early Wednesday on a charge of burglary after jewelry was stolen from the Kmart at 9600 San Jose Blvd., police said. Now police say he’s also been charged in six other similar break-ins after a string of other Kmart break-ins all over the [...

Woman sues K-Mart in ?slip and fall? accident www.privateofficer.com

Posted on August 22, 2010
WINFIELD, W.Va. Aug 22 2010– A Culloden woman is suing Kmart after she said she slipped and fell on the floor of the Scott Depot store. Charlotte Thomas, of 229 Kingswood Estates, was walking through the Scott Depot Kmart on Aug. 11, 2008, when she slipped and fell on a wet floor, according to a [...

Jefferson Parish 911 operator arrested for shoplifting www.privateofficer.com

Posted on August 22, 2010
New Orleans LA Aug 22 2010 A Jefferson Parish Sheriff’s Office 911 operator was arrested and accused of shoplifting on Wednesday after she was caught on a security camera stealing several shirts, JPSO reported. Jay’da Jackson, 23, of 1500 Lorene Ave...

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Police identify murdered Florida security officer www.privateofficer.com

Posted on August 22, 2010
Miami Fla Aug 22 2010 -Miami Dade police on Saturday identified the security guard who was found dead a day earlier at a Kendale Lakes shopping plaza. A homeless man found Gerardo Leal, 61, bleeding from a gunshot at about 2:30 a.m. at the Colonial Shopping Plaza, 9590 SW 160th St...

Hominy High School teacher charged with rape www.privateofficer.com

Posted on August 22, 2010
Tulsa Okla Aug 22 2010 A teacher accused of raping a student, turned herself in to Osage County authorities Wednesday. Shelly Fry was a high school teacher at Hominy High School. The allegations date back to last year. Had Shelly Fry not been a teacher, she would not have been arrested on second degree felony [...

Utah teacher faces sexual abuse of student www.privateofficer.com

Posted on August 22, 2010
CENTERVILLE Utah Aug 22 2010 — Police arrested a 61-year-old drama teacher and charged him with forcible sexual abuse of a 14-year-old student. James D. Stokes appeared for an initial appearance hearing in 2nd District Court in Farmington on Wednesday on two second-degree felonies...

Teachers aide charged with sex crimes with student www.privateofficer.com

Posted on August 22, 2010
Redding CA Aug 22 2010 A former teacher?s aide at Shasta High School was arrested this week for allegedly having sex multiple times with a minor, the Glenn County?s Sheriff?s Office reported. Laura Michelle Gallegos, 38, of Redding turned herself in to authorities at the Glenn County Jail in Willows on Tuesday afternoon...

Ohio teacher sentenced to prison in student sex case www.privateofficer.com

Posted on August 22, 2010
Cincinnati OH Aug 22 2010 Today a former religion teacher has learned he will spend four years behind bars for having sexual contact with a teenage girl. 51 year old Salvatore Magro was facing up to five years in prison after pleading guilty to charges of gross sexual imposition in June...

Yellowstone Club guard charged with killing bear www.privateofficer.com

Posted on August 22, 2010
BUTTE MT Aug 22 2010 – Charges are pending against a security officer at the ritzy Yellowstone Club who allegedly killed a black bear sow earlier this month. The Montana Department of Fish, Wildlife and Parks plans to cite Shane Barstad with one count of taking a bear out of season, said Pat Flowers, the [...

NYC Schools settle lawsuits against security staff www.privateofficer.com

Posted on August 22, 2010
New York City NY Aug 22 2010 The city will pay $55,000 to a Queens high school student who alleged that he was abused by a school safety agent. The family of Stephen Cruz, a senior at Robert F. Kennedy High School in Flushing, Queens, sued the city a year ago after a school safety [...

Campus security officers locked out during contract talks www.privateofficer.com

Posted on August 22, 2010
Manitoba Canada Aug 22 2010 Union negotiations with the University of Manitoba ended in a lockout for security staff Friday night. The university and the Association of Employees Supporting Education Services, which represents 27 security staff, failed to come to an agreement during talks that began at 2:30 p...

Men break into hotel, poop in the pool www.privateofficer.com

Posted on August 21, 2010
St. Petersburg,FL Aug 21 2010 Two men were arrested last night when hotel security guards at the Renaissance Vinoy hotel watched them enter the grounds and “befoul the pool with feces.” When local police officers arrived on scene, the two were enjoying the hot tub, clearly relaxing after their hard work of messing up the [...

Mall security officer arrested for burglary-theft www.privateofficer.com

Posted on August 21, 2010
MANKATO MN AUG 21 2010 ? A downtown mall security guard was arrested Thursday on charges of burglarizing a mall business. Lyle Thompson, 33, of Mankato, faces third-degree burglary charges in connection with the theft of about $200 from the Mankato Place accounting firm of Abdo Eick & Meyers...

Miami security officer killed www.privateofficer.com

Posted on August 21, 2010
MIAMI Fla Aug 22 2010 — Police have confirmed this evening that they have found the body of a security guard at a Miami strip mall. Police say the unidentified man’s body was found Friday behind the Colonial Shopping Center by a homeless man...

Man charged with taking photos of women in store?s dressing room www.privateofficer.com

Posted on August 21, 2010
MEMPHIS, TN Aug 21 2010? Memphis police say a man is accused of taking cell phone pictures of a woman while she was taking off her clothes in the dressing room of a Northeast Memphis Store. According to a police affidavit, it happened at the Burlington Coat Factory in the 5900 block of Stage Road, [...

TSA officer charged in laptop computer thefts www.privateofficer.com

Posted on August 21, 2010
NEWARK, N.J. Aug 21 2010 ? A federal security worker at Newark Liberty International Airport has been charged with stealing laptops from a lost-and-found office. Transportation Security Administration employee Jennifer Steplight appeared in court Friday afternoon in Newark...

Suspicious person shoots at Flint security officer www.privateofficer.com

Posted on August 20, 2010
FLINT, Michigan Aug 20 2010 ? A security guard told police he was shot at five times at about 2:40 a.m. Wednesday, according to police reports. The security guard had observed a Chevrolet pick-up truck loaded with scrap and about 15 males wearing bandanas over their faces on Industrial Avenue, near Leith Street...

Student fires gun on school bus www.privateofficer.com

Posted on August 20, 2010
OMAHA, Neb. Aug 20 2010– Officials at Burke High School said there would be extra security on Friday after a gun went off on a bus leaving the school on Wednesday and police found another gun in a student’s backpack on Thursday. Police said two students were being held at the Douglas County Youth Center [...

Museum thieves steal $550,000 gold bar www.privateofficer.com

Posted on August 20, 2010
KEY WEST, Fla.Aug 20 2010 — Two thieves entered a museum shortly after closing time and stole a gold bar worth about $550,000 that had been recovered from the shipwreck of a Spanish galleon off the Florida Keys, police said. Police and the FBI are working to identify the suspects who took the gold bar [...

Security guard charged with attempted murder of trespasser www.privateofficer.com

Posted on August 20, 2010
BIRMINGHAM, AL Aug 20 2010 By: Rick McCann/Staff PRIVATE OFFICER NEWS http://www.privateofficer.com/�- Police have arrested a security guard and have charged him with attempted murder in the shooting of an accused trespasser. Birmingham police, in a statement Thursday said David Johnson, 37, of Birmingham, is charged with the attempted murder of Willie Kirksey, 46, of [...

Chumash Casino Security Nabs 6 On Drug Charges www.privateofficer.com

Posted on August 19, 2010
Santa Ynez Ca Aug 19 2010 Six people were arrested at the Chumash Casino Monday night on various drug-related charges, according to county Sheriff?s officials. Just after 10 p.m. Monday, casino security observed a group of suspicious people involved in what appeared to be a drug transaction, said Sgt...

Former Nashville police officer pleads guilty to sex with 12 yr old www.privateofficer.com

Posted on August 19, 2010
Nashville TN Aug 19 2010 A former Metro police officer charged in Clay County with aggravated sexual battery of a 12-year-old pleaded guilty to a lesser charge Monday. James S. Stackhouse, 47, pleaded guilty to attempted aggravated sexual battery and received a three-year prison sentence along with a $1,200 fine...

NC police officer held hostage by bees www.privateofficer.com

Posted on August 19, 2010
Wake County NC Aug 19 2010 Tuesday was anything but a routine day for Deputy Brandon Jenkins, who spent three hours in his patrol car after nearly 50,000 honeybees decided to park on it. The Wake County Sheriff’s Office officer had responded around 9:40 a...

Clayton County cop indicted for taking protection money www.privateofficer.com

Posted on August 19, 2010
Clayton County GA Aug 19 2010 A Clayton County, Georgia, police officer has been indicted by a federal grand jury on charges he took money to protect illegal drug deals, possessed a stolen firearm and stole personal property from drivers during traffic stops, a U...

Armed guard?s gun taken, store robbed www.privateofficer.com

Posted on August 19, 2010
Gainesville Fla Aug 19 2010 A security officer’s gun was taken from him Wednesday morning during an armed robbery at an Internet cafe. Gainesville police said no one was injured when a lone gunman entered the Allied Veterans .72 Internet Center at 4158 N...

Security guard shoots up police station, commits suicide www.privateofficer.com

Posted on August 19, 2010
McKINNEY, Texas AUG 19 2010 (AP) ? The man who killed himself during a shootout with a suburban Dallas police department once worked as a jailer and security guard and even praised the very officers he attacked, according to associates and records. Patrick Gray Sharp, 29, died of a self-inflicted gunshot wound to the head, [...

Two charged with drugs at tribal casino www.privateofficer.com

Posted on August 19, 2010
Perkins Okl Aug 19 2010 A Stillwater couple who were arrested at the Cimarron Casino in Perkins by Iowa tribal police have been ordered to appear in court Thursday on charges of possessing methamphetamine there on July 17. Deborah Sue Westfall, 39, and her husband, Barney Jay Westfall, 50, who are both free on bail, [...

Dayton hospital security officers assaulted www.privateofficer.com

Posted on August 18, 2010
DAYTON OH Aug 18 2010 ? A 40-year-old Dayton man accused of attacking a police officer at Miami Valley Hospital will face a felony charge of assaulting a police officer. The man was arrested at approximately 6 a.m. on Monday, Aug. 16, at the hospital, according to a Dayton police report...

Dishonest Best Buy security guards get jail in thefts www.privateofficer.com

Posted on August 18, 2010
Fargo ND Aug 18 2010 A second security guard charged as part of a 12-person theft ring at Fargo?s Best Buy will serve 100 days in jail and 18 months of supervised probation. Paul Larson pleaded guilty Monday to felony charges of theft and accomplice to theft...

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