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Illegal immigrant shoplifter fights security to avoid arrest www.privateofficer.com

Posted on March 30, 2011
MORRISTOWN NJ March 30 2011 ? A woman charged with robbery gave authorities a run for their money Monday in Morristown, wriggling out of a handcuff, according to criminal complaints. Carolina Toledo, a 26-year-old from Honduras living in an apartment on Ridgedale Avenue in town, was seen concealing $31...

Ohio couple hit security officer with vehicle after shoplifting www.privateofficer.com

Posted on March 30, 2011
MENTOR, Ohio March 30 2011- Police said a Euclid couple accused of stealing a comforter from a J.C. Pennys store at the Great Lakes Mall in Mentor hit a security guard with their car. According to investigators, 48-year-old Darlene Carr-Askew and 55-year-old Bernard Askew tried to make a run for it before they were approached [...

Madison shoplifter pepper sprays security during escape www.privateofficer.com

Posted on March 30, 2011
Madison WI March 30 2011 An alleged shoplifter running from a West Towne Mall store was able to get away from a security guard by spraying pepper spray into the guard’s face, police said. The retail theft was reported at 2:55 p.m. Saturday at Boston Store, the Madison Police Department reported...

Debate on Interstate 95 cameras in South Carolina heating up www.privateofficer.com

Posted on March 29, 2011
RIDGELAND, S.C. March 29 2011 As Interstate 95 sweeps past this small town along South Carolina’s coastal plain, motorists encounter cameras that catch speeding cars, the only such devices on the open interstate for almost 2,000 miles from Canada to Miami...

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Veteran NJ police officer dies in stand-off with police www.privateofficer.com

Posted on March 29, 2011
PISCATAWAY NJ March 29 2011 ? As a commander of the Piscataway police SWAT team, Sgt. David Powell knew when to move in to save hostages and designed drills to teach other officers how to as well. On Sunday, Powell, 46, was on the opposite side, barricading himself inside his house and declaring he had [...

OFFICER DOWN Trooper Kevin P. Dobson

Posted on March 29, 2011
Trooper Kevin P. Dobson New York State Police New York End of Watch: Saturday, March 26, 2011 Biographical Info Age: 43 Tour of Duty: 14 years Badge Number: 196 Incident Details Cause of Death: Struck by vehicle Date of Incident: Saturday, March 26, 2011 Weapon Used: Not available Suspect Info: Not available Trooper Kevin Dobson [...

OFFICER DOWN Deputy Sheriff Robert Britton

Posted on March 29, 2011
Deputy Sheriff Robert Britton Smith County Sheriff’s Office Texas End of Watch: Monday, March 28, 2011 Biographical Info Age: 54 Tour of Duty: 19 years Badge Number: Not available Incident Details Cause of Death: Animal related Date of Incident: Thursday, March 24, 2011 Weapon Used: Not available Suspect Info: Not available Deputy Sheriff Robert Britton [...

OFFICER DOWN Game Warden Pilot Daryl Gordon

Posted on March 29, 2011
Game Warden Pilot Daryl Gordon Maine Department of Inland Fisheries and Wildlife – Warden Service Maine End of Watch: Friday, March 25, 2011 Biographical Info Age: Not available Tour of Duty: 25 years Badge Number: Not available Incident Details Cause of Death: Aircraft accident Date of Incident: Thursday, March 24, 2011 Weapon Used: Not available [...

Target security agents bust employee in $25,000 coupon fraud case www.privateofficer.com

Posted on March 29, 2011
Waterford CT March 29 2011 – A former cashier at Target was charged Wednesday with first-degree larceny for allegedly defrauding the store out of $24,894 in a coupon-manipulation scheme. According to an affidavit, Richie R. Hanson, 21, of Uncasville, allegedly used an override function on a store cash register to obtain multiple discounts on merchandise...

Shands Jacksonville hospital employee faces embezzlement charges www.privateofficer.com

Posted on March 29, 2011
JACKSONVILLE, Fla.March 29 2011 — A Shands Jacksonville employee is in jail after being arrested for employee theft. The hospital said it already terminated 49-year-old Nancy Jo Abel after discovering about $200,000 missing from its coffers. According to a police report, an auditing firm came in, connected Abel to the missing money and told Shands [...

Robbers drain Alabama Wal-Mart cash registers in minutes www.privateofficer.com

Posted on March 29, 2011
HARTSELLE, Alabama March 29 2011 ? Authorities say thousands of dollars were stolen from a north Alabama Walmart when thieves opened registers and drained them of cash in a matter of minutes. WHNT-TV obtained security tapes showing two females and one male opening two registers in a Walmart in Hartselle...

Corrections officer held on $100,000 bond for shooting spree www.privateofficer.com

Posted on March 28, 2011
Guam March 28 2011 A corrections officer who is facing attempted murder charges because he allegedly marched down Route 4 firing 26 gunshots — including three at a police car — was threatening suicide in the hours before the incident, his wife said yesterday...

Shrimp thief attacks security agent www.privateofficer.com

Posted on March 28, 2011
DOVER, Pa.March 28 2011 ? A central Pennsylvania man faces robbery and assault charges after he allegedly stuffed a bag of frozen shrimp down his pants and attacked a grocery store security guard. Northern York County Regional Police say 37-year-old Brian McDaniel was spotted hiding the shrimp in his pants and struck a security guard [...

Georgia police chief arrested for assaulting inmate www.privateofficer.com

Posted on March 28, 2011
Omega GA March 28 2011 A South Georgia police chief was arrested Friday and charged with aggravated assault. Walter R. Young, chief of police in Omega, allegedly assaulted an inmate in the Tift County Jail Thursday night, according to the Georgia Bureau of Investigation...

Security officer faces armed gunman at Waffle House www.privateofficer.com

Posted on March 28, 2011
Jackson MS March 28 2011 Gunfire erupted inside a crowded Waffle House when police say a nephew shot his uncle during an argument. Officers responded to the scene at 425 East McDowell Road around 3:30 Sunday morning where a security officer was holding the man responsible for the shooting...

Man captured by security breaking into armored car building www.privateofficer.com

Posted on March 28, 2011
Seattle WA March 28 2011 A man was arrested on Saturday night after being caught inside the building housing an armored car company. Seattle police officials say that two men showed up at the Loomis Fargo building at East Marginal Way and Dawson around 10:45 p...

Dallas security officer wrongly accused of robberies lives a continuing nightmare www.privateofficer.com

Posted on March 27, 2011
DALLAS TX March 27 2011- It’s one of the most stunning local crimes ever captured on videotape. A band of robbers were seen smashing jewelry cases in the middle of Stonebriar Centre Mall in the middle of the day. One man arrested told police that Quinn Anthony Johnson helped them in a similar heist at [...

Security officer assaulted during vandalism-arson www.privateofficer.com

Posted on March 27, 2011
El Centro CA March 27 2011 A security guard suffered minor injuries Thursday night after he was assaulted by two men sometime before a haystack was set ablaze at the Eight Star Commodities yard, a sheriff’s official said today. It was not immediately known whether the guard was unconscious but once he regained his footing [...

Texas teacher arrested for sex crimes with student www.privateofficer.com

Posted on March 27, 2011
Starr County TX March 27 2011 A female teacher is behind bars after she allegedly used alcohol to get sexual contact with a teenage boy at the Rio Grande Valley Livestock Show & Rodeo. Michelle Falcon Garza surrendered to Mercedes police after being accused of furnishing alcohol to a minor and indecency with a child...

Montgomery teacher-pastor arrested for sexual torture www.privateofficer.com

Posted on March 27, 2011
MONTGOMERY, AL March 27 2011 – A former Montgomery church employee and author has been arrested on accusations of child abuse and sexual torture. Dr. Barry Cook, 47 of Montgomery, was arrested Thursday on charges of Sexual Torture and Aggravated Child Abuse...

NYPD commander brutually beaten by ex-husband www.privateofficer.com

Posted on March 27, 2011
New York NY March 27 2011 A top NYPD commander was brutally beaten by her jealous ex-cop husband who suspected she was cheating on him with a detective, sources told the Daily News on Thursday. Deputy Inspector Juanita Holmes wound up in the hospital with broken ribs and her estranged husband, retired Hempstead, L...

Savannah security officer shot www.privateofficer.com

Posted on March 27, 2011
Savannah GA March 27 2011 A security guard was shot at Sharon’s Lounge on Montgomery street early Saturday morning. According to our print partner, The Savannah Morning News, officers were called to the bar just after 1 a.m. and found 32-year-old Nathan Sanchell shot...

Security officer shot at chasing hit-run suspect www.privateofficer.com

Posted on March 27, 2011
FLINT, Michigan March 27 2011? A security guard was uninjured after a man shot at his vehicle early Saturday morning when he chased down a green 2006 Jeep Wrangler that struck several cars in a parking lot off Dort Highway. Two men in the Jeep entered the parking lot of a business on Dort Highway [...

Morgan County Corrections Officer Nabbed in Drug Sting www.privateofficer.com

Posted on March 26, 2011
DECATUR, AL March 26 2011 ? A Morgan County Corrections Officer was arrested in a drug sting Thursday. 22-year-old Marquez Laroy Goodwin of Trinity was arrested for unlawful distribution of a controlled substance after drug agents conducted an undercover investigation...

Man facing DUI charges brings beer to court www.privateofficer.com

Posted on March 26, 2011
Sullivan County NY March 26 2011 A New York man is being held in jail after showing up an hour and a half late for a court hearing on a felony DWI charge ? he was also drunk and carrying an open can of Busch beer, authorities say. Keith Gruber, 49, is in Sullivan County [...

Casino mugger escapes from security www.privateofficer.com

Posted on March 26, 2011
MOUNT AIRY, Pa. March 26 2011 A woman was assaulted, and her purse was stolen while she was leaving Mt. Airy Casino. The attack happened in the early morning hours on March 19 state police said. The woman was leaving the casino around 2:30 a.m. and walking to her car when the suspect came up [...

UCONN student ran over-killed by shuttle bus www.privateofficer.com

Posted on March 26, 2011
Storrs CT March 26 2011 A University of Connecticut shuttle bus ran over and killed a student from Massachusetts Tuesday night, FoxCT.com reported. UConn police say the bus struck the student around 8:10 p.m. at an intersection on the campus in Storrs, 25 miles east of Hartford...

San Antonio school system disbands school police force www.privateofficer.com

Posted on March 26, 2011
San Antonio TX March 26 2011 A local school district handed out pink slips to its campus police department. The Schertz Cibolo Universal City Independent School District voted unanimously Tuesday night to axe its campus police department. The district says it’s looking for ways to trim at least $14 million in the next two years [...

Man dies after being struck by armored truck www.privateofficer.com

Posted on March 26, 2011
Livonia MI March 26 2011 The man who witnesses said ran into pathway of an armored truck on I-96 in Livonia Wednesday has died. Paul Raley, 51, of Plymouth died Wednesday night at Botsford Hospital in Farmington Hills, according to the Oakland County Medical Examiner’s Office...

Reno man jumps into river to avoid casino security www.privateofficer.com

Posted on March 26, 2011
Reno NV March 26 2011 Area police are looking for a man after he jumped into the Truckee River to avoid questioning. Lesman Sanchez was last seen jumping into the Truckee River by Grand Sierra Resort security officers around 3:30 a.m., Tues., when they attempted to confront him over ‘suspicious activity...

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