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HILTON HEAD ISLAND, S.C. Nov 7 2009— A South Carolina couple has sued a Georgia-based security company for hiring a guard accused of setting fires.
The Island Packet of Hilton Head reports Friday that Norman and Marjorie Agin say Norred & Associates and two local supervisors were negligent because they failed to investigate four fires that were set before the January 2008 blaze at their home.
The lawsuit also claims the company failed to investigate Bryan Yeager. Authorities say the guard and Lady’s Island fire fighter was in the area near the fires before they were reported.
Yeager is awaiting trial on an arson charge.
The Agins want $1 million in damages. Attorneys for the security company deny the allegations
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PLACERVILLE, Calif. Nov 7 2009– Several people were arrested Friday after an alleged kidnapping and dispute about gang affiliations took place last month at Red Hawk Casino.
The El Dorado County Sheriff’s Office said on Oct. 14, several Hispanic men and women confronted two white men and one woman at the casino and asked them if they were “Placerville Peckerwoods.”
The group told the others that they weren’t part of a gang, the office said. Investigators said they didn’t find any gang ties to that group.
Officials said one of the Hispanic men insulted the woman from the other group, and she got angry and attacked him. When one of the white men tried to break up the fight, deputies said he was punched and hit with a beer bottle.
As casino security guards broke up the fight, some members of the Hispanic group went to an elevator and grabbed a woman who wasn’t involved in the fight, officials said.
According to the sheriff’s office, the group “told the victim that she was going to get them out of the casino (using her vehicle) and they would let her go once they were at the freeway.”
Once inside the parking garage, the woman got away and contacted casino security.
She escaped without injury.
Detectives from the El Dorado County Sheriff’s Office said they identified six Hispanic men on security cameras who were involved in the kidnapping as known gang members.
Arrest and search warrants were obtained, and several law enforcement agencies arrested five people who were allegedly involved in the incident.
On Friday, officials arrested Jesse Madrigal, Steven Santiago, Ricky Mora, Stephen Lizotte of Riverbank, and Ernie Lizotte of Riverbank.
Officials said several guns, gang indicia, ecstasy, marijuana and a large amount of money were seized in the investigation.
Lt. Bryan Golmitz said gang activity at the casino is rare.
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ATLANTA GA Nov 7 2009 (AP) – Police say a 4-year-old boy has been hit by a train in northwest Atlanta and is in critical condition.
Atlanta Police Officer James Polite said the child ran out of his yard while chasing after his dog Thursday evening and was struck.
The CSX train engineer saw the boy and tried to stop, but was unable to in time.
The locomotive was traveling about 30 mph when the crash occurred around 5 p.m.
Police said the boy was thrown away from the tracks by the impact.
He was taken to Children’s Healthcare of Atlanta at Egleston.
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Hemet CA Nov 7 2009
Security guards who want to work in Hemet are going to have to avoid looking like cops in their dress and vehicles under an ordinance approved last week.
Police Chief Richard Dana asked for an update of the city’s 1984 law covering private security companies after his department experienced problems resulting from confusion over whether an officer was a cop or a security guard.
“We have received complaints from citizens about the actions of police officers which, in fact, turned out to be employees of private security companies that were mistakenly identified as law enforcement,” Dana said in a staff report presented to the City Council.
“We have several companies working in the Valley that look a lot like our officers,” Dana told the council.
“The existing ordinance was written in 1984. By updating the ordinance the citizens would have the ability to easily distinguish the difference between a sworn police officer and private patrol employee,” Dana said in his staff report.
Not only do the security guard uniforms look like police uniforms, but motorcycle security guard helmets look like police helmets, the motorcycles look a lot like police motorcycles, and cars look like police cars, he said.
In the ordinance revision prepared by City Attorney Eric Vail, the city will now require that security guard uniforms and vehicles look nothing like police.
“The color and design of uniforms, insignia, shields, and badges of each private patrolman shall be clearly distinguishable from the uniforms, insignia, shields, and badges of officers,” according to the revised law.
And the differences must distinguish them not only from local officers, but from employees of federal and state law officers as well.
Under the new regulations, the police chief must approve the insignia used on uniforms and vehicles and all markings must include the word “private” in capital letters not less than 4 inches high.
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Tuscaloosa AL Nov 7 2009
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Long gone are the days when officers had to call dispatch to get information about the driver they just pulled over.
CAPS, the University of Alabama Center for Advanced Public Safety, has changed law enforcement capabilities through new computerized software programs.
For more than 10 years, CAPS has introduced several mobile law enforcement applications, such as LETS, the Law Enforcement Tactical System. LETS is a Google-like search engine that enables officers to retrieve vehicle information through a license plate search, which then gives the registration and any possible warrants. The program also displays photos to aid in identification.
LETS Go, the fourth and newest edition of LETS, was released early this year and provides law enforcement with added features including a built-in text-to-speech engine that produces a voice readout of critical summary information, commercial vehicle and carrier data and a larger search range capability.
“This is putting more databases all in the same portal. We’re trying to get more and more so they can check more and more databases with one simple search. They’d have to call dispatch before, and it took a lot of time. With this, they can do it all in the car,” said Rhonda Stricklin, an assistant research engineer with CAPS.
LETS Go enables officers to retrieve information from their patrol cars. After entering a vehicle number into the system, the speech feature reads detailed information about the vehicle and driver back to the officer. The new version can also be used to retrieve commercial vehicle data. The program is used by more than 850 agencies and 14,000 individual users across the U.S.
“This is something that they can use on the road and gives them access to information. It’s good for the officers to not have to take their eyes off the road,” Stricklin said.
Andy Norris, sergeant for the Tuscaloosa County Sheriff’s Office, said his officers rely on the system because it speeds the process of identifying potential criminals, the vehicles they drive and their home address.
“Before LETS, you’d have to do a lot of things at hand that you can now do on the go,” he said. “I would say that LETS Go and all the updates really gives deputies on the street the tools they need to effectively fight crime and find those persons that are wanted more speedily and rapidly track down persons that were committing (crimes).”
One of CAPS’ more popular mobile data projects is the eCite. First used in 2003 at a trucking weight station in Alabama, the eCite allowed officers to issue tickets electronically. The program is being used by all Alabama state troopers. While the officer prints a paper ticket for the driver, the data is entered automatically and transmitted directly to the Administrative Office of Courts in Montgomery.
The eCrash program is CAPS’ newest, replacing paper forms with electronic ones. The eCrash was released in June and eliminates the need for officers to mail paper crash forms. Instead, they enter crash data directly into a database. The program also allows victims of wrecks and insurance companies to obtain accident reports more speedily.
“It’s faster, it’s correct and it’s complete data. You were looking at a several-month delay, but now as soon as the crash form is submitted, it goes into a database and provides a better analysis of where crashes are happening. Officers and engineers can use data to evaluate where patrolling is needed,” Stricklin said.
Starting in 2010, all Alabama officers will be required to use eCrash.
Brian Kincaid, a traffic officer at the Northport Police Department, has been using eCrash since its release in June. One of the greatest benefits in using eCrash, he said, is that it prevents errors.
“It will not let you transfer the report if there are major errors on it. It can’t catch all errors but it catches the big ones,” he said.
The eCite, eCrash and LETS are all housed in the Mobile Officer Virtual Environment system, developed for officers to use on laptops in their cars. The system allows officers to search across multiple databases and access applications such as a driver’s license scanning device, LETS, eCite, eCrash and ASPEN, software for federal electronic reporting of commercial vehicle violations.
“We do a lot here for law enforcement and developing software that helps officers and the whole state,” Stricklin said. “It makes them more productive and more efficient.”
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Carpentersville IL Nov 7 2009
A Chicago man was charged with possession of a loaded pistol and battery this week after a scuffle with a police officer and a security guard at an apartment complex in Carpentersville.
Samuel Williams, 22, of the 700 block of Garfield Avenue, was arrested after police responded Monday to a domestic battery call in the first block of Oxford Drive at Foxview apartments. He was charged with possession of a weapon by a felon, unlawful use of a weapon, two counts of aggravated battery and aggravated battery in a public place.
Police said Williams was speaking to the security guard but ran away when a police officer arrived. During the chase, Williams tossed a .22-caliber handgun on the ground and punched the guard when the guard tackled him, police said.
Williams’ 26-year-old girlfriend was taken to the hospital where she was treated for a broken nose, Cmdr. Timothy Bosshart.
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BOSTON MA Nov 7 2009– Boston Police met with security officials for area hospitals to work on a plan of attack in the wake of a series of attacks at Massachusetts General Hospital.
“Were going to bring them in and were going to train them just like we would Boston Police officers so that they understand what will happen in a major incident in a hospital,” said Commissioner Ed Davis, of the Boston Police Department.
Hospital security will be trained at the police academy to follow protocol.
They will be required to contact Boston Police immediately during an incident, to keep witnesses on scene, and to be good witnesses themselves.
“Why it’s important to get plate numbers, why it’s important to get identifications and descriptions of people so we can use them in our ongoing investigation,” Davis said.
The Boston Police Patrolmen’s Association worries not everyone is cut out for this stressful work.
“That could undermine actual delivery of services and I’m not sure that isn’t a band-aid approach. If they want police officers in hospitals then lets put police officers in hospitals,” Thomas Nee, Boston Police Patrolmen’s Association
Until they do, hospitals like Tufts Medical Center will continue to assess its security daily and like everyone else struggle with how to reinforce its own staff
“We’ve looked at different types of weapons, chemical mace, batons, and there has been discussions with in my department do we need to go beyond that,” said Thomas Atkinson, Director of Public Safety Tufts Medical Center.
Security at Mass General and Tufts Medical Center are not armed but at Beth Israel they area. They started carrying them after 9/11.
The meeting was the first step in reinforcing and coordinating the efforts between the hospital and Boston Police.
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MARSHALL COUNTY, AL Nov 7 2009 (WAFF)- Teaching of the Bible in high school is a trend that’s on the rise. More than two dozen public schools in Alabama are already offering Bible related courses, and now a Marshall County school is exploring the idea.
Guntersville High School Principal John Richey is looking at a new elective that could be in classrooms at the school as soon as next school year. That elective is the teaching of the Bible.
Principal Richey said they are in the exploratory stages, “We sent a representative of Guntersville High School today [Thursday] to a meeting to learn of the opportunities there.”
Richey said if they decided to partake in he course, the course would be not required, but would be offered to anyone interested.
“We want to always explore electives that will benefit our students and we think this has great potential,” he said.
Guntersville High School isn’t alone. The Alabama Department of Education said this current school year there are 26 public high schools in Alabama that offer a course with the word “bible” in the name.
Bible as literature was first seen in the classroom in October 2007, and according to the Alabama Department of Education is on the rise.
So we asked students would they sign up for the class?
Junior Kerrie Baker liked the idea. “I would most definitely do it next year and i’ll try to encourage my friends to do it too,” she said.
Senior Landon Lovell said, “That’s the whole reason the Bible is there–is to learn… it’s been proven with God being taking out of school there’s more problems and violence in schools today, but by putting him back in, it takes out that fact, and it makes better people in the end– the leaders of tomorrow better people.”
Guntersville Principal Richey said the next step is to meet with their superintendent. If it is a direction they chose to go, they will bring it up in front of the Guntersville Board of Education. If they approve, Guntersville High School could sign up for the course in the 2010-2011 School Year.
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Posted by privateofficernews on November 6, 2009
Abington Townshp PA Nov 6 2009 Three men, two of them masked and armed with a handgun and shotgun, robbed an armored car this morning in Abington Township without getting out of their getaway van, officials said.
No one was harmed in the 9:40 a.m. stickup in front of the TD Bank at 710 Old York Road.
The manhunt for the three quickly spread to Philadelphia, where police broadcast an alert for the van 20 minutes after the heist.
The FBI said the armored car was making a delivery when a light blue or silver mini van with tinted rear windows pulled up and the rear passenger side door opened to reveal the two masked gunman.
The gunman demanded the money bag and the courier handed it over, officials said. No word on how much loot was taken.
The van, which had Pennsylvania plates, then sped south on Old York Road towards Easton and Highland Roads, an unmasked driver behind the wheel.
Investigators are asking anyone with information to call the FBI at 215-418-4000 or the Abington Township Police Department at 267-536-1100.
The robbers should be considered armed and dangerous, the FBI said
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Boston MA Nov 6 2009 Boston police met yesterday with security chiefs from the city’s hospitals to discuss ways to make their facilities safer in the wake of several brutal crimes at hospitals in recent weeks. The meeting occurred less than two weeks after a psychiatrist was nearly killed when a patient stabbed her in a medical office at Massachusetts General Hospital and a man was stabbed during a fight at Boston Medical Center.
The meeting also gave police a chance to tell hospital officials how they can help detectives solve crimes that occur outside hospital walls.
For instance, many shooting victims arrive at hospitals in cars driven by friends or family members, rather than by ambulance. Many of those friends and relatives are potential witnesses who flee after dropping off the victim, said Superintendent-in-Chief Daniel Linskey, who was at the meeting, which was led by Commissioner Edward F. Davis and held at department headquarters in Roxbury.
“It might be that the witnesses would rather drop off the victims than get involved,’’ Linskey said. Figures assembled by the department showed that of 199 recent shooting victims, 86 arrived at the hospital in private cars, he said.
Police told the dozens of security officials gathered to try to keep the drivers at the hospital until detectives arrive. If they leave, security officials should document as many details as possible such as make and model of the car and the license plate number, Linskey said.
“We’ve asked that they treat the drop-off vehicle as a potential crime scene,’’ he said.
Linskey said hospital officials were invited to sit in at biweekly command staff meetings during which crime patterns and statistics around the city are analyzed. Police also told hospital officials they want to improve radio communications for security officers. To save precious time, hospital security officers should be able to radio Boston police headquarters directly with a call about a crime in progress, rather than have someone call 911, Linskey said, which is how police learned a doctor had been stabbed at a Mass General medical office on Oct. 27.
Astrid Desrosiers, a 49-year-old psychiatrist, was attacked by her patient, Jay Carciero, a 37-year-old father of four who had been struggling for years with a bipolar disorder. She was saved by an off-duty security officer who fatally shot Carciero. Desrosiers remains in the hospital where she was listed in fair condition yesterday.
Boston police told hospital officials they want to conduct drills at their facilities, replicating emergency situations like a shooter loose in the building, Linskey said.
Bonnie Michelman, director of police security and outside services at Mass General, described the meeting as helpful and said she hopes to continue discussing public safety improvements with Boston police.
The hospital’s security fell under scrutiny not only as a result of Desrosiers’ stabbing but also because a female hospital employee was assaulted on Oct. 22 by a Level 3 sex offender in a restroom.
Officials are conducting an internal review of security and are planning to hire a security specialist to examine their current safety policies and procedures.
“We really believe this is a very safe environment,’’ Michelman said, adding that about 23,000 employees and 60,000 people walk through the hospital’s doors every day. “Obviously, though these are very, very rare events here, they’re extraordinarily troubling.’’
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Posted by privateofficernews on November 6, 2009
FLORENCE AL Nov 6 2009 – This wasn’t what city leaders had in mind when they touted the inclusiveness of the sportsplex.
It has turned into a nightspot – for hogs.
In recent weeks, feral hogs have battered the grounds along the fence at the western border of Coffee-O’Neal Park. City officials said the hogs had previously stayed in nearby woods, a buffer zone between the $12.5 million facility and residential areas.
Now they’re creeping closer to the park, which has raised concerns that they will mangle sports fields and the retaining pond and its pricey liner.
Well, the hog heap may be in its final days.
The city has obtained a permit from the Alabama Division of Wildlife and Freshwater Fisheries to “eliminate” the problem.
“These creatures are non-native, mean, destructive and a nuisance to farmers and property owners,” said Todd Nix, Florence community services director. “Nature has a balance, and these wild pigs disrupt that balance greatly.”
Nix said the hogs have been drawn to acorns along the property line. He said the swine are taking food away from white-tailed deer and squirrels.
A team headed by Florence police Lt. Eric Nichols has set up cameras to determine when to take out the pigs.
“We’re putting out bait and trying to look for a pattern to figure out when they’re going to show up,” he said.
He has counted as many as 20 hogs digging up the ground throughout the night.
Essentially, the strategy is to lure the hogs with bait and pounce when a large pack shows up. Nichols said they will use rifles to kill as many as possible in hopes of scaring away others.
The officers, he said, are doing this on their own time. The hunters will either take the meat home or donate it to local food banks.
And they don’t want any help from the public.
Nichols advised interested hunters to stay away so as not to mess up the work they are doing.
Using night as their cover, hogs have converged on the fence sometime between 8 p.m. and 4 a.m.
The feral hog population continues to grow throughout the Southeast thanks to rapid reproduction rates. State wildlife officials say the animals threaten food sources for native animals and destroy habitats, among other nuisances. Females begin breeding at 6 months old and continue to do so every six months, producing as many as 14 piglets in a litter.
Nichols said this type of stakeout is new to him.
“This is my first experience with something like this,” he said. “I’ve hunted off and on all my life, but this is something else entirely.”
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SUMTER COUNTY Columbia SC Nov 6 2009 — A former Lakewood High School teacher was arrested Thursday and charged with engaging in sexual activity with a fifteen year-old girl.
Edward A. Hubbard, 33, is also charged with allowing the girl to view pornographic materials and giving the girl alcohol.
According to investigators, Hubbard had sexual contact with the girl in Sumter County from October 2008 through June.
Hubbard is charged with criminal sexual conduct with a minor, disseminating obscene materials and contributing to delinquency of a minor.
Sumter District Two spokeswoman Mary Sheridan said Hubbard resigned Wednesday and is no longer a district employee.
Hubbard had been with District Two since 1999 and taught physical education and drivers education
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COLUMBUS, Ga. Nov 6 2009
— A Newnan man has been arrested on suspicion of robbing banks in the Columbus area.
A partial license plate number led authorities to 56-year-old John Ernest Johnston.
The Columbus Ledger-Enquirer reports Thursday that he faces charges of armed robbery and possessing a firearm during the commission of a crime in Tuesday’s robbery of a BB&T bank.
Columbus police Sgt. Harvey Hatcher the partial number was used to track Johnston to his house and he was arrested Tuesday night.
Hatcher said police believe he’s also responsible for a Sept. 8 robbery of a CB&T bank in Phenix City.
He said the FBI is taking over the investigation and will handle both cases.
Public defender Charles Lykins entered a not guilty plea on Johnston’s behalf. The suspect is jailed without bond.
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BARNESVILLE, Ga Nov 6 2009– A Griffin police dog has been found shot to death, and the officer he worked with is offering a $500 reward in the case.
The Herald-Gazette newspaper in Barnesville reports that Griffin officer Chad Moxon, who lives in Lamar County, says the dog, called Jimi, was taken from the kennel at his home on Monday along with his other dog while he was at the Griffin firing range.
Moxon says the dog’s body was found at the side of the road near Yatesville on Wednesday. He says his other dog was found alive but had been badly beaten.
The Lamar County sheriff’s office is investigating.
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TAMPA, Fla. Nov 6 2009
Four inmates who came to the rescue of a Florida jail guard when he was attacked by another inmate may be getting some help of their own.
Deputy Larry McKinnon said Thursday the Hillsborough County Sheriff’s Office will write letters to the inmates’ attorneys that can be used on their behalf in court.
The inmates helped save 64-year-old detention deputy Kenneth Moon on Monday afternoon when inmate Douglas Emanuel Burden charged him, put him in choke hold and began strangling him.
Four inmates saw the commotion and came to Moon’s aid, including one who reached for the deputy’s radio and called for help. The incident was caught on a security video.
The men are in jail for charges including home invasion and attempted murder .
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Trooper David Lane
New York State Police
New York
End of Watch: Wednesday, November 4, 2009
Biographical Info
Age: 30
Tour of Duty: 4 years
Badge Number: 4705
Incident Details
Cause of Death: Automobile accident
Date of Incident: Wednesday, November 4, 2009
Weapon Used: Not available
Suspect Info: Not available
Trooper David Lane was killed in an automobile accident while on patrol the town of Catskill. He was traveling north on State Route 32 when he attempted to pass another northbound vehicle. The vehicles made contact and Trooper Lane’s vehicle drove off the roadway and struck a telephone pole, causing him to suffer fatal injuries.
Trooper Lane had served with the New York State Police for four years and was assigned to the Catskill Station. He had previously served with the United States Army in Iraq and Afghanistan.
Agency Contact Information
New York State Police
Public Information Office
1220 Washington Ave Bldg 22
Albany, NY 12226
Phone: (518) 783-3211
Please contact the New York State Police for funeral arrangements or for survivor benefit fund information.
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JACKSONVILLE, Fla. Nov 5 2009
A veteran Jacksonville officer died Wednesday afternoon in his unmarked police car on the Hart Bridge.
Police said they were notified about 1:15 p.m. of a person slumped over the wheel of a car against the barrier wall of the bridge near the exit to Martin Luther King Jr. Parkway.
After responding officers broke the window to get in, Officer Robert “Bobby” Ford, 44, was transported to Shands-Jacksonville Medical Center, where he was pronounced dead.
In announcing that Ford had died, Sheriff John Rutherford called him a “great guy, easy-going, full of life.”
Ford was on duty Wednesday, presumably heading to the Police Memorial Building. Rutherford said the car was found in neutral and no other cars were involved.
While an autopsy will be conducted to determine the cause of death, Rutherford said it was likely a heart attack.
Ford, who was 44, spent most of his career with the Jacksonville Sheriff’s Office working in the narcotics and vice unit.
“A 24-year veteran and a guy who loved the job like he did, it’s a big loss,” Sheriff John Rutherford said.
The last Jacksonville officer to die on duty was also killed in a traffic accident. Officer Christopher Kane was killed Sept. 4, 2008, when his patrol car struck the back of a tractor-trailer in a construction zone on state Road 9A.
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Fort Hood TX Nov 5 2009
BREAKING NEWS
WASHINGTON – The Army says seven people were killed and 20 wounded in a pair of shootings at the Fort Hood Army base in Texas. An Army spokesman at the Pentagon says the shootings began about 1:30 p.m. Thursday at a personnel and medical processing center at Fort Hood.
The spokesman, Lieutenant Colonel Nathan Banks, says two shooters were apparently involved. There is no word yet on who they were, nor on identities of the dead.
Banks says the second incident took place at a theater on the sprawling base.
He says it is too soon to tell whether there is any link to battle stress or repeated deployments. The Army is suffering a record high suicide rate and other signs of stress from fighting two wars.
FORT HOOD, Texas (AP) — The U.S. Army has closed its massive Army base at Fort Hood, Texas, amid reports that several people have been shot and killed at the post.
The Web site of the base in central Texas has posted an alert that says, “Effective immediately Fort Hood is closed.” The Web site said that units at the base have been ordered to account for all personnel.
The site says, “This is not a Drill. It is an Emergency Situation.”
Several television stations in Texas say several people were both killed and wounded in the shooting. Officials at the base and in the nearby town of Killeen, Texas, have not confirmed those accounts.
Fort Hood is located halfway between Austin and Waco.
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Posted by privateofficernews on November 5, 2009
SURPRISE AZ Nov 5 2009– A Wal-Mart security guard was kidnapped at knifepoint Tuesday night in Surprise.
According to police, a 60-year-old security employee saw three men loading bundles of folded cardboard onto a truck at the rear of the store near Litchfield and Bell roads at approximately 11:30 p.m. Tuesday.
Surprise police Sgt. Mark Ortega said the guard followed the men out of the parking lot. When the suspects stopped at an intersection, one of them got out of the truck and confronted the victim with a knife.
Ortega said the suspect then got into the victim’s vehicle and forced him to follow the truck.
Both vehicles drove to the area of Interstate 17 and Table Mesa Road where the suspects released the victim and his vehicle.
Ortega said the victim was not hurt and the case is under investigation.
Anyone with information is asked to call the Surprise Police Department at 623-222-4000.
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