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HALLOWEEN ALERT—-ALL SECURITY PERSONNEL www.privateofficer.com
Monday, October 29, 2007
HALLOWEEN ALERT—–ALL SECURITY PERSONNEL www.privateofficer.com
ATLANTA GA. OCT. 30, 2007
IT’S HALLOWEEN AGAIN! EAT THE TREATS, BUT DON’T GET TRICKED!
This is just a brief reminder that although Halloween is a time for treats, it is also time for tricks and if you are working a security position on Tuesday October 30th or Wednesday October 31st, be on your toes!
Officers working high risk assignments such as banks, shopping malls, apartment complexes and schools should use caution when approaching a costumed individual especially under suspicous circumstances or in response to a complaint investigation.
Persons entering banks with masks should be asked to remove them and any weapons including baseball bats, play guns, swords, knives or clubs should be left outside the bank building.
If you are unsure whether or not the weapon is real, approach the subject in “the ready” position and DO NOT take chances. If necessary call for immediate back-up from your local police agencies.
Halloween is used as a time of crime and opportunity by criminals and you should not be tricked into believing that it’s all just a harmless prank.
If you are patrolling shopping malls or apartments be alert for the children, drive carefully and be observant. Again, this time of year gives shoplifters and robbers perfect cover and in years past has been a prime robbery day for jewelry stores, banks, armoured cars and the like so be alert!
When in doubt, approach the situation cautiously, unhurried and always in the ready position. Do not get sidetracked. Diversions can easily be used during these days and as you chase nothing, an armed robbery could be occurring two doors down.
Most of, www.privateofficer.com and The National Association Of Private Officer
wishes you a safe and uneventful Halloween!
Hospital Guard Caught Stealing From Visitor www.privateofficer.com
Tuesday, October 30, 2007
Hospital Guard Caught Stealing From Visitor www.privateofficer.com
Nashville TN. Oct. 30, 2007
A security guard at Vanderbilt University Medical Center was arrested today after she admitted that she stole $2,300 from a woman’s purse that she searched while on duty, police said.
The female victim was entering the emergency department through a metal detector at the time, police said in an affidavit.
The guard, Nikesia Monique Floyd, 26, worked for a private contractor at the hospital, a police affidavit states.The theft was discovered Oct. 11 when another visitor noticed $300 missing from her purse and approached Floyd about it, the police affidavit states.“Ms. Floyd initially denied taking the money, but later admitted to the theft in front of her supervisor and (Vanderbilt) officers,” the affidavit says.During a follow-up investigation by Vanderbilt detectives, Floyd admitted on Oct. 12 that she took $2,300 from the purse, the affidavit said. The money belonged to the victim and her husband, police said.Floyd was arrested and charged with theft over $1,000. Her bond was set at $10,000.
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OFF DUTY HOUSTON OFFICER SHOT MAKING ARREST www.privateofficer.com
Tuesday, October 30, 2007
OFF DUTY HOUSTON OFFICER SHOT MAKING ARREST www.privateofficer.com
Houston TX. Oct. 30, 2007
A man suspected of shooting a Houston police officer while he was being arrested was found dead in a field Sunday, KPRC Local 2 reported.
Police said Officer Victor Hill, who was not in uniform, arrested Eric Titov, 22, on suspicion of breaking into cars at the complex in the 18600 block of South Park View Drive near West Park View Drive at about 12:30 a.m.
Investigators said Titov, who was handcuffed, pulled out a gun and shot Hill in the chest.
Hill called for backup and was taken to Memorial Hermann Hospital in critical condition.
Titov ran from the scene, detectives said. He was found dead in a field on Barker Cypress Road near Saums Road on Sunday afternoon. Police have not said how he died.
Titov had several credit cards and driver’s licenses that did not belong to him, detectives said. Hill has been with the Houston Police Department for 14 years.
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Hospital Worker Arrested For Having Sex With Corpse www.privateofficer.com
Tuesday, October 30, 2007
Hospital Worker Arrested for Having Sex With Corpse www.privateofficer.com
Teaneck N.J. Oct. 30, 2007
A former lab technician at Holy Name Hospital in Teaneck, N.J., is under arrest and accused of having sex with a corpse, authorities said.
Anthony Merino, who had been working at the hospital for two weeks at the time of his arrest, is charged with desecrating human remains.
A security guard at the hospital saw Merino, 24, engaged in sexual activity with a 92-year-old deceased woman in the morgue on Sunday, according to the Bergen County Prosecutor’s Office. The security guard immediately called Teaneck police, who came and arrested Merino.
“This heinous crime is a travesty,” hospital officials said in a statement. “We are horrified and saddened for the family of the patient and are completely empathic and sympathetic to them.”
Hospital officials said they immediately fired Merinio, who lives in Upper Manhattan. They also said that they did conduct a criminal background investigation and reference check on Merino before hiring him.Merino is being held and a judge ordered a psychological evaluation.
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Security Officer Stabbed Apprehending Suspect www.privateofficer.com
Monday, October 29, 2007
Security Officer Stabbed Apprehending Suspect In Assault www.privateofficer.com
Wai’anae Hi. Oct. 30, 2007
Police have opened a homicide investigation into the stabbing death yesterday of a woman in Kalihi.
The woman, 44, was found in the bedroom of her first-floor apartment unit at 2110 Kahaha St. on the mauka side of Gulick Avenue by a police officer responding to a 911 call of a domestic argument about 2:30 p.m., said Lt. Bill Kato, supervisor of homicide investigations.
Paramedics pronounced the woman dead at the scene at 3:23 p.m., according to City Emergency Services spokesman Bryan Cheplic.
According to booking information at the main police station, Melchor B. Adviento, 50, was arrested on suspicion of second-degree murder at 2:40 p.m. before being taken to the hospital.
The man was at The Queen’s Medical Center last night in critical but stable condition with an apparent stab wound to the upper torso, Kato said.
Two kitchen knives were found at the scene.
Kato said the patrol officer who investigated the 911 call arrived at the apartment and found the door locked. A man bleeding from the chest area answered the officer’s knock, and the officer entered and found the woman’s body.
In another domestic stabbing attack yesterday, police arrested a 25-year-old man in Wai’anae who they said stabbed his mother and sister during an argument.
The man also injured a construction site security officer who tried to prevent him from fleeing the scene, police said. The attacks at 85-128 Ala Walua were reported to police at 3:07 p.m.
Robert Rios III, 25, who has an outstanding $500 warrant, was arrested at 5:30 p.m. on Ala Walua on suspicion of assault. Two women, ages 44 and 24, were taken to The Queen’s Medical Center, where they were in stable condition, Cheplic said.
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Security Officer Interrupts Carjacking By; Rick McCann www.privateofficer.com
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Monday, October 29, 2007
Security Officer Interrupts Carjacking By; Rick McCann www.privateofficer.com
San Jose Ca. Oct. 30, 2007
A man with a handgun banged repeatedly on a car window before shooting out its tires and firing shots at a security guard in an attempted carjacking near San Jose’s Kelley Park early Sunday morning, police said.
It was around 1 a.m. when a woman and two of friends sat parked in an apartment building parking lot on Lucretia Avenue waiting to pick up people inside. After their friends got into the car, Sgt. Nick Muyo said, a man with a handgun approached the driver’s window.
Using the gun he pounded on the window and demanded she roll it down. The driver refused. As the gunman walked around the car toward the passenger window, the woman threw the car in the reverse and backed out of the parking lot, Muyo said.
The woman heard several gunshots as she left the apartment building’s lot.
After she drove a way the woman got out of the car to check the damage. As she noticed two of her tires had been punctured by bullets, she heard four more gunshots, Muyo said.
Police believe that those were fired by the carjackers.
A security guard at the building heard the first shots fired at the car and went to investigate, Muyo said.
The man noticed two men, one with a gun, near a parking garage at the complex. The men fired repeatedly at the guard, missing him, Muyo said.
Anyone with information about this incident is asked to call San Jose Police at (408) 277-4166.
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OFFICER DOWN…3 DEPARTMENTS MOURN www.privateofficer.com
Monday, October 29, 2007
OFFICER DOWN…3 DEPARTMENTS MOURN www.privateofficer.com
BROWARD COUNTY, Fla. — Oct. 29, 2007
A Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission officer was killed Saturday after crashing her all-terrain vehicle in the Rotenberger Wildlife Management Area, the agency said.
Michelle Lawless, 47, had been working in the northwest corner of the management area near the L5 Canal and the Palm Beach County line when she apparently collided with a fixed object, wildlife officials said.
The Florida Highway Patrol is investigating.
Lawless began her career with the FWC’s law enforcement division in May 2003. She was assigned to Broward County. “Michelle was a diligent, accomplished officer who died doing what she did so well, protecting Florida’s natural resources. This is a painful loss to the entire agency, her family and friends,” said Maj. Brett Norton, commander of law enforcement for the region.
Illinois
Trooper McMillen was traveling to assist another officer, Oct. 28 when his patrol car was involved in a collision with two other vehicles.
Both vehicles were being operated by intoxicated drivers.
Trooper McMillen had served with the Illinois State Police for eight months and is survived by his wife.
Casa Grande AZ.
Sergeant Tate Lynch succumbed to injuries sustained when he fell from a wall while conducting training exercises with the Pinal County SWAT team. Sergeant Tate was a member of the inter-agency Pinal County SWAT team. The team was training at the Pinal County Detention Center, in Florence, where Sergeant Lynch was rappelling down a wall. During his decent, Sergeant Lynch fell and sustained serious head injuries. He was flown to Scottsdale Healthcare Trauma Center where he succumbed to his injuries a short time later.Sergeant Lynch had served with the Casa Grande Police Department for 7 years. He is survived by his wife and three children.
120 Shoppers Get Ill At Walmart www.privateofficer.com
Monday, October 29, 2007
120 Sicken At Walmart www.privateofficer.com
DERBY KS. Oct 29, 2007
The Wal Mart in Derby was evacuated after a strong chemical odor sickened many people inside.
123 people were triaged on the scene, 17 of which were transported to local emergency rooms. As of Monday, all 17 have been released.
The patients were suffering respiratory ailments which made them cough and vomit. Many of the patients were treated for minor symptoms at the scene.
It is believed the chemical originated from the photo lab area, but Derby fire officials don’t know the exact chemical that caused the problem. Meanwhile, the parking lot was blocked off by police while fire and ambulance crews treated the patients.
The Derby school district placed several school buses in the parking lot, which were on standby in case there was a need for mass transports to hospitals. All patients who went to the hospital, however, were taken by ambulances.
The store reopened shortly after 10:00 pm after fire officials and hazardous materials crews said the area was safe.
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Security Guard Killed During Robbery by; Rick McCann www.privateofficer.com
Monday, October 29, 2007
Security Guard Killed During Robbery by; Rick McCann www.privateofficer.com
Baton Rouge, LA. Oct. 29, 2007
Within 30 minutes of surveillance video airing on television newscasts, Baton Rouge police say they got the tips they needed to make an arrest in Wednesday’s murder of an elderly security guard. The murder happened at Pete’s Farmer’s Market on Airline Highway. Derrick Williams, 25, was charged with First Degree Murder and Armed Robbery. “
He is done, no more,” said Baton Rouge Police Chief Jeff LeDuff during a Friday afternoon news conference called to announce the arrest.The grainy surveillance video released by police shows a gunman arguing with 71-year-old security guard Alfred Mequet. The gunman demands money and attempts to open two cash registers. He opens fire, shooting and killing the guard. Before releasing the surveillance video to the media, the face of the victim was blurred and many segments that contained the victim’s voice were muted.The gunman was never able to open the cash registers, which were actually empty. The murder happened just before 5am, when the market was closed. “Literally within a half an hour of that video airing on television, our phones were ringing off the hook,” said police spokesman Sergeant Don Kelly. “We had tips coming in from throughout the community,” Kelly said.LeDuff says he agonized over whether to release the surveillance tape to the media. He now knows he made the right decision and applauds those who called in the tips needed to make the arrest. “Anyone who looked at that video, for those people who have never been involved in crime, to see the victim, and how callous and how unconcerned that young man was to take that shot. I don’t think there’s any question left for them. It’s the right thing to do,”
LeDuff said of the people who provided the tips. “He’s done,” LeDuff said.The victim’s wife, Linda Mequet, said Friday afternoon that she was relieved police had a suspect. She said she hopes Williams “never sees the light of day.” She said she would never miss his parole hearings, if he is convicted of the crime.
Chip Elkins, who owns Miles Paint & Body Shop located next to the market where the killing happened, knew the victim and had performed work on his vehicle. He, too, expressed joy at the news of Williams’ arrest. “I wish they could bring him by here for about 15 minutes before they take him to jail,” Elkins said.
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Shoplifters Bite, Assault Store Security by; Rick McCann www.privateofficer.com
Monday, October 29, 2007
Shoplifters Bite, Assault Store Security by; Rick McCann www.privateofficer.com
Petaluma Ca. Oct. 29, 2007
Two Marin City residents were arrested Thursday after one of them allegedly stole items from a supermarket in the Gateway Shopping Center and they then scuffled with a security guard, said Sgt. Mark Hunter of the Petaluma Police Department.
A security guard in Lucky’s Supermarket at Lakeville Street and Caulfield Lane reportedly observed Michelle Suhrke, 31, put electronic equipment, alcohol and other items in her purse. Suhrke left the store at around 4:45 p.m. without paying for the items, and the security officer then approached her in the parking lot.When the security guard attempted to place her under citizens arrest for theft and started retrieving the items from her purse, Suhrke bit and struck the guard, and called for help from Richard Bonner, 37, who was waiting for her in the parking lot, Hunter said.
Bonner began assaulting the guard as all three people struggled for the purse containing the stolen items. The guard eventually was able to secure the purse, and the two suspects then ran to a parked car and drove off.The guard was able to obtain the license plates of their vehicle, and at around 9:30 p.m., deputies from the Marin County Sheriff’s Department located and arrested them at the request of Petaluma police.They were booked into Sonoma County Jail for attempted robbery, and Bonner also was held without bail for violating conditions of his parole.
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Suspects Try To Break Inmate Out www.privateofficer.com
Monday, October 29, 2007
Suspects Attempt To Break Inmate Out Of Hospital www.privateofficer.com
Salem Ore. Oct. 29, 2007
A man and a woman were arrested Thursday night at the Oregon State Hospital after driving to the psychiatric facility in a stolen car containing methamphetamine and attempting to help a patient escape, officials said Friday.
“The escape attempt was foiled by our ward staff and security staff, both of whom did a good job,” interim hospital Superintendent Maynard Hammer said.
Staff members became suspicious when they spotted a vehicle with Washington license plates drive onto the hospital campus Thursday night, Hammer said. A person got out of the car to look at a security fence behind the hospital’s two maximum-security wards, then the car left.
Later, the suspects returned. About 10 p.m., hospital employees reportedly caught them tampering with a security fence outside the hospital’s 124-year-old J Building, just south of Center Street NE. The suspects were in possession of cutting tools, officials said.
Staff members and responding Salem police officers detained the suspects until they were arrested by Oregon State Police.
Arrested were Thomas E. Boring, 29, of Gresham, and Monica Holbert, 50, of Vancouver, Wash. Both were taken to Marion County jail.
Boring faces charges of conspiracy to commit escape, unauthorized use of a motor vehicle, criminal mischief and possession of methamphetamine. Holbert faces charges of conspiracy to commit escape and conspiracy to commit criminal mischief.
State police reported that the suspects drove to the area in a 1994 Ford Explorer that was stolen in Vancouver. Methamphetamine was found during a search of the vehicle, police said.
Hospital officials aren’t aware of any connection between the suspects and the patient thought to be involved in the failed escape, Hammer said.
Hammer declined to identify the criminally committed patient, citing laws protecting patient privacy. He confirmed that the patient has a history of escape attempts.
“I think we know where this patient’s interests lie, so we’ll be extra-vigilant for a while,” Hammer said.
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