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Mobile Al. Nov. 29, 2007

A 54-year-old Washington County teacher, arrested in the summer after being accused of having sex with a 14-year-old boy, was arrested again Friday after deputies said they found her sitting next to that boy at a high school football game.
In July, Washington County Circuit Judge Jerry Turner set Charlene Schmitz’s bail at $40,000 on state charges of second-degree rape and second-degree sodomy, while barring the Leroy High School teacher from having any contact with the student.
While in jail Tuesday awaiting a hearing on the Friday arrest, Schmitz learned that a federal grand jury had indicted her on one count each of enticing a child by computer and enticing a child by cell phone.
A bail revocation hearing had been set for Tuesday but was canceled when federal authorities announced their indictment of Schmitz, Washington County Sheriff Richard Stringer said.
The whole case began when the boy’s mother approached investigators with a stack of sexually explicit e-mails that she claimed the teacher had sent to her son, Stringer said.
“There were graphic exchanges about oral sex,” Stringer said at the time of Schmitz’s June 22 arrest. “We questioned witnesses, and the boy confessed to what was going on. He said it had been happening since April, mostly at her residence.”
Special Agent Angela Tobon, a spokeswoman for the FBI in Mobile, said agents arrested Schmitz on the federal charges Tuesday. Schmitz will likely make her initial appearance before a U.S. magistrate judge today, Tobon said.
If convicted of the federal charges, Schmitz faces 10 years to life in prison.
Stringer said the boy’s mother was at the football game in Leroy on Friday when she noticed her son was not where she had left him in the stands. She also realized that Schmitz was missing from her seat.
A relative soon spotted the two sitting together and notified deputies who were at the stadium, Stringer said. Three deputies arrested Schmitz, who was charged with tampering with a witness, the sheriff said.
The Press-Register on Tuesday was unable to contact District Attorney Spence Walker or defense attorney Donald Briskman.
Schmitz remains on paid administrative leave with the Washington County school system, pending the outcome of the cases against her, Stringer said.
Leroy High School serves grades kindergarten through 12, and has 817 students.

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11 People arrested for check scheme www.privateofficer.com

Birmingham AL. Nov. 29, 2007

Eleven people are accused of participating in a bogus check-cashing scam that targeted six banks and caused more than $400,000 in losses, federal authorities announced Wednesday.
Darryl Cook, 47, of Lawrenceville, Ga., and Melvin Glenn Petty, 52, of Birmingham are among the defendants named in an indictment returned by a grand jury in Birmingham. The two men earlier were identified by federal officials as recruiting homeless people and drug addicts to cash counterfeit checks, paying them with crack cocaine for their work.
Cook and Petty are charged with conspiracy, counterfeiting securities (checks) and bank fraud. Cook also is charged with aggravated identity theft.
Prosecutors said the men’s scheme, running March to August, involved the use of bogus checks that looked as if they were drawn on real bank accounts belonging to businesses. Each of the checks, authorities said, were made payable to their nine co-defendants, who would cash the checks at different bank branches.
Others charged with bank fraud in the scheme are:
Derrick Elton Everett, 36.
Vera Mae Johnson, 36.
Otis Isaiah Boyd, 69.
Harold Madden, 42.
Lester Renfroe Russell Jr., 45.
Robert Lee Jones, 56.
Raymond William Boykin, II, 40.
Willie James Monroe, 77.
Willie Homes Jr., 71.
“Despite how organized, creative and daring the schemes may be, time after time, participants are caught and prosecuted,” said U.S. Attorney Alice Martin.

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Family Dog Skinned Alive! By; Rick McCann www.privateofficer.com

Vinemont Ala. Nov. 29, 2007

People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals announced Wednesday that it’s offering a $2,500 reward for information leading to the arrest and conviction of the person or people responsible for skinning alive a Vinemont family’s pet beagle.
The Cullman County Sheriff’s Department is investigating the animal cruelty case reported Nov. 18. A beagle named Anne was skinned alive on her back and sides. She was later euthanized. Another beagle owned by the family, Buttercup, also suffered minor cuts.
In its press release PETA said it believes that other animals in the area, and even residents, may be in danger as long as those responsible for the attack on the two beagles are at large. The group also is urging residents not to leave their animals outside unattended.

PETA cruelty caseworker Kristin DeJournett said usually the group offers $1,000 in cruelty cases. But in cases like the Vinemont one, it is offering $2,500.
“I’ve been working at PETA doing reward cases for three years and this is the worst I’ve seen,” DeJournett said. “When I saw the pictures I was horrified.”
PETA officials said that anyone with information about the case should call the Cullman County Sheriff’s Department at 256-734-0342. Kent Faulk.
Sheriff investigators tell us that they are working this as an active case and those responsible will face felony charges.

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Dogs taken from mall worth $30,000 www.privateofficer.com

Los Angeles CA. Nov. 29, 2007 County sheriff’s deputies arrested a 45-year-old man Tuesday for allegedly breaking into a La Mirada pet shop twice and stealing more than $30,000 worth of purebred puppies. Surveillance video and a partial license plate number from a witness led investigators to the home of Walter Franklin Steward, who lives within a mile of the Puppy Love pet store, said Sheriff’s Det. Marcus Sierra.Of the 26 puppies stolen, two were recovered from the suspect’s home. The rest were believed to have been sold and are probably still alive, Sierra said.On Tuesday, four days after the second break-in, owner Paul Ro said Steward had been in the store before. “I recognized the suspect as someone who came in and asked a bunch of questions about the puppies before the first break-in,” he said. “But I didn’t know him at all.”Ro said he’s grateful that a suspect had been arrested and still hopes the other stolen puppies will be found.”I didn’t realize how much the news and people would care about our case,” Ro said. “But people love puppies.”On Nov. 7, security cameras recorded someone breaking into the shop and shoving 16 puppies into a black trash bag. On Friday, Ro told authorities that his shop had been broken into again while a strip mall security guard was on a break. Ro said some of his friends who are dog breeders have helped replenish his supply of puppies for his busiest season — the time between Thanksgiving and New Year’s Day. Authorities are asking people who bought puppies from Steward to contact the sheriff’s Norwalk Station at (562) 863-8711.”The puppies are considered stolen property, so we are hoping that people will turn them in,” Sierra said. “Despite what happened, there are still a lot of good people out there that will do the right thing, even if it hurts.”

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Tempe AZ. Nov. 29, 2007

Police caught a suspected teen car burglar targeting cars in Tempe Marketplace Monday and also nabbed the boy suspected of buying the stolen goods.A
17-year-old Tempe teen and his 16-year-old friend, who lives in Scottsdale were both arrested and taken to Maricopa County’s Southeast Juvenile Detention Center. The 17-year-old faces possible burglary charges and trafficking in stolen property and the 16-year-old faces one possible charge of trafficking in stolen property.
A security guard patrolling Tempe Marketplace about noon saw the 17-year-old attempting to remove a stereo from the dashboard of a parked vehicle near the Barnes & Noble book store. But when the security guard confronted the boy, he ran away. Police captured him a short time later a block southwest of the shopping center.During questioning, the boy admitted to burglarizing another vehicle the day before in the same area. He told police the name of the boy he sold it to and police also tracked him down.

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Another security officer arrested for impersonating police www.privateofficer.com

Atlanta Georgia November 29, 2007

In the past three weeks an alarming number of private security officers have been arrested for criminal impersonation of a police officer in various parts of the country.
At least 6 different cases have popped up including one where a university security officer made a traffic stop well off campus property and implied that he was a police officer.

As private security agents, we may investigate and detain and in some states make a citizen’s arrest when a crime has been committed in our presence just like any other citizen. But many security officers cross the line and make traffic stops, detain people without lawful cause which equates to kidnapping, use excessive force and do a lot of crazy things that give private security a bad name!

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Here’s the lastest crazy act of a security officer;

BENSALEM PA. – Harry V. Hackert allegedly did what no real cop would ever do: He used his Ford Explorer rigged with lights and sirens to pull over someone and then waved a loaded gun in the driver’s face while screaming.
Turned out that a real cop was down the street, watching Hackert’s entire act with his video camera, police said.
Hackert, a 50-year-old security guard who lives in Bensalem’s Regency Apar-tments on Brown Avenue, was charged on Monday with impersonating a police officer, a misdemeanor that carries a penalty of two years in jail, police said.
Hackert might have pretended to be a cop before, police said. A similar complaint was made recently by a woman who was pulled over but that man was never caught, police said. Police are encouraging anyone with a similar experience to call Bensalem detectives at 215-633-3671.
According to court documents: Hackert was driving his Explorer when he went through a red light at Knights and Street roads and then activated his lights and sirens before he “pulled over” another vehicle. Hackert walked up to the car with a loaded .38-caliber pistol, a gun preferred by police decades ago, and yelled at the driver. At that point, Bensalem officer Ray Forcina approached Hackert, who put the gun registered to him in a holster hanging from his belt. Hackert was then arrested.
Hackert told Forcina that he worked for the Delaware County Department of Corrections, which proved to be untrue, police said. Hackert actually works for a private security firm.
Hackert made a genuine effort to look like a cop. Besides the lights and sirens, he had a fake badge that appeared to be issued by the Philadelphia Police Department. It even had a strip of black tape across it to look like the bands police stretch across their badges to signify the death of a police officer, police said.

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Shoplifter dies after being handcuffed www.privateofficer.com

Morgan Hill Ca. Nov. 29, 2007
Morgan Hill police say a 47-year-old Greenfield man died after supermarket security guards detained him on suspicion of stealing $700 worth of food and alcohol.
Authorities say the man ran out of the store Tuesday afternoon, where security guards caught up with and handcuffed him. The man then reportedly lost consciousness a short time later and the security agents called for an ambulance.
The man was taken to St. Louise Regional Hospital where he died.
His identity has not been released yet pending notification of family and police are investigating the death but are unsure right now of the cause saying that the man may have had medical conditions or there may have been illegal drug use.
An autopsy will be preformed to determine that cause within the next 24 hours.

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Right For Life Truck Impounded, Driver Arrested For Vulgarity www.privateofficer.com

Right For Life Truck Impounded, Driver Arrested For Vulgar Messages www.privateofficer.com

Atlanta Georgia November 29, 2007

ATLANTA, Georgia, November 27, 2007 Bob Roethlisberger was arrested and jailed over Thanksgiving weekend in a northern suburb of Atlanta, Georgia, on the charge of “Disorderly Conduct” for driving Operation Rescue’s Truth Truck bearing signs with photos of aborted babies.
The Truth Truck was impounded.Gwinnett County Police Department officers arrested Roethlisberger Saturday after telling him that signage on the Truth Truck was “vulgar and obscene.” According to Operation Rescue, officers ransacked the back of the Truth Truck without a warrant and ordered Roethlisberger to change or remove the signs. When he refused, he was arrested and incarcerated for three days before being released on $1,000 bond.
The Truth Truck was released from impound late Monday, however both the signs and the mounting hardware on the truck were damaged. The damage occurred says the pro-life group when police forcibly ripped the signs off the sides of the truck. Monetary damage to the property is estimated to be in the thousands of dollars.”
It is obvious that these police officers, under the direction of Major Thomas Bardugon, engaged in a serious incident of unconstitutional content-based discrimination and illegal distruction of property,” said Operation Rescue President Troy Newman. “Bob fully cooperated with officers, but refused to compromise on his message, which is unequivocally protected by the First Amendment. The officers misused their authority to punish Bob for expressing a viewpoint that ran counter to theirs. The arrest was nothing less than an egregious abuse of power
.”Newman says he discussed the matter with Major Bardugon who refused to drop the charges and threatened to arrest Newman if he drove the Truth Truck through Bardugon’s jurisdiction.
The Truth Truck was in Georgia because of a recently introduced Human Life Amendment that is scheduled to be considered by the State Legislature in January. The Truth Truck’s mission was to help draw the attention of Georgians to the reality that abortion brutally takes an innocent human life, and emphasize the need to ban the grisly procedure.
Operation Rescue manages a fleet of Truth Trucks that have traveled tens of thousands of miles from coast to coast over the past seven years. The right to display those images has been upheld in courts across the nation. Operation Rescue suggests that the courts have also ruled that obscenity laws do not apply to aborted baby images.”
We intend to vigorously fight these unjust charges, and will seek a remedy for our property loss,” said Newman. “We cannot allow the illegal use of police authority to bully us into silence, when such silence could cost innocent human lives.”
County Police Chief Charles Walters was unavailable for comment on this story. Operation Rescue is asking pro-lifers to contact the police chief to the police chief to demand that the charges against Roethlisberger, and reimbursement for damages to the Truth Truck.
To politely express concerns: Chief of Police Charles M. Walters 770-513-5000.

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Deputy stabs self; sets off manhunt www.privateofficer.com

Thursday, November 29, 2007

Deputy stabs self; sets off massive manhunt www.privateofficer.com

Broward County Florida November 29, 2007

A Broward sheriff’s patrol sergeant lied when she claimed an assailant stabbed her on Sunday but won’t face any criminal charges or discipline from the agency, officials said Wednesday.”We’re going to get her some help,” said sheriff’s spokesman Elliot Cohen, explaining that Sgt. Lisa DiSavino had been experiencing personal problems and admitted that those issues led her to stab herself in the stomach and make up the story that she was attacked.DiSavino, 29, had said she was stabbed while on patrol in Tamarac early Sunday.
The seven-year veteran of the Sheriff’s Office was treated at Broward General Medical Center and released hours later to continue her recovery at home. She could not be reached for comment Wednesday.
DiSavino is off duty while she recovers from the wound, and officials have offered her additional help through the Sheriff’s Office’s employee assistance program, Cohen said.DiSavino’s call for help about 2 a.m. Sunday, in which she said she was stabbed by a man she had approached at a bus stop along Commercial Boulevard, led to an all-out search for a suspect who officials eventually learned did not exist.The agency for at least six hours on Sunday sent K-9 units, a helicopter and SWAT team members to the area surrounding the bus stop, where part of the search saw deputies combing through bushes. They were looking for a man who wore a Miami Dolphins jersey, just as DiSavino had described, officials said at the time.
Officers from neighboring police departments joined in the search.There were echoes of “not again” from law enforcement officials and residents, with the reported attack coming at a time when violence aimed at South Florida officers has spiked, with the Broward Sheriff’s Office feeling the brunt of it.Only three weeks ago, the agency buried Corrections Deputy Paul Rein, who was shot to death with his own gun on Nov. 7.County inmate Michael Mazza, whom Rein was driving to court that day, was charged in the killing.Rein was the third South Florida law officer slain in the line of duty since August, the tragedy preceded by the Sept. 13 shooting death of Miami-Dade Police Officer Jose Somohano in a South Miami-Dade shootout and the Aug. 10 shooting of Broward Sheriff’s Sgt. Chris Reyka outside a Pompano Beach Walgreens.The prime suspect in Somohano’s death was shot dead by police during a confrontation in Pembroke Pines the night of Sept. 13.Reyka’s murder remains unsolved.

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Stupid Criminal! There is no million dollar bill! www.privateofficer.com

AIKEN, S.C Nov. 28, 2007– A bank teller had a million reasons to deny this transaction.
Police say a man offered a $1 million bill and tried to open an account. The employee refused and called police while the man started to curse at bank workers, said Aiken County Sheriff’s spokesman Lt. Michael Frank.
Alexander D. Smith, 31, of Augusta, Ga., was charged with disorderly conduct and two counts of forgery, said Frank.
The second forgery charge came after investigators learned Smith bought several cartons of cigarettes from a nearby grocery store with a check that had been stolen in a burglary earlier in the day. Other charges could be pending .Smith has a bail hearing scheduled Wednesday, but Deputy Angela Shunn of the Aiken County Detention Center did not know if he had an attorney.

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Police officer bused in major drug raid www.privateofficer.com

Police officer busted in major drug investigation www.privateofficer.com

COBB COUNTY, Ga. Nov. 28, 2007
A two-year veteran of the Marietta Police Department, Isaac Saleumsy, 30, is in the Gwinnett County Jail after being arrested Tuesday morning as part of a wide-ranging drug raid that could have international ramifications, according to officials.
Saleumsy’s neighbors said he was arrested near his home near Columns Drive around 5 a.m. Witnesses said dozens of officers, including DEA agents, were on the scene.
Local television news Channel 2 has uncovered an indictment that said Saleumsy was arrested as part of a conspiracy to possess and distribute the drug, Ecstasy. There were more than 30 names on the indictment.
Neighbors said it appeared agents seized drugs when they were at Saleumsy’s home.
Marietta Police said they will hold a news conference later today, Wednesday, to address the situation. Officer Selumsy has been suspended pending his upcoming termination, according to officials.
There was no information yet as to whether Saleumsy posted bond and police say that more information will be released in today’s news conference.

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Cyber bullies prowl internet www.privateofficer.com

Cyber bullies are on the prowl www.privateofficer.com

WASHINGTON D.C. Nov. 28, 2007 – Hateful text messages, abusive e-mails and cyber-gossip are giving bullies new power over their victims — even in the supposed safety of their own homes, U.S. researchers reported on Tuesday.
And most of the victims are themselves new, with two-thirds of children who report such harassment saying they had not been bullied before in other ways.
Schools and parents must work together to find ways to stop such behavior, without robbing children and teens of valuable Internet access, the researchers agreed.
“Internet bullying has emerged as a new and growing form of social cruelty,” Kirk Williams and Nancy Guerra of the University of California at Riverside wrote in one of a series of reports published in the Journal of Adolescent Health.
The reports, from researchers organized by the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, show a 50 percent increase in the number of kids aged 10 to 17 who said they were harassed online — from 6 percent in 2000 to 9 percent in 2005.
“Youth harassed online were significantly more likely to also report two or more detentions or suspensions, and skipping school in the previous year,” Michele Ybarra and colleagues at Johns Hopkins University in Baltimore reported in another study in the journal.
“Especially concerning, youth who reported being targeted by Internet harassment were eight times more likely than all other youth to concurrently report carrying a weapon to school in the past 30 days,” added Ybarra’s team, who interviewed 1,500 10- to 15-year-olds.
They found that 64 percent of those who reported having been bullied online were not victims of physical or verbal aggression in person. That makes for a whole new population of victims, the researchers agreed.
ANONYMOUS ADVANTAGE
An extreme example of the problem occurred in October 2006, when 13-year-old Megan Meier of Dardenne Prairie, Missouri hanged herself after receiving vitriolic Internet messages from someone posing as a teen-age boy. The town passed a measure making online harassment illegal.
“The anonymity provided by new technology limits a victim from responding in a way that may ordinarily stop a peer’s aggressive behavior or influence the probability of future acts, which provides an advantage to the perpetrator,” the CDC’s Corinne David-Ferdon and Marci Feldman Hertz wrote.
“The primary recommendation we have for parents is to talk to their kids,” Ferdon said in a telephone interview. “Talk to them about where they go on the Internet, appropriate standards of behavior.”
Schools should also become involved and should add cyber-bullying to any policies they may already have on bullying and other forms of aggression, said Hertz.
Hertz and Ferdon said school districts in Florida, South Carolina, Utah and Oregon are creating new policies to deal with cyber-bullying.
Total bans on using the Internet or text-messaging are unlikely to work, she added. “Technology has a lot of benefits for young people,” Hertz said. “They can make social connections that they otherwise might not have the opportunity to make.”
Patricia Agatston and colleagues at Clemson University in South Carolina interviewed 148 teens in depth and found that teens often did not tell their parents about bullying for fear of losing online privileges.

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Jailed shoplifter refused right to breast feed baby www.privateofficer.com

Charlotte N.C. Nov. 28, 2007 A Brazilian woman, held in the Mecklenburg County jail since Friday on an immigration violation, is not being allowed to provide breast milk for her son, who is less than 2 months old.
Ezequiel Oliveira, who is helping care for the woman’s two children, said he spent hours at the jail Monday trying to get a breast pump to 29-year-old Danielle Ferreira. He said Ferreira’s baby, Samuel, is crying incessantly and keeps spitting up baby formula.
“We give him formula and put in the pacifier but he is crying day and night, day and night, all the time,” Oliveira said.
Jail officials say they can’t discuss conversations inmates have with medical staff, but are aware of the situation. In general, spokeswoman Julia Rush said, inmates are not allowed to express milk without a court order. She said mothers are treated for symptoms when they must abruptly stop nursing.
Just this month, U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement formally adopted guidelines that allow pregnant women or nursing mothers to be released under supervised conditions.
Ferreira, who was originally jailed on a shoplifting charge, is in the jail on an immigration hold, meaning she will be turned over to immigration officials once her state charge is dispensed.
She was arrested Friday at Eastland Mall, and her children were with her, Oliveira said.
Ferreira’s brother hid a CD or DVD in her baby stroller without her knowledge, according to Oliveira, and the two were arrested on a misdemeanor shoplifting charge as they walked out of a store. Oliveira said he got a call from police saying he needed to pick up the baby, Samuel, and his 2-year-old brother, Daniel, or they would be turned over to the Mecklenburg Department of Social Services.
Ferreira doesn’t have any relatives in the area, except for her brother who is also in jail, Oliveira said. She planned to return to Brazil next month and already had airline tickets for herself, her brother and her two children, he said. She was going to stay in Brazil, he added, so that her mother and other family members could help her raise her children, who were born in the United States.
Ferreira came to this country on a visa and was supposed to return to Brazil by April 2005, according to Rush. Ferreira would have been sent to Atlanta for a deportation hearing by now, Rush said, but signed a waiver saying she wants to return to her native country without a hearing.
Rush said the jail staff plans to meet with Ferreira today to make sure she understands the waiver and to let her know how to contact the consulate if she wants to take her children to Brazil with her.
Oliveira, who is Ferreira’s pastor and also from Brazil, said he saw her Sunday and she complained of a fever and soreness in her breasts because she hasn’t been allowed to express milk. He said Samuel doesn’t seem to feel well, has a rash and spits up every time he drinks formula.
Jan Ellen Brown, a Charlotte lactation consultant, said it’s not good for a mother or baby when nursing stops abruptly. She said breast milk is best for infants and an infant who has been nursing for two months could have a reaction to formula or trouble drinking from a bottle. Mothers who stop nursing without weaning are in a lot of pain and are susceptible to breast infection.
Angeles Ortega-Moore, executive director of the Latin American Coalition, said she has heard before of nursing moms not being allowed to express milk while in the Mecklenburg jail.
“That seems to be inhumane for anyone whether they are in this country legally or not. Experts will tell you this is a very difficult time for a mom to be separated from her baby,” said Ortega-Moore. “Regardless of what the mom has done, we are putting the health of a young child at risk.”
Latino activist Maudia Melendez had not heard about Ferreira until she was contacted by the Observer late Monday. She said she plans to call the sheriff and immigration officials today to ask them to reunite the mother and baby.
“They should let her go for humanitarian reasons. Let her pay her fine (on the state charge) and give her a court date in Atlanta (for the immigration violation),” Melendez said. “We are talking about a baby. It doesn’t make any sense.”

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Atlanta Georgia Nov. 28, 2007

With the ever growing popularity of the little teenage girl with the big adult voice and bank account, comes the fake tickets! With Miley Cyress’s concerts selling out in a matter of minutes all over the country, prices for real tickets can be as much as $10,000 from a local scalper!Police in Chalotte North Carolina and Atlanta Georgia say beware of fake tickets because they have seen them and know that there are others out there.Imagine paying thousands of dollars for a ticket only to be turned away at the door, detective Renaldo Reyes said.It’s hard to spot the fakes especially when you’re already hyped up and excited just to be able to get your hands on them! Reyes warns parents to be careful and not to invest large amounts of money in something that isn’t a sure thing. It’s no different than going to a casino or betting on the horses detective Reyes said. It’s a gamble and the people have to realize that.Police in many major cities are cracking down on scalpers and looking for the fake tickets but it’s a cat and mouse game the detective said. Like any other superstar or teen idol, there’s a lot of money being made on this little girl and it’s not all legal.

Officials with the Gwinnett County Arena are warning parents who paid up to $2,500 for tonight’s Hannah Montana tickets that some of the tickets may be fake.
Arena spokesman Chris Hendley said officials have tried to warn people from the time tickets for tonight’s show went on sale to be careful about buying tickets. Hendley says the Arena can only guarantee tickets sold through Ticketmaster.com, the arena’s own phone lines or through the box office.
people have paid from $500 to $2,500 to get the tickets from other sources.
Officials say there’s no way to know whether the tickets are real until the concert, which begins at 7 p.m. at the Arena in Duluth. Traffic in the area is expected to be heavy.

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PAHOKEE FLA. Nov. 28, 2007 – The two Palm Beach County deputies killed Wednesday morning near Pahokee were accidentally struck by a Sheriff’s Office cruiser that was pursuing a stolen car, Sheriff Ric Bradshaw said.The deputies were identified as Donta J. Manuel, 33, and Jonathan D. Wallace, 23.They were struck while trying to remove tire-deflation devices from State Road 715 after the devices blew out the tires of the stolen car, Bradshaw said.

They were clearing the road for another cruiser to pass them and release a police dog which was going to pursue the two suspects into the sugar cane fields, he said.Manuel and Wallace died at the scene. After hitting them, the third deputy’s car careened into a nearby canal. He was flown to St. Mary’s Medical Center in West Palm Beach.That deputy, who handles a dog, was in serious condition but expected to survive, officials said. His name was not released. Another deputy in his car had minor injuries and taken to Palms West Hospital in Loxahatchee.The deputy’s German Shepherd was uninjured.Bradshaw said deputies had one man in custody, but later ruled him out as a suspect. Another man, Ernie Kirk Daley Jr., 19, is in custody and is suspected of being in the stolen car during the chase, Bradshaw said.The two people who stole the car and fled will face four counts of first-degree felonies including, Bradshaw said.According to the Sheriff’s Office, the chase started after a woman in Belle Glade called 911 at about 1 a.m., saying two men were breaking to a neighbor’s gold 1990 gold Toyota Camry. As deputies responded, they spotted the car traveling northbound on Route 715, officials said.A sheriff’s sergeant authorized a pursuit, and three marked sheriff’s patrol cars followed the car northbound.Manuel and Wallace put out the tire-deflation devices, commonly called stop sticks, in front of the pursuit on Route 715 and West Morgan Road just south of Palm Beach County Glades Airport and several miles south of Pahokee, a sheriff’s spokesman said.The suspects’ car crossed over the devices on the darkened road, and its tires flattened. But Manuel and Wallace made a “split second decision” to go back in the roadway to remove the sticks, officials said.That’s when the deputy in the pursuing cruiser hit Manuel and Wallace, killing them instantly. He lost control and crashed into a nearby canal. He suffered a concussion and a broken arm.PBSO’s vehicle pursuit policy requires a K-9 deputy to lead a police pursuit because if suspects jump out of a car, the dog will have a good chance of finding them, the Sheriff’s Office said.After the suspects’ car came to a stop, the two suspects ran from the car into a nearby sugar-cane field.About 75 deputies, backed by a helicopter and dogs, looked for the suspects in the field surrounding State Road 715 just south of an airport.The massive perimeter searched ended at about 6:30 a.m. and investigators began working leads.The two deputies killed were the first to die in the line of duty since 2002 when Donald Lee Schavolt, 48, died of a heart attack following a scuffle with the boy at a hospital. A teenager, 17, was charged with second-degree murder in his death.That murder charge stems from what sheriff’s investigators called aggressive actions and behavior by the boy that contributed to the death.

It’s been a bad year — and especially a bad four months — for law-enforcement officers in South Florida.Troubles began on Aug. 6, when Broward Sheriff’s Office Detective Maury Hernandez was shot in the head during a traffic stop. He survived. On Aug. 10, Broward sheriff’s Sgt. Chris Reyka was gunned down outside a Pompano Beach drug store.On Sept. 13, Miami-Dade police officer Jose Somohano was shot and killed, and other officers were wounded, during a traffic stop. And on Nov. 7, BSO Deputy Paul Rein was shot and killed by a prisoner he was transporting to court. Another Broward sheriff’s sergeant, Lisa DiSavino, was stabbed in the stomach early Sunday morning by a man she believed was acting suspiciously at a bus stop.
Wallace’s family said he planned to get married in August and buy a house in Loxahatchee. Manuel was to be best man at the wedding.As recently as August, Wallace was accidentally shot by another deputy during a traffic stop. He was wearing a bullet-resistent vest and was uninjured.Pahokee Mayor J.P. Sasser said he knew Wallace most of his life and said the light-hearted, playful young man would have been a real success in law enforcement.Wallace was attracted to police work at an early age. He joined a program similar to police explorers for children in Pahokee and got a taste for being an officer early on, Sasser said.The young Wallace joined the Pahokee Police Department shortly before it merged with the Sheriff’s Office.”I know Jonathan would have risen up the ranks of the Sheriff’s Office,” Sasser said.Sasser met with Jonathan’s mother early Wednesday morning after hearing of the crash.”She was not doing so well this morning,” he said. “She’s a diabetic and her blood sugar was low, but they took care of that. Her thoughts were with Donta’s family and the other deputy who was in the hospital, along with her own grief.”But it was Wallace who was always ready to pitch in a helping hand or help raise people’s spirits, Sasser said.Wallace has deep roots in Pahokee, according to Sasser.His uncle, Henry Crawford, is vice mayor and his cousin is head of the city Parks and Recreation Department.”We are definitely in a state of shock over this,” Sasser said.Sasser said Reinaldo Alonso, who is in charge of the Pahokee sheriff’s division, called him about 3 a.m. with news of the crash. “He just said, ‘We lost Jonathan and Donta. He knew that I knew both of them,” said Sasser.Sasser said he went immediately to the home of Wallace’s mother, the Rev. Patricia Wallace, minister of St. James AME Church and a member of a prominent Pahokee family. Patricia Wallace retired from the Sheriff’s Office, where she was secretary for at least 20 years, said former Belle Glade police chief Albert Dowdell.Pahokee City manager Lillie Latimore described Wallace as a “committed person” who often stopped in on his way to work and volunteered to run the camera for the city’s new government access television broadcasts.”The city supported him through the [police] academy,” said Latimore. “He stood on his word, and I liked that.”
The Palm Beach County Sheriff’s Office is asking anyone with information on this incident to call 561-996-1670

Security, police arrest woman with machete at school by; Rick McCann www.privateofficer.com

Security, police arrest woman with machate at school By; Rick McCann www.privateofficer.com

NATCHITOCHES LA. Nov. 28, 2007 – Natchitoches police today arrested a Natchitoches woman who was carrying a machete on school grounds, authorities said. Janet Leigh Prestridge, 32, of the 6000 block of Highway 6 in Natchitoches, was taken into custody without incident.
A security officer who was on duty at the main entrance of Natchitoches Central High School noticed Prestridge carrying a machete as she entered a truck parked in the north end of the parking area. The security officer approached her and was able to get the machete away from her and took her into custody and then called the school resource officer. The officer and a Natchitoches deputy arrested Prestridge. During a search, a quantity of controlled substances and drug paraphernalia were found in her coat pocket. Prestridge is charged with one count each of carrying a dangerous weapon on school property, possession of a dangerous substance in a drug free zone, illegal possession of drug paraphernalia and possession of methamphetamine. She is in custody in the women’s jail in Rayville.
There was no word as to why the suspect was carrying the weapon on school grounds.

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Grinch steals Cnristmas at police headquarters www.privateofficer.com

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Atlanta Georgia, nov. 28, 2007 Atlanta Police are trying to figure out who stole $50,000 worth of gifts destined for needy children.The gifts were being stored by The Empty Stocking Fund inside the basement of City Hall East, which also houses police headquarters.
Donald Crawford, executive director of The Empty Stocking Fund, told 11Alive News the stolen items include hundreds of watches, MP3 players and digital radios.”It’s heart-breaking and frustrating because you’d like to think the good about everybody in society,” Crawford said.
The Empty Stocking Fund is a non-profit organization that buys gifts for needy children using donations from individuals and corporations. Crawford said someone broke in to the toy warehouse through a basement window sometime last week. An employee first noticed the broken window and missing gifts on Saturday, after the Thanksgiving holiday.Atlanta Police Officer Ronald Campbell said investigators suspect at least two people were involved in the burglary. He said a private security firm is responsible for securing the building.Despite the break-in, Crawford said The Empty Stocking Fund will open its Santa Village as scheduled.
“The grinch is not going to win,” he said. “Fortunately, they didn’t steal everything we had in those inventory categories, so now we’re just looking to get those things replaced so we have enough to finish out the entire three-week season.”Starting Thursday, eligible parents will have a chance to pick out toys for their children in the Stocking’s Santa Village. Last year, The Empty Stocking Fund served more than 46,000 children, who were referred by DFCS.Crawford said security has been beefed up to prevent another break-in. He said he believes the thieves knew they were stealing children’s Christmas gifts.”Normally this is an empty space, so they would have no reason to break in if they didn’t have an idea of what they were after,” he said.Crawford said replacing the stolen items will be costly.
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Woman shot and killed at mall www.privateofficer.com

Houston Texas Nov. 28, 2007

A man shot his girlfriend and then killed himself as she was opening a lingerie store in a Texas mall on Tuesday, police said.
The man apparently confronted the woman as she was opening the security gate over the store as the store was about to open, said Houston Police Lt Albert Mihalco. The store showed signs that the two struggled before the woman was shot in the head. The man apparently then killed himself in front of a few people who had begun coming into the mall as it was opening for bsuiness, Mihalco said.
The shooting was reported while most stores were still closed but there were a number of people in the mall and in the general area police said.
Mall employee Deborah White said she was about to raise the security gate that covered another store when a security guard ran down the mall corridors, pounding on gates and doors and telling everyone to evacuate.
The mall was closed down for a period of time as police processed the scene and the mall management said that they would address the press at a later time.
Police officers are looking into the history of the victim and the shooter and call this another senseless killing.

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Brink’s guard arrested for assault www.privateofficer.com

Sacramento Ca. Nov. 28, 2007

Joshua Streator, 24, was arrested this afternoon and booked into the Sacramento County Jail on the felony charge of battery with great bodily injury.
The charges stem from an alleged attack by Streator on Jeff Yazel, a Safeway employee, earlier this month.Yazel, 16, says he was at the South Sacramento store gathering up shopping carts left in the parking lot, when a Brinks security truck pulled up and two armed security guards got out and walked to a nearby Wells Fargo bank.
Jeff says that as he continued to gather the carts he looked over at the truck, impressed with its appearance. Apparently a third security guard inside the truck, Streator, thought Yazel was glaring at him.Yazel says he was in the middle of the parking lot when he heard footsteps behind him. He turned around to find Streator standing in front of him and asked him if he wanted to fight. Yazel says that Streator then hit him in the jaw, then left. Despite the fact that his jaw was broken in the attack and is now wired shut, Yazel is vocal about the ordeal. He says he hopes that justice can be served.
Streator’s bail has been set at $25,000.

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Bank robbed, guard held at bay www.privateofficer.com

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Bank robbed, guard held hostage by; Rick McCann www.privateofficer.com

HOUSTON Tx. Nov. 28, 2007– Houston police searched for a gunman who robbed a busy northeast Houston bank on Monday and held the guard hostage, area newswires reported.
The robber entered the Wells Fargo bank, 3601 Eastex Freeway near Cavalcade, shortly before 10 a.m. and held a gun to a security guard’s head while demanding money, according to authorities. Customers ducked for cover.
“So, I see the gun and it’s pointed at the security guard’s head and I say (to my aunt), ‘Get under the desk and start praying,’” customer Brenda Hawkins said.
“God is on my side, on all our sides. He didn’t hurt nobody. He could’ve shot all of us,” customer Thelma Bryant said.
Two siblings inside the bank saw the robber escaping on the freeway and went after him. However, the gunman escaped.
The FBI hopes to release surveillance photos soon.

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Georgia cops drive drunk; keep jobs www.privateofficer.com

Atlanta Ga. Nov. 27, 2007

One Hundred Georgia Cops Arrested for DUIMore than one hundred Georgia police officers have been arrested for driving drunk. Many received special treatment.
A local television news investigation last week uncovered the names of more than one hundred Georgia law enforcement officials who have been arrested for driving under the influence of alcohol (DUI).
WGCL-TV found evidence that these officers sought — and in many cases received — special treatment.Offenders included both low and high-ranking officers. Habersham County Sheriff’s Captain Freddie Chapman had four alcohol-related arrests and three DUIs while he was on the force. He was only convicted on the third DUI after pleading no contest in court.”He admitted he made a mistake and he was wrong,” Sheriff DeRay Fincher explained to WGCL.
Police in DeKalb County, a notorious speed trap, had the worst DUI record. Officers Wendell Campbell and Donald Cloudt were allowed to keep their jobs despite each being twice arrested for DUI. Sergeant Michael O’Neal’s July arrest, captured on dashcam video, was not enough to merit firing. He exchanged the following words with a police officer who had arrested him for DUI.O’Neal: Brother to brother, will you cut me a break?Officer: Absolutely not.O’Neal: Others have put me in situations that are unprofessional, and I let it go.Officer: You let a drunk driver go?O’Neal: Yes, I have.The officer arrested O’Neal, and the department allowed O’Neal to resign — an important consideration for his future employment prospects.
Former Clarkston Officer Neil Bullock, according to police reports, fired his gun out of his car window and caused an accident while drunk. He is now working as a police officer in Snellville.
Another DeKalb officer, Delvin McKibbens, blacked out behind the wheel and caused an accident that sent another motorist to the hospital. McKibbens received a one-day suspension.
Atlanta Police Officer James McGrath caused a three-car collision after he was stopped for DUI. Former Troup County Deputy Kevin Yarborough destroyed his patrol car while drunk behind the wheel in 2002.
And still there are other stories that are even worse yet these officers and many others remain on the force, carrying a gun and wearing a badge even though they have broken the law and put others in danger.
Source: Cops Over The Limit (WGCL-TV (GA), 11/21/2007)

Cop deported over I.D. theft www.privateofficer.com

MILWAUKEE WI. Nov. 27, 2007 — A former police officer who stole his dead cousin’s identity to get on the force will not go to prison but must leave the country, a judge decided Monday.
Oscar Ayala-Cornejo, 25, was charged in federal court with falsely representing himself as an American citizen after an anonymous tip led the U.S. Department of Homeland Security to him.
He was arrested May 31 and agreed to a plea deal about two weeks later. He resigned in June, his attorney said.
He was sentenced to a year of probation. The maximum sentence could have been three years in prison and a $250,000 fine.
Ayala did not fight deportation. He has said he plans to live with relatives in Mexico and study computer engineering. It was unclear when immigration officials would force him out of the country, but his attorney said it could be any day.
Ayala apologized to his family, friends, the community and the police department. More than two dozen supporters packed the courtroom.
“It was never my intention to do any harm to anybody,” he told U.S. District Chief Judge Rudolph Randa.
Ayala said after the sentencing that he was astonished the judge was so lenient. “It’s more than I can ask for,” he said.
In a recent interview with The Associated Press, Ayala said his father helped him change his identity to Jose Morales, his cousin who died as a child of stomach cancer.
He told his father he wanted to become a police officer after the department recruited at his high school for the police aide program.
He and his family moved to the U.S. from Guadalajara, Mexico, in 1992, and their first neighborhood was rough. They lived next to a crack house, often heard gunshots and had their home burglarized.
“I wanted to change my neighborhood, to change other people’s neighborhoods, so they could feel safe, you know,” Ayala said recently. “Because I didn’t feel safe. I was pretty passionate about that.”
His sister was married to a citizen, his brother was born in the U.S., and his parents were on their way to becoming permanent residents. He would have had to go back to Mexico when he became an adult to wait 10 years or more to become a citizen, and his father didn’t want to separate the family.
Before his junior year in 1999, Ayala switched high schools, cut his hair, replaced his glasses with contacts, got braces and became more outgoing. He says he became a different person, along with a different name.
His father died of leukemia in 2004, before he could see his son become a police officer that December.
Ayala doesn’t hold his father responsible.
“The cards that we were dealt just weren’t the best ones,” he has said. “If I wouldn’t have done this, I would still be in Mexico waiting to see if I could ever see my family.”
His 26-year-old brother, Alex, was fired from the department in September for withholding information about his brother. He is appealing.

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Officer wins $4 million dollar lawsuit against employer www.privateofficer.com

Minneapolis MN. Nov. 27, 2007

The Minneapolis City Council settled for $4.5 million a lawsuit brought by undercover police officer Duy Ngo, who was shot by a fellow officer in 2003.

The council voted 11-1 to settle officer Ngo’s lawsuit, which sought $12 million in compensatory damages and $10 million in punitive damages. Council member Lisa Goodman cast the only “no” vote.

The settlement is the largest involving a Minneapolis police officer. It will be paid out of the city’s self insurance fund.

Minneapolis Mayor R. T. Rybak said the settlement was a considerable amount of money, but “it’s also staggering how often officers put their lives on the line.”

On Feb. 25, 2003, Ngo, was on gang surveillance when he was shot in the side during a confrontation with a man. Ngo’s life was saved by his bulletproof vest.

Ngo called for help and described the suspect who fled on foot. Responding officer Charles Storlie arrived on the scene while Ngo knelt under a streetlight waving his arms. Storlie got out of his car and almost immediately began firing his semiautomatic machine gun, shooting Ngo six times.

Ngo returned to work after rehabilitation but is restricted to desk duty because the shooting permanently injured his left hand, making him unable to grip a gun.

Ngo sued the city and Storlie for damages in 2004, claiming Storlie violated his civil rights by improperly using deadly force. The suit asked for $12 million in compensatory damages and $10 million in punitive damages.

U.S. District Judge Richard H. Kyle ruled last year that the city was entitled to immunity in the case, but Storlie was not. Storlie appealed the ruling and lost. He resigned from the force in January, leaving for security work in the Middle East.

Bob Bennett, Ngo’s attorney, says Ngo was wearing a radio microphone and police insignia when he was shot. Bennett says the Vietnamese Ngo obviously didn’t match the physical description of the black suspect.
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Murder suspect arrested 32 years later www.privateofficer.com

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NASHVILLE TN. NOV. 27, 2007

A Memphis man has been arrested and charged with the 1975 murder of a Vanderbilt student, Nashville police announced yesterday.
Nashville Police say they developed new scientific evidence over the past few months that linked 60-year-old Jerome Sydney Barrett to the crime.
Barrett previously served 26 years for the rape of a Belmont student and was released in 2002.
Police arrested him Monday night in the murder of 19-year-old Sarah Vanetta Des Prez, who was found dead in her Nashville apartment.
Nashville police say their cold case unit has cleared a total of 22 murder cases since it was formed in 2005.

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BREAKING NEWS…….Brinks guard shot during robbery by; Rick McCann www.privateofficer.com

BREAKING NEWS……..Brink’s officer shot during robbery by; Rick McCann www.privateofficer.com

Douglasville GA. Nov. 26, 2007

Brink’s armored guard and a suspect were injured in a shooting Monday inside the Arbor Place mall in Douglasville.
Mall general manager Bill Ball said a Brink’s armored car guard was wounded in the shooting, which occurred about 11:45 a.m. at an upper level entrance near the food court.
The guard was taken to a local hospital with injuries that Ball said did not appear to be life-threatening.
A suspect was also wounded in the gunfire, and was taken to Grady Memorial Hospital said Ball, who did not know the severity of that man’s wounds.
Ball said no shoppers or mall employees were wounded.
“Fortunately, it being a Monday morning after a major weekend, and [the mall] was not as crowded as it could have been,” Ball said.
The mall, which is just off I-20 about 20 miles west of downtown Atlanta, was locked down, with no one allowed to enter or leave the mall. The mall was reopened at 1:30 p.m., Ball said.
The shooting happened just outside the Johnny Rockets restaurant, according to one witness. Leigh Knight of Carrollton had just sat down at the restaurant with a friend and three children when she heard the shots. “It was a lot of shots, like nine,” she said. “after about the fourth one, we figured out what it was and we threw the kids under the table and we laid down on top of them.”
When she saw security run toward the shooting, she got up and left the area. “I saw a Brink’s man laying face up — he was conscious. There was another man next to him laying face down,” Knight said.
She fled to the Sports Stop store and stayed there while the mall was locked down. Sports Stop owner Paul Limbaugh said SWAT teams were roaming the mall with their guns drawn.
All schools in the county were placed on a “code yellow” alert, said Zack Spencer, director of security for Douglas County schools.
Spencer described code yellow as a “higher sense of alert,” in which all exterior doors were secured and any students outside of the buildings were brought inside.

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Cross dressers wreck McDonald’s store www.privateofficer.com

Cross- dressers wreck McDonald’s store by; Rick McCann www.privateofficer.com

MEMPHIS, Tenn. Nov. 26, 2007 — They may have looked like women, but they weren’t ladies.
Police in Memphis said they’re working on a more detailed description of three men dressed as women who came into a McDonald’s restaurant with a tire tool and started swinging last night.
Restaurant employee Martez Brisco was working the drive-through window and he said there was an argument there. Brisco said when he ignored them tapping at the window, things got strange.
Police Lt. Trevor Tisby said the cross-dressers came inside and decided they wanted to fight with the restaurant crew.
Witnesses said the men hit the manager with a tire tool and — when he swung back at them — kicked off stiletto boots and pulled off hoop earrings and jackets for a fight.
When it was over, the manager was taken to the hospital after being hit in the head with a “wet floor” sign and Albert Bolton was bandaged from where he said his attackers used their fingernails to scratch him.
Before they drove off, the three attackers smashed the drive-through window.

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9 Year old boy arrested for chasing adults with gun www.privateofficer.com

LEBANON, Tenn. Nov. 26, 2007 — A 9-year-old boy is accused of shooting a rifle at an adult caretaker and another child and then chasing them with a steak knife, authorities said. No one was injured.
The victims of the Nov. 17 incident said the boy, who was not identified, took aim at them with a rifle, according to a police report. One victim said he hid behind a tree, at which point the boy fired and hit the tree.
The boy then took the butt of the rifle and broke the glass of the door of the home, the report stated. After the boy calmed down, the caretaker let him back into the home.
The victims said the boy later ran at them with a steak knife he grabbed from the kitchen, so they locked themselves in a room. While inside, the boy stabbed the doors to the rooms several times.
The victims, an adult caregiver and a juvenile, said the boy later ran toward them with a knife while laughing.
A deputy responding to the call heard slamming doors and screaming from inside, and could see the child through the broken window in the door.
The deputy found a six- to nine-inch steak knife under the couch and detained the boy.
The boy was released to his mother on a temporary custody order by Judge Barry Tatum. A juvenile citation was issued and the boy is scheduled to appear in juvenile court.

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Police officer, girlfriend guilty of rape www.privateofficer.com

TACOMA, Wash. Nov. 26 2007
– A retired Tacoma Police officer and his girlfriend pleaded guilty to child rape and molestation charges Monday morning.
Lee William Giles, Jr. and Maureen Wear face at least 20 years in prison, and Giles could end up behind bars for life. Police say that during their investigation officer giles retired and was arrested soon after.
Both pleaded guilty to first- and second-degree child rape, first-degree molestation and third-degree child assault.
Prosecutors contend the Giles and Wear molested young relatives for years and videotaped some of the abuse.
The victims told prosecutors they supported the plea deals.
Wear will be sentenced in late December. Giles will be sentenced January 4.

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Security officers shoot it out at club www.privateofficer.com

Milwaukee Wi. Nov. 26, 2007 Police are questioning 3-5 security guards after a deadly shooting at a nightclub in Milwaukee Sunday overnight.
Officers say a 27-year-old man was killed and a 32-year-old man was wounded outside Club Escape just before 2 a.m.

Officers say the victims were involved in an argument inside the nightclub and were asked to leave.
The shooting reportedly happened after the men went to their car.
Investigators say the guards may have exchanged gunfire with the men.

One source said this is what happened;
Five armed security guards returned gunfire from two men outside a Milwaukee nightclub early Monday, killing one and wounding the other, according to police.
The two men were asked to leave Club Escape about 2 a.m. Monday, according to a news release from the Milwaukee Police Department. They went to a car in the parking lot, retrieved guns and began firing from inside the car at security guards in front of the club.
The security guards shot back, killing a 27-year-old man and wounding a 32-year-old in the shoulder, police said.
There was another shooting at the club last June, and the bar has had its license suspended twice for incidents that required officers to respond, police said.

This is under investigation and more details will be released police said.

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