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Charlotte N.C. Jan 29 2008

Charlotte-Mecklenburg police officer was indicted Monday on a charge of first-degree sexual offense in connection with a Nov. 27 incident that occurred while he was on duty and responding to a call.
Officer Joseph D. Anthony III, 39, turned himself in Monday night and bond was set at $10,000, said police officials. The officer is a nine-year veteran of the force and was most recently assigned to the Eastway Division.
Specifics of what occurred Nov. 27 were not disclosed, but investigators said the case did not involve rape.
Investigators say the officer and alleged victim, an adult female, came into contact on Nov. 27 when Anthony was responding to a missing person call. The victim was said to have information about the missing person case, officials said. Anthony and the victim were together for about 45 minutes, officials said.
Investigators say they began investigating Nov. 28, after an officer reported overhearing the woman discuss the alleged offense with someone else.
Detectives interviewed the woman and within three hours of learning the accusations, Anthony was removed from service and placed on paid administrative leave, officials said.
The case was then presented to the Mecklenburg County District Attorney’s Office, which deemed there was enough evidence to seek an indictment on first-degree sexual offense and first-degree kidnapping. The kidnapping charge involves moving the alleged victim to different locations within her residence, officials said.
A separate, internal investigation by the department is nearing completion, officials said.
In a news conference Monday, Police Chief Darrel Stephens said the charges are appalling.
“As difficult as it is for any police department to have charges against one of their own, the CMPD aggressively pursues any allegations of misconduct because nothing is more important than the integrity of the force,” Stephens said.
“These charges sicken me and all of the other men and women of this department. In fact, it is due to the integrity of fellow officers that we got information that enabled us to pursue the investigation

Security officer killed walking home www.privateofficer.com

New York City NY Jan 29 2008

Police are looking for suspects who they say shot a young South Jamaica father in the head Monday morning.
Darkim Spellman, 23, of 111-41 157th St., was found dead outside a furniture store on Supthin Boulevard and 107th Avenue around 4:30 a.m., police said. His mother Kim Spellman of Jamaica said she found out about the shooting before police informed her because an unidentified person called her son’s landlord and informed her where to find the body.

“I last spoke with him last night around one o’clock. He told me, ‘Mommy, I’ll see you in the morning,’ ” she said. Darkim Spellman worked as a security guard in southeast Queens and police say he was walking home. He also had a 2-year-old son who lived in California with his mother, according to Kim Spellman.

No arrests were been made and the investigation was ongoing.

Police said they are looking for more than one suspect.

Anyone with information is urged to call Crimestoppers at 1-800-577-TIPS (8477). All calls will be kept confidential

Alert Casino Security Officer Prevents Disaster www.privateofficer.com

Alert Casino Officer Prevents Fire Disaster www.privateofficer.com

MASHANTUCKET CT. Jan 29 2008 -

Fire officials say that an alert casino security officer who noticed a fire burning in the roof line of the hotel probably prevented the fire from spreading and a major fire and property damage from occurring. Firefighters and police evacuated three floors of the Great Cedar Hotel at the Foxwoods Resort Casino this afternoon after a small fire broke out on the roof, a casino spokesman said.

No one was injured in the blaze, which firefighters extinguished within a half hour.

The hotel security officer noticed the fire at around noon on the corner of the roof above the VIP lounge, Saverio Mancini said. A 911 call was immediately place which dispatched multiple fire agencies, law enforcement, EMS and joint efforts prevented disaster.

Mashantucket Pequot fire fighters responded to the scene, along with fire fighters from Norwich, Mystic and Ledyard.

The 6th, 7th and 8th floors were evacuated as a precaution. Fire fighters are ripping up the roof to make sure they got all the fire, Mancini said.

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Hospital security assist in drug bust www.privateofficer.com

Security, local police coordinate drug bust www.privateofficer.com

Covington LA. Jan 29 2008

Six drug arrests were made recently by the Covington Police Department Street Crimes Unit, bringing the total drug arrests made since April 2007 to 68, according to Lt. Jack West, spokesman for the Covington Police Department.

In one recent arrest, the suspect, Pierre C. Crandle, a parking valet at St. Tammany Parish Hospital, was arrested by Street Crimes Unit officers who pulled up to the hospital in an unmarked SUV.

West said when Crandle approached the car, thinking he was going to be parking it, the officers swiftly leaped from the vehicle, grabbed him and handcuffed him.The arrest had been planned in advance with the hospital security department in order to avoid endangering members of the public or hospital staff.

The hospital security guards, who had coordinated the arrest with the unit, removed his hospital ID card as the arrest was made.”The Street Crimes Unit officers made their arrest and were gone in 60 seconds before anyone knew anything was happening,” West said.Crandle, 20, of 318 W. Edwards St. in Covington, was charged with one count of transactions involving proceeds for drug offenses; one count of possession of marijuana; and one count of possession of drugs in a drug free zone.

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Club Security Officer Forced To Shoot Gang www.privateofficer.com

Austin TX. Jan 29, 2008

An Austin security officer was on suspension Monday after a weekend shooting at a Northeast Austin night club.
I yelled at stop, get back. They still advanced toward me,” said Marc Chappelle. “I fired three shots.”
Chappelle is a certified, commissioned security officer in Austin. He is licensed to carry a gun. The ex-Air Force cop has used his weapon before, but never while working security.
“The thought of having to use it, that’s always in the back of your mind, but it’s always the last thing I’d ever want to do,” said Chappelle.
Chappelle has worked weekends at Club Navegante for the past month. But early Saturday morning, he found himself in an altercation with several men who he says were intoxicated.
One of the men had vomited in the parking lot. As Chappelle confronted another man who was urinating in the parking lot, a third man hit him in the head.
Chappelle then used pepper spray.
“At that point, all of the group started charging the security guard. The security guard, in fear for his life, started taking off running,” said Det. James Mason, Austin Police Department.
The men began throwing rocks at Chappelle. That’s when he told them to stop.
“Had I gotten caught by those individuals, I would have been the one at the hospital or worse,” said Chappelle.
When the men did not follow his orders to stop, he fired his weapon, hitting one man in the shoulder.
Police say charges are pending against the man who was shot.
The rest of the group drove away, but police caught up with Jose Benjamin Cabrera-Diosdado, 18, and Luis Enrique Ortega-Vazquez, 26. They are charged with aggravated assault against a peace officer.
Chappelle says using his weapon is always the last option..
“Once I saw that he was responsive, still breathing, it wasn’t a very serious injury, I was relieved after that,” said Chappelle.
The man who was shot suffered non life-threatening injuries.
Police are looking for two more men who were involved in the assault on Chappelle. They could also face charges.
Chappelle is suspended from his security job while the shooting is under investigation.

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Police Catch Pair With 99 ID’s www.privateofficer.com

TAMPA Fla. Jan 29 2008 – Airport police are investigating what a Chicago man and a homeless woman traveling with him planned to do with 99 driver’s licenses stolen from people across the country and doctored with their pictures.
Kenneth Blake, 39, and Theresa Hensle, 39, were traveling under different names from Tampa to New Orleans on Southwest Airlines, but Transportation Security Administration employees did not recognize their identification were tampered with to show their pictures, airport spokeswoman Brenda Geoghagan said
This is real identification of other people that they are using,” Geoghagan said.
Christopher White, a TSA spokesman in Washington, was not concerned, however, that the employee had not noticed the fraudulent licenses. “While travel document checkers are an important layer of security, they are one layer of many,” White said.
TSA considers document checks one part of a 20-layer system that includes baggage checks, bottled liquids scans and air marshals, he said.
About six months ago, TSA replaced contract workers with document checkers, who have black lights to look for the holograms imprinted on driver licenses and photographer’s loupes to check ink quality, White said. The checkers’ efforts have led to more than 100 arrests for fraudulent documents nationwide, he said.
In Tampa, airport police arrested Blake and Hensle at a Chili’s Too restaurant at Airside C about 8:50 p.m. Sunday after a woman reported prescription medication and credit cards missing from her purse, Geoghagan said.
“They had a 30-minute window before they departed and I guess they couldn’t help themselves,” Geoghagan said.
As police officers searched the restaurant, other diners pointed out Blake and Hensle, who had left behind a large shopping bag and who had been sitting near the woman who was robbed, Geoghagan said.
The couple at first denied owning the bag, then acknowledged it was theirs, she said.
In the bag were doctored driver’s licenses, driver’s license blanks, partially completed counterfeit licenses, stolen credit cards, checks and gift cards, she said.
The couple had a real check for $10,000 payable to someone else and the identification in the other name to support cashing that check, she said.
Blake and Hensle were in Orient Road Jail on Monday. Blake’s bail was set at $215,500 and Hensle’s at $220,000. Each is charged with multiple counts of felony possession of counterfeit identification and felony dealing in stolen property, among other charges. A national criminal data search shows Blake was convicted in Illinois for felony theft in 2004, 2006 and 2007.
Geoghagan said police plan to add charges as they unravel the case. “Detectives have been calling victims all around the country to verify what’s missing.”

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