School resource officer kills student during attack www.privateofficer.com

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Fresno CA. April 17 2008
A Fresno student was killed during an officer-involved shooting on the Roosevelt High School campus Wednesday.
According to police, an officer assigned to the school, walked out of his office just before noon and was immediately struck in the head with a baseball bat. The officer fell to the ground compromising his primary firearm, but was able to retrieve his secondary weapon, which he fired at the suspect.
The suspect, who has been described as a 17-year-old sophomore, fell to the ground and was pronounced dead on the scene despite CPR efforts.
Fresno Police Chief Jerry Dyer described the situation as “tragic” and reassured parents that no students were ever in danger. The school was on lock down throughout the day after the incident occurred. Acting Superintendent, Ruthie Quinto, attributed the lockdown to the districts policy to ensure the “complete and utter safety of all the students on campus.”
At least five students are said to have witnessed the shooting, along with two probation officers.
The officer involved in the shooting has been identified as 38 year-old Junus Perry of Fresno, who is said to have worked on the campus for three years, and with the department for 10 1/2 years. He was taken to Community Regional Medical Center where he was later released.
Roosevelt High School is located at 4250 E Tulare St in Fresno, the crime is said to have occurred on the southeast side of the campus.

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Police raid assisted living facility www.privateofficer.com

Police conduct drug raid on assisted living facility www.privateofficer.com

JEFFERSONVILLE IND. April 17, 2008

By: Rick McCann

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Police responding to a tip said that they have raided a house where elderly people were supposed to be cared for and arrested five people and all are facing charges following the drug bust at an assisted living facility in Jeffersonville.
On April 9 police raided the Precious Years Elderly Home at 622 E. Chestnut Street in Jeffersonville after receiving a tip that someone was selling drugs out of the home.
Police say that they conducted an investigation and found evidence that drugs were being sold from that location and officers moved in. During the bust, police arrested five people and confiscated 8 grams of cocaine, marijuana and other drugs.
Police say two elderly people were being cared for in the facility when the arrests were made.
The following people were arrested: Ted Taylor, Tiffany Stuck, Walter Sutton, and Lea Vitato,all of Jeffersonville; and Roger Carroll of New Albany.
They face charges ranging from possession of cocaine with intent to sell to visiting and maintaining a common nuisance to resisting arrest. Carroll was already wanted on another outstanding warrant.
Authorities are still investigation these five and have not said which one of the five owned the business there or if the five were all employees. Police did say that the five could face additional charges and that they put the lives of the senior citizens at risk by running their drug enterprise from the residence.

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Sheriff fires cadet one day before graduation www.privateofficer.com

PHOENIX, AZ April 17 2008

By: Kyle T. Greene

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www.privateofficer.com The Maricopa County Sheriff Joe Arpaio said that he has terminated a deputy cadet on Wednesday for racist remarks and repeated displays of cultural ignorance and insensitivity just one day before graduation.
The sheriff, known around the country for being a tough, no nonsense law enforcer said that he had absolutely no other choice in the matter and that the cadet brought it upon himself in the way that he handled himself and spoke without regard for others.
The firing was ordered when an investigation showed one of the 34 deputy cadets scheduled to graduate on Thursday made racially derogatory remarks about citizens.
The cadet used the “N” word on two separate occasions to refer to individuals, in front of other law enforcement cadets.
“Given our need to fill deputy vacancies, firing someone who is just hours away from graduating and otherwise ready for duty, is a disappointment,” Arpaio says. “We had a big investment in this cadet. But, we have an infinitely larger investment in the community we serve. While terminating this cadet may seem regrettable, it is this type of behavior that increases the risks of racial insensitivity and racial bias. Law enforcement is a serious job with serious consequences and there is no room for racism and bigotry.”
The fired cadet was one of 34 men and women scheduled to graduate from the Sheriff’s Training Academy.

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Memphis Police debut new “CyberWatch” center www.privateofficer.com

MEMPHIS, Tenn. April 17 2008

By: Rick McCann

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Police here now have another new weapon in their arsenal to combat crime and they showed it off in metro Memphis today. A new crime-fighting tool in Memphis may look like a wide screen movie, but it’s actually 42 monitors from cameras spread throughout the city to catch criminals.
The Memphis Police Department unveiled the “ Real Time Crime Center” on Wednesday, a $3.6 million video system monitoring bridges, interstates and high crime neighborhoods. Police say that it will extend their eyes and eyes to more parts of the city and that they can monitor high crime areas, sensitive areas that could be targets for terrorists and be more proactive in their crime fighting efforts.
Some of the cameras are also equipped with special software that recognizes the sound of gunfire and will move and zoom in on the area that it came from. This allows officers to immediately respond to the area without having to wait for a citizen to call 911 and thus possibly saving someone’s life who may have been a victim of the gunshots.
The center will also use a CyberWatch program, which can pull criminal histories, outstanding warrants, mug shot and hangouts.
John Harvey, a technical consultant for the police department, said that information can then be sent instantly to patrol officers out in the city through the car’s computer or a text message.
This new piece of technology, already in use in other metropolitan cities is definitely exciting and will really help our officers on the street, one police official said.

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Man charged after stabbing security officer www.privateofficer.com

Chicago IL April 17 2008

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Authorities say that they have a 26-year-old man in custody who is accused of stabbing and critically wounding a security officer who had kicked him out of a Southwest Side restaurant. Police say that man was charged with attempted murder.

Authorities say that Jose Carrasco of the 1500 block of West 19th Street was charged with one count of attempted first-degree murder in the stabbing at El Cuaco Restaurant and Lounge, 3434 S. Western Ave., police said Sunday.

Police said the security guard removed Carrasco from the lounge after a disturbance there on Friday night. About 11 p.m., Carrasco returned to the establishment and confronted the security officer at the door, stabbing him multiple times.

The security officer, 29, whose name has not been released, was taken in critical condition to Mt. Sinai Hospital, police said.

Witnesses described the attacker to police, and Carrasco was arrested early Saturday.

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Federal agents raid poultry plants www.privateofficer.com

DALLAS TX. April 17 2008- Federal immigration agents raided Pilgrim’s Pride poultry plants in five states Wednesday in a crackdown on an alleged scam to provide fake identification for illegal immigrant workers, authorities said.
More than 100 people were expected to be charged in the raids at the nation’s largest chicken producer, Julie Myers, U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement assistant secretary, told The Associated Press.
“Identity theft is a horrible problem that can ruin a person’s good name,” Myers said.
The raids were part of a long-term investigation, officials said. Plants in Mount Pleasant, Texas, Batesville, Ark., Live Oak, Fla., Chattanooga, Tenn. and Moorefield, W.Va., were raided, authorities said.
Ray Atkinson, a spokesman for Pittsburg, Texas-based Pilgrim’s Pride, said the company went to ICE agents with information about identity theft at the Arkansas plant. Atkinson said the company uses a federal database to check identity documents of new employees, but that wouldn’t stop a person from using a real, but stolen ID.
Atkinson said no criminal or civil charges have been filed against the company, which has about 55,000 employees and operates dozens of facilities mostly across the South and in Mexico and Puerto Rico.
“We knew in advance and cooperated fully,” Atkinson said.
The poultry raids were the largest of several immigration enforcement actions taken across the country Wednesday.
Agents arrived before dawn at a Houston doughnut plant and arrested almost 30 workers suspected of being in the country illegally. Robert Rutt, the agent in charge of the Houston ICE office, told the Houston Chronicle some of the people arrested lived at the Shipley Do-Nuts dough factory.
In Buffalo, N.Y., federal law enforcement officials announced the arrest of a Buffalo-area businessman and nine associates accused of employing illegal Mexican immigrants in seven restaurants in four states.
Authorities also arrested 45 illegal immigrants during the early morning raids in western New York, Bradford, Pa.; Mentor, Ohio; Wheeling and New Martinsville, W.Va., and Georgia.
Authorities said the workers were forced to staff the Mexican restaurants for long hours with little pay to work off smuggling fees and rent.
The restaurants’ owner, Jorge Delarco of Depew, is charged with conspiring to harbor illegal aliens. He was due in court Wednesday afternoon and it was not immediately known if he had a lawyer.

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No contract, no work, security company tells school system www.privateoofficer.com

No contract, no work, security company tells school system www.privateofficer.com

East Chicago IL. April 17 2008 Extra police officers filled in for the private security contractors who were absent from city schools Monday due to a contract dispute.

More than 30 unarmed guards with Gary-based Davis Security Services failed to show up for morning classes, prompting the temporary assignment of a dozen uniformed patrol substitutes.

Teachers and staff walked the school halls with police in lieu of the Davis guards, and no criminal incidents were reported Monday.

Davis Security Services had enforced order for the School City of East Chicago for more than a decade, but it has been without a written contract since at least 2005, according to company and school officials.

Company President Leon Davis said it was time for a formal business agreement for security services, and he had given the school administration 30 days notice, but no contract settlement had been reached.

School City Security Director Gus Flores said he returned to work Monday after several days off to find a letter from Davis dated April 9. It warned that the services would be withheld as of April 14.”What we have is a failure to communicate,” said Flores, who said he has been working on getting Davis’ account with the cash-strapped school system up to date, including getting the firm a check for $185,000 on April 4.

Davis said his company has a good relationship with the School City, and the payment is appreciated, but operational planning and cost management require a contractual agreement beyond the firm’s current monthly invoicing for services.Meetings with city and school administrators regarding the matter will continue today, Flores said, and private security in the schools likely would resume shortly.

Davis guards continued to be posted at the city’s housing complexes, libraries and marina Monday.

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Planning security details for Pope’s visit www.privateofficer.com

Planning security details for the Pope’s visit www.privateofficer.com

Washington DC April 17 2008

By: Rick McCann

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For many here in the U.S., the arrival of the Pope was quite a surprise. One that many thought would never happen in their lifetime and one that looked like the Pope flew here on a whim, maybe just to celebrate his 81st birthday, or maybe to say so long, farewell to the outgoing President Bush.
But to those in the know, this was no spur of the moment trip. In fact, more than 30 law enforcement agencies including the Secret Service whose in charge of his security while he’s here knew of the trip more than five months ago.
Federal law officers say that they had a lot of planning to do before his arrival to make his trip as safe as possible.

For the U.S. Secret Service, Pope Benedict XVI’s arrival at Andrews Air Force Base on Tuesday marks the culmination of more than five months of preparations. At least thirty state, local and federal agencies are involved in making sure the Pope’s pilgrimage to the United States is safe said an agent. “Every security aspect that you ever have been exposed to will be deployed and, quite frankly, a few that you have never seen deployed,” said Jeff Irvine of the U.S. Secret Service. One of the Pontiff’s three Popemobiles was shipped in to move Pope Benedict around the Washington. He will be protected by bulletproof glass and watched over by a Virgin Mary decal.

But because the entire point of the Popemobile is to give crowds a glimpse of the Holy Father, some often-used security measures cannot be taken. “Clearly that will make this a little more challenging then when we can play different shell games or moving the vehicles around or moving the protectee around,” said Renee Triplett of the U.S. Secret Service.

Security concerns have also cut back on the guest list at events. Sikh representatives will not be present at an interfaith meeting of religious leaders because they wanted to wear their ceremonial daggers.

Security experts say the biggest challenge will be the mass for 46,000 people at Nationals Park. Larry Cunningham handled security for Pope John Paul II visit to the U.S. “By the sheer numbers and the size of this building.

It is difficult to control,” said Cunningham, a former Secret Service Agent. The Coast Guard will shut down a mile-and-a-half stretch of the Anacostia river. Armed boats will patrol the water. “So if anyone poses a threat, they are in trouble. We can use force,” said Lt. Lynda LeCrone, U.S. Coast Guard.

Air traffic restrictions are also being tightened during the papal visit. The Air force will patrol the skys and be on 24 hour stand by should a plane enter the restricted air space.

And there will be numerous road closings, both in advance and rolling closures during unscheduled motorcades.

Besides all of the beefed up security planned for the Washington visit, the Pope plans include a trip north to New York and a repeat of security precautions will be in place there.Administration officials say there has been no specific threat involving the Pope.

But because Osama bin Laden mentioned him on videotape and because he is visiting two high threat cities, Washington and New York, every precaution is being taken.

Private security officers in both cities will also take part in the event security as they tighten security access in buildings and public areas close to where the Pope will be visiting. Security officers will be on heightened alert and keep a watch in those areas that are hired to patrol and will be looking for suspicous persons, packages or vehicles and will keep contact with area police.

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Man posing as hypnotist charged with rapes www.privateofficer.com

GWINNETT COUNTY, Ga ( Metro Atlanta)April 17 2008. — Gwinnett County police say a man posing as a hypnotist held “seminars” in his home where he allegedly raped two teenagers.
Investigators arrested Carmine Edmund Baffa, 52, of Gainesville April 9.
Officials said Baffa posed as a hypnotist and psychotherapist and had hosted seminars nationally and in the Atlanta area promoting life improvement. Baffa held seminars at hotels in and around Gwinnett and Cobb Counties and also offered individual coaching sessions with adults and children.
Authorities said Baffa conducted the therapy sessions in his former Lawrenceville home where a 13-year-old girl and 19-year-old woman told officials they were raped by Baffa in 2006 and 2007.
Officials said there may be other victims involved. Baffa’s seminars were initially named “Mindsight” but were later changed to “Precious Video Productions.” Investigators are requesting anyone who has had inappropriate contact with Baffa in Gwinnett County to please call the lead investigator, Diane King at 770-513-5356.
Baffa has been charged with rape, sexual assault, child molestation, aggravated child molestation, and aggravated sexual battery. Baffa is currently being held at the Gwinnett County Detention Center without bond. This investigation is still ongoing.

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Teacher charged with sex crimes www.privateofficer.com

NEWNAN, Ga. April 17 2008 — Police charged a Fayette County middle school teacher with incest, child molestation and sexual battery.
Coweta County sheriff deputies arrested Craig Bowen, 57, of Senoia on Saturday.
Investigators say that Bowen was an eighth grade social studies teacher at Rising Starr Middle School in Fayetteville.
Authorities say that Bowen is accused of having sexual contact with a female relative under 16 over a three year period beginning in 2000, according to Coweta Sheriff’s Investigator Casey Mullis.
The investigation is ongoing and other charges may be pending, the arrest report said.

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Security officers injured during confrontation with shoplifters www.privateofficer.com

EDISON NJ April 17 2008

By: Bryan Hill

Security News Magazine

www.privateofficer.com- Two security officers received minor injures during a confrontation with a trio of shoplifters on April 12 police said.
According to Lt. Joseph Shannon, Edison Police public information officer, a loss prevention officer at Nordstrom’s saw three men allegedly shoplifting men’s clothing by stuffing the items into a bag they had with them at around 4:50 p.m. The loss prevention officer told another security agent, and together they came up with a plan. One security agent would be placed outside the store near the Parsonage Road exit and the other would follow the suspects.
The three suspects started to leave the store with the clothing and were stopped by the security agent outside the exit, who informed them that they were under arrest for shoplifting.
The suspect holding the bag, later identified at Gregory Caruso, 18, ran toward Roosevelt Hospital, according to the police report, and the loss prevention officer who originally saw the three on camera chased him. Caruso dropped the bag and ran across Parsonage Road and into the Target store nearby. The bag contained about $790 worth of men’s clothing, according to the police report.
Nordstrom’s called the police, who went into Target and found Caruso in the back of the store. Officers say that they brought him back to the mall and charged him with theft. Caruso’s bail was set at $25,000, and he was sent to the Middlesex County Adult Correction Center, North Brunswick.
Meanwhile, the other security agent chased the other two suspects, who had broken away from Caruso by running in the other direction. According to Shannon, “a physical altercation ensued” in which the two suspects punched the security officer and knocked him to the ground.
The security agent and one of the suspects scuffled on the ground before the suspect managed to get up and get into a dark-colored sport utility vehicle that was being driven by the other suspect, and the two suspects drive off. Shannon said they are still at large.
The first security agent fell down during the chase and injured his knees. The other received bruises and lacerations.
The two shoplifters who escaped now face multiple charges when they are apprehended.

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Parolee leaves drugs behind at Walmart www.privateofficer.com

LODI, Calif. April 17 2008

By: Bryan Hill

Security News Magazine

www.privateofficer.com — A 54-year-old parolee, out of prison for just a few months is on his way back there after police say he left drugs at an area Walmart.
Authorities say that he accidentally left nine baggies of methamphetamine at the counter at Wal-Mart, a big mistake for any dope dealer police say.
It appears that Daniel Santos Ramirez was checking out on Sunday when he left his wallet, a pouch containing packaged meth, and $420 at the counter, Officer Dale Eubanks said, reported KCRA-TV in Sacramento, Calif.
The clerk called police to report that someone had left behind their belongings with his identification. Responding police say that they found the drugs in the pouch as they were looking over the property and that officers found out that Ramirez was on parole for drug sales.
Officers went out to locate Ramirez and he was arrested at his home later that day.
Police said they alsofound a shotgun, a violation of his parole, and drug-related items at his house.
Ramirez was due to get off parole Wednesday, Eubanks said.
Now Rameriz faces felony drug and weapon charges.

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Police chief on break makes felony arrest www.privateofficer.com

BRISTOL, CT April 17 2008 — Looking for a quick break from the office Monday morning, Police Chief John DiVenere stepped away for a drive downtown — but his work followed him.
DiVenere wound up arresting a man at gunpoint minutes after a house burglary.
I heard the [dispatch] call and decided to head that way, I thought maybe I could help or give some backup,” DiVenere said later. “I just happened to be lucky and got there first.”
A little before 10:30, a Perkins Street resident called police to report a possible burglary going on at a neighbor’s house. As DiVenere pulled up outside that house in his unmarked sedan, he spotted two men outside a car in the driveway.
“I saw them behind the car, the trunk lid was up, and they both had white gloves on their hands,” DiVenere said. “When they looked at me, I could tell something was wrong. One of them took off, the other one tried to get away in the car. I convinced him not to.”
DiVenere said he held William E. Dodge II, 19, at gunpoint and ordered him out of the car and onto the ground. He also broadcast a report about the other suspect running into the woods near Birges Pond.
An officer with a tracking dog arrived to chase the second suspect. Officer Russ Marcham got ahead of the chase and caught the man — identified as Glen A. Caisse Jr., 22 — as he came out of the woods, Lt. Mark Moskowitz reported.
The two men had been loading the trunk with electronics, jewelry and clothing — including two prom dresses — that they’d stolen from the house, police said. Nobody was home at the time, and no one was hurt in the incident. Dodge and Caisse are to be arraigned this morning on burglary and larceny charges.
DiVenere, a 30-year police veteran, acknowledged that his job is primarily administrative, but said he has made a few other arrests during his 11 years as chief.
“This is what cops do,” DiVenere said afterward.
“You get into a sort of administrative mind-set,” DiVenere said of a chief’s usually placid desk job. “But I’ve arrested other people [as chief]. It’s been a long time since I’ve been a patrol officer. I give a lot of credit to them.”
DiVenere, who runs a 125-member department, said lessons from years as a patrol officer kicked in as soon as he pulled up at the burglary.
“My badge works like everyone else’s,” DiVenere said. “I just did what cops do every day.”

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