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Security officer assaulted with his baton www.privateofficer.com
LINDEN, Calif. June 9 2008
BY: Rick McCann
Ntl. Assoc. Private Officers
www.privateofficer.com A security officer who was on duty at an area club was assaulted by several people who used his own baton and struck him across the head twice with his own baton during an attack Saturday, police said.
The 39-year-old male security officer was taken to San Joaquin Hospital with swelling to his left eye and a 7-to 8-inch laceration across his head, police said.
The incident happened at the La Botanita Bar on the 19400 block on East Highway 2.
Police are looking for three men in their 30s who were last seen driving from the scene of the attack heading westbound on Highway 26. They may be driving a black Dodge truck, officials said.
Police did not release the security officer’s name or if he was employed by a contract company. Officers also did not say what started the confrontation but if found the three men face felony assault charges.
Man commits suicide at casino www.privateofficer.com
MASHANTUCKET, Conn. June 9 2008 State police say the death of a man who died after falling from the new MGM Grand at Foxwoods Resort Casino has been ruled a suicide.
Police say the 58-year-old man from East Hampton jumped off the MGM Grand parking garage about 12:30 p.m. Wednesday.
State police officers were already at the complex searching for a kidnapping suspect when they were notified that a man was on top of the MGM Grand parking garage posed to jump. Officers responded immediately but the man had already jumped.
Foxwoods’ owners, the Mashantucket Pequots, opened the $700 million, 30-story MGM Grand casino and hotel last month.
Police officer makes easy arrest www.privateofficer.com
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Birmingham AL June 9 2008 BY: Rick McCann Ntl. Assoc. Private Officers A North Precinct officer who was walking to the parking lot of the Police Department’s downtown headquarters early Sunday morning was in the right place at the right time and was able to arrest a 25-year-old Birmingham man on drug and gun charges. The police report said that the officer saw the man sitting in the driver’s seat of a car parked outside 1710 First Avenue North, the department’s administration building, shortly after midnight with a “leafy green substance” resembling marijuana and rolling papers. When the officer asked the man what he was doing, he jumped up in his seat and said, “Huh?” The officer repeated the question and the man replied, “Rolling a joint.” The officer took the man out of his car and placed the suspect in the backseat of a patrol car while the officer searched the man’s vehicle. During the search, the officer found a 9mm handgun. The man was arrested on a misdeamenor marijuana possesion charge. His name was not released at this time.
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Child shoots self at Sam’s Club www.privateofficer.com
COLUMBIA, S.C. June 9 2008
By: Rick McCann
Ntl. Assoc. Private Officers
Authorities rushed to the local Sam’s Club after getting a 911 call that a child had been shot.
Police say that a 4-year-old girl shot herself at a Sam’s Club store in Columbia after grabbing her grandmother’s gun.
Columbia Police Department spokesman Brick Lewis said the child grabbed the gun from her grandmother’s purse Monday and shot herself in the chest.
Police and emergency medical personnel responded nad say that they found a yound child suffering from a gunshot which police later determined was self inflicted.
Lewis said the grandmother, Donna Hutto Williamson of Salley, has a valid permit to carry a concealed weapon. She has not been charged with a crime but the investigation is continuing.
Lewis said the child was rushed to a local hospital and was recovering after undergoing emergency surgery. Hospital officials wouldn’t release her condition.
The store was closed while police investigated the shooting. It reopened Monday afternoon.
Police are not saying if the grandmother will be charged with any crimes.
Off-duty police officers arrest armed man at church www.privateofficer.com
Chicago IL. June 9 2008
A man carrying a loaded Glock up to communion at a South Side church Sunday morning, apparently for protection, was arrested by a high-ranking police official who happened to be attending the same Catholic mass.
David Kucia, 57, was charged with a weapons violation after his arrest by Deputy Chief James Keating and Sgt. Joseph Kipka at Nativity of Our Lord, the Bridgeport parish where the Daley family was reared.
Keating was kneeling in his pew, having just taken communion himself at the 11 a.m. mass, when two eagle-eyed ushers knelt beside him and quietly told him someone in the back of church had a gun. The man had just moved the weapon from his back pocket to his waistband — it was mostly hidden under his shirt — and was in line for communion. And, they added, nobody at the tight-knit parish recognized him as one of the regular cops who attend.
“I said, ‘No problem.’ Just act normal,” Keating said. ” . . . Don’t make eye contact.”
Keating, who suspected Kucia was not a threat by the way he was acting, watched him take communion. Keating then genuflected and followed Kucia out of the church where he made small talk on the front steps about the unusually hot weather. Then Keating told Kucia he knew he had a gun.
Kucia allegedly first said he was a cop but then quickly changed his story, saying he’d been robbed and threatened and needed to protect himself. So he was carrying.
“I said you can’t do it in church,” Keating said. “You can’t do it anywhere in the city of Chicago.”
Kipka had joined Keating by then and the two made the arrest, also finding a shotgun in Kucia’s truck.
SHOPLIFTING/RETAIL SECURITY NEWS ROUND-UP www.privateofficer.com
SHOPLIFTING/RETAIL SECURITY NEWS
ATLANTA GA JUNE 9 2008
Newnan GA
* Crystal Lynn Mason, 24, of 27 Tigner St. in Newnan, was arrested May 23 for shoplifting from Wal-Mart on Bullsboro Drive in Newnan in the amount of $30.60. Roy Haning, loss prevention manager for Wal-Mart, stated he saw Mason at the self check-out lane where she placed merchandise that she did not scan into shopping bags alongside items that she did scan and pay for. Haning stated that Mason then attempted to leave the store without paying for the merchandise. Mason was placed in handcuffs and transported to Coweta County Jail.
* On May 24, police arrested a minor for shoplifting at Target on Bullsboro Drive in Newnan in the amount of $60. A witness stated that he witnessed the offender place a Sandisk Sansa Clip MP3 Player inside of his pants to conceal it and take it from the store without paying for it. The offender was stopped at the front of the store and the item was taken from him. He was then taken into custody until his mother was contacted.
Officer Gonzalez was dispatched to Walmart at 2:05 p.m. on May 28 in response to shoplifting. Wal-Mart’s loss prevention manager Roy Haning stated that he had seen the offender, Lillie Mae James, at the self-checkout register. James bagged some items without scanning them that reached a value of $122. Some of these items were ink cartridges, Neutrair, gum, and scrubs. James was placed in handcuffs and taken to the Coweta County Jail. A city warrant was completed.
Lufkin TX
A woman stole 17 items, worth a total $116.50, from Claire’s Boutique at Lufkin Mall on Saturday. Mall security recovered most of the items. The county jail refused to accept the suspect because of a medical condition, a report stated
Fort Oglethorpe GA
Jessica Burkhalter, 17, of 929 Vitetoe Road, Chickamauga, was arrested on May 23 and charged with shoplifting
Tori Garcia, 18, of 4283 Happy Valley Road, Flintstone, was arrested on May 23 and charged with shoplifting.
Marisa Itani 18, of 145 Oakwood Avenue, Trenton, Ga., was arrested on May 27 and charged with shoplifting.
Wesley Whitworth 18, of 145 Oakwood Avenue, Trenton, Ga., was arrest on May 27 and charged with shoplifting
Hilltown PA
Theft and underage drinking charges: A 17-year-old boy from Telford was cited for retail theft and underage drinking at 8:30 p.m. May 16 after he was seen attempting to steal $11 worth of merchandise from Wal-Mart. The juvenile also displayed signs of alcohol consumption and failed a preliminary breath test. He was later released to the custody of his parents.
Warrington PA
Theft from Wegmans: Shreyas K. Bodiwala, 60, of Horsham, and Bhavara S. Bodiwala, 59, of Horsham, were arrested at 6:50 p.m. Sunday after being taken into custody by store security for shoplifting from the Wegman’s Market at 1405 Main Street, police said.
BELLINGHAM WA June 5 2008 A 28-year-old Woburn man was arrested Monday and is in custody after police say that he load up on merchandise and allegedly shoplifting from Toys ‘R’ Us on Hartford Avenue, police said.
Ramon Miranda Jr., of 27 Columbus Road, was arrested around 3:45 p.m. near the 217 Hartford Ave. store. He was charged with larceny over $250 and shoplifting by concealment, second offense, police said.
Miranda was transported to the county jail and held on an unknown amount of bond.
NORRIDGE IL
Liliana Medina, 22, and Damian Ramirez, 24, both of 5008 W. School St., Chicago, were arrested May 25 at Kohl’s, 4220 N. Harlem Ave., and charged with retail theft. Store security agents told police they saw the two put 43 items in a cart, which they wheeled onto an elevator. Police said they placed the items in two Kohl’s bags, which they carried from the store without paying. They were stopped, with items valued at $666 in their possession, police said. Two minor children with them were turned over to the custody of their grandmother. Bond for Medina was set at $10,000; for Ramirez, at $1,000. They are scheduled to appear in court on June 19.
• Luz Velez, 28, of 2512 N. Keeler Ave., Chicago, and Christina Velez, 23, of 2925 N. Whipple St., Chicago, were arrested May 25 at Kohl’s, 4220 N. Harlem Ave., and charged with retail theft. Agents for Kohl’s told police they saw the women take lingerie, shirts, pants and bracelets into a fitting room, where they concealed the items in their purses and on their persons. They left the store without paying for the concealed merchandise, police said. According to police reports, Luz Velez had items valued at $337 and Christina Velez had items valued at $152 in their possession when they were stopped. Bond for each was set at $1,000. They are scheduled to appear in court on June 19.
• Jovan Jerkic, 20, of 4337 N. Sacramento Ave., Chicago, was arrested May 19 at Kmart, 4201 N. Harlem Ave., Chicago, and charged with retail theft. Agents for Kmart told police they saw Jerkic conceal two baseball batting gloves and one package of paint ball containers beneath his jacket and leave the store without paying. The merchandise, valued at $46.57, was recovered, police said. Bond for Jerkic was set at $1,000. He is scheduled for a June 19 court appearance.
Kinston NC Stephen Dereck Whaely, 34, 420 Susie St., Kinston, June 4, misdemeanor shoplifting. Bond: $300. Arresting officer: J. Poole
California MD
On Tuesday, May 27, 2008 at 1:40 pm, Tpr. W. Jefferson responded to the Shoppers Food Warehouse in the San Souci Plaza in California for the reported shoplifting complaint with two juveniles in custody. Upon arrival, contact was made with the complainant who advised he had two male juveniles in custody for Theft. He further advised both juveniles admitted to him stealing several items from the store as they were leaving. Both juveniles were charged with Theft under $100.00 and released to their parents pending further action by Juvenile Services
STAFFORD: NJ A 24-year-old township man was arrested Wednesday after allegedly stealing a computer from Wal-Mart.
Police said David Dolan entered the Route 72 store on June 1 and placed a $298 computer in his cart. He then exited the store without paying but was caught on video surveillance tapes, police said.
The stolen computer was recovered and Dolan was charged with shoplifting by detectives Frank Heim and Sgt. Alan Halliday. He was released from custody pending a court appearance
Fall River Ma
Brenda Lee Soler, 28, 324 Broadway St., second floor, Fall River, charged with shoplifting by concealing merchandise.
Maria Soto, 44, 203 Sunset Hill Road, Fall River, charged with shoplifting by concealing merchandise and disorderly conduct.
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Two security officers injured in wreck www.privateofficer.com
Two security officers are injured in wreck http://www.privateofficer.com
BY: Rick McCann
Ntl. Assoc. Private Officers
www.privateofficer.com Two private security officers were injured during a funeral escort Monday morning according to metro police.
It appears that one officer stopped and another officer ran into him according to the police report..
Police said that the injuries do not appear to be life-threatening but bothg were transported to an area hospital by medical personnel.
It happened at East 77th Street and Allisonville Road shortly after 11:00 am. Traffic was closed on Allisonville Road in both directions until the crash was cleaned up.
“Two private security officers were doing an escort for a funeral procession. One officer stopped on his motorcycle. No other vehicles involved,” said Sgt. Brandon Cooper, Indianapolis Metropolitan Police Department.
Both officers were transported to St. Vincent for minor injuries.
They are both private security funeral escort officers.
Two officers from Indianapolis Metro Police Department replaced the injured officers and the funeral procession continued.
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