Suspected kidnappers shot at cash drop-off www.privateofficer.com

LAWRENCEVILLE, Ga. July 9 2008

By: Bryan Hill

Ntl. Assoc. Private Officers

http://www.privateofficer/.com Like a scene from a police movie, officers swarmed an area in metro Atlanta and police shot and killed a suspected kidnapper during a ransom pick-up Monday morning in Gwinnett County, but in a bizarre twist, several hours later they were questioning the kidnapping victim.
The incident began when Juan David Arce-Flores was abducted July 1 from his cousin’s apartment at the Magnolia Apartments in the 7100 block of Roswell Road in Sandy Springs, according to a news release from the Gwinnett County Police Department.
“According to the witness, six men dressed in all black that had ‘police’ written on their shirt came into his apartment around 2 in the morning, bound and gagged him and took him out of the apartment,” said Lt. Steve Rose of the Sandy Springs Police Department.
The kidnappers contacted Arce-Flores’ family and demanded a $2 million ransom for his safe release, according to Rose.
The ransom demand included instructions to leave the money at a Waffle House on Pleasant Hill Road in Gwinnett County. The victim’s ex-girlfriend contacted authorities July 3.
When the suspects showed up at the Waffle House early Monday morning, undercover members of the Gwinnett County SWAT team were hidden at the scene.
“When the suspects were confronted by police, one of the suspects made aggressive movements towards his weapon. The SWAT officers opened fire, striking the suspect,” said Corporal Illana Spellman in a news release.
One of the suspects was killed. A second man was taken into custody and immediately arrested.

But in a twist of the kidnapping plot, t 9 a.m. Sandy Springs Police were notified by Gwinnett County Police that a man matching the description of Arce-Flores was spotted walking along Highway 29 in Gwinnett County.

when officers questioned the man, he gave officers a false name and birthdate, but by 9:35 a.m. officers confirmed that the man was Arce-Flores, the original alleged kidnapping victim.
“It’s kind of bizarre, especially when you recover the victim, and your victim is giving false information,” said Rose.
While police were questioning Arce-Flores they discovered outstanding warrants for him for failure to appear on drug charges in 2007. He was jailed on those warrants.
Police said they are still unsure why Arce-Flores lied about his identity and the investigation which has taken numerous twists and turns like a good cops and robbers movie is still on going and more arrests could be made.

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Casino officers capture wanted felon www.privateofficer.com

East Hanover Twp PA July 9 2008

State police at Penn National arrested a man who they say was wanted by police and is in the country illegally.
Police said that Amadou Seydou, 29, of Harrisburg, was placed in Dauphin County Prison after federal officials were called to start deportation procedures, police said. Police said they were able to arrest Seydou about 5:45 p.m. Saturday after security officers at Hollywood Casino in East Hanover Twp. questioned his identification.
Seydou was acting suspicous and security officers tried to verify who he was. When things weren’t adding up, security personnel notified police for assistance and responding officers were able to verify that he was a wanted felon.
It was unclear yesterday on what charges he was wanted by police.

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Woman charged with disturbance at hospital www.privateofficer.com

DAYTON OH July 9 2008

By: Kyle T. Greene

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http://www.privateofficer.com/ Miami Valley Hospital police arrested a woman Saturday, July 5, after she allegedly tried to pull out her 17-year-old daughter’s intravenous line and assaulted an officer.
Ericka Montgomery, 35, was told by officers not to come back to the hospital after trying to remove the IV in the emergency room at about 8 p.m., according to a Dayton police report.
Montgomery was spotted a short time later at the hospital and when approached by police she started cursing and yelling, the report said,
She was arrested for trespassing. While in custody in the security office of the hospital, Montgomery allegedly kicked a Miami Valley officer, the report said.
Police are not sure why Montgomery tried to pull her daughter’s IV.
A background check found Montgomery had an outstanding warrant through the Montgomery County Sheriff’s office for drug trafficking.
She was placed in the county jail for felonious assault of a police officer and misdemeanor charges of trespassing, resisting arrest and disorderly conduct.

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Hotel security officer charged in burglaries www.privateofficer.com

Hotel security officer arrested for burglary www.privateofficer.com

Guam July 9 2008

April Zenia Sayson Dela Cruz, 22, was charged with theft and burglary in connection to several incidents from April to July of this year.

According to court documents, police officers responded to a burglary call at the Reef Hotel on July 3.

Hotel guests said 200,000 yen and $230 were taken from their room safe. Dela Cruz, a security officer at the Reef, admitted making a duplicate of the master key and taking the money, court documents state.

She allegedly also confessed to three additional burglaries and thefts: 300,000 yen on April 16; 240,000 yen on May 4; and 35,000 yen and $1,500 on June 16.

Dela Cruz was charged with four counts of theft and four counts of burglary.

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Suspect in casino robbery surrenders www.privateofficer.com

SHREVEPORT, LA July 9 2008 A man wanted by the Caddo Parish Sheriff’s Office for having a stolen car used in an armed robbery has turned himself in.
Shacorey Remond Bell of Shreveport had a warrant out for his arrest. He was arrested Friday and booked into the Caddo Correctional Center on a charge of illegal possession of stolen things.
According to investigators, the car Bell is accused of stealing was taken from the Southwood Village Apartments in Shreveport on June 30. That same car was used during the July 1st armed robbery of the Relay Station Casino. Deputies found the car abandoned about a half-mile from the casino.
Investigators say evidence inside the car led them to Bell.
On July 1st, deputies say masked men with assault rifles entered the casino area of the Relay Station Truck Stop, located on Highway 1 South. The robbers tied up two employees and a security guard before taking an unknown amount of cash.
The investigation into the robbery is continuing. Anyone with information can contact Crime Stoppers at 673-7300.

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Busch Gardens manager arrested for theft of $113,000 www.privateofficer.com

TAMPA FLA. July 9 2008

Kyle T. Greene

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http://www.privateofficer.com/ An Adventure Island manager has embezzled more than $113,000 from the company since May 2007, police say.
Officers arrested Stephen Andrew Boucher, 28, at 4 p.m. Sunday.
On Sunday, a detective working in an extra-duty capacity was told that Boucher was stealing money from register tills. The detective worked with Busch Gardens’ loss prevention investigators, using security video to watch Boucher.
While Boucher was being watched, he stole $1,500 from three different registers, a police report states.
Boucher “also agreed to relinquish a quantity of the stolen money that he had hidden within his residence,” according to the report. “Defendant Boucher was transported to his residence,” where $6,217 was recovered.
Boucher was charged with scheming to defraud and grand theft of $100,000 or more.
Police say Boucher voided cash sales and removed the cash amount.
His actions “represented a systematic, on-going course of conduct intended on depriving Adventure Island/Busch Gardens of their money,” a criminal arrest affidavit states.
Boucher has been a supervisor of operations at Adventure Island since June 2007 and has been employed by the park since February 2003, according to Busch Gardens spokeswoman Jill Revelle.
He has been suspended, she said.
“Busch Entertainment Corporation has zero tolerance for theft and takes these matters very seriously,” Revelle wrote in an e-mail to the Tribune. “We are working closely with the Tampa Police Department to help them determine the circumstances of this situation. The ongoing investigation restricts us from making further comments at this time.”
Boucher’s bail was set at $30,000. He has been released.

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Casino security officers find dead body www.privateofficer.com

Sierra County NV July 9 2008

By: Bryan Hill

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The decomposing body of a man brought security officers to investigate the smell and they soon discovered the body of a male subject who had been there for a while authorities said Monday.
Right now, it appears that he apparently killed himself behind the Gold Ranch Casino in Verdi on Sunday, a Sierra County officer said.

The evidence is leading toward a suicide,” Sierra County Corrections Officer Steve Dunn said of the man found early Sunday afternoon in a wooded area.
Gold Ranch Casino security officers called the Washoe County Sheriff’s Office to report the body at 12:55 p.m., he said. Deputies called Sierra County because the body of the man was actually lying in California.
“The person had been there for a while because he was starting to decompose,” Dunn said, who is based in Downieville, Calif. “There was a gun out there, but we don’t know if it was involved.”
The man’s name was withheld pending family notification.

Sheriff investigators are still looking into the incident.

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Go to church and avoid going to jail www.privateofficer.com

If you go to church, you won’t go to jail www.privateofficer.com

COLUMBIA, S.C. July 9 2008 Fugitives who turn themselves in at a Columbia church this week can talk to an attorney, see a judge and even get job counseling without having to spend time behind bars.
Federal, state and local authorities will be at Bible Way Church of Atlas Road from Wednesday through Saturday for the Fugitive Safe Surrender program.
Authorities say most nonviolent offenders should be able to leave the church with a court date and a lawyer. Others may have their charges dropped after a judge reviews the case.
This is the 10th surrender program across the country sponsored by the U.S. Marshal’s office. Officials say more than 10,000 people have turned themselves in since the program began in Cleveland in 2005.

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Two bail bond companies in trouble with the law www.privateofficer.com

ORANGE COUNTY, Fla. July 9 2008 A complaint has been filed and investigators and area reporters is investigating an Orange County woman’s claims that her home was invaded by bounty hunters. She claims a group of bail bondsmen raided her Pine Hills home over the weekend and threatened her family.
She says they broke her door and made a big mess looking for her niece who doesn’t even live there.
“‘I don’t need a search warrant. Open the door, we looking for Karen,’ and I said ‘Karen don’t stay here.’ ‘Open the door. If you don’t open the door, we gonna kick it down,’” recounted Johnnie Clayton, the woman who had her home searched.
A bondsman from All-Star Bail Bonds denies doing any damage to the home. He says since the suspect failed to show up to her court appearance and listed the home as one of her addresses, they have the right to raid the home.
The bondsman said they could raid the same home again if they believe the suspect was there.

MORGAN COUNTY MO- The jury trial against an area bail bondsman facing multiple felony charges allegedly committed while chasing a bail jumper starts Wednesday at the Morgan County Courthouse.

Last October bondsman David Vinson of Versailles was attempting to apprehend bail absconder Ronald E. Brown of Stover, when the situation quickly unraveled.

The 25-year-old Brown was facing multiple charges accumulated between March and May 2007 for passing bad checks under $500 and driving with a suspended license. On Oct. 12, he was scheduled to appear in court.

Reports indicate that Brown sent a ’significant other’ into court for him to make an excuse as to why he couldn’t be there. Meanwhile Brown was reportedly outside in his vehicle, circling town.

Vinson, who had bonded Brown out of jail, was also circling town. When the two met, a car chase through Versailles ensued.

Vinson managed to corner Brown on a dead-end street. Nearby residents called police to report the two yelling at each other.

As officers were arriving, Brown escaped by driving through a resident’s yard.

That’s when Vinson allegedly open fired and shot out the back window of the SUV Brown escaped in.

Only one shot was fired and Vinson’s weapon has remained locked up as evidence.

Vinson was taken into custody by the Versailles Police Department and charged with five felony counts including assault in the first degree and unlawful use of a weapon.

He was being held on a $50,000 cash-only bond. That was later reduced to $25,000, 10 percent cash or surety bond and posted by his own bond company.

In January 2008 he was bound over to circuit court.

As long as Vinson does not take a last-minute plea deal, the jury trial will start at 9 a.m. in Courtroom A at the Morgan County Courthouse.

Three days have been set aside for the trial, which Judge Stan Moore will preside over.

Brown remained at large until early November when his arrest warrant was served. He has since pleaded guilty to all pending charges and served jail time.

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Shoplifters pull knifes, fight security www.privateofficer.com

Shoplifters pull knifes, fight security officers www.privateofficer.com

Chandler AZ July 9 2008

By: Rick McCann

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Police say that they were notified about two men who had threatened a Sears security agent with a knife Thursday after being confronted about stolen shoes, police said.
According to police reports, once inside the Sears store at Chandler Fashion Center both men were involved in a shoplifting incident.

When they were confronted by a security officer in the parking lot both men pulled out knives and warned the loss prevention agent to back off, police said.
One of the shoplifters, later identified as Manuel Dominguez bumped into the security agent and dropped the knife at which point store personnel was able to subdue and detain him.
The second theft suspect fled on foot through the parking lot. Police searched the area and was contacted by employees of a nearby hotel that they had seen the man running up a flight of stairs at the hotel.
Police searched the hotel and found the man, later identifed as Juan Rodriguez hiding behind a vending machine on the third floor.
Police arrested both men on suspicion of armed robbery with a deadly weapon. Rodriguez also was arrested on suspicion of criminal trespassing in the third degree.
Juan Manuel Rodriguez and Ricardo Manuel Dominguez were taken into police custody between 5 and 5:30 p.m. in Chandler and transported to the county jail and are being held on an disclosed amount of bond.

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Disney security officer fired for gun violation www.privateofficer.com

Disney security officer fired for violation of gun policy www.privateofficer.com

LAKE BUENA VISTA FLA July 9 2008 — A Disney security officer was fired Monday for bringing a gun to work.
A spokesperson said Edwin Sotomayor was let go for violating company policy and failing to cooperate with an investigation.
On July 1, a new state law took effect, allowing Floridians to take their guns to work, as long as they stay locked in their cars.
However, Disney said the rule doesn’t apply to its entire property because the park has a permit for fireworks.
Sotomayor protested the decision, and refused to allow his car to be searched when he got to work July 4.
He was suspended, but Disney made the decision to terminate him.

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Father and son charged with donut shop robbery www.privateofficer.com

HUNTINGTON, W.Va. July 9 2008

By: Rick McCann

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http://www.privateofficer.com/ A lot of us crave a fresh donut for breakfast but police say two men who stopped at a local bakery Sunday morning were not looking for food.
Emergency dispatchers say two men walked into the Jolly Pirate Donut shop along route 60 in Cabell County and stole the cash register.
It happened around 6 Sunday morning. No one was injured during the robbery
Cabell County Sheriff Kim Wolfe said that his deputies arrested twenty three year old Josh Wyrick and he was transported to the Cabell County detention center at around 10pm Sunday night.

Investigators soon learned that the second man involved in the robbery was the father of the arrested man.
Deputies located and arrested fourty nine year old Stephen Wyrick and he was taken into custody at 1:45 Monday morning.
He has also been charged with 2nd degree robbery and is being held at the Western Regional Jail. his bond has been set at $50,000 the magistrate said.

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