Security company sends felon with gun to assignment www.privateofficer.com

Tunica MS July 12 2008
A local female has returned to her job but remains troubled after an incident at her workplace on July 2.

According to Tunica Police reports, an All Star guard sent to protect the woman at a local insurance agency was found to be a convicted felon.

All Star Security guard Antony Henderson was arrested by Tunica Police and charged with being a convicted felon with a firearm. Henderson posted bail later that day, and a hearing was set for Monday, July 7 in Tunica’s Municipal Court.

Those proceedings were postponed to a later date.The incident began when Steve Ward of Tunica, a former employee of All Star Security, called authorities to make a complaint that the guard sent to stand duty at North Delta Insurance Agency in Tunica was a convicted felon.

Police were dispatched to the business, where they found 45-year-old Antony Henderson standing duty and wearing a sidearm. Officers introduced themselves to the guard and informed him of the complaint. Tunica Police Chief Richard Veazey said that the incident was handled quickly and quietly.“Mr. Henderson was advised he was a felon,” Veazey said.

According to the offense report, Tunica Police Officer Melvin Carter then disarmed the guard and took his identification. A criminal history check was made, which verified that Henderson did have felony convictions. The report also stated that Henderson had also admitted to working as a security guard at Piggly Wiggly in Tunica.

Henderson was arrested and removed from the property, and the weapon was placed in evidence.The complainant and former All Star employee, Steve Ward of Tunica, stated to The Tunica Times that he was simply performing his civic duty of reporting a crime.

All Star Security officials said the incident was simply a mishap.“This was simply a mix-up with our scheduling and a disgruntled former employee wanting to start trouble,” said Skinner.“We run a legitimate company and are inspected regularly.

Henderson has been a very capable employee that normally stands a non-armed post and we had a scheduling problem and one of our office workers accidentally issued him a weapon and sent him to that post.

This officer is a guy that made some mistakes when he was younger, and we gave him a second chance.

This is very unfortunate, and our attorneys will represent Mr. Henderson in court.”

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