Busy Nashville mall scene of shooting www.privateofficer.com

GOODLETTSVILLE, Tenn. July 13 2008 Goodlettsville police are searching for the person who opened fire inside Rivergate Mall Thursday night.
Police said the gunman shot at three people and sent shoppers scrambling to safety.
Police and mall security spent the day Friday looking through hours of surveillance video to try to identify a shooting suspect.
Officers spoke with three men who were shot at, but the interviews yielded little if any help in identifying the shooter because they didn’t know him.
“To see if the suspect was in the store, could be identified in anyway from the security tapes from the mall or the stores,” said Goodlettsville Police Chief Richard Pope.
He said just before 7 p.m. three men were talking to a woman in front of Zales Jewelry store. That’s when the shooter walked up, exchanged words and opened fire. They shot out the window in the store next door.
Witnesses told police they saw him running out of the food court entrance.
“There’s is no indication that the suspects knew each other,” he said. “No indication of gang activity of any way or gang affiliation. Right now it’s a stranger-on-stranger incident as far as we’re concerned right now.”
“It’s one of those things you can’t thoroughly control. You don’t have control of human nature and it could happen anywhere,” said Rivergate Mall Marketing Director Bob Jenkins.
He said when the shooting happened all stores followed security measures. The stores closed their gates and moved customers to the back of the store.
“It helped facilitate the evening without any other sort of interference,” Jenkins said.
Police said if you are ever in the mall and notice an altercation occurring, don’t stick around. Try to find the nearest security guard or tell a store attendant to call security.
Goodlettsville police said the shooting suspect could face charges ranging from aggravated assault to attempted criminal homicide.

If you know anything about the person behind the shooting at Rivergate Mall, call the Goodlettsville Police Department at 615- 851-2230.

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Amtrak steps up police and security checks www.privateofficer.com

WASHINGTON DC July 13 2008 Rail passengers from coast to coast will be subject to random security checks and may have their luggage scanned for explosives beginning this fall, according to Amtrak officials.
Six months after it set up counterterrorism teams to screen passengers at busy East Coast stations, the rail company is expanding its security sweeps across the country with a new team of special agents in California.
“We want to show we’re playing defense” against would-be terrorists, says Amtrak security chief Bill Rooney. “Our focus is counterterrorism. We’re thinking along the lines of a Madrid or a London.”
Rail bombings in those cities in 2004 and 2005 together killed hundreds of passengers and sparked fears in the United States that terrorists will strike the nation’s largely unsecured rail system.
In February, Amtrak announced it would assemble highly trained mobile security teams to start screening passengers and their carry-on bags as part of a new push to deter anyone intent on bombing a train.

Those searches are being done along routes from Washington, D.C., to Boston; Philadelphia to Harrisburg, Pa.; and in Chicago. The new West Coast routes will have agents checking passengers from San Diego to San Jose. More teams may be added within the next year.
How the sweeps are conducted: Teams of counterterrorism agents swoop into rail stations unannounced and randomly select passengers to place their bags on a table to be swabbed for explosives before they board their train. If there’s a positive readout, the passengers’ bags are opened and searched by hand.
While that’s going on, undercover agents dressed as everything from businessmen to homeless people to hip-hoppers scan the crowds in waiting areas, on platforms and in train cars.
Other agents decked in full combat gear and carrying semiautomatic guns patrol the platforms. Some work with bomb-sniffing dogs.
John Reinstein, of the American Civil Liberties Union’s Boston chapter, says that although he generally opposes security searches, he doesn’t see a major problem with Amtrak’s strategy “if it’s done in a way that doesn’t involve significant intrusion and is genuinely random.”
Citing security reasons, officials won’t say how passengers are selected. The checks are voluntary, but anyone who declines will be given a refund and required to leave the station.
Homeland Security Department spokesman Russ Knocke says there is nothing to suggest an imminent threat to the country or to mass transit.
Security experts and members of Congress applaud the effort, though some criticize Amtrak for taking too long to get it set up.
“Let me congratulate them for being aware” of the threat, says Rep. Sheila Jackson Lee, D-Texas, chairman of a House Homeland Security subcommittee on transportation security. “(But) this has to be the new standard for Amtrak.”

Nashville reporters uncover drug used by police to quiet arrestees www.privateofficer.com

Nashville reporters uncover drug police use to quiet arrestees www.privateofficer.com

Nashville TN July 13 2008
WSMV I-Team Report

One of the doctors who came up with the protocol said it’s the safest option out there and that it is used all over the country.

But many people said that the injection was news to them, and a top medical ethicist said it’s a troubling precedent.

The drug is called Midazolam, which is better known as Versed. People who have had a colonoscopy have probably had a shot of the drug for the procedure.

“The drug has an amnesia effect, and we use that therapeutically because one of the nice ways to take care of the discomfort is to make people forget that they’ve had it,” said biomedical ethics and law enforcement expert Dr. Steven Miles.

But the shots have also been used on the streets on people police said were out of control.

One of the first to get the shot administered to them was Dameon Beasley.

“Well, that night, I hadn’t been properly taking my meds, you know, like I’m supposed to. I got so depressed that when I was up on the bridge running into traffic back and forth, cars dodging me, swerving, I ended up with two sharp objects in my hands. By that time, the police had arrived. I was charging them with these sharp objects trying to make them shoot me, actually yelling at them to shoot me,” he said.

When a Taser didn’t work on Beasley, police turned to a brand new protocol — an injection of Versed. Officers called emergency medical personnel for the injection.

“I remember they were holding me down. There was maybe four or five on each side, and I remember they were calling for something, you know. Some guy came up on the left side and hit me with it,” he said.

“I do know that whatever it was works immediately. I mean, you ain’t got a chance if you are 300 pounds. It’s like a horse tranquilizer. I don’t care. You’re gone. It’s a wrap,” he said.

Beasley said he had no idea what happened after he was injected.

“I woke up — I don’t know how much time had passed — with a sergeant standing over me telling me to sign here. I didn’t know what I was signing Ms. (Channel 4 I-Team reporter Demetria) Kalodimos. I just signed a piece of paper and was immediately right back out,” he said.

Kalodimos reported that Beasley ended up at Metro General Hospital and was then put in psychiatric care. He was not charged in the incident on the bridge.

But Beasley’s lawyer, a public defender, had no idea that Versed had been used to subdue him until Kalodimos told him about it.

Very few people seem to know about the almost 2-year-old policy, Kalodimos said.

The state’s largest mental health advocacy group, Nashville’s mental health judge, the Nashville Rescue Mission, the American Civil Liberties Union all said they had no knowledge of the use of the drug by police.

“I’ve talked to my colleagues around the country, and none of the people from the south to the north to the east to the west have ever heard about this kind of program, this kind of use where they basically force an injection upon an individual knowing nothing about his or her medical condition,” said ACLU Director Hedy Weinberg.

“I can’t tell you why those individuals don’t know about it,” said Dr. Corey Slovis, Nashville’s emergency medical director.

Along with medical examiner Dr. Bruce Levy, Slovis customized a Versed policy for Nashville that is endorsed by a group of emergency medical experts called the Eagles.

“It’s something that in the medical community and in the EMS medical community is very common. It’s a given. When I surveyed the major metropolitan areas around the country, I think only two cities were not actively using it,” Slovis said.

Some have asked the question about potential problems.

Miles said he also had never heard of Versed being used in this way.

“There is no research guideline. There is no validated protocol for this. There’s not even a clear set of indications for when this is to be used except when people are agitated. By saying that it’s done by the emergency medical personnel, they basically are trying to have it both ways. That is, they’re trying to use a medical protocol that is not validated, not for a police function, arrest and detention,” Miles said.

“The decision to administer Versed is based purely on a paramedic decision, not a police decision,” Slovis said.

It’s up to the officer to call an ambulance and determine if a person is in a condition called excited delirium.

“I don’t know if I would use the word diagnosing, but they are assessing the situation and saying, ‘This person is not acting rationally. This is something I’ve been trained to recognize, this seems like excited delirium.’ I don’t view delirium in the field as a police function. It is a medical emergency. We’re giving the drug Versed that’s routinely used in thousands of health care settings across the country in the field by trained paramedics. I view what we’re doing as the best possible medical practice to a medical emergency,” Slovis said.

Metro Government would not release the names of the eight other people who got Versed injections after police calls. A representative from Metro said that the information was protected in the way a medical record would be.

The representative said that only one person out of the nine had shown no improvement after the injection.

Versed was most recently used on a female in early June.

Three women of child bearing age have apparently gotten shots without consent, even though the package insert for Versed suggests that, “the patient should be apprised of the potential hazard to the fetus.”

“A single administration to calm a wildly delirious patient down even if she’s pregnant is much safer to the woman and her unborn child than being allowed to be delirious, hypothermic, hyperventilating and perhaps hypoxic,” Slovis said.

“I would think that with enough people being able to tackle the person to inject them, there should be another way to try to subdue someone without putting an injection in their vein,” Weinberg said.

The biggest side effect that is seen in more than 80 percent of those who are injected with Versed is amnesia.

The side effect raises the question of a person being able to defend themselves in court if they can’t remember what happened.

“If they would’ve said I’d done anything after that shot, hey, I couldn’t have argued that fact. I don’t remember,” Beasley said.

Kalodimos reported that while doing research for this report, she found a post on a paramedics Internet chat site that said, “One good thing about Versed is that the patient won’t remember how he got that footprint on his chest.”

“We’re very careful in Nashville,” Slovis said. “Every instance of Versed use is reviewed by the both medical director, myself, our head of EMS quality assurance. We make sure that our paramedics treat patients right.”

Miles said it would have been appropriate to put the idea of using Versed before what’s called an Institutional Review Board for study to anticipate problems before they pop up.

“It may well be that a protocol could be designed to test the use of Versed in handling agitated persons at the time of detention. I’m not going to say that’s not possible, but at any rate, you do it under a condition where you collect data rather than simply just going ahead and doing the drug and waiting to see if problems to develop,” he said.

Miles added that, “Doing medicine by the seat of your pants is not the way to develop new therapies.”

Slovis said the shots are given as a medical treatment, not a police function, even though ultimately they aid in an arrest.

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Man arrested for trying to stab security officer www.privateofficer.com

OCEAN CITY MD July 13 2008 A Pennsylvania man was arrested on first-degree assault and other charges this week after arguing with a security guard at a north-end condominium, banging on a window causing it to break, and then picking up a large shard of the broken glass and attempting to stab the guard with it.
Around 3:30 a.m. last Sunday, an OCPD officer responded to the Golden Sands condominium near 109th Street for a reported malicious destruction of property. Upon arrival, police encountered a man sitting on the curb in front of the lobby with blood on his clothing and a large laceration on his arm. The man, identified as Brian D. Wampole, 42, of Douglasville, Pa., told police he broke the window during an argument with a security guard and apologized several times for his actions.
When police went inside, they observed the sliding glass window that separated the front desk area from the rest of the lobby had been shattered and observed blood droplets all over the lobby area. The security guard had cuts on his face and arms from the shattered glass. At that point, Wampole was arrested for malicious destruction of property and reckless endangerment, but more serious charges were added when the security guard told his version of the events.
The security guard told police after Wampole broke the window, he picked up a large, triangular piece eight to 10 inches long and tried to climb through the hole in the glass. Wampole allegedly reached his arm through the hole up to his shoulder and lunged at the security guard with the large piece of glass and threatened to kill him. The security guard said Wampole had “the wildest look on his face” and he was certain he would have killed him if another man he was with hadn’t interceded.
When questioned about the incident, Wampole acknowledged a piece of glass might have fallen into his hand and he might have made a motion toward the guard with the shard of glass. After listening to the testimony of those involved, police also charged Wampole with first- and second-degree assault.

NC teachers arrested for luring teens on internet www.privateofficer.com

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Guilford County, NC July 13 2008 Guilford County Sheriff BJ Barnes held a press conference Friday morning to release information on three school teachers charged with solicitation of a minor.

David Brian Seus, 30, of High Point is charged with solicitation of a child by computer. Investigators obtained a search warrant July 8. In the application for the search warrant, a detective with the Guilford County Sheriff Department’s Special Operations Division detailed what led to the charges against Seus.

The detective said on Thursday, June 26 at 10:52 a.m. a person using the Yahoo chat screen name “pepsiny2000″ initiated a chat with an undercover deputy. The officer identified himself/herself as a 13 year old girl from North Carolina, and “pepsiny2000″ identified himself as a 30 year old man from High Point, who is a special education teacher from Western Guilford High School.

According to the search warrant application, “pepsiny2000″ started comments of an “implicit sexual nature enticing, advising, and encouraging sexual contact.” Again on Monday, July 7 at 9:12 a.m., “pepsiny2000″ initiated a chat with the undercover officer. Statements included, “Maybe I should run around my house naked to stay cool,” and “Now you are thinking how I look naked I know it,” and “”Want to get a pizza and have sex,” and “How do I know you are not a cop?”

The undercover officer repeatedly typed messages to “clarify and stress” that he was speaking to a 13 year old female such as, “umm but im 13 is that ok?”

According to the search warrant application, the profile for “pepsiny2000″ described him as an “Autistic Teacher” named “David.” It said he was married, worked at Western Guilford High School and coached lacrosse.

The officer was contacted again on July 8. Several minutes into the conversation, “pepsiny2000″ mentioned getting arrested. When the officer asked why, “pepsiny2000″ replied, “because I am out with someone underage.”

As the conversation continued, “pepsiny2000″ mentioned coming to see the person he thought was a 13 year old girl. They agreed to meet at noon at an undercover location.

According to the search warrant application, David Seus arrived at the location at noon. He was arrested “without incident.”

Officers arrested Kevin Devahl Samuel, 46, of Jamestown July 10. They charged him with solicitation of a child by computer for sex. According to the arrest warrant, his employer is Guilford County Schools System and works at The High School Ahead Academy located in Greensboro.
Officers also arrested David Pace,57, of Hendersonville, NC.
On Friday, police was also notified by South Carolina authorities that Pace was wanted there for similar charges.
The Buncombe County Sheriff’s Office told The Asheville Citizen-Times that authorities in Greenville, S.C., have charged David Frank Pace with four counts of criminal solicitation of a minor.
Authorities said Pace was still in jail Friday and would be transferred to South Carolina authorities when he is released.

Guilford County Sheriff’s Detectives worked with Bumcombe County Detectives in the sting. He is charged with two counts of solicitation of a minor by computer for sex. There is a possibility for out-of-state charges. Sheriff Barnes does not believe that the three cases are related.

The school system issued a statement saying that a Guilford County Schools (GCS) teacher who was arrested late Thursday night for soliciting sex from a minor on the Internet resigned Friday morning. A second GCS employee, a teacher assistant who was arrested in a similar sting earlier this week, also resigned Thursday.

In the meantime, the district is conducting its own internal investigation. The safety and welfare of children is the district’s top priority, which is why GCS conducts stringent criminal background checks on all individuals recommended for employment and performs checks annually on a random sample of all employees, including substitutes.

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Security officer finds 9yr old with gun www.privateofficer.com

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Warr Acres Okla. July 13 2008

By: Rick McCann

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A security officer who was on duty at an area housing complex may have prevented a tragedy when he detained a young boy who was armed with a handgun.
Although the security officer did not want to talk to the media, he did explain to law enforcement that he spotted the boy pointing the weapon at others and was able to confiscate the loaded 9 millimeter handgun and detain the boy.

A neighbor, who wants to remain anonymous, says, “The security guard was frantically calling the police saying he had confiscated a .9 millimeter loaded gun.”

It was taken from an apartment located at 6029 Northwest 63rd in Warr Acres.

“I think it’s extremely lucky that someone didn’t get killed,” says the neighbor. “I think they need to pay more attention to where their kids are.”

The boy was home, along with his 11-year-old sister and three other children.

Detective Sergeant Alan Davidofsky is with the Warr Acres Police Department. He says, “There are some conflicting stories among the children but basically, we had this 9-year-old male juvenile who was pointing the firearm at some of the other kids.”

There was some information that maybe one of the other children heated up a knife and touched it to a leg of one of the kids.” What we do know for sure is that these kids were left home alone, unattended and with weapons in the house.

Police arrested 33-year-old Christine Ann Murry. Her charges include child neglect and furnishing a weapon to a minor.

“We also have a firearm that is in this apartment that’s not supposed to be there because the resident of this apartment has felony convictions,” says Davidofsky.

The neighbor says, “A lot of people are afraid of kids and kids and unsupervised kids and running around and doing something like that. So yeah, there is some concern.”

Davidofsky says, “Parents are responsible for what their kids do. If they don’t properly supervise their children, these are the types of things that happen.”

The security officer probably prevented another child being shot the detective said.
In an effort to keep residents safe, security is on the premise 24-7 the security officer stated. There are three security officers who work at the complex.

Murry’s other two young children were placed in protective custody and Murry transported to the county jail to be held pending bond.

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Home Depot managers plead guilty to fraud www.privateofficer.com

Home Depot managers plead guilty to fraud charges www.privateofficer.com

ATLANTA GA July 13 2008

By: Bryan Hill

Ntl. Assoc. Private Officers

www.privateofficer.com Officials said a former Home Depot manager has pleaded guilty to conspiracy to commit wire fraud and tax evasion in a case arising out of a scheme to defraud the Atlanta-based company.

U.S. Attorney David E. Nahmias said Friday that 43-year-old James P. Robinson of Atlanta admitted taking payoffs from Home Depot’s foreign suppliers and not reporting or paying taxes on that income.

Authorities also said that another former Home Depot employee, Anthony Tesvich, pleaded guilty last month to similar offenses.
Nahmias said Tesvich received millions of dollars in bribes from vendors and passed on hundreds of thousands to Robinson.

Nahmias said that Robinson will be sentenced Oct. 14 and Tesvich is scheduled to be sentenced on Sept. 2.
Both face extensive prison sentences in their crimes.

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Police raid nightclub, arrest security with drugs www.privateofficer.com

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NEWPORT NC July 13 2008 Officers from seven law enforcement agencies raided a Newport night club Friday night that town police say has been the site of trouble ever since it opened two months ago.
Newport police, along with 20 other officers from Jacksonville, New Bern Havelock, Morehead City, N.C. Alcohol Law Enforcement and Highway Patrol, executed a search warrant at Vic’s Place, located at the intersection of Roberts Road and East Chatham Street.
Newport Police Chief Jeff Clark said there’s been ongoing criminal activity leading up to the raid. Since May 10, police have responded to more than 18 calls at the club, he said.
“From the first week this club opened the police department has been receiving complaints that range from under-age (alcohol) consumption, fights, loud noise, drunk and disruptive patrons, and illegal drug sales,” Clark said via a news release about the raid. “On two occasions, officers have responded to this club due to patrons being physically threatened with firearms.”
Clark said the most recent firearms-related incident occurred July 3, when officers arrived at the club to find John Smith Teare, 42, of Newport in the parking lot with a .233 assault rifle aimed at the front door.
“The suspect advised officers he had returned to shoot individuals who had jumped and beat him earlier that night inside the club,” Clark said.
Teare, who also had a double barrel 12-gauge shotgun in his possession, was arrested at that time and charged with assault by pointing a gun.
With the assistance of Jacksonville and New Bern police, Newport Police Department has also investigated alleged drug activity at the site, making several purchases of marijuana from a security guard working at the club. Police also say a second person acted in conspiracy with the security guard.
Security guard David Leon McDonald, 28, of Beaufort and Tim Hall, 46, of Newport were each arrested and charged with two counts of possession with intent to sell and deliver marijuana; two counts of sell and deliver marijuana; and two counts of conspiracy to sell and deliver marijuana.
The two men were placed in the Carteret County Jail under a $7,500 bond.
Officers raided the club around 10:45 p.m. and seized more than 30 grams of marijuana, 4.6 grams of Percocet pills, more than $2,200 in cash and a .357 magnum revolver. During the search, several people were arrested for violations observed by the officers.
Floyd Sanders, 45, of Gloucester was charged with carrying a concealed weapon into the club. Sanders claimed to be president of the Untamed Rebels, an outlaw motorcycle club with known local chapters in Craven and Onslow counties, Clark said.
According to police, several other members of the Untamed Rebels were in the club as well, wearing club patches and colors.
Patrons were released and allowed to leave the club after officers had secured the club and checked for weapons and drugs. Of the 50 or 60 so patrons, only one failed to comply with officer requests.
Danny Keylor, 23, of Newport, refused to leave the club property and was arrested and charged with resist, obstruct or delay a public officer and being drunk and disruptive.
Clark credited all the agencies for their help in the case.
“This type of continued illegal drug activity and gun violence is a serious safety issue for the community as well as the officers responding to deal with these issues. The assistance and continued cooperation from these other agencies have allowed Newport Police to quickly and aggressively address a serious nuisance the community,” he said.
The club can continue to operate for now but police hope it won’t be for much longer.
Clark said the department is working with ALE agents to have the club’s temporary ABC permit revoked.

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Police and security nab felony suspects www.privateofficer.com

Police and security work together to nab felony suspects www.privateofficer.com

Bainbridge GA July 13 2008

By: Rick McCann

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Police and Walmart loss prevention agents teamed up to nab two men who had been operating a large scale theft scam for months at the Bainbridge Georgia location.
Police said that the three thieves attempted to walk out of Wal-Mart on Thursday afternoon with about $2,500 worth of merchandise, but were nailed at the door

Wal-Mart security agents has been watching for these guys since last September according to their security manager. Their scheme was to open a boxed item and replace it with as much high dollar electronics merchandise as they could. They would then tape it back up and leave the store. That’s what they did on Wednesday.
LaDon Gardner’s security team watched like hawks for the 3 to return on Thursday to purchase the items. When they arrived in the store, eyes were on them as they purchased one of the boxes they filled on Wednesday. Agents notified area police that it was all going down and unmarked units were sent to the store to stand by.

When they got to the garden center door, they were stopped. Public Safety Investigators were close by and arrived on scene and Investigator James Dollar, Alton Brock and Mark Esquivel quickly moved in and took custody of two of the thieves. The third fled in a black SUV leaving his cohorts to fend for themselves. The repacked merchandise was taken into custody and secured for evidence.

Brandon David Boyd, 18, and Matthew Richard Maxwell, 29, both of Albany Georgia were each charged with 2 felonies and could face other charges in their theft enterprise police said.

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Security nabs teens damaging vehicles www.privateofficer.com

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Lansing Mi July 13 2008

By: Rick McCann

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A private security officer on patrol found numerous people using city vehicles as bumper cars and notified police for assistance.
Officers responding to the area used their K- 9 unit and tracked down several youths who were involved after they fled the area upon seeing the security officer.
Police said that three teens and a younger boy were arrested after using city public service trucks in a “demolition derby
The boys, ages 12, 13, 14 and 16, climbed a fence at the Department of Public Service’s facility on South Street about 3:20 a.m., said Sgt. Steve Relyea of Lansing’s North Precinct.
The boys “got into the trucks, started them up and started having a demolition derby, “ Relyea said.
Six trucks and a building were damaged, he said. One truck was reportedly driven through a wall.Damage is estimated at more than $50,000.
Two more youths were arrested when they returned to the scene looking for the other two.They face misdemeanor charges of trespassing, joyriding and curfew violation, as well as felony property destruction charges, Relyea said.

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Wal-mart vendor charged with groping teen www.privateofficer.com

LEE COUNTY, GA July 13 2008

By: Bryan Hill

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http://www.privateofficer.com/ Lee County investigators say that a man, who was working as a vendor in the local Wal-mart store has been charged with sexual battery of a child under the age of 16.
On July 4th a 14-year old girl walked into Wal-mart on Ledo road in Lee County, and got more than your typical greeting. “She was walking in Wal-Mart and somebody reached over and grabbed her buttocks,” says Col. Duane Sapp of the Lee County Sheriff’s Office.
A Lee County investigator went to the store Thursday to view the surveillance footage along with Wal-Mart security staff. They saw the event play out on video, and then saw something else. “The Wal-Mart agent recognized the man in the video as one of the stores vendors who just happened to be in the store at that very moment.
The police investigator and security agent confronted and arrested 36-year-old Christopher Duren of Albany and charged him with sexual battery of a child under the age of 16. He said it was just an accident.
“You think of an accident as just brushing, instead of reaching around and grabbing,” Sapp said.
And it was a grab? “Yeah, that’s what I’m told,” said Sapp.
What frightens investigators most, is that this was a stranger on stranger case, and they are happy they were able to put Duren behind bars. “The investigator says it’s not an accidental, it’s an actual grabbing of the buttocks, and we don’t tolerate that in Lee County. That’s just not something you do.”
Duren was released from the Lee County jail Thursday on $10,000 bail. Sexual battery of a child under 16 is a felony, and carries a sentence of up to five years in prison.

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