Home
> loss prevention, security officer injured > Shoplifter assaults store security with power tool www.privateofficer.com
Shoplifter assaults store security with power tool www.privateofficer.com
Shoplifter assaults store security with power tool http://www.privateofficer.com
SEBRING FLA Aug 9 2008 – A Lake Placid man remains in Highlands County Jail in lieu of $100,750 bond, after Sebring police say he was caught shoplifting and then smacked a store loss-prevention agent in the head with a drill.
Andrew Joshua Velazquez, 19, of 109 Captivia Court, was charged with aggravated battery using a deadly weapon, petty theft and resisting recovery of merchandise by a retail merchant.
Velazquez would have been looking at a second-degree misdemeanor on the petty theft, but now additionally is facing a second-degree felony and a first-degree misdemeanor, said Sebring Police Lt. Bruce Crum on Friday.
On Thursday, Aug. 7, Velazquez reportedly was detained by Wal-Mart security for allegedly taking a pair of stereo headphones.
Police officer Chad Landry was called to the scene at about 6:42 p.m.
“Upon my arrival dispatch notified me loss-prevention officers were requesting immediate assistance, but could not advise why,” Landry wrote in his arrest report. “I proceeded to the loss-prevention office where I observed loss-prevention officer (name omitted by Highlands Today) holding down the suspect, identified later as Andrew Velazquez, in the doorway of the loss prevention office.”
Velazquez was lying on the floor on his back with the loss-prevention officer holding his hands against the ground. A large amount of blood was on the floor coming from the loss-prevention officer’s head.
The security officer turned Velazquez over and Landry handcuffed him.
When Highlands County Emergency Medical Services personnel arrived, they treated the security officer at the scene for a puncture to his right ear from the drill bit attached to the drill.
Velazquez didn’t complain of any injury, but was covered in the security officer’s blood, Landry noted.
The security officer alleged he saw Landry place a pair of iPod headphones valued at $30.90 in his right-front pants pocket. He walked around the store a while, then headed for the exit, the report stated.
The officer said he stopped Velazquez outside the store and walked him to the security office. Velazquez began to complain about stomach pain, but had been cooperative, so he allowed him to stand up, the report stated.
Out of the corner of his eye, the officer said he saw Velazquez swing something toward him, and turned his head to avoid the blow. It was then he tried to get away, but the officer grabbed the back of his shirt and pulled him to the ground.
The drill had been left in the office and belonged to one of the workers doing remodeling inside the store, the report stated. The battery incident was captured on video cameras inside the office, the report stated.
Andrew Joshua Velazquez, 19, of 109 Captivia Court, was charged with aggravated battery using a deadly weapon, petty theft and resisting recovery of merchandise by a retail merchant.
Velazquez would have been looking at a second-degree misdemeanor on the petty theft, but now additionally is facing a second-degree felony and a first-degree misdemeanor, said Sebring Police Lt. Bruce Crum on Friday.
On Thursday, Aug. 7, Velazquez reportedly was detained by Wal-Mart security for allegedly taking a pair of stereo headphones.
Police officer Chad Landry was called to the scene at about 6:42 p.m.
“Upon my arrival dispatch notified me loss-prevention officers were requesting immediate assistance, but could not advise why,” Landry wrote in his arrest report. “I proceeded to the loss-prevention office where I observed loss-prevention officer (name omitted by Highlands Today) holding down the suspect, identified later as Andrew Velazquez, in the doorway of the loss prevention office.”
Velazquez was lying on the floor on his back with the loss-prevention officer holding his hands against the ground. A large amount of blood was on the floor coming from the loss-prevention officer’s head.
The security officer turned Velazquez over and Landry handcuffed him.
When Highlands County Emergency Medical Services personnel arrived, they treated the security officer at the scene for a puncture to his right ear from the drill bit attached to the drill.
Velazquez didn’t complain of any injury, but was covered in the security officer’s blood, Landry noted.
The security officer alleged he saw Landry place a pair of iPod headphones valued at $30.90 in his right-front pants pocket. He walked around the store a while, then headed for the exit, the report stated.
The officer said he stopped Velazquez outside the store and walked him to the security office. Velazquez began to complain about stomach pain, but had been cooperative, so he allowed him to stand up, the report stated.
Out of the corner of his eye, the officer said he saw Velazquez swing something toward him, and turned his head to avoid the blow. It was then he tried to get away, but the officer grabbed the back of his shirt and pulled him to the ground.
The drill had been left in the office and belonged to one of the workers doing remodeling inside the store, the report stated. The battery incident was captured on video cameras inside the office, the report stated.
JOIN THE NATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF PRIVATE OFFICERS
Get news alerts, officer down, weather emergency news in your mailbox! Sign up;adminassist@privateofficer.com
Join us at
www.myspace.com/privateofficernewsCome be part of our social network! http://www.privateofficer.com
Comments (0)
Trackbacks (0)
Leave a comment
Trackback
