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OFFICER DOWN…LT.CURRY…GULFPORT MS.
Lieutenant Robert Curry
Gulfport Police Department
Mississippi
End of Watch: Thursday, August 14, 2008
Biographical Info
Age: 39
Tour of Duty: 14 years
Badge Number: Not available
Incident Details
Cause of Death: Motorcycle accident
Date of Incident: Thursday, August 14, 2008
Weapon Used: Not available
Suspect Info: Not available
Lieutenant Robert Curry was killed in a motorcycle accident on Highway 49 in Orange Grove. Another vehicle turned in front of his department motorcycle, causing the collision.
Lieutenant Curry had served with the Gulfport Police Department for 14 years. He is survived by his wife and two small children. His wife also serves as a lieutenant with the agency.
TN. church youth leaders charged with having sex with teens www.privateofficer.com
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Michael Roy Salazar and Laura Lee Click Salazar attended Lord’s Disciple Church in Maryville are accused of numerous sexual assaults and police say that there may be other victims out there and are continuing their investigation.
Michael Salazar has been charged with three counts of sexual battery by an authority figure and three counts of statutory rape. His wife faces one count each of sexual battery by an authority figure and statutory rape.
Maryville Police Chief Tony Crisp says the two were arrested last week after three girls told police they had participated in sex acts with the couple.
Crisp says he believes there are more victims and the investigation is ongoing.
K-Mart security agent cut detaining shoplifter www.privateofficer.com
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Police responding to a call about a shoplifter fighting with security found a loss prevention agent and a male shoplifter in a hand to hand combat situation as they wrestled around on the ground.
Now police say that a Little Egg Harbor man has been charged with armed robbery and assault with a deadly weapon after allegedly brawling with that Kmart security officer who tried to stop him from shoplifting, police said.
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Ministry feeds the hungry bread www.privateofficer.com
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Vicki and Ronnie Johnson run the project out of their garage, filling it with hundreds of bread loaves, pizza crusts, bags of bagels and rolls
The ones (beneficiaries of the ministry) that are really grateful will just humble you to your knees,” Vicki said.
“It means so much to me just seeing the people coming in and being able to offer them part of their family’s food for the next week.”
When Johnson saw that the ministry had become too much for her friend, she not only wanted to take it over but expand the project.
After posting messages on local Web sites like http://www.freecycle.com, more than 200 people began showing up every other week to grab a share of bread.
On average, Johnson said each person walks away with $15-$20 of bread.
“You don’t think about it being an expensive item until you have a large family,” Vicki said. “There are also a lot of people living on disability and a lot of people losing their jobs.”
She added that most people try and drop a dollar into the bucket or sometimes come a day early to help sort.
“With the word free, everyone thinks there’s a catch,” Johnson said. “But there’s not, we just ask people to only take what they need and offer in return what they can. We manage it with help from God above … He puts gas in the tank”
The ministry includes two women who take out food to people in communities who have no way to get to Chelsea. Those women currently deliver to 30 people in the Montevallo area and 40 in Pell City. The ministry currently needs someone to deliver to the Alabaster and Leeds areas.
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Police capture man wanted for hospital thefts www.privateofficer.com
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Surveillance video captured John Johnson, 48, stealing a wallet from an unattended purse at Dell Children’s Hospital in November 2007. Detectives did not know the man’s identity at the time, but they circulated an image from the video to local hospital security offices.
Just last month, security officers at University Medical Center at Brackenridge downtown arrested Johnson inside the hospital.
“When he was caught, he was basically doing the same thing at Brackenridge downtown,” said Austin Police Department Det. Matt Conley.
Johnson has a lengthy criminal history of convictions on theft and burglary charges. He is on parole from a 1982 charge of burglary with the intent to commit rape. Johnson had served 20 years of a 40-year sentence. His parole required him to carry a GPS tracking device.
“That helped place him at the scene of this theft plus the scene of a previous theft the month prior,” Conley said.
Detectives said the man is a suspect in several similar thefts at other hospitals and office buildings. They believe he was targeting hospitals and office buildings around Austin, where he would look for unattended purses and wallets. He could face additional charges.
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Tempe Light Rail Will Use Private Security and Police www.privateofficer.com
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The first line of the Valley’s new light rail opens in a matter of months.
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Police say that they were notified by loss prevention officers about a shoplifting teen who they had in custody which turned out to be a felony arrest for the officers.
Police have charged the Massachusetts teenager with felony shoplifting for allegedly taking more than $500 worth of merchandise from JC Penney.
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GA. Choir Director Charged With Child Molestation www.privateofficer.com
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Clayton County authorities said they found pictures of the choir director naked with several children. They believe some victims are from Saint Philip Benizi Catholic Church in Jonesboro where he works.
Rafael Garcia, 40, was arrested after officials said they found pornographic images on Garcia’s camera.
The mother of a 6-year-old boy didn’t mince words when she talked about what Garcia is accused of doing to her child.
VIDEO: Clayton County Church Choir Director Accused Of Child Molestation
“I wanted to kill him,” said “Sandy,” an alleged victim’s mother.
Police said Garcia, who rented a room at Sandy and her husband’s home, molested the child in the room and took pictures of the boy and himself engaged in pornographic acts.
“It just was not anything that we ever really suspected or had any idea that this could have been something to happen to us,” Sandy said.
Garcia was the child’s babysitter and the family said they trusted him because he was the choir director at the church.
Police said they found pornographic pictures of other children and they suspect Garcia may have harmed children at the church.
“Please call us if there is any indication that Mr. Garcia has had contact with their children in this manner,” said Sonja Sanchez with the Clayton County Police Department.
“It kills me because it was somebody that my son trusted and felt was a friend. And we trusted him,” said Sandy.
Garcia has been charged with five felony counts of sexual battery, five felony counts of enticing a child for indecent purposes, five felony counts of child molestation and five felony counts of sexual exploitation of children.
He is being held in the Clayton County Jail without bond.
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Kidnapping, possible murder thwarted by alert police officer www.privateofficer.com
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Officer Michael Baker was patrolling the Five Oaks neighborhood about 12:15 p.m. Wednesday when he spotted the men. When the men saw Baker, they dropped their prisoner and ran, said Lt. John Huber.
A fourth suspect was spotted running from the house and officers gave chase by said that man got way even though Officer Charles Hurley shot him with a stun gun.
“Whatever was going to happen in there wasn’t going to be good,” Huber said.
He added that Baker probably saved the handcuffed man’s life.
The handcuffed man had minor head injuries and looked as if he had been pistol-whipped, Huber said.
Police are still investigating this incident and searching for the men who got away.
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For the second time in less than a month, someone attempted to break in through the ceiling at a local pharmacy, according to a Gadsden police report.The security officer at Gadsden Regional Medical Center reported to police Sunday that someone attempted to break in at Hugh’s Pharmacy, on the hospital property, by removing ceiling tiles in the men’s and women’s restrooms and a cubbyhole next to the pharmacy.
An attempt also was made to break in at a doctor’s office — Internists Associates — in the same building. A window was broken and the suspect apparently left a trail of blood.
An Altoona man was arrested July 22 after he was found in the ceiling at the pharmacy.
In the July 22 incident, Gadsden police officers responded to a call and the hospital security officer and witnesses told them someone was moving around in the ceiling.
Several officers moved a ceiling tile and could see a man on a beam inside the ceiling. The officers talked him into coming out of the ceiling about 15 minutes later.
Blake Anthony Fiaccato, 25, was charged with third-degree burglary and possession of burglary tools.
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Cumberland TN
Brandi Michelle Chambers
Robert Clark, 24, of 1702 Crow Valley Road N.W., Dalton, was arrested on July 25 and charged with shoplifting
Amanda Manning, 25, of 7 Steele St., LaFayette, was arrested on July 27 and charged with shoplifting
Shelton L. Handy
, 33, of the 500 block of North 2nd Street, was arrested Saturday and charged with robbery, shoplifting, simple assault and trespassing, following an incident at Rite-Aid on North High Street. He was held in the county jail on $50,000 full cash bail.MANCHESTER MA
2 Two Jamaica Plain residents were arrested Thursday on charges of shoplifting alcohol from a Richdale convenience store. The Beach Street store reported the shoplifting at 7:35 p.m. After the report came in an officer spotted two minors behind Alan’s Pharmacy with alcohol in their bags.The men fled about 8:30 p.m. in a 1994 Lexus, but the driver returned to the Weberstown Mall store alone and was arrested, the Stockton Police Department said in a report. Arrested on charges including robbery was Deandre Turner, 20, of the 1800 block of Gordon Verner Circle, police reported.
Two other suspects, including the one police said sprayed pepper spray, remained at large, police reported.
Midland, TX -
A shoplifter assaults a South side Midland Wal-Mart employee then flees from the scene.It happened around 3:30 pm Saturday afternoon at the Wal-Mart store on Rankin Highway. Employees report a tall black man was caught trying to shoplift an undetermined amount of merchandise from the store… when he was approached by security. They say he punched the employee then fled in a gold Cadillac.Police say they are speaking with witnesses and working on locating the suspect.So far, no arrests have been made.If you have any information, call Midland Police or Crimestoppers
Wilmington DE July 30 2008
A suspect is still at large after assaulting a Boxwood Wal-Mart employee with a razor Friday afternoon, police said.
Employees saw the man stealing merchandise from the store on Centerville Road, just south of Wilmington.Shortly after 1 p.m., they confronted the robber, who is described as a 6 feet tall, 175 pounds and 35 to 40 years old, said Cpl. Jeff Whitmarsh of Delaware State Police. The man then pulled out a box cutter and grabbed a female store employee by her arm. He slashed her with the razor, slightly injuring her wrist, before she was able to escape. The man then fled the store on foot and was last seen running east toward Centerville Road, Whitmarsh said. Whitmarsh said the man was described by store employees to have an average build and wearing a striped shirt, white hat and long shorts. Anyone with information may call investigators at 302-834-2630 ext 6.
A Fremont man didn’t have a friend early this morning when he was arrested for felony shoplifting.
Vicksburg MS
Kimberly Ragland
Shoplifting incident at Kohl’s investigated by Officers Jonathan Gagne and Sandra Barrett; Jocelyn S. Costa, 21, of 186 Fountain St., Fall River, was issued a summons for shoplifting by concealing merchandise.
Gilbert Trey Lara, 20, of the 700 block of Pratt, charged with shoplifting (under $100).
Betty Watford, 55, and Lynette Cox, 38,
both of the 1700 block of East Broad Street, Millville, were charged Wednesday with shoplifting $92.86 and $68.96 worth of merchandise, repsectively, from Kmart on South Delsea Drive.
MATTESON IL.
EMPLOYEE THEFT Simone L. Tyms, 18, 1942 Adams St., Chicago Heights, was charged with retail theft after stealing $427 via fraudulent returns while working as a cashier between July 9 and July 20 at Linens-N-Things, 4916 W. 211th St., police said.
Jersey City NJ
A Jersey City man was arrested Friday night when he tried to steal more than $100 worth of shampoo from Family Dollar on Broadway by putting the items in his pants, cops said.
Police caught Ervin Morris, 41, at the 22nd Street Light Rail station after being alerted by store security, reports said
Morris tried to take six bottles of Head and Shoulders, 11 bottles of Pantene Pro V and 11 bottles of Dove shampoo, cops said.
Lancaster PA
Earlier Sunday, two alleged shoplifters fled from the Ephrata Kmart store with about $400 worth of items, and one of them threatened a security guard with a pair of scissors, police said.
Cumberland TN
Philip Wayne Underwood was
Kinston NC
Shakonah Keeshan Knox, 26, 904 N. East St., Kinston, July 27, misdemeanor failure to appear/shoplifting/concealment of goods. Bond: $1,000. Arresting officer: J. Marshburn
Winter Haven Fla.
A police officer charged two men each with two counts of shoplifting. Arrested were Stedman D. Hawthorne, 26, of 5727 Old Lucerne Park Road, Winter Haven, and Josh J. Richards, 37, of 9055 South Bay Drive, Haines City.
Police responded to the Wal-Mart Supercenter at 36205 U.S. Highway 27 N. a charged Barry Baxter Martin, 52, of 180 E. Central Ave., Winter Haven, with shoplifting and with violating a verbal trespassing warning.
Responding to a call from the Wal-Mart Supercenter at 36205 U.S. Highway 27, police charged Mary Coleman Jordan, 50, of 305 S. 20th St., Haines City, with shoplifting. She is accused of taking $48.45 worth of merchandise.
Homewood IL.
Retail theft Brittany Murray-Price, 18, 16536 Union, Harvey, and Whitney Christy, 17, 5715 Indiana St., Chicago, were charged with retail theft for stealing jewelry and cosmetic items July 26 from Super Kmart, 17550 Halsted St., police said.
Retail theft– Lauren Cummins, 23, 2051 218th St., Sauk Village, was charged with retail theft July 26 after stealing a fingernail kit and clothing items from Super Kmart, 17550 Halsted St., police said.
Grand Junction CO.
Brian McLoughlin, 38, address unknown, was issued a summons Thursday after he allegedly shoplifted from City Market, 200 Rood Ave.
• Courtney Riggle, 19, address unknown, was issued a summons Thursday after she allegedly shoplifted from Wal-Mart, 2545 Rimrock Ave.
North Huntingdon Pa
Mary Christine Szwedko, 50, of 305 Stewart St., Jeannette, by North Huntingdon police with retail theft. Police allege Szwedko took 39 items totaling $957.21 from Kohl’s department store.
Holbrook
Raquel Sanchez-Perez, 41, of Lakeside was arrested on a shoplifting charge. Police say employees at Safeway saw her remove items from the shelves and leave the store, leaving behind her 9-year-old son. Police located her at her residence and arrested her. She was taken to Holbrook and held on a $15,000 bond. The child was turned over to family members.
Millville NJ
Police arrested Jose Perez, 18, of North 2nd Street, for shoplifting at Wal-Mart on North 2nd Street at 5:30 p.m. Sunday.
Police arrested Michael Downing, 39, of Cone Street, Bridgeton, for shoplifting $223 worth of merchandise from Target on North 2nd Street at 6:23 p.m. Sunday. He was held in the county jail on $2,500 bail.
DEKALB COUNTY, Ga. Police are searching for two suspects who they said shot someone at Southlake Mall parking lot in Morrow on Monday. Police believe the shooting happened during a drug deal. Eyewitness Yolanda Martin said she heard several gunshots and saw a group of men talking around a car. She said she tried to call 911, but the gunman made eye contact with her so she put her phone away.The shooting occurred during mall hours, and a crowd of people were outside the mall when it happened. A 22-year-old man was shot four times and driven in his own car to Southern
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Two men attacked a 38-year-old security officer early Wednesday morning outside of a model home on Sophia Street, stabbing him in the abdomen when the guard saw them in the backyard of the house, police said
According to police, security officer Steve Fleming, of Bakersfield, was stabbed once in the abdomen at about 2:53 a.m. The private security guard told officers that he was checking the rear doors on a model home when he saw two men in the backyard of the home.
One of the men tried to hit Fleming, but missed. The other man stabbed him with an unknown object.
Police and EMS personnel responded to his 911 calls and he was taken to Kern Medical Center with moderate injuries.
The suspects are described as being in their 20s, and were last seen wearing dark clothing.
Police are not sure if the men were attempting to break into the house or not but say that they now face serious charges of assault with a deadly weapon.
Anyone with information is asked to call 327-7111.
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On Wednesday, U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) arrested 42 men believed to be illegally present in the country at Dulles International Airport as part of a critical infrastructure protection operation.
ICE agents, with support of airport security agencies, arrested the illegal aliens just inside the airport grounds at a checkpoint established to verify the identity and immigration status of workers entering a service gate.
During a similar operation in June 2006, 55 illegal aliens working on airport construction were arrested.
“It is crucial to ICE’s homeland security mission to know who enters sensitive areas like airports, military bases and power plants to ensure the integrity of these key assets,” said Mark X. McGraw, special agent in charge of ICE’s Office of Investigations, Washington field office. “This operation illustrates ICE’s ongoing efforts in partnership with federal and local agencies to secure the critical infrastructure within the National Capital Region.”
ICE agents interviewed more than 200 individuals to verify their identities, immigration status and eligibility for lawful employment in the U.S. Most of the individuals encountered worked on construction projects at the airport.
Those detained are being interviewed, fingerprinted, photographed and entered into Department of Homeland Security databases at a local ICE office. Relatives and friends wishing to check on the custody status and detention location of those detained may call 866-341-3858 ICE’s toll-free, 24-hour hotline.
According to ICE officials, interviews can often generate critical law enforcement information that may lead to future investigations. There is no indication that any of the aliens were involved in any terrorist activity.
ICE agents prioritize enforcement efforts by focusing on the sites related to critical infrastructure and national security. The goal of such operations is to reduce the vulnerabilities at these facilities and other key assets to prevent potential attacks, according to ICE.
Unauthorized workers employed at sensitive facilities like airports, nuclear power plants, chemical plants, military bases, defense facilities and seaports, may compromise the integrity of these key assets, the agency says. In fiscal 2008, ICE agents have made more than 700 administrative arrests and 100 criminal arrests at critical infrastructure facilities.
The Transportation Security Administration and the Metropolitan Washington Airports Authority supported the operation.
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Rankin County Sheriff’s Department is searching for a man who raided the Piney Woods School guard station Tuesday night and stole money from two security guards.
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