Archive for September, 2008
Posted by privateofficernews on September 29, 2008
Robbery suspect hits Wal-Mart for second time www.privateofficer.com
Mesa AZ Sept 29 2008
Kyle T. Greene
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A Mesa man free on bail and pending trial in connection with a previous Wal-Mart robbery was arrested Thursday on suspicion of robbing another store.
According to court documents, Marcos R. Jaramillo went into the store at 1955 S. Stapley Road in Mesa on Sept. 5, placed electronic items and liquor into a Wal-Mart bag and walked past the cash registers.
He knocked down a store security agent and stood over him in a threatening manner before leaving in a car, the documents state.
Jaramillo told a detective he used a “football swimming” technique to get past the security and knocked him down, but not intentionally.
Jaramillo was free on $8,100 bail for a July incident in which he was charged with aggravated assault, theft and robbery. He was released Aug. 22.
In that case, he pulled a knife and threatened employees of another Wal-Mart store as he tried to flee, according to court documents.
Some people got minor cuts when they tackled him.
He was taken into custody when officers arrived and is being held at the county jail.
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Posted by privateofficernews on September 29, 2008
Sheriff’s department employee charged with theft www.privateofficer.com
Montrose County CO. Sept 29 2008
By: Bryan Hill
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According to the Montrose Daily Press, 39-year old Chrystal McClain was arrested last week, accused of stealing over twenty thousand dollars.
The Montrose Sheriff’s Department would not confirm comment to local media outlets saying that the case has been sealed.
But, according to the Daily Press McClain is accused of using a shadow bank account meant to pay bills at the Olathe Medical Clinic money on herself.
McClain, who is no longer employed by the sheriff’s department worked in the adminstrative department by the sheriff’s office would not disclose her exact duties.
The sheriff had no comment on this matter.
McCain has been released on a fifteen thousand dollar bond.
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Posted by privateofficernews on September 29, 2008
Shoplifting crew leads police on high speed chase www.privateofficer.com
PITTSBURG KS SEPT 29 2008
Kyle T. Greene
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Two men and a juvenile were arrested Thursday after attempting to steal televisions from Wal-Mart.At about 12:57 p.m., Pittsburg Police Officers were dispatched to Wal-Mart, 2710 N. Broadway, in reference to three males shoplifting two carts full of flat-screen televisions. Store employees called 911 and confronted the suspects in the front of the store. As the first responding officer arrived on the scene, two of the suspects ran northbound.
The third suspect, Christopher W. Genoble, 20, Chanute, remained at the scene and was taken into custody.Wal-Mart employees pursued one of the suspects, later identified as Charles Bruce Jr., 24, Erie, who ran to Locke Supply, 202 E. 29th St. Bruce brandished a knife toward two Wal-Mart employees, then entered a Locke Supply one-ton delivery truck.
Bruce fled from Locke Supply in the truck and drove it east on 29th Street and then north on Broadway.A Frontenac officer assisted with the chase as it entered Frontenac city limits, and officers pursued the truck north on U.S. Highway 69 out of the Pittsburg city limits before turning west on Highway 47.At Highway 47 and 200th St., a Crawford County Deputy deployed stop sticks, causing a tire to deflate on the vehicle.
The pursuit continued to the east side of Girard, where a Girard Police Officer deployed another set of stop sticks, causing an additional tire to deflate.The pursuit continued through Girard west on Highway 47 where the Crawford County Sheriff’s Department and the Kansas Highway Patrol took over the chase. Near the Crawford County line, a third stop stick was deployed by a Kansas Highway Patrol Trooper, causing an additional tire to deflate.At the intersection of Highway 59 and Highway 47 the vehicle left the roadway and entered the ditch, causing the vehicle to become stuck.
Bruce was then placed under arrest. The driver’s side two rear tires were the only tires still inflated on the stolen truck.
The Pittsburg Police Department charged Bruce with felony theft, felony obstruction, two counts of aggravated assault, motor vehicle theft, felony fleeing and eluding, felony criminal damage and driving with a suspended driver’s license.
The Crawford County Sheriff’s Department will file additional charges against Bruce.The second suspect, a 17-year-old juvenile male from Chanute, was located hiding in a creek bed across the street from Locke Supply and was arrested on charges of felony theft, felony obstruction, and he had an outstanding juvenile pickup order.
He was processed by a juvenile intake officer and was taken to the juvenile detention center in Girard.Genoble was arrested with the charge of felony theft and was transported to the Crawford County Jail.
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Posted by privateofficernews on September 29, 2008
Security officer shoots knife wielding shoplifter www.privateofficer.com
CANOGA PARK CA. Sept 29 2008 (Los Angeles )
By: Rick McCann
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http://www.privateofficer.com/ A security officer fearing for his life has shot a man who wielded a knife after he was accused of shoplifting at a grocery store on Sunday, police said.
The security officer who was working for Vallarta Supermarket was not injured.
Police say that they responded to the incident which happened at 2 p.m. inside the store at 21208 Sherman Way.
The security officer had escorted the man to an office for questioning. According to the security officer, at this point the man pulled out a knife, and the security guard fired at him, Smith said.
At this time, police are not releasing the identity of the security officer or the injured man but said that the security officer was taken to LAPD’s West Valley Division for questioning.
The injured man was transported to a local hospital and required surgery but is expected to fully recover, said Karen Smith, Los Angeles Police Department spokeswoman.
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Posted by privateofficernews on September 28, 2008
OFFICER DOWN-MD. STATE TPR MICKEY LIPPY
MD. State Police helicopter crashes, kills troopers
Trooper First Class Mickey C. Lippy
Maryland State PoliceMaryland End of Watch: Sunday, September 28, 2008
Incident Details Cause of Death: Aircraft accident
Date of Incident: Sunday, September 28, 2008
Trooper Mickey Lippy and Pilot Stephen Bunker were killed in a helicopter crash while performing a Medevac of two critically injured teenagers from Charles County.During the flight the EuroCopter Dauphin helicopter encountered severe weather and Pilot Bunker radioed to have two ambulances meet them at Andrews Air Force Base to complete the transport. At approximately 12:30 am air traffic controllers lost contact with the helicopter.
A ground search was initiated and approximately two hours later the wreckage was found in Walker Mill Regional Park. Both troopers, a Charles County EMT, and one of the two patients were killed in the crash.
Agency Contact InformationMaryland State Police1201 Reisterstown RoadPikesville, MD 21208 Phone: (410) 376-3187
Please contact the Maryland State Police for funeral arrangements or for survivor benefit fund information.
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Posted by privateofficernews on September 28, 2008
Man charged after bomb threat at Denver Airport www.privateofficer.com
DENVER CO Sept 28 2008 – A passenger was taken into custody Saturday after making comments about having explosives on a Northwest airlines flight taking off from DIA.Flight 552 from Denver to Minneapolis was delayed for an hour as police and fire responded.
The flight was pushed into an unoccupied area of the runways to be searched by authorities.
Airport spokesman Chuck Cannon says the plane was leaving a gate when the man allegedly said he had explosives in his luggage Saturday.
He says the plane was towed away from the terminal, and authorities boarded the plane and arrested a man. Cannon says no explosives were found.
Northwest Airlines spokeswoman Michelle Aguayo Shannon says about 140 people on Minneapolis-bound flight 552 were on the plane. Passengers went through security screenings again before they could continue traveling.
Police had no comment. An FBI spokeswoman did not immediately return a phone message seeking comment. The man who made the comment was taken into custody. No explosives were found on the man or the plane.
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Posted by privateofficernews on September 28, 2008
Wyoming Airport Police May Loose Certification www.privateofficer.com
JACKSON, Wyo. Sept 28 2008
By: Rick McCann
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An airport who recently started their own police force is about to be grounded according to a local news report.
The Jackson Hole Airport has hit another dead-end in its efforts to find an agency willing to certify its law enforcement officers according to this news article.
Currently the officers are certified through the Teton County Sheriff’s department, however last week week sheriff Bob Zimmer reportedly told the Jackson Hole Airport Board that his department won’t continue to certify the three airport officers past Dec. 1.
The sheriff says he’s concerned about the liability of taking responsibility for officers who aren’t under his direct command.
Looking for another department to certify their officers, the airport looked at an area national park but officials at the Grand Teton National Park on Thursday also declined to provide law-enforcement support for the airport. A Park Service official says that providing airport security isn’t the agency’s responsibility.
If the airport can not find a law enforcement agency to keep their officers certified, the officers would loose their arrest authority and be left back where they started, a security department.
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Posted by privateofficernews on September 28, 2008
Shoplifter bites security agent during arrest www.privateofficer.com
Manassas VA Sept 28 2008
By: Rick McCann
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A security officer was assaulted and bitten on the hand as he tried to stop an alleged shoplifter, police said.
The loss prevention officer had observed a man taking numerous items and then leaving the store according to the police report.
Herbert Richard Skinner, 52, of 3630 Quantico Terrace in Triangle, was charged with grand larceny and assault and battery when he walked out of a store Tuesday in the 8200 block of Sudley Road in the Manassas area with $225 of unpaid merchandise, said Erika Hernandez, Prince William police spokeswoman.
When the security officer tried to stop the man, police say Skinner bit him. The 24-year-old security person suffered minor injuries.
Skinner was held on $5000 bond and has a court date set for Oct. 18.
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Posted by privateofficernews on September 28, 2008
84 Year old man charged with trying to smuggle drugs into prison www.privateofficer.com
FALLSBURG NY Sept 28 2008
By: Rick McCann
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A Queens man was arrested Saturday for trying to sneak marijuana into the Sullivan Correctional Facility, state police said.
William J. Gladstone, 84, of Astoria, was trying to gain access to the visiting room at the maximum security prison when officers found him in possession of marijuana and cash, police said. An investigation by the Department of Corrections Inspector General’s Office and State Police found that Gladstone planned to pass the drugs to inmates.
The report did not say exactly who the inmates were or if he had relatives in the prison nor did it include details of how he was smuggling the drugs into the prison.
Gladstone was charged with a felony for promoting prison contraband.
He was sent to Sullivan County Jail on $5,000 bail or $20,000 bond.
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Posted by privateofficernews on September 28, 2008
Police sting nabs shoplifters www.privateofficer.com
GULFPORT MS. Sept 28 2008– Undercover police officers posing as shoppers at factory outlet stores arrested four adults and two juveniles in an ongoing investigation targeting alleged shoplifters, Gulfport Police Chief Alan Weatherford said.
Arrested Friday were Amber S. Jones, 23, Dinnika Baham, 21, Miquel T. Baham, 20, and Lakisha M. Robertson, 18, along with two minors, ages 17 and 16.
All are from the New Orleans area and are accused on multiple counts. The adults also are accused of aiding and abetting shoplifting by minors, contributing to the neglect and delinquency of minors and obstructing justice.
Police said they identified the alleged shoplifters taking items only to flee later, leaving the shopping outlet off U.S. 49 in a 2001 Nissan Maxima. While attempting to escape, police said, Jones jumped in the car, leaving the 16-year-old behind when she tried to jump in as well.
A traffic stop was conducted minutes later, and Jones was arrested. Some of the stolen items also were found in the Nissan. The store managers later were able to identify the suspects, police said.
The juveniles were released to their parents’ custody. The adults were jailed on bonds of $634 bond for each count of shoplifting and contributing to the delinquency of minors. Jones faced an additional bond of $894 for the neglect charge.
The undercover work is part of a Gulfport Police Department program called Cop Shop.
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Posted by privateofficernews on September 28, 2008
Kansas officer commits suicide after co-worker dies in wreck www.privateofficer.com
KANSAS CITY, Kan. Sept 28 2008
By: Rick McCann
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http://www.privateofficer.com/ Kansas City, Kansas police say that one of their police officers killed himself after being involved in a traffic accident that killed a fellow officer.
Police Chief Sam Breshears sadly announced the death of two officers, one involved in a deadly wreck, and the other who committed suicide.
Police say that the two off-duty officers, Mark A. Jaramillo and Kyle L. Kovac were both involved in a fatal wreck early Saturday morning at Interstates 435 and 70. The chief did not go into details of the wreck.
Jaramillo was pronounced dead at the scene due to his injuries.
Police concerned for officer Kovac went to his apartment after being told he was distraught over Jaramillo’s death. When officers arrived, they had no response and forced their way into the apartment where officers said they found Kovac dead of an apparent suicide.
Both patrol officers had been with the department for five years.Breshears said the accident is being investigated by the department and the Kansas Highway Patrol.
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Posted by privateofficernews on September 28, 2008
5 Arrested in jewelry store smash and grab www.privateofficer.com
ATLANTA GA. Sept 28 2008 — The DeKalb County Police Department has arrested five individuals in connection with a smash and grab robbery at Stonecrest Mall.
Officers were called to Oxford Jewelry at 11:20 a.m. on Friday, September 26, 2008.
According to detectives, multiple men entered the location and smashed the glass of jewelry cases with a metal object. The men then fled the location with an undetermined amount of jewelry.
The DeKalb County Police Department’s Task Force alerted the Atlanta Police Department Task Force about Friday’s robbery.
Evidence later lead both agencies to the location of the suspects. They were arrested at 3556 Empire Blvd. in Northwest Atlanta. The five suspects remain in DeKalb County Jail.
Detectives believe the suspects are responsible for at least eight smash and grab robberies in DeKalb County. All five men face multiple counts of robbery charges. The investigation into the robbery is ongoing.
If you have any questions about this case you are asked to call 770-724-7477.
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Posted by privateofficernews on September 28, 2008
Detroit Police Sergeant Commits Suicide www.privateofficer.com
DETROIT MI. Sept 28 2008
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A Detroit police sergeant suspected of arranging his wife’s killing was found dead by an apparent suicide in a suburban park.
Sgt. David Cobb, 38, who had been suspended without pay, hanged himself, police said. His body was found near a bike path in Dodge Park in Sterling Heights, The Detroit Free Press reported.
Cobb’s wife, Rose, 47, was gunned down Dec. 26 in the parking lot of a Detroit pharmacy while her husband was in the store. Vincent Smothers, 27, the alleged killer, told investigators after his arrest in April that Cobb had hired him.
Cobb was arrested briefly and then released for lack of evidence. Police sources told the Free Press there had been recent progress in the investigation.
Smothers said Cobb was angry because his wife had been cheating on him and he wanted money from her life insurance.
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Posted by privateofficernews on September 28, 2008
Fleeing shoplifter tried running down security agent www.privateofficer.com
NORWALK CT Sept 28 2008
By: Rick McCann
NTL. ASSOC. PRIVATE OFFICERS
A woman was arrested Thursday afternoon after she allegedly tried to run over a security officer at a local supermarket who was chasing her for shoplifting.
Olena Fioretti, 32, of 105 Richards Ave., was charged with first-degree robbery and sixth-degree larceny stemming from the 4 p.m. incident at the 300 Connecticut Ave. ShopRite grocery store.
Police say that when the security officer tried to stop Fioretti, she entered her vehicle and sped off almost striking the security agent.
She was traced to her Richards Avenue home after police pulled information from her ShopRite discount card, which she used to purchase items before leaving the store, Sgt. Ronald Pine said.
While Fioretti purchased some items in her cart, others, including shampoo and toothpaste, were hidden in her purse, Pine said.
Fioretti was released on $15,000 bond and is scheduled to appear in court on Oct. 2.
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Posted by privateofficernews on September 28, 2008
Visit to doctor’s office turns into robbery arrest for cop www.privateofficer.com
Toledo OH. Sept 28 2008
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Dan Wagner was going to the chiropractor’s office yesterday to get a treatment for an old back injury.
Instead, the off-duty Toledo police officer, who was in plain clothes, chased down and arrested a knife-wielding man who is accused of robbing three people in the waiting room of John E. Sutherland’s chiropractor’s office, 1825 North Reynolds Rd., police said.
“We’re never off-duty,” said Mr. Wagner, president of the Toledo Police Patrolman’s Association, who was seeking treatment for an injury he suffered while on the job in 2003.
Ernest Murphy, 20, of 5817 Dorr St., Apt. 1 was charged with three counts of aggravated robbery and was being held without bond last night in the Lucas County jail.
Murphy, wearing a baseball cap and a gray hooded sweatshirt, walked into the chiropractor’s office between Bancroft and Dorr streets about 8 a.m., police said.
He held an 8-inch knife to the throats of two patients, a 79-year-old man and 54-year-old woman, and demanded they give him money, they said.
Murphy then demanded money from an office employee, was given an undisclosed amount, and walked out the front door, police said.
After realizing what had happened, Dr. Michael Poitinger went to get Mr. Wagner, who was in a room toward the back of the office.
“He said, ‘Hey, Dan, I need you up front. We’re getting robbed.’•” Mr. Wagner said. “I thought he was joking.”
But after Dr. Poitinger said it a second time, Mr. Wagner knew he’d have to delay his appointment.
“I could tell by the seriousness in his voice that something actually was going on,” he said.
The two headed to the front of the office and could see the suspect walking south on Reynolds.
Mr. Wagner asked the office employees to call 911 as he headed out the door to his truck in the parking lot.
He followed the suspect down Reynolds, then drove through a nearby field, and started pursuing the man on foot.
At one point during the chase, Mr. Wagner saw the man toss an object into a Dumpster. It later was determined to be the knife and his baseball cap, Mr. Wagner said.
Mr. Wagner caught up with the suspect in the backyard of a house in the 5200 block of Brandel Circle.
With his gun drawn, the officer ordered Murphy to the ground and held him there until uniformed officers arrived.
Later, Mr. Wagner returned to the chiropractor’s office, where he received his scheduled treatment.
Chief Mike Navarre commended Mr. Wagner for his actions.
“You can’t shut out criminal activity because you’re off the clock,” he said. “The law enforcement authority is with you 24 hours a day, seven days a week.”
The chief said similar incidents have occurred to other off-duty officers, who have been in banks or carryouts during robberies.
In August, 2007, an off-duty Lucas County sheriff’s sergeant was working part time as a security guard at the AP Federal Credit Union on North Detroit Avenue when a man claiming to have a gun robbed it.
Sgt. James Schiavone followed the man into a nearby alley, where a second person was waiting in a minivan. He followed the van as the men drove toward Manhattan Boulevard and Cherry Street.
The men got out of the van, were pursued on foot, and later were taken into custody.
“I was right there when it happened, so I was right on his heels the whole time,” Sergeant Schiavone said after the incident.
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Posted by privateofficernews on September 28, 2008
Woman charged with offering drugs to undercover cop www.privateofficer.com
ASHEVILLE NC Sept 28 2008
By: Rick McCann
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http://www.privateofficer.com/ – Police say that a woman was trying to flag down cars and a man did pull over. The woman asked for a ride and in exchange she volunteered to pay the driver some drugs for the ride. Unfortunately for her, the man was an undercover police officer driving an unmarked police car.
Police charged Danielle Cherese Mitchell on Wednesday after the incident on North Bear Road.
Mitchell asked the officer if he wanted some Xanax in exchange for the ride, police said.
Mitchell placed Xanax pills in the officer’s hand.
According to police, Mitchell was then arrested and charged with felony drug possession.
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Posted by privateofficernews on September 28, 2008
Couple charged with robbery after running over security officer www.privateofficer.com
Brownsville TX Sept 28 2008
A couple is in jail after attempting to rob a Kohl’s department store on North Expressway 77/83 and run over employees who attempted to block their escape Tuesday morning, a police report stated.
Loss Prevention employees noticed Armando Lopez, 32, and Sandra Guajardo, 31, suspiciously bringing items into the store’s bathroom and then emerging empty-handed, according to police.
The couple was also seen asking other shoppers to give them cash in exchange for the use of their store credit card, police said.
When Lopez and Guajardo left the store, employees confronted them and discovered stolen items inside of Guajardo’s purse, police stated.
At that point, Lopez grabbed one of the employees and began to struggle with him as Guajardo ran to her vehicle and drove behind the store, the report states.
Guajardo then drove back toward the store’s entrance and attempted to run over the employees still struggling with Lopez, and demanded that they let him go, police said.
At 10:19 a.m., Brownsville police responded to a call from the store and detained the couple, police said.
Guajardo’s car contained various items from several stores with price tags still attached, police reported.
Lopez was charged with robbery. His bond was set at $25,000.
Guajardo was changed with robbery and three counts of aggravated assault with a motor vehicle, with bonds totaling $60,000, police said.
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Posted by privateofficernews on September 28, 2008
Security officer nabs fake Dodger player www.privateofficer.com
LOS ANGELES CA. Sept 28 2008
By: Bryan Hill
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http://www.privateofficer.com/ – A man accused of breaking into Dodger Stadium, stealing a uniform and posing as one of the team’s players pleaded not guilty Friday to several criminal charges, a District Attorney’s spokeswoman said.
Ronald Higgins, 47, is due back in court Oct. 8 when a date for a preliminary hearing is expected to be set.
He is charged with second-degree commercial burglary, grand theft of personal property and trespass with intent to interfere and is being in lieu of $45,000 bail
Higgins was arrested Wednesday morning after a security officer found him walking on the playing field in a Dodger uniform and holding a baseball glove with two balls — all of which had allegedly been stolen from the premises, said Shiara Davila of the District Attorney’s Office.
He identified himself as a Dodger player, but the security officer recognized him from an earlier incident and was able to detain him while he called the police.
Officers later found Higgins’ clothes in the bat boys’ locker room, Davila said.
If convicted, Higgins faces a maximum three years and 10 months in state prison.
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Trio charged after shoplifting incident www.privateofficer.com
MOULTRIE GA. Sept 28 2008
Kyle T. Greene
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Sandra Osby Jackson, 39, of 818 10th Ave. N.W., Christopher Deshawn Jackson, 21, and Terry Jackson, 42, both of 142 Denham Road, were each charged with theft by shoplifting.
An employee at Wal-Mart stated he saw all three in the shoe department about 4:13 p.m. Tuesday. He became suspicious when all three allegedly appeared to be more interested in who was around instead of the items in the department.
After picking up a pair of shoes and the box, the three went to the deli and ordered two cups of chicken bites then continued shopping.
Christopher was given the chicken and allegedly put it under his apron. Terry allegedly took the shoes and put them in a bag before putting them underneath other items in her shopping cart.
The three then went to a checkout aisle and paid for some items but allegedly not the shoes and chicken.
They left the store, but the employee stopped them, got back the items and took them back into the store. Additional items were also allegedly found in Sandra’s purse after the three were brought back. The value of the alleged stolen items was $120.60.
The officer arrived at the scene, placed all three under arrest and took them to Colquitt County Jail.
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Posted by privateofficernews on September 27, 2008
School security officer injured breaking up fight www.privateofficer.com
Phoenix AZ Sept 27 2008
By: Rick McCann
NTL. ASSOC. PRIVATE OFFICERS
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A Phoenix high school security officer was injured trying to break up a lunchroom fight Thursday according to school officials.
The fight started with two students during the freshman lunch session at Alhambra High School, according to a district news release.
The security officer responded and tried to separate the students and ended up taking them to the ground. According to the release, other students then jumped into the fray.
A total of six students ended up involved in the fight and beating on the security officer.
The security officer and several staff members were able to quell the disturbance and the security officer went to an urgent care facility for bumps and bruises.
Five of the students were treated at the school’s nurse’s office for small cuts, bumps and bruises.
The six students are suspended pending the investigation, according to the release. Assault charges may be filed and expulsions are possible depending on the outcome of the investigation.
School officials said that a letter will be sent home to parents Friday.
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