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Hilton Head security officer arrested www.privateofficer.com
October 4, 2008
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Hilton Head SC Oct 4 2008
By: Rick McCann
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Sheriff’s deputies pulled over a private security vehicle at 12:02 a.m. Saturday near the intersection of Marshland Road and Capital Drive for driving with a defective tag light.
According to a report, a deputy smelled alcohol on the driver’s breath and, when he asked him to step outside the vehicle, he appeared nervous and couldn’t stand still, the report said.
Deputies now say that the Hilton Head Island security guard faces drug charges after crack cocaine was found inside his marked cruiser during a traffic stop, according to a Beaufort County sheriff’s report released Wednesday.
The 38-year-old guard told deputies he drank a 40-ounce bottle of malt liquor before work and took some cold medication, according to the report.
Deputies then searched the security vehicle and found crack cocaine residue on the seat and a bag containing less than a gram of crack cocaine in his jacket, the report said.
When deputies arrested the security officer, he allegedly dropped a silver pipe by the side of the road. The man was charged with possession of crack cocaine and possession of drug paraphernalia. Deputies said that he was not impaired enough to be charged with DUI.
He worked as a guard for a local security company that is mainly hired to patrol businesses and apartment complexes. The owner of the company said he was fired after the incident.
According to a report, a deputy smelled alcohol on the driver’s breath and, when he asked him to step outside the vehicle, he appeared nervous and couldn’t stand still, the report said.
Deputies now say that the Hilton Head Island security guard faces drug charges after crack cocaine was found inside his marked cruiser during a traffic stop, according to a Beaufort County sheriff’s report released Wednesday.
The 38-year-old guard told deputies he drank a 40-ounce bottle of malt liquor before work and took some cold medication, according to the report.
Deputies then searched the security vehicle and found crack cocaine residue on the seat and a bag containing less than a gram of crack cocaine in his jacket, the report said.
When deputies arrested the security officer, he allegedly dropped a silver pipe by the side of the road. The man was charged with possession of crack cocaine and possession of drug paraphernalia. Deputies said that he was not impaired enough to be charged with DUI.
He worked as a guard for a local security company that is mainly hired to patrol businesses and apartment complexes. The owner of the company said he was fired after the incident.
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K-Mart agents nab three for shoplifting www.privateofficer.com
October 4, 2008
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BRAINTREE MA OCT 4 2008
Kyle T. Greene
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Two Boston men and a Norwell woman were arrested after police received a shoplifting complaint from the Kmart store on Grossman Drive.
Police said Robert H. Stone, 24, and Carlos N. Rivera Jr., 24, were both charged with larceny over $250 and shoplifting Thursday afternoon.
Two Boston men and a Norwell woman were arrested after police received a shoplifting complaint from the Kmart store on Grossman Drive.
Police said Robert H. Stone, 24, and Carlos N. Rivera Jr., 24, were both charged with larceny over $250 and shoplifting Thursday afternoon.
The men had tried to steal a mobile telephone headset from the store when they were caught by Kmart store security officers, police said.
Police found a keyless car fob on Rivera. Rivera told police the key was for a vehicle owned by a friend and that neither the vehicle nor the friend were in Braintree.
Police then located the vehicle and its owner, Christine M. Bowley, 30, in the parking lot. When they conducted a search of the car, police found two stolen cameras from Best Buy, a GPS system, a music player and a phone charger.
Bowley told police that she stole the items from an unlocked vehicle parked in the parking lot, police said.
Police found a keyless car fob on Rivera. Rivera told police the key was for a vehicle owned by a friend and that neither the vehicle nor the friend were in Braintree.
Police then located the vehicle and its owner, Christine M. Bowley, 30, in the parking lot. When they conducted a search of the car, police found two stolen cameras from Best Buy, a GPS system, a music player and a phone charger.
Bowley told police that she stole the items from an unlocked vehicle parked in the parking lot, police said.
The items were returned to the owner of the vehicle, who was identified as a 28-year-old man from Braintree.
Bowley was arrested and charged with receiving stolen property.
Bowley was arrested and charged with receiving stolen property.
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Fake security guard charged with robbery at Sam’s Club www.privateofficer.com
October 4, 2008
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Meridian MS OCT 4 2008
Kyle T. Greene
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Officials with the Meridian Police Department said Thursday afternoon they have charged two Meridian men in connection with two unrelated robbery incidents.
Lt. James Sharpe, interim commander of the MPD’s Investigative Division, said Michael McDade and Demetrice Latrell Oliver are currently being held in the Lauderdale County Adult Detention Facility awaiting further actions in their cases.
McDade, 33, was placed into custody Wednesday afternoon to be questioned for an armed robbery that occurred in the parking lot of the Sam’s Club business in southern Meridian. He was formally charged late Wednesday night with armed robbery.
“He was posing as a security officer when he allegedly robbed a man Wednesday morning,” said Sharpe. “He had a security officer’s badge and was armed with an air pistol.”McDade is said to have taken some cash and a cell phone from his victim.
He is being held on $50,000 bond and also is on hold for officers of the Mississippi Department of Corrections.
Sharpe said McDade has been out of prison on parole for only a short time after serving approximately 20 years on a murder conviction that happened in Meridian.Oliver, 34, was taken into custody by MPD patrolmen early Thursday morning after they responded to an alarm at the Cefco convenience store located at the corner of 45th Avenue and Ninth Street.
Sharpe said Oliver jumped the store clerk at about 4:30 a.m. as she opened the front door to begin readying the store for business. She was quickly bound and gagged in the back of the store but because he had jumped her, the alarm was set off without his knowing it.”One officer arrived on the scene and seeing the situation called for backup,” said Sharpe. “Officers then entered the store and took Oliver into custody without further incident.
“The clerk was unhurt. Oliver was not armed.Oliver was charged with kidnapping and robbery. He was placed on $25,000 for the kidnapping charge and $50,000 on the robbery offense.
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On-Duty Indiana Police Officer Commits Suicide www.privateofficer.com
October 4, 2008
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NEW CASTLE IN OCT 4 2008
Kyle T. Greene
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A Noblesville police officer’s shooting death in the driveway of a Henry County home Thursday will be ruled a suicide.
Henry County Sheriff’s Capt. Kim Cronk said Friday morning that Aaron Housman, 35, Westfield, a Noblesville policeman, was on duty Thursday when he drove to northern Henry County to talk to his girlfriend at her relative’s home at U.S. 36 and Messick Road.
Housman had been disciplined at work earlier in the day, and when he confronted his girllfriend, a Noblesville dispatcher, at about 5 p.m., he recorded audio of their meeting.
Henry County Sheriff’s Capt. Kim Cronk said Friday morning that Aaron Housman, 35, Westfield, a Noblesville policeman, was on duty Thursday when he drove to northern Henry County to talk to his girlfriend at her relative’s home at U.S. 36 and Messick Road.
Housman had been disciplined at work earlier in the day, and when he confronted his girllfriend, a Noblesville dispatcher, at about 5 p.m., he recorded audio of their meeting.
Cronk said police listened to that tape and used it to determine that Housman, a SWAT team sniper shooter, had shot himself in the head.
A police-issue gun was found near his body.
Housman, who was working undercover, was driving an unmarked police pickup truck and was wearing his police badge around his neck at the time of his death.
An autopsy is being conducted today, Cronk said.
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Alert security officer leads to burglary arrests www.privateofficer.com
October 4, 2008
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MANATEE FLA OCT 4 2008
By: Rick McCann
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An alert security officer on patrol noticed some supsicious persons and his call to authorities led to the arrest of a teen boy trying to break into vehicles at an apartment complex, according to a Manatee County Sheriff’s Office report.
At 11 p.m. Thursday, a security officer, who was not identified by the sheriff’s office, was working at the Sabal Cove apartments, in the 3100 block of 54th Drive East.
At 11 p.m. Thursday, a security officer, who was not identified by the sheriff’s office, was working at the Sabal Cove apartments, in the 3100 block of 54th Drive East.
As he was making his rounds the officer saw six people walking through the complex, pulling on door handles in search of unlocked vehicles. He immediately notified the sheriff’s department of the situation and several deputies were dispatched to the complex.
When the sheriff’s deputies arrived they captured a teen in the group, who has been charged with attempted burglary, the sheriff’s report said.
When the sheriff’s deputies arrived they captured a teen in the group, who has been charged with attempted burglary, the sheriff’s report said.
Deputies are continuing their investigation and other arrests are expected.
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Security officers shot at by trespassers www.privateofficer.com
October 4, 2008
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ANAHEIM CA. Oct 4 2008
By: Bryan Hill
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http://www.privateofficer.com/ Police are looking for a teenage boy wanted on suspicion of shooting at two security officers.
The shooting occurred at 10:55 p.m. Tuesday in the 1500 block of South Calle del Mar at Hermosa Village, a neighborhood just west of Disneyland, said Anaheim police Sgt. Rick Martinez.
The initial police report said two security officers were driving in the gated community in a marked security vehicle on Calle del Mar when they spotted three males drinking in public and attempted to talk to them, Martinez said.
Before the officers got out of their vehicle, one of the males, who was wearing a bandanna over his face, pulled out a handgun and begun firing at them. The security officers returned fire and the three males ran, Martinez said.
Police say that they identified a 17-year-old boy from the neighborhood and a 16-year-old boy from another part of Anaheim as being involved in the incident. The suspected shooter, described as 5-feet-10 and weighing 150 pounds, has not been found, Martinez said.
It’s unclear if the suspected shooter was struck by gunfire. Martinez said hospitals have been alerted, but the shooter has not turned up
The security officers were not injured in the shooting.
The shooting occurred at 10:55 p.m. Tuesday in the 1500 block of South Calle del Mar at Hermosa Village, a neighborhood just west of Disneyland, said Anaheim police Sgt. Rick Martinez.
The initial police report said two security officers were driving in the gated community in a marked security vehicle on Calle del Mar when they spotted three males drinking in public and attempted to talk to them, Martinez said.
Before the officers got out of their vehicle, one of the males, who was wearing a bandanna over his face, pulled out a handgun and begun firing at them. The security officers returned fire and the three males ran, Martinez said.
Police say that they identified a 17-year-old boy from the neighborhood and a 16-year-old boy from another part of Anaheim as being involved in the incident. The suspected shooter, described as 5-feet-10 and weighing 150 pounds, has not been found, Martinez said.
It’s unclear if the suspected shooter was struck by gunfire. Martinez said hospitals have been alerted, but the shooter has not turned up
The security officers were not injured in the shooting.
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Teenager found guilty of killing friend www.privateofficer.com
October 4, 2008
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CLEVELAND OH OCT 4 2008 A jury on Tuesday found 17-year-old Ismael Irizarry guilty of aggravated murder. He could be sentenced to life in prison without parole.
Prosecutors said Ismael killed Gabriel Feliciano, 17, to prevent him from testifying in a string of burglaries they committed together.
Ismael will be back in court at 11 a.m. Thursday, when Gabriel’s family will speak to the judge. He will be sentenced Oct. 22.
Gabriel’s body was found in a sewer pipe near the Cleveland Metroparks Zoo after police were told that Ismael had bragged about shooting Gabriel. He was shot in the head and neck in September 2007 when Ismael was 16.
Gabriel’s girlfriend testified during Ismael’s trial that word had gotten out that Gabriel — also known as Gordo — was going to “snitch” on Ismael about the thefts.
Gabriel had been missing for more than a week when Ismael was arrested. On Oct. 3, 2007, he led police to the Brookside Reservation, where they found blood and pocket change at the top of a hill and the body in the sewer drain at the bottom of the hill.
The teens had both been charged in April with stealing cars, cell phones, a digital camera and an iPod from Ismael’s neighbors.
Ismael is also charged in juvenile court with murder and aggravated robbery in the death of 51-year-old Daniel Higgins.
Prosecutors said Ismael and Gabriel were attempting to enter Higgin’s house in the 5800 block of Lawn Avenue in Cleveland on Aug. 17, 2007. As they were opening a window, Higgins confronted them. Ismael pulled out a gun and shot Higgins through the eye, prosecutor’s spokesman Ryan Miday said.
Prosecutors said Ismael killed Gabriel Feliciano, 17, to prevent him from testifying in a string of burglaries they committed together.
Ismael will be back in court at 11 a.m. Thursday, when Gabriel’s family will speak to the judge. He will be sentenced Oct. 22.
Gabriel’s body was found in a sewer pipe near the Cleveland Metroparks Zoo after police were told that Ismael had bragged about shooting Gabriel. He was shot in the head and neck in September 2007 when Ismael was 16.
Gabriel’s girlfriend testified during Ismael’s trial that word had gotten out that Gabriel — also known as Gordo — was going to “snitch” on Ismael about the thefts.
Gabriel had been missing for more than a week when Ismael was arrested. On Oct. 3, 2007, he led police to the Brookside Reservation, where they found blood and pocket change at the top of a hill and the body in the sewer drain at the bottom of the hill.
The teens had both been charged in April with stealing cars, cell phones, a digital camera and an iPod from Ismael’s neighbors.
Ismael is also charged in juvenile court with murder and aggravated robbery in the death of 51-year-old Daniel Higgins.
Prosecutors said Ismael and Gabriel were attempting to enter Higgin’s house in the 5800 block of Lawn Avenue in Cleveland on Aug. 17, 2007. As they were opening a window, Higgins confronted them. Ismael pulled out a gun and shot Higgins through the eye, prosecutor’s spokesman Ryan Miday said.
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Security officers shot at by striking workers www.privateofficer.com
October 4, 2008
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MUSCATINE, Iowa OCT 4 2008
By: Rick McCann
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Muscatine police are investigating acts of violence against security officers and have agreed to increase patrols outside the Grain Processing Corp. after security guards complained of picketers shooting at them with BB guns.
According to the security department, there have been several incidents of someone firing pellet guns at them as they patrol the area.
About 300 workers represented by the United Food and Commercial Workers union have been locked out of the plant since August. 22.
That’s a week after union members did not ratify a contract offered by the company. One union official, Tony Newton, called reports about the shooting “propaganda the company is having its guards do to get something started.”
Police said that they will keep a closer eye on the situation and make arrests if a crime is committed.
Police said that they will keep a closer eye on the situation and make arrests if a crime is committed.
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Memorial service held for security officer killed in wreck www.privateofficer.com
October 4, 2008
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Fredericksburg.com
BY ROBIN KNEPPER Culpeper VA. OCT 4 2008
Family, friends and fellow public-safety personnel gathered yesterday to remember the impact Lake of the Woods security officer Elizabeth “Beth” Leizear made in life and death.
Leizear, 37, died Tuesday from injuries suffered in a single-car accident on Lakeview Parkway in the Orange County subdivision early Sunday.
BY ROBIN KNEPPER Culpeper VA. OCT 4 2008
Family, friends and fellow public-safety personnel gathered yesterday to remember the impact Lake of the Woods security officer Elizabeth “Beth” Leizear made in life and death.
Leizear, 37, died Tuesday from injuries suffered in a single-car accident on Lakeview Parkway in the Orange County subdivision early Sunday.
An officer for Dodson Security, she was responding to a request when her car skidded on the wet road and hit a tree.
Lake of the Woods Church Pastor Thomas Schafer commended Leizear’s “dedicated service” to the community and told of her “gift of life.”
After her accident, he said, she lay in the intensive-care unit with no hope of recovery while another family waited for a new heart for their young daughter.
“Beth gave her heart so another person could have life,” he said.
Along with family and community members, the service was attended by officers from Dodson Security and LOW Fire and Rescue personnel. John Leizear, her husband, is a volunteer firefighter for the LOW unit.
The 100 or so who gathered at the Lake of the Woods Church to pay their respect also included fire and EMS personnel for Orange County, and law-enforcement officers from the county, Fredericksburg, Aquia Harbour, the National Park Service and Virginia State Police.
An honor guard from Chancellor Fire and Rescue participated in the service.
Several members of John Leizear’s family belong to the Red Knights, a motorcycle club of firefighters based in Maryland. They joined the procession of fire and rescue trucks that brought the Leizear family to the services.
In addition to her husband, Leizear is survived by two daughters, Brooke and Kaitlyn, and many other relatives in the area.
Lake of the Woods Church Pastor Thomas Schafer commended Leizear’s “dedicated service” to the community and told of her “gift of life.”
After her accident, he said, she lay in the intensive-care unit with no hope of recovery while another family waited for a new heart for their young daughter.
“Beth gave her heart so another person could have life,” he said.
Along with family and community members, the service was attended by officers from Dodson Security and LOW Fire and Rescue personnel. John Leizear, her husband, is a volunteer firefighter for the LOW unit.
The 100 or so who gathered at the Lake of the Woods Church to pay their respect also included fire and EMS personnel for Orange County, and law-enforcement officers from the county, Fredericksburg, Aquia Harbour, the National Park Service and Virginia State Police.
An honor guard from Chancellor Fire and Rescue participated in the service.
Several members of John Leizear’s family belong to the Red Knights, a motorcycle club of firefighters based in Maryland. They joined the procession of fire and rescue trucks that brought the Leizear family to the services.
In addition to her husband, Leizear is survived by two daughters, Brooke and Kaitlyn, and many other relatives in the area.
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Retail security agents charged with theft scheme www.privateofficer.com
October 4, 2008
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Homewood IL. OCT 4 2008
By: Rick McCann
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Who’s guarding the guards seems to be the question of the week after three different stores have had security staff charged with thefts this week.
A gang of loss prevention agents including their boss was arrested after an internal investigation at the Nordstrom’s department store in King Of Prussia PA. found that they had been stealing merchandise and refunding the items for cash.
A security manager at a Wal-Mart in Florida was also nabbed after he was found to be stealing merchandise to sell on e-Bay and on Thursday, a store security officer working at the Homewood Target store, 17605 Halsted St., was arrested and charged with felony retail theft.
Homewood police said Khandi Robinson, 22, of 612 Longwood Court, Glenwood, let several women she knew leave the Target store on two occasions with unpaid items.
Another store security agent conducting an investigation said he saw three females enter the store Sept. 6, place merchandise – including a $500 vacuum cleaner – in brown plastic tubs and exit while Robinson was working security, according to police reports.
According to the report, again on Sept. 17, two of the women came to the store. Internal investigators watched, as again the thieves concealed several items in brown plastic tubs, proceeded to the front of the store and spoke with Robinson, who was not on duty, according to police. The two women then left the store without taking the merchandise.
Thursday, the security agent noticed two women again placing various merchandise in brown tubs and exiting the store without paying while Robinson worked the front, police said.
Robinson and Amber Lang, 20, of 829 Manor Court, Glenwood, were charged with two counts of felony retail theft over $150. Robinson’s mother, Kathleen Robinson, 41, of 612 Longwood Court, Glenwood, was charged with misdemeanor retail theft.
Police are searching for the third woman.
Some retail loss prevention managers are wondering if this is the new trend? Security people stealing and letting others steal in front of their eyes. The economy may have something to do with these thefts said Jim Multue, a security manager for a Boston department store, but it’s still doesn’t justify it and it won’t be tolerated in our stores.
A Homewood Target manager, who declined to reveal his name, said the store hires security guards in-house rather than from outside sources. He declined further comment on the thefts. Nordstom’s and Wal-Mart also had no comment on their internal theft problems and arrests.
Who’s guarding the guards seems to be the question of the week after three different stores have had security staff charged with thefts this week.
A gang of loss prevention agents including their boss was arrested after an internal investigation at the Nordstrom’s department store in King Of Prussia PA. found that they had been stealing merchandise and refunding the items for cash.
A security manager at a Wal-Mart in Florida was also nabbed after he was found to be stealing merchandise to sell on e-Bay and on Thursday, a store security officer working at the Homewood Target store, 17605 Halsted St., was arrested and charged with felony retail theft.
Homewood police said Khandi Robinson, 22, of 612 Longwood Court, Glenwood, let several women she knew leave the Target store on two occasions with unpaid items.
Another store security agent conducting an investigation said he saw three females enter the store Sept. 6, place merchandise – including a $500 vacuum cleaner – in brown plastic tubs and exit while Robinson was working security, according to police reports.
According to the report, again on Sept. 17, two of the women came to the store. Internal investigators watched, as again the thieves concealed several items in brown plastic tubs, proceeded to the front of the store and spoke with Robinson, who was not on duty, according to police. The two women then left the store without taking the merchandise.
Thursday, the security agent noticed two women again placing various merchandise in brown tubs and exiting the store without paying while Robinson worked the front, police said.
Robinson and Amber Lang, 20, of 829 Manor Court, Glenwood, were charged with two counts of felony retail theft over $150. Robinson’s mother, Kathleen Robinson, 41, of 612 Longwood Court, Glenwood, was charged with misdemeanor retail theft.
Police are searching for the third woman.
Some retail loss prevention managers are wondering if this is the new trend? Security people stealing and letting others steal in front of their eyes. The economy may have something to do with these thefts said Jim Multue, a security manager for a Boston department store, but it’s still doesn’t justify it and it won’t be tolerated in our stores.
A Homewood Target manager, who declined to reveal his name, said the store hires security guards in-house rather than from outside sources. He declined further comment on the thefts. Nordstom’s and Wal-Mart also had no comment on their internal theft problems and arrests.
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Hospital security officer, nurse assaulted by robbery suspect www.privateofficer.com
October 4, 2008
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Woodbridge VA OCT 4 2008
A Maryland man has been charged with beating an off-duty Prince William County police officer over a stolen cell phone.
The unidentified officer, who was working as a security guard at Potomac Hospital in Woodbridge, was attacked just before 10 p.m. Thursday.
The officer assists with private security when not on duty as a county officer, county police spokeswoman Erika Hernandez said.
The officer said a 43-year-old man told him someone took his cell phone while he was talking outside.
When he went to investigate, the officer saw a man talking on the phone while standing near the hospital’s emergency room entrance.
When the officer tried to get the phone back, Hernandez said, the man punched him in the face, knocking him to the ground.
The man continued to kick the officer, Hernandez said.
When the attacker saw the officer had a gun, he reached for it attempting to remove it from its holster, Hernandez said.
A 29-year-old Woodbridge man who witnessed the attack knocked the assailant off the officer before he could reach the gun.
The attacker got up and ran inside the hospital where he attacked a 31-year-old emergency room nurse by punching her in the face, Hernandez said.
The officer followed him inside and tried to handcuff the man.
It was with the help of a hospital doctor and a 50-year-old Woodbridge man that the assailant was handcuffed and arrested, Hernandez said.
Quentin Lamont Samuel, 37, of Capitol Heights, Md., was charged with assault and battery, malicious wounding of a law enforcement officer, robbery, escape by force and attempted grand larceny, said Hernandez.
He was held without bond and has a court date of Nov. 5.
The officer was treated for his injuries at the hospital. He has not returned to duty. The condition of the nurse who was punched was not available.
A spokeswoman from Potomac Hospital refused to comment on the incident and called it a police matter.
Patients and those standing outside the hospital where the attack happened were concerned.
“It’s terrible, but you can’t predict what some people will do,” said Sam Saiid of Dumfries, who was leaving the hospital after a four-day stay.
Another Woodbridge man who asked not to be identified said the hospital should increase security in light of the attack.
“You should be safe here in a hospital, but I guess this just goes to show you what people will do,” he said.
Prince William police Chief Charlie T. Deane praised the actions of the man who helped the officer during the attack.
“This incident illustrates how a routine encounter can quickly become a violent and life-threatening situation,” said Deane. “The good Samaritan in all probability saved the officer’s life.”
A Maryland man has been charged with beating an off-duty Prince William County police officer over a stolen cell phone.
The unidentified officer, who was working as a security guard at Potomac Hospital in Woodbridge, was attacked just before 10 p.m. Thursday.
The officer assists with private security when not on duty as a county officer, county police spokeswoman Erika Hernandez said.
The officer said a 43-year-old man told him someone took his cell phone while he was talking outside.
When he went to investigate, the officer saw a man talking on the phone while standing near the hospital’s emergency room entrance.
When the officer tried to get the phone back, Hernandez said, the man punched him in the face, knocking him to the ground.
The man continued to kick the officer, Hernandez said.
When the attacker saw the officer had a gun, he reached for it attempting to remove it from its holster, Hernandez said.
A 29-year-old Woodbridge man who witnessed the attack knocked the assailant off the officer before he could reach the gun.
The attacker got up and ran inside the hospital where he attacked a 31-year-old emergency room nurse by punching her in the face, Hernandez said.
The officer followed him inside and tried to handcuff the man.
It was with the help of a hospital doctor and a 50-year-old Woodbridge man that the assailant was handcuffed and arrested, Hernandez said.
Quentin Lamont Samuel, 37, of Capitol Heights, Md., was charged with assault and battery, malicious wounding of a law enforcement officer, robbery, escape by force and attempted grand larceny, said Hernandez.
He was held without bond and has a court date of Nov. 5.
The officer was treated for his injuries at the hospital. He has not returned to duty. The condition of the nurse who was punched was not available.
A spokeswoman from Potomac Hospital refused to comment on the incident and called it a police matter.
Patients and those standing outside the hospital where the attack happened were concerned.
“It’s terrible, but you can’t predict what some people will do,” said Sam Saiid of Dumfries, who was leaving the hospital after a four-day stay.
Another Woodbridge man who asked not to be identified said the hospital should increase security in light of the attack.
“You should be safe here in a hospital, but I guess this just goes to show you what people will do,” he said.
Prince William police Chief Charlie T. Deane praised the actions of the man who helped the officer during the attack.
“This incident illustrates how a routine encounter can quickly become a violent and life-threatening situation,” said Deane. “The good Samaritan in all probability saved the officer’s life.”
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