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October 16, 2008
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AURORA, ILL OCT 16 2008 – A medical helicopter crashed in a Chicago suburb, killing three crew members and a 13-month-old patient, authorities said early Thursday
The helicopter was headed to Children’s Memorial Hospital in Chicago from Valley West Hospital in Sandwich when it went down minutes before midnight, said Aurora police spokesman Sgt. Robb Wallers.
Children’s Memorial Hospital spokeswoman Julie Pesch initially said the child, a girl, was being transported to the hospital because of epileptic seizures. She later said the child’s symptoms were not clear.
The helicopter may have clipped a wire before it crashed and burned, according to authorities. The guide-wire came from a 750-foot tall radio tower, said assistant Fire Chief John Lehman, who added there is some concern about the tower’s structural integrity and engineers are evaluating it.
Wallers said the helicopter belonged to Air Angels Inc., an emergency medical transport service based at Clow Airport in suburban Bolingbrook. Telephone calls to the Air Angels offices were not answered early Thursday.
However, Air Angels CEO Jim Adams told the Chicago Tribune that the helicopter’s crew included the pilot, nurse and a paramedic employed by the company. He added the helicopter’s pilot did not report mechanical problems, and weather was not an issue.
According to Wallers, the helicopter crashed in a field near a residential area in east Aurora and was engulfed in flames. No one on the ground was hurt.
The Aurora crash is the third involving Air Angels helicopters. In January 2003, an Air Angels helicopter crashed killing the pilot. Investigators determined pilot error and weather caused the accident. Mechanical problems was blamed for an August 2007 crash in which there were no injuries.
It was at least the ninth fatal crash in the past 12 months across the country involving medical transport helicopters. Observers say the accident demonstrates a disturbing rise in the number of emergency air transport crashes, and wonder if a system designed to save lives may be costing them.
The helicopter was headed to Children’s Memorial Hospital in Chicago from Valley West Hospital in Sandwich when it went down minutes before midnight, said Aurora police spokesman Sgt. Robb Wallers.
Children’s Memorial Hospital spokeswoman Julie Pesch initially said the child, a girl, was being transported to the hospital because of epileptic seizures. She later said the child’s symptoms were not clear.
The helicopter may have clipped a wire before it crashed and burned, according to authorities. The guide-wire came from a 750-foot tall radio tower, said assistant Fire Chief John Lehman, who added there is some concern about the tower’s structural integrity and engineers are evaluating it.
Wallers said the helicopter belonged to Air Angels Inc., an emergency medical transport service based at Clow Airport in suburban Bolingbrook. Telephone calls to the Air Angels offices were not answered early Thursday.
However, Air Angels CEO Jim Adams told the Chicago Tribune that the helicopter’s crew included the pilot, nurse and a paramedic employed by the company. He added the helicopter’s pilot did not report mechanical problems, and weather was not an issue.
According to Wallers, the helicopter crashed in a field near a residential area in east Aurora and was engulfed in flames. No one on the ground was hurt.
The Aurora crash is the third involving Air Angels helicopters. In January 2003, an Air Angels helicopter crashed killing the pilot. Investigators determined pilot error and weather caused the accident. Mechanical problems was blamed for an August 2007 crash in which there were no injuries.
It was at least the ninth fatal crash in the past 12 months across the country involving medical transport helicopters. Observers say the accident demonstrates a disturbing rise in the number of emergency air transport crashes, and wonder if a system designed to save lives may be costing them.
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October 16, 2008
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Corbin KY OCT 16 2008
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The sheriff’s department said that they have arrested a London man Saturday afternoon after his alleged attempt to shoplift from the North Corbin Wal-Mart turned into an altercation with employees and an attempted escape.
According to Deputy Jason Back of the Laurel County Sheriff’s Office, 19-year-old Daniel Binder was spotted by one of the store’s security officers attempting to shoplift an $11 shirt.
Back said employees escorted Binder to the loss prevention area of the store.
Once inside the office, Binder allegedly punched one of the loss prevention employees in the face and struck another.
Back said Binder managed to wrestle free of several other employees and ran through the store, knocking over displays and running into customers in his path to the exit.
Back said Binder nearly escaped, but a group of customers driving by the front of the store stepped in when they saw Binder running with a group of employees following behind.
Once law enforcement arrived, Binder allegedly tried to give officers an incorrect name and convince them he was only a minor of age 17.
“When I first arrived, he tried to tell me his name was Daniel Hinder,” Back said. “He tried to tell me he was a juvenile… He thought it would keep him from being arrested if I thought he was a minor.”
Binder was charged with first-degree robbery, giving an officer a false name or address and menacing.
He was also charged with third-degree criminal trespassing, as Back said Binder was previously caught shoplifting from the store and ordered not to return.
Binder also had outstanding arrest warrants and faces three failure to appear charges from Laurel County. He is being held in the Laurel County Detention Center on a $25,000 cash bond.
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TN. probation and parole agents to be armed www.privateofficer.com
October 16, 2008
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Nashville TN. OCT 14 2008
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Tennessee is 1 of 10 states that don’t issue firearms to state agents who supervise parolees and probationers. One of the reasons is that most personnel stayed in their office and saw the people they supervised and did little or no field work.
Now that is all about to change and the state is conducting a pilot study to see if that needs to change.
As of this week, the Tennessee Board of Probation and Parole will begin introducing firearms to their staff according to spokeswoman Melissa McDonald.
Probation and parole officers in the Memphis and Jackson districts have already received law enforcement training and will begin going on rounds at the end of the month.
They will have different duties than regular probation and parole officers, including serving warrants and apprehending fugitives.
McDonald said those jobs are normally left to local law enforcement, where they may not be top priority.
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Tennessee is 1 of 10 states that don’t issue firearms to state agents who supervise parolees and probationers. One of the reasons is that most personnel stayed in their office and saw the people they supervised and did little or no field work.
Now that is all about to change and the state is conducting a pilot study to see if that needs to change.
As of this week, the Tennessee Board of Probation and Parole will begin introducing firearms to their staff according to spokeswoman Melissa McDonald.
Probation and parole officers in the Memphis and Jackson districts have already received law enforcement training and will begin going on rounds at the end of the month.
They will have different duties than regular probation and parole officers, including serving warrants and apprehending fugitives.
McDonald said those jobs are normally left to local law enforcement, where they may not be top priority.
Agents will soon take over many of those law enforcement responsibilities and needed to armed and better trained for their new duties McDonald said.
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Police arrest Marine soldier for sexual assaults www.privateofficer.com
October 16, 2008
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Oceanside CA. OCT 16 2008
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Police announced the arrest of a Marine accused of multiple attacks on female joggers and walkers in the North County.
Oceanside police said Adam Lablance, 23, of Vista, was taken into custody on sexual battery charges.
In late August, authorities received 11 reports of a man approaching women in Oceanside and Vista and touching them in a sexual manner.
On several occasions, the women were lured to the man’s car, when he asked for directions. The victims reported the man was masturbating.
Police said Lablance was arrested Tuesday at 3:45 p.m., after they stopped a car that matched the description provided by victims.
He has been charged with one count of false imprisonment, six counts of sexual battery, two counts of indecent exposure and two counts of annoying a child under the age of 18. He’s being held on $170,000 bail.
Police said there may be additional victims. Anyone with information is asked to call Oceanside police at 760-435-4555 .
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Three charged with check fraud www.privateofficer.com
October 16, 2008
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Wausau WI OCT 16 2008
RIB MOUNTAIN — Three people learned Tuesday that it’s not a good idea to purchase televisions, stereo equipment and video games with a stolen check
Security personnel at Best Buy in Rib Mountain became suspicious when a group of people made a large purchase with a check at about 9:30 p.m. Tuesday, loaded the merchandise into two vehicles and returned to the store to buy more, Marathon County Sheriff’s Lt. Randy Albert said. When the group attempted to make the second purchase, no one was able to produce identification showing they were the owner of the checkbook, Albert said.
The people left without the merchandise, and security was able to catch the license plate of one of the vehicles and called police, Albert said.
RIB MOUNTAIN — Three people learned Tuesday that it’s not a good idea to purchase televisions, stereo equipment and video games with a stolen check
Security personnel at Best Buy in Rib Mountain became suspicious when a group of people made a large purchase with a check at about 9:30 p.m. Tuesday, loaded the merchandise into two vehicles and returned to the store to buy more, Marathon County Sheriff’s Lt. Randy Albert said. When the group attempted to make the second purchase, no one was able to produce identification showing they were the owner of the checkbook, Albert said.
The people left without the merchandise, and security was able to catch the license plate of one of the vehicles and called police, Albert said.
A deputy spoke to the owner of the vehicle, who said she had let someone use the car, only to later learn the person took her checkbook from her bedroom without permission, according to police.
The deputy, thinking the group might not be done shopping, went to Wal-Mart in Rib Mountain at about 1 a.m. and located a vehicle thought to belong to one of the suspects, Albert said. After waiting about an hour, the group came out of the store with more merchandise.
Deputies reported that about $2,500 worth of merchandise was purchased with the stolen checks at the two stores, including clothing, a flat-screen television, food, home appliances, stereo equipment and video games. Police on Tuesday continued to investigate whether the group wrote other checks, Albert said.
Joana J. Castellano, 21; Ronnie L. Howard, 34; and Kristie D. Wolff, 30, were arrested on preliminary charges of theft, receiving stolen property and forgery. They are expected to make an initial appearance today in Marathon County Circuit Court.
The deputy, thinking the group might not be done shopping, went to Wal-Mart in Rib Mountain at about 1 a.m. and located a vehicle thought to belong to one of the suspects, Albert said. After waiting about an hour, the group came out of the store with more merchandise.
Deputies reported that about $2,500 worth of merchandise was purchased with the stolen checks at the two stores, including clothing, a flat-screen television, food, home appliances, stereo equipment and video games. Police on Tuesday continued to investigate whether the group wrote other checks, Albert said.
Joana J. Castellano, 21; Ronnie L. Howard, 34; and Kristie D. Wolff, 30, were arrested on preliminary charges of theft, receiving stolen property and forgery. They are expected to make an initial appearance today in Marathon County Circuit Court.
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October 16, 2008
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TRACY CA OCT 16 2008 — A pumpkin patch security guard was arrested earlier this week on a charge of attempted murder after authorities said he shot several rounds at a group of suspected gourd poachers — injuring one of them.
In a strange twist, police also arrested the 19-year-old shooting victim on an unrelated rape charge, according to the San Joaquin County Sheriff’s Department.
Both men are being held without bail and are scheduled to appear in San Joaquin County Superior Court in Manteca at 1:30 p.m. today.
The guard, Ruben Negrete, 77, of Stockton, who was working in a rural field the night of the shooting, was booked on suspicion of assault with a firearm, attempted homicide and shooting into an occupied vehicle, authorities said.
Jeremy Holderman of Tracy told deputies that he was at the pumpkin patch in the 16800 block of South Tracy Boulevard with two other people when they entered the field about 1 a.m. Sunday to steal pumpkins, said Deputy Les Garcia, a spokesman for the sheriff’s department.
They apparently heard gunshots, and all three returned to their car, a black Lincoln Navigator. As they were driving away, four shots were fired at the vehicle, and Holderman was struck in the back.
Negrete apparently saw the group stealing the pumpkins and fired about five rounds to scare them off, deputies said.
“(Investigators) still need to go back and find out whether the victim was inside or outside the car when he was shot,” Garcia said. “This time of year, we start getting a lot of thefts from fields for strawberries and pumpkins, and from orchards. This isn’t a common occurrence where someone gets shot in the process. It’s a totally unfortunate situation.”
Holderman was driven home, then taken to the hospital by his mother, according to police. The wound was not life-threatening, and he was arrested after being released from treatment.
No further details were available about the rape charge, authorities said.
In a strange twist, police also arrested the 19-year-old shooting victim on an unrelated rape charge, according to the San Joaquin County Sheriff’s Department.
Both men are being held without bail and are scheduled to appear in San Joaquin County Superior Court in Manteca at 1:30 p.m. today.
The guard, Ruben Negrete, 77, of Stockton, who was working in a rural field the night of the shooting, was booked on suspicion of assault with a firearm, attempted homicide and shooting into an occupied vehicle, authorities said.
Jeremy Holderman of Tracy told deputies that he was at the pumpkin patch in the 16800 block of South Tracy Boulevard with two other people when they entered the field about 1 a.m. Sunday to steal pumpkins, said Deputy Les Garcia, a spokesman for the sheriff’s department.
They apparently heard gunshots, and all three returned to their car, a black Lincoln Navigator. As they were driving away, four shots were fired at the vehicle, and Holderman was struck in the back.
Negrete apparently saw the group stealing the pumpkins and fired about five rounds to scare them off, deputies said.
“(Investigators) still need to go back and find out whether the victim was inside or outside the car when he was shot,” Garcia said. “This time of year, we start getting a lot of thefts from fields for strawberries and pumpkins, and from orchards. This isn’t a common occurrence where someone gets shot in the process. It’s a totally unfortunate situation.”
Holderman was driven home, then taken to the hospital by his mother, according to police. The wound was not life-threatening, and he was arrested after being released from treatment.
No further details were available about the rape charge, authorities said.
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Man arrested for cheating at casino www.privateofficer.com
October 16, 2008
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RIVERSIDE IA OCT 16 2008
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Jose Polanco-Osvaldo, 25, of West Palm Beach, Fla. was arrested Oct. 10 on charges he cheated at the Riverside Casino & Golf Resort.
Surveillance tapes showed Polanco-Osvaldo cheating at a roulette table around 5 p.m., police said.Polanco-Osvaldo is charged with prohibited gaming activity, a Class D felony.
If convicted, he faces up to five years in prison and a fine of up to $7,500.
Upon working with surveillance and security officers, Iowa Division of Criminal Investigation officers identified three other individuals who may have been involved.
The investigation is continuing.
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Police investigate murder-suicide at Huntsville Hospital www.privateofficer.com
October 16, 2008
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HUNTSVILLE, Ala. OCT 16 2008
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www.privateofficer.com An apparent murder-suicide at Huntsville Hospital is under investigation.
Huntsville police said Barry Pitts, believed to be in his 60′s, walked into the medical facility Tuesday night, armed with a handgun.
Pitts spent some time in the room where his wife was a patient and then shot his wife Patricia Pitts, before turning the gun on himself.
Authorities said both victims died of a gunshot wound to the head and were pronounced dead at the scene
A local Huntsville television station, WAFF, reported the wife had been in the hospital for about a week. The shooting happened on the 5th floor.
Police are still investigating the shooting but have not released a motive.
A spokesperson for the hospital declined to issue a statement.
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www.privateofficer.com An apparent murder-suicide at Huntsville Hospital is under investigation.
Huntsville police said Barry Pitts, believed to be in his 60′s, walked into the medical facility Tuesday night, armed with a handgun.
Pitts spent some time in the room where his wife was a patient and then shot his wife Patricia Pitts, before turning the gun on himself.
Authorities said both victims died of a gunshot wound to the head and were pronounced dead at the scene
A local Huntsville television station, WAFF, reported the wife had been in the hospital for about a week. The shooting happened on the 5th floor.
Police are still investigating the shooting but have not released a motive.
A spokesperson for the hospital declined to issue a statement.
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October 16, 2008
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Las Vegas NV OCT 16 2008
Two Hispanic men knocked on the door of a home near Hollywood and Lake Mead just after 7 a.m. They claimed to be police officers. When Cole’s mother opened the door, the two men burst in. Police say they had guns, tied up Cole’s mother and her fiancé in the home, then kidnapped their six-year-old son.
Cole Puffinburger was taken by the gunman who invaded his home to rob it, in what police believe was a random attack.
Two Hispanic men knocked on the door of a home near Hollywood and Lake Mead just after 7 a.m. They claimed to be police officers. When Cole’s mother opened the door, the two men burst in. Police say they had guns, tied up Cole’s mother and her fiancé in the home, then kidnapped their six-year-old son.
Cole Puffinburger was taken by the gunman who invaded his home to rob it, in what police believe was a random attack.
An Amber Alert is now posted on billboards across the valley.
Police issued an Amber Alert just after noon. The case does not fit the criteria for an Amber Alert because police do not have the description of a car, but detectives felt Cole was in enough danger to issue one.
When word of the home invasion and abduction spread, Cole’s biological father arrived at the scene. He was overwhelmed with emotion as he ran to the house.
Police say the men were looking for money. When they found none, they took Cole.
John Page’s wife was one of the first to hear the woman and go to help. Page says she had been tied up in the house, but managed to crawl out to the sidewalk, “Her hands and her mouth. She had duct tape around her mouth and she had those electrical ties tied.”
Her hands were tied behind her back. Within seconds of the first 911 call, officers arrived to immediately start searching. They went door to door, used the helicopter and patrolled, but Cole was gone.
Cole is 47 inches tall and weighs 48 pounds. He has blonde hair and blue eyes and wears silver wire glasses. He was last seen wearing a black John Cena WWE shirt, dark jeans, white socks, black tennis shoes and a black hooded sweatshirt with white and blue writing on it.
Police are asking the kidnappers to drop Cole off at a local hospital, store or police station.
Anyone with information is being asked to call 911.
Police issued an Amber Alert just after noon. The case does not fit the criteria for an Amber Alert because police do not have the description of a car, but detectives felt Cole was in enough danger to issue one.
When word of the home invasion and abduction spread, Cole’s biological father arrived at the scene. He was overwhelmed with emotion as he ran to the house.
Police say the men were looking for money. When they found none, they took Cole.
John Page’s wife was one of the first to hear the woman and go to help. Page says she had been tied up in the house, but managed to crawl out to the sidewalk, “Her hands and her mouth. She had duct tape around her mouth and she had those electrical ties tied.”
Her hands were tied behind her back. Within seconds of the first 911 call, officers arrived to immediately start searching. They went door to door, used the helicopter and patrolled, but Cole was gone.
Cole is 47 inches tall and weighs 48 pounds. He has blonde hair and blue eyes and wears silver wire glasses. He was last seen wearing a black John Cena WWE shirt, dark jeans, white socks, black tennis shoes and a black hooded sweatshirt with white and blue writing on it.
Police are asking the kidnappers to drop Cole off at a local hospital, store or police station.
Anyone with information is being asked to call 911.
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Deputy sheriff kills self in fiery crash www.privateofficer.com
October 16, 2008
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EDINBURGH, Ind. OCT 16 2008
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Authorities looking into the traffic fatality involving a deputy sheriff now believe that it was no accident but a case of suicide.
The coroner says the Indiana sheriff’s deputy caused his own fiery death on the way to surrendering vhimself to police on charges filed against him in Columbus Ohio .
According to Indiana State Police, police and emergency personnel responded to a serious one vehicle wreck involving deputy sheriff 52-year-old Steve McConnell on Interstate 65.
Police say that he was heading to a meeting point in central Indiana Friday night when his vehicle ran off Interstate 65 into a row of trees and caught fire.
Police say that he was heading to a meeting point in central Indiana Friday night when his vehicle ran off Interstate 65 into a row of trees and caught fire.
Fifty-two-year-old McConnell was killed in that accident but now the coroner says the death likely was a suicide.After the crash, firefighters had to battle the fire from a distance because ammunition rounds inside the car were going off.
The nature of the Ohio charges against McConnell was not released.
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Texas Sheriff Arrested In Major Drug Operations www.privateofficer.com
October 16, 2008
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Texas Sheriff Arrested In Major Drug Operations http://www.privateofficer.com
BROWNSVILLE, Texas OCT 16 2008
Kyle T. Greene
Ntl. Assoc. private Officers
http://www.privateofficer.com/– The sheriff of a rural Texas county next to the Mexican border was arrested at his office Tuesday after being indicted on charges alleging he was involved in a large-scale cocaine and marijuana smuggling operation.
Starr County Sheriff Reymundo Guerra was named in a 19-count indictment along with more than a dozen other people.
The south Texas sheriff is charged with conspiracy to possess with intent to distribute cocaine and marijuana; accessory after the fact, for an alleged suggestion he made to a co-defendant to use false documents to avoid apprehension; and facilitating the drug trafficking conspiracy through use of a telephone.
The first count alone carries a minimum of 10 years in prison and a maximum of life as well as a $4 million fine. Guerra was added to the indictment after the FBI searched his Rio Grande City offices in early September.
Guerra appeared before a U.S. magistrate judge in McAllen on Tuesday and was ordered temporarily detained pending a hearing Friday on the government’s request that he be held without bond until trial, said Angela Dodge, spokeswoman for the U.S. Attorney’s Office.
It wasn’t immediately clear if Guerra had an attorney. His chief deputy will run the department for now, said Starr County Judge Eloy Vera.
“It is very shocking and, of course, very disheartening when something like this happens,” Vera said. “I was, I am of the opinion that sheriff Guerra is a very good sheriff.
” Few details about the allegations against Guerra have been released, but Vera said it is a blow to the reputation of a county trying to clean up its image. In 1998, Guerra’s predecessor, Sheriff Eugenio “Gene” Falcon Jr., pleaded guilty to conspiracy after an informant posing as a bail bondsman paid Falcon $11,050 in bribes for inmate referrals.
At least three other sheriffs in nearby counties have been found guilty of drug-related charges since the mid-1990s.
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