Police charge man with kidnapping campus security officer www.privateofficer.com

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HONOLULU HI OCT 19 2008

BY: Rick McCann
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www.privateofficer.com- The Honolulu Police Department has been investigating the robbery and assault of a campus security officer which took place earlier in the week.
Investigators now say that they charged an 18-year-old man with robbing and kidnapping the security officer which occurred on the University of Hawaii Manoa campus.
Police arrested Cameron Hilongo for allegedly choked a 25-year-old security guard, threatened him with a knife, took his belongings and held him against his will for 20 minutes early Monday morning.
The security officer had minor injuries and was treated by emergency medical personnel.
Hilongo is being held on $25,000 bail.

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Pharmacy supplier employee charged in drug thefts www.privateofficer.com

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baldwin times report

DAPHNE, Ala.(Metro Mobile) OCT 19 2008—A Fairhope woman Thursday-facing 65 counts of second-degree property theft, according to a Baldwin County Sheriff’s Office spokesperson-turned herself in for allegedly stealing more than 5,300 prescription pills from her work place. She was released on $30,000 bail

Rebecca Ann Beaty, 34, was a PharMerica prescription entry tech during a seven-month period this year when pills gradually were stolen from the Daphne pharmaceutical company, according to a sheriff’s office news release. It said that four similar thefts occurred in 2007.

The Lortab-brand hydrocodone pills were stolen from the 9052 Independence Ave. location, according to Maj. Anthony Lowery, who said the pharmacy learned of the thefts after discovering a discrepancy between prescriptions Beaty filed and a bogus recipient.

A nursing home’s billing office addressed the problem to PharMerica’s general manager, who said Beaty filled the prescription on Sept. 18, according to the news release.

The relevation came when the two entities discovered the prescription in question was filled for a patient who’d been released from the nursing home since June.

“Apparently she (Beaty) forgot to take one of the clients right out of the database; she made an error in accounting and the nursing home got billed …” Lowery said.

“That’s why it was found.”The general manager-having asked Beaty to produce documentation of the nursing home’s prescription request-launched an internal audit of all prescriptions Beaty filled, after learning she couldn’t provide the information, according to the release.

“The general manager discovered that Rebecca reactivated several patients, filled a prescription for varying amount of Lortab/Hydrocodone 10/500 and after the medications were pulled by the pharmacist, the prescription was cancelled,” Lowery said in a statement.

A timeline of succeeding events, according to the sheriff’s office, is as follows: oSept. 24: PharMerica’s general manager contacts the Alabama State Board of Pharmacy.

“Investigator Glenn Wells from the Alabama State Board of Pharmacy met with the general manager and she provided him with the paper documents related to the transactions. … Wells then contacted Rebecca Beaty at her home and Rebecca confessed to stealing the medication. “Rebecca estimated that she stole around 2500 Lortab/Hydrocodone 10/500 pills,” the news release said.

Sept. 25:

A report is taken by the Baldwin County Sheriff’s Office. “Investigators examined the paperwork and noted 69 different transactions completed by Rebecca for Lortab/Hydrocodone that were filled and then cancelled. “The general manager verified they were all filled on patients that were discharged and then reactivated by Rebecca.”Such thefts this year occurred between Feb. 21 and Sept. 18, according to a sheriff’s office spokesperson, who said four thefts occurred between July 30, 2007 and Jan. 3.

A total of 5,325 Lortab pills were stolen.Hydrocodone is a habit-forming compound derived from codeine; it’s usually used with other drugs as an analgesic or cough sedative, according to Merriam-Webster’s Medical Dictionary.

Lortab is a brand name of the same compound, with acetaminophen.Around 60 pills a day were stolen, with the exception of Sept. 18, when 240 pills were stolen, authorities said.

“Sixty five Theft of Property 2nd warrants were signed on 10/14/08 for Rebecca Beaty and these cases will be presented to a grand jury,” Lowery said.Beaty-who Thursday was jailed at the Baldwin County Corrections Center-was released on $30,000 bail, a sheriff’s office spokesperson said.

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Postal employee charged with theft of credit cards www.privateofficer.com

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Greenville NC OCT 19 2008
BY: Rick McCann
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A ten year employee of the Postal Service is under arrest and has been charged with 19 counts of financial transaction card theft and 13 counts of financial transaction card fraud.
Greenville Police said that they arrested postal employee Paula Lynn Brabble for those crimes.
Authorities conducting an investigation say that she intercepted a dozen cards sent through the mail to various individuals, acitvated them, and made purchases and obtained cash at ATM’s. Local police working with federal authorities ssaid that they were able to trace those transactions back to Brabble.
At the current time, the transactions total $12,500 but police say that it could be more..
Police officials also said that additional charges are pending. Brabble is being held in the Pitt County Detention Center under a $20,000 secured bond.

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Court security officer saves man from choking www.privateofficer.com

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VALPARAISO IN OCT 19 2008 A Portage man who was appearing in court on a traffic ticket began choking on a lozenge Wednesday afternoon.

The man, who is in his 60s, was having trouble breathing, and court security officer Glenn Bovard noticed the emergency and immediately performed the Heimlich maneuver.
On the seventh attempt, the man “started breathing a little better,” Bovard said.

Court staff got the man water and tissues and he was soon well enough to appear before the judge.

The incident occurred about 3:45 p.m. Wednesday in Porter Superior Court Judge David Chidester. The judge ended up giving the Portage man some good news.

The man, whose traffic was under diversion — meaning if he went six months without getting another ticket it would be dismissed — did receive the dismissal he was seeking.

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Police capture robbery suspect after search www.privateofficer.com

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KALAMAZOO, Mich. OCT 19 2008

BY: Rick McCann
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www.privateofficer.com Authorities here arrested a man they say robbed an area store of several TV sets and assaulted security officers when they confronted him.
The Kalamazoo County sheriff’s department says it happened around 12:16 a.m. Saturday at the Meijers on the 5800 block of Gull Road.
Security agents had been monitoring a suspicous man in the store when they spotted him taking two televisions and fleeing the store. Agents tried to stop the 45-year-old Kalamazoo man but when they approached him he pulled out a knife and threatened the security officers. He was able to take off running with the stolen goods.
Police responding to the robbery call was assisted by a K9 unit they used to track down the suspect.
Police were able to locate the ununidentified robbery suspect hiding at a nearby gas station and tookk him into custody without further incident.
The man who police did not identify has been charged with robbery and is being held in jail pending a court date.
The stolen tv’s and the knife were recovered.

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Police make shoplifting, drug arrests at Kohl’s www.privateofficer.com

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Hingham MA OCT 19 2008

Kyle T. Greene
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www.privateofficer.com Local police received a report of a shoplifting incident at Kohl’s Department Store on Saturday, Oct. 11 at 6:05 p.m.
Kohl’s security reported seeing the suspect running through the parking lot carrying a pair of stolen Nike sneakers.
As he entered the parking area, Officer David Jones noticed a green Acura. “The vehicle made a sudden stop, and Officer Jones noticed a male run to the car and jump into the passenger side,” Hingham Police spokesperson Lt. Michael Peraino said. “He could see that the man had a pair of white sneakers in his hand and immediately pulled the vehicle over and asked him to step out of the car.”
When he did so, Jones noticed that the man dropped a napkin on the ground.
“Officer Jones had the man sit on a curb and store security came over and identified him as the shoplifter,” Peraino said. “He was placed under arrest, and when Jones searched him he found a syringe in the his pocket.”
Once the man was inside the cruiser, Jones went back to where he had dropped the napkin and opened it.
“He found six individually wrapped clear baggies that contained heroin,” Peraino said. Joseph F. Brennan, 19, 26 Oak Street, Braintree, was placed under arrest for shoplifting and possession of a class A substance, heroin.

Second incident at Kohl’s
Two days later, on Oct. 13 at 4:08 p.m., Officers David Pettiti and Daniel Leary were dispatched to Kohl’s following another report of shoplifting.
When they arrived, the officers found that two juveniles, a 15-year-old Quincy male and a 13-year-old Whitman female, were being detained by store security personnel.
It was reported that both youths had entered the same dressing room with a digital camera. The empty box was left in the dressing room.
Both were charged with shoplifting over $100 and will be arraigned in juvenile court. The HPD does not release the names of juveniles.

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Security officers use CPR to save man www.privateofficer.com

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COSHOCTON OH OCT 19 2008
Kyle T. Greene
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Last week, two Longaberger Company security guards, both Coshocton residents and 12-year veterans, helped save the life of a fellow employee, Gerald Howdyshell, who had stopped breathing and had no pulse.
The incident occurred at the woodcraft building on the Longaberger manufacturing campus near Frazeysburg, company spokesperson Tom Matthews said.
The pair took turns giving Howdyshell CPR and used an AED (automatic external defibrillator) three times before they were able to get a pulse and keep him breathing before the emergency squad arrived.
“From the time we got the call, we had people on the scene in a couple of minutes,” Matthews said. “The AEDs are something we have at several locations at our sites.”
They were also assisted by two other Longaberger employees who had prior emergency medical technician (EMT) experience with the Dresden and Frazeysburg volunteer fire departments. Those employees asked that their names not be mentioned, Matthews said.
“We had just started our shift, about an hour in. We were the first responders on it, we got a call that someone had passed out,” Glazier recalled. “He was laying there, with no pulse, no response.”
“We’re trained as first responders and we just happened to be there,” added Dodd. “I’ve used the AED before, on a guest, with success.”
Glazier said another employee, who worked with Howdyshell, also jumped in to help.
“She helped us by hooking up the AED and monitoring it while we took turns doing the CPR,” Glazier said. “And there was another employee who was also an EMT, they came over to help. It was nice having them there. Everybody worked together. Like, I was doing the breathing, but I didn’t know if the air was going in, and Dave was there to make sure. It took all four of us to bring him back. It was just one of those things.”
Dodd agreed.
“It was a team effort. It was a real tight situation. But that’s what we are there for, to make the working environment safe for employees and guests,” he said. “It took everyone cooperating …it was a timing thing, and we just happened to be at the right place at the right time and then the squad got there relatively quick.”
Glazier said when he and Dodd got to Howdyshell, “He was gone, then we got him back. After the second shock with the AED, we lost him, got him back and then we lost him a third time. When the squad, from the Dresden Fire Department got there, I guess they lost him, too.”
Matthews said Dodd, Glazier and the other employees received calls from Tami Longaberger and a letter of commendation for their efforts.
“When I talked to Tami, I thanked her for having the equipment there, and we have AEDs in all of our sites, and writing the training,” Dodd said. “We don’t look forward to having to do something like that, but we have some pretty extensive training. When you are faced with that, you just do the job and try to save a life. I just thank God for letting us be successful.”
Glazier said “the last I heard, the guy was sitting up in bed at the hospital and telling his family he was ready to go home. He has no recollection of what happened.
Matthews said he spoke to Howdyshell, who is resting at home and is under a doctor’s care.
“I appreciate all of the help I received,” Howdyshell said, in a statement released by the company, “especially from my co-workers. They helped save my life and I would like to thank them for what they did.”
“You know, some people are bitter about how things are at Longaberger, but when something like this happens, you realize we’re all about our people,” Glazier added.

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Couple charged with “cyber” stalking www.privateofficer.com

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bostonherald.com

Andover MA OCT 19 2008
An Andover couple arrested while jogging today is accused of launching a cyber attack against their neighbors – from reportedly signing them up for a nudist group to filing false reports to child welfare workers about their kids, prosecutors charged today.
Bill Johnson, 50, was ordered held on $2,000 cash bail and his wife, Gail Johnson, 50, was ordered held on $1,000 cash bail for their alleged part in the months-long harassment and adult pranks – all waged over a land dispute, prosecutors claim.
The couple was charged with identity fraud, criminal harassment, conspiracy and filing a frivolous child abuse report during their arraignment in Lawrence District Court. An acquaintance of the Johnsons has already been charged in connection with the case
If you aren’t miserable, I ain’t happy. Let’s play,” read one nasty e-mail sent to the Johnsons’ High Vale Lane neighbors in March, according to a police report.
Prosecutors claim that the Johnsons’ neighbors — a married couple who appear to be in their 40s or 50s — were signed up as members of the American Association for Nude Recreation, and received a letter thanking them for donating a boat to charity. In April, a letter was sent to the male alleged victim confirming that he wanted donate his body to science, prosecutors said.
“(He) felt it was a direct threat on his life,” according to a police report.
Assistant District Attorney Maura Officer suggested that the Johnsons engaged in a “disturbing” series of events as part of an ugly land dispute with the alleged victims.
She claimed that the Johnsons, with the aid of the third party, took part in the posting of a fake craiglist.com ad for the sale of nine golf carts, as well as the sale of a 1973 Harley and listed their neighbors phone number, noting that calls should be made after 10 p.m. The alleged victims were bombarded with calls and visits from strangers seeking to buy the items, Officer alleged.
The Johnsons also allegedly made a false report to the Department of Children and Families, prompting social workers to show up at the couple’s home late one night to interview their 14-year-old son.
The alleged victims also received e-mails indicating that someone had acquired all their personal information, including Social Security numbers, cell phones, their home address and names of their children, Officer alleged. In March, someone used one of the victim’s Social Security numbers to try to open a bank account, according to the police report.
The alleged victims were in court today, but declined comment.
Bill Johnson’s attorney, Ronald J. Ranta, argued that in fact the third party, Gerald D. Colton of Lowell, 55, an acquaintance of the Johnsons who was charged in June with stalking and identity fraud in connection with the case, performed much of the computer harassment.
Colton pleaded not guilty and was ordered held on $7,500 cash bail.
“All these acts were done from Mr. Colton’s computer,” Ranta said.
Gail Johnson’s attorney asked that her client be released on her own personal recognizance, given that she is the primary caretaker for the couple’s three teen-aged children, as well as her cancer-stricken parents.

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Police charge man with robbery for shoplifting incident www.privateofficer.com

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Madison Township OH OCT 19 2008

By: Bryan Hill
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Police have arrested a Lorain man Thursday after he stole a camera from a Wal-Mart and then assaulted a security officer who was trying to detain him, Madison Township police said.

Jose M. Diaz Jr., 35, of 1830 E. 29th St., faces a third-degree felony charge of robbery and a first-degree misdemeanor charge of theft.

The security officer saw Diaz and another man “acting suspicious” about 7 p.m. and then later witnessed Diaz take and conceal a $150 digital camera, Madison Township police Detective Dan Boerner said.

The pair then separated and headed for the store’s exits.

The store security officer tried to stop Diaz, who resisted and then fell head first into an entry/exit set of doors, injuring himself, Boerner said.

Soon after, Diaz began kicking the officer, ran through a second set of doors and crashed into a cement post outside the store, located at 6067 N. Ridge Road, Boerner said.

Diaz was arrested and taken to LakeEast Hospital in Painesville, where he received stitches in his head, Boerner said.

The security officer was not injured.

Painesville Municipal Court Judge Michael Cicconetti set his bond at 10 percent of $5,000, which was not posted.His preliminary hearing is scheduled for Oct. 27.

If convicted, Diaz could serve up to five and a half years in prison.

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