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OFFICER DOWN FLORIDA www.privateofficer.com

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OFFICER DOWN
Deputy Sheriff Nick Pham
Monroe County Sheriff’s Office
Florida
End of Watch: Wednesday, November 26, 2008
Biographical Info-Age: 38
Tour of Duty: 4 years
Incident Details-Cause of Death: Automobile accident
Date of Incident: Wednesday, November 26, 2008
Deputy Nick Pham was killed when his patrol car was struck by a tractor trailer in the Florida Keys.Deputy Pham had served with the Monroe County Sheriff’s Office for 4 years. He is survived by his wife and children.
Agency Contact Information;
Monroe County Sheriff’s Office
5525 College Road
Key West, FL 33040
Phone: (305) 292-7000
Please contact the Monroe County Sheriff’s Office for funeral arrangements or for survivor benefit fund information.

Teenaged prisoner escapes private security at airport www.privateofficer.com

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San Jose CA. Nov 26 2008
17-year-old boy who was being extradited to Wyoming on burglary and probation violation charges escaped Tuesday morning at Mineta San Jose International Airport, according to police.
The boy was in the custody of U.S. Extradition Services, a private company that transports prisoners and has a Stockton office, when he broke free and fled on foot, San Jose police officer Enrique Garcia said.
Around 5:30 a.m., San Jose police were asked to join in the search for the boy, and along with Santa Clara police, set up a perimeter near the airport and Guadalupe Creek Trail, Garcia said.
The search was later called off, according to Garcia. Authorities believe the teen had slipped through the perimeter established by police.
Airport spokesman David Vossbrink said the escape happened in an airport parking lot.
“What I’ve heard is that he got loose in our short-term parking lot next to Terminal C,” Vossbrink said.
He said the boy likely ran across Airport Boulevard and headed toward the nearby Guadalupe River. “The agent was escorting the juvenile to do an air transport to a destination and he bolted at the airport,” said Bill Brees, U.S. Extradition Service’s director of marketing and operations support.
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Armored truck robbed in Miami www.privateofficer.com

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Miami FL Nov 26 2008
By: Bryan Hill
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Authorities in Metro- Dade said that they received a report Tuesday afternoon of a robbery of an armored truck in Miami.
According to the police report, the lone robber approached a guard in a TransValue armored truck outside General Financial Center, 3012 NW Second Ave., about 10:30 a.m.
As the man approached the security officer he pulled out a gun and was able to take the guard’s weapon and a moneybag containing an undisclosed amount of cash, Miami police spokesman Napier Velazquez said.

The guard was completing a drop-off at the check-cashing store.
Miami and Miami-Dade officers responded and conducted a search of the area but were not able to locate the suspect. Police also notified Miami-Dade public schools in the area of the robbery and robbery investigators responded to the scene.
Police are working on the description and other information to release a composite officers said.
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Man charged with assault on security officer www.privateofficer.com

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Longview TX. Nov 26 2008

By: Bryan Hill
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The sheriff’s department was called to assist a private security officer who said that he was assaulted while checking on a suspicious person.
Deputies said that Jacinto Botello Reyes, 42, of Longview remained jailed Monday afternoon on a $5,000 bond, charged with assault on a security officer.
According to an arrest report, a deputy responded at about 2 a.m. Sunday to the 1800 block of FM 1845 in reference to the assault.
A security officer told the officer that he was on patrol of the area and was attempting to perform a security check inside Reo Palm Isle when he saw Reyes possibly selling narcotics, the report said. When the security officer attempted to stop Reyes, he resisted and Reyes punched the security officer in the face, the report said.
The security officer was able to subdue Reyes and deputies transported him to the county detention center where he was booked.
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Shoplifter charged after several battles with security www.privateofficer.com

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ASHTABULA TOWNSHIP OH Nov 26 2008 — An Ashtabula man who tussled with security personnel in two different Ashtabula Township stores Saturday after he reportedly tried to shoplift items was later arrested in a third store, Ashtabula County sheriff’s deputies said.
The incidents at the Wal-Mart and Super Kmart stores were separated by just a couple hours, deputies said.
Deputies charged Hector Claudio, 20, 1701 Blue Jay Circle, with robbery and theft after he reportedly took two compact discs from the Super Kmart store at the Ashtabula Mall. When confronted by store security, Claudio tossed a shopping basket at the employee and ran away.
Deputies followed the man’s tracks in the snow for a distance, then apprehended him a short time later inside the Lowe’s home improvement store on Dillon Drive. Authorities were called at 6:48 p.m.
Deputies believe Claudio is the shoplifter who fought with a security worker at Wal-Mart some two hours earlier. The worker saw a man who matches Claudio’s description remove hair clippers from its packaging, deputies said. When the employee caught up with the man outside the store and tried to escort back into the building, the suspect pushed the employee to the ground and fled the scene on foot, deputies said.
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Famalies get millions because of lack of security www.privateofficer.com

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MIAMI FLA Nov 27 2008
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Two North Miami Beach families lost loved ones to gunfire one day apart and within several hundred yards of each other, NBC 6 reported.
Since then, both families have secured a settlement or a jury award after it was determined public businesses failed to provide protection for customers or tenants.
Starsky Garcia, 27, was gunned down in the parking lot of the Arbors Apartment Complex in North Miami Beach on Dec. 9, 2006

On Dec. 10, 2006, Brad Tempf was killed at a restaurant across the street from the Arbor Grove Apartments.
“My first question is, how can this happen?” Gloria Nader, Garcia’s mother, said.
That’s what Nader’s lawyers asked a jury to consider. They quickly decided that her son’s death warranted an $8 million judgment against the complex’s owners.
According to Douglas McCarron, the perimeter fence of the apartment complex was completely down, the security gates did not function, and there were no security cameras or guards.
The Tempf family’s attorneys made the same allegation — no security guards in a high crime area. The Tempfs also reached a settlement in the case.

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S.C. armored car robbed by heavily armed men www.privateofficer.com

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Blufton SC Nov 26 2008

BY: Rick McCann
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A brazen armored car robbery took place Tuesday as security officers were about to make a delivery of cash to an area bank.
Police said the robbers overtook a guard making a delivery to Bank of America in Bluffton near the Publix shopping center.
The guard was held at gunpoint and was robbed by three heavily armed men, according to Bluffton Police Chief David McAllister.
McAllister said the robbers were carrying automatic weapons.
Police said the robbery was quick and that the men drove off in a white or light-colored four-door car, possibly a Chevrolet Impala or a Ford Focus, traveling east on U.S. 278. Witnesses gave a partial license tag number of “3005,” unknown state.
They made off with an undisclosed amount of money.
Police are currently questioning witnesses. If you have any information about the crime, call the Police Department at 706-4550.
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