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Atlanta GA. Nov 30 2008

Braintree MA
Heather A. Palermo, 20, and Michael T. McMahon, 23, both of Quincy, were arrested on the afternoon of Nov. 26 after allegedly stealing $463 worth of sunglasses and cologne from Lord and Taylor at the South Shore Plaza, Deputy Police Chief Russell Jenkins told the Forum.
Officers Brendan McLaughlin and Thomas Molloy located the couple on the mall after receiving a report from loss prevention that they exited the store without paying for the merchandise.
“The officers also discovered pants and a shirt valued at $108 in Palermo’s pocketbook that were reportedly stolen from the Hollister store,” Jenkins said.
Both Palermo and McMahon were placed under arrest and charged with larceny over $250 and receiving stolen property under $250.

Salisbury NC
A simple shoplifting resulted in a chase involving officers from a number of Rowan County law-enforcement agencies Sunday night.
The chase ended at the Clark Road exit off Interstate 85 in Davidson County, about two miles past the Yadkin River bridge north of Rowan County.
“I’m out here a little excited,” said Rowan County Sheriff George Wilhelm, one of the major players in the pursuit.
Wilhelm said the event started about 7:30 p.m. when an employee at CVS Pharmacy in Rockwell called to report a shoplifting.
The call went out for officers to be on the lookout for a burgundy PT Cruiser traveling west on U.S. 52.
According to Wilhelm, a Granite Quarry police officer soon stopped the suspect vehicle along U.S. 52. But the Cruiser halted only momentarily, soon pulling away from the officer, first at a slow speed, then gradually accelerating.
“He started driving 20 (mph), then 30 and then 45,” Wilhelm said. “When he got on the interstate, he was traveling in excess of 90.”
Wilhelm was in the area of Jake Alexander Boulevard and East Innes Street when the call for help went out, and he soon joined the pursuit. He said that in addition to him and the Granite Quarry officer, officers from the N.C. Highway Patrol and the Salisbury and East Spencer police departments were also involved.
Wilhelm said the suspect vehicle proceeded west on Innes Street, then sped north on the interstate, with officers in hot pursuit. He said occupants of the Cruiser tossed items from the car throughout the chase.
Wilhelm said officers believed occupants were ditching items they had just stolen.
He said the chase finally ended when an East Spencer officer got in front of the Cruiser in Davidson County and boxed it in, with the sheriff and the Granite Quarry officer following.
Wilhelm said the driver of the Cruiser had a New York license and the car was registered to an owner in High Point. There were three people in the Cruiser.
Wilhelm said the case would be handled by the Granite Quarry officer who made the first stop. Efforts to reach the Granite Quarry and Rockwell police departments were unsuccessful Sunday night.
Wilhelm said the driver of the Cruiser would face a bevy of charges, including speeding to elude a law enforcement officer and felony speeding to elude arrest for traveling more than 90 mph on the interstate.
Reached on his cell phone shortly before 9 p.m., Wilhelm said he was searching the interstate near its intersection with Innes Street for items the suspects threw from the Cruiser as the chase played out.
“They were throwing out things,” Wilhelm said. “That’s what I’m looking for now.”
He said anyone who doubts that law-enforcement officers make up a close-knit community have never witnessed the response when one officer sends out a cry for help as happened Sunday.
“You’ll be surprised at the response you get,” Wilhelm said.
He said he monitors his scanner on an almost-constant basis and said that while his involvement in chases is relatively rare, they still happen.
“I get in about one a year,” Wilhelm said.

Bath County VA.

Thursday night, four people were arrested and charged in Bath County for shoplifting at the Wal-Mart in Staunton earlier in November.
Police say Jerry Dale Rogers, Curtis Keyser, Donnica Doubet, and Jessica McClung left the store with about $600 worth of tools. When they entered the parking lot, surveillance video revealed their identities and license plate.
Officer Lisa Klein says the investigation wouldn’t have been possible without the cameras.
“They did get a tag on this vehicle. They were able to identify the vehicle and the owner of the vehicle,” says Klein. “Then as a result of the investigation in cooperation with the Bath County Sheriff’s Office, they were able to identify all four suspects.”
All four people are charged with one count of grand larceny. Bath County Sheriff’s Deputies made the arrests.

Lee County Fla.
Lee County deputies had a busy day at Gulf Coast Town Center in San Carlos Park Wednesday and Thursday.

Deputies arrested one female for shoplifting Wednesday and took two other reports Thursday — one for shoplifting at Bass Pro and another for burglary of a car.

On Thursday, deputies charged Alissa Lynn Martin, 29, of Fort Myers with shoplifting. Martin allegedly attempted to swipe nine DVDs worth more than $170 Wednesday afternoon.

She was arrested and later released Thursday.

Late Thursday afternoon, someone broke into a car using a flat-bladed tool and swiped a purse that was placed underneath a car seat. Items inside the purse included credit cards, a ladies diamond ring and personal papers, according to a sheriff’s office report.

Mall security told deputies that there has been a “rash” of broken window vehicle burglaries recently.

And finally, deputies apprehended a shoplifter at Bass Pro Thursday evening.

The suspect, a juvenile male, who is still being processed at the Lee County Jail stole two Browning Buckmark decals ($9.95 each), two Eagle hat pin hooks ($2.95 each) and Chums sunglasses lanyard ($6.95).

The suspect attempted to leave the store without paying. At that point, a loss prevention specialist apprehended the suspect and contacted the sheriff’s office.

Albuquerque NM
It was a family outing unlike most: Police said a woman who used to work for the Albuquerque Police Department, along with her son and his wife, tried to shoplift more than $500 worth of clothes Sunday night.
The incident happened at the Kohl’s store on Paseo del Norte in Albuquerque.
An employee of the store noticed two females walking around Kohl’s grabbing large amounts of clothes. The women were not checking prices and just kept adding onto their pile
Loss prevention workers began to monitor the women.
Pictures from the store later allowed police to identify the suspects as Kelly Sandoval and her daughter-in-law, Nikole Zamora.
Workers soon realized two men were with the women. They have been identified as Sandoval’s son, Freddy, and Patrick Otero.
According to the police report, the women were allowed to leave the store with the merchandise.
When the men tried to leave, Sandoval grabbed a bag of clothes and walked outside the store without paying for it, according to police. That’s when investigators said a loss prevention officer approached him, identified himself and Sandoval tried to punch him and a struggle ensued.
The loss prevention officer was struck in the face.
The officer, Jonathan Cisneros, suffered a fractured eye socket.
The suspects left the scene, but video surveillance from the store helped identify the four and their vehicle. When detectives recognized Freddy Sandoval, who was on probation, they had his parole officer call him in for a random urine test.
When he arrived Thursday night, police arrested Sandoval and the two people waiting for him in the car — Zamora and the other male suspect, Otero.
All are charged with felony shoplifting. The two men are also charged with aggravated battery for allegedly beating up the loss prevention officer.
Kelly Sandoval remains on the loose. She used to work in the APD evidence room and was the target of an investigation into missing evidence, but was never charged. She was later removed from her job and fired for an unrelated reason.
If you know Sandoval’s whereabouts, you are asked to call police.

Gastonia NC
A Gastonia woman is accused of stealing jewelry and clothing from a Walmart store Thursday.
Anita Rene Dockery, 52, of the 800 block of Dogwood Lane, was charged with misdemeanor larceny. A loss prevention employee said in an affidavit that she placed two gold-plated cubic zirconia jewelry items, two men’s shirts, two infant tops and two pajama sets in her purse and left the store.
The theft was reported at the Walmart Supercenter at 3000 E. Franklin Blvd. in Gastonia. The merchandise had a total value of $60.92.
Dockery was booked in the Gaston County Jail under a $1,000 secured bond.

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On The Job -Retail Security Agents –(PART TWO) www.privateofficer.com

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Atlanta GA. Nov 29 2008

BY: Rick McCann
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Her day starts with a review of security video footage from the stockroom and loading dock area as well as several other sensitive areas of the store.

She sips her coffee and scans the video for any telltale signs of internal theft or someone found where they shouldn’t have been.

On this day, she spots an electronics department associate in the electronics security cage several times without any apparent reason.

The associate doesn’t leave the area with anything visibly in their hands but they could have concealed merchandise on their person so she makes an incident report of this and she decides that she’ll set up a covert camera inside the cage later tonight after the store is closed and all employees have left.

The rest of the video showed basic activity so she calls one of her loss prevention agents on the 2-way radio and they meet at the center of the store and take a walk through together looking for shoplifting activity as they talk.

The LP agent fills her boss in on a shoplifting case that she had the night before that resulted in three arrests. The three had concealed a laptop computer and tried fleeing with it. The LP had been watching them since they first had entered the store because of something that just didn’t look right about the trio and as an experienced loss prevention agent she decided to observe them for a while and it didn’t take long for them to prove her suspicions right.

While the average shoplifter ranges in age from 12-80 and from every employment and financial background imaginable, there are a few things that store security agents watch for. Big empty bags are his biggest red flags, heavy coats when the weather is warm, lingering in an aisle for long periods of time, or piling shopping carts full of expensive electronics or clothing signal possible door busters, (those who run for the door with the cart) merchandise stockpiled in an out of way area of the store usually is a sign that one person planted it there for another to pick up later and there are other signs as well.

Karen Brown spent nine years as a police officer before her career came to an end as a speeding drunk driver crashed into her patrol vehicle as she was on a traffic stop and issuing a citation. She sustained multiple fractures, lacerations and other injuries and although she recovered and went back to her beat four months later, she continued to experience flashbacks and sleepless nights and post traumatic anxiety which eventually led her to resigning and taking a retail security position. A decision that she doesn’t regret as she now leads a team of thirty agents in numerous stores as a regional loss prevention director. She said that she has fully made the changeover from a law enforcement officer to a private security agent and that she thoroughly enjoys her work. Much of her time these days is spent looking at the paper trail of refund scammers or shipping errors or video of suspected dishonest employees, credit card, and check fraud suspects, investigating slip and falls and training and mentoring her loss prevention staff. And she often works on cases with her friends and former co-workers at police headquarters as well as numerous other local, state, and federal agencies. She has initiated and ran joint investigations with area police, the U.S. Marshal’s, U.S. Secret Service and several state law enforcement agencies. It’s something different everyday Brown says with a smile on her face. I can really see myself doing this until I’m too old to see or drive or my mind is completely gone, she laughs as she glances across the wall of video monitors.

Undercover security officers are used by retail stores to stop theft, both internally (employees) and externally (customers). These officers are plain-clothed and blend in with shoppers. Others monitor and record suspicious activity or thefts in progress from a security officer somewhere off from the sales floor. It’s not like it was twenty years ago when Craig Moore first started with the K-Mart company. We would have to climb up onto these little platforms that were in the back stockroom area with one way glass that looked out onto certain areas of the store. Sometimes we’d be stuck there for hours observing a particular employee or we’d have to maneuver from one perch to the other trying to keep an eye on a shoplifter while staying out of sight. Once a shoplifter concealed the merchandise we then had to race to the floor while trying to keep an eye on them until they left without paying for the stuff. It was hard to do but we got the job done and caught the thief he said shaking his head. Now, there’s camera everywhere and no more climbing or jumping around Moore laughs as he points to a female mannequin. See her eyes, those are cameras. Pretty cool he says with another hearty laugh. Yup, we got it much easier than the store detectives did ten or twenty years ago.

Retail security agents do have the authority to stop and detain you and in certain states “arrest” a suspected shoplifter or person involved in criminal activity within their store or on the store’s property. Although most of the time loss prevention agents are busy with theft issues, they can also find themselves in the middle of a domestic fight, child abuse case, assault incident, lost or missing children searches, “peeping toms” incidents and an array of other criminal activity that they are called to.

The job is high-stress as the demand to meet certain productivity levels creates a lot of pressure. Though there might not be a quota put on the security agents, like law enforcement officers there is an expectation of production and job performance which really equates to monthly quotas Brown said. If a full time loss prevention agent in a high traffic or a high shrinkage store is only averaging three or four apprehensions a month there is a problem she said. Maybe they need to be retained on what to look for or maybe they spend too much time talking to store associates or on the phone with friends and family. While there is no certain number of shoplifters that a loss prevention agent should catch each month, in most cases there is a goal based on what previous security agents accomplished in that particular store. Some agents are very good at their job and will easily apprehend 20-30 each month while others average 6-10 apprehensions. The numbers depend on store location, volume of sales, floor traffic, and a number of other criteria that loss prevention management considers when looking at productivity.

While the entry level pay for loss prevention agents exceed minimum wages by a few bucks more and most stores offer some form of medical insurance, vacation and holiday pay and other perks not often seen in a uniform security guard position, no one is getting rich. But there is plenty of room for advancement especially with large box type stores who are still expanding and opening new stores. The next level above an agent would be a store security manager and then a district loss prevention manager position and from there a regional position which is where someone can make a very good living Brown said. It doesn’t take long either. I started out as an agent and three years later I’m the area manager so as you can see there is opportunity in retail security if you like the security business.

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HOUSTON TX Nov 29 2008 — An officer is shot while working security at a southeast Houston night club.

Police say just before 5 a.m. Friday, Deputy Mark Trimmers spotted a man standing with a gun in his waistband in the club’s parking lot.

When he approached the suspect, the two exchanged several shots, hitting the deputy in his right shoulder.

During the shootout, a bullet struck a nearby home, but no other injuries were reported.

The shooter left with another man, but were appended by Houston Police a short time later on the West Loop.

A spokesman for Precinct 6 says Trimmers was treated at the hospital and released within a few hours.

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Charlotte NC. Nov. 29 2008

BY: Rick McCann

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Charlotte-Mecklenburg police responded to a shooting and homicide at an East Charlotte nightclub overnight.

Police said that they are investigating the early-morning shooting death in east Charlotte that included private security for a nightclub exchanging gunfire with homicide suspects.
Police identified the victim as 22-year-old Taji Jibri Mason. The shooting happened about 2:30 a.m. Friday in the parking lot behind the All Stars Nightclub in the 5600 block of Albemarle Road.
Police said a large crowd was gathered in the parking lot around closing time when several men approached the victim.

A short time later shots rang out and witnesses saw a white Chevrolet Caprice drive away from the area.
At that point police were told that a car leaving the scene shot at Metro Special Police, a private security force with sworn law officers that was providing security for the club.

Metro officers returned fire and was not hit during the exchange of gunfire. Police said that they then discovered a man who was dead in the parking lot, the victim of the earlier shooting.
Such private security forces are authorized by a special state statute that requires the officers to be trained and take oaths just like regular city or county police.

Campus and railroad police are also covered under the state statute. The N.C. Attorney General’s Office regulates the sometimes-private security forces.
The Friday morning homicide was the 73rd of the year. There were 74 total last year.

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FRAMINGHAM MA Nov 29 2008
Six men in a crime ring which used counterfeit credit cards to buy thousands of dollars worth of merchandise from Wal-Mart were arrested Tuesday when store security found out they were working as a team, police said.
Bradley O. Brown, 21, of Springfield; Yonaides Pichardo, 20, of Indian Orchard; Kareem M. Powell, 20, of Hartford, Conn.; and Richard Thompson, 22, Ronique Evans, 21, and ONeil Novada Snaith, 22, all of Fort Lauderdale, Fla., were arrested at 12:45 p.m. with nearly $4,000 worth of stolen goods in a nearby van, police said.
The six are also suspects in similar thefts at Wal-Mart stores in Chicopee and Springfield, Officer Robert Sibilio said.
“A lot of these rings stick to the same type of store,” he said. “They get comfortable in certain stores. They think they know the security systems. They won’t go to a Target, because it would be totally different.”
On Tuesday, Wal-Mart security stopped two men who had just bought several televisions and other items with what they believed were fraudulent credit cards.
They were stopped by security, who also saw four other men they thought were working with them parked in two separate cars outside, Sibilio said.
“The security at Wal-Mart is very good, and they caught these guys walking by each other and making eye contact,” he said. “It seems from the amount of product taking, it was nipped in the bud. Only three of the six men had come in so far.”
In describing the scam, police said one or two men at a time would come into the store, but shop separately. They would load their carts with electronic equipment.
They would then go through the checkout lane and use the fake credit cards. The cards would have their names on the front and a fake credit card number. However, the magnetic strip on the back of the card, which contained real credit card information, which was somehow obtained illegally, would be used by the clerks.
If the clerks asked for an ID, the names would match the one on the front of the card.
“These guys are professionals,” said Sibilio. “This isn’t something they just did that day.”
Along with the TVs, the group stole cell phones and video game systems. The suspects took the items out to a waiting Ford Econoline van, Sibilio said.
“This was a great bust,” Framingham Police spokesman Lt. Paul Shastany said.
Although not all of the men went into the store, all were charged under the legal theory of joint venture, meaning they shared culpability.
All six were charged with larceny of property worth more than $250, receiving stolen property worth more than $250, credit card fraud, uttering and forgery.
Thompson, Evans and Snaith were also charged with credit card misuse.
Evans, Thompson and Brown all pleaded not guilty at their Framingham District Court arraignments yesterday and were released without bail.
Snaith and Powell also pleaded not guilty and were released on $500 bail. Pichardo was released on $1,500 bail.
All are due back in court on Dec. 18 for pretrial conferences.

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PINELLAS PARK Fla. Nov 29 2008 – School camera security systems that once were only monitored by Pinellas County Schools Police are being linked to local police communications rooms.

At least a half-dozen local police agencies, including the Pinellas County Sheriff’s Office, now monitor local schools within their jurisdiction.

Pinellas Park just linked up for the first time on Nov. 21.“This is just another tool to ensure the safety of children and police officers,” said county schools police Chief Tom Gavin.Among the schools being linked or that have been linked to local police departments are those in St. Petersburg, Largo and Tarpon Springs.

The system consists of stationary cameras and others that can be moved remotely. They’ve been around for some time, but have never before been connected directly to local police communications rooms.

“If someone calls 911 and reports a man with a weapon we can go right to the scene via the camera,” Gavin said.

Police then can determine if the call is a hoax or real.Sgt. Tracey Schofield of Pinellas Park’s special operations unit said the system allows communications dispatchers and police to keep an eye on the goings on at city schools, particularly Pinellas Park High School where scores of cameras are in operation.

Other cameras are located in the city’s middle schools and a few even at elementary schools.The goal of the updated security system is to prevent crimes, ensure the safety of school resource officers and allow police to respond quickly and efficiently in case of an incident involving armed students or intruders.

“We want to prevent another Columbine,” Schofield said, referring to the April 10, 1999, massacre at Columbine High School in Colorado where 12 students and a teacher were killed and another 23 were shot.It was that incident, more than any other, that provoked programs aimed at better protecting students, educators and others.

But don’t think that it could never happen in Pinellas Park.

It actually did in February 1988 when students Jason Harless and Jason McCoy shot and killed school administrators Richard Allen, Nancy Blackwelder and teacher Joseph Bloznalis.

Harless was convicted of second degree murder and McCoy of third degree murder. Both went to prison and have since been released.Over the years there have been a number of school and workplace attacks involving multiple deaths and injuries.

One of the most recent occurred in April 2007 at Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University, better known as Virginia Tech, in Blacksburg, Va., where Seung-Hui Cho murdered 32 people and wounded scores of others during the deadliest school rampage ever.

“This camera security system is just another tool for law enforcement,” Schofield said. “The idea is to protect police officers and our students.

”Cameras have always been in schools, but the technology to connect them to local police communications centers has not.

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BOYNTON BEACH Fla. Nov 29 2008
palmbeachpost.com — Police arrested three family members that ran a towing company this afternoon and accused them of dozens of counts of practicing predatory towing and illegally towing at least 90 cars in the past few months in the city.
Police arrested 48-year-old Debra Corti, who owns Access Express Transport and Towing at 1330 W. Industrial Ave.
They also arrested her son Leonard Corti, 30, and her daughter Jessica Corti, 26, after a three-month investigation, according to a police report.

Each was charged with 65 felonies, including 30 counts of vehicle theft, and 20 misdemeanor counts of violating towing business regulations.
Police started probing the business in August after getting complaints that they were removing their required “no parking” signs from a parking lots in the 1100 block of North Federal Highway. The signs are required to be posted before a towing company can legally remove a car for illegal parking. After somebody would park in the lot the company would replace the sign and then tow away the car, according to the report.
The owner of the lot told police that he had no agreement with Access Express Towing that allowed them to tow cars.
Police spokeswoman Stephanie Slater said the company did not sell the illegally towed vehicles, but rather charged from $55 to $355 before giving them back to their owners.
On Oct. 12 officers placed an undercover “bait car” in the parking lot and witnessed the company try to tow the vehicle, according to the report. When undercover officers approached the truck and asked the driver to remove the vehicle, the driver refused and tried to charge a full towing rate even though the truck was still in the parking lot, which is illegal.

A company is supposed to charge half their regular fee in that situation, according to the report.
The towing company also failed to follow several other regulations such as calling police to notify them when they have towed a vehicle from a private property, according to the report. Officers served a search warrant at the business and arrested the three Cortis around 4 p.m. today.
All were booked into the Palm Beach County Jail tonight.
The practice of illegally towing cars from private parking lots is often called “predatory towing” and has been a problem tackled by law enforcement agencies all over the nation.

The state of New York passed a law earlier this month aimed at preventing predatory towing practices such as obscuring or hiding no parking signs or paying a kick back to a parking lot owner who allows a company to tow cars from a lot.

The city of Orlando also started considering new laws on towing companies this summer after receiving complaints from residents about predatory towers.

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American Canyon CA. Nov 29 2008

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For less than thirty dollars worth of merchandise, a local man faces robbery charges and serious jail time.
Police said that Daniel Herbert Fenell was spotted in the Wal-Mart Supercenter off Highway 29 concealing several CD’s. As he left the store without paying for them he was stopped by security agents and instead of complying with their requests he began to fight with them and punched a female loss prevention agent in the face.
When police arrived, they found store security agents holding Fenell against the wall, American Canyon Police Sgt. Craig Nickles said.Wal-Mart security personnel told police they saw Fenell take two CDs, worth about $30, and attempt to walk out of the store without paying for them, Nickles said.
When security approached him, Fenell took a swing and punched a female security guard, he said. Security then had to physically subdue and restrain Fenell until police could arrive Nickles said.
Fenell, 54, of Vallejo, was arrested on suspicion of felony robbery and misdemeanor resisting arrest.

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Naples Fla. Nov 29 2008
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Three men were arrested early Thursday after authorities say they were involved in fights at a North Naples nightclub.

Omar Conde, 21, 10045 Heather Lane, No. 204, Golden Gate Estates, Brian Lazaro Blanco, 20, 4613 Lombardi Lane, East Naples, and Pedro Pablo Pupo, 29, were each charged with disorderly conduct.

Around 2 a.m. about 2,000 people who were at Club Ultra, 15495 U.S. 41 N., were beginning to leave the club and were gathering in the parking lot outside, the Collier County Sheriff’s Office reported. Club security officers began to remove Pupo, who they said was throwing punches at another patron.

Deputies arrested Pupo after he attempted to fight the security officers.

In a separate incident, security officers removed Conde and Blanco from the nightclub after they started fighting with patrons inside, reports said.

After being ejected from the club, Conde and Blanco found the people they had been fighting with in the parking lot, and started fighting again.

When deputies and security officers approached them, Conde fled the scene and Blanco attempted to blend into the crowd, authorities said. The people they were fighting with also left the area before they could be identified.

Conde and Blanco were arrested when they returned to the area in front of the nightclub later that morning.

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DETROIT MI Nov 29 2008 — Trouble is commonplace at a popular downtown nightclub that was the site of a double homicide early Friday morning, said a neighbor and a disc jockey who works there.
“Nothing that happens at that club surprises me,” said Curtis Lloyd, 64, who lives down the street from the Bleu Room Experience on Woodward Avenue near Grand Circus Park.
“There’s always some kind of argument; at 3 or 4 in the morning you’ll hear them out there with their boom boxes, and hollering and carrying on. And it’s both men and women doing the cussing. I wish that club wasn’t there; I wish they’d put it somewhere else.”
Police still were searching Friday for the man who shot into a crowd of about 40 people who were milling around outside the club. The 2:13 a.m. shooting left two men dead and a third man critically wounded.
“The club was closing, and people were leaving,” Detroit Police spokesman James Tate said. “One man was throwing up gang signs. A black (Dodge) Charger pulled up in front (of the club), and a front passenger threw a liquor bottle that hit (an 18-year-old patron) in the face. A rear passenger then produced a gun and opened fire.”
A 21-year-old man and a 19-year-old man were killed, and a third man — the 18-year-old who was hit with the bottle — was in critical condition Friday after taking a bullet in the right shoulder, Tate said.
Police did not release the victims’ names, although Tate said he didn’t think they lived in Detroit.
Gang rivalries may have sparked the violence, Tate said. Witnesses told investigators that the gang signs being flashed were those of a Highland Park street gang.
Friday’s incident is at least the second fatal shooting outside a downtown Detroit nightclub this year. In February, a man who had been kicked out of the Plan B nightclub on Congress returned and shot a bouncer in the back. Other bouncers fired back at the man, killing him. The bouncer who was shot recovered.
Another fatal shooting took place near the Bleu Room Experience in 2006, the night before the Super Bowl at Ford Field. The case was never solved.
The Bleu Room Experience — which is often called “Club Bleu” — is housed in the former Telenews Theatre building at 1540 Woodward. The club opened on New Year’s Eve in 2000, and disc jockey Ty Jones said he’s often seen altercations.
He said he was at the club Friday, but left before the violence.
“It gets pretty rowdy,” said Jones, 35 of Knockin’ Music Entertainment. “You don’t usually see guns, but there are a lot of arguments. You’ve got a bunch of people in their 20s drinking, and it gets kind of crazy. Youth and alcohol don’t mix.”
The owners of the club could not be reached for comment.
Anyone with information about the shooting should call Detroit Police homicide investigators at (313) 596-2260; or the confidential tip line Crime Stoppers at (800) 773-2587.

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Security officer struck by vehicle www.privateofficer.com

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Rochester NY. Nov 29 2008

By: Bryan Hill
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Police said that a security bouncer working at Mark’s Texas Hots nightclub on Monroe Avenue was taken to the hospital after being hit by a car.

Police said that at around 3 a.m. the security person was breaking up a fight between a man and his wife when he was struck by a vehicle in the parking lot.
Someone hit him and knocked the unidentified security bouncer to the ground.
Medical personnel and police responded to the club and the security person was transported to an area hospital. He has minor back injuries according to medical personnel.

Police are investigating, but they think it was just an accident.

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Denver CO. Nov 29 2008
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One is the son of a veteran Denver police officer.
The other is a college freshman majoring in engineering.
Today, both are in Douglas County jail in what police call a surprisingly brazen series of crimes for two teenage boys from suburbia.
Brandin Eugene Kreuzer, 19, of Sedalia, and Taylor Lynn Moudy, 19, of Castle Rock, face more than 120 charges each, including first-degree attempted murder of a peace officer.
“These are two kids from affluent communities. Unless there’s some explanation of what went wrong here, you gotta scratch your head,” said George Brauchler, a former Jefferson County prosecutor. “How do middle-class communities produce kids who make these kind of bad decisions?
“For one of these kids, his dad spent his life protecting others. It’s a true tragedy,” he added.
Kreuzer and Moudy are accused of a series of crimes in early summer, including stealing rifles from a gun shop, burglarizing cars and homes and stealing several cars, including three Hummers, a Lexus and a Mustang.
The pair also are accused of robbing a Castle Rock convenience store at gunpoint.
Police said the spree began May 29 and ended June 28 after the two led authorities on a high-speed chase in a stolen Honda and shot at two deputies from the rear window, hitting one in the arm.
Going on tips and interviews with people who knew the teens, police arrested the pair last Wednesday, five months after the deputy was shot.
Police arrested Moudy on the University of Colorado campus. He implicated Kreuzer after police served him with a court order for his DNA and fingerprints, police said.
Moudy confessed to participating in the month of crime and said he drove the stolen Honda involved in the high-
speed chase, according to an arrest affidavit. He lived next to the location where several stolen vehicles were found.
Kreuzer’s bail is set at $3 million and Moudy’s is $2 million.
The families of the teens could not be reached for comment Friday.
Kreuzer is the son of veteran Denver police officer Kevin Kreuzer.
His father said in a previous interview that he “is distraught” over his son’s involvement in the alleged crimes.
Kreuzer was arrested at his parents’ Sedalia home after they gave police their written consent to search the house.
Inside, police found guns reported stolen from the Cold War Remarketing shop in Castle Rock.
Rifles found in the home were used in the police shooting and used to rob the Circle K store in Castle Rock, investigators said. Police also confiscated clothing, boots and headgear they say Kreuzer wore during the incidents.
Kreuzer confessed that he “shot at deputies’ vehicles with both a rifle and handgun,” according to the affidavit.

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