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Millville NJ Vanessa D. Mack, 38, of the 700 block of South Sixth Street, Vineland, was charged Friday with shoplifting at Wal-Mart on North 2nd Street. She was processed and released on a summons.
Tina Marie Rossi, 36, of the 300 block of East Oak Street, was charged Saturday with shoplifting at Kohl’s on North 2nd Street. She also was processed on an unrelated warrant and released on a summons.
Vineland NJ Carl D. Harrison, 48, of the first block of Spruce Street, was charged Tuesday with shoplifting clothing valued at $234 from Sears on West Landis Avenue. Harrison also was processed on multiple unrelated warrants. He was held in the county jail in lieu of bail.
Michael L. Powell, 20, of the 300 block of County Home Road, Warrenton, N.C., and Jadea R. Jones, of Highway 58 in Warrenton, N.C., were each charged Tuesday with shoplifting video games valued at a total of $93.08 from Sears on West Landis Avenue. They were processed and released on summonses.
Johnson City TN A 51-year-old Johnson City man who allegedly pulled a knife when store employees tried to stop him for leaving Whites, 1950 Roan, St. with stolen property has been arrested and charged with three counts of aggravated assault and shoplifting.
Johnson City Police say employees tried to stop Terrance Norman, 1009 Buffalo St., from leaving the store with stolen merchandise Saturday, but backed off when he pulled the knife. That got him out the door, but not much further.
According to the police press release, officers saw Norman’s vehicle on University Parkway, stopped it and arrested Norman.
He has been charged with three counts of aggravated assault and shoplifting.
He is scheduled to appear in Washington County Sessions Court this afternoon.
Lee County Fla. A woman was nabbed Wednesday for shoplifting $932 worth of merchandise from the Neiman Marcus at the Miromar Outlets in Estero, the Lee County Sheriff’s Office reported.
Hazel Roberts, 20, of 3344 Lincoln Boulevard, Fort Myers, was charged with larceny theft after deputies said she took 12 items of clothing from the store and ran into the parking lot without paying for them.Three employees gave chase and caught her as she reached her vehicle, deputies said. Roberts fought with the employees until two of them managed to grab her keys and restrain her, they said.
NASHUA NH Two women were arrested Sunday for allegedly stealing from local stores.Nashua police arrested Delores Mitchell, 53, of 9 Applewood Drive in Hudson, around 4:40 p.m. for allegedly stealing from Kohl’s on Gusabel Avenue, police said.Police were called to the store Nov. 19 around 9 p.m. when employees reported that a woman had shoplifted and fled the scene. Police reviewed security tape of the store, and paired with the license plate of the car Mitchell allegedly got into, obtained a warrant for her arrest, police said.Mitchell is charged with felony shoplifting and could face up to seven years in prison, police said.She was released on personal recognizance bail and will be arraigned in Nashua District Court on Dec. 31, police said.Kara McCarty, 19, of 1-3/4 South St., Nashua, was arrested around 4:30 p.m. Sunday, police said. She’s charged her with felony shoplifting for allegedly taking video games worth more than $500 from the Target at 600 Amherst St. on Nov. 29 and 30, police said.McCarty was held on $5,000 cash or surety bail pending her Monday arraignment.
JENSEN BEACH Fla — Martin County Sheriff’s Office deputies arrested a 35-year-old woman after she tried stealing more than $400 worth of clothing from a Jensen Beach department store, according to a sheriff’s office report.
Spring Lyn Marriner took 24 various pieces of clothing off the racks at Kohl’s Department Store and concealed them within a stroller Friday, according to the report.
Marriner admitted to the theft and was very apologetic, according to the report.
Deputies arrested and charged her with retail theft of more than $300, which is a felony, according to the report. She was taken to the Martin County jail and bailed out later that day on $5,000.
Freemont NE Two men were arrested Sunday morning after being accused of shoplifting and fighting, Fremont Police reported.Jonathan M. Gunderson, 19, of Fremont was charged with obstructing a peace officer, a Class I misdemeanor, and minor in possession and disorderly conduct, Class III misdemeanors.Brian Gunderson, 22 of Fremont was charged with theft by shoplifting, a Class II misdemeanor.
Sgt. Bob Buer said officers were called at 3:18 a.m. Sunday to Kum & Go, 209 W. 23rd St., where Brian Gunderson was accused of entering the store, requesting a carton of cigarettes and then running out the door without paying. He was not arrested immediately following the incident.At about 5 a.m. Sunday, officers were called to the800 block of W. 10th Street because of a fight in progress. When officers arrived, Jonathan Gunderson took off running and was chased down by an officer.Buer said another officer recognized Brian Gunderson from the surveillance video at the store and then found several packs of the same brand of cigarettes that were stolen. A clerk at the store identified him.
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ORLEANS MA — A 24-year-old Chatham man was arrested on Main Street Monday afternoon after allegedly attempting to steal DVDs from the Super Stop & Shop at Cranberry Cove Plaza, police said.
Christopher Callender of Captains Landing was charged with shoplifting and larceny over $250, according to an Orleans Police Department press release said.
At about 3:15 p.m., police were called to the Stop & Shop for an alleged shoplifting incident, a police spokesman said. Officers were told a shoplifter had fled on foot after being confronted by store employees, the press release said.
The suspect allegedly dropped $858 worth of DVDs, which were tucked into store tote bags, near the front entrance before he fled, Stop & Shop employees told police.
Police learned the alleged shoplifter was picked up by a woman driving a green Pontiac Grand Prix, which is registered to Kelly Johnson of Yarmouth.
Police located the car on Main Street and stopped it, the press release said. Police searched the vehicle and found three tote bags full of DVDs and CDs in the trunk of the car. All were new but none were in their cellophane wrappers.
Callender told police the DVDs and CDs were all his, but he could not name the titles, the press release said. The goods were seized on the suspicion of being stolen.
Police said they later learned that Callender used to work at the Stop & Shop in Yarmouth but was let go last month for stealing DVDs.
Boston MA. Around 3:57PM, officers from District B-2 (Roxbury) were on patrol in the area of Warren and Quincy Streets when they were flagged down by down by a Walgreen’s employee and security guard.
Officers responded to the store and were informed that a store customer had just shoplifted numerous containers of deodorant and walked out of the store and failed to pay for them. The store employees then reported to officers that they followed the suspect outside the store and observed him walk to the rear of the store and steal a ladder that was lying behind the store.
Officers followed the direction that they were pointed and located the suspect a short while later carrying the ladder belonging to Walgreen’s, and a bag containing 16 containers of deodorant. The suspect, Cheval J. Holmes, 38, of Dorchester was arrested and charged with Larceny and Shoplifting. At the station, the suspect exclaimed, “Yeah, I stole that (expletive) and the ladder, that just slowed me down!”
Palm Desert Wal-Mart on Monterey Ave. Dalena Lopez, 22, of Palm Desert, was arrested on suspicion of shoplifting.
OCEAN SPRINGS MS — In unrelated shoplifting incidents three juveniles and two adults were arrested, Ocean Springs Police Department spokesman Michael Pol said.
Two 16-year-old boys were arrested last Wednesday and charged with one count each of shoplifting after they are accused of attempting to steal energy drinks, a video game and a digital camera from the U.S. 90 Wal-Mart.
In another incident Sunday, a 14-year-old girl was arrested on a shoplifting charge after she allegedly attempted to steal a gift set from the Family Dollar store.
Also last Wednesday, Beverly M. Wilson, 66, of Hastings Road, Gautier, and Lynda G. Bell, 60, of Lampkin Road, Moss Point, were arrested after a Wal-Mart employee caught them allegedly attempting to steal two bracelets and a watch from the store.
ROCHESTER NH — A Columbus Avenue resident who allegedly stole products from Family Dollar Store on Main Street and Sears in the Lilac Mall faces felony shoplifting charges because she has two prior shoplifting convictions and is being held on $5,000 cash-only bail.Heidi Rainier, 38, of 20 Columbus Ave., 307, appeared in District Court on Thursday via video from the House of Corrections to answer to two felony shoplifting charges.One charge alleges Rainier stole a “five-piece combo kit” from Sears in the Lilac Mall, an item valued at $259.99, on Nov. 12. The other charge alleges that on Nov. 19, Rainier stole merchandise from Family Dollar Store on Main Street, including clothing, a handbag and a feminine product, with an accumulated value of about $51.Rainier was previously convicted of shoplifting out of Rochester District Court on April 4, 2006, and Feb. 8, 2007.Rainier is being held on $5,000 cash-only bail. If she posts, Rainier will be monitored by Strafford County Community Corrections and is ordered to have no entry into Sears or Family Dollar Store. Assistant County Attorney Dorothy Walch explained she requested the cash-only bail because Rainier has prior felony charges, failures to appear and bail jumping. Rainier also has a suspended sentence over her head, Walch said.”She’s a flight risk,” Walch said.
SACRAMENTO, Calif Mall security cameras captured the images of a man who was apparently teaching a young boy how to rob and steal, according to authorities, reports CBS station KOVR-TV in Sacramento.Police say the man was showing the boy how to steal from Arden Fair Mall stores by sneaking in through the employee entrances.”He was basically mentoring this child in how to commit a burglary,” said security director Steve Reed.The pair was then caught on camera breaking into an unmarked police car in the mall parking lot, making off with a duffel bag.Authorities are searching for the man and the boy, and say they will look into charging the man with child endangerment. They note that the boy had a cast on one arm, and hope someone will come forward with information.
MILLTOWN, Del. Delaware State Police say a man trying to steal GPS units from a store punched a security officer and fled.
It happened about 7:40 p.m. Wednesday at the Kohl’s Department Store in Milltown.
Troopers say the man placed eight GPS units in a shopping cart and covered them with a sweat shirt. The store security officer went outside the store near the fire exit, and the suspect left through those doors with the unpaid-for merchandise.
Police say the security officer confronted the suspect, who punched him twice in the face. The suspect then took off in a car without the merchandise.
DOVER, Del.- A Felton man is facing shoplifting and related charges after being accused of stealing cologne from a department store and then leading police on a high-speed chase.
Dover police say that on Friday, Nov. 28 at 1:30 p.m., 22-year-old Christopher Russom stole cologne from the Sears in the Dover Mall. Police say responding officers spotted Russom leaving the mall in a red Ford Mustang. Police started to pursue Russom and discontinued the chase, due to traffic conditions.
Police were able to obtain a registration number that led to Russom’s arrest on Sunday, Nov. 30. Russom was charged with shoplifting, resisting arrest, second-degree reckless endangering, failure to stop on command, reckless driving and 11 other traffic-related charges. He was released after posting $11,400 secured bond.
Casper WY A Casper man faces allegations he assaulted a Wal-Mart security officer who suspected him of trying to shoplift football cards and a calculator on Black Friday.John David Christensen, 24, was arrested Friday morning on suspicion of assault after the security officer reported the incident at the westside Wal-Mart.The security officer told police he saw Christensen allegedly conceal a calculator and 11 packs of pro football cards inside a plastic tote box, according to a police officer’s sworn statement. The security officer said he was punched and elbowed when he tried to stop Christensen from leaving the store.The security officer, with the help of another employee, got control of Christensen and handcuffed him.
Police who responded noticed a red lump on the security officer’s forehead, along with a couple of small cuts on his head, the affidavit states.Christensen denied stealing anything from the store, according to police. He was arrested and booked into Natrona County Detention Center.The calculator and football cards were valued at $69.15.
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Authorities arrested a West Monroe woman Monday and charged her with felony theft in connection with a shoplifting incident.
According to an arrest affidavit, loss prevention agents at an area store spotted Lisa D. Brist, 43, taking merchandise and leaving the store without paying for it.
The arrest report said Brist was accused of putting more than 30 items in her purse and bag and trying to leave the store without paying.
She was booked at Ouachita Correctional Center. Bond is $1,500.
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Beware of the “Security Department”scam www.privateofficer.com
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aikenstandard.com Credit card holders should be wary for yet another scam out there, but this one may take even the savviest of customers off guard, police warn.
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Mall security officers nab woman passing counterfeit money www.privateofficer.com
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Prescott AZ Dec 12 2008
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Prescott police and Gateway Mall security officers responded to a report of a woman passing funny money and security officers were able to nab the woman before she could escape from the mall.
Police arrested Sarah Ann Murabito, 22, Saturday on charges of passing counterfeit $100 bills at the Prescott Gateway Mall, said Prescott Police Lt. Ken Morley. Mall security spotted the suspect and took Murabito into custody after she used large denomination bills to make small purchases and then got real money back.
Police said that the couple passed the fake bills at least 10 times in Prescott during the past week, Morley said.
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daytondailynews.com — One of six people shot at a Trotwood bar early Friday has died.
David Watson, 21, of Dayton was seriously injured in the shooting inside Higgins Station, 420 E. Main St., about 2:12 a.m. Friday. Watson was one of four men and two women who were shot after several fights broke out inside the bar.
Trotwood Police Sgt. John Porter said more than 100 people fled the packed bar after shots rang out. The gunman fired 10 to 15 rounds.
“We know it started with some type of argument,” Sgt. Fred Beck said. The bar was holding an weekly Ladies Night, he said. “It’s one of their busier nights,” he said.
Trotwood police received several calls from people at the scene right after the shooting, Porter said. A Trotwood police officer who had been sitting in his car in a parking lot across from the bar called in for mutual aid assistance after seeing the bar patrons rush out. “We try to be at bars at closing time so the closings are peaceful,” Beck said.
Help responded from the Montgomery County Sheriff’s Office, Dayton Police, and other surrounding agencies, Porter said.
Three of the six victims were removed from the scene to Good Samaritan and Miami Valley Hospital by Trotwood medics and three others were removed to the hospitals by family or friends, Porter said.
As of 10:30 a.m., three of the victims had been released from the hospital, Beck said.
It’s not clear whether the victims and the shooter knew or were related to one another, Porter said.
Beck said investigators recovered at least eight .380-caliber shell casings from the scene, likely fired from a semi-automatic pistol.
So far police have not identified the shooting suspect, he said, though they do have a description of him from eye witnesses. He’s described as a light-skinned black male of thin build, between 25 and 30 years old, clean shaven, with a mole on the left side of his face.
Porter said he was described as wearing blue jeans, a red T-shirt, a black puffy coat, a Cincinnati Reds ball cap and red Nike Air Force One shoes.
It’s not clear how he fled the club area, whether on foot or in a car, he said. Beck said detectives were running down leads.
“Because of the chaos at the scene, we were not able to get a lot of eye witness reports,” he said. “People just scattered and ran. “
“We are not getting a lot of cooperation from the witnesses or victims,” Beck said. “There was security, a bouncer at the door, patting down people. We’re trying to find out how the gun got in.”
Bartender Lori Taylor said the shooter was not a regular. “It was only the second time I’ve seen him,” she said. Taylor said three of the victims were regulars at Higgins Station, a place she said she considers home.
“Of all the places I’ve worked, this is the safest. Our regulars know each other and each others’ family, We all laugh and joke around,” said Taylor, who has bartended at nearly a dozen Dayton-area watering holes.
Taylor said the shooting began when security started urging people out of the bar as it prepared to close. She said a scuffle broke out, then escalated. She was on the phone to police when shots were fired.
“We had six security people and three bartenders here,” owner Luke Gosnell said. “We wand and pat people down at the door. But some folks will hide things in their shoes or places you’d never think of.”
“We are a quiet little neighborhood bar — a Cheers. I guess this can happen to anybody,” said Gosnell, who has owned the bar for 10 years.
According to Beck, there have been sporadic calls for police to the bar: a fight in October 2007, gunfire in August 2007 and gunfire again in December 2006.
The shooting is still under investigation. They’re hoping other eyewitnesses will come forward with information to help identify the shooter. Anyone with information can call the detective department at 854-3988.
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Security guard arrested after stabbing apartment resident www.privateofficer.com
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Antioch police say the private security guard, Kendall Small, 37, of Oakland, has a criminal history that includes arrests on suspicion of drug possession, auto theft, weapons offenses, assault with a deadly weapon and battery.
The stabbing is believed to have occurred about 10:20 p.m. in the parking lot of an apartment complex in the 3900 block of Delta Fair Boulevard. Antioch police Sgt. Diane Aguinaga said Small admitted to getting into a fight with the 38-year-old resident, but denies that he stabbed him. A weapon has not been recovered by police.
The resident, who discovered he had been stabbed twice in the stomach only after he got home from the fight, was taken to John Muir Medical Center in Walnut Creek. He is expected to survive.
According to police, the fight started when the victim heard his car alarm go off and went outside to find Small nearby. They got into an argument, which led to an exchange of blows. Aguinaga said residents suspected the guard of tampering with their cars in the past, which may have led the victim to confront him.
Police say Small is employed by an Oakland-based security company called Silent Partner Services, which contracted with the apartment complex. Attempts to reach the security company and the complex manager were unsuccessful.
Aguinaga said private security guards are not allowed to carry firearms. They must obey the same statutes as other people for carrying knives — they must not be concealed, cannot have a blade longer than 2 inches and cannot be released with a switch or flick of the wrist.
Small was booked into County Jail in Martinez on suspicion of assault with a deadly weapon. He was held on $30,000 bail.
Russ Heimerich, a spokesman for the state Department of Consumer Affairs Bureau of Security and Investigative Services — which licenses alarm and private security companies — said if the allegations prove true, the guard and his employer could face licensing sanctions or revocation.
Brian Livingston, a two-year resident of the complex and friend of the victim, said he was startled by the stabbing but said that even with security guards present, residents have to rely on themselves for safety.
“You’re pretty much on your own,” Livingston said. “I watch for myself, for my neighbors, and hopefully they watch over me.”
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foxnews.com – Police say the person who robbed a McLean bank on Wednesday was a teenager from Arlington.
Investigators say the 19-year-old suspect, Hailu Brook, went to Yorktown High School.
Police say that around noon on Wednesday, Fairfax Police were called to the BB&T Bank on Old Dominion Drive in McLean for a bank robbery. Officers were alerted to a crash at Old Dominion Drive and Valley Wood Road, not far away in Arlington. According to police, the suspect ran from the scene when police caught up with him, and when he showed a gun, officers opened fire, killing him.
Students are in disbelief that Brook was the person police shot and killed on Wednesday after he robbed the bank. His friends noticed he wasn’t in class on Wednesday or Thursday, but word spread throughout the day that he was the person behind the robbery and chase through nearby neighborhoods.
Brook had been a student at Yorktown High for the last three months, and he was a junior.
“Today in my math class, someone went online and figured out that it was him,” said Virginia Shutler, a fellow Yorktown student.
“All my friends today were so upset,” said Hannah Adams, another student. “He was in a lot of our classes. I have a couple friends that had him in photo class, and they all say he was the nicest guy ever.”
Lucy Sgroi sat next to Brook in one of her classes, and she says she considered him a friend.
“He told me that he wanted to go to GW University and that he wanted to be a diplomat for the United States,” said Sgroi.
“He was very nice, always said hi to everybody,” said Nick Gunn, another Yorktown student. “Didn’t have a problem with anybody.”
Brook had family members living in both McLean and Arlington. All of them were too distraught to talk about their death of their loved one on Thursday.
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Both campus and Boston officers were dispatched and searched the area for the possible suspect.
Police said that some time later officers spotted a man matching the description of the burglary suspect on Summer Street and officers found him to be in possession of two copper pipes.
Wallace was transported to an area precinct for booking.
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Oregon attorney issues officer second ticket www.privateofficer.com
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Attorney Eric Bryant says he spotted a patrol car parked in a “Government Vehicles Prohibited” zone alongside the downtown Justice Center last month and traced it to Officer Chadd Stensgaard, who was fined $35 last spring.
Bryant says he also gathered enough evidence at the scene to cite Multnomah County Sheriff’s Lt. David Rader for parking his vehicle in the same zone. Bryant has filed complaints against Stensgaard and Rader.
Sgt. Brian Schmautz of the Portland Police Bureau says a long-standing informal agreement police have with the city allows officers to park wherever needed while on duty. The agreement is expected to be put in writing.
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Martha Vineyard teacher arrested for “hosting” underage parties www.privateofficer.com
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A West Tisbury school teacher was arrested on Tuesday amid charges that he provided alcohol and pornographic materials to minors and hosted underage parties at his Vineyard Haven home.
Daniel K. Johnson, 43, was arrested by Tisbury police at his home on Mariner’s Road and charged with five counts of furnishing alcohol to minors, one count of assault and battery and two counts of dissemination of obscenities to minors. Police also confiscated a personal computer from Mr. Johnson’s home.
He was arraigned in Edgartown district court on Wednesday where he entered a plea of not guilty to the charges. He was released on $5,000 bail.
A police incident report requested by the Gazette, with the names of victims and other personal information redacted, states that a parent went to the Tisbury police station on Dec. 1 to report concerns that his teenage son might be receiving alcohol from an adult.
The nine-page report by officer Daniel Hanavan said the father found his son with a bottle of 100-proof vodka; the father subsequently took the bottle to an Island package store and asked who purchased it. An employee checked the UPC scanning code on the bottle and determined the time and date the bottle was purchased.
During a review of the store’s security video, the father recognized the person on the tape as Mr. Johnson, an industrial arts teacher at the West Tisbury elementary school.
The father then went to Mr. Johnson’s home and spoke to him about his teenage son, a former West Tisbury school student who is now a student at the high school. Mr. Johnson reportedly denied buying the alcohol for the student, and said the boy took the bottle from his truck.
The police report includes an account from a parent who became concerned after her son provided inconsistent information about where he was spending the night on several occasions.
The mother said she spotted her son driving with Mr. Johnson and pulled the vehicle over, telling her son to get into her car. Mr. Johnson then reportedly followed them to a West Tisbury home and came inside to talk. Mr. Johnson, who according to the report had a strong odor of alcohol on his breath, told the parents he brought their son to an Alcoholics Anonymous meeting at a downtown church earlier that day.
The police report also contains an account of a parent who confronted Mr. Johnson, to which Mr. Johnson reportedly replied: “I’m really sorry that this got out of hand and went this far.” The parent then contacted the West Tisbury school and the Vineyard schools superintendent’s office.
The report details numerous interviews with students who said Mr. Johnson routinely purchased alcohol for them and hosted parties at his home attended by underage people, sometimes playing beer drinking games on a table the teacher built in his basement.
The report indicates Mr. Johnson provided his cell phone number to students so they could call him to purchase alcohol.
The report also indicates that Mr. Johnson showed pornographic films and offered to perform sex acts on students.
Mr. Johnson also worked as an emergency medical technician with the Tri-town squad up-Island. He reportedly has been placed on leave from his duties pending the outcome of the criminal investigation.
Tisbury police chief John Cashin said the investigation is ongoing. He encouraged any other students or parents with information to come forward and talk with school or police officials.
Chief Cashin said investigators are analyzing the computer material seized from Mr. Johnson’s house, and he said additional charges could be filed. He praised the students who provided information to investigators.
“These young people who came forward were very courageous to do so. They opened themselves to a lot of scrutiny and deserve credit for their bravery . . . I am sure it was not easy,” he said.
The chief also praised the police work of Officer Hanavan.
Vineyard schools superintendent James K. Weiss confirmed yesterday that Mr. Johnson had been placed on administrative leave with pay pending the outcome of an internal school investigation. He said Mr. Johnson has worked at the West Tisbury school since 2001 and is currently a half-time teacher with professional status.
Mr. Weiss said school officials had heard rumors of inappropriate behavior involving Mr. Johnson prior to his arrest. The superintendent said he had a meeting with Mr. Johnson on Monday, the day before his arrest, to give him an opportunity to state his side of the case.
“He denied any involvement at all to me. Then we heard from the police,” Mr. Weiss said.
Following the arrest, West Tisbury principal Michael A. Halt talked to students in grades 4 through 8 about the matter. A letter was also sent home to parents explaining the situation.
Mr. Weiss said he plans to discuss the incident with the staff to emphasize the importance of boundaries between students and teachers to prevent future problems.
“A vast majority of those people — maybe 99.99 percent — are doing a fantastic job and are deserving of the trust we place in them. I hope people do not lose sight of that,” he said.
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Police called in by private security officers after they spotted someone breaking into a trailer have arrested a man early Tuesday morning.
Goodwill security officers saw Joshua Cohn, 34, break the lock off the trailer part of the tractor-trailer parked outside the business, Tempe police said.
Police officers responding to the security officer’s call found Cohn as he left the trailer, and they found he had stolen items from the trailer, police said.
Cohn was taken into custody and arrested and was found to also be carrying what police described as a “white, crystal-like substance believed to be methamphetamine as well as a prescription narcotic,” according to police reports.
Officers arrested Cohn on charges of third-degree burglary, possession of burglary tools, possession of dangerous drugs, and possession of prescription only drugs.
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Brinks guards arrested in heist www.privateofficer.com
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Angel Hernandez, 31; Humberto Diaz, 36; Yudinis Diaz, 35; Frank Perez, 41; and Yuni Perez, 44, all face federal robbery charges in connection with the robbery of a Brinks car on the morning of Dec. 4. Hernandez and Humberto Diaz are employees of Brinks, authorities said.
A news release by the U.S. Attorney’s Office said the Brinks truck with two employees inside pulled up to a Publix store in the 8200 block of West Flagler Street at about 6:30 a.m. that day. One of the employees was on his way back to the truck from the store when two men, one with a gun, attacked him.
The robbers forced the two guards to drive to a different location before stealing the money and then drove away in another car.
Authorities said Hernandez, who was driving the Brinks truck, admitted to being involved in the crime and named the other suspects.
The suspects are charged with one count of conspiracy to commit robbery, one count of robbery and one count of possessing a firearm in furtherance of a crime.
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