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Two armored car guards killed in seperate incidents www.privateofficer.com
December 16, 2008
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Greensboro NC Dec 16 2008 – An security officer working for Brinks Security has died this morning after being shot during a robbery outside a Greensboro store.
The News & Record of Greensboro reports that the Brinks guard had picked up money in the Old Navy store at Friendly Center Monday morning when the suspect approached him. Shots were fired and several bags that the victim was carrying were reported missing.
Greensboro Police Chief Tim Bellamy said the suspect took off on foot after the shooting, then got into a vehicle near a bank. The suspect was at large as of Monday afternoon.
The unidentified security officer died at a local hospital.
No one in the store was hurt, and a second Brinks security officer inside the armored truck was not injured.
Bellamy said customers had seen the suspect inside the store prior to the shooting
This is an active crime scene at this time and more details will be released soon.
San Diego CA Dec 16 2008
Police are reporting that an armored car guard was killed today when the armored van he was riding in crashed off a Mount Hope freeway ramp, authorities reported.
The California Highway Patrol said that the unidentified 25-year-old man and his partner were taking the rain-slick connector from eastbound State Route 94 to northbound SR-15 when the driver lost control of the Dunbar vehicle shortly before 7:30 a.m., according to a CHP spokesperson.
The van hit and went over a raised concrete barrier, then careened down an embankment, ejecting the employee riding in the passenger seat, CHP public affairs Officer Brad Baehr said.
Officials are withheld the name of the security officer pending notification of his family. CHP also said that the victim died at the scene from extensive injuries.
Medics took the driver to Scripps Mercy Hospital for treatment of minor injuries, Baehr said.
The accident forced the closure of the interchange for about 4 1/2 hours.
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Houston schools step up K-9 drug searches www.privateofficer.com
December 16, 2008
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Houston TX Dec 16 2008
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Since the beginning of October, more than a dozen Houston Independent School District employees, mostly teachers, have been arrested after small amounts of marijuana or undocumented prescription drugs were found in their vehicles parked on campuses.
Anonymous tips triggered the first arrests. The situation snowballed when HISD security officers began using drug sniffing dogs to sweep employee parking lots at all district campuses. Houston Federation of Teachers president Gayle Fallon says at least four of the arrests involve situations where teachers were not responsible for drugs found in the vehicles. She says one arrest was made because a warrant had been previously issued for an employee for an old parking ticket.
While serious, the numbers hardly constitute a drug use epidemic or marijuana madness at the public schools, considering that the district employs more than 28,000 people. Similar use of drug canines at any large agency or business parking lot would likely net a similar number of violations. As Kevin Quinn, a regional director with the National Association of School Resource Officers told the Chronicle, HISD’s announcement of the arrests has made the situation appear worse. “I’m sure it happens in other places,” said Quinn. “You just don’t hear about it.”
The arrests have prompted a public discussion of whether drug testing should be a pre-employment condition for new HISD hires, and whether the entire workforce should be annually or randomly tested. Currently district bus drivers and security officers are subject to random testing. While screening new hires is not controversial and relatively affordable, at an estimated $42,000 a year, testing the entire staff annually would cost $784,000. Superintendent Abelardo Saavedra has not called for teacher drug testing.
Now that HISD employees realize their cars are likely to be checked for illegal drugs and alcohol if parked on campus, only the densest would fail to detail their vehicles to make sure they are clean. Fallon says her staff is in the process of preparing a memo to members reminding them that possession of illegal drugs will end their careers, and outlining steps to make sure they are not mistakenly targeted and what to do if arrested.
As role models for students, teachers have a special responsibility to obey the law, both in their professional setting and their personal lives. At the same time, HISD administrators should make every effort to make sure drug violations are substantiated before they publicize them to the detriment of the district’s reputation.
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Since the beginning of October, more than a dozen Houston Independent School District employees, mostly teachers, have been arrested after small amounts of marijuana or undocumented prescription drugs were found in their vehicles parked on campuses.
Anonymous tips triggered the first arrests. The situation snowballed when HISD security officers began using drug sniffing dogs to sweep employee parking lots at all district campuses. Houston Federation of Teachers president Gayle Fallon says at least four of the arrests involve situations where teachers were not responsible for drugs found in the vehicles. She says one arrest was made because a warrant had been previously issued for an employee for an old parking ticket.
While serious, the numbers hardly constitute a drug use epidemic or marijuana madness at the public schools, considering that the district employs more than 28,000 people. Similar use of drug canines at any large agency or business parking lot would likely net a similar number of violations. As Kevin Quinn, a regional director with the National Association of School Resource Officers told the Chronicle, HISD’s announcement of the arrests has made the situation appear worse. “I’m sure it happens in other places,” said Quinn. “You just don’t hear about it.”
The arrests have prompted a public discussion of whether drug testing should be a pre-employment condition for new HISD hires, and whether the entire workforce should be annually or randomly tested. Currently district bus drivers and security officers are subject to random testing. While screening new hires is not controversial and relatively affordable, at an estimated $42,000 a year, testing the entire staff annually would cost $784,000. Superintendent Abelardo Saavedra has not called for teacher drug testing.
Now that HISD employees realize their cars are likely to be checked for illegal drugs and alcohol if parked on campus, only the densest would fail to detail their vehicles to make sure they are clean. Fallon says her staff is in the process of preparing a memo to members reminding them that possession of illegal drugs will end their careers, and outlining steps to make sure they are not mistakenly targeted and what to do if arrested.
As role models for students, teachers have a special responsibility to obey the law, both in their professional setting and their personal lives. At the same time, HISD administrators should make every effort to make sure drug violations are substantiated before they publicize them to the detriment of the district’s reputation.
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Intoxicated woman arrested trying to pay traffic fines www.privateofficer.com
December 16, 2008
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Grass Valley CA Dec 16 2008Kyle T. Greene
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A woman at the courthouse to pay a traffic fine Wednesday was arrested on multiple charges after a security officer found she appeared to be intoxicated.
Arraya Elizabeth Figueroa, 20, was at the courthouse at about 9:30 a.m. when she asked a security officer where traffic court was, Nevada County Sheriff Keith Royal said.
“She appeared extremely intoxicated,” Royal said, and she failed several field sobriety tests. She was at the courthouse with her 11-year-old sister and, although she claimed her father had driven her there, he could not be located.
The sister eventually was released to a friend after the family was contacted by telephone, Royal said.Figueroa asked the security officer to retrieve her belongings from her car.
Inside the vehicle, the officer found a single lorezepam pill, a narcotic for which she did not have a prescription.
Figueroa was arrested on suspicion of being drunk in public, willful cruelty to a child and possession of a controlled substance.
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Armed man shot to death by hospital security www.privateofficer.com
December 16, 2008
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Gaston (Charlotte) NC Dec 16 2008
By: Bryan Hill
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Authorities are investigating an overnight shooting at the Gaston Memorial Hospital involving an off-duty Gaston County police officer who working as a security guard. According to police, the officer fatally shot a man overnight who, police said, pointed a gun at another person in the hospital waiting room.
According to police, Officer W.E. Howell was told at around 11p.m. that someone in the waiting room had a gun. As Howell walked into the area, he said he saw the suspect point the gun at another person. Howell then pulled his gun and fired at the suspect, police say.
Gaston County police say Keyjuantas Devance Tims, 29, of Gastonia, was shot and wounded by the officer and later died.
According to the local newspaper, The Gaston Gazette a witness, identified as Laura Hargett, told the newspaper that she heard Howell warn Tims several times to put his “hands on the counter.” Hargett told the Gaston Gazette that Tims made a move toward Howell before the officer fired.
Tims was treated initially at Gaston Memorial Hospital and then transferred to Carolinas Medical Center, where he died overnight.
Other police officers and investigators from the North Carolina Bureau of Investigation responded and took over the scene and began questioning the officer and witnesses.
Right now, Officer Howell has been placed on paid administrative leave while both agencies conduct their investigation. Officers involved in shootings such as this are put on administrative leave during the investigations.
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Authorities are investigating an overnight shooting at the Gaston Memorial Hospital involving an off-duty Gaston County police officer who working as a security guard. According to police, the officer fatally shot a man overnight who, police said, pointed a gun at another person in the hospital waiting room.
According to police, Officer W.E. Howell was told at around 11p.m. that someone in the waiting room had a gun. As Howell walked into the area, he said he saw the suspect point the gun at another person. Howell then pulled his gun and fired at the suspect, police say.
Gaston County police say Keyjuantas Devance Tims, 29, of Gastonia, was shot and wounded by the officer and later died.
According to the local newspaper, The Gaston Gazette a witness, identified as Laura Hargett, told the newspaper that she heard Howell warn Tims several times to put his “hands on the counter.” Hargett told the Gaston Gazette that Tims made a move toward Howell before the officer fired.
Tims was treated initially at Gaston Memorial Hospital and then transferred to Carolinas Medical Center, where he died overnight.
Other police officers and investigators from the North Carolina Bureau of Investigation responded and took over the scene and began questioning the officer and witnesses.
Right now, Officer Howell has been placed on paid administrative leave while both agencies conduct their investigation. Officers involved in shootings such as this are put on administrative leave during the investigations.
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Carjacking victim rescued by security officer, nurse www.privateofficer.com
December 16, 2008
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NORFOLK, Va.Dec 15 2008
wavy.com – A carjacking victim is alive today because of the efforts of a local nurse and a security guard. It happened Monday, December 8th near the Tinee Giant off Virginian Drive and Thole Street in Norfolk.
Outside the Tinee Giant, strangers called to action and brought together by fate embrace.
“I would have done it for anybody,” said Lillian Harcum.
“Everything is done for a reason and the Lord sent us to help as much as we could,” said Ernest Holiman.
Holiman and Harcum believe they were sent to the Tinee Giant.
When Harcum arrived at the convenience store she had never been to before, she met a man at the door.
“He says lady I’ve been shot and robbed on the interstate and I turn around and look and blood was just flying everywhere,” explained Harcum.
Harcum, a nurse, alerted workers inside and began performing first aid.
“I knew it was bad,” said Harcum.
What she didn’t know was that Ernest Holiman was on his way to help.
“I seen someone on the passenger side of his car fighting him,” said Holiman.
Holiman, a security guard, couldn’t get the image out of his mind. He made a U-turn.
“I immediately put some gloves on and she said get something to tie around his arm,” said Holiman.
Holiman says he grabbed a t-shirt. He also managed to grab the suspect’s weapon, now in the front of the victim’s car.
“I told him I have the gun beside me,” said Holiman.
Holiman says the victim told him he managed to knock the gun out of his attacker’s hand.
“It was real ugly,” he continued.
The violence was tempered only by the beauty of two strangers helping a third.
“He raised his head up and looked at me and I’ll never forget it. He says lady, thank you,” said Harcum.
“Her field is saving lives and she done what she had to do. My job is to protect and serve and I tried to do what I had to do,” said Holiman.
Police say the victim should recover from his injuries.
They have not released any suspect information. If you have any information that can help police, call the Crime Line at 1-888-lock-u-up.
wavy.com – A carjacking victim is alive today because of the efforts of a local nurse and a security guard. It happened Monday, December 8th near the Tinee Giant off Virginian Drive and Thole Street in Norfolk.
Outside the Tinee Giant, strangers called to action and brought together by fate embrace.
“I would have done it for anybody,” said Lillian Harcum.
“Everything is done for a reason and the Lord sent us to help as much as we could,” said Ernest Holiman.
Holiman and Harcum believe they were sent to the Tinee Giant.
When Harcum arrived at the convenience store she had never been to before, she met a man at the door.
“He says lady I’ve been shot and robbed on the interstate and I turn around and look and blood was just flying everywhere,” explained Harcum.
Harcum, a nurse, alerted workers inside and began performing first aid.
“I knew it was bad,” said Harcum.
What she didn’t know was that Ernest Holiman was on his way to help.
“I seen someone on the passenger side of his car fighting him,” said Holiman.
Holiman, a security guard, couldn’t get the image out of his mind. He made a U-turn.
“I immediately put some gloves on and she said get something to tie around his arm,” said Holiman.
Holiman says he grabbed a t-shirt. He also managed to grab the suspect’s weapon, now in the front of the victim’s car.
“I told him I have the gun beside me,” said Holiman.
Holiman says the victim told him he managed to knock the gun out of his attacker’s hand.
“It was real ugly,” he continued.
The violence was tempered only by the beauty of two strangers helping a third.
“He raised his head up and looked at me and I’ll never forget it. He says lady, thank you,” said Harcum.
“Her field is saving lives and she done what she had to do. My job is to protect and serve and I tried to do what I had to do,” said Holiman.
Police say the victim should recover from his injuries.
They have not released any suspect information. If you have any information that can help police, call the Crime Line at 1-888-lock-u-up.
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KY. teacher arrested for sexual abuse of student www.privateofficer.com
December 16, 2008
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PADUCAH, KY.Dec 16 2008 – A Lone Oak High School teacher has been charged with sexual abuse involving a student.
The McCracken County Sheriff’s Department said 34 year old Jason E. Neely of Metropolis was arrested by detectives Monday night at 7 after a report was made of a sexual relationship with a student.
The incident was reported to have taken place off of school property in the early part of this month. The investigation began Sunday night and on Monday investigators met with McCracken County attorney Tim Kaltenbach as to the findings of the investigation.
At the conclusion of that meeting an arrest warrant was obtained charging Neely with 1st degree sexual abuse. After questioning on Monday night by sheriff’s detectives, Neely admitted to the allegations.
He was arrested and lodged in the McCracken County Regional Jail with bond set at $5000 cash.
Anyone who may have additional information concerning this investigation are asked to contact the McCracken County Sheriff’s Department at 444-4719.
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