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Alert shopper aids security, police in arrest of burglars www.privateofficer.com
December 28, 2008
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CHARLOTTE, N.C. Dec 28 2008
BY: Rick McCann
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www.privateofficer.com—Police say that an alert shopper noticed several people breaking into a vehicle at an area mall and notified the security officers which lead to the capture of three suspects.
Northlake Mall security notified Charlotte police of the burglary in progress and officers immediately responded to the mall to assist security officers.
The mall’s general manager, Phil Morosco, said that when the security officer approached the men, they ran. Charlotte-Mecklenburg Police arrived shortly with their K-9 unit and was able to track one of the suspects who were hiding in the woods behind the mall.
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www.privateofficer.com—Police say that an alert shopper noticed several people breaking into a vehicle at an area mall and notified the security officers which lead to the capture of three suspects.
Northlake Mall security notified Charlotte police of the burglary in progress and officers immediately responded to the mall to assist security officers.
The mall’s general manager, Phil Morosco, said that when the security officer approached the men, they ran. Charlotte-Mecklenburg Police arrived shortly with their K-9 unit and was able to track one of the suspects who were hiding in the woods behind the mall.
Morosco said the other two men slipped into the mall and tried to blend in with hundreds of shoppers at the mall for the after-Christmas sales but their plan didn’t work because security officers were following them on cameras as they directed mall security and police to their locations and they were arrested.
“They were able to keep an eye on the guy who went into the woods,” said Morosco, pointing to a camera overlooking the parking lot. “And since we had a description of the two, we have cameras all through the inside of the center… so we just followed them all around the center until we were able to locate them and then arrest them.”
Morosco said one of the men was let go because police couldn’t find evidence he was involved in the break-in. Information was later developed implicating the man, and a warrant has been sworn for his arrest.
Police did say that two purses and some clothes were stolen in the break-in. The victim’s front driver’s side door lock was damaged to allow entry into the car. It wasn’t indicated on the police report if the property had been recovered or not.
Police did not release the names of those arrested and the original good Samaritan’s name was also not available in the police report.
“They were able to keep an eye on the guy who went into the woods,” said Morosco, pointing to a camera overlooking the parking lot. “And since we had a description of the two, we have cameras all through the inside of the center… so we just followed them all around the center until we were able to locate them and then arrest them.”
Morosco said one of the men was let go because police couldn’t find evidence he was involved in the break-in. Information was later developed implicating the man, and a warrant has been sworn for his arrest.
Police did say that two purses and some clothes were stolen in the break-in. The victim’s front driver’s side door lock was damaged to allow entry into the car. It wasn’t indicated on the police report if the property had been recovered or not.
Police did not release the names of those arrested and the original good Samaritan’s name was also not available in the police report.
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UPS employee charged with theft www.privateofficer.com
December 28, 2008
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COLLIER COUNTY Fla Dec 28 2008 A UPS employee was arrested and charged for allegedly stealing computers and other items from packages shipped through the store at 971 Commercial Boulevard.
Arrest reports say Eric Alexander McComas, 21, stole two Dell laptop computers valued at $860 and $400, a Dell flat panel monitor valued at $105 and a Bose speaker system valued at $299.
Reports say the thefts happened on December 5th and December 18th. McComas allegedly was sorting packages and when he found the boxes containing the items, he opened the boxes.
The speakers were sold to Capital Pawn Superstore, according to arrest reports.
McComas has been charged with grand theft, dealing in stolen property, defrauding a pawn broker and petty theft.
Arrest reports say Eric Alexander McComas, 21, stole two Dell laptop computers valued at $860 and $400, a Dell flat panel monitor valued at $105 and a Bose speaker system valued at $299.
Reports say the thefts happened on December 5th and December 18th. McComas allegedly was sorting packages and when he found the boxes containing the items, he opened the boxes.
The speakers were sold to Capital Pawn Superstore, according to arrest reports.
McComas has been charged with grand theft, dealing in stolen property, defrauding a pawn broker and petty theft.
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Retail Security News Round-Up www.privateofficer.com
December 28, 2008
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Atlanta GA. Dec 28 2008
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SOUTHFIELD MI.
A 37-year-old woman from Detroit was arrested after being naughty in a Target Store in Southfield.
The woman was arrested about 4:15 p.m. Thursday after store security officers said she tried to use a counterfeit $100 bill to pay for $20 worth of merchandize, according to Lt. Nick Loussia. The suspect was turned over to Southfield Police, who found several other counterfeit bills in her possession, he said.
The U.S. Secret Service, the federal agency that oversees counterfeit currency cases, was called. “They will assist us in this case,” Loussia said.
The woman was not identified pending her arraignment in 46th District Court.
A 37-year-old woman from Detroit was arrested after being naughty in a Target Store in Southfield.
The woman was arrested about 4:15 p.m. Thursday after store security officers said she tried to use a counterfeit $100 bill to pay for $20 worth of merchandize, according to Lt. Nick Loussia. The suspect was turned over to Southfield Police, who found several other counterfeit bills in her possession, he said.
The U.S. Secret Service, the federal agency that oversees counterfeit currency cases, was called. “They will assist us in this case,” Loussia said.
The woman was not identified pending her arraignment in 46th District Court.
Rome GA. Rome Police arrested two Wednesday on shoplifting, drug and resiting arrest charges after Wal-Mart employees found one suspect had taken merchandise, reports stated.
Oscar Blaine Crosby, 45, of 7246 Rockmart Hwy. in Silver Creek and Bobby Joe Tidwell, 23, of 1252 Plesant Valley Road in Silver Creek, were both arrested at the West Rome Wal-Mart on Redmond Circle after Crosby was suspected of shoplifting.
When police approached the two, sitting in the parking lot of the Wal-Mart in a white Ford Taurus, Crosby resisted arrest and ran from police into the woods behind the store after being pepper sprayed in the right eye.
The two remained at the Floyd County Jail this morning with no bail, with Crosby facing charges of theft by shoplifting and obstruction or hindering law enforcement officers along with a hold for Chattooga County.
Tidwell remains with no bail on felony possession of methamphetamines and a misdemeanor charge of possession of drug related objects.
Buffalo NY A man and a 13-year-old accomplice were arrested Thursday for allegedly trying to shoplift more than $1,700 worth of video games and DVDs from Target on Delaware Avenue, police said.
Target security alerted police to the alleged theft. Officials said the suspect, Craig M. Moss, 25, of Fenton Street, entered the store with the girl, whose name was not released.
Moss allegedly loaded up a plastic storage container placed inside a shopping cart with goods, then left the store.
Moss was charged with fourth-degree grand larceny and endangering the welfare of a child. The girl was charged with fourth-degree grand larceny.
INDIAN RIVER COUNTY Fla — A suspected shoplifter threatened a loss prevention officer with a pruning tool, then ran into another store where deputies found him hiding behind a stack of shoes, according to an Indian River County Sheriff’s Office report.
Javoris Ladarius Thorpes, 18, of the 1600 block of 30th Avenue, was charged Tuesday with aggravated assault with a deadly weapon, shoplifting, resisting arrest and resisting a merchant. He was being held in lieu of $9,000 bail at the Indian River County Jail.
A Dillard’s loss prevention officer spotted Thorpes at 5:45 p.m. Tuesday trying to leave the store at the Indian River Mall with two pairs of jeans stuffed into a handbag, the arrest affidavit said. The officer approached Thorpes, who threatened the man with a pruning tool and fled, the report said.
While running through the mall parking lot, an off-duty Sheriff’s dispatcher said she spotted Thorpes and warned him to stop as he fled into the wooded area in the 6300 block of 20th Street. Thorpes later emerged from the woods and went into a home goods store east of the mall. Deputies said Thorpes noticed them and ducked behind a stack of shoes.
Deputies later found Thorpes’ handbag with the jeans and the pruning tool.
FRAMINGHAM MA
A pair of Dorchester siblings Monday went on a shoplifting spree at Walmart while their unknowing mother shopped, police said.
Police arrested Chantaylor R. Perkins-King, 21, and her brother, Demounte D. Perkins-King, 17, at 11:55 a.m. after store security caught them leaving with shopping carts full of stolen items, Lt. Paul Shastany said.
The pair stole a combined $746 worth of items, with the most expensive being a $45 camera, the lieutenant said.
Other stolen items included hooded sweatshirts, jeans, an umbrella, bras, several packages of panties, knit pants, several sets of headphones, some knives, socks, a belt, purses, a wallet and a DVD.
The duo went to the store with their mother and Chantaylor’s children. The mother and her grandchildren got separated from the siblings, who store security said started filling their carriages.
Investigators do not believe the mother was involved.
“She said if she knew what was happening, she would have stopped it,” Shastany said.
The duo, both of 225 Norfolk St., were both charged with larceny of property worth more than $250.
Both were released without bail after pleading not guilty in Framingham District Court yesterday. They are due back in court on Jan. 26 for a pretrial conference.
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Kidnap victim pounces on gunman, saves family www.privateofficer.com
December 28, 2008
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Washington DC Dec 28 2008
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Speeding on the Capital Beltway, James Spruill knew he had to act fast. His wife and boys were packed into the family car, and a masked man was in the back seat, jabbing a loaded gun into his 11-year-old son’s ribs.
Twelve hours earlier, two gunmen had forced their way into his Prince George’s County home. Spruill said they tied him and his wife up with cords from a clock radio and a PlayStation, holding them overnight in separate bedrooms and keeping the two children in a third. The men had said they would hold the boys hostage and use his wife, an assistant bank manager, to rob her branch in the morning.
“I wasn’t sure what was going to happen,” Spruill said. “A lot of times, criminals don’t leave witnesses.”
Spruill had gotten lucky once. The gunmen allowed him to drive to the bank. Then, about 7:30 a.m. yesterday, within a few miles of the target, Spruill got another break: In his rearview mirror, he saw a Maryland State Police car approaching quickly on the Beltway’s outer loop near Route 1.
Spruill, 40, began to swerve his red Mitsubishi Gallant slightly. The one gunman who accompanied them didn’t notice — but Trooper Barrington Cameron did.
Cameron, a 22-year-old rookie, pulled the car over and walked to the passenger side, where Spruill’s wife was seated. Spruill glanced back at his son, tilting his head to motion the boy away from the gunman.
In an instant, Spruill was in the back seat, pinning the man’s hands and screaming about the gun. The trooper pulled his weapon, and the ordeal was over.
Late yesterday, the suspect was in custody and a search was on for the other man. Spruill, a maintenance worker with Metro, his wife and children — the 11-year-old and his 8-year-old brother — were back in their home in Clinton, shaken but unhurt
He put his family first, jumping on the guy with the gun,” said Lt. Carl Miller, commander of the College Park barracks. “He did what most people would have done with their families bound up like that. Whether they would have done it to that degree, I don’t know.”
Spruill described the ordeal in an interview, denying the mantle of hero but saying he played “psychological games” with his family’s abductors and gained advantages that made the difference.
“They were a bunch of amateurs,” he said.
The attempted bank robbery, though unusual, comes three months after a similar attempted robbery in Southern Maryland. Both involved a scheme taken straight from the plot of Hollywood thrillers.
Police said yesterday that the assailants timed their attack as the 39-year-old woman returned home from her bank, a SunTrust branch in Silver Spring. At 7:30 p.m., as she entered the house in the 6800 block of Briarcliff Drive, they pounced.
Spruill said he was in the bedroom, preparing for work, when his wife called out. He rushed to the front room, where he saw two men wearing ski masks, one holding a gun to his wife’s head. The men tied up the husband and wife, separating them, and forced the boys into their parents’ bedroom.
The assailants spoke to their hostages in English but communicated with each other in Spanish. Spruill, bound in one of the boy’s bedrooms, said he stayed awake all night, planning and listening as the men rummaged through his kitchen.
“It was like in the movies,” he said. “You just had to think it all through and figure it out. I wanted to keep us all together.”
In the morning, the assailants said one of them would stay at the house with the boys while the other went to the bank with Spruill and his wife.
Spruill fabricated a story to keep the family together. He told the men that his aunt was expected to visit that morning. He told them that if he was forced to call her to cancel the visit, he would find a way to let her know the family was in danger.
The assailants were fooled into changing their plan. The whole family would go to the bank, they decided. But there wasn’t room for both would-be robbers in the car, so one would stay behind.
They headed for the bank, at Elton Road and New Hampshire Avenue. Spruill sped for much of 25 miles, hoping to get pulled over.
When Cameron flipped his lights on, the assailant pulled off his mask, showing his face for the first time. He instructed Spruill to tell the officer that they were headed to breakfast together
On the right shoulder, approaching on the side away from traffic, Cameron asked for his license. Trying to alert the trooper that something was amiss, Spruill handed him his bank card. Cameron had by then noticed that someone in the back seat was making “suspicious movements,” police said.
Cameron asked for his license again. Spruill unbuckled his seat belt and lunged.
After the traffic stop, state police and Prince George’s police surrounded the house, concerned that the second assailant might have a hostage inside. About four hours later, police stormed into the house, finding
Detectives spent part of yesterday working with county police and federal authorities to identify the suspect apprehended in the car. He gave state police interrogators multiple names after his arrest, and police initially described him only as in his teens or early 20s.
About five hours after he was taken to the College Park barracks, the suspect attempted to hang himself by tying his shirt around his neck and to his cell door, police said.
Miller, the commander of the barracks, said the suspect was spotted quickly and cut down by a duty officer before he suffered any injuries. Miller said he was being held overnight at Prince George’s County Hospital Center for a psychological evaluation.
Miller said little is known about the second assailant. He was described as black, 5-foot-7 and 160 pounds and was last seen wearing dark pants and black hooded sweat shirt.
A state police forensics team spent several hours combing through the family’s home. Miller said those samples had not led to an identification last night.
On Sept. 24, a Southern Maryland bank manager and her two young children were abducted at gunpoint from their home. The suspects drove the woman to the PNC Bank she managed in St. Mary’s County and held one of her children hostage while she went inside to get money out of the vault.
The next month, police charged three men and a woman, alleging that they secretly followed the bank manager for several weeks and planned the abduction and robbery. Police recovered about $110,000 of the $168,000 stolen, much of it buried in two safes in the back yard of one of the suspects.
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Speeding on the Capital Beltway, James Spruill knew he had to act fast. His wife and boys were packed into the family car, and a masked man was in the back seat, jabbing a loaded gun into his 11-year-old son’s ribs.
Twelve hours earlier, two gunmen had forced their way into his Prince George’s County home. Spruill said they tied him and his wife up with cords from a clock radio and a PlayStation, holding them overnight in separate bedrooms and keeping the two children in a third. The men had said they would hold the boys hostage and use his wife, an assistant bank manager, to rob her branch in the morning.
“I wasn’t sure what was going to happen,” Spruill said. “A lot of times, criminals don’t leave witnesses.”
Spruill had gotten lucky once. The gunmen allowed him to drive to the bank. Then, about 7:30 a.m. yesterday, within a few miles of the target, Spruill got another break: In his rearview mirror, he saw a Maryland State Police car approaching quickly on the Beltway’s outer loop near Route 1.
Spruill, 40, began to swerve his red Mitsubishi Gallant slightly. The one gunman who accompanied them didn’t notice — but Trooper Barrington Cameron did.
Cameron, a 22-year-old rookie, pulled the car over and walked to the passenger side, where Spruill’s wife was seated. Spruill glanced back at his son, tilting his head to motion the boy away from the gunman.
In an instant, Spruill was in the back seat, pinning the man’s hands and screaming about the gun. The trooper pulled his weapon, and the ordeal was over.
Late yesterday, the suspect was in custody and a search was on for the other man. Spruill, a maintenance worker with Metro, his wife and children — the 11-year-old and his 8-year-old brother — were back in their home in Clinton, shaken but unhurt
He put his family first, jumping on the guy with the gun,” said Lt. Carl Miller, commander of the College Park barracks. “He did what most people would have done with their families bound up like that. Whether they would have done it to that degree, I don’t know.”
Spruill described the ordeal in an interview, denying the mantle of hero but saying he played “psychological games” with his family’s abductors and gained advantages that made the difference.
“They were a bunch of amateurs,” he said.
The attempted bank robbery, though unusual, comes three months after a similar attempted robbery in Southern Maryland. Both involved a scheme taken straight from the plot of Hollywood thrillers.
Police said yesterday that the assailants timed their attack as the 39-year-old woman returned home from her bank, a SunTrust branch in Silver Spring. At 7:30 p.m., as she entered the house in the 6800 block of Briarcliff Drive, they pounced.
Spruill said he was in the bedroom, preparing for work, when his wife called out. He rushed to the front room, where he saw two men wearing ski masks, one holding a gun to his wife’s head. The men tied up the husband and wife, separating them, and forced the boys into their parents’ bedroom.
The assailants spoke to their hostages in English but communicated with each other in Spanish. Spruill, bound in one of the boy’s bedrooms, said he stayed awake all night, planning and listening as the men rummaged through his kitchen.
“It was like in the movies,” he said. “You just had to think it all through and figure it out. I wanted to keep us all together.”
In the morning, the assailants said one of them would stay at the house with the boys while the other went to the bank with Spruill and his wife.
Spruill fabricated a story to keep the family together. He told the men that his aunt was expected to visit that morning. He told them that if he was forced to call her to cancel the visit, he would find a way to let her know the family was in danger.
The assailants were fooled into changing their plan. The whole family would go to the bank, they decided. But there wasn’t room for both would-be robbers in the car, so one would stay behind.
They headed for the bank, at Elton Road and New Hampshire Avenue. Spruill sped for much of 25 miles, hoping to get pulled over.
When Cameron flipped his lights on, the assailant pulled off his mask, showing his face for the first time. He instructed Spruill to tell the officer that they were headed to breakfast together
On the right shoulder, approaching on the side away from traffic, Cameron asked for his license. Trying to alert the trooper that something was amiss, Spruill handed him his bank card. Cameron had by then noticed that someone in the back seat was making “suspicious movements,” police said.
Cameron asked for his license again. Spruill unbuckled his seat belt and lunged.
After the traffic stop, state police and Prince George’s police surrounded the house, concerned that the second assailant might have a hostage inside. About four hours later, police stormed into the house, finding
Detectives spent part of yesterday working with county police and federal authorities to identify the suspect apprehended in the car. He gave state police interrogators multiple names after his arrest, and police initially described him only as in his teens or early 20s.
About five hours after he was taken to the College Park barracks, the suspect attempted to hang himself by tying his shirt around his neck and to his cell door, police said.
Miller, the commander of the barracks, said the suspect was spotted quickly and cut down by a duty officer before he suffered any injuries. Miller said he was being held overnight at Prince George’s County Hospital Center for a psychological evaluation.
Miller said little is known about the second assailant. He was described as black, 5-foot-7 and 160 pounds and was last seen wearing dark pants and black hooded sweat shirt.
A state police forensics team spent several hours combing through the family’s home. Miller said those samples had not led to an identification last night.
On Sept. 24, a Southern Maryland bank manager and her two young children were abducted at gunpoint from their home. The suspects drove the woman to the PNC Bank she managed in St. Mary’s County and held one of her children hostage while she went inside to get money out of the vault.
The next month, police charged three men and a woman, alleging that they secretly followed the bank manager for several weeks and planned the abduction and robbery. Police recovered about $110,000 of the $168,000 stolen, much of it buried in two safes in the back yard of one of the suspects.
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Mother kills son, trys to kill self on Christmas day www.privateofficer.com
December 27, 2008
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PORT ST. LUCIE Fla Dec 27 2008 — Residents of Southeast Bowie Street were shocked to learn that the woman they knew as “courteous but not real sociable” is suspected of killing her 8-year-old son and trying to kill herself on Christmas Day.
According to a Port St. Lucie Police Department arrest affidavit, Eryn Allegra, 31, of the 2200 block of Southeast Bowie Street, gave her son, Tristan, eight Advil pills to put him to sleep Wednesday night. Then, between 3 and 4 a.m. Thursday morning, she smothered him with a pillow in a room of the Holiday Inn on U.S. 1 in Port St. Lucie.
Allegra then reportedly slit her wrists in an attempt to commit suicide but was not successful. She called 911 and was taken to the St. Lucie Medical Center, where she was treated for minor cuts to her wrists and arms.
After being released from the hospital, Allegra was questioned by police and confessed, according to the report.
“She added she was well aware that what she did was wrong,” the report states.
Curt Hawker, a neighbor on the street in the southeast Port St. Lucie where Allegra rented a room in a home, said she was “courteous but not real sociable.”
Larry Roberts, another neighbor, said he often saw Allegra, either alone or with her son, a third-grader at Mariposa Elementary School in Port St. Lucie, walking on the street. “They seemed to have a friendly relationship.”
Both men said the close-knit neighborhood was shocked and saddened to hear about the incident.
“It surprised us,” Hawker said. “You think you can figure someone out, but I didn’t see this coming.”
Elaine Spaulding, also a neighbor on Bowie Street, said Allegra “seemed like a good mom … (who was) very protective of her son.”
Allegra told investigators she had been having financial problems since August 2007, saying “(I) lost my house, I lost my job” and she didn’t want to continue living.
She said she had contemplated suicide several times over the past few months, adding that that she didn’t want to leave her son behind if she killed herself.
Allegra said she rented a room at the Holiday Inn to execute her plan.
After the two ate dinner, Allegra said, she gave her son the Advil.
“The defendant allowed the victim to sleep a couple of hours prior to using the hotel pillow … placing (it) over the victim’s face, causing the victim to stop breathing,” the report states.
After seeing that her son had no pulse and was not breathing, the report states, Allegra went into the bathroom tub and tried to commit suicide by slitting her wrists and arms; but “the razor blades were not sharp enough.”
After the interview, police charged Allegra with murder.
Allegra was an independent contract carrier for The Stuart News off and on from August 2000 until July. According to Sgt. Rob Vega, spokesman for the Port St. Lucie Police Department, she most recently worked at Liberty Medical Supply Inc. in Port St. Lucie, but that could not be confirmed with the company late Friday afternoon.
Records show Allegra lived at various addresses in Stuart and Jensen Beach from June 1998 to November 2001, her maiden name was Eryn Haylee Mayer, and she married Michael Donald Allegra in February 2000.
Records with the St. Lucie County Clerk of Courts indicate Michael Allegra was arrested Nov. 9, 2007, on a charge of attempting to obtain a controlled substance by fraud. He pleaded no contest and was sentenced Dec. 12, 2007, to two years of drug offender probation.
According to the St. Lucie County Sheriff’s Office Web site, he was booked into the St. Lucie County Jail on Oct. 31 for violation of probation. He’s scheduled to be released Tuesday.
According to a Port St. Lucie Police Department arrest affidavit, Eryn Allegra, 31, of the 2200 block of Southeast Bowie Street, gave her son, Tristan, eight Advil pills to put him to sleep Wednesday night. Then, between 3 and 4 a.m. Thursday morning, she smothered him with a pillow in a room of the Holiday Inn on U.S. 1 in Port St. Lucie.
Allegra then reportedly slit her wrists in an attempt to commit suicide but was not successful. She called 911 and was taken to the St. Lucie Medical Center, where she was treated for minor cuts to her wrists and arms.
After being released from the hospital, Allegra was questioned by police and confessed, according to the report.
“She added she was well aware that what she did was wrong,” the report states.
Curt Hawker, a neighbor on the street in the southeast Port St. Lucie where Allegra rented a room in a home, said she was “courteous but not real sociable.”
Larry Roberts, another neighbor, said he often saw Allegra, either alone or with her son, a third-grader at Mariposa Elementary School in Port St. Lucie, walking on the street. “They seemed to have a friendly relationship.”
Both men said the close-knit neighborhood was shocked and saddened to hear about the incident.
“It surprised us,” Hawker said. “You think you can figure someone out, but I didn’t see this coming.”
Elaine Spaulding, also a neighbor on Bowie Street, said Allegra “seemed like a good mom … (who was) very protective of her son.”
Allegra told investigators she had been having financial problems since August 2007, saying “(I) lost my house, I lost my job” and she didn’t want to continue living.
She said she had contemplated suicide several times over the past few months, adding that that she didn’t want to leave her son behind if she killed herself.
Allegra said she rented a room at the Holiday Inn to execute her plan.
After the two ate dinner, Allegra said, she gave her son the Advil.
“The defendant allowed the victim to sleep a couple of hours prior to using the hotel pillow … placing (it) over the victim’s face, causing the victim to stop breathing,” the report states.
After seeing that her son had no pulse and was not breathing, the report states, Allegra went into the bathroom tub and tried to commit suicide by slitting her wrists and arms; but “the razor blades were not sharp enough.”
After the interview, police charged Allegra with murder.
Allegra was an independent contract carrier for The Stuart News off and on from August 2000 until July. According to Sgt. Rob Vega, spokesman for the Port St. Lucie Police Department, she most recently worked at Liberty Medical Supply Inc. in Port St. Lucie, but that could not be confirmed with the company late Friday afternoon.
Records show Allegra lived at various addresses in Stuart and Jensen Beach from June 1998 to November 2001, her maiden name was Eryn Haylee Mayer, and she married Michael Donald Allegra in February 2000.
Records with the St. Lucie County Clerk of Courts indicate Michael Allegra was arrested Nov. 9, 2007, on a charge of attempting to obtain a controlled substance by fraud. He pleaded no contest and was sentenced Dec. 12, 2007, to two years of drug offender probation.
According to the St. Lucie County Sheriff’s Office Web site, he was booked into the St. Lucie County Jail on Oct. 31 for violation of probation. He’s scheduled to be released Tuesday.
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Man arrested after bomb comment at airport www.privateofficer.com
December 27, 2008
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PRESCOTT AZ Dec 27 2008
By: Bryan Hill
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http://www.privateofficer.com/ – Prescott police officers were called to the airport Wednesday at 8a.m. after someone claimed to have a bomb police reported.
“He walked up to check his luggage and threw one bag down and said, ‘Here’s my bomb,’ and he tossed another bag down and said, ‘Here’s my guns,’” Prescott Police Sgt. C. Kasun said.According to a report from the Prescott Police Department, the man, identified as Kelly Hudson,43, of Dewey Arizona made his comments, Transportation Security Administration staff detained him and called the Prescott Police Department.
Police officer and TSA officers determined that there was no bombs or weapons in any of Hudson’s luggage after it was X-rayed and officers physcially searched the bags Kasun said.
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http://www.privateofficer.com/ – Prescott police officers were called to the airport Wednesday at 8a.m. after someone claimed to have a bomb police reported.
“He walked up to check his luggage and threw one bag down and said, ‘Here’s my bomb,’ and he tossed another bag down and said, ‘Here’s my guns,’” Prescott Police Sgt. C. Kasun said.According to a report from the Prescott Police Department, the man, identified as Kelly Hudson,43, of Dewey Arizona made his comments, Transportation Security Administration staff detained him and called the Prescott Police Department.
Police officer and TSA officers determined that there was no bombs or weapons in any of Hudson’s luggage after it was X-rayed and officers physcially searched the bags Kasun said.
Hudson was arrested at the Ernest A. Love Airport on a charge of making a false report involving a bomb and weapons.
Hudson had a ticket along with 38 other passengers for the morning Horizon Airlines flight. The commotion delayed the flight about 10 minutes.
No other passengers were hurt or involved in the incident, according to a police report.
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Security officer sues over false arrest www.privateofficer.com
December 27, 2008
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Belleville WI. Dec 27 2008
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The city Belleville and a Belleville police officer are being sued by a man who claims he was wrongfully arrested and charged with falsely impersonating a police officer after wearing a T-shirt with the word “POLICE” written across the front and back.
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The city Belleville and a Belleville police officer are being sued by a man who claims he was wrongfully arrested and charged with falsely impersonating a police officer after wearing a T-shirt with the word “POLICE” written across the front and back.
Adam C. Weinstein, of Missouri, claims he was attending a pre-Christmas party on Dec. 23, 2006, at about 11:34 p.m. at Crehan’s Bar in Belleville, according to the complaint filed Dec. 22 in St. Clair County Circuit Court.When Weinstein initially arrived at the party, he was wearing a green sweater with the black shirt bearing the word “POLICE” underneath the sweater.
After getting hot at the bar, Weinstein removed his sweater, to reveal the “POLICE” shirt, the suit states.Shortly afterwards, Weinstein claims he was told that some police officers wanted to talk to him outside.Once he arrived outside, Weinstein was told to show officers his police identification, the suit states.But Weinstein was a licensed Emergency Medical Technician and a licensed security officer, not a police officer, so he had no credentials, he claims.
Belleville police officer Jeff Vernatti placed Weinstein under arrest and placed handcuffs around his wrists, but “tightened them too tightly on Plaintiff,” according to the complaint.
After Weinstein asked if it was illegal to wear a T-shirt with the word “POLICE” on it, Vernatti told him to “shut the f*** up, you’re real f***ing stupid, you are a dumb-a** with no common sense, do you know how f***ing stupid you are?” the suit states.Vernatti then twisted Weinstein’s wrists and quickly walked him across the parking lot, Weinstein claims.Vernatti shoved Weinstein against the police cruiser with such force that his belt buckle left an impression on his abdomen, then pushed Weinstein into the back seat of the car, according to the complaint.
When Weinstein asked Vernatti to loosen his handcuffs, Vernatti instead tightened them and added a second pair onto his wrists, the suit states.
After writing a non-traffic complaint, Vernatti let Weinstein go, first telling him how lucky he was not to be charged with a felony and to be placed in jail, Weinstein claims.
But before letting Weinstein leave, Vernatti ordered him to take off his shirt in the cold weather, according to the complaint.All the while, other Belleville officers stood by and did nothing, the suit states.
Eventually, Belleville’s prosecuting attorney dropped the case, the suit states.Because of Vernatti’s actions, Weinstein suffered extreme emotional distress, fright, nervousness, indignity, humiliation, insult, loss of relationship and comfort and was forced to incur medical costs, he claims.Vernatti falsely arrested; falsely detained; illegally, violently and improperly handcuffed and wrongly charged Weinstein with impersonating officers, Weinstein claims.
He also used excessive force, publicly embarrassed, harassed, verbally abused, physically abused, cause grievous and severe injuries to Weinstein, violated Weinstein’s protected civil rights and abused or misused their powers, according to the complaint.Vernatti’s actions toward Weinstein were “extreme and outrageous,” the suit states.
The city of Belleville failed to train its police officers in matters that do not constitute an offense, failed to train it officers in matters that do not require individuals to be detained, failed to implement policies and procedures to prevent against untrained officers from detaining and charging innocent individuals and failed to train and supervise competent police officers, the suit states.Weinstein claims his injuries were caused by someone who had final policymaking authority and that the city had a widespread practice of deliberate indifference to the prior improper conduct of Vernatti, that the city’s indifference is exemplified by its knowledge of previous allegations made by citizens of Vernatti’s behavior, that the city failed to investigate allegations and that the city failed to discipline Vernatti.
Belleville also failed to train other officers to stop Vernatti when he violated rights, should have known that Vernatti had been accused of excessive force on at least one prior occasion and failed to prevent Vernatti’s conduct on Dec. 23, 2006, according to the complaint.
In the five-count suit, Weinstein is seeking actual damages in excess of $250,000, punitive damages in excess of $200,000, plus attorney’s fees, costs and other relief the court deems just.Howard A. Shalowitz of St. Louis will be representing him.
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Orland Park Shoplifting Arrests www.privateofficer.com
December 27, 2008
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Orland Park IL. Dec 27 2008
The Orland Park police reported a number of recent shoplifting arrests as loss prevention departments stepped up their apprehensions during the holiday season.
RETAIL THEFT Kevin Kinsloe, 19, 12 Old Tamarack, Orland Park, was charged with retail theft after he stole items Dec. 10 from Abercrombie and Fitch in the Orland Square Mall, police said.
RETAIL THEFT Helena Skolski, 58, 13019 Spring Court, Homer Glen, was charged with retail theft after she stole Christmas ornaments Dec. 17 from Carson Pirie Scott in the Orland Square Mall, police said.
RETAIL THEFT Kerilyn Torres, 36, 14519 Short St., Posen, was charged with retail theft after she took cologne and miscellaneous items Dec. 17 from the J.C. Penney in Orland Square Mall, police said.
RETAIL THEFT Norma Hernandez De Ramirez, 33, 14918 Cleveland, Posen, was charged with retail theft after she stole perfume and dresses Dec. 18 from J.C. Penney in the Orland Square Mall, police said.
RETAIL THEFT Kenneth Sloan, 28, 1650 Throop Chicago, was charged with retail theft Dec. 20 after he took six bottles of cologne valued at $367.50 from Sephora, 730 Orland Square Drive, police said.
RETAIL THEFT Fadi Syraini, 20, 15715 Liberty Court, Orland Park, was charged with retail theft after he took cologne Dec. 20 from J.C. Penney in the Orland Square Mall, police said.
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Business/Consumer Alert www.privateofficer.com
December 26, 2008
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Huntsville AL Dec 26 2008
The Better Business Bureau of North Alabama is alerting local businesses and nonprofits to watch out for the latest “vanity award” scam: an e-mail message that informs the organization it’s been selected for an award.
The e-mail message, sent from U.S. Local Business Association, based in Washington, D.C., gives you the option of buying a plaque, according to Michele McDaniel, bureau president and CEO. “But until you fill out information (on your business profile), you can’t find out what your plaque will cost.”
McDaniel said the e-mails seem to be sent randomly, though “they’ve gone to the trouble of making sure the category (of the award) make sense.”
“We can’t find any criteria for the award,” she said.
The USLBA’s Web site states that selection as an award winner is determined “by the marketing success of your company in your local community and business category” and the USLBA “Best of Local Business” award program uses information gathered internally in conjunction with third-party data as a part of its selection process.
An Albertville business and a Huntsville nonprofit that had received the e-mails recently contacted the BBB to check on whether they were legitimate, McDaniel said. The BBB was forwarded two different notices; one states you must buy the plaque but doesn’t provide the cost. Once the firm links to the Web site, it can be routed to the information about costs.
A red flag, McDaniel said, is the only way to contact USLBA is through e-mail. No phone number is provided on the organization’s Web site. The Pennsylvania Avenue address of the USLBA is a known mail receiving/forwarding address, and the BBB is trying to determine if the entity has a presence locally.
The BBB of D.C. and Eastern Pennsylvania inquiry report on the company is unsatisfactory.
“We liken (this vanity offer) to the ‘Who’s Who’ Directories,” McDaniel said. The BBB cautions individuals and business about direct e-mail or mail solicitations that offer to include the recipient in an award process or directory and may request a membership fee, payment for a plaque or payment for an order of one or more copies of a directory. In most cases, no returned solicitation, nominee or entry is rejected.
The Better Business Bureau of North Alabama is alerting local businesses and nonprofits to watch out for the latest “vanity award” scam: an e-mail message that informs the organization it’s been selected for an award.
The e-mail message, sent from U.S. Local Business Association, based in Washington, D.C., gives you the option of buying a plaque, according to Michele McDaniel, bureau president and CEO. “But until you fill out information (on your business profile), you can’t find out what your plaque will cost.”
McDaniel said the e-mails seem to be sent randomly, though “they’ve gone to the trouble of making sure the category (of the award) make sense.”
“We can’t find any criteria for the award,” she said.
The USLBA’s Web site states that selection as an award winner is determined “by the marketing success of your company in your local community and business category” and the USLBA “Best of Local Business” award program uses information gathered internally in conjunction with third-party data as a part of its selection process.
An Albertville business and a Huntsville nonprofit that had received the e-mails recently contacted the BBB to check on whether they were legitimate, McDaniel said. The BBB was forwarded two different notices; one states you must buy the plaque but doesn’t provide the cost. Once the firm links to the Web site, it can be routed to the information about costs.
A red flag, McDaniel said, is the only way to contact USLBA is through e-mail. No phone number is provided on the organization’s Web site. The Pennsylvania Avenue address of the USLBA is a known mail receiving/forwarding address, and the BBB is trying to determine if the entity has a presence locally.
The BBB of D.C. and Eastern Pennsylvania inquiry report on the company is unsatisfactory.
“We liken (this vanity offer) to the ‘Who’s Who’ Directories,” McDaniel said. The BBB cautions individuals and business about direct e-mail or mail solicitations that offer to include the recipient in an award process or directory and may request a membership fee, payment for a plaque or payment for an order of one or more copies of a directory. In most cases, no returned solicitation, nominee or entry is rejected.
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December 26, 2008
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Atlanta GA Dec 26 2008
LAWTON OK — Lawton’s Central Mall was evacuated and several stores were shut down after the discovery of some unattended bags.
Shoppers were ordered out of the central part of the mall Monday after mall security officers noticed a gray suitcase and a black bag near a bench. Police were called and cordoned off the area.
About two hours after the initial report a 26-year-old man told police the bags belonged to him and contained clothes. He told authorities he was traveling by bus to Colorado and didn’t want to carry the bags while shopping.
Mohegan, Conn.
Stephen A. Kelly, 23, of Niantic, was arrested by a Mohegan Sun state police detective after he was found urinating in an Earth Casino pit.
Security officers approached Kelly, who they say became combative, and attempted to eject him from the casino.
Kelly was charged with breach of peace and released on $500 cash bond. He is expected in Norwich Superior Court Jan. 8.
Stephen A. Kelly, 23, of Niantic, was arrested by a Mohegan Sun state police detective after he was found urinating in an Earth Casino pit.
Security officers approached Kelly, who they say became combative, and attempted to eject him from the casino.
Kelly was charged with breach of peace and released on $500 cash bond. He is expected in Norwich Superior Court Jan. 8.
Ventura County CA
Police are asking for the public’s help in identifying a man and a woman wanted for the armed robbery of the Hampton Inn & Suites hotel, 50 W. Daily Drive, on Dec. 16 around 11:50 p.m.
Witnesses describe the man as Hispanic, between 35 to 40 years old, about 6 feet 2 inches tall and weighing about 240 pounds. The woman, also Hispanic, is between 25 and 30 years old. She is described as heavyset and about 5 feet 7 inches tall. Both wore all black clothing and Santa hats during the late-night robbery.
According to police, the couple entered the hotel lobby around midnight, jumped the counter and threatened the night clerk with a large kitchen knife. The robbers told the night clerk to lie face down and then took about $600 in cash from the register.
Police said a security guard saw the two leave the hotel in a light-colored small sedan similar to a Honda Civic.
The two are also suspected of robbing the same hotel earlier this month.
Please call the Ventura County Sheriff’s Department’s Major Crime Unit at (805) 477-7000 with any information regarding this robbery.
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One shot, killed at Florida nightclub www.privateofficer.com
December 26, 2008
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LAKELAND FLA Dec 26 2008
By: Bryan Hill
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www.privateofficer.com Police are investiating the murder of a 23-year-old man who was killed on the dance floor of a packed club Thursday.
Marc Metelus of Winter Haven was shot about 12:20 a.m. inside Gonzo’s Nightclub, 1239 E. Memorial Blvd. He was taken to Lakeland Regional Medical Center where he died about 1:15 a.m.
Police spokesman Jack Gillen said that several people inside the club began fighting and shots rang out inside the crowed nightclub.
Club owner Carlos Guerrero said he was standing outside the back door, urging loiterers to leave the parking lot, when three shots rang out. Security officers were also stationed inside and outside of the club prior to the shooting.
About 200 people who had packed into the club for Ladies Night fled through the doors, abandoning their drinks and knocking over tables, he said.
Guerrero said Metelus remained on the floor, a bullet lodged in his head.
Several employees at the club told Guerrero that Metelus and the male shooter, who had come to the defense of the woman, were regulars at Gonzo’s.
Eight security employees regularly enforce security at the club, Guerrero said. “I don’t know how a gun got in. That is a good question.”
Police are asking anyone with information to call Heartland Crime Stoppers at 800-226-8477 .
Florida Corrections records show Marc Metelus was on probation for various drug and driving offenses. Jail records reveal a history of arrests on drug possession and sale charges dating back to 2005.
Gillen said that he could not say whether police had identified a suspect and refused to comment on a motive.
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www.privateofficer.com Police are investiating the murder of a 23-year-old man who was killed on the dance floor of a packed club Thursday.
Marc Metelus of Winter Haven was shot about 12:20 a.m. inside Gonzo’s Nightclub, 1239 E. Memorial Blvd. He was taken to Lakeland Regional Medical Center where he died about 1:15 a.m.
Police spokesman Jack Gillen said that several people inside the club began fighting and shots rang out inside the crowed nightclub.
Club owner Carlos Guerrero said he was standing outside the back door, urging loiterers to leave the parking lot, when three shots rang out. Security officers were also stationed inside and outside of the club prior to the shooting.
About 200 people who had packed into the club for Ladies Night fled through the doors, abandoning their drinks and knocking over tables, he said.
Guerrero said Metelus remained on the floor, a bullet lodged in his head.
Several employees at the club told Guerrero that Metelus and the male shooter, who had come to the defense of the woman, were regulars at Gonzo’s.
Eight security employees regularly enforce security at the club, Guerrero said. “I don’t know how a gun got in. That is a good question.”
Police are asking anyone with information to call Heartland Crime Stoppers at 800-226-8477 .
Florida Corrections records show Marc Metelus was on probation for various drug and driving offenses. Jail records reveal a history of arrests on drug possession and sale charges dating back to 2005.
Gillen said that he could not say whether police had identified a suspect and refused to comment on a motive.
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Bounty hunters arrested for robbery www.privateofficer.com
December 26, 2008
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PICAYUNE, Miss.Dec 26 2008 The owner of a Picayune bonding company say $50 taken from Mark Harris by its employees was to pay for bounty hunter fees. Harris said it was armed robbery.
Pearl River County sheriff’s investigator Donnie Saucier said Harris filed an armed robbery complaint on Dec. 17 against A-1 Outlaw Bonding agency and two employees, Elisha Shere Bourgeois and Kenneth Dominick Maynard.
Saucier said the incident occurred in June. Saucier said Harris claims Bourgeois, Maynard and two other people chased him down, took him into custody at gunpoint and took money from him.
Carol Pearson, owner-operator of A-1 Outlaw Bonding, said Harris, of Carriere, was wanted on a bench warrant. Pearson said a receipt for the $50 was given to Harris’ mother at her request. Pearson said bounty fees are usually $250.
Saucier said the fact there was a receipt does not make the action legal.
“Any time money or goods are taken from a person by force and against their will, it’s robbery,” Saucier said. “If people want to leave receipts for their robberies, then that fine with us.”
Saucier said Bourgeois is a bonding agent with A-1 Outlaw Bonding while Maynard is paid by the company for assisting in locating subjects.
Saucier said the other people involved in the alleged incident are being investigated.
No court date has been set in the case.
Pearl River County sheriff’s investigator Donnie Saucier said Harris filed an armed robbery complaint on Dec. 17 against A-1 Outlaw Bonding agency and two employees, Elisha Shere Bourgeois and Kenneth Dominick Maynard.
Saucier said the incident occurred in June. Saucier said Harris claims Bourgeois, Maynard and two other people chased him down, took him into custody at gunpoint and took money from him.
Carol Pearson, owner-operator of A-1 Outlaw Bonding, said Harris, of Carriere, was wanted on a bench warrant. Pearson said a receipt for the $50 was given to Harris’ mother at her request. Pearson said bounty fees are usually $250.
Saucier said the fact there was a receipt does not make the action legal.
“Any time money or goods are taken from a person by force and against their will, it’s robbery,” Saucier said. “If people want to leave receipts for their robberies, then that fine with us.”
Saucier said Bourgeois is a bonding agent with A-1 Outlaw Bonding while Maynard is paid by the company for assisting in locating subjects.
Saucier said the other people involved in the alleged incident are being investigated.
No court date has been set in the case.
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Judge sues Hilton Head security force www.privateofficer.com
December 26, 2008
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HILTON HEAD ISLAND SC Dec 26 2008
beaufortgazette.com — The Sea Pines property owners association in charge of the plantation’s private security team forcefully responded to Hilton Head Island municipal court Judge Maureen Coffey’s lawsuit this week, painting her as unable to be impartial after her brother was suspected in two rashes of home break-ins.
Coffey filed the suit against Community Services Associates and Sea Pines security chief George Breed on Nov. 20, alleging Breed began a pattern of harassing conduct designed to jail her adopted brother Otis Coffey and have her removed as town judge.
CSA lodged a formal complaint against Judge Coffey in June. It was investigated by the S.C. Supreme Court’s Office of Disciplinary Counsel, which dismissed it.
In its response, CSA argued Coffey’s lawsuit is without merit because a section of Rule 501 of the South Carolina Appellate Court Rules prohibits judges from filing civil lawsuits against people for lodging complaints against them.
In August, the town began using Beaufort municipal court Judge Ned Tupper to hear cases involving Sea Pines until the legal dispute between Coffey and CSA is settled.
beaufortgazette.com — The Sea Pines property owners association in charge of the plantation’s private security team forcefully responded to Hilton Head Island municipal court Judge Maureen Coffey’s lawsuit this week, painting her as unable to be impartial after her brother was suspected in two rashes of home break-ins.
Coffey filed the suit against Community Services Associates and Sea Pines security chief George Breed on Nov. 20, alleging Breed began a pattern of harassing conduct designed to jail her adopted brother Otis Coffey and have her removed as town judge.
CSA lodged a formal complaint against Judge Coffey in June. It was investigated by the S.C. Supreme Court’s Office of Disciplinary Counsel, which dismissed it.
In its response, CSA argued Coffey’s lawsuit is without merit because a section of Rule 501 of the South Carolina Appellate Court Rules prohibits judges from filing civil lawsuits against people for lodging complaints against them.
In August, the town began using Beaufort municipal court Judge Ned Tupper to hear cases involving Sea Pines until the legal dispute between Coffey and CSA is settled.
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Robbers beat security officer with hammer www.privateofficer.com
December 26, 2008
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SAN DIEGO CA Dec 26 2008
By: Bryan Hill
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www.privateofficer.com– Authorities have arrested several men they say tried to rob a store and slugged a security officer on the head with a hammer. Police said that the masked thief attacked a security officer with a hammer Wednesday as he and two accomplices attempted to rob an Oak Park variety store, authorities reported.
Investigators said that the three bandits entered Fam Mart in the 1700 block of Euclid Avenue with bandanas over their faces shortly before 12:30 p.m., and that a security officer confronted them.
At that time, police said that as he tried to prevent them from getting into the business, one of the trio bashed him in the head with a hammer, SDPD Sgt. Diane Wendell said.
The assailant then ran over to a jewelry case and tried to smash the glass countertop, Wendell said. When he was unable to do so, he and his cohorts ran outside and fled in a white Honda.
A short time later, a caller reported seeing three men fleeing into a canyon in the nearby Rolando district. Officers set up a perimeter in the area and began searching, eventually finding and arresting the suspected would-be robbers, according to Wendell. The extent of the security guard’s injuries was not immediately clear.
NTL. ASSOC. PRIVATE OFFICERS
www.privateofficer.com– Authorities have arrested several men they say tried to rob a store and slugged a security officer on the head with a hammer. Police said that the masked thief attacked a security officer with a hammer Wednesday as he and two accomplices attempted to rob an Oak Park variety store, authorities reported.
Investigators said that the three bandits entered Fam Mart in the 1700 block of Euclid Avenue with bandanas over their faces shortly before 12:30 p.m., and that a security officer confronted them.
At that time, police said that as he tried to prevent them from getting into the business, one of the trio bashed him in the head with a hammer, SDPD Sgt. Diane Wendell said.
The assailant then ran over to a jewelry case and tried to smash the glass countertop, Wendell said. When he was unable to do so, he and his cohorts ran outside and fled in a white Honda.
A short time later, a caller reported seeing three men fleeing into a canyon in the nearby Rolando district. Officers set up a perimeter in the area and began searching, eventually finding and arresting the suspected would-be robbers, according to Wendell. The extent of the security guard’s injuries was not immediately clear.
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Virginia security officer brings holiday cheer www.privateofficer.com
December 26, 2008
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Frederick VA. Dec 26 2008
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He decked the halls, now he’s filling them with music.
Morris Blake, a security guard at Frederick County government’s Winchester Hall, has made the holidays a little bit cheerier for government employees.
On Monday, he sat in the foyer of Winchester Hall with his music instructor, playing Christmas carols and holiday songs on a mellophone, a brass instrument similar to a French horn.
He decided to play at noon, so employees would be able to enjoy the music during their lunch break or as they left and entered the building.
“I thought it would be nice for them to have something different for once, and unbeknownst it will be the first time for them here,” Blake said.
Blake has been a security guard for the county for five years. He has also worked security at Mount St. Mary’s University and Francis Scott Key Mall.
In Winchester Hall, he greets visitors with a smile and started an annual tradition of decorating the foyer with a sparkling Christmas tree and poinsettias.
This year, he added the entertainment, and also played for employees at City Hall. He was joined by his teacher, a local instructor who offers private lessons, Dennis Fraley, on the French horn.
The mayor missed the performance, so Blake and Fraley played him a few songs.
They’ve already been asked back.
“Everybody was very happy, very nice about it,” Blake said.
Blake just started learning the mellophone in October, and Fraley helped keep the songs going strong.
“You have to hang in there with me,” Blake said before he started playing.
A couple dozen employees came by to listen, clapping at the end of every song.
Though he just started learning the mellophone, Blake has been playing the trumpet for two years, which is very similar in terms of how it is played and keyed.
Blake also recently started a handbell group at Fort Detrick, and has played the organ at local churches for many years.
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He decked the halls, now he’s filling them with music.
Morris Blake, a security guard at Frederick County government’s Winchester Hall, has made the holidays a little bit cheerier for government employees.
On Monday, he sat in the foyer of Winchester Hall with his music instructor, playing Christmas carols and holiday songs on a mellophone, a brass instrument similar to a French horn.
He decided to play at noon, so employees would be able to enjoy the music during their lunch break or as they left and entered the building.
“I thought it would be nice for them to have something different for once, and unbeknownst it will be the first time for them here,” Blake said.
Blake has been a security guard for the county for five years. He has also worked security at Mount St. Mary’s University and Francis Scott Key Mall.
In Winchester Hall, he greets visitors with a smile and started an annual tradition of decorating the foyer with a sparkling Christmas tree and poinsettias.
This year, he added the entertainment, and also played for employees at City Hall. He was joined by his teacher, a local instructor who offers private lessons, Dennis Fraley, on the French horn.
The mayor missed the performance, so Blake and Fraley played him a few songs.
They’ve already been asked back.
“Everybody was very happy, very nice about it,” Blake said.
Blake just started learning the mellophone in October, and Fraley helped keep the songs going strong.
“You have to hang in there with me,” Blake said before he started playing.
A couple dozen employees came by to listen, clapping at the end of every song.
Though he just started learning the mellophone, Blake has been playing the trumpet for two years, which is very similar in terms of how it is played and keyed.
Blake also recently started a handbell group at Fort Detrick, and has played the organ at local churches for many years.
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Nightclub shooting under investigation www.privateofficer.com
December 26, 2008
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DAYTON, Ohio Dec 26 2008 — Police in Dayton said bullets rang out on Christmas night, leaving one man hospitalized and the search for two suspected gunmen.
The shooting happened around 1 a.m. Friday at the IUE Hall in the 300 block of South Jefferson Street.
Officers said shots rang out at a teen dance party that was being held at the IUE Hall. They said when medics arrived at the scene, they found a 19-year-old man shot in the bathroom of the facility.
He was rushed to Miami Valley Hospital with a single gunshot wound.
According to police, the two suspected gunmen fled the scene, but thanks to a good description of the suspects and their getaway car, officers managed to track them down at Club Cream on North Main Street.
Officers said they found an empty car and went inside to search the club. A security guard caught another young man running out the back, reportedly with a gun.
He was tackled and handcuffed, but was later released.
Police said they arrested another man who they said matched the shooter’s description, but he was also released.
The shooting happened around 1 a.m. Friday at the IUE Hall in the 300 block of South Jefferson Street.
Officers said shots rang out at a teen dance party that was being held at the IUE Hall. They said when medics arrived at the scene, they found a 19-year-old man shot in the bathroom of the facility.
He was rushed to Miami Valley Hospital with a single gunshot wound.
According to police, the two suspected gunmen fled the scene, but thanks to a good description of the suspects and their getaway car, officers managed to track them down at Club Cream on North Main Street.
Officers said they found an empty car and went inside to search the club. A security guard caught another young man running out the back, reportedly with a gun.
He was tackled and handcuffed, but was later released.
Police said they arrested another man who they said matched the shooter’s description, but he was also released.
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Security, police capture school burglars www.privateofficer.com
December 26, 2008
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HUNTSVILLE, ALA. Dec 26 2008
BY: Rick McCann
NTL. ASSOC. PRIVATE OFFICERS
http://www.privateofficer.com/ – Three suspects are facing charges in connection with the early morning burglary of Lakewood Elementary School.
According to police, they received a call from the school security department about an alarm activation at the school at 1:40a.m. Huntsville police and K-9 officers were dispatched as security monitored security cameras which showed at least three suspects inside the school.
Officers arrived and surrounded the school located at 3500 Kenwood Drive. and captured two of the suspects as they tried to flee.
A K-9 officer and his partner soon captured the third suspect.
One of the captured suspects was identified by police as 18 year old Laron Turner. The other two were juveniles police said.
All three are charged with burglary.
NTL. ASSOC. PRIVATE OFFICERS
http://www.privateofficer.com/ – Three suspects are facing charges in connection with the early morning burglary of Lakewood Elementary School.
According to police, they received a call from the school security department about an alarm activation at the school at 1:40a.m. Huntsville police and K-9 officers were dispatched as security monitored security cameras which showed at least three suspects inside the school.
Officers arrived and surrounded the school located at 3500 Kenwood Drive. and captured two of the suspects as they tried to flee.
A K-9 officer and his partner soon captured the third suspect.
One of the captured suspects was identified by police as 18 year old Laron Turner. The other two were juveniles police said.
All three are charged with burglary.
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OFFICER DOWN OHIO www.privateofficer.com
December 25, 2008
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Deputy Sheriff William K. Chadwell
Pickaway County Sheriff’s Office Ohio
End of Watch: Wednesday, December 24, 2008
Biographical InfoAge: 70
Biographical InfoAge: 70
Tour of Duty: Not available
Badge Number: Not available
Incident Details Cause of Death: Struck by vehicle
Incident Details Cause of Death: Struck by vehicle
Date of Incident: Wednesday, December 24, 2008
Deputy William Chadwell was killed when he was struck by a vehicle while attempting to clear a fallen tree from Stout Road, in Washington Township.He was off duty, en route to a private residence when he came upon the tree. He reported into dispatch and requested assistance from on duty deputies to remove it. As he waited for the other deputies to arrive, a vehicle struck the tree, knocking it into Deputy Chadwell.Deputy Chadwell was transported to a local hospital where he succumbed to his injuries a short time later.
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Pickaway County Sheriff’s Office
PO Box 100600 Island Road
Circleville, OH 43113
Phone: (740) 474-2176
Please contact the Pickaway County Sheriff’s Office for funeral arrangements or for survivor benefit fund information.
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Disabled woman claims mall guards harassed her www.privateofficer.com
December 25, 2008
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NATICK MA Dec 25 2008
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A woman with limited use of her legs and uses a motorized scooter to get around, said security at Natick Collection would not allow her to use her vehicle last week, but mall representatives said the problem was not the scooter but the commotion she caused.
Maryan Amaral of Newton visited the shopping center last Thursday evening to do some Christmas shopping and used her Izip i650 to move around the mall. Amaral has limited use of her legs and has difficulty lifting heavy objects following a car accident six years ago. Since then she has become an advocate for disabled rights and access.
“I can’t carry anything. If I go shopping, I have to have something to carry my items,” Amaral said. “I’m never quite sure how dependably I will be able to walk. I use a wheelchair all the time, but it is hard to push so I bought a scooter.”
Jennifer Kearney, general manager of Natick Collection, said security was called after a couple merchants in the mall complained that a woman was riding a scooter in their stores.
“First we received two complaints from retailers of someone driving around their store on a scooter, and weaving in and out of customers while they shopped,” Kearney said. “She was approached by security. We were not familiar with the scooter. It is not a wheelchair, it looked like a scooter.”
Amaral bought the scooter, which is about 3.5 feet long and 3 inches wide, from an online store called TheSuperKids.com.
“It’s promoted as a kids toy,” Amaral said. “I looked at others, but my criterion was what could I get to fit in my car and what could I get that will hold a charge in winter and have enough clearance to get over snow banks.”
Her scooter can move up to 15 miles per hour and has a range of about 12 miles between charges, Amaral said. She has been approached at other stores, such as the Harvard Coop bookstore and Target, she said, but they let her continue shopping when they saw she used it instead of a wheelchair.
The security officer told Amaral scooters cannot be ridden in the mall. She responded that she used it in place of a wheelchair, and showed him the handicapped symbols she placed on the scooter’s basket. The security guard called in his supervisor, who asked Amaral for a document showing she is disabled.
The sides disagree about what happened next. Amaral said she offered to take the guard to her car to show him her handicap placard and her wheelchair, but he refused to go and asked her for papers to prove she was handicapped.
“I said ‘You can’t ask that. I don’t need to walk around with medical records,”‘ Amaral said. “I said ‘I can take you to my car and can show you my handicap placard.’ He said ‘I don’t care. I can have you arrested.”‘
Kearney said the guard did not refuse and would have let her go on her way but Amaral began yelling and causing a scene.
“She became very loud, and was attracting attention,” Kearney said. “We would have said yes (she can use the scooter), and just let it be.”
The guard, according to Amaral, also told her no electric-powered vehicles could be used in the mall. Kearney denied that, saying that a wide variety of electric vehicles are used in the mall. Only gas-powered vehicles are banned, Kearney said.
Amaral asked for the security guard’s name. When he began writing down the information, Kearney said she got on the scooter and headed toward the FYE store.
“He tried to talk to her, but she didn’t want anything to do with him,” Kearney said. “She started yelling about her placard.”
Amaral denies yelling or even raising her voice, and said she would have trouble yelling because she was fighting a cold.
“Did I raise my voice? Enough to be heard without coughing,” Amaral said. “I was definitely not yelling.”
According to Amaral, the guard left the area and she went shopping in FYE and was in line to pay for some items when the guard told her to put the items back and said he would call the police.
“I’m waiting in line and he comes in said ‘There you are. I told you, you can’t shop here,”‘ Amaral said. “I said I was waiting to purchase my items, and he said, ‘No you’re not,’ and he called police. “
Police were called, Kearney said, because Amaral continued to make a scene.
“We never asked her to leave the shopping center,” Kearney said. “Her disruptive and belligerent behavior was the only reason they were called.”
The police asked Amaral for some identification, and she refused unless they were going to charge her. Natick Police could not be reached yesterday for comment.
Amaral eventually showed police her ID and left. She said she plans to file a complaint with the Massachusetts Office on Disability, and would like the mall to give security guards training on the rights of the disabled and sensitivity toward people with disabilities.
“I’m sure the security officers were stressed, it’s Christmas time. But they didn’t just overreact, they went too far,” Amaral said. “If he had stopped, and said ‘OK, I don’t recognize that as a wheelchair, but OK I’ll go to your car and see the placard,’ it would have ended that. He did not do that.
“Instead he called police and wanted me arrested.”
The mall has a policy welcoming all people with disabilities and has wheel chairs available for those who need them, Kearney said. She said the mall may change its policy to handle similar situations in the future.
“What we will probably do now is ask the person to fill out a form of release to ride this type of vehicle in the mall,” Kearney said. “We are concerned about other people’s safety – kids, mothers with baby carriages, elderly, and the disabled. We have to protect everyone.”
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A woman with limited use of her legs and uses a motorized scooter to get around, said security at Natick Collection would not allow her to use her vehicle last week, but mall representatives said the problem was not the scooter but the commotion she caused.
Maryan Amaral of Newton visited the shopping center last Thursday evening to do some Christmas shopping and used her Izip i650 to move around the mall. Amaral has limited use of her legs and has difficulty lifting heavy objects following a car accident six years ago. Since then she has become an advocate for disabled rights and access.
“I can’t carry anything. If I go shopping, I have to have something to carry my items,” Amaral said. “I’m never quite sure how dependably I will be able to walk. I use a wheelchair all the time, but it is hard to push so I bought a scooter.”
Jennifer Kearney, general manager of Natick Collection, said security was called after a couple merchants in the mall complained that a woman was riding a scooter in their stores.
“First we received two complaints from retailers of someone driving around their store on a scooter, and weaving in and out of customers while they shopped,” Kearney said. “She was approached by security. We were not familiar with the scooter. It is not a wheelchair, it looked like a scooter.”
Amaral bought the scooter, which is about 3.5 feet long and 3 inches wide, from an online store called TheSuperKids.com.
“It’s promoted as a kids toy,” Amaral said. “I looked at others, but my criterion was what could I get to fit in my car and what could I get that will hold a charge in winter and have enough clearance to get over snow banks.”
Her scooter can move up to 15 miles per hour and has a range of about 12 miles between charges, Amaral said. She has been approached at other stores, such as the Harvard Coop bookstore and Target, she said, but they let her continue shopping when they saw she used it instead of a wheelchair.
The security officer told Amaral scooters cannot be ridden in the mall. She responded that she used it in place of a wheelchair, and showed him the handicapped symbols she placed on the scooter’s basket. The security guard called in his supervisor, who asked Amaral for a document showing she is disabled.
The sides disagree about what happened next. Amaral said she offered to take the guard to her car to show him her handicap placard and her wheelchair, but he refused to go and asked her for papers to prove she was handicapped.
“I said ‘You can’t ask that. I don’t need to walk around with medical records,”‘ Amaral said. “I said ‘I can take you to my car and can show you my handicap placard.’ He said ‘I don’t care. I can have you arrested.”‘
Kearney said the guard did not refuse and would have let her go on her way but Amaral began yelling and causing a scene.
“She became very loud, and was attracting attention,” Kearney said. “We would have said yes (she can use the scooter), and just let it be.”
The guard, according to Amaral, also told her no electric-powered vehicles could be used in the mall. Kearney denied that, saying that a wide variety of electric vehicles are used in the mall. Only gas-powered vehicles are banned, Kearney said.
Amaral asked for the security guard’s name. When he began writing down the information, Kearney said she got on the scooter and headed toward the FYE store.
“He tried to talk to her, but she didn’t want anything to do with him,” Kearney said. “She started yelling about her placard.”
Amaral denies yelling or even raising her voice, and said she would have trouble yelling because she was fighting a cold.
“Did I raise my voice? Enough to be heard without coughing,” Amaral said. “I was definitely not yelling.”
According to Amaral, the guard left the area and she went shopping in FYE and was in line to pay for some items when the guard told her to put the items back and said he would call the police.
“I’m waiting in line and he comes in said ‘There you are. I told you, you can’t shop here,”‘ Amaral said. “I said I was waiting to purchase my items, and he said, ‘No you’re not,’ and he called police. “
Police were called, Kearney said, because Amaral continued to make a scene.
“We never asked her to leave the shopping center,” Kearney said. “Her disruptive and belligerent behavior was the only reason they were called.”
The police asked Amaral for some identification, and she refused unless they were going to charge her. Natick Police could not be reached yesterday for comment.
Amaral eventually showed police her ID and left. She said she plans to file a complaint with the Massachusetts Office on Disability, and would like the mall to give security guards training on the rights of the disabled and sensitivity toward people with disabilities.
“I’m sure the security officers were stressed, it’s Christmas time. But they didn’t just overreact, they went too far,” Amaral said. “If he had stopped, and said ‘OK, I don’t recognize that as a wheelchair, but OK I’ll go to your car and see the placard,’ it would have ended that. He did not do that.
“Instead he called police and wanted me arrested.”
The mall has a policy welcoming all people with disabilities and has wheel chairs available for those who need them, Kearney said. She said the mall may change its policy to handle similar situations in the future.
“What we will probably do now is ask the person to fill out a form of release to ride this type of vehicle in the mall,” Kearney said. “We are concerned about other people’s safety – kids, mothers with baby carriages, elderly, and the disabled. We have to protect everyone.”
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Teacher charged with molesting student www.privateofficer.com
December 25, 2008
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Salinas CA Dec 25 2008
A Salinas teacher suspected of molesting a male student was arrested again Tuesday for allegedly molesting two other boys.
A 15-year-old boy and a 20-year-old former student told police they were molested by Manuel Rivera, 66, Salinas police Sgt. Don Cline said.
Rivera, a Spanish teacher at Everett Alvarez High School, was arrested Nov. 1 after a 16-year-old boy reported being molested by Rivera. The boy stayed after school to get help with schoolwork when the alleged incident occurred, police said.
Rivera posted bail and was released from Monterey County Jail. After news coverage of the teacher’s arrest, the other boys came forward, police said.
Rivera was arrested Tuesday at his home and lodged into county jail with bail set at $1.8 million.
Police are recommending that he be charged with 18 counts of committing a lewd act upon a child and one count of annoying a child.
A Salinas teacher suspected of molesting a male student was arrested again Tuesday for allegedly molesting two other boys.
A 15-year-old boy and a 20-year-old former student told police they were molested by Manuel Rivera, 66, Salinas police Sgt. Don Cline said.
Rivera, a Spanish teacher at Everett Alvarez High School, was arrested Nov. 1 after a 16-year-old boy reported being molested by Rivera. The boy stayed after school to get help with schoolwork when the alleged incident occurred, police said.
Rivera posted bail and was released from Monterey County Jail. After news coverage of the teacher’s arrest, the other boys came forward, police said.
Rivera was arrested Tuesday at his home and lodged into county jail with bail set at $1.8 million.
Police are recommending that he be charged with 18 counts of committing a lewd act upon a child and one count of annoying a child.
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Private security investigated for sexual assaults of immigrant detainees www.privateofficer.com
December 25, 2008
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Pearsall TX Dec 25 2008- More claims of sexual assaults at a detention center for immigrants in Pearsall.
Allegations of guards having sex with inmates were uncovered by the news four WOAI Trouble Shooters last May.
Now there is new information.
It’s been seven months since we asked for the records from the Department of Homeland Security.
Activist Jaime Martinez says there needs to be congressional investigations. He’s reacting to more claims of sexual assaults at the Pearsall facility that holds illegal immigrants waiting to be deported.
“They need to prosecute those people, the security that had those inappropriate relationships with the immigrants,” said Martinez.
But that’s not happening according to the records we obtained using the Freedom of Information Act.
They include a report showing an investigation into claims a security guard, working for a private company called Geo, was accused of having had sex with a detainee from Mexico.
The guard was fired but the United States Attorneys Office here in San Antonio declined to prosecute the case.
Another report says a male detainee claimed earlier this year to be the victim of numerous sexual assaults.
Many details in the reports are blacked out including the person accused.
Also in the D.H.S. documents is a note by one investigator that says the detention center is experiencing many problems with the private security officers working there and that more attention needs to be placed there.
“It was going on a lot. It was going on almost all the time, the sexual abuse,” said a former detainee.
Last may a former detainee told us there is rampant sexual abuse by the guards.
Because of what we uncovered, several activists, including Gabriel Velasquez with the Cesar Chavez Organization, went to the facility demanding to know if the abuse has been stopped.
“You guys went up to the facility. You made some phone calls. Have you gotten any answers?” asked Collister.
“No we haven’t. We haven’t,” said Velasquez.
After our initial investigation, federal officials sent a team to the facility to investigate.
“ICE holds it’s employees and contractors to the highest standards and ensures no one is above the law. Any allegation of misconduct by either an ICE employee or contractor is reviewed and investigated by the office of professional responsibility and the DHS Office of the Inspector General. “
Allegations of guards having sex with inmates were uncovered by the news four WOAI Trouble Shooters last May.
Now there is new information.
It’s been seven months since we asked for the records from the Department of Homeland Security.
Activist Jaime Martinez says there needs to be congressional investigations. He’s reacting to more claims of sexual assaults at the Pearsall facility that holds illegal immigrants waiting to be deported.
“They need to prosecute those people, the security that had those inappropriate relationships with the immigrants,” said Martinez.
But that’s not happening according to the records we obtained using the Freedom of Information Act.
They include a report showing an investigation into claims a security guard, working for a private company called Geo, was accused of having had sex with a detainee from Mexico.
The guard was fired but the United States Attorneys Office here in San Antonio declined to prosecute the case.
Another report says a male detainee claimed earlier this year to be the victim of numerous sexual assaults.
Many details in the reports are blacked out including the person accused.
Also in the D.H.S. documents is a note by one investigator that says the detention center is experiencing many problems with the private security officers working there and that more attention needs to be placed there.
“It was going on a lot. It was going on almost all the time, the sexual abuse,” said a former detainee.
Last may a former detainee told us there is rampant sexual abuse by the guards.
Because of what we uncovered, several activists, including Gabriel Velasquez with the Cesar Chavez Organization, went to the facility demanding to know if the abuse has been stopped.
“You guys went up to the facility. You made some phone calls. Have you gotten any answers?” asked Collister.
“No we haven’t. We haven’t,” said Velasquez.
After our initial investigation, federal officials sent a team to the facility to investigate.
“ICE holds it’s employees and contractors to the highest standards and ensures no one is above the law. Any allegation of misconduct by either an ICE employee or contractor is reviewed and investigated by the office of professional responsibility and the DHS Office of the Inspector General. “
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Man dressed as Santa kills 3 and then himself www.privateofficer.com
December 25, 2008
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COVINA, Calif. Dec 25 2008 AP – A man dressed as Santa who had been having marital problems opened fire at a Christmas party, leaving more than three people dead in a home that then caught fire, authorities said.
Hours later, police found the body of the suspect, Bruce Jeffrey Pardo, 45, at the home of his brother early Thursday in the Sylmar area of Los Angeles. Police said he killed himself but would not say how.
“He was going through some type of marital problems, and we believe that this residence is a relative’s residence,” Lt. Pat Buchanan said of the house that burned.
Police initally said three people were dead in the shootings and fire late Wednesday. Ed Winter of the Los Angeles County Coroner’s Office said Thursday that investigators sifting through the ashes of the house found “several” more bodies, but would not say how many.
The bodies were too badly burned to immediately determine whether they died in the shootings or the fire, Winter said. “We have multiple bodies inside,” Winter said. “They’re extremely charred and burned.”
The gunman arrived at the party in Covina late Wednesday and immediately opened fire with a handgun, Buchanan said. Witnesses told police that the man took off the Santa suit and left the scene of the burning house in street clothes.
Winter said the search through the destroyed home would take at least until the end of the day.
Jan Gregory, a neighbor, said about 25 people were at the party when the gunshots rang out and people started running by the house.
She said she saw a teenage boy run from the house screaming, “They shot my family.”
Buchanan says three other people were injured. A woman in her 20s and an 8-year-old girl had gunshot wounds that were not life-threatening, and a third person had a broken ankle.
Police received several 911 calls with reports of shots fired at 11:30 p.m. Wednesday night, and were still hearing gunshots after they arrived and found the house in flames, Buchanan said.
At first, firefighters were held back by police because shots were still being fired, though it may have been ammunition burning in the blaze, fire Captain Mike Brown said.
Firefighters had extinguished the blaze by about 1:30 a.m. Thursday, fire Captain Mike Brown said.
The two-story home on a cul-de-sac was destroyed in Covina, a quiet suburb 25 miles east of Los Angeles.
“This neighborhood is really quiet,” said Jeffrey Barrientos, who lives half a block from the house that burned. Barrientos said the neighborhood’s residents were mostly retirees and elderly people.
Hours later, police found the body of the suspect, Bruce Jeffrey Pardo, 45, at the home of his brother early Thursday in the Sylmar area of Los Angeles. Police said he killed himself but would not say how.
“He was going through some type of marital problems, and we believe that this residence is a relative’s residence,” Lt. Pat Buchanan said of the house that burned.
Police initally said three people were dead in the shootings and fire late Wednesday. Ed Winter of the Los Angeles County Coroner’s Office said Thursday that investigators sifting through the ashes of the house found “several” more bodies, but would not say how many.
The bodies were too badly burned to immediately determine whether they died in the shootings or the fire, Winter said. “We have multiple bodies inside,” Winter said. “They’re extremely charred and burned.”
The gunman arrived at the party in Covina late Wednesday and immediately opened fire with a handgun, Buchanan said. Witnesses told police that the man took off the Santa suit and left the scene of the burning house in street clothes.
Winter said the search through the destroyed home would take at least until the end of the day.
Jan Gregory, a neighbor, said about 25 people were at the party when the gunshots rang out and people started running by the house.
She said she saw a teenage boy run from the house screaming, “They shot my family.”
Buchanan says three other people were injured. A woman in her 20s and an 8-year-old girl had gunshot wounds that were not life-threatening, and a third person had a broken ankle.
Police received several 911 calls with reports of shots fired at 11:30 p.m. Wednesday night, and were still hearing gunshots after they arrived and found the house in flames, Buchanan said.
At first, firefighters were held back by police because shots were still being fired, though it may have been ammunition burning in the blaze, fire Captain Mike Brown said.
Firefighters had extinguished the blaze by about 1:30 a.m. Thursday, fire Captain Mike Brown said.
The two-story home on a cul-de-sac was destroyed in Covina, a quiet suburb 25 miles east of Los Angeles.
“This neighborhood is really quiet,” said Jeffrey Barrientos, who lives half a block from the house that burned. Barrientos said the neighborhood’s residents were mostly retirees and elderly people.
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December 24, 2008
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Florida teacher arrested for lewd acts on student www.privateofficer.com
December 24, 2008
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LAKE COUNTY, Fla. Dec 24 2008 (WOFL FOX 35, Orlando) — A teacher in Tavares has been arrested and charged with lewd and lascivious acts involving a 15 year old girl.
Tavares police charged John Peter Salamon, 44, with having non-consensual, sexual contact with the female student in the Tavares High School media center.
The student claims a few weeks ago she was working on a computer, when Salamon kissed her, grabbed her breast, and told her he loved her.
Salamon teaches at Tavares High School working with special education students and serves as athletic director.
According to Salamon’s wife, the allegations aren’t true and the family is not only denying the allegations, but fighting them as well. She said the family has hired an attorney.
Because the girl is a minor, police aren’t releasing her name, but they do confirm she’s not one of Salamon’s special education students. It’s now known if she plays sports. Salamon also umpires girls’ softball.
Police said their two-week investigation also uncovered past practices similar in nature but no charges were pursued by any of the victims.
Salamon was able to bond out of jail Monday night.
Tavares police charged John Peter Salamon, 44, with having non-consensual, sexual contact with the female student in the Tavares High School media center.
The student claims a few weeks ago she was working on a computer, when Salamon kissed her, grabbed her breast, and told her he loved her.
Salamon teaches at Tavares High School working with special education students and serves as athletic director.
According to Salamon’s wife, the allegations aren’t true and the family is not only denying the allegations, but fighting them as well. She said the family has hired an attorney.
Because the girl is a minor, police aren’t releasing her name, but they do confirm she’s not one of Salamon’s special education students. It’s now known if she plays sports. Salamon also umpires girls’ softball.
Police said their two-week investigation also uncovered past practices similar in nature but no charges were pursued by any of the victims.
Salamon was able to bond out of jail Monday night.
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NLV police officer charged with using badge for sexual favors www.privateofficer.com
December 24, 2008
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A North Las Vegas Police Officer is under arrest and facing seven felony counts. He’s charged with using the power of his badge to solicit sexual favors from women in exchange for dropping speeding tickets.
This is a case which North Las Vegas police say they have been investigating for several months. It involves at least five victims, all women, and police say there could be more.
Three year department veteran Officer James Clayton was taken into custody Tuesday morning at a police substation by North Las Vegas Police Investigators. According to court documents, Officer Clayton would pull over women and then, in most cases, suggest sexual acts in exchange for disposing of their speeding tickets.
In one case, Clayton allegedly exposed himself.
The documents also say Clayton was very persistent, asking for phone numbers, following the alleged victims, and even calling one 20 times in just three days.
North Las Vegas Police say no matter what the outcome of this case, it is a black eye for the department.
“We want to make sure that everyone knows that we hold our police officers to a very high standard and this behavior that is alleged here is totally unacceptable. I don’t know whether Mr. Clayton is guilty of these charges, but I do know people in North Las Vegas can still rely on their police officers to come and treat them fairly,” said North Las Vegas Police Sgt. Tim Bedwell.
All the crimes allegedly occurred between March 27 and July 26, 2008 mostly in the overnight and early morning hours.
Officer Clayton has been on paid administrative leave since July 29, 2008 while this investigation has been ongoing.
Court documents do not list the name of Officer Clayton’s attorney. He will make his first appearance before a judge in North Las Vegas Wednesday morning.
A North Las Vegas Police Officer is under arrest and facing seven felony counts. He’s charged with using the power of his badge to solicit sexual favors from women in exchange for dropping speeding tickets.
This is a case which North Las Vegas police say they have been investigating for several months. It involves at least five victims, all women, and police say there could be more.
Three year department veteran Officer James Clayton was taken into custody Tuesday morning at a police substation by North Las Vegas Police Investigators. According to court documents, Officer Clayton would pull over women and then, in most cases, suggest sexual acts in exchange for disposing of their speeding tickets.
In one case, Clayton allegedly exposed himself.
The documents also say Clayton was very persistent, asking for phone numbers, following the alleged victims, and even calling one 20 times in just three days.
North Las Vegas Police say no matter what the outcome of this case, it is a black eye for the department.
“We want to make sure that everyone knows that we hold our police officers to a very high standard and this behavior that is alleged here is totally unacceptable. I don’t know whether Mr. Clayton is guilty of these charges, but I do know people in North Las Vegas can still rely on their police officers to come and treat them fairly,” said North Las Vegas Police Sgt. Tim Bedwell.
All the crimes allegedly occurred between March 27 and July 26, 2008 mostly in the overnight and early morning hours.
Officer Clayton has been on paid administrative leave since July 29, 2008 while this investigation has been ongoing.
Court documents do not list the name of Officer Clayton’s attorney. He will make his first appearance before a judge in North Las Vegas Wednesday morning.
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School security work with police to bring Christmas to students www.privateofficer.com
December 24, 2008
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REDLANDS CA Dec 24 2008 – Security and police officers from Redlands and Redlands East Valley high schools collaborated on a toy drive to help bring cheer to less fortunate children this holiday season.
Last year, Redlands High School security officers began the drive, collecting about 1,700 toys to donate to Family Service Association of Redlands.
This year, they asked Redlands East Valley security staff to help collect toys for the drive.
Dan Kivett, head of security at Redlands East Valley, said that they had an office half-full of toys donated by staff and students.
“I’ve had a real outpouring of generosity here,” he said.
He mentioned the Compact Club helped donate toys, and the marching band at REV wheeled in a wagon full of toys for the drive.
McKinley Elementary School also responded to the security department’s call and donated a gift-wrap-covered box full of toys, donated from the staff at the school.
“One thing about the schools in this district, they really do get involved with the community,” said 48-year-old Kivett.
Unfortunately, the two schools’ security officers were unable to collect as many toys as were collected last year. They had hoped to double the amount of toys with both high schools working together, but between the two schools, they collected fewer than 400 toys.
However, department supervisor Sgt. Daniel Marmolejo is optimistic about next year’s collection, hoping to spread it district-wide.
Last year, Redlands High School security officers began the drive, collecting about 1,700 toys to donate to Family Service Association of Redlands.
This year, they asked Redlands East Valley security staff to help collect toys for the drive.
Dan Kivett, head of security at Redlands East Valley, said that they had an office half-full of toys donated by staff and students.
“I’ve had a real outpouring of generosity here,” he said.
He mentioned the Compact Club helped donate toys, and the marching band at REV wheeled in a wagon full of toys for the drive.
McKinley Elementary School also responded to the security department’s call and donated a gift-wrap-covered box full of toys, donated from the staff at the school.
“One thing about the schools in this district, they really do get involved with the community,” said 48-year-old Kivett.
Unfortunately, the two schools’ security officers were unable to collect as many toys as were collected last year. They had hoped to double the amount of toys with both high schools working together, but between the two schools, they collected fewer than 400 toys.
However, department supervisor Sgt. Daniel Marmolejo is optimistic about next year’s collection, hoping to spread it district-wide.
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Florida teacher commits suicide at school www.privateofficer.com
December 24, 2008
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Largo Fla. Dec 24 2008 A Largo Middle School teacher who has worked for Pinellas County schools for nearly nine years shot and killed herself on the school grounds Monday.
The woman, who is not being identified because next of kin has not been notified, was found about 5 p.m. Monday by a school system maintenance person in front of the school on Eighth Avenue SE, said Largo Police Lt. Mike Loux.
Pinellas County schools are closed for the winter holidays.
Largo Middle School principal Fred Ulrich would not comment specifically on the teacher, but said the school has a plan in place to deal with the traumatic event when school reopens Jan. 5.
“We will have counselors, social workers and our school psychologist.
The woman, who is not being identified because next of kin has not been notified, was found about 5 p.m. Monday by a school system maintenance person in front of the school on Eighth Avenue SE, said Largo Police Lt. Mike Loux.
Pinellas County schools are closed for the winter holidays.
Largo Middle School principal Fred Ulrich would not comment specifically on the teacher, but said the school has a plan in place to deal with the traumatic event when school reopens Jan. 5.
“We will have counselors, social workers and our school psychologist.
All will be available come Monday morning for both students and staff, for any kind of grief counseling or whatever we can do to help them through this trauma,” Ulrich said.
Andrea Zahn, school spokeswoman, said the teacher has worked for the school system since March 1, 2000.
Andrea Zahn, school spokeswoman, said the teacher has worked for the school system since March 1, 2000.
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Palm Beach deputy arrested after threatening security www.privateofficer.com
December 24, 2008
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Lake Worth Fla. Dec 24 2008
By: Bryan Hill
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A Palm Beach County sheriff’s deputy has found himself locked up and on the wrong side of the bars after he pulled a gun in a bar.
Authorities said that Deputy Oscar Maturana,35, pulled a gun on a security officer and customers at Lake Worth night club and threatened to “bust a cap” in them.
The sheriff’s department reports say that Maturana was with another man at the club early Sunday morning when the other man got into a fight inside the club.
When club security guards tried to break up the fight Maturana allegedly intervened and pulled his gun.
Palm Beach deputies arrived before the two could flee the scene and determined through interviewing witnesses including the security officers that a serious felony had occurred and Maturana and the other man was taken into custody and arrested.
Palm Beach deputies arrived before the two could flee the scene and determined through interviewing witnesses including the security officers that a serious felony had occurred and Maturana and the other man was taken into custody and arrested.
Maturana was being held on $100,000 bail.
He was also placed on administrative leave while the agency’s Internal Affairs unit conducts an investigation.
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Security officer finds dead body of NYC investor www.privateofficer.com
December 24, 2008
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NEW YORK NY Dec 24 2008
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http://www.privateofficer.com/ A security officer on patrol in NYC found the dead body of a distinguished investor who traced his lineage to the French aristocracy, hobnobbed with members of European high society and sailed around the world on fancy yachts.
NYPD detectives said that after losing more than $1 billion of his clients’ money to Bernard Madoff, Rene-Thierry Magon de la Villehuchet had enough. He locked the door of his Madison Avenue office and apparently swallowed sleeping pills and slashed his wrists with a box cutter, police said.
The security guard found his body Tuesday morning, next to a garbage can placed to catch the blood.
The bloody scene marked a grisly turn in the Madoff scandal in which money managers and investors were ensnared in an alleged $50 billion Ponzi scheme. De la Villehuchet is believed to have lost about $1.4 billion to Madoff.
No suicide note was found, said NYPD spokesman Paul Browne.
De la Villehuchet, 65, was an esteemed financier who tapped his upper-crust European connections to attract clients. It was not immediately clear how he knew Madoff or who his clients were.
He grew increasingly subdued after the Madoff scandal broke, drawing suspicion among janitors at his office Monday night when he demanded that they be out of there by 7 p.m. Less than 13 hours later, his body was found.
His death came as swindled investors began looking for ways to recoup their losses. Funds that lost big to Madoff are also facing investor lawsuits and backlash for failing to properly vet Madoff and overlooking red flags that could have steered them away. It’s not immediately known what kind of scrutiny de la Villehuchet was facing over his losses.
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http://www.privateofficer.com/ A security officer on patrol in NYC found the dead body of a distinguished investor who traced his lineage to the French aristocracy, hobnobbed with members of European high society and sailed around the world on fancy yachts.
NYPD detectives said that after losing more than $1 billion of his clients’ money to Bernard Madoff, Rene-Thierry Magon de la Villehuchet had enough. He locked the door of his Madison Avenue office and apparently swallowed sleeping pills and slashed his wrists with a box cutter, police said.
The security guard found his body Tuesday morning, next to a garbage can placed to catch the blood.
The bloody scene marked a grisly turn in the Madoff scandal in which money managers and investors were ensnared in an alleged $50 billion Ponzi scheme. De la Villehuchet is believed to have lost about $1.4 billion to Madoff.
No suicide note was found, said NYPD spokesman Paul Browne.
De la Villehuchet, 65, was an esteemed financier who tapped his upper-crust European connections to attract clients. It was not immediately clear how he knew Madoff or who his clients were.
He grew increasingly subdued after the Madoff scandal broke, drawing suspicion among janitors at his office Monday night when he demanded that they be out of there by 7 p.m. Less than 13 hours later, his body was found.
His death came as swindled investors began looking for ways to recoup their losses. Funds that lost big to Madoff are also facing investor lawsuits and backlash for failing to properly vet Madoff and overlooking red flags that could have steered them away. It’s not immediately known what kind of scrutiny de la Villehuchet was facing over his losses.
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Chemical fumes send emergency workers to Disneyland Hotel www.privateofficer.com
December 24, 2008
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Authorities said that it was a reaction of chemicals in a basement laundry in one of three towers at the Disneyland Hotel Monday that caused a panic and brought the Anaheim Fire Department hazmat crews and other emergency workers to the hotel.
Workers began complaining of dizziness and an ill feeling at around 4:15p.m.
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Authorities said that it was a reaction of chemicals in a basement laundry in one of three towers at the Disneyland Hotel Monday that caused a panic and brought the Anaheim Fire Department hazmat crews and other emergency workers to the hotel.
Workers began complaining of dizziness and an ill feeling at around 4:15p.m.
The fire department responded with their hazmat team to the Wonder Tower at 1150 Magic Way, Disney Resort spokeswoman Suzie Brown said.
Two chemicals were mixed together by hotel employees that caused a reaction that produced a chlorine smell, Brown said. Workers in the area were evacuated and the facility was ventilated, Brown said. Authorities said that no one was injured but that a hotel security officer complained of dizziness and was treated on the scene.
There were no evacuations of hotel guests, but a perimeter that guests were diverted from was set up, Brown said.
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