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Hospital security thwarts baby kidnapping, nabs suspect www.privateofficer.com

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NASHVILLE, Tenn. Jan 1 2009
BY: Rick McCann
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Metro Police confirmed that there was an attempted kidnapping at Metro General Hospital.
Police said that a woman attempted to kidnap a newborn baby from the hospital but was stopped by security officers.
According to Kristin Mumford with Metro Police, a woman dressed in the appropriate hospital attire entered a new mother’s room where a newborn baby was rooming in with the mother.
The woman suspect, identified in a police report as Adriene Johnson, 24 of an unknown address, said that she had to take the baby away for a few minutes so that she took its to temperature.
At that point, police said that Johnson tried to leave the hospital with the baby, but hospital security measures caused the alarms to go off and security officers responded and through their investigation realized what was happening. The officers took Johnson into custody and notified police.
The baby was immediately returned to its mother and police took Johnson into custody on kidnapping charges and transported her to the metro jail where she is being held.
Johnson, a Nashville resident, was free on a $2,000 bond after being accused of stealing a baby rocker at a Wal-Mart on Charlotte Pike on Dec. 29 and then attempting to return it for cash.
Police said they are looking for a red Chevrolet Impala because the woman may have had an accomplice who was going to help them escape.
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NYC Security officer arrested for taking bribes www.privateofficer.com

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Brooklyn NY Jan 1 2009 — A Brooklyn man employed by a city-contracted security firm was arrested on charges of allegedly collecting cash bribes.
The payoffs of up to $60 were allegedly exchanged for moving individuals up on a waiting list for home contractors required to register with the Department of Buildings.
Carroll Henry, 56, of Brooklyn, was charged with receiving reward for official misconduct, a class E felony punishable by up to four years incarceration, and receiving unlawful gratuities, a class A misdemeanor punishable by one year in prison.
“A corrupt gatekeeper, ready to manipulate a waiting list at a city licensing office for cash, as charged here, sends the worst message imaginable to contractors just being introduced to city regulation,” said Department of Investigations Commissioner Rose Gill Hearn. “This arrest lets everyone know that it is a crime that will result in arrest and a possible prison sentence.”
Henry was a security guard for Allied Barton International and was assigned as a security guard at the DOB’s Licensing Division in Manhattan.
According to the criminal complaint, Henry maintained a list of individuals seeking to speak with DOB clerks at the Licensing Division office. Everyone was supposed to be listed on a first-come, first-served basis.
However, the investigation found that for more than a month Henry was accepting cash payments for placing individuals at the head of the list, bypassing others, and that he gave out his telephone number to enable prospective customers to call ahead and be placed at the front of the line.
On one particular day, Henry reportedly acknowledged that he had already collected $100, according to the complaint.

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Man charged after throwing coffee, pointing gun www.privateofficer.com

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Fort Myers Fla. Jan 1 2009
Fort Myers Beach man was arrested after throwing coffee on a 7-11 clerk and pointing a gun at a security guard, according to the Lee County Sheriff’s Office.
Thomas Lynn Glover, 60, of 144 Driftwood Lane, was arrested Tuesday and charged with battery and aggravated assault with a deadly weapon.
The incident happened at the 7-11 at 6221 Estero Blvd. on Fort Myers Beach.
The following is according to sheriff’s office reports:
The Sheriff’s Office received a 911 call that a customer, Glover, was throwing things and verbally harassing the clerk. When asked to leave the store Glover took a 16 ounce coffee and intentionally threw it on the clerk. He then chased a second employee out of the store and verbally threatened to shoot him.
The commotion caught the attention of a security guard working across the street. Glover threatened to kill the security guard and then went to his truck to retrieve a black handgun. Glover than aimed the firearm at the security guard from 5 to 10 feet away. The security guard took cover and was able to pepper spray Glover, who retreated back to his truck.
Glover is charged with battery for throwing the coffee and aggravated assault with a weapon for pointing the gun and verbally threatening to kill the security guard.

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Scheels employee charged with felony theft www.privateofficer.com

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Eau Claire WI.Jan 1 2009
By: Bryan Hill
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Prosecutors have charged a man with stealing thousands of dollars worth of items from Scheels in Eau Claire.
Police investigating a complaint of theft from the sporting goods store have arrested John Carter from Wisconsin Rapids nad he is charged with felony retail theft.
According to the criminal complaint, a Scheels employee was watching a live security camera in November.
That employee, believed to be a security agent, saw Carter hide hunting equipment, ammunition and a game camera totaling more than $700 under his clothes.
Prosecutors say Carter is also the suspect in a separate theft at Scheels involving another $870 in sports gear, but so far he has denied taking the items.
Officers said that after his arrest, they also found two scopes worth $1000 in his car.
Police say that the investigation is continuing and Carter is suspected of stealing at least $13,000 worth of merchandise.
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Trespasser pulls shotgun on security officers www.privateofficer.com

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Gainesville Fla Jan 1 2009
Gainesville police arrested a Newberry man for armed trespassing early Wednesday after security officers at a local apartment complex said he reached for a shotgun after he was told him to leave the premises.
Brandon Arredondo, 20, was being held at the Alachua County jail on charges of armed trespassing and leaving the scene of an accident with damage, jail records showed.
Security officers at Cabana Beach Apartments off of SW 51st Terrace told police Arredondo drove into the complex overnight at a high rate of speed, said Lt. Steve Weaver. He was told to leave the complex but instead drove to another location at Cabana Beach. When the security officers again spotted him, they went to again order that he leave the premises.
Weaver said the security officers reported Arredondo reached for a shotgun in the pickup he was driving. As he did a shotgun shell rolled out of the front seat.
The security officers backed away as Arredondo got back in the pickup and drove away, hitting a car as he left the complex.
Officer Joseph Register spotted the pickup and stopped Arredondo, Weaver said. Police found the shotgun and several shells inside the vehicle. Arredondo was taken into custody.
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Washington state authorities investigate armored car robbery www.privateofficer.com

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BURIEN, Wash. Jan 1 2009 – An armored van was robbed late Tuesday afternoon by a suspect who seemed to appear out of nowhere, then ran off and disappeared.
Officials with the King County Sheriff’s Office said the “unusual” robbery happened outside a 7-Eleven store at the corner of 1st Avenue South and SW 136th Street in Burien.
Deputies said the armored van was parked just outside the store while the driver went inside to take cash out of an ATM.The driver put the cash into a bag and left the store.
As he was trying to get back into the van, the suspect came running across the parking lot and grabbed the cash bag.About a block away, the robber jumped into a vehicle and took off.
It’s unclear at this point whether someone else was waiting in the vehicle, or if the robber drove himself.Police at first cordoned off a huge area around the store, but it was removed after officers came to the conclusion that the suspect had driven away.
Officials said the driver of the van was shaken up but not hurt during the robbery.
Police are still looking for the robbery suspect.
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Target store employee arrested after “unauthorized donations” www.privateofficer.com

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Fort Myers Fla. Jan 1 2008
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An employee of a Super Target store in Cape Coral recently donated items such as meat, a laptop computer, video games, Halloween costumes, holiday decorations and wine to a local wildlife sanctuary

The problem? Cape Coral Police say Target management never authorized the donations to the Octagon Wildlife Sanctuary and Rehabilitation Center in Punta Gorda.
For her alleged generosity at the store’s expense, police arrested the employee, Leeann Wesley, 47, of Cape Coral, on 11 counts of grand theft Monday. She was released after paying $16,500 bail.
Wesley is accused of giving away the 619 items, which totalled $10,822, from the Pine Island Road store on Oct. 13 through Dec. 22. She did not return phone calls for comment, but she did tell police that the incident was just a mistake.
Target had been donating discarded merchandise such as meat and plants to Octagon long before Wesley started working in the store’s receiving department in October, according to Target store theft investigators.
Wesley regularly boxed up items that were picked up on Mondays by Octagon, reports state. Although she was authorized to donate some items to Octagon, she was not allowed to give certain merchandise to the organization, the investigators told police.
Store security cameras filmed Wesley taking the merchandise, reports state. Wesley marked items as damaged even though they were in full working order, police reports state. Wesley said if one item in a box was damaged, she would mark the whole box as containing damaged goods without checking each item, reports state.
Laurie Caron, manager of Octagon, said she had no idea the items weren’t authorized, according to her attorney, Kevin Shirley.
Octagon is a nonprofit organization that cares for exotic animals, and it depends on donations from businesses and private individuals, Shirley said.
“They go through 500 pounds of meat a day to feed the animals,” Shirley said.
The items, Shirley said, were boxed and picked up by Octagon. Caron never got a laptop computer, video games, wine or Halloween costumes from Target, Shirley said.
“We are actively cooperating with law enforcement in the investigation of this matter,” said Kate Gillen, a spokeswoman for the Target store chain.

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Nurse takes gun away from angry hospital visitor www.privateofficer.com

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DUNEDIN Fla Jan 1 2009
tbay.com — The quick action of a nurse at Mease-Dunedin Hospital defused what could have been a deadly situation in the hospital’s critical care unit Monday afternoon.
Cindy Shaw, the nurse, took a loaded gun from Paul Shein after he became “angry and belligerent,” according to the Pinellas County Sheriff’s Office.
Shein, 74, a patient in the hospital’s critical care unit, pointed the gun at another nurse who was in the room, deputies said. The other nurse was not identified.
“I was concerned for the safety of the other nurse in the room and myself,” Shaw said in an e-mail statement from the hospital. “I am so grateful I was able to act quickly.”
Shein, of 710 Roanoke Ave. in Dunedin, was placed under arrest by Pinellas County sheriff’s deputies on attempted murder charges. He remained hospitalized Tuesday. Shein will be booked into the Pinellas County Jail when doctors say he is ready to leave.
Details of Shein’s medical condition were not released.
The incident happened at 5:07 p.m., the Sheriff’s Office said.
“He had become angry and belligerent towards the staff,” said Cecilia Barreda, a sheriff’s spokeswoman.
Barreda said Shein’s bed was in a general area of the critical care unit, though she could not immediately say whether the bed was secluded from other patients.
When deputies arrived, hospital security had detained Shein.
Guns are prohibited on hospital property, said Beth Hardy, a hospital spokeswoman. But she said officials at Mease-Dunedin are reviewing their policies and procedures. Hardy said one avenue is to look at other hospitals for guidance and examples.
“First thing this morning, we started investigating the situation and also taking a very serious look at policy and procedures and determining where there might be opportunities for improvement,” Hardy said.
“We do consider this unusual; however, we are taking it very serious.”
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Shoplifter charged with robbery after pulling knife www.privateofficer.com

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Prattville AL.(Metro Montgomery) Jan 1 2009
BY: Rick McCann
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Authorities were called to the K-Mart store to assist security after a shoplifter pulled a knife while trying to flee a shoplifting incident police said.

Police were told that the man pulled a knife on store security after trying to shoplift items at Prattville’s Big Kmart on Sunday afternoon, according to police reports.
James A. Walker, 51, 360 Prairie Vista in Montgomery, was charged with possession of drug paraphernalia and will face robbery charges, said Police Chief Alfred Wadsworth.
Walker was placed in the Autauga Metro Jail on the drug charge.
An arrest warrant on the robbery count has been signed, Wadsworth said.Walker allegedly tried to shoplift $556 in cologne and perfume by stuffing the items in his pants, police reports show. When store personnel approached him, he pulled a knife, Wadsworth said.
While he was trying to open the knife, he cut himself on the hand, Wadsworth said. The injury wasn’t serious, and no one else was hurt, reports show.
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Man arrested after assaulting hospital security officers www.privateofficer.com

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Cape Coral Fla Jan 1 2009
By: Bryan Hill
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Police responded to an area hospital after a man assaulted several security officers.
have charged a man with fighting with two security guards at Cape Coral Hospital.
Police arrested Anthony J. Campitelli Jr., 21, of 1716 S.W. 3rd Ave., after a disturbance and assualt at the Cape coral hospital.
Campitelli is charged with felony battery.Police said that he is accused of fighting with security officers in the emergency room of Cape Coral Hospital on Monday afternoon.
The security officers said they had to handcuff Campitelli and restrain him on a bed.
Security officers Barry Merrill and Jerry Poirrier told police they tried to get Campitelli under control when he began assaulting them.
Officers booked Campitelli into the Lee County Jail where he was later released under a pretrial diversion program.
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Wal-Mart employee charged with $39,000 theft www.privateofficer.com

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MILLVILLE NJ Jan 1 2009
Kyle T. Greene
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http://www.privateofficer.com/– A Wal-Mart employee allegedly stole nearly $39,000 from a store here, police said.
The details of the alleged theft were unclear, but police said the employee, 33-year-old Gladys L. Segers, allegedly had been stealing money through return transactions. Police said it was also unclear how long the thefts had been occurring, but it is alleged they have been going on for at least the past year.
Segers, of the 900 block of East Pine Street, was charged with one count of theft by unlawful taking.
Segers was arrested at her home Monday night, police said.
Authorities allege Segers stole a total of at least $38,995 from the North 2nd Street store.
Police did not release additional details about the theft on Tuesday.
Contacted by telephone at her home late Tuesday afternoon, Segers declined comment, except to say she has hired an attorney.
Dan Fogleman, a Wal-Mart spokesman, would only say the company is cooperating with police in the investigation, “and any comment, really, would be best served coming from them.”
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Police arrest two woman after running over security agent www.privateofficer.com

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Phoenix AZ. Jan 1 2009
Police surrounded a Phoenix home Tuesday where two women hid after they allegedly shoplifted at a Walmart and then hit a store employee with their car as they left the parking lot, Phoenix police said.
Catrina Cheatham, 33, and Kristina Miles, 29, were seen by an employee pushing a shopping cart out the front door of the store near 35th and Southern avenues without paying for the items inside.
They quickly got into their car after loading the stolen items and backed into a security guard as he pulled an elderly woman out of the way, said Jon Howard, a Phoenix police officer.
When Cheatham, the driver, failed to pull over for police, they tracked the license plate to a residence at 23rd Avenue and Baseline Road where both women went inside, police said.
They surrendered and were arrested after a brief standoff with police.
Miles was booked on suspicion of one count of shoplifting and an unrelated warrant, a minor offense.
Cheatham were booked on suspicion of one count of aggravated assault and two counts of unlawful flights from a police officer, both serious felonies that could keep her in jail for at least a year, Howard said. She was also booked on suspicion of one count of shoplifting.
Police said they do not know if the women were on drugs at the time.
The security guard had no major injuries and refused medical care.
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