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Monthly Archives: February 2009

Texas teacher arrested for soliciting students www.privateofficer.com MARSHALL, TX. Feb 19 2009 (KSLA) – A Marshall, Texas teacher is now in jail for allegedly soliciting students via text message. The investigation into this alleged offense stemmed back in January when two female juveniles reported receiving inappropriate text messages from a staff member at Marshall Independent [...]

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Florida police officer commits suicide www.privateofficer.com HOWEY-IN-THE-HILLS FLA Feb 19 2009 By: Rick McCann Private Officer News Network http://www.privateofficer.com/ — The Lake County Sheriff’s Office has confirmed the suicide death of a Lady Lake police officer. Authorities confirmed that Lt. Gene Wadkins committed suicide by a self-inflicted gunshot wound at around 11:30 a.m. His wife, [...]

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Woman caught red handed tampering with baby food www.privateofficer.com TAMARAC, Fla. Feb 19 2009 AP – A woman was caught injecting foul-smelling liquid into baby food in a Florida supermarket, authorities said Wednesday. 50-year-old Shirley Ybarra was spotted Tuesday night by Publix employees adding a black liquid that smelled like ammonia to the baby food [...]

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Disabled man kidnapped, made to shoplift www.privateofficer.com Battle Creek MI Feb 19 2009 By: Brett Davis Staff Reporter http://www.privateofficer.com/ Police are investigating a report that a mentally disabled Battle Creek man, 21, was kidnapped by at least four unknown men and made to shoplift at a local K-Mart store. The man was stopped by security [...]

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OFFICER DOWN Wilmington NC www.privateofficer.com Police Officer Richard Matthews Wilmington Police Department North Carolina End of Watch: Wednesday, February 18, 2009 Biographical Info-Age: 28 Tour of Duty: 2 years Badge Number: Not available Incident Details-Cause of Death: Automobile accident Date of Incident: Wednesday, February 18, 2009 Officer Richard Matthews was killed in an automobile accident [...]

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Shooting at Publix plant leaves 1 dead, 1 wounded www.privateofficer.com LAKELAND Fla Feb 18 2009 A fight between two former best friends apparently led to a fatal shooting Tuesday about 11:45 a.m. outside a Publix plant on George Jenkins Boulevard. Police say Christopher J. Robinson, 21, of Lakeland shot Robinsonne Joseph, 26, of Haines City [...]

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Man pleads not guilty in security guard murder www.privateofficer.com Napa CA Feb 18 2009 cbs5.com A 29-year-old man pleaded not guilty in Napa County Superior Court Tuesday morning to murdering a security guard at the California Veterans Home in Yountville in 2003. A preliminary hearing date for Juan Jose Hernandez Mendoza was set for May [...]

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Hotel guests face drug charges www.privateofficer.com Charleston WV Feb 18 2009 Ethan Samuel Colbert, 18, of Charleston and Breanna Nicole Hall, 18, of St. Albans are being held at South Central Regional Jail on felony drug charges. Charleston Patrolmen M.F. McMicken and B.T. Clark were called to the Holiday Inn Civic Center on Saturday after [...]

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Suspicious package at Wal-Mart leads to arrest www.privateofficer.com CLARION, Pa. Feb 18 2009 — Police have charged a West Virginia man with facsimile weapons of mass destruction and disorderly conduct for allegedly leaving a suspicious package outside a Wal-Mart store in Clarion. Police say Randall Carpenter, 24, of Beckley, W. Va., walked to the store, [...]

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Body scanning replacing metal detectors at some airports www.privateofficer.com WASHINGTON DC Feb 18 2009 USA Today — For the first time, some airline passengers will skip metal detectors and instead be screened by body scanning machines that look through clothing for hidden weapons, the Transportation Security Administration said Tuesday. An experimental program that begins today [...]

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Security officer attacked with knife, broken bottle www.privateofficer.com Laguna Beach CA Feb 18 2009 Laguna Beach police are looking for a group of men who attacked a security guard at the Montage resort with a knife and broken glass early Sunday, leaving him with minor injuries. After finding broken bottles near a fire pit on [...]

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Police charge three in credit card scam www.privateofficer.com Wilmington DE Feb 18 2009 Three New York women have been charged in a sophisticated credit card scheme after state police searched their minivan and found credit records from several people, flat screen TVs and other electronics. State police were called to the Sears in Concord Mall [...]

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17 Arrested during shopping mall disturbance www.privateofficer.com Cheektowaga NY Feb 18 2009 Seventeen people were arrested and dozens more escorted from movie theaters Saturday night at Walden Galleria, where Cheektowaga police responded to several disturbance calls, police said Monday. But the rowdiness wasn’t confined to the movie theaters. Police Capt. John Glascott said a shoving [...]

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Will the Stimulus Package help private security? www.privateofficer.com Atlanta GA Feb 17 2009 By: Rick McCann Executive Director National Association of Private Officers After a week or so of wrangling and politicians being politicians, a so called Stimulus Package has been passed in excess of 790 billion dollars. Is this really going to help jumpstart [...]

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Security guard tied up as men steal $650,000 of electronics www.privateofficer.com LOS ANGELES CA. Feb 17 2009 By: Rick McCann Ntl. Assoc. Private Officers http://www.privateofficer.com/ —Police responded to a business where they say a group armed men broke and held the security officer hostage as they stole merchandise from the business. The group of armed [...]

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Man commits suicide after stealing trooper’s car www.privateofficer.com PARIS, Tenn. Feb 17 2009 wsmv.com — A man accused of stealing a patrol officer’s car after a traffic stop later killed himself, said police. Police said Josh Kingsbury, 21, stole a Tennessee Highway Patrol car Sunday night during a traffic stop on Highway 69 in Benton [...]

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Command Link Network still owes security officers www.privateofficer.com VIERA FLA Feb 17 2009 — Almost six months after issues with pay prompted Brevard County to cancel a contract with a private firm that provided security at the county’s three courthouses, the workers say they still have not been compensated for paychecks that bounced. In September, [...]

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Security Officer Awards Announced www.privateofficer.com February 13 2009 Recently, the National Association of Private Officers announced the latest award recipients as follows: JOHN RUIZ-LOSS PREVENTION AGENT MIAMI FLA. PURPLE HEART Security officer Ruiz attempted to apprehend a shoplifter at a CVS store in Miami Florida and was shot and killed in the line of duty. [...]

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Sharp eyed security officer helps nab robbery suspect www.privateofficer.com Atlantic City NJ Feb 17 2009 An illegal immigrant allegedly beat and robbed an elderly North Jersey couple at an Atlantic City casino, but was caught some 12 hours later thanks to a sharp-eyed security officer, police in the resort said Monday. Police took 34-year-old Tony [...]

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Patient jumps to her death at hospital www.privateofficer.com EVANSVILLE, Ind.Feb 17 2009 By: Brett Davis Staff Reporter http://www.privateofficer.com/ – Authorities say a terminally ill patient apparently jumped to her death from a sixth-story window at St. Mary’s Medical Center in Evansville. Hospital security officers were called to the scene after an employee stated a patient [...]

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Elderly crossing guard dies after hit by car www.privateofficer.com EDEN NC Feb 17 2009 – An elderly school crossing guard has died after being hit by a sport utility vehicle in front of an elementary school. Eden police said that Bennie Thomas Eanes, 85, died at Wake Forest University Baptist Medical Center yesterday afternoon from [...]

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Two school security officers injured during riot www.privateofficer.com   Stroudsbug PA Feb 16 2009 themorningcall.com A fight that erupted following the Pleasant Valley-Stroudsburg basketball game 10 days ago — leaving a security guard with a concussion and another with a broken knee and ribs — has several students and players facing riot and aggravated assault [...]

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Shoplifter flees store, commits home invasion www.privateofficer.com ST. GEORGE Utah Feb 16 2009 – A St. George man was in custody Saturday following a reported robbery at the Lin’s Market in Hurricane that led to a home invasion. Grant Justin Bangerter, 35, of 436 W. Belmont Drive, was booked into Purgatory Correctional Facility on charges [...]

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Gulfport teacher charged with molestation of student www.privateofficer.com GULFPORT, MS Feb 16 2009 (WLOX) – A Gulfport teacher arrested on sexual battery and molestation charges is out of jail after posting a $1-million dollar bond. Twenty-eight-year-old Catryna Lollita Martin, a teacher at North Gulfport Seventh and Eighth grade school, is accused of having a sexual [...]

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Shoplifter has drugs and warrants www.privateofficer.com CANTON OH Feb 16 2009 Brett Davis Staff Reporter http://www.privateofficer.com/ Stark County Jail records say a woman arrested with a man after a shoplifting incident at Wal-Mart was found to have “green vegetable matter” and a drug grinder with her when they booked her into the jail on the [...]

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Man arrested after assaulting private officer www.privateofficer.com Reading PA Feb 16 2009 A 23-year-old Reading man was arrested early Sunday on charges he struck a security guard in the head with a chair inside a Bern Township nightclub. Jhon W. Ariza-Reyes of the 100 block of West Oley Street was committed to Berks County Prison [...]

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Security, police chase down jewel thief www.privateofficer.com Milwaukee WI Feb 16 2009 Milwaukee Police say that they have arrested a man in connection with a robbery of a jewelry shop inside the Grand Avenue Mall. Police say the suspect, 19, went into the Gold-n-Jewel Jewelry store and asked an employee to show him a watch [...]

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Prisoner captured during escape attempt www.privateofficer.com New York City NY Feb 16 2009 A man arrested by the Port Authority Police Department and checked into the New York-Presbyterian Hospital Emergency Room for monitoring attempted to escape police by climbing into the ceiling of the building Sunday morning. Estaban Gutierrez, 36, of the Bronx, was apprehended [...]

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More police using Cite and Release www.privateofficer.com Atlanta GA Feb 15 2009 By: Rick McCann Ntl. Assoc. Private Officers http://www.privateofficer.com/ Blame it on the economy but here’s another sign of the times and of things yet to come. This week several large police agencies announced that they have initiated a “Cite and Release” for most [...]

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RI security officer tackles robbery suspect www.privateofficer.com PROVIDENCE, R.I. Feb 15 2009(WPRI) – A Providence woman and her friend were attacked last night as they left the Providence Performing Arts Center after seeing a performance of “Fiddler on the Roof.” One of the victims, 68-year-old Nancy Collard said she and her friend, Monique Marcotte, 61, [...]

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