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Two arrested after stabbing security officer www.privateofficer.com
March 30, 2009
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EL PASO, Texas March 30 2009 — Two Las Cruces men were arrested for allegedly stabbing a security guard for Studio 69, a nightclub in Downtown El Paso, El Paso police said.
Police said a fight broke out inside the club about 12:30 a.m. and 18-year-old Daniel Olivas and 21-year-old Jorge Gonzalez, both armed with knives, stabbed the guard as they passed him.
Other security guards were able to detain Olivas until police arrived, and officers located Gonzalez hiding under a car nearby.
Both Olivas and Gonzalez were arrested and booked into the El Paso County Detention Facility on one count each of aggravated assault with a deadly weapon, police said.
The security guard was taken to Thomason Hospital with non-life threatening injuries.
The incident happened a day after a shooting occurred outside the club. Police are still looking for the suspects in the shooting.
Police said a fight broke out inside the club about 12:30 a.m. and 18-year-old Daniel Olivas and 21-year-old Jorge Gonzalez, both armed with knives, stabbed the guard as they passed him.
Other security guards were able to detain Olivas until police arrived, and officers located Gonzalez hiding under a car nearby.
Both Olivas and Gonzalez were arrested and booked into the El Paso County Detention Facility on one count each of aggravated assault with a deadly weapon, police said.
The security guard was taken to Thomason Hospital with non-life threatening injuries.
The incident happened a day after a shooting occurred outside the club. Police are still looking for the suspects in the shooting.
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Security officer shoots suspect after being robbed www.privateofficer.com
March 30, 2009
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HOUSTON TX Mar 30 2009
By: Rick McCann
Staff
Private Officer News Network
http://www.privateofficer.com/ A security officer is lucky to be alive after a series of frightening events in southwest Houston overnight.
A security officer on duty was sitting in his private vehicle when he saw a man breaking into a car on Beechnut at Cinnamon. When he went after him, another man started breaking into the security guard’s vehicle.
Investigators said that when the security officer tried to stop the second thief, detectives say three men then attacked him.
The security officer managed to pull his gun and shoot one of attackers and then another suspect wrestled the security officer’s gun away and tried to shoot him, but luckily, the gun jammed. The security officer continued to struggle with several of the men who finally fled the scene.
Houston police responded to the incident and arrested the other three men. The wounded man was treated at a local hospital. Police say the security officer received minor injuries.
By: Rick McCann
Staff
Private Officer News Network
http://www.privateofficer.com/ A security officer is lucky to be alive after a series of frightening events in southwest Houston overnight.
A security officer on duty was sitting in his private vehicle when he saw a man breaking into a car on Beechnut at Cinnamon. When he went after him, another man started breaking into the security guard’s vehicle.
Investigators said that when the security officer tried to stop the second thief, detectives say three men then attacked him.
The security officer managed to pull his gun and shoot one of attackers and then another suspect wrestled the security officer’s gun away and tried to shoot him, but luckily, the gun jammed. The security officer continued to struggle with several of the men who finally fled the scene.
Houston police responded to the incident and arrested the other three men. The wounded man was treated at a local hospital. Police say the security officer received minor injuries.
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Wal-Mart cashier charged with embezzlement www.privateofficer.com
March 30, 2009
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GLENVILLE NC Mar 30 2009 — A Schenectady woman has been charged with stealing $1,200 from Wal-Mart earlier this year while she worked as a cashier, police said.
Ruth S. Smith, 51, of Foster Avenue, allegedly stole the money from the store off Freeman’s Bridge Road between last month and this month — thefts police said were first detected by a store asset protection employee.
Smith was arrested Saturday by Officer Meredith L. Kaiser and charged with fourth-degree grand larceny.
Smith was arraigned in front of Town Justice Paul E. Davenport and sent to the Schenectady County Jail in lieu of $1,200 bail and due back in court Tuesday, police said.
Ruth S. Smith, 51, of Foster Avenue, allegedly stole the money from the store off Freeman’s Bridge Road between last month and this month — thefts police said were first detected by a store asset protection employee.
Smith was arrested Saturday by Officer Meredith L. Kaiser and charged with fourth-degree grand larceny.
Smith was arraigned in front of Town Justice Paul E. Davenport and sent to the Schenectady County Jail in lieu of $1,200 bail and due back in court Tuesday, police said.
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Police officer uses knife to fend off attacker www.privateofficer.com
March 30, 2009
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Pittsburgh PA Mar 30 2009
A routine arrest at the Downtown Burlington Coat Factory erupted into a bloody confrontation between an off-duty city police officer working as a security guard and a suspected shoplifter yesterday afternoon that ended when the officer stabbed the suspect with a knife pulled from his utility belt.
“It became a tense situation until the officer became involved in a fight for his life,” said Sgt. James Vogel of Zone 2. “It’s one of the most serious situations our officers can face.”
Yesterday, Sgt. Vogel said the suspect, 59-year-old Anthony Smith, who has a lengthy criminal record, would likely face charges of aggravated assault in addition to robbery.
The officer was being treated for head injuries and a possible concussion at a hospital yesterday. Police would not say where he was being treated and would not release his name, saying only that he is in his mid-40s and a 16-year veteran with the Pittsburgh Police Bureau.
Police said the officer, who was working a private security detail in the store, caught Mr. Smith trying to shoplift three pairs of Timberland boots. The officer then escorted Mr. Smith down to a security office in the basement floor, where he looked up Mr. Smith’s criminal record on a computer and discovered there was a warrant out for his arrest.
He went to arrest Mr. Smith and had one of his wrists in cuffs when Mr. Smith turned around and began bludgeoning the officer with the cuffs, using them “like brass knuckles,” Sgt. Vogel said.
Mr. Smith backed him into a desk and hit him several times before grabbing for the officer’s gun, unsnapping the holster.
The officer then frantically pulled a knife from his belt and stabbed Mr. Smith in the stomach. Mr. Smith continued to fight the officer until he was pushed over and Tasered by another police officer who had arrived for backup.
Mr. Smith was transported to UPMC Mercy, where he underwent surgery yesterday for the stab wound. He was listed in stable condition.
Sgt. Vogel said the knife, which had about a two-inch fixed blade, belonged to the officer and was not standard issue. With the suspect reaching for his gun, the officer was running out of options and used the knife “as a weapon of last resort,” Sgt. Vogel said.
“Police are forced to make split-second decisions … it’s not subject to second-guessing by me or anyone else,” he said. “He made a decision that he felt was necessary to save his life.”
There was no indication the officer acted improperly, he said, and added that most arrest subjects do not fight back.
“This is one of a 3 percent chance,” he said. “Ninety-seven percent of the people we arrest will be compliant.”
City homicide detectives are investigating the case because of the severity of the incident and because a city police officer was involved, Sgt. Vogel said.
The officer, who was hit so hard that it left the handcuffs bloody, was due to be released from the hospital last night and may be put on administrative leave pending an investigation. Sgt. Vogel said the officer was “extremely agitated” but conscious and alert, though he was beginning to show signs of a concussion.
Court records indicate that Mr. Smith has pleaded guilty to theft charges a dozen times since 1988. Last year, he served several months in jail for retail theft from 2006. Two weeks ago, he was arrested and charged again with retail theft by Ross police.
“Shoplifting from people in an already downturned economy is just bad karma,” Sgt. Vogel said. “In this situation, it almost cost one of my officers his life.”
A routine arrest at the Downtown Burlington Coat Factory erupted into a bloody confrontation between an off-duty city police officer working as a security guard and a suspected shoplifter yesterday afternoon that ended when the officer stabbed the suspect with a knife pulled from his utility belt.
“It became a tense situation until the officer became involved in a fight for his life,” said Sgt. James Vogel of Zone 2. “It’s one of the most serious situations our officers can face.”
Yesterday, Sgt. Vogel said the suspect, 59-year-old Anthony Smith, who has a lengthy criminal record, would likely face charges of aggravated assault in addition to robbery.
The officer was being treated for head injuries and a possible concussion at a hospital yesterday. Police would not say where he was being treated and would not release his name, saying only that he is in his mid-40s and a 16-year veteran with the Pittsburgh Police Bureau.
Police said the officer, who was working a private security detail in the store, caught Mr. Smith trying to shoplift three pairs of Timberland boots. The officer then escorted Mr. Smith down to a security office in the basement floor, where he looked up Mr. Smith’s criminal record on a computer and discovered there was a warrant out for his arrest.
He went to arrest Mr. Smith and had one of his wrists in cuffs when Mr. Smith turned around and began bludgeoning the officer with the cuffs, using them “like brass knuckles,” Sgt. Vogel said.
Mr. Smith backed him into a desk and hit him several times before grabbing for the officer’s gun, unsnapping the holster.
The officer then frantically pulled a knife from his belt and stabbed Mr. Smith in the stomach. Mr. Smith continued to fight the officer until he was pushed over and Tasered by another police officer who had arrived for backup.
Mr. Smith was transported to UPMC Mercy, where he underwent surgery yesterday for the stab wound. He was listed in stable condition.
Sgt. Vogel said the knife, which had about a two-inch fixed blade, belonged to the officer and was not standard issue. With the suspect reaching for his gun, the officer was running out of options and used the knife “as a weapon of last resort,” Sgt. Vogel said.
“Police are forced to make split-second decisions … it’s not subject to second-guessing by me or anyone else,” he said. “He made a decision that he felt was necessary to save his life.”
There was no indication the officer acted improperly, he said, and added that most arrest subjects do not fight back.
“This is one of a 3 percent chance,” he said. “Ninety-seven percent of the people we arrest will be compliant.”
City homicide detectives are investigating the case because of the severity of the incident and because a city police officer was involved, Sgt. Vogel said.
The officer, who was hit so hard that it left the handcuffs bloody, was due to be released from the hospital last night and may be put on administrative leave pending an investigation. Sgt. Vogel said the officer was “extremely agitated” but conscious and alert, though he was beginning to show signs of a concussion.
Court records indicate that Mr. Smith has pleaded guilty to theft charges a dozen times since 1988. Last year, he served several months in jail for retail theft from 2006. Two weeks ago, he was arrested and charged again with retail theft by Ross police.
“Shoplifting from people in an already downturned economy is just bad karma,” Sgt. Vogel said. “In this situation, it almost cost one of my officers his life.”
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Charlotte police officer could face charges in fatality www.privateofficer.com
March 30, 2009
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CHARLOTTE, N.C. March 30 2009 — The Charlotte-Mecklenburg police chief said an officer was speeding and likely did not have his lights and siren running when he plowed into the side of a sedan in north Charlotte, killing the driver.
Chief Rodney Monroe said Officer Martray J. Proctor, 24, was driving in excess of 90 mph in a 45 mph zone on his way to assist another officer in a traffic stop at about 10:15 p.m. Sunday when the crash happened.
Monroe said he does not believe Proctor had his lights and siren on, so there is no dash camera video from the crash. The dash camera is automatically turned on when the lights and siren are activated.
The chief said that according to state law, any time an officer goes over the speed limit, he or she must run the lights and siren.
Proctor remains in Carolinas Medical Center with a broken leg.
Proctor’s patrol car hit a sedan pulling onto Old Statesville Road from Henderson Cir
cle, between Sunset and Lakeview roads, killing driver 20-year-old Shatona Evette Robinson.
Three passengers in the car were also taken to CMC. Two were treated and released and one remains in fair condition.
The Charlotte-Mecklenburg Police Department’s reconstruction team is still investigating the crash.
At a news conference today police said that charges against the officer may happen but that the case will be forwarded to the grand jury to decide that.
Chief Rodney Monroe said Officer Martray J. Proctor, 24, was driving in excess of 90 mph in a 45 mph zone on his way to assist another officer in a traffic stop at about 10:15 p.m. Sunday when the crash happened.
Monroe said he does not believe Proctor had his lights and siren on, so there is no dash camera video from the crash. The dash camera is automatically turned on when the lights and siren are activated.
The chief said that according to state law, any time an officer goes over the speed limit, he or she must run the lights and siren.
Proctor remains in Carolinas Medical Center with a broken leg.
Proctor’s patrol car hit a sedan pulling onto Old Statesville Road from Henderson Cir
cle, between Sunset and Lakeview roads, killing driver 20-year-old Shatona Evette Robinson.Three passengers in the car were also taken to CMC. Two were treated and released and one remains in fair condition.
The Charlotte-Mecklenburg Police Department’s reconstruction team is still investigating the crash.
At a news conference today police said that charges against the officer may happen but that the case will be forwarded to the grand jury to decide that.
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Shoplifter found hiding in bathroom www.privateofficer.com
March 30, 2009
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PORT ST. LUCIE FL Mar 30 2009 — A 21-year-old Port St. Lucie man found out hiding in a bathroom to avoid arrest doesn’t work.
Wilfrido Juan Pujols, of the 100 block of Southwest Peacock Boulevard, is accused of wheeling a $264 Blu-ray DVD player outside a Walmart without paying for it, according to an arrest affidavit from the Port St. Lucie Police Department.
A manager and police watching a security camera allegedly saw Pujols putting the DVD player into a shopping cart and placing a yellow merchandise return sticker on top of the item, the affidavit said.
He then walked outside the Walmart on Northwest St. Lucie Boulevard, the report states. When police and the manager tried to stop Pujols, he “immediately let the cart go and ran down the parking lot.”
According to the report, Pujols was seen entering a Great Clips store and entered the restroom.
Pujols was apprehended there and taken to the St. Lucie County Jail on charges of retail theft and resisting arrest without violence. He was later released on $1,000 bond
Wilfrido Juan Pujols, of the 100 block of Southwest Peacock Boulevard, is accused of wheeling a $264 Blu-ray DVD player outside a Walmart without paying for it, according to an arrest affidavit from the Port St. Lucie Police Department.
A manager and police watching a security camera allegedly saw Pujols putting the DVD player into a shopping cart and placing a yellow merchandise return sticker on top of the item, the affidavit said.
He then walked outside the Walmart on Northwest St. Lucie Boulevard, the report states. When police and the manager tried to stop Pujols, he “immediately let the cart go and ran down the parking lot.”
According to the report, Pujols was seen entering a Great Clips store and entered the restroom.
Pujols was apprehended there and taken to the St. Lucie County Jail on charges of retail theft and resisting arrest without violence. He was later released on $1,000 bond
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School bus driver charged in child sex acts www.privateofficer.com
March 30, 2009
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NASHVILLE, Tenn Mar 30 2009 – Authorities say that they have arrested a Metro school bus driver supervisor in a very unusual sex act involving children.
Investigators arrested Bob Epley, 56, who faces charges of hiring children to take part in sex acts with him at a friend’s apartment on Elm Hill Pike. He is accused of paying at least three children — ages 9, 14 and 15 — to put him in a strangle hold with their legs.
Police did not say if there was any other sexual contact with the children but they are still investigating to determine how many children may have been involved.
Police also said that Epley video taped the encounters at the Ashland Hills apartment complex in Donelson.
Investigators also did not say how they first learned of Epley’s involvement with the children.
School officials said Epley verbally resigned Monday morning. He remained in jail Monday, in lieu of $75,000 bond
In a separate case, on Saturday, a Metro school teacher was arrested for sexual encounters with at least two boys.
Police say if you have any information about Epley or any metro school teacher who might be involved in inappropriate contact with children to notify them.
Investigators arrested Bob Epley, 56, who faces charges of hiring children to take part in sex acts with him at a friend’s apartment on Elm Hill Pike. He is accused of paying at least three children — ages 9, 14 and 15 — to put him in a strangle hold with their legs.
Police did not say if there was any other sexual contact with the children but they are still investigating to determine how many children may have been involved.
Police also said that Epley video taped the encounters at the Ashland Hills apartment complex in Donelson.
Investigators also did not say how they first learned of Epley’s involvement with the children.
School officials said Epley verbally resigned Monday morning. He remained in jail Monday, in lieu of $75,000 bond
In a separate case, on Saturday, a Metro school teacher was arrested for sexual encounters with at least two boys.
Police say if you have any information about Epley or any metro school teacher who might be involved in inappropriate contact with children to notify them.
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School security guard arrested after $200 shake-down www.privateofficer.com
March 30, 2009
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SALEM NH MAR 30 2009 – The husband of a Lawrence, Mass., city councilor tried to shake down a woman for $200 after he found her cellular phone at Walmart, according to police.
Nelson Silva, 30, husband of District B city councilor Grisel Silva who is also a constable providing security for Lawrence’s schools, was arrested Saturday night in a police sting.
Capt. Shawn J. Patten said officers went to Walmart, 344 North Broadway, at 9:30 p.m. after a woman called to say a man found her cell phone but was demanding $200 for its return.
Patten said the woman realized she lost the phone at the store and used a friend’s cell phone to text a message to it asking anyone who found it to contact her friend. Te man who found it, identified by police as Silva, demanded $200 in cash for its return, Patten said.
Silva ordered the woman to text him a photograph of the cash to prove she had it.
Police put a sting into motion, first setting up a meeting in another parking lot where officers in unmarked cars were positioned. When Silva arrived, the phone was exchanged for an envelope containing only $21 in cash, Patten said.
After the exchange, Silva drove off but was immediately pulled over by marked cruisers and arrested.
He is charged with theft of lost or mislaid property and released on a summons. He will be arraigned in Salem District Court on a later date.
Silva could be facing additional charges as the investigation continues, police said.
Nelson Silva, 30, husband of District B city councilor Grisel Silva who is also a constable providing security for Lawrence’s schools, was arrested Saturday night in a police sting.
Capt. Shawn J. Patten said officers went to Walmart, 344 North Broadway, at 9:30 p.m. after a woman called to say a man found her cell phone but was demanding $200 for its return.
Patten said the woman realized she lost the phone at the store and used a friend’s cell phone to text a message to it asking anyone who found it to contact her friend. Te man who found it, identified by police as Silva, demanded $200 in cash for its return, Patten said.
Silva ordered the woman to text him a photograph of the cash to prove she had it.
Police put a sting into motion, first setting up a meeting in another parking lot where officers in unmarked cars were positioned. When Silva arrived, the phone was exchanged for an envelope containing only $21 in cash, Patten said.
After the exchange, Silva drove off but was immediately pulled over by marked cruisers and arrested.
He is charged with theft of lost or mislaid property and released on a summons. He will be arraigned in Salem District Court on a later date.
Silva could be facing additional charges as the investigation continues, police said.
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North Carolina teacher arrested for choking student www.privateofficer.com
March 30, 2009
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WINDSOR, N.C. Mar 30 2009— A Bertie County school worker is accused of attacking a student and sending him to the hospital.
Johnny Cale was arrested Thursday, and charged with assault and misdemeanor child abuse.
Police tell 13News, Cale choked a student, and caused him to pass out.
The alleged incident happened at Uplift Academy in Windsor. The student was taken to the hospital.
According to police, Cale no longer works at Uplift Academy.
Johnny Cale was arrested Thursday, and charged with assault and misdemeanor child abuse.
Police tell 13News, Cale choked a student, and caused him to pass out.
The alleged incident happened at Uplift Academy in Windsor. The student was taken to the hospital.
According to police, Cale no longer works at Uplift Academy.
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