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Man arrested for DUI on a bar stool www.privateofficer.com
Police in Newark, 30 miles east of Columbus, say when they responded to a report of a crash with injuries on March 4, they found a man who had wrecked a bar stool powered by a deconstructed lawn mower.
Twenty-eight-year Kile Wygle was hospitalized for minor injuries. Police say he was charged with operating a vehicle while intoxicated after he told an officer at the hospital that he had consumed 15 beers.
Wygle has pleaded not guilty and has requested a jury trial.
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Police nab Tennessee shoplifters after chase www.privateofficer.com
An alleged shoplifter who hit three stores on Friday took Maryville police on a foot chase that ended at U.S. 129 Bypass near Foothills Mall.
When police chased down 33-year-old John Michael Crowley, Lafollette Drive, Maryville, he had a backpack with merchandise from the mall, according to a Maryville police report. Crowley was charged with three counts of theft of property from a building greater than $500, one count of evading arrest, and two attachments for contempt.
Police responded at 4:27 p.m. Friday to reports by loss prevention officers that a white male in a black jacket had just taken several items from stores at Foothills Mall. An officer on the Bypass saw the alleged shoplifter being chased by a loss prevention officer from Belk. Crowley allegedly looked over his shoulder as police called for him to stop and kept running. After a short foot chase, an officer caught Crowley on the side of the Bypass.
The merchandise in his backpack came from Sears and Belk at Foothills Mall, 197 Foothills Mall, and Hastings, 501 N. Foothills Plaza Drive. Crowley was being held without bond on the attachments for contempt pending 1:30 p.m. April 6 and 9 a.m. April 7 hearings in Blount County General Sessions Court.
Maryville police officers made arrests in two other shoplifting cases reported Friday:
— Dana Lawson, 39, and John Robert Lawson, 49, both of Dryden Lane, Maryville, were both arrested in an alleged shoplifting incident on Friday at Wal-Mart, 2410 U.S. 411 South, Maryville. Dana Lawson allegedly tried to conceal $29.85 in merchandise. John Lawson, her husband, allegedly assisted her.
A 17-year-old juvenile who was with them is also accused of helping with the theft and was taken into custody. Dana Lawson, who was booked under the name Dana Carol Laughterty, was charged with two counts of theft of property by shoplifting. John Lawson was charged with possession of a Schedule II substance and criminal conspiracy.
Both were released on $2,000 in bonds pending 9 a.m. March 31 hearings in Blount County General Sessions Court. The juvenile was charged with conspiracy to commit theft and taken to the Blount County Juvenile Detention Center.
— Doris Rebecca Murphy, 40, Howard Street, Maryville, was arrested by Maryville police officers on March 27 on the charge of theft of property by shoplifting. Murphy allegedly took a 24-pack of beer valued at $12.99 from Food City, 2135 E. Broadway Ave., at 7:30 p.m. Friday. She was spotted leaving the parking lot and police used the vehicle’s license plate registration information to find her at the Howard Street residence. She told police she took the beer. Several cans were missing, according to a Maryville police report.
She was released on a $1,000 bond pending a 9 a.m. April 7 hearing in Blount County General Sessions Court.
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Shots fired as security chases burglary suspect www.privateofficer.com
Shots fired as security chases burglary suspect http://www.privateofficer.com
By: Brett Davis
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Lt. Scott Leven of the Springfield Police Department said that it started after a security officer observed a man breaking into cars in a near by parking lot and gave chase.
Leven said no one was hurt in the incident, which happened about 10:45 p.m. outside Club 220 — formerly the location of Traffic nightclub — in the 200 block of West Walnut Street.
After seeing a man tampering with a car at a nearby parking lot, a security officer from the club chased the suspect, who then pulled a gun and fired a round into the air according to what the security guard told police.
Police responded to the area but could not locate a suspect and the security officer could not provide a detailed description of the suspect Leven said.
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TN man turns himself in to police after 3 decades on the run www.privateofficer.com
James Brewer, a 58-year-old former machinist, surrendered earlier this month while recovering from a stroke that forced his hospitalization in Oklahoma, where police say he spent most of the years since leaving Tennessee in the late 1970s.
A judge set bond at a hearing in Hohenwald, about 60 miles south of Nashville. Brewer’s lawyer, Jerry Colley, said he’s not sure if Brewer’s family will be able to raise the money.
Lewis County Sheriff Dwayne Kilpatrick wants Brewer moved from the county jail in Hohenwald to a state prison hospital that is better equipped to care for inmates with special medical needs, Colley said. He added there’s a waiting list and Brewer, who gets his nourishment through a feeding tube, is still recovering from his latest stroke.
“It really makes it difficult for the sheriff,” Colley added.
Brewer disappeared along with his wife, Dorothy, just before he was to stand trial in 1978 for the April 1977 shooting death of Jimmy Carroll in Hohenwald. He’s now facing a first-degree murder charge that could put him behind bars for the rest of his life, authorities say.
Authorities have said Brewer was suspicious of Carroll because he thought Carroll was having a relationship with his wife. The original police report says Brewer confronted Carroll at a service station, shot him twice, then drove off and left him to die.
According to authorities, James and Dorothy Brewer lived for a short time after the killing in Nashville before heading to Texas, where Brewer began using another name and his wife, her maiden name.
The couple spent most of their lives since in the same home in Shawnee, about 30 miles outside Oklahoma City. He worked as a machinist at a factory until his first stroke about a year ago.
A second stroke this year may have been the motivation to surrender and finally reunite with family members still in Tennessee, said Colley, who also was Brewer’s attorney in 1977.
According to police, a relative had told authorities that Brewer might be ready to talk about the shooting. Authorities say Brewer, who was questioned in the Oklahoma hospital last month where he was recovering from his second stroke, did not confess though he turned himself in a few weeks later.
Brewer’s next hearing is set for April 27.
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Shoplifting suspect sues Wal-Mart over excessive force www.privateofficer.com
Brett Davis
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Port Arthur man has filed suit against Wal-Mart, claiming he was injured when store employees accused him of shoplifting and used force to detain him.
Michael Anthony Harris claims he was shopping at the Wal-Mart located at 4999 Twin City Highway in Port Arthur on March 13 and paid at a register in the back portion of the store.
Harris alleges he was leaving the store through its front entrance, when he was confronted by four Wal-Mart employees, including defendant David Treml.
The employees accused Harris of having items in his bags for which he did not pay, according to the complaint filed March 25 in Jefferson County District Court. Harris claims he immediately handed the bags to the employees.
“Plaintiff said, ‘Just take the bag and let me go,’” the suit states.
However, the employees would not let Harris leave the store until police arrived, the complaint says.
Harris alleges workers then threw him to the floor and placed him in handcuffs.
“Plaintiff’s arms were violently jerked as one of the employees secured Plaintiff with handcuffs,” the suit states. “Defendants had no legal authority or justification to detain plaintiff.”
According to the complaint, Harris asked the employees to release him from the handcuffs because of his pain, but the employees refused to do so until the police arrived several moments later.
When a police officer arrived, Harris claims the officer recognized the severity of his injury and immediately transported Harris to the hospital. Harris states he was told he had a dislocated shoulder.
Because of the incident, Harris claims he incurred medical costs and experienced physical pain and suffering, physical impairment, disfigurement, mental anguish and fear of a future disease or illness.
The plaintiff alleges Wal-Mart and Treml committed acts of negligencee, false imprisonment, intentional infliction of emotional distress, assault and vicarious liability.
Harris is seeking unspecified exemplary damages, pre-judgment interest at the maximum rate allowed by law, post-judgment interest at the legal rate, costs and other relief the court deems just.
He will be represented by Langston Scott Adams of Port Arthur.
The case has been assigned to Judge Milton Shuffield, 136th District Court.
Jefferson County District Court case number: D183-630.
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Connecticut burglary nets $1 Million in cigarettes www.privateofficer.com
Investigators say Saturday’s theft in Milford was well planned.
Police say the thieves who broke into Montano Cigarettes, Candy & Tobacco Inc. stole some 15,000 cartons of cigarettes and investigators say that it all went smooth for the crooks as they spent a lot of time getting into the warehouse and hauling off that amount of product.
Authorities say that there were surveillance cameras but right now it appears that they were able to catch only some of the action.
Business-owner Gary Montano says he thought his warehouse was “a complete fortress, impregnable.”
Police are not saying if they have any leads in this million dollar heist but said that they will be releasing details soon.
Montano sells cigarettes, candy, and other goods to convenience stores in the area.
Milford is a small community between New Haven Connecticut and New York City.
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W.V. police seek WalMart embezzlement suspect www.privateofficer.com
Wal-Mart staff notified South Charleston police on Wednesday that Joshua Michael Elswick, 18, of 4th Avenue used his position as a cashier at the Southridge Centre location to take $1,465 in cash from his register, according to a complaint filed in Kanawha Magistrate Court.
Store officials said money in the registers started to come up short while Elswick was working between Feb. 24 and March 15, the complaint said. The store set Elswick up on a register audit and found that Elswick’s register was short on those audit days, police said.
The store’s security officials checked the video surveillance footage of all the registers Elswick was working on and found that the man could be seen hiding money in his pants pockets and in his boots and socks, the complaint said. Police said after viewing the tapes that Elswick could be seen opening the register whether or not a purchase had been made and pretending to drop a customer’s change to hide money, according to the complaint.
Store officials said that Elswick also could be seen on the tape giving customers the appropriate change, then taking more money from the register and hiding it on his person, according to the complaint.
Authorities have issued a warrant for Elswick’s arrest. He faces charges of felony embezzlement.
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