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Posted by privateofficernews on March 29, 2009
Nashville TN Mar 29 2009
A quirk of Tennessee’s criminal background checks allowed a rape suspect to be hired as a teacher in Metro Schools.
Ronald Boykin, 40, was arrested March 22 in Nashville on two counts of rape, one count of sexual battery by an authority figure and one count of attempted sexual battery by an authority figure dating to 2005, when he was working in a Chattanooga high school. A Donelson Middle School teacher hired by Metro Schools in 2007, he was picked up after a routine traffic stop turned up the charges.
Three background checks on Boykin initiated by Metro Schools did not detect the outstanding warrants, said Noelle Mashburn, spokeswoman for the district. The most recent check was in October.
That’s because background checks run for school districts do not include warrants, said Tennessee Bureau of Investigation spokeswoman Kristin Helm.
“A fingerprint-based criminal history for a teacher is what’s statutorily required,” Helm said. “There is no Tennessee database that can be searched for outstanding warrants unless you’re in law enforcement.”
Also allowing Boykin to slip through the cracks: Tennessee’s teacher database, which flags educa
tors who have committed serious offenses, doesn’t include those without teaching licenses. Boykin’s job in Chattanooga didn’t require a license.
Boykin was returned to Hamilton County this week, but Metro police say they have identified at least two Nashville students who say Boykin touched them. Police are investigating more cases and are asking Donelson Middle parents to contact 862-7540 if they have any information.
No charges against Boykin have been filed in Nashville.
He is the second Metro Schools teacher arrested on sex-related charges this month. Ronald B. Anderson, executive principal of Kennedy Middle School in Antioch, was arrested March 6 on 12 counts of sexual battery by an authority figure. He was charged with sexually abusing two teenage boys from his church years ago.
Boykin, who taught a behavior program for struggling students, was busted for making an illegal left turn onto westbound Interstate 24 from the Second Avenue on-ramp, police said.
Officers discovered his license was expired and ran an in-depth check, which turned up the warrant in Hamilton County.
In 2005, Boykin was suspended from his job as an educational assistant at Brainerd High School after police launched an investigation into misconduct that occurred before the start of school. A warrant for his arrest was issued in
2006, according to Metro police.
School districts that request background checks get a nationwide search of any records the FBI holds that contain the fingerprint of the applicant, so a report is generated any time they’ve been fingerprinted and arrested in the United States.
Until this week, Boykin had never been arrested on the Chattanooga charges.
Criminal warrants are contained in a name-based database called the National Crime Information Center or NCIC, commonly used by officers during investigations or traffic stops.
Serious offenses against teachers must be reported to the state Board of Education and are tracked in a statewide database available to other Tennessee systems and the public. But it only applies to licensed educators, which at the time of the Chattanooga incidents Boykin was not.
Records show that Boykin did not request a teaching permit until 2007. The next year, he was granted an alternative teaching license.
Mashburn, the district spokeswoman, said she did not know the status of Boykin’s employment, adding that he would not return to the classroom until the investigation was complete.
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Posted by privateofficernews on March 29, 2009
Mobile AL March 29 2009
al.com Herman Thomas, while a Mobile County circuit judge, checked male inmates out of Metro Jail to exert control over them and force them into sexual activity, according to indictments released Friday.
About a year after stepping down from the bench, Thomas was arrested Friday outside the same jail on charges of kidnapping, sodomy, extortion, sex abuse and ethics violations.
The bow-tied lawyer known for his energetic support of community programs, his time as a University of South Alabama trustee and for presiding over legal cases since the 1990s found himself standing against a wall to have his jail mugshot taken.
A special grand jury met for three weeks this month and returned 57 felony charges against Thomas. The indictment lists nine alleged victims, each of them current or former inmates.
“These are very serious charges,” some carrying up to life in prison, said District Attorney John Tyson Jr. Thomas was taken into custody outside the jail as his attorney, Robert “Cowboy Bob” Clark, held an afternoon news conference amid reports of an impending arrest.
With a handful of other lawyers looking on in support — and Thomas remaining quiet and answering no questions — Clark suggested his client’s indictment was motivated by racism.
“This is racism at its very finest. We ought to be proud we elected those bastards,” said Clark in an apparent reference to Tyson and former Thomas colleagues on the bench.
As Clark was speaking, an investigator with the District Attorney’s Office quietly walked up to Thomas, tapped him on the shoulder, whispered something to him and then accompanied Thomas — without placing him in handcuffs — to the jail 10 feet away.
There, Thomas was photographed and booked, with bail set at $287,500, according to the jail log. He was later released.
Each of Thomas’ alleged victims at one time faced charges in Mobile County Circuit Court, according to online court records. The allegations against them ranged from criminal mischief to murder. At least eight of the alleged victims appeared on Thomas’ docket, according to court records.
One of the inmates went before Thomas on multiple occasions over the years for several felony charges. He was eventually sent to prison for a short time, but Thomas ordered him released early.
Finally, he ended up sentenced in federal court and later released. He has since been accused of murder and attempted murder.
According to Friday’s grand jury allegations, Thomas “knowingly” subjected the young men “to sexual contact, by forcible compulsion.”
In one case, Thomas is accused of forcing an inmate to have oral sex with him. Also, Thomas used the inmate’s labor to benefit himself, according to the indictment.
The indictment repeatedly makes reference to Thomas “paddling and/or whipping” inmates.
When Thomas was a judge, he had a storage room furnished like an office just steps from his eighth-floor chamber at Mobile Government Plaza. It was there, several criminal defendants have alleged in affidavits and in court, that Thomas would ask to paddle their buttocks.
In most cases, the Press-Register does not publish the names of people who are alleged to be victims of sex crimes; the newspaper is not printing the names of the men identified in the indictment against Thomas.
After leaving the jail and with Thomas behind bars, Clark showed up at a Tyson news conference and began ranting again about the district attorney and his office.
Investigator Tony Goubil asked Clark to leave. Red-faced, Clark said that he was not going anywhere unless he was placed under arrest.
“OK, you are under arrest,” Goubil told him before leading him out.
A little later, a calmer Clark returned, saying Tyson had permitted him to stay as long as he kept quiet, and that he was not, after all, under arrest.
Tyson said Clark’s accusations that Thomas’ troubles stem from racism at Government Plaza are “absolute nonsense.”
Nicki Patterson, the chief assistant district attorney, later pointed out that all the alleged victims are black. Thomas is black.
Tyson said his office began investigating Thomas shortly after he resigned his office in October 2007. The Mobile County Sheriff’s Office, the Mobile Police Department, the FBI and the U.S. Department of Justice’s Civil Rights Division assisted in the investigation, Tyson said.
Thomas’ resignation came in the face of a pending trial before Alabama’s Court of the Judiciary, where he was charged with dozens of ethical violations.
Tyson said his investigation is not over and that the special grand jury could be called back into session at any time.
He used the news conference to invite anyone to come forward if what happened to the alleged victims “happened to you. We would be very interested in hearing from you.”
Earlier Friday, all the judges on the circuit bench recused themselves from presiding over Thomas’ case.
Presiding Circuit Judge Charles Graddick said late Friday that Alabama Supreme Court Chief Justice Sue Bell Cobb had appointed retired Marengo County Circuit Judge Claude Neilson to handle Thomas’ proceedings.
“I am flabbergasted. The only thing I’ve known Herman Thomas to be guilty of is helping people,” said Willie Huntley Jr., a lawyer who knows Thomas professionally and through their work together with 100 Black Men of Mobile, a civic organization on which Thomas serves as secretary of the executive committee.
Criminal charges brought against former Mobile County Circuit Judge Herman Thomas could result in the immediate suspension of his license to practice law, a state bar officials said Friday.
The Alabama State Bar does not comment on specific cases. But the Montgomery-based organization’s general counsel, Tony McLain, said the bar seeks the immediate suspension of lawyers facing criminal charges when authorities believe the defendants to be a threat to the public or their clients.
Typically, those cases involve allegations of theft from clients, McLain said.
When the bar seeks an immediate suspension, the accused attorney can request a hearing within seven days to contest it.
Short of an immediate suspension, McLain said, bar officials monitor criminal cases. If an attorney is convicted of a felony or certain misdemeanors, a bar committee decides on a punishment ranging from 45 days’ suspension to disbarment.
A disbarred attorney can apply for reinstatement after five years, McLain said.
The bar association also can discipline an attorney without a criminal conviction if bar panel determines his actions violated his oath as a lawyer.
Following leaving the bench in 2007, Thomas began working in the Mobile office of attorney James Brandyburg.
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Posted by privateofficernews on March 29, 2009
OAKLAND, Calif.Mar 29 2009 — Thousands of mourners gathered with the families of four slain Oakland police officers for a joint funeral Friday that drew law enforcement officers from around the world.
Officers Mark Dunakin, John Hege, Ervin Romans and Daniel Sakai were remembered for their dedication to their families, friends and a gritty job they loved despite the dangers.
Police said Hege and Dunakin were gunned down March 21 when the two motorcycle officers pulled over a 26-year-old parolee during a traffic stop. Romans, Sakai and the parolee died later in a shootout when the city’s SWAT team stormed an apartment where the man was hiding.
The violent confrontation was the biggest single day, gun-related loss of life for law enforcement since four federal agents died 16 years ago during a raid on the Branch Davidian cult in Waco, Texas.
The officers’ caskets were draped in American flags and shepherded to the Oracle Arena that passed under a giant U.S. flag held up by two fire truck ladders as they entered the parking lot. Among those speaking at the service Friday were Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger, U.S. Sens. Dianne Feinstein and Barbara Boxer, and state Attorney General Jerry Brown, a former Oakland mayor.
A spokesman for Oakland Mayor Ron Dellums said the mayor was attending the service, but was asked not to speak by at least one family of the victims. Paul Rose said he did not know which family made the request or the reason.
Acting Oakland Police Chief Howard Jordan said at the start of the service that the officers were “our brothers.”
“They rest in peace, because they were men of peace,” he said.
President Barack Obama and first lady Michelle Obama thanked the officers in a letter read by Oakland police chaplain Jayson Landeza, saying: “Our nation is grateful for the men and women who work in law enforcement. Their commitment to their fellow man will never be forgotten.”
New York City Police Lt. Tommy Ng, who attended the ceremony, said the tragedy brought back memories of Sept. 11. He said he was not surprised by the outpouring of support for his colleagues in Oakland.
“When one of us is hurt, all of us are hurt,” Ng said before the service. “We’re all brothers.”
Minneapolis Police Sgt. Steve Blackwell said he and three other officers drove from Minnesota to the service in Oakland, even though they didn’t know the slain policemen.
“It’s a national tragedy, so it cuts pretty deep,” Blackwell said. “We want to let the people of Oakland see that we care. I hope that this city finds strength from this tragedy to move ahead.”
Oakland police officer John Wilson, a 25-year veteran of the force, said he knew the four slain officers and promised that their memories would live on.
“They made the ultimate sacrifice,” Wilson said. “They will never be forgotten.”
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Posted by privateofficernews on March 29, 2009
Las Vegas NV Mar 29 2009
A woman plowed her car into a group of people waiting for their cars at the Valet area of Sam’s Town Casino on Boulder Highway early Saturday morning.
Four people, including one reportedly paralyzed from the crash, were transported to UMC Trauma in critical condition.
The driver of the car was immediately detained by Casino Security and later taken into custody by Metro officers.
Investigators with Metro’s Major Crimes Investigative Unit later responded to try and determine what happened.
Unconfirmed reports say incident was an act of violence spawned by an altercation between two groups of people which took place minutes earlier inside the casino.
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Posted by privateofficernews on March 29, 2009
DAYTONA BEACH, Fla. Mar29 2009 — For the second time in week, a tourist in Daytona Beach has died after falling from a hotel balcony. Daytona Beach police said that a 30-year-old Maryland woman fell from the 8th floor of the LaPlaya Resort early Saturday morning.
The victim was identified as Heather Crawford of Frostburg, Maryland. She was on vacation with her boyfriend.
According to police, the woman was either sitting on the railing or standing on a chair when she fell just after 3:00am. A security guard at the hotel heard a loud noise and went to investigate.
The woman was found lying next to a dumpster. She was pronounced dead at the scene by rescue workers.
Foul play is not suspected.
On March 22, a 16-year-old boy from Minnesota died after falling from a 24th floor balcony at the Ocean Walk Resort.
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Posted by privateofficernews on March 29, 2009
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JACKSON TWP OH Mar 29 2009
When mall security officers and township police went to talk to a man wearing a towel on his head and carrying a stick as he walked through the mall for several hours, he assaulted them, Stark County Jail records said.
Jail records said Ernest C. Isles, 29, of 1139 18th St. NE in Canton, “made several aggressive moves” toward the police officer before hitting him and taking his police baton. Then the police officer pulled out his gun, the jail records said.
Isles was arrested at 3:54 p.m. Friday in the Westfield Belden Village mall parking lot, 4320 Everhard Rd. NW. He was charged with felonious assault and resisting arrest. He was also arrested on an unrelated assault warrant.
Jail records said police were called to the mall by security officers who said Isles was inside the mall, wearing a black coat with a blue stripe and wearing a towel on his head. He also carried the stick as he walked through the mall for about four hours, the jail records said.
Stark County Court records show Isles went to prison in 2004 for felonious assault.
He remained in jail this morning, held in lieu of $50,000 bond, jail records said.
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Chicago IL Mar 29 2009
A security guard has been removed from Kozminski Elementary School for allegedly beating a student with a belt, Chicago Public Schools authorities said Friday.
Officials are now investigating whether Reginald Lanier struck any other students with belts that were allegedly hanging in a copier room of Kozminski, at 936 E. 54th St., CPS spokeswoman Monique Bond said.
A 9-year-old boy told CBS2 News that the security guard took him to a room and beat him with a studded belt.
“I think it’s abuse,” the third-grader said.
The child’s mother filed a police report against Lanier on March 12, and Lanier admitted to police that he had disciplined the child, Bond said.
The incident follows testimony last month by new Schools CEO Ron Huberman that he wanted to speed up investigations of abuse allegations.
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Las Vegas NV Mar 29 2009
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New technologies are allowing people to connect faster and more often, but now law enforcement is using social networking sites to help them solve crimes.
Twitter offers subscribers a way to communicate with others using short messages. Now Metro is using it to send out alerts about crimes and to help with the search when children go missing.
“These things get out within four to five seconds after we hit enter — they are posted and they are out to the world,” said Metro Officer Ramon Denby.
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Twitter users can now get messages right from the LVMPD, letting them know where an accident has caused a road closure or even allowing them to see the alleged store robber, “We can actually post photos on Twitter. We can actually post videos on Twitter that the user will be able to go on and see a robbery video we posted.”
The department has only been on the messaging service for about a week, but already they’ve seen many reasons to use it, like when a little boy wondered away from his home.
“This is huge, because if we have people on their cell phones who subscribe to this site, as they are taking their kids to school and dropping their kids off, they may see this little four-year-old wandering around in his pajamas,” said Denby.
Metro includes the number for CrimeStoppers in its messages, so anyone with information can call. However they say they don’t check for replies, so don’t send a tip back on Twitter. They are off to a good start. Already they have over 150 followers signed up to receive their messages.
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Atlanta GA March 29 2009
By: Toni Anthony
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Retail Theft Juan Ramirez, 20, 5917 W. Cermak Road, Cicero, was charged with retail theft after he was spotted stealing four bottles of tequila from Jewel, 9424 S. Pulaski Road, March 12, police said.
WEST ELLICOTT MD – Three Jamestown residents have been charged with petit larceny after allegedly being caught shoplifting at about 7:45 p.m. Tuesday in K-Mart on Fairmount Avenue.
Juan J. Rivera, 29, of 230 E. Second St., Apt. 5, Jamestown;
Adeline M. Rodriguez, 18, of 230 E. Second St., Apt. 5, Jamestown, and
Carmen M. Rodriguez, 23, of 230 E. Second St., Apt. 5, Jamestown, were charged with one count each of petit larceny. They were charged and released to appear in Ellicott Town Court later.
Slidell LA
Krista A. Giacona, 20, 831 Ashville Drive, Slidell, theft under $300 by shoplifting and possession of marijuana.
Matthew L. Evan, 19, 405 Jupiter Drive, Chalmette, theft uner$300 by shoplifting.
Alicia Talavera, 22, 16 Sampson Lane, Picayune, Miss., theft under $300 by shoplifting.
Emily M. Shockey, 19, 2119 Pine St., New Orleans, theft under $300 by shoplifting.
SIERRA VISTA AZ
douglasdispatch.com — Two Douglas men are accused of shoplifting after they were caught with merchandise from four area stores in their car on Friday.
Brandon M. Arevalo, 23, and Joseph G. Arvizu, 19, both of Douglas, allegedly stole a digital camera from Walmart in Sierra Vista around 12:30 p.m. by cutting the cable securing the item and then fled the scene with the camera, according to a Sierra Vista Police report.
Police spokeswoman Officer Tracy Grady said the two men returned to the store around 2 p.m. and were watched by security personnel who saw Arevalo and Arvizu allegedly attempt to steal two flat screen televisions. Their attempt to take the TVs “out through the garden center part of the store was unsuccessful,” Grady said.
The two suspects then went to their car and were driving out of the parking lot when they were stopped by Sierra Vista police, she said.
It was then the “plain sight doctrine,” came into play, the spokeswoman said.
Articles seen with in a person’s sight can be used to help build a case if a crime is suspected and other merchandise is seen, Grady said.
The items from three different stores at the Mall at Sierra Vista that were in the car also were reportedly shoplifted, she said, adding that during the search of the vehicle a concealed weapon was found
Dillard’s, Famous Footwear and Spencer Gifts were the three mall stores involved.
The two have been charged with shoplifting, attempted shoplifting and carrying a concealed firearm, Grady said.
Arevalo and Arvizu were taken to the Cochise County Jail facility in Sierra Vista where on Monday they were each being held on a $4,000 bond.
Vineland NJ
Sasha L. Green, 21, of Walnut Manor Apartments, was charged Sunday with shoplifting at Acme on South Main Road. She also was processed on two unrelated warrants. Green was transported to the Cumberland County Jail, where she was held in lieu of bail.
Jacquelin Hatch, 47, of the 200 block of North Sixth Street, was charged Sunday with shoplifting items valued at $34.36 from ShopRite on North Delsea Drive. She was processed and released on a summons
Lasean P. Bowser, 22, of the 1500 block of South East Avenue, was charged Sunday with shoplifting at Acme on South Main Road. He was processed and released on a summons.
Chicago IL
A Midlothian man was accused of shoplifting at Chicago Ridge Mall after he fell from a ceiling while trying to hide, police said.
Laroy Getz, 29, of the 14300 block of South Kolin Avenue was charged with resisting arrest and retail theft in the March 4 incident, police said.
After he was spotted allegedly shoplifting at the mall, police said, Getz allegedly ran inside a nearby business where he removed several tiles from a ceiling and climbed up, before falling onto the floor, police said.
Bridgewater NJ
Rosario Scalici, 39, of Rockaway was charged with shoplifting a $100 Bluetooth at Costco in the Bridgewater Promenade.
Samar G. Zahalan, 25, of Newark was charged with shoplifting at Macy’s in Bridgewater Commons mall. A store security officer saw Zahalan place a $50 sweat shirt in her purse and leave the store, police said.
Monish Grover, 34, of Bridgewater was charged with shoplifting a $45 cordless mouse at Costco in the Bridgewater Promenade.
Patricia Acosta-Depinho, 44, of Warren was a charged with shoplifting a portable hard drive and Bluetooth car speaker kit valued at $180 at Costco in the Bridgewater Promenade.
FRAMINGHAM MA – An Arthur Street woman was charged with shoplifting at the local Stop & Shop on Friday afternoon.
Patricia Acosta-Depinho, 26, of 204 Arthur St., was charged with shoplifting at the store around 12:35 p.m., police said
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These are recently reported arrests and shoplifting incidents from across the country.
Oak Lawn IL
Retail Theft- Lauren Green, 11929 Stewart Ave., Chicago, was charged with retail theft after store personnel at Kmart, 4101 W. 95th St., spotted her stealing a pair of shoes and socks from the store March 12, police said.
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Posted by privateofficernews on March 28, 2009
Birmingham AL. March 28 2009
The organizers of a 45th anniversary tribute to the Ford Mustang at the Barber Motorsports Park expect the event to draw more than 100,000 people – and Barber officials hope to land an even bigger party for the sport car’s 50th birthday.
The road track and museum will host the Mustang celebration during a four-day event starting April 16. Ford Motor Co. and the Mustang Club of America are sponsors.
“From a tourism standpoint, it’s going to be one of if not the biggest event we’ve held at the Barber Motorsports Park because the vast majority are coming from out of town,” said Gene Hallman, whose firm organizes events at the park
Steve McCarley, president of the Mustang Club of America, said members were impressed by the Barber Motorsports Park when the club had an event there in 2006.
“If you’re looking for an absolutely phenomenal facility – which for me is the best in the country, but certainly the best in the Southeast – and that leaves you with Barber,” he said.
When it came time to organize the 45th anniversary celebration for the Mustang, McCarley said he lobbied Ford to come to Birmingham. Ford went along.
More than 100,000 people are expected to attend the four-day event, not counting the 5,000 participants, McCarley said.
There will be more than 2,500 show cars on display and on the track, he said.
“For a sports car enthusiast, a muscle car enthusiast, it’s going to be a huge deal,” said Hallman, chief executive of the Bruno Event Team, whose Zoom Motorsports division stages events at Barber.
The Mustang party will spill outside of the park.
On Thursday, April 16, members will have a 650-car cruise from the park to Homewood, where a street party is planned until 11 p.m.
“The city of Homewood has welcomed us with open arms and, of course, open restaurants,” McCarley said.
The main events will be at the Barber Motorsports Park on the weekend
“On Friday and Saturday, we will have truly the finest Mustangs in the country on display and on the track out at Barber,” McCarley said. “Ford will have the 2009 and 2010 Mustangs on display.”
There is a dinner with Ford officials slated for Saturday night at the Marriott Birmingham. The event will be capped off by the Ford Racing Mustang Challenge on Sunday.
There also will be plenty of vendors, McCarley said.
“Anything – and I do mean anything – from a T-shirt to a car part will be available at the event,” McCarley said. “If it’s got something to do with a Mustang, then I can all but guarantee you something to do.”
Ford has sold more than 9 million Mustangs since it began producing them in 1964.
Hallman said officials at the track and at Zoom want to win over Mustang fans in order to lure them back for an even bigger golden anniversary celebration in five years.
“The park is going to be working very hard along with us to do such a good job that hopefully we can host the 50th in five years because you can only imagine how big that is going to be,” Hallman said.
McCarley said he remembers when plans for the $70 million park were in their infancy.
“I was fortunate enough to meet Mr. (George) Barber back when he was planning the thing and I was a road racer,” he said. “He walked up to me and showed me a track map one day and said, `If I build this some day, will you come race at it?’ And dad-blame, he did it!”
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Posted by privateofficernews on March 28, 2009
ATLANTA GA Mar 28 2009 — Rapper T.I. has been sentenced to a year and a day in prison on federal weapons charges.
In addition to his prison sentence, he received three years supervised release — which is probation in the federal system.
He is expected to report to prison May 19. Officials said they are trying to find a prison close to Atlanta for him.
“Today I would like to say thank you to some, and apologize to all,” the rapper told U.S. District Judge Charles Pannell Jr. at sentencing.
The 28-year-old rapper, whose real name is Clifford Harris, already has completed about 1,000 hours of community service and has warned youths about the pitfalls of guns, drugs, violence. He will need to complete 470 additional hours.
Harris pleaded guilty last March after he was arrested in 2007 for trying to buy unregistered machine guns and silencers just blocks away and hours before he was to headline the BET Hip-Hop Awards in Atlanta. He was also charged for unlawful possession of machine guns and possession of firearms by a convicted felon.
He had faced a maximum of 10 years in prison and a $250,000 fine for each count, until he cut a deal and pleaded guilty last March to the federal weapons charge and was sentenced to one year and a day in prison.
Harris agreed to community service to avoid a lengthy sentence. He has already made 262 public appearances as part of that deal.
Much of that work has been done with children. He was part of a major voting campaign and has an MTV reality show, “Road to Redemption,” to scare teens straight.
Harris is one of the co-chief executives of Grand Hustle Records and one of Atlantic Records’ most successful artists. His sixth album, “Paper Trail,” has sold nearly two million copies. It also charted two smash No. 1 songs, and a third with Justin Timberlake is near the top of the charts.
T.I. said fear was the reason he tried to buy the guns. His best friend, Philant Johnson, was killed following a post-performance party in Cincinnati in 2006. A man was found guilty last year in the murder case.
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Posted by privateofficernews on March 28, 2009
Police in Indiana are investigating one of their own after some information was given to them about a social network page that showed anything but a professional police officer profile.
According to CNN, Indiana State Trooper Chris Pestow is currently under investigation for posts on his Facebook page. According to investigators, Pestow posted comments and photos that were called “embarrassing and maybe even against the law.”
Over the past several months Pestow bragged about drinking heavy liquor and not really doing much work.
In his Facebook statuses, he boasted about being unproductive at work and his updates were at times that he was scheduled to be working.
Police are not saying exactly what led them to his internet site but say that are embarrassed and even outraged about it.
On his page, Pestow also discussed an incident where Fresno police officers punched a homeless man during his arrest. And his response was, “Let someone, homeless or not, try and stab me with a pen, knife, spoon, etc., not only will he fall, he’ll probably end up shot. These people should have died when they were young anyway. I’m just doing them a favor.”
Not only does he take advantage of his power, he blatantly disrespects law enforcement and the people he’s supposed to protect. He also has a photo on his page of a fellow officer, Andrew Deddish, pointing a .357 Magnum at his head. In the picture Pestow is smiling with his thumb up.
State police investigators say that some of the postings and language could be considered unprofessional but they are more concerned about his bragging comments that he doesn’t work much and are also checking to see if some of his postings were down while he was suppose to be patrolling Indiana’s highways.
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Posted by privateofficernews on March 28, 2009
Atlanta GA. March 28 2009
By: Toni Anthony
Staff
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These are some recent shoplifting incidents and arrestes reportedly from around the country.
Salem NH
Sunday at 7 p.m., police said they arrested two Lawrence, Mass., women who tried to steal $2,000 worth of clothing from Macy’s at the mall.
Maribel Felix, 35, and Ana Santos, 28, were charged with felony shoplifting. They were held on $1,000 bail pending their arraignments.
Braintree MA
Janetha L. Dingle-Reid, 17, of Stoughton and a 15-year-old Stoughton girl were arrested on Wednesday evening, March 18 after allegedly stealing over $250 worth of clothing from Macy’s at the South Shore Plaza. Loss prevention officers detained the girls after exiting the store.
An inventory of their bags yielded the stolen Macy’s clothing, along with over $130 worth of clothing from Wet Seal, according to Deputy Police Chief Russell Jenkins.
Both girls were charged with larceny over $250 and receiving stolen property under $250.
Thiet Van Cao, 43, of Chelsea and Dzung Tien Nguyen, 40, of Randolph were arrested Friday morning, March 20 after allegedly stealing over $250 worth of perfume from Sears at the South Shore Plaza.
Loss prevention officers watched the men conceal the perfume in Cao’s shopping bags and Nguyen’s pockets, according to Deputy Police Chief Russell Jenkins.
Police and loss prevention officers stopped the men as they approached their vehicle. They were both charged with larceny over $250.
In an unrelated incident, over $2000 worth of perfume was stolen from Macy’s on Friday morning. There are no suspects in this theft.
On Saturday afternoon, March 21, Mattie M. Smith, 33, of Lynn was arrested after allegedly running from the Burlington Coat Factory with two bags of stolen clothing.
Smith discarded two other bags at the door. The thirty-eight items of clothing were valued at over $500, according to Deputy Police Chief Russell Jenkins.
A store employee told Officer Paul Venuto that she confronted Smith after she exited the store and activated the security sensor tag alarm. Smith dropped two of her bags and ran to her car with the other two bags, but dropped them in the parking lot as she approached her vehicle.
The employee pointed Smith out to the officers and Detective Jeffrey Jernegan detained her at her car. Smith was placed under arrest and charged with larceny over $250.
Salina KY
Two Salina men were arrested Monday afternoon in connection with the theft of DVDs and video games from Walmart. According to the Salina police, Mason J. Reeves, 28, 611 N. 13th, and Kyle T. Koochel, 20, 2407 Melrose, were arrested about 5 p.m. on charges of theft and criminal trespass; both had been previously barred from entering the store, said Deputy Police Chief Carson Mansfield. Reeves was also arrested on a charge of obstruction of justice.
Millville NJ
Session Brown, 40, of the 100 block of South 2nd Street, was arrested on Monday at Save-A-Lot in the 700 block of North High Street on a shoplifting charge and a warrant for contempt, and transported to the Cumberland County Jail and held on $120.
Caitlin Marie Dever, 24, of the 600 block of Whittier Avenue, Cape May, was charged with shoplifting on Monday at the Save-A-Lot on North High Street and released pending a court date.
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Posted by privateofficernews on March 28, 2009
CONCORD CA Mar 28 2009 — A man was arrested after he got into a fight with a fellow bar patron over a woman and stabbed him, and then stabbed a security guard who tried to subdue him, police said.
An argument broke out about 1:10 a.m. between a man and another patron of the Time Out sports bar in the 1800 block of Grant Street, said Lt. Brian Wiesendanger. The two men, arguing over a female bar patron, took their argument outside to the parking lot..
At some point during the argument, one patron, a 38-year-old Pittsburg man, punched the other in the face, Wiesendanger said. This prompted the punched man to pull out a knife and stab the man in the neck.
A security guard rushed out and tried to subdue the attacker, who stabbed him in the abdomen, Wiesendanger said. Other security guards were able to restrain the man, who was in handcuffs by the time officers arrived, he said.
The suspect, a 45-year-old Bay Point man, was arrested on suspicion of assault with a deadly weapon and booked into County Jail on $30,000 bail.
Both the Pittsburg man and security guard were taken to a local hospital where they were treated and expected to survive their injuries, Wiesendanger said.
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Posted by privateofficernews on March 28, 2009
ROSWELL, Ga. Mar 28 2009
By: Toni Anthony
Private Officer News Network
http://www.privateofficer.com/ — A man Roswell police say shoplifted a $10,000 bracelet from a jewelry store was struck by a car as he fled the scene on foot.
Police Chief Edwin Williams identified the man on Friday as 29-year-old Daniel Ray Hufstetler of Roswell, who was listed in stable condition at North Fulton Regional Hospital.
Williams said he will be charged with theft by shoplifting when he is released from the hospital.
Williams says an off duty Roswell police officer was working part time Thursday at Brown and Company Jewelers when Hufstetler asked to look at the bracelet, took it and ran.
The officer was chasing him when the man was struck by a car. The driver will not face charges.
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Guntersville AL(Huntsville) Mar 28 2009
By: Rick McCann
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A park ranger noticed an alcohol violation at the Guntersville State Park and arrested Brewer High School teacher William Derrick Garrison for contributing to the delinquency of a minor on Tuesday.
Public Relations Officer Heath Thomas said the ranger booked Garrison into Marshall County Jail. He was later released on a five hundred dollar bond.
Authorities said that the other person with Brewer was a minor but could not confirm it they were a student at Brewer and released no other information about the arrest.
Garrison has been placed on administrative leave with pay.
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Philadelphia PA Mar 28 2009
Investigators said 29-year-old Jermaine Goodman was taken into custody Friday in connection to the March 22 incident. Goodman was arrested without incident in the 1600 block of Christian Street in South Philadelphia.
“We’re happy in two respects; one in that our victim gets some satisfaction that this male is off the street, he’s a very violent individual we had some serious concerns about,” Lt. John Walker said. “Today is actually Mr. Goodman’s birthday, so we brought him into custody on his birthday, so law enforcement gets an opportunity to have a little bit of celebration.”
The guard attempted to stop Goodman after he was allegedly spotted placing merchandise in his pockets. Goodman then ran into the parking lot after being confronted by the guard.
Following a brief chase and struggle, the guard brought Goodman back inside the store for questioning.
While in a back room of the store, police said Goodman removed a handgun from his pocket and allegedly shot the guard in the forehead and shoulder.
“While inside the security room, he’s conversing with him about his biographical information, name, date of birth and things such as that, when the offender pulls a gun from his rear pocket and fires three times,” Lt. Walker explained.
The guard was rushed to Temple University Hospital in critical, but stable condition. On Monday he was upgraded to fair condition and spoke to CBS 3 by phone.
“I put my hands up to defend myself and there was a struggle and then the gun came out and a couple shots were fired off and I couldn’t get out of the way in time, you know, to keep from getting hit,” the guard said.
Goodman is reportedly a regular shopper at the Pathmark location and had used his grandmother’s Pathmark Savings and state issued access cards to make purchases.
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Posted by privateofficernews on March 28, 2009
Rome GA Mar 28 2009
romenewswire.com
A Rome Georgia High school teacher was booked into the Floyd County jail Friday on charges of aggravated sodomy, cruelty to children, sexual assault on a person in custody, and sexual battery.
According to Rome Police major Elaine Snow, James Rodney Lee is accused of inappropriate contact with a male student in an incident that occurred on March 20th.
According to Snow, the incident happened at the school.
Snow says the student in question is 16 years old.
According to information received by RomeNewswire, Lee allegedly brought the student in a room at the school and preformed a sex act on him.
According to information on the Shorter College website, Lee received a BA from the school and was student teacher of the year in 2005.
Officials with the Rome city schools say Lee will not be allowed back in the classroom when school resumes from spring break this Monday.
Lee turned himself in to the jail around 2:30 p.m. Friday with his attorney.
Rome Police are still investigating the incident.
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Posted by privateofficernews on March 28, 2009
Salem NH March 28 2009
unionleader.com Police took five men into custody on Tuesday in connection with separate cases of shoplifting at two different stores near Route 28.
Joseph Perkins and Scott Marshall, both 28 and of Nashua, face charges for shoplifting as well as possession and transportation of heroin. Police said the pair used the dressing room of a Kohl’s store to hide new clothing under what they were already wearing just after noon on Tuesday. After being contacted by store loss prevention personnel, officers caught up with Perkins and Marshall traveling south on Route 28.
Authorities said they also discovered a quantity of heroin and drug paraphernalia inside the vehicle alongside roughly $400 in stolen clothing.
Police held Perkins on $5,000 cash bail and Marshall on $2,500 cash bail, both pending arraignment at Salem District Court.
Three Bay State men were also arrested at about 7:45 p.m. that same day near the Wal-Mart on North Broadway Street for allegedly attempting to steal a PlayStation portable system from the store.
Police charged Osvaldo Rivera, 23, of Lawrence, Mass., with willful concealment and David Ortiz, 22, and Emanuel Adorno, 23, both of Lawrence, Mass., with accomplice to willful concealment.
According to authorities, one of the men popped open a storage container, pulled three PSP devices out and hid one in his jacket while the other two blocked the view and acted as lookouts.
Two of the men were apprehended in the grocery section of the store and a third was taken into custody while he was getting into a vehicle — with a female adult and three children inside — parked in a handicapped spot outside of the Wal-Mart.
The merchandise, valued at $199, was recovered. All three were held on $600 cash bail pending arraignment in Salem District Court.
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Posted by privateofficernews on March 28, 2009
Boulder City NV Mar 28 2009
By: Toni Anthony
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Authorities took a Boulder City junior high school teacher into custody after conducting an investigation into pornography involving underage children.
Police say Charles Richard Rogers was arrested on multiple felony child pornography charges after they received information about his involvement in questionable activity.
He was arrested Thursday and police said that when they searched his home they found sexual images of minors.
Rogers is a teacher at Garrett Junior High School but police are not saying if any of the photos were students.
Police said that they are continuing their investigation. School officials have not said if he would be suspended or terminated.
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tors who have committed serious offenses, doesn’t include those without teaching licenses. Boykin’s job in Chattanooga didn’t require a license.
