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Tornados strike south Nashville, 2 dead, 15-30 injured
MURFREESBORO, Tenn. April 10 2009 – A mother and her 3-month-old baby are confirmed dead after a tornado touch downed in Rutherford County. The father is in critical condition at a local hospital.
Martha Tolbert, spokeswoman for Middle Tennessee Medical Center, told Associated Press Radio that 13 people were being treated for injuries. She did not have details about the severity of their injuries. Murfreesboro SkyNet Camera
Dispatchers at the county Emergency Management Agency said the area had been “heavily impacted.” The agency was in “response phase” after several eyewitness reports of a tornado on the ground around midday.
Power was out in parts of the city and several homes were heavily damaged.
The United Way is extending their call center’s hours of operation to help facilitate the people who need to get help or who would like to offer help.
The call center will be open this Saturday and Sunday from 7:00 a.m. – 7:00 p.m. Anyone affected by the storms can call 211 for information.
The National Weather Service said it couldn’t confirm a tornado struck until later Friday.
The Tennessee Emergency Management Agency reported property damage in Benton, Dickson and Houston counties but no injuries
SC police officer fired after he Tasered brother
Brian Adams, 35, is charged with assault and battery of a high and aggravated nature.
Adams had been a patrol officer since 2000 and was fired Wednesday because of his arrest, Forest Acres Police Chief Gene Sealy said.
He is accused of firing his department-issued X26 Taser at his brother, 38-year-old John Adams, hitting him with probes in the chest and upper abdomen area, the Sheriff’s Department incident report said.
John Adams fell to the floor at his brother’s home and after the electric shock ended, “yelled for his kids to run and get help,” the report said.
He was picking up his four children who were retrieving the family dog when his brother started cursing and yelling, according to the report.
His brother had asked him to talk outside, but he declined, telling him he was in a hurry to go home, the report said. The two live on the same street.
John Adams was shot with the probes after he tried knocking the Taser out of his brother’s hand, thinking it was a gun, the report said.
A sheriff’s deputy removed the probes from John Adams and he didn’t need medical help, according to the report.
Brian Adams smelled of alcohol, was “unstable on his feet” and admitted drinking beer that afternoon, the report said.
The Taser was seized as evidence after the 6:50 p.m. incident.
Brian Adams’ department-issued handgun was also taken at the request of Chief Sealy, the report said.
Sealy was not aware of Adams having any prior disciplinary record.
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Myrtle Beach security involved in confrontation www.privateofficer.com
Myrtle Beach police were called to an Ocean Boulevard hotel after a 24-year-old man argued with security guards, who the man said threaten to use a Taser on him, according to a police report.
The man told police he had a confrontation with the 27-year-old security guard Tuesday and then just before 3 a.m. Wednesday the guard confronted him again and threatened to use the Taser on him, according to the report.
The guard told police on Tuesday he saw the man get into a pickup truck in front of the hotel, the Sea Crest at 803 S. Ocean Blvd., and go to the parking garage across the street, according to the report. The guard followed and a verbal argument occurred between the men then.
The next day, the guard said he and another guard saw a vehicle driving recklessly in the parking garage and confronted the driver, according to the report. The 24-year-old man then told the guard he was not driving and made verbal threats toward the guards.
The guard said he notified his dispatch to call police and the other guard pulled out his pepper spray and asked the man to stop, according to the report. The guard grabbed the man’s arm and the man swung at him before he ran away.
The guards chased the man and grabbed him when he tried to jump a fence but got his leg stuck on it, according to the report. One of the guards said the man hit him twice before he ran away.
Police evicted the man from the hotel, according to the report.
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School guard escapes injury in crash www.privateofficer.com
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An Orange Grove School van on Wednesday afternoon struck a vehicle occupied by Baylor School students, then ran into the Baylor guard house.
No one was seriously injured, though a female guard from Walden Security at the demolished guard house had to dive out of the way.
The Chevy Tahoe occupied by the Baylor students was also heavily damaged. The vehicle belonged to Danny Kennedy, senior class president and son of Baylor spokesperson Barbara Kennedy and Jim Kennedy, though he was not in it at the time of the wreck. It was being driven by his younger brother, Jake, 16
There were students in the Orange Grove van.
Mrs. Kennedy gave this account: “The driver of a white van struck one vehicle (a Chevy Tahoe) at the intersection of Signal Mountain Boulevard and the Baylor entrance. The driver of the struck vehicle was Jake Kennedy, 16. He is a Baylor student.
“She then proceeded through the Baylor entrance and struck the guard shack. The guard shack is heavily damaged, but the guard was not injured. She and a passenger were taken to the hospital by ambulance, but I have not heard any details about their condition.”
The incident happened around 5 p.m.
The first collision on Signal Mountain Road is in the city of Red Bank and the second collision is in Chattanooga, police said.
The driver of the van along with a passenger were transported to a local hospital with non-life threatening injuries.
The driver was identified as Terri Phillips, 30, of Rossville, and the passenger is Charles Thomas, 59, of Hixson. The guard was not injured in the crash.
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Child support agent arrested for stealing identification info www.privateofficer.com
The U.S. Attorney’s office in Nashville says 28-year-old Steven K. Gilmore of Nashville was indicted Wednesday on identity theft, aggravated identity theft and access device fraud.
Gilmore worked for Denver, Colo.-based Policy Studies Inc., a company that contracts with the Department of Human Services to provide child support services for Davidson County.
The Tennessean reported that, in his role collecting child support, Gilmore had access to databases filled with personal identification information.
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Suffolk NY seek assailant in security officer attack www.privateofficer.com
Suffolk police Thursday asked for the public’s help identifying a shoplifter who injured a mall security guard in Bay Shore.
A Macy’s surveillance camera photo of the man was also released by Third Squad detectives.
The man stole an armload of clothing in the Feb. 27 incident, police said. He left the Macy’s at the South Shore Mall on Sunrise Highway at 7:25 p.m. with the stolen items, and when the security guard tried to stop him he struggled, injuring the guard, police said.
The man then drove off in a black Cadillac CTS sedan.
No details were available on the extent of the injuries to the guard, who was taken for treatment to Southside Hospital in Bay Shore.
Anyone with information about the incident is asked to call Crime Stoppers at 800-220-TIPS. All calls will be kept confidential and the caller will be eligible for a cash reward.
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Man follows casino winner home, attacks her www.privateofficer.com
Santa Rosa CA April 10 2009A man suspected of tracking a woman from River Rock Casino to her Santa Rosa home then stealing her winnings was identified as a Daly City man now behind bars on a drug charge.
Sgt. Lisa Banayat said the 74-year-old woman won $3,200 from slot machines at River Rock Casino March 31. A man approached her several times at the casino and offered to sell her a diamond ring.
The woman, who police did not identify, was escorted to her car by Casino security officers and drove to her Lakeview Drive home in Santa Rosa, Banayat said.
She was knocked to the ground by a man who then stole her purse and fled on foot, Banayat said.
The woman identified her assailant as the same man who had approached her in the casino.
Surveillance video from the casino showed the suspect, who Santa Rosa Police identified as Daly City resident Lisandro Denglay Martinez, 32. Daly City officers located the suspect, who was arrested at his home on drug charges.
Evidence linking Martinez to the robbery was discovered and Santa Rosa Police obtained an arrest warrant for Martinez on charges of robbery and elder abuse, Banayat said.
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