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Security officers aid in burglary arrest www.privateofficer.com
April 29, 2009
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Colorado Springs CO April 29 2009
Colorado Springs officers were dispatched to the Citadel Mall, late Tuesday morning, regarding a possible car break-in in progress.
Colorado Springs officers were dispatched to the Citadel Mall, late Tuesday morning, regarding a possible car break-in in progress.
As the officers responded, Mall Security advised CSPD Dispatchers that the suspect was running westbound. Officer Scott Carnes checked the neighborhood west of the mall and observed a suspect matching the description given by mall security.
The suspect ducked into the backyards of Kingsley as other units set up a tight perimeter. K-9 officers were requested and responded quickly. Immediately upon initiating a K9 search, the suspect was found hiding in a large trash can with its lid closed.
Officers learned the suspect was 19 year-old Michael Swanson who was also wanted on a Felony warrant in another case. Swanson was arrested for attempted Motor Vehicle theft.
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Recent shoplifting arrests in Natick www.privateofficer.com
April 29, 2009
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NATICK MA April 29 2009 – Three local teens were arrested Friday night at Burlington Coat Factory on Speen Street on theft charges, police said.
Vanessa Tanaira Cruz, 17, of 99 West Central St., Natick, was arrested at 7:40 p.m. and charged with larceny over $250, forgery of a document and uttering a false document, police said.
Michelle Maria Enos, 17, of 775 Central St., Holliston, was arrested at 9:07 p.m. and charged with larceny over $250 and conspiracy, police said.
Yvette Reyes, 17, of 11 Milton St., Framingham, was arrested at 9:25 p.m. and charged with shoplifting over $100, police said.
NATICK – A Worcester woman was arrested Friday and charged with shoplifting over $100in merchandise, police said.
Jartu Treh, 22, of 150 Chandler St., was arrested at the J.C. Penney at 2:03 p.m., police said
MILFORD – A North Providence, R.I., man was arrested Friday at Kohl’s Department store on Medway Road, police said.
Steven M. Verdone, 45, of 24 Olney Ave., Floor 3, was charged with shoplifting merchandise valued over $100 and larceny over $250, police said.
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Riding an ATV could land Alabamians in jail www.privateofficer.com
April 29, 2009
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Mobile Al April 29 2009
Al.com ATV riders are chewing up terrain and tax dollars, according to state and local officials, who are cracking down on riders.
All-terrain vehicles roaring down roadsides are causing erosion and landslides and wreaking havoc on construction projects, according to the Alabama Department of Transportation.
About a month ago, the department extended an offer to the Mobile County Sheriff’s Office: Patrol state and federal roadways for illegal ATV driving, and ALDOT will pay the deputies’ hourly wages while they search, according to Sheriff’s Office officials
Since then, deputies have issued 43 trespassing citations to ATV drivers, according to ALDOT records as of late last week.
The citations have been for riding along Interstate 10 and the unopened portion of the new U.S. 98, according to the records.
Recently, deputies arrested three ATV drivers for trespassing. One was taken into custody for a previous warrant, and another on a drug possession charge, according to ALDOT.
“We get eight to 10 calls a day from people complaining about ATV riders,” said Sheriff’s Office Sgt. Wayne Goolsby, who oversees the ATV patrols. “And we probably make two to three arrests each weekend.”
Goolsby’s rule: “If it’s not your property or you don’t have a prior agreement, you’re not supposed to be on it.”
First-time offenders are issued a warning, and Goolsby said their names are put on a computerized list to ferret out repeat offenders. More than 400 names are on the list.
Second-time offenders are ticketed and can be arrested, Goolsby said.
ALDOT spokeswoman Rebecca Leigh White said the department is pushing enforcement in Mobile County alone because “that’s where we are predominantly seeing damage, and in our initial effort, we are concentrating on where the damage has been most severe.
Tony Harris, special assistant to ALDOT’s director, said that ATV’s have caused more than $300,000 in damage statewide so far this year.
“Damage caused by ATVs along state roadways and rights-of-way has a bottom-line impact on the taxpayers,” Harris said in a release.
In 2008, the state spent more than $100,000 to repair slope damage caused by ATVs, so there is an obvious worsening trend. That’s why we’re working with local law enforcement to prevent illegal riding and to be good fiscal and environmental stewards.”
Goolsby said, “Ninety-nine percent of people who ride ATVs are good people. But it’s that one percent that does the destruction. ALDOT may make an embankment, let’s say, and it takes months to build. ATV drivers will destroy it in three hours.”
In addition to patrolling I-10, Ala. 158 and the new U.S. 98 bypass for ALDOT, deputies also have focused enforcement ef forts along the Escatawpa River, McDonald Road and Padgett Switch Road.
Goolsby said deputies, about six to 10 a shift, ride on horseback, in boats and in vehicles to spot drivers beckoned by wooded areas, dirt roads and construction zones.
Though ALDOT just extended its hand to the Sheriff’s Office this month, Goolsby said, he and other deputies began combating illegal ATVs about three years ago after complaints began pouring in from residents whose property had been damaged.
“It’s been this way for a while,” Goolsby said. “It starts up in the spring each year and then after Labor Day, it calms down.
“Some have been riding for years, and their attitude is, ‘I didn’t do that damage, I’m just riding the trail,’” he continued. “Every one of them is actually doing the damage. They are compounding the damage.”
All-terrain vehicles roaring down roadsides are causing erosion and landslides and wreaking havoc on construction projects, according to the Alabama Department of Transportation.
About a month ago, the department extended an offer to the Mobile County Sheriff’s Office: Patrol state and federal roadways for illegal ATV driving, and ALDOT will pay the deputies’ hourly wages while they search, according to Sheriff’s Office officials
Since then, deputies have issued 43 trespassing citations to ATV drivers, according to ALDOT records as of late last week.
The citations have been for riding along Interstate 10 and the unopened portion of the new U.S. 98, according to the records.
Recently, deputies arrested three ATV drivers for trespassing. One was taken into custody for a previous warrant, and another on a drug possession charge, according to ALDOT.
“We get eight to 10 calls a day from people complaining about ATV riders,” said Sheriff’s Office Sgt. Wayne Goolsby, who oversees the ATV patrols. “And we probably make two to three arrests each weekend.”
Goolsby’s rule: “If it’s not your property or you don’t have a prior agreement, you’re not supposed to be on it.”
First-time offenders are issued a warning, and Goolsby said their names are put on a computerized list to ferret out repeat offenders. More than 400 names are on the list.
Second-time offenders are ticketed and can be arrested, Goolsby said.
ALDOT spokeswoman Rebecca Leigh White said the department is pushing enforcement in Mobile County alone because “that’s where we are predominantly seeing damage, and in our initial effort, we are concentrating on where the damage has been most severe.
Tony Harris, special assistant to ALDOT’s director, said that ATV’s have caused more than $300,000 in damage statewide so far this year.
“Damage caused by ATVs along state roadways and rights-of-way has a bottom-line impact on the taxpayers,” Harris said in a release.
In 2008, the state spent more than $100,000 to repair slope damage caused by ATVs, so there is an obvious worsening trend. That’s why we’re working with local law enforcement to prevent illegal riding and to be good fiscal and environmental stewards.”
Goolsby said, “Ninety-nine percent of people who ride ATVs are good people. But it’s that one percent that does the destruction. ALDOT may make an embankment, let’s say, and it takes months to build. ATV drivers will destroy it in three hours.”
In addition to patrolling I-10, Ala. 158 and the new U.S. 98 bypass for ALDOT, deputies also have focused enforcement ef forts along the Escatawpa River, McDonald Road and Padgett Switch Road.
Goolsby said deputies, about six to 10 a shift, ride on horseback, in boats and in vehicles to spot drivers beckoned by wooded areas, dirt roads and construction zones.
Though ALDOT just extended its hand to the Sheriff’s Office this month, Goolsby said, he and other deputies began combating illegal ATVs about three years ago after complaints began pouring in from residents whose property had been damaged.
“It’s been this way for a while,” Goolsby said. “It starts up in the spring each year and then after Labor Day, it calms down.
“Some have been riding for years, and their attitude is, ‘I didn’t do that damage, I’m just riding the trail,’” he continued. “Every one of them is actually doing the damage. They are compounding the damage.”
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Cleveland school fight lands 9 in jail www.privateofficer.com
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CLEVELAND OH April 29 2009
Brett Davis
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http://www.privateofficer.com/ – Police reported that nine students were taken into custody Tuesday following a fight at Cleveland’s South High School.
A district spokeswoman says the incident involved a fight among girls that had started off campus last night and carried over into the school.
A district spokeswoman says the incident involved a fight among girls that had started off campus last night and carried over into the school.
A number of altercations also took place among male students. It happened on the school’s second floor.
Cleveland police officers assigned to the building used pepper spray to help break up the fight. A Cleveland Metropolitan School District security officer was hurt assisting officers. The injuries were described as minor.
The nine students were booked on aggravated riot and criminal activity on school property charges.
The school was then placed on lockdown.
Cleveland police officers assigned to the building used pepper spray to help break up the fight. A Cleveland Metropolitan School District security officer was hurt assisting officers. The injuries were described as minor.
The nine students were booked on aggravated riot and criminal activity on school property charges.
The school was then placed on lockdown.
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Deputy sheriff resigns after wife steals patrol car www.privateofficer.com
April 29, 2009
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LAKELAND, Fla., April 28 2009 (UPI) — A Polk County, Fla., deputy with 21 years service resigned after his wife, a convicted felon, took his patrol car for a spin, sheriff’s officials said.
Deputy Charles Buckner, 44, turned in his badge after his wife, Gail Buckner, 38, allegedly used the car for a joy ride in Lakeland with her mother, Sharon Cooper, 54, and a friend, Alexander James Quintasket, 19, also a convicted a felon, The Orlando (Fla.) Sentinel reported Tuesday.
The two women were charged with vehicle theft, theft of a firearm and impersonating a law-enforcement officer, arrest documents said.
Deputy Charles Buckner, 44, turned in his badge after his wife, Gail Buckner, 38, allegedly used the car for a joy ride in Lakeland with her mother, Sharon Cooper, 54, and a friend, Alexander James Quintasket, 19, also a convicted a felon, The Orlando (Fla.) Sentinel reported Tuesday.
The two women were charged with vehicle theft, theft of a firearm and impersonating a law-enforcement officer, arrest documents said.
Gail Buckner also faces charges of being a convicted felon in possession of a firearm.
Quintasket was arrested on similar charges.
The three were arrested Sunday after another sheriff’s deputy spotted the patrol car driving erratically and followed it to the Buckner home, the Sentinel reported, adding no information was immediately available on Gail Buckner and Quintasket’s convictions.
The three were arrested Sunday after another sheriff’s deputy spotted the patrol car driving erratically and followed it to the Buckner home, the Sentinel reported, adding no information was immediately available on Gail Buckner and Quintasket’s convictions.
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Security officer charged in UPS thefts www.privateofficer.com
April 29, 2009
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Berea, OH April 29 2009By: Rick McCann
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http://www.privateofficer.com/ – A security guard whose job it was to monitor a UPS warehouse was caught on camera– stealing cameras!
Police have arrested Michael Mencke is also accused of stealing a GPS unit, a cell phone and more.
Apparently Mr. Mencke was taken into custody after UPS authorities discovered the thefts when they reviewed the video.
Mencke failed to appear in court and has been rearrested.
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TSA to take over some subway security duties www.privateofficer.com
April 29, 2009
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New York City NY April 29 2009 MYFOXNY
The New York Police Department is shrinking, and the department can’t hire the number of cops it would like to.
Fox 5 News has learned that help is coming from security screeners at the area airports.
They’ll be replacing some police officers in the subway who do bag searches.
But some critics say this is just another clear example that the economy has affected security.
Within the next two months, Transportation Security Administration bag screeners from Kennedy, LaGuardia and Newark Liberty airports will be replacing most NYPD cops in the subway that screen bags for explosives.
Because of the police officer shortage, the NYPD needs to take these police officers and put them on the street to fight crime.
The TSA would not confirm this program is taking place, but did tell Fox 5 News that a program like this would not affect safety at area airports.
This is how it would work: About 30 TSA screeners a day will be pulled from the three area airports Monday through Friday to inspect bags at various subway locations throughout the city.
At each location they’ll be teamed up with one police officer instead of the two or three officers you currently see at inspection sites.
The Patrolmen’s Benevolent Association is blasting the plan, saying despite the city’s financial crisis the city needs to hire more cops.
According to the PBA, the city has 4,000 fewer cops on the street than it did in 2001.
“There are not enough police officers in New York City to effectively fight crime and terrorism simultaneously and (having to implement) this kind of program is verification of that fact,” the PBA said in a statement.
Plus the union says searching bags in a subway could turn “dangerous and deadly,” which TSA screeners aren’t trained or armed to handle.
The TSA workers have had three hours of classroom training regarding legal issues and subway safety and three hours of training on the equipment used to screen bags.
Officials, the NYPD has said this not a done deal yet, even though sources have told Fox 5 that it is going to happen.
The New York Police Department is shrinking, and the department can’t hire the number of cops it would like to.
Fox 5 News has learned that help is coming from security screeners at the area airports.
They’ll be replacing some police officers in the subway who do bag searches.
But some critics say this is just another clear example that the economy has affected security.
Within the next two months, Transportation Security Administration bag screeners from Kennedy, LaGuardia and Newark Liberty airports will be replacing most NYPD cops in the subway that screen bags for explosives.
Because of the police officer shortage, the NYPD needs to take these police officers and put them on the street to fight crime.
The TSA would not confirm this program is taking place, but did tell Fox 5 News that a program like this would not affect safety at area airports.
This is how it would work: About 30 TSA screeners a day will be pulled from the three area airports Monday through Friday to inspect bags at various subway locations throughout the city.
At each location they’ll be teamed up with one police officer instead of the two or three officers you currently see at inspection sites.
The Patrolmen’s Benevolent Association is blasting the plan, saying despite the city’s financial crisis the city needs to hire more cops.
According to the PBA, the city has 4,000 fewer cops on the street than it did in 2001.
“There are not enough police officers in New York City to effectively fight crime and terrorism simultaneously and (having to implement) this kind of program is verification of that fact,” the PBA said in a statement.
Plus the union says searching bags in a subway could turn “dangerous and deadly,” which TSA screeners aren’t trained or armed to handle.
The TSA workers have had three hours of classroom training regarding legal issues and subway safety and three hours of training on the equipment used to screen bags.
Officials, the NYPD has said this not a done deal yet, even though sources have told Fox 5 that it is going to happen.
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Hospital security aids in capture of carjacking suspect www.privateofficer.com
April 29, 2009
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Rocklin CA April 29 2009
Early Sunday morning, Roseville Police officers arrested a woman on suspicion of carjacking and several other charges.
At 1:11 a.m. Sunday, April 26, Roseville Police officers responded to a carjacking that had just occurred in the parking lot of Kaiser Hospital, 1600 Eureka Rd.
Early Sunday morning, Roseville Police officers arrested a woman on suspicion of carjacking and several other charges.
At 1:11 a.m. Sunday, April 26, Roseville Police officers responded to a carjacking that had just occurred in the parking lot of Kaiser Hospital, 1600 Eureka Rd.
A 74-year-old Carmichael man reported that he had just parked his Mazda sedan when he was approached by a woman who demanded his car keys, threatening that she would stab him with an HIV-contaminated needle if he didn’t comply. No needle or other weapon was seen. The victim relinquished his keys to the suspect, and she got into the car and drove away.
Kaiser’s security staff followed the stolen vehicle, keeping Roseville police dispatchers informed about its location until Roseville Police officers arrived in the area. The suspect evaded officers, driving in a reckless manner from East Roseville Parkway through residential neighborhoods in Granite Bay. Officers stopped and arrested the suspect in the 9800 block of Wesbourne Way in Granite Bay.
Amber Arlene Page, 29, no permanent address, was arrested on suspicion of carjacking, robbery, vehicle theft, making criminal threats, assault with a deadly weapon, recklessly evading a police officer, resisting arrest and driving under the influence of alcohol. She is being held in the Placer County Jail on $75,000 bail.
Kaiser’s security staff followed the stolen vehicle, keeping Roseville police dispatchers informed about its location until Roseville Police officers arrived in the area. The suspect evaded officers, driving in a reckless manner from East Roseville Parkway through residential neighborhoods in Granite Bay. Officers stopped and arrested the suspect in the 9800 block of Wesbourne Way in Granite Bay.
Amber Arlene Page, 29, no permanent address, was arrested on suspicion of carjacking, robbery, vehicle theft, making criminal threats, assault with a deadly weapon, recklessly evading a police officer, resisting arrest and driving under the influence of alcohol. She is being held in the Placer County Jail on $75,000 bail.
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