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Monthly Archives: April 2009

ATLANTA GA April 22 2009 – An Atlanta security officer heard a crash and went to investigate and found a cabbie that had been shot to death. The security officer notified police who are now investigating the shooting death of the 57-year-old taxi driver in a possible robbery. Police Sgt. Bob Creasy says the shooting [...]

ST. LOUIS MO. April 22 2009 stltoday.com — A 16-year-old female student was seriously injured and two school security officers, a teacher and a St. Louis city police officer were injured this afternoon during a fight and a subsequent scuffle at the Imagine College Preparatory High School, police, and fire officials said. At one point [...]

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CLEVELAND OH April 22 2009 — Fairview Park police, during a traffic stop Monday, arrested a 38-year-old Cleveland man on a warrant accusing him of assaulting an off-duty Cleveland arson investigator who was working part-time as a security guard. The incident happened Jan. 29 at the Giant Eagle at 3050 West 117th St. The investigator [...]

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ATLANTA GA April 22 2009 wsbtv.com — A pastor said a CNN security guard assaulted, falsely imprisoned, and harassed him all because of his religious expression. Dick Christensen has filed a civil lawsuit against the guard, CNN, and Turner Broadcasting. Christensen said he believes the sidewalk is public property. If it is, Christensen said Turner [...]

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BREAKING NEWS BOSTON MA April 20 2009 – A Boston University medical student was arrested Monday in the shooting death in a hotel of a masseuse and the robbery of another woman who both advertised their services on Craigslist. Phil Markoff, 22, was arrested during a traffic stop Monday afternoon on Interstate 95 in Walpole, [...]

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ROMEOVILLE IL April 20 2009 — When shooters Eric Harris and Dylan Klebold approached Columbine High School 10 years ago with bags full of weapons, there wasn’t much warning they were on the grounds until the shooting began. So that’s what Romeoville High School security guard Reuben Moore is for. On a golf cart, he [...]

Fillmore CA. April 20 2009 Sheriff’s deputies were looking today for three people suspected of an armed robbery at a drug store in Fillmore. Deputies said two men and a woman entered the Rite Aid Pharmacy in the 600 block of Ventura Street about 8:20 p.m. Friday and took electronics merchandise worth about $260. A [...]

BOSTON MA April 20 2009 — A U.S. Marine was arrested Sunday morning at Boston’s Logan International Airport after screeners found bomb-making materials, a gun and ammunition in his checked baggage, state police and security officials said. Transportation Security Administration spokeswoman Ann Davis said 22-year-old Cpl. Justin Reed, of Jacksonville, N.C., was booked on US [...]

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Winston-Salem NC April 20 2009 A Winston-Salem police officer died Saturday in a motorcycle accident in Davie County. Robert Staley was driving along U.S. 601 South near the Rowan County line about 12:30 p.m. Saturday when the accident happened. The North Carolina Highway Patrol is investigating. The Winston-Salem Police Department confirmed that he had been [...]

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Salisbury MD. April 20 2009 Recent shoplifting arrests as reported by the Salisbury MD. Police Dept. On April 20, 2009 at approximately 4:36 pm, Officers of the Salisbury Police Department received a call to respond to the Walmart Department Store for the report of a shoplifter. Upon arrival, the officers found that store employees had [...]

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Hall TN April 20 2009 knoxnews.com Four months and more than $1 million in stolen jewels later, Bill Enix still doesn’t know exactly how much he’s lost. He still doesn’t know who took apart his safe three weeks before Christmas and snipped through his store’s security system with tools fit for James Bond. “It was [...]

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Lynn Haven FL. April 20 2009 – The Bay County Sheriff’s Office arrested four men working at the construction site for the new Walmart Super Center on State 77, investigators said in a news release. Officials raided the site after receiving complaints from Bay County residents, the news release stated. Homobono Munoz-Hernandez, 59, Adrian Munoz-Trojo, [...]

  EDMOND, Okla. April 20 2009 — Police said a woman accused of running a shoplifting scheme is out of business. Edmond officers arrested Ronnetta Baker, 26, after she left an Old Navy store. Police said she was taking requests on her cell phone from people who wanted her to steal specific items. “This isn’t [...]

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MARGATE Fla April 19 2009 – A troubled 7-year-old boy appears to have died by hanging from a shower hose in the bathroom of his Margate foster home, Margate police said, citing preliminary autopsy findings. If Thursday’s death was a suicide, Florida child welfare authorities said, the child’s young age would apparently make such a [...]

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CHARLOTTE, N.C. April 19 2009 — Police have identified a woman that has been accused of stealing from patients at Carolinas Medical Center numerous times and other area businesses. Investigators said that the woman they identified asTywana Mobley, 46, was captured on security video and has arrested and charged with two counts of credit card [...]

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HALL COUNTY, Ga. April 19 2009 news2 — Parents at a metro Atlanta elementary school are in shock after learning that a paraprofessional, entrusted with kindergarten children, was arrested on felony drug and theft charges during Spring Break. Hall County Schools’ spokesman Gordon Higgins told Channel 2 Action News reporter Jeff Dore that a parent [...]

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Tampa Fla April 19 2009 – Police have arrested a man accused of trying to rob a pharmacy by saying he had in his pocket a needle filled with the AIDS virus. Anton Francis Ziherle, 23, of no known address, was held without bail today at Orient Road Jail, charged with felony armed robbery. He [...]

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Oxen Hill MD April 19 2009 A Prince George’s County sheriff’s deputy working an off-duty security assignment at a lodge on Southern Avenue was seriously injured early Saturday after he was struck by a sport-utility vehicle leaving the establishment, police said. Deputy Jamal Geter was working security at Byrne Manor, a Knights of Columbus hall [...]

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Los Angeles CA April 19 2009 The owner of a security firm and two vice presidents accused of defrauding the state of $9 million in an elaborate workers’ compensation scheme pleaded not guilty today. Ousama Karawia, 45, owner and president of International Protective Services Inc., and vice presidents Larry Finley, 42, and Allan Terrill Bailey, [...]

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Alantic City NJ April 19 2009 pressoftheatlantic.com The little boy pulled from a casino pool Tuesday – and revived after nearly drowning – has died. Samod Kent, 7, of Camden, died at Cooper University Hospital in Camden at 4:49 p.m. Wednesday, police were finally able to confirm Thursday. The family could not be reached before [...]

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WESLACO(McAllen) TX. April 19 2009 — Police here arrested three illegal immigrants from Mexico on Friday in connection with the kidnapping and sexual assault of a South Texas College student. Efrain Ozuna, 30, Martin Rosas, 33, and Benito Zaragoza, 22, were each charged Friday with aggravated kidnapping. Ozuna and Zaragoza are also accused of sexually [...]

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LONG BEACH CA April 18 2009 starnews/AP – Three people were killed Thursday after a hospital worker opened fire at a medical center, killing two of his supervisors before turning a gun on himself, officials said. The gunman was identified as Mario Ramirez, 50, of Alhambra, a pharmacy technician and married father of four. Long [...]

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WALTON COUNTY, Ga. April 18 2009 — Loganville police said they arrested a man after he entered the automobile of two female waitresses from Hooters. Police said Christopher Childers, 40, saw the two 19-year-old girls walk into a Wal-Mart to do some shopping. While they were in the store, Childers allegedly got into their car. [...]

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WINTER HAVEN FLA April 18 2009- Police were notified by court security that they had apprehended a suspect carrying illegal drugs. Police said that Richard Wood III of Auburndale was arrested by court officers as he entered the courthouse. The 42-year-old man who said the marijuana they found was for medicinal use was turned over [...]

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TAYLORSVILLE NC April 18 2009 – A Dollar Tree employee was shot Wednesday when he tried to get a customer to leave the store at closing time. Employees at the Dollar Tree on N.C. 16 North in Taylorsville saw a Hispanic male come into the store shortly before the store closed on Wednesday, according to [...]

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FAIRMONT WV April 18 2009 statejournal.com — An FBI police officer is under arrest and a warrant has been issued for the arrest of another officer, after the pair allegedly used a security camera to watch girls in a dressing room, during a charity prom dress event, court documents say. Gary Sutton Jr., 40 of [...]

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Waterville ME April 18 2009 bowdionorientnewspaper Following last Sunday’s incident at Colby College between students, security, and Waterville police, Colby administrators have begun to interview witnesses to bring clarity to the series of events. Early Sunday morning, a conflict between a few Colby students and security guards heightened to a physical altercation. This past week, [...]

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Lexington County SC April 18 2009 midlandsconnect.com Lexington County Sheriff’s Department deputies seized 32 bags or 26 pounds of marijuana at a motel on Berryhill Road in Lexington County Wednesday. The marijuana has a street value of $416,000. Three men were arrested during the incident. Juan Diego Santiago III, 29, of Deer Park, Texas, and [...]

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RALEIGH NC April 18 2009 charlotteobservor.com Three male employees at Dorothea Dix Hospital lost their jobs Thursday as the State Bureau of Investigation was asked to look into allegations they had sex with female prisoners working at the state mental facility. A fourth employee left her job under suspicion that she had a personal relationship [...]

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HAINES CITY Fla April 18 2009 – A Haines City police officer has died from “an apparent self-inflicted gunshot wound,” the Polk County Sheriff’s Office is reporting. Sheriff’s spokeswoman Donna Wood identified the officer as Michael Adams Jr. She said he went by the nickname “Junior.” Wood said the investigation of the shooting is taking [...]

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