Monthly Archives: April 2009
15/04/09 Shoplifters leave behind their pictures www.privateofficer.com
PORT ST. LUCIE, Fla. April 15 2009 Packets of recently developed pictures that were abandoned in carts of stolen merchandise at a Wal-Mart Supercenter in St. Lucie West helped officials track down two alleged thieves, according to a police report released Friday. A self-checkout cashier on Thursday noticed that two women reportedly scanned and paid [...]
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15/04/09 Woman charged in shoving match at Wal-Mart www.privateofficer.com
Morehead KY April 15 2009 A 32-year-old Salt Lick woman was arrested Friday for shoplifting after she shoved a Wal-Mart employee who allegedly caught her stealing several items from the store. Cassie A. McCarty posted a $1,000 bond Saturday and was released from the Carter County Detention Center on charges of second-degree robbery and possession [...]
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15/04/09 Babysitter sleeps on toilet; 2 yr old sneaks outside www.privateofficer.com
PORT ST. LUCIE Fla April 15 2009 — As the babysitter slept on the toilet Friday afternoon, the 2-year-old boy in her care wandered out the door and along the bank of a canal where two alligators had been spotted, a police spokesman said. The child was recovered safely and returned to his mother, while [...]
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15/04/09 Student killed in teacher love triangle www.privateofficer.com
CHANDLER, Ariz. April 15 2009— An 18-year-old high school student caught with his 48-year-old math teacher in her bedroom was stabbed to death by her boyfriend, who was himself a former student of hers, police said Tuesday. Chandler police said 20-year-old Sixto Balbuena told them he never meant to kill Samuel Valdivia. He allegedly told [...]
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14/04/09 Man charged after fighting with security www.privateofficer.com
DESTIN Fla April 14 2009 nwfdailynews.com – A Fort Walton Beach man faces battery and disorderly conduct charges after an altercation with security guards at Club Overboard in Destin. According to the arrest report, Mark Triplett – who has multiple prior convictions for batteries – was breaking beer bottles on the ground inside the club. [...]
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14/04/09 Police aid security officers being assaulted www.privateofficer.com
CONCORD CA April 14 2009 — Five men were arrested after a brawl in the Brendan Theaters parking garage with security guards who had removed them from a nearby restaurant, police said. The fight was reported about 2:05 a.m. Saturday in the Brendan Theaters parking garage in the 1900 block of Willow Pass Road, said [...]
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14/04/09 GA. police arrest substitute teacher for child porn www.privateofficer.com
Brunswick GA April 14 2009 By: Rick McCann Private Officer News Network http://www.privateofficer.com/ Authorities say that a 51-year-old substitute school teacher was arrested last week on charges of electronic pornography and child exploitation. According to investigators with the Glynn County Sheriff’s Office Edward Keith Kelley was arrested and his Cedartown home was searched on Thursday [...]
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14/04/09 Wanted man arrested at airport with gun www.privateofficer.com
ALBUQUERQUE NM April 14 2009 (KRQE) – A man wanted on drunken driving warrants was detained Monday morning after he allegedly had a gun in his carry-on baggage as he went through security at the Albuquerque International Sunport. Kody Vaughn, 26, was placed in handcuffs around 8 a.m. at the security checkpoint. Police said he [...]
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14/04/09 Teenage shoplifter tried to strangle security agent www.privateofficer.com
ENFIELD CT April 14 2009 — Police say they arrested a 15-year-old boy over the weekend who they say was caught shoplifting and who tried to strangle a female security officer at the Macy’s department store in the Enfield Square mall. Deputy Chief Anjo Timmerman said police were summoned to the men’s department at Macy’s [...]
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14/04/09 Trespasser dies from falling into trash chute www.privateofficer.com
NEW YORK City April 14 2009 By: Brett Davis Staff Private Officer News Neywork http://www.privateofficer.com/ Police say a man who dashed past security guards at an upscale midtown Manhattan apartment building has died in an apparently accidental plunge into its trash compactor. Police say the 34-year-old ran into the apartment tower, a few blocks west [...]
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14/04/09 Alabama police use scrap wood for fuel www.privateofficer.com
Hoover AL April 14 2009 al.com A Livingston plant has converted wood scraps trucked from Hoover into ethanol that will be used for the first time Thursday to fuel some of the city’s police vehicles. Hoover Mayor Tony Petelos and Gulf Coast Energy CEO and President Mark Warner hail the development as groundbreaking in the [...]
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14/04/09 Security agent stabbed during shoplifting incident www.privateofficer.com
Denver CO April 14 2009 Three Westminster High School students were arrested April 3 for allegedly assaulting a security guard. One of the teens involved in the incident, a 17-year-old male, allegedly stabbed the security guard in the leg during the scuffle. Police say three teens were stopped at 8:53 a.m. by a security guard [...]
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12/04/09 Police investigate 3 bank robberies during memorial for fallen officers
Pittsburgh PA April 12 2009 Pittsburgh police are investigating three bank robberies that happened as many officers attended ceremonies honoring three officers killed in the line of duty. The most recent happened during the massive police memorial service for Officers Eric Kelly, Paul Sciullo II and Stephen Mayhle on Thursday at the Petersen Events Center. [...]
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12/04/09 Retired NYPD officer commits suicide after shooting incident www.privateofficer.com
WEST BABYLON, N.Y. April 12 2009 — A retired New York City police officer shot an off-duty officer he suspected was having an affair with his police officer wife, then killed himself in the driveway of his suburban home, police said Saturday. Cecil Ramsay, 51, shot himself in the head after firing at a car [...]
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12/04/09 Wackenhut security to be replaced at Miami-Dade Transit www.privateofficer.com
Miami Fla April 12 2009 Four years after allegations surfaced that Wackenhut Corp. fraudulently overbilled Miami-Dade Transit for security work it never performed, the county is moving to replace the firm and support a lawsuit aimed at recouping millions paid for alleged ”phantom” workers at Metrorail stops. County Manager George Burgess, in a memo to [...]
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12/04/09 Cop accused of double murder on the run www.privateofficer.com
ATLANTA GA April 12 2009 — Former DeKalb County deputy and double murder suspect Derrick Yancey was spotted at a bus station in downtown Atlanta, authorities said Sunday. Investigators said they received a tip, which led police to the Greyhound Bus station in downtown shortly after midnight Saturday. Authorities said they searched buses at the [...]
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12/04/09 Electronic monitoring changing how companies are protected www.privateofficer.com
ANNAPOLIS MD April 12 2009 delawareonline.com — Conventional wisdom says security guards are a sure-fire way to keep criminals at bay. But an Annapolis company called Eyewitness Surveillance is challenging that premise by working to eliminate the need for guards and provide full security coverage with its interactive video software — at a fraction of [...]
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12/04/09 Man charged in hospital thefts www.privateofficer.com
Fountain Hill PA April 12 2009 A Bethlehem man admitted breaking into a hospital storage closet and stealing electronic equipment to feed his drug habit, Fountain Hill police said in an arrest affidavit. Jesse Nunez, 37, of 518 Fiot St. broke into the basement closet at St. Luke’s Hospital-Fountain Hill on three occasions and stole [...]
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11/04/09 Security Officer killed in violent home invasion www.privateofficer.com
Hendersonville NC April 11 2009 Investigators caught two suspects and were seeking a third man Friday night after a home invasion that resulted in the death of a Henderson County man. Arrested and charged with first-degree murder were Terry Lee Landrum, 16, of 870 Ida Rogers Drive, Hendersonville; and Steven R. Ramirez, 33, of 711 [...]
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11/04/09 GA. chiropractor arrested in MySpace lewd acts www.privateofficer.com
ATLANTA GA April 11 2009 — Federal authorities have arrested a Georgia chiropractor and charged him with duping two teenage boys into sending him lewd pictures of them — and then threatening to make them public if they didn’t send him more. Michael Macaluso, 37, formerly of Smyrna, now of Marietta, pleaded not guilty Friday [...]
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11/04/09 22 Arrested in school take-over, assaults www.privateofficer.com
New York April 11 2009 Police arrested 22 New School students who took over a university building in Union Square earlier today and demanded the resignation of the university’s president and vice president and more say in school policy. The students will likely be charged with trespassing and could even face robbery charges, according to [...]
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11/04/09 Robbery victims wins lawsuit against Kroger, Securitas Security
Jackson MS April 11 2009 A woman who lost sight in one eye in a June 2007 attack in a Kroger parking lot in Jackson won a $2.5 million judgment Friday against the store. A Hinds County Circuit Court jury deliberated about 90 minutes before finding in Linda Knox’s favor that Kroger was negligent. Knox, [...]
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11/04/09 Stamford school security picks new union www.privateofficer.com
STAMFORD CT April 11 2009– After nearly a year in limbo without a contract, the city schools’ 34 security workers have joined an international union, and now face the prospect of negotiating with the Board of Education at a time when budget cuts could mean layoffs or wage freezes. Until recently, the security workers were [...]
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10/04/09 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 [...]
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10/04/09 SC police officer fired after he Tasered brother
COLUMBIA, S.C. April 10 2009 A South Carolina police officer has been fired after Kershaw County sheriff’s deputies arrested him Tuesday on charges he Tasered his 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 [...]
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10/04/09 Myrtle Beach security involved in confrontation www.privateofficer.com
Myrtle Beach SC April 10 2009 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 [...]
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10/04/09 School guard escapes injury in crash www.privateofficer.com
Chattanooga TN April 10 2009 chattanoogan.com 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 [...]
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10/04/09 Child support agent arrested for stealing identification info www.privateofficer.com
NASHVILLE, Tenn. April 10 2009(AP) – A former employee of a state contractor is accused of selling Social Security and bank account numbers to an undercover agent. 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 [...]
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