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Monthly Archives: April 2009

Suffolk County NY April 10 2009 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. [...]

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Santa Rosa CA April 10 2009 A 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 [...]

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Orlando Fla April 9 2009 A Homeland Security employee working as a security officer at Orlando International Airport was arrested today after detectives found drugs and weapons at his home, Palm Bay police reported. Timothy Monroe, 41, faces several charges including trafficking cocaine, possession of marijuana with intent to sell, and possession of a firearm in [...]

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Dallas TX April 9 2009 A man has been accused of drinking at a bar and leaving his 3-year-old stepson in the car for more than five hours with a bottle of Dr Pepper, Dallas police said. Bryant Rivera, 22, who is accused of abandoning and endangering a child, was arrested about 3 a.m. Wednesday, [...]

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Queens NY April 9 2009 nytimes.com A woman leaped to her death from the third floor of the Queens Center Mall around 3 p.m. on Wednesday, landing on and injuring a high school student on the lower level of the shopping center in Elmhurst, four stories below. Shoppers screamed and ran. Police officers and the [...]

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TURKEY POINT FLA April 9 2009 – Florida’s largest electric utility has paid a federal fine for security guards caught sleeping on duty at a nuclear power plant. Officials from both the Nuclear Regulatory Commission and Florida Power & Light said Monday that the $130,000 fine was paid in January. A federal investigation found that [...]

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MIAMI Fla April 9 2009 — A Miami International Airport worker is accusing of selling passengers fake airline tickets to Latin America. Julio Amores worked for the luggage-wrapping business Secure Wrap. He was arrested Tuesday on charges of grand theft and organized scheme to defraud. Miami-Dade Police say the 55-year-old told travelers passing through the [...]

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Upper Moreland PA April 9 2009 Jose Manuel Gonzalez, 34, of the 400 block of Chestnut Street in Allentown; Victor Laboy, 32, of the 100 block of South Sixth Street in Allentown; and Pedro Negron, 32, of the 300 block of North Eighth Street in Allentown, were charged with burglary, criminal conspiracy, criminal trespass, possessing [...]

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Modesto CA. April 9 2009 Police have arrested an armored truck company employee they suspect of conspiring to stage a robbery outside the Los Banos Wal-Mart. Los Banos police Sgt. Chet Stygar said Garda Cash Logistics worker David Martinez, 24, of Modesto was arrested April 1. He was taken into custody on suspicion of embezzlement, [...]

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TRENTON NEW JERSEY April 9 2009(WABC) — In New Jersey, police say a student teacher admitted to having sex with an eighth grade student. Twenty-three-year-old Lindsay Massaro told police she had several sexual encounters with the boy in her car — and in her bedroom before her arrest last week. Massaro was student teaching at [...]

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OFFICER DOWN Deputy Sheriff Richard J. Stiles Jr. East Feliciana Parish Sheriff’s Department Louisiana End of Watch: Tuesday, April 7, 2009 Biographical Info Age: 37 Tour of Duty: Not available Badge Number: Not available Incident Details Cause of Death: Automobile accident Date of Incident: Friday, April 3, 2009 Weapon Used: Not available Suspect Info: Not [...]

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OFFICER DOWN Detective Allen Pearson Lenoir County Sheriff’s Department North Carolina End of Watch: Tuesday, April 7, 2009 Biographical Info Age: Not available Tour of Duty: Not available Badge Number: Not available Incident Details Cause of Death: Gunfire Date of Incident: Tuesday, April 7, 2009 Weapon Used: Rifle Suspect Info: Shot and killed Detective Allen [...]

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CASSELBERRY, Fla. April 8 2009 — A Florida woman fatally shot her son and then turned the gun on herself at a central Florida gun range, authorities said. Marie Moore, 44, of Altamonte Springs and her 20-year-old son, Mitchell, were sharing a firing lane at the Shoot Straight range Sunday, Casselberry police said. Shooters in [...]

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COLUMBIA, SC April 8 2009 (WIS) – Sumter County authorities say a man has been charged in connection with the theft of a Sumter City police vehicle. The incident occurred between March and April 3, 2009, according to Sumter County authorities. Police say after Raymond Tate stole the police car from the city shop, he [...]

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JACKSON, MS April 8 2009 – A jury has been selected and the trial will soon be underway in Hinds County Circuit Court in the case of a woman brutally attacked in a Kroger parking lot. It happened in June 2007 in the parking lot of the grocery store on I-55 in Jackson. Linda Knox [...]

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Stafford VA April 8 2009 A man found dead in the parking lot of Stafford Hospital Center late last week was the victim of an apparent suicide, according to the Stafford County Sheriff’s Office. A hospital security officer discovered the man in a car at about 2 p.m. on April 3, according to Bill Kennedy, [...]

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MEMPHIS, Tenn. April 8 2009 By: Toni Anthony Staff Private Officer News Network http://www.privateofficer.com/ A FedEx worker has been charged with stealing rings being shipped from Hong Kong to Canada. The Commercial Appeal newspaper cites a police affidavit in reporting 23-year-old Britany Cephas was arrested after a FedEx security officer found the tagged rings March [...]

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NASHVILLE, Tenn.April 8 2009 newschannel5.com – Metro police have arrested a Murfreesboro teacher at his home Tuesday on federal charges of producing child pornography. Investigators said 52-year-old Louis J. Levine invited students to his house on Alton Road in west Nashville, where teenagers were given drugs, alcohol and engaged in sexual activities. They said Levine [...]

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Beaverton Or. April 8 2009 Surveillance footage led to the arrest of a 52-year-old Wilsonville woman, who reportedly used her security clearance to access at least six businesses within two Griffith Business Park office buildings in the middle of the night to steal office equipment. Beaverton Police arrested Cindy Simpson at her home in the [...]

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Atlanta GA April 8 2009 By: Toni Anthony Staff Private Officer News Network http://www.privateofficer.com/ ST. LOUIS COUNTY MO — A store employee who reported a shoplifter at the South County Center mall was attacked at work the next day in apparent retaliation, police said. The father of the shoplifting suspect held the 20-year-old female worker [...]

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FORSYTH MO April 7 2009 branson news — On Thursday, Taney County Administrative Assistant Christy Teel, 28, was charged with a class C felony of stealing in connection with missing Taney County Animal Control funds. Teel was arrested and taken into custody, but later was released on $5,000 bond, according to Taney County Sheriff Jimmie [...]

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Braintree MA April 7 2009 Jessica Morales, 18, of South Boston was arrested on the evening of April 3 after allegedly causing a disturbance at the South Shore Plaza while officers investigated a shoplifting report, Deputy Police Chief Russell Jenkins told the Forum. Officers received a report from a Gap loss prevention officer that he [...]

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Calhoun GA April 7 2009 Two Atlanta area men were arrested earlier this month after police say they tried to pass counterfeit checks at businesses in Calhoun, Ga. According to Calhoun Chief Garry Moss, arrested were John Robert Thomas, 28, of College Park, Ga. and Keith Lorenzo Greene, 35, of Jonesboro, Ga. Both men have [...]

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VALPARAISO IN April 7 2009– A Kmart security officer allegedly put a teenage shoplifter in a choke-hold until the boy passed out, officials say. Police said surveillance video of the loss prevention office at the back of the store, 2801 Calumet Ave., showed Justin Remschneider putting the 15-year-old Hebron male in a choke-hold until he [...]

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Greenhill AL April 7 2009 timesdaily.com Investigators are searching for a Morgan County man who they say is a “person of interest” in an early morning shooting that left four people dead at a Greenhill residence. Details of the shooting are still sketchy, but officials have confirmed four people are dead. Names of the victims [...]

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Wilmington NC April 7 2009 By: Rick McCann Private Officer News Network http://www.privateofficer.com/ Authorities are investigating the robbery of a security guard at a packaging business that occurred late Saturday. Sheriff Deputies said that the robbery happened just after midnight at Corbett Package Co., 1200 Castle Hayne Road, according to a statement from Deputy Charles [...]

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Muskogee Okla April 7 2009 One of four women suspected of shoplifting carts of merchandise from Wal-Mart Supercenters in Checotah and Muskogee was arrested Thursday. Latia Smith, 24, was arrested and jailed after she visited the police station Thursday “trying to get a release on her vehicle,” said Investigator Lonnie Bemo. Smith’s 1988 white Malibu [...]

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WOODDBRIDGE NJ April 7 2009 Brett Davis Staff Private Officer News Network http://www.privateofficer.com/ A Long Branch woman and a teenager were arrested Wednesday after shoplifting nearly $600 worth of merchandise from Lord & Taylor at Woodbridge Center mall, police said. Store security told police they saw Shauna Bibi, 18, and a 17-year-old take merchandise into [...]

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Falls PA April 7 2009 A 49-year-old Falls woman suffered severe injuries to her buttocks and left hand after being grazed by a passing Amtrak train near Waste Management’s Penn Warner Club in Falls late Sunday, police said. Linda Cuthbert, from Falls’ Levittown section, was found lying facedown between two railroad tracks shortly before 11 [...]

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Redlands CA April 7 2009 By: Rick McCann Private Officer News Network http://www.privateofficer.com/ A Redlands man tried several times early Sunday to run over a security officer with his truck is under arrest but police aren’t sure what caused the incident. A passerby called Redlands police about 2 a.m. to report a reckless driver in [...]