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Mike Tyson’s daughter dies in home accident www.privateofficer.com
Phoenix AZ May 26 2009
Boxer Mike Tyson’s 4-year-old daughter has died from injuries she sustained in an apparent household accident, police said.
Exodus Tyson died at 11:45 a.m. Tuesday at a local hospital, one day after she was found with a rope or cord around her neck, according to a Phoenix police spokesman.
Additional information was not available. Sig Rogich, a friend and former Tyson agent said.
Mike was very dedicated to that baby,” Rogich said. “I think every parent’s greatest fear is that they live beyond their children. I know Mike has had his troubles in his life, but he’s always been a good father.”
Police said they believe the girl was playing near some exercise equipment in an activity room Monday when she accidentally got tangled in a cord or rope hanging from a treadmill. The case is being treated as an accident.
Tyson was outside of Phoenix at the time of the accident, and immediately returned when he was notified, according to police.
Police said they arrived around 10:30 a.m. at the home in the 6100 block of North 10th Avenue, where they found the girl’s mother had removed the cord from her neck and was administering cardio-pulmonary resuscitation.
Police said they think the girl’s 7-year-old brother was watching television and her mother was busy cleaning in another room when the incident happened.
Experts say such flukish accidental deaths are uncommon and difficult to foresee — but some are preventable with simple safety checks.
A child dying from accidental strangulation is a very rare occurrence, according to Sally Moffat, director of injury prevention for Phoenix Children’s Hospital. Nationally, in 2006, fewer than 1,000 children died from strangulations, she said.
The Arizona Department of Health’s most recent data shows that only two Arizona children in the 1-4 age group died from suffocation or choking in 2007. Neither of those deaths were caused by hanging.
When a child hanging does happen, it usually is caused by common household items the likes of clothing, ribbons, necklaces, pacifiers’ strings, drapery cords and window blinds, Moffat said.
“Something entangles the child, they panic and it gets tighter and tighter,” Moffat said.
The state health department tracks all child death reports and injuries reported by hospitals.
“We aren’t fans of the term accident,” said Alana Shacter, an injury epidemiologist with the state. “We don’t think of injuries that way. They are unintentional but very predictable events.”
Parents should consider actions to prevent injuries such as retrofitting blinds to have shorter cords, and increase their children’s supervision, she said.
Moffat suggests parents do household safety checks.
“Remember where your children play, you inspect it every day,” she said. “You should feel good that nothing new has been introduced to the area.”
The Phoenix Fire Department recently added a tip sheet on home safety to its Web site, www.phoenix.gov/fire/.
“Use common sense,” said Capt. Shelly Jamison, a Phoenix Fire Department spokeswoman. “You have to think ahead of the disaster.”
Security officer shoots, kills armed man www.privateofficer.com
By: Rick McCann
Private Officer News Network
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Police are investigating an incident in which a man was shot and killed Sunday night by a security officer after crashing his vehicle at a car dealership and reportedly threatening people with a gun.
About 7:30, a man speeding east on Bessemer Superhighway lost control of his vehicle and crashed at Midfield Motor Co., said Midfield Mayor Gary Richardson. A passerby and his 10-year-old son stopped to help, Richardson said, and the man in the crashed car threatened the passerby with a gun, demanding his vehicle.
At this point, a security guard came outside to see what was going on,” Richardson said. According to the passerby, the man then pointed his gun at the security officer and the security guard shot him.”
The identity of the man has not been released and homicide detectives are investigating. No arrests have been made in the shooting as of yet.
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8 Charged in Columbus mall melee www.privateofficer.com
Eight people were detained by Columbus police after a Saturday night fight in the Peachtree Mall parking lot, reports state.
Officers met with mall security and took five women into custody when called to the scene around 8 p.m., police said. As they spoke to the women, three men kept walking up to the women and talking to them, reports state.
After being told several times to leave, the men — Marquise Roberts, Jarkuis Morgan and Trimayn Faison, all 19, were arrested, police said.
Stories about the fight conflict. A 15-year-old girl told police that Jasmine Rayford, 19, “jumped” on her 18-year-old sister, Lanequa Borders. As Rayford began losing the fight, Tekara Rayford, 25, joined in, police said the 15-year-old told them.
Borders told officers that as she and others were stepping out of the mall, she was hit from behind by Jasmine Rayford, police said.
Tekara Rayford said Borders “jumped” on her sister, Jasmine Rayford, and that she began to pull them away from her sister, reports state. Officers report that she told them she did what was needed to get them off her sister.
Jaquisha Collier, 20, said Jasmine and Tekara Rayford were causing trouble while they were inside the mall, and that she and her friends tried to leave when Jasmine Rayford began fighting with Borders, police said.
The seven adults were charged with disorderly conduct.
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Police charge woman with defrauding 19 Target stores www.privateofficer.com
Scottsdale police arrested a Nevada woman Wednesday in connection with a fraudulent scheme that affected 19 Arizona Target stores, officials said.
Seira Saili, 38, is accused of shoplifting items from Target stores on 25 occasions since May 1 and then attempting to return the items that she stole, police said.
The thefts were valued at more than $13,000, police said.
Saili was arrested after police responded to a call regarding shoplifting around 8 p.m. at a Target store at 15444 N. Frank Lloyd Wright Blvd, police said.
The store’s security personnel reportedly recognized Saili and connected her to previous shoplifting incidents, police said.
Saili was arrested on charges of fraudulent schemes. Police are continuing to investigate.
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Security and police capture school burglars www.privateofficer.com
TULSA, OK May 26 2009By: Brett Davis
Private Officer News Network
http://www.privateofficer.com/– Police say quick reaction led to the arrest of two men in relation to a Tulsa school break-in overnight Monday.
A Tulsa Public School security officer went to Sequoyah Elementary at 3441 East Archer Street to check out an alarm call.
While investigating the activation the security officer observed two people inside and called Tulsa Police.
Responding officers and security searched the school and the suspects apparently spotted the police officers and tried to escape, but the officers were able to apprehend them.
A check of the school shows the only damage was a couple of doors that were kicked in.
Both suspects face burglary and property damage charges.
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Shoplifting/Retail Security News www.privateofficer.com
Rockingham NC
Two recent shoplifting incidents and one arrest have been reported by the Rockingham Police Department.
At a store at Falling Creek Plaza Shopping Center, Rockingham, suspects stole $65.12 worth of items in one incident and $57.61 worth of items in the second incident.
Both times the items were recovered.
Mary Faith Collins, 46, Smith Street, Rockingham, was arrested in connection with a shoplifting incident on a misdemeanor charge. Her bond was set at $300.
Sumter SC
The 13th time proved to be unlucky for a man described by police as a habitual shoplifter.
Clarence Lowery, 39, of 366 McDuffie St., was caught by employees at the Save-a-Lot grocery store, 674 W. Liberty St., after he was spotted stuffing three packages of pork ribs, valued at a total of $36, inside the waistband of his pants and walking out with paying for them at 9 a.m. Saturday, police said.
Employees detained him until police arrived.
He was charged with property crimes, third or subsequent offense, and taken to Sumter-Lee Regional Detention Center.
The emphasis in this case should probably be on “or subsequent” because, according to a police report, this was Lowery’s 13th shoplifting offense.
Redmond WA
Redmond Police arrested an 18-year-old man after he tried to break free from two security guards with stolen merchandise at the Target in the 17700 block of Northeast 76th Street last Friday at around 4:30 p.m.
The store’s security manager identified himself and approached the suspect after he broke an MP3 player out of the packing and put it in his pocket, according to Jim Bove, Redmond Police spokesperson.
The suspect tried to run away, but the store manager, along with the help of an assets protection guard, were able to contain the suspect, Bove said.
The suspect assaulted both security guards in his attempt to break free before he was handcuffed and taken to a back office for questioning.
The store manager then called Redmond Police, which showed up at the scene, searched the suspect and found, in addition to the MP3 player, some mini DVDs. Police also found some “throwing stars” and a “folding knife” on the suspect, Bove said.
Goose Creek SC
An 18-year-old Summerville man is charged with 15 crimes in connection to shoplifting case and get away at a Goose Creek Wal-Mart on Thursday.
Authorities believe he and a juvenile accomplice took $12 worth of bath products.
Arrested in the case was Johnny Arthur Byrd, 18, of North Maple Street in Summerville. He faces a variety of charges ranging from being a felon in possession of a firearm, to hit and run and three counts of assault with intent to kill.
As they attempted to flee, they reportedly caused a crash that wrecked four parked vehicles, triggering thousands of dollars in damage.
Byrd was taken to Trident Hospital for a mental evaluation and was later released and taken to the Berkeley County detention center, awaiting a bond hearing being scheduled.
A 15-year-old juvenile was also taken into custody and charged with possession of a stolen vehicle and shoplifting.
Buffalo NY
A Buffalo woman has been charged with petit larceny after being accused of stealing, along with another woman, about $300 worth of clothing from the J.C. Penney’s store in the Eastern Hills Mall on Thursday.
Store security officers detained Joni M. Jones, of Newburgh Street, Buffalo, and Erie County Sheriff’s Deputies Daniel Brinkerhoff and Robert Rine charged her with petit larceny and conspiracy.
Jones and her accomplice, who was not caught, are accused of bringing a couple of shopping bags with them and filling them with clothes before trying to leave the store without paying late Thursday afternoon.
ABERDEEN NJ Police have arrested a 46 year-old Keansburg man and charged him with robbery and shoplifting from the ShopRite located on Lloyd Road on May 19, officials said.
Stephen Rafferty, of Hancock Street is charged with robbery and shoplifting and then released on $2,500 bail.
Shop Rite store officials notified Aberdeen police at 2:45 p.m. that Rafferty was fighting with the store’s loss prevention officer after he had been approached about stealing goods.
Aberdeen police officer Matthew McDow arrived to find that Rafferty had resisted the loss prevention officer and fled on foot into a wooded area behind the store.
Officer Michael Plant eventually found Rafferty and took him into custody. An investigation revealed that Rafferty had tried to take $129 worth of food and other items from the store.
Assisting in the investigation were Sgt. Raymond Sosa and Detective Michael Lasko.
Spanish Fort AL
April 25, Robert D. Posey, 23, of West Blocton was charged with third-degree theft of property/shoplifting. The arrest was made at Belk in the Eastern Shore Centre.
April 25, Kashunda M. Brayan, 29, of Mobile was charged with third-degree theft of property/shoplifting and with second-degree possession of marijuana. The arrest was made at Dillard’s in the Eastern Shore Centre.
April 24, Rachael L. Myers, 18, of Fairhope was charged with third-degree theft of property/shoplifting. The arrest was made at Belk in the Eastern Shore Centre.
April 24, Eric B. Reed, 23, of Fairhope was charged with third-degree theft of property/shoplifting. The arrest was made at Belk in the Eastern Shore Centre.
April 18, Larry Dean Williams, 18, of Cummings, Ga., was charged with third-degree theft of property/shoplifting. The arrest was made at Kohl’s at the Spanish Fort Town Center.
April 11, Brittney M. Pettaway, 19, of Mobile was charged with third-degree theft of property/shoplifting. The arrest was made at Kohl’s at Spanish Fort Town Center.
April 11, second-degree possession of marijuana was reported on Bass Pro Drive near the La-Z-Boy furniture store at the Spanish Fort Town Center.
April 11, James A. Tripp, 21, of Loxley was charged with second-degree possession of marijuana. The arrest was made on Bass Pro Drive.
April 10, Michael Holmes Smith, 27, of Bay Minette was charged with third-degree theft of property/shoplifting. The arrest was made at Belk in the Eastern Shore Centre.
April 10, public intoxication was reported at Cellar 43 in the Eastern Shore Centre on Ala. 181.
April 10, Juston E. Palmertree Jr., 31, of Spanish Fort was charged with public intoxication. The arrest was made at Cellar 43 in the Eastern Shore Centre.
April 3, third-degree theft of property/shoplifting was reported at Belk in the Eastern Shore Centre. Merchandise valued at $167 was stolen. All items were recovered.
April 3, Rikki L. English, 29, of Loxley was charged with third-degree theft of property/shoplifting. The arrest was made at Belk in the Eastern Shore Centre.
April 3, third-degree theft of property/shoplifting was reported at Dillard’s in the Eastern Shore Centre on Eastern Shore Boulevard. Jeans valued at $30 were stolen. The merchandise was recovered.
April 3, Samone A. Brown, 28, of Foley was charged with third-degree theft of property/shoplifting. The arrest was made at Dillard’s in the Eastern Shore Centre.
April 3, negotiating a worthless instrument was reported at a residence on Buckingham Court.
April 3, a civil problem was reported in the parking lot of Climate Master on Jay Drive.
April 2, third-degree theft of property/shoplifting was reported at the ABC Store in Blakeley Square Shopping Center on Spanish Fort Boulevard. Liquor valued at $83 was stolen.
April 1, third-degree theft of property/shoplifting was reported at Best Buy in the Eastern Shore Plaza on Eastern Shore Boulevard. A Motorola cell phone, valued at $219, was stolen. The phone was recovered.
April 1, Chad S. Jones, 27, of Fairhope was charged with third-degree theft of property/shoplifting. The arrest was made at Best Buy in the Eastern Shore Plaza.
Cookeville TN
Eric Frank Jones age 18 of Rickman, TN was arrested for Shoplifting at Hills IGA on N. Washington Ave after Cookeville Police Officer Harrington responded. Mr. Jones consumed several items while in the store and concealed the wrappers. Jones would not cooperate with Police. Jones was charged with theft under $500 and transported to jail.
Kimberly Tasha Woolfrom age 20 of Crossville, TN was arrested and charged with Trespassing and Shoplifting at Wal-Mart on S. Jefferson Ave after Cookeville Police Officer Ward responded and found that Ms. Woolfrom had been banned from all Wal-Mart Stores and Police found items she could not show a receipt for from Wal-Mart on her person.
Daphne AL
April 20, Luke Daniel Stewart, 19, of Spanish Fort was charged with third-degree theft of property. The arrest was made at Wal-Mart on U.S. 98.
April 20, Timothy Darwin Steiner, 19, of Fairhope was charged with third-degree theft of property. The arrest was made at Wal-Mart on U.S. 98.
April 20, Amanda Nicole Raley, 24, of Fairhope was charged with two counts of third-degree theft of property. The arrest was made at Wal-Mart on U.S. 98.
April 3, Rachel Elizabeth Singler, 27, of Fitzpatrick was charged with third-degree theft of property. The arrest was made at Wal-Mart on U.S. 98.
April 3, Joshua Matthew Singleton, 30, of Fitzpatrick was charged with third-degree theft of property. The arrest was made at Wal-Mart on U.S. 98.
WOODBRIDGE NJ — Police arrested a Macy’s employee late Tuesday after he allegedly stuffed three T-shirts in his pants and tried to leave the store.
Omar Bailey, 30, of East Orange was stopped by security guards at the Woodbridge Center store at 10 p.m. Tuesday, police said. Officers responded and arrested him for a $289 warrant out of East Orange.
Bailey, who works in the receiving area of the store, was released after posting bail at police headquarters, police said. Macy’s security guards said they would sign complaints against him at a later date.
Millville NJ
John Reginald Lee, 47, of Buck Street was arrested Wednesday at ShopRite on a shoplifting charge. Police said it was his second shoplifting arrest that day. He was jailed on $1,500 bail.
Cincinnati OH
A security guard at the Walgreens in North College Hill stopped a wheelchair bound suspect from leaving the store with unpaid goods.
The incident happened at 1:45 this morning. Police say 60 year old Robert Hurt of College Hill tried to put $100 dollars in soap products into his backpack at the Walgreens on Hamilton Avenue. A store security guard noticed the alleged theft.
Hurt, who gets around in a motorized scooter, was stopped in the parking lot by the security officer. When he tried to get away, the security guard grabbed the scooter and forcibly held it to keep Hurt from leaving the scene until police arrived.
Hurt is charged with theft.
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