Archive for May 28th, 2009
Posted by privateofficernews on May 28, 2009
KINGS CREEK, N.C. May 28 2009 wsoctv.com– Investigators in Caldwell County said a man who shot two deputies, an 8-year-old girl and her father was found dead from a gunshot wound after deputies fired back.
The shootings happened early Thursday morning in the Kings Creek community. Investigators said the entire incident was sparked by a dispute over a dog.
Andra Tolbert, a neighbor, told Eyewitness News reporter Dave Faherty that the suspected gunman’s dog attacked two children two years ago. Investigators confirmed this for Eyewitness News.
Tolbert said that early Thursday morning, the children’s father shot the dog, and the animal’s owner fired back, hitting the father and one of his daughters.
Deputies said they were called to the home on Grandin Road just before 11 p.m. Wednesday because of the argument over the dog.
When the first officer arrived, he was shot outside the home, deputies said. A second officer arrived to help the first officer.
While three other officers tried to get the father and his two daughters away, a second officer was shot. At that point, the two remaining officers fired back at the gunman.
Eventually, a SWAT team was sent in to get the father and his daughters away from the area safely.
One deputy was airlifted out of the Hickory Airport to Carolinas Medical Center. That deputy is expected to be released later Thursday night or Friday morning. The other was treated and released from Caldwell Memorial Hospital.
Emergency officials said the girl was taken to Wake Forest University Baptist Medical Center in Winston-Salem. Her father was airlifted out of the Hickory Airport to Carolinas Medical Center. Neither of their conditions have been released.
The suspected gunman was found dead at about 6:30 a.m. in his yard near Kings Creek Elementary School. Deputies said it appears the shooter died from a gunshot wound that was not self-inflicted.
The State Bureau of Investigation is now investigating the shooting, as is standard protocol for officer-involved shootings.
Classes at the Kings Creek Elementary School were delayed until 11 a.m. as crews wrap up their investigation.
Libby Brown, the community services director for Caldwell County Schools, said school officials got the call about the situation early Thursday morning. School officials then started making plans at around 3 a.m. to delay classes as teams searched for the gunman.
Brown said school officials decided at 5 a.m. to delay classes for three hours, starting at 11 a.m. Faculty and staff were also asked to stay at home since the parking lot was full of deputies, investigators and SWAT teams.
Extra counselors will be brought in to the school, Brown said. She said any time there is an emergency at schools which could stress or upset students, counselors are brought in.
The names of the victims and the suspected gunman have not been released.
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Birmingham AL May 28 2009 al.com
A 22-year-old Birmingham man charged with murder in a Friday morning Irondale shooting death has been a Brighton police officer for about a year, Brighton Mayor Angelo Hinkle said tonight.
Chevis Finley was booked into the Jefferson County Jail Friday night on $75,000 bond. Hinkle said Finley is on unpaid administrative leave pending the outcome of the investigation.
Lt. Norman Stapp of the Irondale Police Department on Friday said Finley and the victim, Brodrick Rashad Dixon, 27, of Helena were visiting a woman at the Enclave at Mountain Brook apartments.
Dixon was shot several times at 3:15 a.m. Friday outside the 1100 building at Sharpsburg Circle.
Hinkle said he was not aware of Finley having any disciplinary problems. “As far as I know, he’s been an excellent officer,” Hinkle said.
Finley was released on bond on Monday, according to court records. A hearing has been scheduled in Jefferson County District Judge Sheldon Watkins’ court on June 15.
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HIALEAH, FL May 28 2009–The Hialeah Police Department has arrested Maria Guzman Hernandez and charged her with sexual battery.
Mrs. Hernandez was a 6th Grade teacher at Our Lady of Charity School, in Hialeah.
According to police she had an intimate relationship with a 15-year-old male student she met at the school.
The school’s principal learned of the alleged relationship Friday and contacted the Department of Children and Families who then contacted Hialeah Police.
Hernandez, who worked at the school for four years, has been fired.
According to police, Hernandez and the 15 year old male were vacationing in Disney World Orlando on Saturday, when the Hialeah Police Department began its investigation.
Police contacted the pair who returned to South Florida.
According to Hialeah Police, Mrs. Hernandez admitted to the crime. She was arrested and taken into custody.
The mother of the15-year-old Florida boy who was allegedly having a sexual relationship with a sixth-grade teacher not only knew of the affair, she reportedly endorsed it according to reports.
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PEORIA, Ariz. May 28 2009– Two people who died in a small helicopter crash on Friday have been identified as Peoria police employees.
Peoria police Officer Mike Gauchat, 41, and police services Officer Donna Cullum, 45, died when the two-seat homebuilt Safari helicopter they were in crashed west of Interstate 17 just south of Black Canyon City.
“This is a major tragedy for the families involved and for members of the department,” said Police Chief Larry Ratcliff. “Both Mike and Donna are highly respected members of the department.”
The helicopter burst into flames after it hit the ground, law enforcement officials said. The cause of the crash remains under investigation.
“Our thoughts and prayers are with Donna and Mike’s families and the members of our department who are processing this tragic event while continuing to provide law enforcement services to the community,” Ratcliff said.
A memorial service for the pair is set for Saturday at 10 a.m. at Christ Church of the Valley, 7007 W. Happy Valley Road.
Internment will be at Sunland Cemetery in Sun City.
Peoria police spokesman Mike Tellef said Gauchat was a traffic officer who enjoyed flying helicopters and was at the controls when his aircraft went down. Cullum was his girlfriend.
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Tulsa OK May 28 2009
A former school security guard was sentenced Wednesday to 17 years in prison for molesting a girl he met at Hale High School.
Tracy Sullins, 49, pleaded no contest in April to one count of lewd molestation. He did not have a deal with prosecutors to govern his punishment.
Tulsa County District Judge William Kellough imposed a split 20-year sentence that requires Sullins to serve a three-year probation after he is released from prison.
In 2007, Tulsa Public Schools officials said Sullins was a security guard who substituted for only a day or two at two or three Tulsa schools in 2006.
But a district spokeswoman said in April that officials had learned that the employment information they received about Sullins in 2007 from their contract security firm, Securitas, was only partly true.
The spokeswoman said the district had learned that Sullins was the lead guard at Hale between 2004 and 2005.
According to court records, the girl told police she was 14 when Sullins began paying her to watch him masturbate via a Web camera, to have lunch with him and then, when she was 15, to fondle him in his truck while it was parked in front of her Tulsa home.
Sullins is required by law to serve at least 85 percent of the 17-year prison term — nearly 15 years — before he is eligible for parole or release. He has been in the Tulsa Jail for 11 months, records show.
Sullins was arrested in 2006 at his Sapulpa residence after an investigation by a Missouri detective.
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Junction City KS. May 28 2009
A Junction City High School teacher was in the Geary County Detention Center on Thursday after being arrested in connection with an unlawful sexual relationship with a student.
Junction City Police Chief Bob Story identified the arrested woman as Micha A. Cook, 27, a physical education and health teacher at the high school.
Story said the police department was notified Wednesday of a possible unlawful relationship between Cook and a student at the high school.
The Junction City Police Department’s Investigations Division executed three search warrants on Wednesday and obtained items of “evidentiary value” regarding the case, Story said.
Cook was arrested in connection with aggravated indecent liberties with a child and made her a first appearance Thursday in Geary County District Court.
She was being held in the Geary County Detention Center on $25,000 bond. Story said an investigation in the case is ongoing.
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Bethlehem PA May 28 2009
A Coopersburg couple face assault charges after Bethlehem police said they struck a Sands Casino Resort Bethlehem security officer early this morning when he told them the bar was closing.
Larry L. Scholl, 60, and Antoinette Scholl-Hermans, 58, will both be sent summons for charges of simple assault, harassment, disorderly conduct and public drunkenness, police said.
The husband and wife were taken to St. Luke’s Hospital-Fountain Hill after the dispute, which happened about 2:20 a.m. During a tussle with the security officer, police said Scholl fell and struck his head and his wife fell and cut her nose.
A hospital spokeswoman said they were treated and released According to police:
The security guard, David Strawn, saw the couple sitting at a bar in the casino and saw they were “highly intoxicated.”
They were told the bar was closing and Strawn asked if they had a ride home. Scholl-Hermans became irate and punched Strawn in the left side of his head, knocking off his glasses.
During the struggle, Scholl-Hermans fell on the ground and cut her nose. As Strawn tried to handcuff her, police said Scholl jumped on Strawn’s back and punched him several times.
After the couple were handcuffed, Scholl-Hermans fell over several times while seated.
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Posted by privateofficernews on May 28, 2009
Marietta GA May 28 2009
A former Marietta High School teacher has been arrested for having sex with a student.
Marietta Police Officer Jenny Murphy said Christopher King, who taught English and was involved with the school newspaper, was arrested at his home without incident.
“The former teacher was arrested. He’s 36-years-old and he was charged with sexual assault for violating the teacher-student relationship,” said Murphy.
King, who had been teaching at the school for five years, resigned on Tuesday.
The relationship involved a 17-year-old Marietta High School student.
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Wauwatosa WI May 28 2009
An 18-year-old Milwaukee woman was charged with battery and retail theft after she bit two security guards at Macy’s in Mayfair Mall last week.
According to the Wauwatosa Police Department report:
Security staff watched Jamie Jackson rip a price tag off a $30 hat and put it on her head. As she walked out the store, they approached her and asked her to come with them. She resisted and started kicking.
Then she bit two of the guards, breaking the skin in one instance. The Fire Department responded to check out their injuries.
She was referred to the Milwaukee County District Attorney’s Office, but she failed to appear in court Friday.
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