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Posted by privateofficernews on May 29, 2009
DENVER CO May 29 2009 – Someone in the crowd at the El Chaparral night club in Denver pulled out a gun and shot two security guards early Friday. One of them died on arrival at the hospital. A manhunt for the suspect was underway.
Police say it happened at about 12:50 a.m. The second security guard was also rushed to a hospital. His condition was not released. El Chaparral night club is at 2727 W. 6th Avenue near Interstate 25.
Denver Police investigators said they were looking for at least one suspect who was in a black Camaro or Trans Am with broken windows.
A witness said it was “hip hop” night at El Chaparral and there was a big crowd. He said a fight started inside the club and spilled outside to the parking lot. The security guards were shot outside. The witness said the two guards were trying to break up the fight. Another security guard reportedly chased after the suspect, but he lost him in the vicinity of I-25 and 38th Avenue.
A witness said the second guard who was shot did not appear to have life-threatening injuries. It appeared he had an upper arm injury.
Police blocked off the only way in and out of the club, and 100 customers’ vehicles were caught inside the police line while the investigation was underway inside and outside the establishment. Some of the customers were still outside the club at 5:00 am waiting to retrieve their cars. Others left and planned to return once the investigation was complete. Police didn’t expect to wrap up at the scene until sometime around midday Friday.
Investigators asked anyone with information about the suspect or black vehicle with broken windows to call them (720) 913-2000.
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Kansas City MO May 29 2009
Jackson County prosecutors today charged a man with shooting at two women and a security guard in March, injuring a 66-year-old woman with stray gunfire.
Prosecutors charged Kenneth W. Thompson, 24, of Kansas City with 15 felonies: seven counts of first-degree assault, seven counts of armed criminal action and one count of unlawful use of a weapon.
The incident began about 11:45 p.m. March 26 when Thompson allegedly threatened a woman in an apartment in the 1300 block of East 89th Street. Two other women told him to leave the woman alone. Thompson allegedly threatened them and fired at them as they fled.
A security guard in the parking lot heard the gunfire and saw a gunman running alongside a playground at the complex. The gunman aimed at the guard’s car and fired, pounding eight holes in the car. The guard ducked to avoid being hit.
The 66-year-old woman said she was asleep when a bullet pierced her apartment window and struck her left bicep
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Denver CO May 29 2009
The former head of security at a Denver charter school has been charged with sexually assaulting a female grade-school student during a five-month period in late 2007 and early 2008.
Charged is 47-year-old Victor Ware.
Ware worked at the former Challenges, Choices and Images charter school in Denver. He is accused of assaulting the student from September 2007 through January 2008.
Ware was charged with two counts of sexual assault on a child, three counts of sexual assault on a child by a person in a position of trust and one count of sexual assault on a child, pattern of abuse.
According to an arrest affidavit, Ware on several occasions reached under the girl’s skirt and panties and fondled her for up to five minutes.
She said Ware did this in various locations at the school.
The girl, who was in the 6th grade during the purported incidents, said she kept a diary. She said that when Ware found out about the diary, and found the pages where she mentioned the fondling, he ripped the pages out.
Ware has been released from custody on a $50,000 bond. He is scheduled to appear in Denver County Court on Tuesday to be advised of the charges.
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New Orleans LA May 29 2009
The Recovery School District has laid off 45 security guards in a cost-cutting move, according to the district’s security director Eddie Compass.
The layoffs, which were announced today, reduce the number of guards working in district-run schools to 77, Compass said.
“It’s a tough time for the state from an economic standpoint so tough decisions have to be made. Thank God we have tough people in positions of authority that are making these decisions,” Compass said Thursday. “We have to be fiscally responsible.”
The security layoffs are part of about $20 million in operational cuts to the RSD’s district-run schools. Officials are expected to layoff about 35 central office employees in addition to an unspecified number of social workers, nurses and other employees.
Compass said the district hopes to install cameras in more schools and lean on school administrators for support.
The layoffs will have a minimal effect on the district’s truancy program, which will still use assigned New Orleans Police officers, Compass said.
“The biggest effects we’ll have from the cuts will be in the actual schools,” Compass said.
Compass said the district started the year with 132 security guards in district-run schools and ended the year with 122 security personnel.
Recovery School District Superintendent Paul Vallas couldn’t immediately be reached for comment Thursday morning.
Last week, Vallas unveiled a balanced $176 million operating budget, his leanest spending plan since taking helm of the district in 2007, setting off the rounds of layoffs. The district will also operate with fewer teachers because of charter conversions, school program closures and the phase out of several high schools.
In the central office, Vallas said the district will eliminate about 50 positions, reducing the central office to around 120 people.
District officials have not released details on the layoffs in each of the categories.
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Meriden CT May 29 2009
myrecordjournal.com In a chilling 911 call Wednesday morning, police dispatchers heard a man apologize while a woman screamed. The man asked for officers to come to a house at 54 Spice Hill Drive. Seconds later, they heard five gunshots.
Police arrived to discover the bodies of Michelle Barrows, 32, and James Canty, 37, in the basement of the house. Both victims were dead of apparent gunshot wounds, police said, and a handgun was found near Canty’s body. Detectives are treating it as a murder-suicide.
Meriden police Sgt. Glenn Milslagle said officers weren’t sure what to expect inside the single-family house, in a quiet residential area of South Meriden, because the call was interrupted before dispatchers could get concrete information.
“Dispatchers received a call with a woman screaming in the background and a male says, ‘I’m sorry, please send police,’ then five shots are heard and the line went dead,” Milslagle said Wednesday afternoon after reviewing the 911 tape.
Police found additional weapons inside the home, Milslagle confirmed, but did not reveal what type or how many. No weapons other than the handgun were used in the killings, police said.
Access was restricted along Spice Hill Drive, a cul-de-sac off Deer Run Road, throughout most of the day as detectives continued to investigate what led to the shooting.
City records show that Canty and Barrows had purchased the home together in July 2007. Police said the two were dating, but according to neighbors they lived in the house together.
Canty was a licensed security guard in Connecticut and had completed requirements allowing him to carry a weapon while on the job, state police said. He was listed most recently as an employee of Dunbar Armored Inc., which provides armored car services for Connecticut businesses. Phone messages left for company representatives were not immediately returned Wednesday.
Neighbors said a teenager they believed to be Barrows’ son was also living in the house. Police said only that no one else was home at the time of the incident.
Residents in the neighborhood were told to remain in their homes for more than an hour while police made sure it was safe Wednesday morning as the Meriden SWAT team set up a perimeter around both the house and the neighborhood. Police said that response was standard procedure because officers knew from the emergency call that there was a gun in the home.
Two officers arrived on scene at approximately 8:30 a.m., moments after dispatch received the 911 call. Within 15 minutes, Billy Pasinski of Deer Run Road said, officers barricaded the road and began to swarm in and around the house. He said his family had heard popping, but he thought it was nothing more than a car backfiring.
For neighbor Elisandro Echevarria, of 47 Spice Hill Road, the response is one he will never forget.
Echevarria said he was home with his daughter when he looked out the window and saw police carrying high-powered rifles and assault weapons. When he attempted to talk with one officer, he was told to go to the back of his house – the farthest point from 54 Spice Hill Drive – and to stay away from windows.
“They were running through the yards and surrounding the home,” said Echevarria. “This is one of the quieter neighborhoods in Meriden. We came here to get away from this sort of thing, but it makes you realize anything can happen anywhere.”
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BANTAM CT May 29 2009 — A New Milford man who allegedly assaulted a security guard and tried twice to run him over during a shoplifting incident, was ordered held on $25,000 bond on several felony charges.
Dakota R. Griffing, 18, 38 Birchwood Drive, hoped he would be released from custody so he could return to New Milford High School where he had only a weeks left of his senior year.
“I realize these are just allegations, but they are incredibly serious,” Judge Corinne Klatt said.
Griffing was charged with sixth-degree larceny, first-degree robbery, two counts of second-degree assault, reckless driving, and engaging police in pursuit. He was scheduled to appear in Litchfield Superior Court June 10. Assistant State’s Attorney Jonathan Knight encouraged the court to set a high bond in Griffing’s case, calling him a “danger to the community.”
Griffing’s attorney J. Michael Sconyers said the incident was a shoplifting crime until his client panicked.
He suggested the court allow him to return to school and use the state’s electronic monitoring program. Stop and Shop security officials reportedly spotted Griffing and Douglas Rodriguez shoving products down their pants.
When the security guards confronted the men at the exit, the suspects struggled and ran out of the store.
When the security guard ran after Griffing, driving a blue BMW, at a stop light, Griffing reportedly put the car in reverse and struck the guard. The guard flew into the air and fell to the ground, a witness told police. The guard stood up, but Griffing struck the him again with the car. The guard landed on the hood and fell off. He suffered minor injuries, police said.
Griffing led police on a pursuit until he was cornered by police and forced to get out of his car at gunpoint.
Griffing reportedly left Rodriguez at the shopping center. Rodriguez was on parole at the time of the incident. Klatt set bond in his case at $25,000. He is scheduled to return to court June 3, The men reportedly stole packages of Oil of Olay cream, Coricidin analgesic tablets and bottles of beer.
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Posted by privateofficernews on May 29, 2009
ATLANTA GA. May 29 2009 — A Snellville man was arrested on suspicion of abducting an Atlanta woman and driving her to Sevier County, Tenn., where the alleged victim told authorities she was raped.
Sevier County Sheriff Ron Seals said 46-year-old David Jansen abducted the 24-year-old woman while she was jogging in her Atlanta neighborhood on Tuesday.
Seals said Jansen tied the victim to the seat of a rental car and drove her across state lines to a rental cabin in a remote area.
Authorities said when Jansen ordered a pizza at the cabin, the deliveryman saw the victim lying on a couch bound by ropes.
The victim mouthed to the deliveryman to call 911. The deliveryman left and alerted authorities to what he had witnessed.
When deputies arrived at the scene, they found the victim still tied up on a couch at the cabin.
The victim told authorities that she had been kidnapped from Atlanta and brought to the cabin and raped. She was transported at a hospital.
She told investigators she knows Jansen from work, according to the Mountain Press newspaper of Sieverville, Tenn.
Seals said a search warrant was obtained and detectives entered the cabin and searched it. Seals said detectives found evidence at the scene that substantiated the victim’s story.
Jansen was charged with aggravated kidnapping and aggravated rape. He was arraigned before a magistrate, and a $800,000 bond was set. Jansen was being held at the Sevier County Jail Thursday night.
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SCHERERVILLE IL May 29 2009 A St. John man pushed an elderly man to the ground after threatening his life and stealing about $20 from his wallet, police said.
Erick Kegebein, 35, 11475 W. 93rd Ave., was charged Thursday with robbery, a Class B felony, according to an affidavit.
The victim, who turns 81 next week, works as a security guard for the Sherwood Lake apartment complex and was locking the back gate near Old Lincoln Highway about 10:30 p.m. Tuesday when he was robbed, an affidavit states.
Kegebein told the man he would blow his brains out if he didn’t give him money. He then put something against the back of the man’s head. He stole the man’s wallet and pushed him to the ground, causing cuts, bruises and swelling to the man’s wrists, according to an affidavit.
Schererville police caught Kegebein in a nearby parking lot. He later admitted to hitting the man and stealing his money because he needed money for alcohol, food and normal living supplies, according to an affidavit
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Lincoln NE May 29 2009
Lincoln Police say a shoplifting incident at Shopko at 3400 North 27th Street turned violent Thursday afternoon, and ended in the arrests of four people from Marshalltown, Iowa.
Police say 34-year-old Jose Lopez and 28-year-old Maria Cardenas were inside Shopko, when they put six cans of baby formula, worth $26 each, into a black purse.
Police say the two left without paying, and were confronted outside by a loss prevention officer.
Maria got into a car parked out front in a fire lane. Police say Jose hit an employee who approached him.
Meanwhile, police say 33-year-old Jorge Duarte and Yimis Duarte were inside the car.
Police say Yimis waved a knife at the officers left arm, then Jorge ran over an employee’s foot.
As the men and Maria sped out of the parking lot, police say Jose jumped into the car.
Police later spotted the car at NW 1st Street and West Harvest, and arrested the four.
Jorge Duarte and Yimis Duarte were both arrested for second degree assault.
Jose Lopez was arrested for third degree assault, and theft by shoplifting.
Maria Cardenas was also arrested for theft by shoplifting.
Police say 24 more cans of baby formula were found in the vehicle.
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NEW YORK May 29 2009 (AP) — A plainclothes policeman who drew his gun while chasing someone he had found rummaging through his car was shot and killed by a fellow officer who was driving by and saw the pursuit, the police commissioner said.
Commissioner Raymond Kelly said 25-year-old Omar J. Edwards died after being shot late Thursday within blocks of the Harlem police station where he worked.
The shooter was white and Edwards was black, a fact that could raise questions about police use of deadly force in a minority community. And in recent years there have been several cases of off-duty policemen in the New York City area being shot and killed by other officers.
Edwards had just finished his shift around 10:30 p.m. when he headed to his car and saw that the driver’s-side window had been smashed and a man was going through the vehicle, Kelly said.
Edwards struggled with the man, who got away from him by slipping out of his sweater, Kelly said. Edwards chased the man up two streets with his gun drawn, he said.
A sergeant and two plainclothes officers in an unmarked police car saw the pursuit and made a U-turn to follow the men, Kelly said. One of the officers jumped out of the car and fired six times, hitting Edwards twice _ once in the arm and once in the chest, he said.
Kelly said Edwards did not fire his weapon. He died at the Harlem Hospital Center about an hour after the shooting.
The Rev. Al Sharpton said he got calls shortly after the shooting “from black officers who were at the precinct and were alarmed by the shooting of Omar Edwards.”
The civil rights activist said he and his National Action Network “are completely concerned of a growing pattern of black officers being killed with the assumption that they are the criminals.”
“This calls for federal investigation and intervention to sort out the facts and bring about a just resolve,” Sharpton said in a statement. “Can police investigate themselves fairly and impartially? It would seem very difficult at best and unlikely in fact.”
It was unclear whether the officers identified themselves. The name of the officer who fired the shots has not been released, but Kelly said he had worked at the NYPD for four years.
“While we don’t know all the details of what happened tonight, this is a tragedy. Rest assured that we will find out exactly what happened here, and we will learn from it so it doesn’t happen again,” Mayor Michael Bloomberg said at a news conference from the hospital.
Kelly said Edwards had been on the force for two years and worked in the housing bureau. He was recently married and had two young children.
On Friday, police blanketed the shooting scene. A stretch of 125th Street, a major thoroughfare, was blocked off. People passing in cars and waiting for buses tried to get a glimpse beyond the yellow crime-scene tape; some asked each other what was going on.
The shooting recalled other cases of off-duty policemen being shot and killed by fellow officers.
In 2008, a black, off-duty Mount Vernon police officer was killed by a Westchester County policeman while holding a gun on an assault suspect in suburban White Plains. A grand jury found the victim had failed to identify himself as an officer. County officers _ one white, one black and two Hispanic _ were cleared of wrongdoing by a grand jury.
In 2006, a New York City police officer, Eric Hernandez, was shot and killed by an on-duty patrolman who was responding to an attack at a White Castle in the Bronx.
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Orland Park IL May 29 2009
A Braidwood man was charged with disorderly conduct after he allegedly relieved himself on a security officer at a festival in the parking lot of Orland Square Mall in Orland Park police said.
The man, identified as Joshua Obrakta, 25, of the 300 block of Orchard Lane was acting disorderly when questioned by a security officer and police say that’s when Obrakta urinated on him. Police arrived and arrested him.
After police placed Obrakta into a squad car, he banged his head on the squad car cage and windows, and had to be restrained police said.
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