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Posted by privateofficernews on May 29, 2009
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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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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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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Posted by privateofficernews on May 27, 2009
Toronto Canada May 27 2009
A security guard in her forties is in serious condition after being stabbed Tuesday at North York’s Sheridan Mall, according to Toronto Emergency Medical Services.
The woman’s kidney was punctured in the stabbing, which took place shortly before 6 p.m. on mall property near Jane Street and Wilson Avenue. The woman had been involved in an altercation with someone else at the mall prior to the stabbing.
The victim, who is employed as a theft prevention officer at the mall, was rushed to Sunnybrook hospital in critical condition. Her status has since been upgraded.
The stabbing took place in a Zeller’s restaurant and the victim was in plain clothes.
Police say the suspect is an Asian male in his twenties who was with another person at the time of the stabbing.
Police also say he allegedly tried to steal baby food.
Investigators have recovered the knife used in the attack, locating it in a nearby creek.
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Posted by privateofficernews on May 27, 2009
BOSTON MA May 27 2009 — A security officer from Tufts Medical Center who had been on the job for a little more than one year rushed to the aid of a man Friday night who was trying to jump off an eight-story parking garage.
Officer Rommel Clarke said that around 7 p.m. last Friday, he was told that a man was sitting on the edge of the garage wall, high above Boston’s theater district.
“This is basically where he was, right here, with his legs over this side dangling,” Clarke said as he stood by the wall.
“A gentleman was up there, thinking about jumping,” said Boston Emergency Medical Services chief Rich Serino.
“At that point in time, he actually turned around and was hanging off, with just his hands holding on right here,” said Clarke. “That’s when I ran, I grabbed him here and I was basically like this, holding him up.”
Clarke and another responding officer pulled the man, described only as being in his 50s, to safety. He was struggling, despondent and angry he had been saved.
“People say he was in the right place at the right time,” said one of Clarke’s colleagues. “But you can put 100 people in the right place at the right time and in my experience, what distinguishes a hero is the ones that act.”
Clarke is shunning the word hero to describe his actions. He said he has seen the gentleman he saved.
“He’s thanked me. He’s very, very happy,” said Clarke. “Like I told him, he’s got grandkids and he has something to live for and that’s not a reason to jump. So, he’s pretty happy now.”
Clarke was honored at Tufts Medical Center Tuesday.
He called the whole incident very scary.
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Wilmington NC May 27 2009
An elementary school teacher from Pitt County has resigned after her arrest this weekend in Wilmington.
Wilmington police say Jessica Wishnask has been charged with indecent liberties with a minor.
Police say early Saturday morning a patrol officer spotted a suspicious vehicle on North 5th Avenue. As he approached the car he saw the seats were down and discovered a 27-year-old woman in intimate contact with a 15-year-old boy.
Pitt County Schools spokeswoman Heather Mayo tells WITN News that Wishnask was an 8th grade English language arts teacher at Pactolus Elementary School.
Mayo says Wishnask began teaching in Pitt County on February 2nd and resigned Monday.
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SANTA FE NM May 27 2009 (KRQE) – A Santa Fe man accused of killing his pregnant girlfriend and her father pleaded not guilty in a Santa Fe courtroom Tuesday amid questions about whether he will be charged with two murders or three.
For now Marino Leyba Jr., 22, is charged with three open counts of murder in the Friday gunshot deaths Benny Lovato, 50, Sarah Lovato, 17, and her unborn child.
Leyba is being held at the Santa Fe County Adult Detention Facility with prosecutors requesting he be put on suicide watch because of the significant time he could face.
According to the criminal complaint the Lovatos each died from at least one gunshot wound inside their apartment Friday night.
Police said Leyba had been dating Sarah for two years and was the unborn baby’s biological father. She was 36 weeks pregnant.
Sarah’s sister told police that Sarah and Leyba had been arguing on the phone earlier that night and that he later arrived at the apartment and went inside without permission.
Sarah’s sister told officers Benny Lovato ordered him to leave, and they started arguing.
That’s when the sister ran out of the apartment to get help and then heard gunshots. Police reported they found nine shell casings at the scene.
Court records indicate Leyba’s father spoke with his son after the shooting and said the younger Leyba told him what he had done.
In court Tuesday Deputy District Attorney Charles Baldonado said he is not sure if the death of the fetus qualifies as a murder. Under New Mexico law the child has to be born to be considered a human being, he said.
A grand jury will have to make that decision, he added.
Baldonado also said he’s going to try to add another charge–aggravated burglary–which could mean an extra 15 years in prison if Leyba is convicted.
Leyba has no criminal history.
Police said he worked as security guard at USA Security and Surveillance in Santa Fe and was wearing his uniform, which included a handgun and mace, the night of the killings.
His bond remains at $5 million cash.
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DENVER CO May 27 2009 – Police in Denver say a 12-year-old boy tried to take an incendiary device through security at Denver International Airport Wednesday morning.
They took him into custody and detained him for possession of an incendiary device.
Transportation Security Administration agents stopped the boy before 7:00 a.m. and called police.
Denver Police spokesman Sonny Jackson says the device didn’t ignite and that no passengers or airplanes were in any danger.
He did not release details about the nature of the device.
Officers say the juvenile, whose name was not released, was traveling with family members, and they planned to board a flight to California.
Authorities say the device was in the juvenile’s backpack.Jackson says the police bomb squad was called to the scene, which is a standard precaution during this type of incident.
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GARY, Ind.May 27 2009 (AP) – Church leaders who bought a defunct Indiana funeral home in a tax sale have stumbled upon four bodies that had been left behind in the vacant building.
Lake County Coroner David J. Pastrick calls the situation in the former Serenity Gardens Funeral Home in Gary “unbelievable.”
Leaders of the Northlake Church of Christ called authorities after finding a body bag on a table Sunday.
Pastrick and his staff found one body in the bag, then another in a burial box and finally two more in caskets.
None has been identified.
Pastrick says the bodies may have been there since 2006, when the funeral home’s business license was revoked after several people filed complaints.
Gary police and state agencies are investigating.
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Gilroy CA May 27 2009
Police officers chased and tried to stun a man with an electric charge after he ran from El Rio Nilo, 7474 Monterey St., late Sunday night, police said.
Enrique Leyva, 31, got into a fight with a security guard outside the downtown bar near Monterey and Martin streets about 11:51 p.m. Sunday, police said. Staff called 911 and police arrived moments later.
Leyva ran across the street southbound toward Sixth Street when officers arrived. Police saw him holding something in his right hand as he ran and instructed him to stop, but he kept running, Sgt. Jim Gillio said. At least one officer deployed his electronic stun gun from an unknown distance, but the prongs did not extend long enough to penetrate Leyva’s skin. Less than a minute later, though, at least four officers caught up with Leyva behind the Oakwood Lounge near the corner of Sixth and Monterey streets and detained him there, police said.
Police charged Leyva with fighting in public and resisting a peace officer.
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Posted by privateofficernews on May 27, 2009
MURFREESBORO, Tenn. May 27 2009 — A foster child who was being raised by a Rutherford County deputy and his family was found dead on Monday night hanging from a tree.
Police said Alex Cotten, 8, was found hanging from a tree during a fishing incident while his two brothers, foster father — who’s a reserve deputy — and another full-time deputy were with him.
“I just want questions answered, what’s going on, what happened to my son,” said Alex’s biological mother, Christy Kennedy, who has been fighting to regain custody of her three children.
She received news Monday night that her middle child was dead.
“The phone call was (that) he got in a car wreck,” said Kennedy. “And then later on, when I got to the hospital, the foster family told me otherwise.”
Kennedy said the foster family told her Alex was killed in a hay baling incident. A Rutherford County incident report said he disappeared at a pond during a fishing trip after his foster father, Cam Sandstrom, made him go to the barn as punishment for being hyperactive.
The report said Alex’s foster grandfather, Sid Sandstrom, arrived 15 minutes later and found the boy hanging from a tree by baling twine. Now, investigators are wondering if the child killed himself.
“It would be odd for a child that young (to commit suicide), but you never know what motivates a child or what they’re thinking,” said Dan Goodwin of the Rutherford County Sheriff’s Department. “It could’ve been an accident. We don’t know. It could’ve been intentional.”
Vickie Cotten, Alex’s biological grandmother, said she’s concerned about the other two boys. DCS said because of the ongoing investigation, the boys are being removed from the house — a routine precaution.
“They weren’t watching,” said Cotten. “Would it have happened if they would’ve been watching him?”
Deputies said the case will be investigated as a homicide until details lead them in a different direction.
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