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Monthly Archives: June 2009

WILTON NY June 18 2009 — Nearly 400 pounds of marijuana and more than $1 million in cash were seized by state police and federal agents after they arrested a former mountain biking national champion from Virginia and an area man at his Wilton home Tuesday. The arrests came this week after an investigation that [...]

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Mashantucket, Conn. June 18 2009 A Brooklyn, N.Y., man was arrested by Foxwoods Resort Casino State Police after he was identified as a prior ejection by casino security. The accused, Chun Shan Guo, 48, of 343 58th St., F12, fled the Cedar Casino and was found in the Rainmaker Casino. When approached by security he [...]

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Athens GA. June 18 2009 red&black news A University student was arrested and charged with felony theft by shoplifting after a worker at a downtown clothing store suspected her and another man of taking almost $700 in items. Azadeh Shadea Sigari, an 18-year-old freshman from Marietta, was arrested following a call made to Athens-Clarke County [...]

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REIDSVILLE NC June 18 2009 — A Reidsville man was charged with various offenses following a foot chase June 9. Tony Lee Anderson, 40, of 203 Gaston St., was apprehended by Reidsville police after being chased by security officers at K-Mart, where he reportedly tried to steal merchandise. Reidsville police say the vehicle that Anderson [...]

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Traffic barrel artist arrested in NC www.privateofficer.com RALEIGH, N.C. JUNE 18 2009 When Joseph Carnevale chopped up three stolen orange and white traffic barrels from a construction site to create a massive sculpture of a roadside monster thumbing a ride, the North Carolina college student said he saw it as a form of street art. [...]

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Stafford VA June 18 2009 Dick’s Sporting Goods employee was arrested last week on charges that he stole more than $13,000 from the store. 1st Sgt. Liz Scott of the Spotsylvania County Sheriff’s Office said Michael Drew Martin, 25, of Stafford, was charged with felony embezzlement Friday. She said the loss prevention employees at Dick’s [...]

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New York June 18 2009 A 61year old captain on a Continental Airlines flight has died during the flight, according to the AP. WCBS-TV in New York says the pilot died on a flight from Brussels and the plane was expected to make an emergency landing at Newark Liberty International Airport. Two other captains on [...]

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ATLANTA GA JUNE 18 2009   RETAIL/SHOPLIFTING NEWS Lenoir County NC Julie Kaye Tacinelli, 26, 125 Rockwood Drive, Kinston, May 27, misdemeanor shoplifting. Bond: Written promise. Arresting officer: K. Dunham. Amy Sandlin, 31, 3331 Anita Drive, La Grange, May 27, misdemeanor shoplifting. Bond: Written promise. Arresting officer: K. Dunham. Taunton MA Devon Byrd, 41, 91 [...]

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JACKSON, Miss. June 17 2009 — Jackson police have identified the security officer who was shot at Hamp’s Place nightclub on Friday night. Police said that two men in a dark-colored, older model Mercedes-Benz approached the owner and security guard as they were leaving the building, police said. The robbers demanded money and then shot [...]

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New Milford PA June 17 2009 A Montrose High School teacher turned himself in on charges related to sex with a student. 28 year old Jeffrey David Norris was arraigned in New Milford Town Court in Susquehanna County. Norris faces 12 charges including statutory and indecent sexual assault and corruption of minors. Pennsylvania State Police [...]

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PORT ORCHARD, Wash June 17 2009 — A Bainbridge High School teacher’s aide has been accused of sexually touching a 17-year-old mentally disabled girl at a swimming pool. A witness reported the touching Thursday at the Bainbridge Island Aquatic Center and police investigators reviewed video surveillance. Lt. Sue Shultz says the man worked with the [...]

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Prescott AZ June 17 2009 A security guard checking the arts and crafts booths at the courthouse plaza at around 1:45 a.m. Sunday noticed a man hand a large box from under one of the tents to another man standing nearby. The man with the box ran off while the security guard chased the man [...]

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Rochester NY June 17 2009 A Victor High School art teacher was arrested Monday and accused of forcibly touching and sexually abusing a female student. Ronald L. Bartlett, 49, of 7 Helmsford Way, Penfield, was charged with third-degree sexual abuse and endangering the welfare of a child, according to the Ontario County Sheriff’s Office. The [...]

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Indianapolis IN June 17 2009 wthr.com – A community corrections contractor is in custody for allegedly using his position to take advantage of female inmates in his care. Marion County Prosecutor Carl Brizzi filed felony charges against Brima Kemokai, a contractor in charge of guarding inmates on home detention. Inmates placed on home detention met [...]

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ATLANTA GA June 17 2009 — Two teenagers were killed and a third injured in a crash in the West End area of Atlanta after a police chase early Tuesday morning. Officers spotted the car, which had been reported stolen Monday afternoon, just before 1 a.m. “The preliminary investigation shows that a Honda Accord was [...]

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MANCHESTER, Tenn. June 17 2009 – At 11:30 a.m. the body of man in his mid 20s was found at Bonnaroo. The clean-up crew found the deceased at a campsite in a single-person tent. According to Coffee County Sheriff Steve Graves, the deceased was alive Monday at 3 p.m. Law enforcement said they were working [...]

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ROSWELL, Ga.June 17 2009 wsbtv.com– A cell phone may have saved the life of a Roswell liquor store clerk. Police Lt. James McGee tells WSB-TV that when a would-be robber tried to stab the clerk at the Beverage Mart on Holcomb Bridge Road, the knife dented the cell phone in the clerk’s pocket, but did [...]

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Miami FL June 17 2009 Giovanni Gonzalez once set his sights on playing professional baseball, but when fate put an end to that dream, the kid from Coral Gables embarked on another: serving his community as a police officer. After graduating from the police academy, the Miami-Dade police officer was quickly promoted to the Kendall [...]

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Novato CA June 17 2009 A Novato man was arrested Tuesday after he allegedly attacked a security guard while stealing sausage and steak from a grocery store, police said. Myles Damien McDonough, 47, was booked on suspicion of robbery, theft and other allegations. Bail was set at $50,000. The incident occurred around 5 p.m. at [...]

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Monroe LA June 16 2009 Monroe police arrested a Sears employee and two other suspects Saturday night after they reportedly attempted to fraudulently obtain credit cards at the store. Sears employee Nicholas Armando Young, 21, 503 Nichols St., Monroe, was observed by police on surveillance video taking credit card applications from the other suspects and [...]

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ST. AUGUSTINE, FL JUNE 16 2009 — A 12-month-old baby died Sunday afternoon after being left in a car, police say. The St. Johns County Sheriff’s Office responded to the 300 block of Harvard Road. Rescue personnel arrived and found a 12-month-old girl that was not responsive. The child was taken to Flagler Hospital and [...]

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Leonardtown MD June 16 2009 ASSAULT 2ND DEGREE: On Friday, June 12 at 10:56 pm, TFC J. Fleetwood and Tpr. B. Wiesemann were traveling south bound Point Lookout Road in the area of Chaptico Road in Mechanicsville when an oncoming orange Chevrolet Corvette crossed the double line almost striking TFC Fleetwood’s marked MSP unit. TFC [...]

Woodbridge VA June 16 2009 A bus driver and another man were fatally shot yesterday morning near a bus terminal in Woodbridge, and a suspect was arrested last night and charged with murder, Prince William County police said. Police said that the bus driver and the suspect were employees of the Potomac and Rappahannock Transit [...]

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Denver CO June 16 2009 At 1:34 p.m. on June 9, an officer parked at West Ohio Avenue and South Wadsworth Boulevard observed two Office Depot employees running toward the patrol car. The employees said three men had just stolen three computer monitors from the store and were driving away. The officer dispatched the information [...]

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Miami Fla June 15 2009 A Metrorail garage security guard was fatally shot at work Sunday night, according to police. Miami-Dade investigators identified the man as 50-year-old Chevor Wint, an armed security guard who worked at the Earlington Heights Metrorail garage, 2100 NW 41st St. It was 10:10 p.m. when he was shot during a [...]

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SEATTLE WA June 15 2009 – A security guard may have stopped a woman from being kidnapped near the Space Needle. Security personnel were monitoring security cameras in the predawn darkness on Saturday when they spotted something suspicious. They could see a woman walking alone when a car pulled up next to her. She tried [...]

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STEUBENVILLE,OH June 15 2009 — Steubenville police are on the lookout for a suspect who attacked a security guard at Fransican University overnight. Captain John Young tells wtrf.com the attacked happend while the female security guard was making rounds near what’s called the physical plant at the University. The guard told police a black male [...]

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SEATAC, Wash. JUNE 15 2009 — The King County Sheriff’s Office says a man stole an SUV from a family unloading luggage at the Seattle-Tacoma International Airport and then smashed into seven police cars while he was trying to get away at speeds more than 100 miles per hour. Sheriff’s spokesman John Urquhart told KOMO-TV [...]

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CHICAGO IL June 15 2009 – Chicago Police say a 33-year-old man impersonating a security guard has been arrested after being found with a loaded handgun on an elevated train platform. Two undercover officers were working on the Chicago Transit Authority train platform on the city’s west side Friday when they spotted a man with [...]

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Charlotte NC June 15 2009 Police are reporting that a person who suffered serious injuries this morning in the collision of a Charlotte Area Transit System bus and a passenger vehicle in south Charlotte has died. The Charlotte Mecklenburg police said that the wreck happened at Park and Gleneagles roads early Monday morning. Jeff Keith, [...]

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