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Monthly Archives: June 2009

Three killed in NY small plane crash www.privateofficer.com SCOTIA NY June 15 2009 — Family members of three people killed in Sunday’s crash of a small plane into the Mohawk River were on the scene this morning as the plane was pulled from the river. The body of the third victim, believed to be George [...]

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Atlanta GA June 13 2009 PRESS RELEASE HELLO MEMBER: I wanted to announce to you today that effective June 15 2009, we will be changing our name from the National Association of Private Officers to; PRIVATE OFFICER INTERNATIONAL. This change reflects our growth and direction of the organization as we continue to expand our reach [...]

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INTERNATIONAL NEWS Lancashire England Four men have been arrested after a security guard was stabbed at a Lancashire supermarket. The worker was attacked by two men as he filled a cash machine at Booths in Liverpool Road, Longton. Eyewitnesses said he was stabbed in the leg by a machete shortly after 10.10am on Tuesday. The [...]

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FILLMORE June 13 2009 — A former mayor, LDS bishop and high school teacher in Fillmore has been arrested on charges of having sex with a 17-year-old girl. Keith Gillins was booked into jail Monday night after the student came forward with the allegations. News of the arrest comes after weeks of rumors in Fillmore. [...]

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Mobile AL June 13 2009 A Mobile man accused of robbing a Dollar General store Wednesday night had been out of jail for only two weeks after being arrested in connection with an earlier robbery. In addition, Kyle Gardner, 18, has been linked to two robberies in May at area Dollar General stores, police said. [...]

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ALLIANCE, Ohio June 13 2009 An Ohio man has been sentenced to nine years in prison for stealing underwear from more than 20 women in a series of home break-ins going back to 2006. Thomas Williams, 25, pleaded guilty Wednesday to 11 felonies, including nine burglary counts. He also pleaded guilty to misdemeanor voyeurism. Williams [...]

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MYRTLE BEACH, S.C. June 13 2009 Students have been known to try to fake a doctor’s note to get out of school. A South Carolina woman has now been arrested and accused of writing fake doctor’s notes for four students. The Sun News of Myrtle Beach reported Wednesday that 45-year-old Naomi Antoinette Aranda was charged [...]

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NASHVILLE, Tenn.June 13 2009 – It’s not something you expect to hear about – especially in Nashville. A father and son have been accused of trafficking women as sex slaves. Officers arrested Charles and Timothy Lee Thursday morning at the Red Roof Inn on Sidco Drive. Turns out that one of the women asked motel [...]

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Chicago IL June 13 2009 Authorities arrested a Chicago man and charged him with retail theft, resisting arrest and battery after stealing purses and fighting with security guards and police at Chicago Ridge Mall, police said. According to the police report, Lewis Cross, 37, of the 5800 block of South Campbell Avenue was spotted by [...]

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PALMETTO FLA June 13 2009 — A Palmetto woman has been arrested on a child neglect charge after a Wal-Mart security guard caught her 9-year-old son shoplifting. A Palmetto police report said Christine Colon, 30, could not be located after officers responded to the shoplifting call at the Wal-Mart Supercenter in the 500 block of [...]

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McDonough GA June 13 2009 A convicted felon is back in jail after he broke into the McDonough Police Department and stole several guns. After breaking into the police department, Jamie Lee Clark then sold some of the firearms, according to court records. Police say Clark, 33, broke into the McDonough Police station on June [...]

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MILLVILLE NJ June 13 2009 — A teacher at Memorial High School was recently charged with three offenses, including first-degree aggravated assault, for allegedly sexually assaulting two teenage students, Cumberland County Prosecutor Ronald J. Casella announced Friday. Michael Drebes, 37, of Millville, was arrested also on charges for second-degree endangering the welfare of a child, [...]

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SANTA ANA CA June 13 2009 – Father-and-son pastors who formerly led the Calvary Baptist Church in Yorba Linda have each been sentenced to 2 years in prison for using church offers to finance lavish lifestyles. Richard Wimberly Cunningham, 76, and his 52-year-old son, Philip Ladd Cunningham, are accused of stealing $3 million in donations [...]

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Atlanta GA. June 12 2009 PRIVATE OFFICER INTERNATIONAL BREAKING NEWS COLUMBIA, SC One person is dead after an overnight shooting. According to the Richland County Sheriff’s Department, the incident happened just after midnight at the Colonial Villa Apartments. Investigators say a security guard for the Garner’s Ferry Road apartment complex was in his car doing [...]

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Washington DC June 12 2009 By Christian Davenport Washington Post Staff Writer They’re often derided as rent-a-cops, the hall monitors of law enforcement, whose uniforms suggest professionalism and proficiency even if they don’t always garner respect. In the Washington area, private security guards are legion, if largely unheralded, protecting banks and businesses, government buildings and [...]

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CHARLOTTE, NC June 12 2009 (WBTV) – A middle school band instructor has been charged with taking indecent liberties with a student at a Charlotte high school, police said. Richard Priode, 44, of Green Lea Court in Charlotte, teaches band at Sullivan Middle School in Rock Hill, police said. The relationship between the two happened [...]

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FAIRVIEW HEIGHTS IL June 12 2009– A security officer at the Lowe’s store at 6211 North Illinois Street was injured this evening when he was dragged by a vehicle, police said. It happened about 5 p.m when the officer tried to stop a man suspected of stealing a power tool set. The man jumped in [...]

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MONTROSE CO June 12 2009 – Andrew Burke, a band teacher at Montrose High School, was arrested Wednesday, June 3 on a warrant for sexual assault on a child by a person of trust. Montrose Police Cmdr. Gene Lillard said Burke was arrested in the 1900 block of White House Drive. Lillard said the victim [...]

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PhiladelphiaPA June 12 2009 A woman critically injured when her toddler and two other children were killed by a car driven by a man fleeing police died this morning, officials say. She was identified as Latoya Smith, 22, who had been taken to Einstein Medical Center after the fleeing car crashed into a crowd last [...]

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San Antonio TX June 12 2009 A security guard hired to watch over Tony Parker’s home has been accused of attempting to hawk on Craigslist an autographed Michael Jordan jersey he swiped from the Spurs guard’s personal gymnasium. Bexar County Sheriff’s deputies arrested 22-year-old Christopher James Carolan after linking him to a posting on the [...]

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Concord NH June 12 2009 concordmonitor.com A teacher with 46 years of experience at St. Paul’s School and a Harvard education was arrested Tuesday for assaulting a female student, the police said. William Faulkner, a 69-year-old math teacher, was charged with simple assault and endangering the welfare of a child, both misdemeanors. The alleged incident [...]

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Santa Monica CA. June 12 2009 Officers responded to the 300 block of the Santa Monica Pier — Pacific Park — regarding a report of a suspect being detained by Pacific Park security for vandalism. When officers arrived, they spoke with security guards who said they entered a bathroom and saw the suspect kneeling beside [...]

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Temple Hills MD June 12 2009 A 16-year veteran of the Prince George’s County Police Department has been charged with allegedly trying to rob a bank early Wednesday morning, acting as a lookout — dressed in his police uniform — while another man tried to saw into the bank’s vault. Cpl. Eddie Smith Jr., 41, [...]

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San Francisco CA June 12 2009 Security officers at the federal courthouse in San Francisco have used drugs or alcohol on duty, allowed entry to individuals without properly screening them and engaged in romantic liaisons while on the job, according to a lawsuit filed by three guards. Other violations at the Federal Building on Golden [...]

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Memphis, TN June 12 2009 – A former Red Cross employee is suspected of embezzling more than $10,000, meant for fire victims. Organizers with the Midsouth Chapter of the American Red Cross are now calling for a full-on police investigation. The Executive Director of the Red Cross says the employee was a volunteer for years [...]

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Detroit MI June 12 2009 They searched high and low for their lost money after it tumbled from the back of an armored car Thursday, but security company officials still netted a hefty loss along one of Metro Detroit’s busiest roadways — and are calling on local people to help recover the missing $160,000. “If [...]

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ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. June 11 2009 State police have confirmed that hiker Megumi Yamamoto and pilot Sgt. Andy Tingwall have been found dead. Officials said earlier Thursday that they feared university student Yamamoto did not survive the crash Tuesday night. The chopper had just rescued Yamamoto, who had been on a hiking trip, when it hit [...]

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PHOENIX AZ June 11 2009 — Police searched for a man who reportedly robbed an armored car guard at a central Phoenix Wal-Mart Tuesday. According to Phoenix Police Det. James Holmes, the robbery occurred at a Wal-Mart near 35th Avenue and Bethany Home Road just before noon. Holmes said the suspect came out of a [...]

Milwaukee WI June 11 2009 jsonline.com Two Milwaukee police officers were shot Tuesday afternoon on the near south side by a bicyclist whom they had stopped, police said. A suspect was arrested a short time later. Both officers were shot more than once and were taken to Froedtert Hospital in Wauwatosa. One was in critical [...]

YUMA, Ariz. June 11 2009 Yuma police’s officer of the year in 2008 has been arrested on suspicion of stealing more than $11,000 in cash from seized evidence to support an addition to prescription drugs. The Yuma Police Department placed Officer George Presco on administrative leave after a detective discovered Presco didn’t return evidence – [...]

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