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Monthly Archives: June 2009

RUSTON LA June 5 2009 — A former Louisiana Tech University teacher and lecturer faces numerous charges of sex crimes involving juveniles. Ralph Gabriel, 55, of Ruston, was arrested in October on five counts of indecent behavior with a juvenile and one count of computer-aided solicitation for sexual purposes stemming from an Internet sting operation [...]

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Millsboro DE June 5 2009 Delaware State Police have arrested a Sussex Central High School teacher for having inappropriate contact with a student. On Wednesday morning, police arrested John George Rainis, 24, of Villa Circle, Delaware. According to police, Rainis, an Indian River School District Teacher who is an athletic trainer and full time substitute [...]

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Ferndale MI June 5 2009 A 58-year-old man is in critical condition today, shot in the neck by an off-duty mall security officer who thought the man was breaking into his Ferndale apartment. The victim is expected to survive, but police are investigating whether the shooting at 2 a.m. Wednesday was justified, Ferndale Police Lt. [...]

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Philadelphia PA June 5 2009 Employees and patrons at the famous Boyd’s men’s clothing store in center city Philadelphia were shaken up but no one was seriously hurt as four men staged a smash-and-grab robbery at the upscale store on Thursday afternoon. Police say the robbery happened in two stages. First, a couple of armed [...]

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Indian Land SC June 5 2009 A middle school teacher in Lancaster County faces sex charges involving a student. Jonathan Jens, 36, of Fort Mill, was arrested Monday at Indian Land Middle School, where he teacher social studies and is coach of the boys’ basketball team. Lancaster County authorities say he has been charged with [...]

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NICEVILLE FLA June 5 2009– A 26-year-old guard with the Air Force Security Forces was arrested at Turkey Creek on May 26 after she fought a police officer and firefighter who tried to pull her out of the water, according to her arrest report. Christina Marie Stefanik was at the park at 4 a.m, when [...]

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MIDLAND/ECTOR COUNTY TX June 5 2009 newswest9.com – Authorities have arrested the final suspect in connection with Thursday’s attempted robbery and shooting in Odessa. The first two arrests were made at the Airline Mobile Home Park on Highway 80 in Midland County around 4:00 Thursday afternoon after authorities surrounded the area. The two suspects gave [...]

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HOUSTON TX June 5 2009 (KTRK) — A local middle school teacher is off the job, all for what he’s accused of doing to a seventh grade student. Investigators are focusing on that teacher’s cell phone. The teacher is on paid administrative leave pending results of the investigation. Authorities told us that they are looking [...]

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MARSHVILLE NC June 5 2009 Marshville Councilwoman Denise Whitley was arrested Monday and charged with forging an elderly relative’s will on an estate worth more than $1.2 million. Whitley is accused of presenting a will to the Union County Clerk of Court that left all of Ethel Julia Whitley’s real and personal property to Denise [...]

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Baltimore MD June 5 2009 A security officer at Baltimore-Washington International Thurgood Marshall Airport was injured Wednesday night when she was struck by lightning or experienced a near-strike during a heavy storm, said a spokesman for the airport. The officer’s name was not released. Jonathan Dean, the spokesman, said the woman was in or near [...]

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MIDLAND TX June 4 2009 A 24-year-old security officer from Midland was killed early Wednesday after his truck rolled over on State Highway 191 just west of Midland, Department of Public Safety communications operator Gilbert Villarreal said. Scott Mark Wanamaker, a security officer with the Transportation Security Administration, was pronounced dead at the scene of [...]

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Milwaukee WI June 3 2009 Two people were shot, one fatally, during an attempted armed robbery Wednesday afternoon at a check cashing business near N. 76th St. and W. Capitol Drive, officials said. Both men who were shot are believed to have been trying to rob Check Into Cash, 3906 N. 76th St., at about [...]

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MOBILE, Ala. June 4 2009 — A Mobile police officer was shot and killed Tuesday night while working private security at an apartment complex, authorities said this morning. Officer Brandon Sigler, 26, was found with a gunshot wound about 11:30 p.m. at Tyler Ridge Apartments in the 7700 block of Thomas Road, police said. Sigler [...]

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  LAKEWOOD, Wash. June 4 2009 – Lakewood Police say they have arrested all of the ‘main players’ in the deadly shooting and robbery at a Wal-Mart store on Tuesday, and that the robbery was an inside job. Lakewood police spokesperson Lt. Heidi Hoffman says detectives believe they have arrested the two men seen in [...]

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Washington, GA June 4 2009—A woman who worked for the police department in Washington, Georgia has been arrested and charged with stealing money from the department. Investigators say that Tammy Dale Land is accused of taking more than $40,000 from a Washington Police Department account. The money was from traffic fines and other items collected [...]

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  Denver CO June 4 2009 Police have made an arrest in connection with the murder of a security guard outside a nightclub. Denver Police have arrested 21-year-old David Cano-Rivera for investigation of accessory to first-degree murder in connection to the shooting in the El Chaparral nightclub early last Friday morning. A warrant was also [...]

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Detroit MI June 4 2009 A man armed with a handgun was arrested after stealing condoms from Wal-Mart, 29555 Plymouth Road, at about 10 a.m. Monday Loss prevention officers at Wal-Mart watched the man rip open a box of condoms, then stuff them into his pocket. After he left the store, security ordered him to [...]

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FREDERICKSBURG, Va. June 4 2009 — Police say a 12-year-old Spotsylvania County boy died and another boy was critically injured after lightning struck as they were playing catch. The incident occurred Wednesday on a ballfield south of Fredericksburg as severe storms battered parts of Virginia, flooding roads and knocking out power. Spotsylvania County sheriff’s 1st [...]

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BANGKOK June 4 2009(AP) — Actor David Carradine, star of the 1970s TV series “Kung Fu” who also had a wide-ranging career in the movies, has been found dead in the Thai capital, Bangkok. A spokesman for the U.S. Embassy, Michael Turner, confirmed the death of the 72-year-old actor. He says Carradine died either late [...]

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Pima County AZ June 4 2009 A local security guard accused of attempted murder for a shooting at a southside convenience store. Pima County Sheriff’s deputies say two guards confronted three shoplifting suspects early Wednesday morning at the Circle-K at Country Club and Ajo. Investigators say one of the guards fired as a suspect backed [...]

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KANNAPOLIS, N.C. June 4 2009(AP) — A North Carolina husband used the online advertising service Craigslist to enlist a man to rape his wife in the couple’s home, police said Wednesday. The 25-year-old Kannapolis man faces first-degree rape and other charges. The Associated Press, which generally does not identify victims of sexual assault, is not [...]

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CENTREVILLE IL June 3 2009– Centreville police Lt. Greg Jonas was shot and killed early Tuesday. Jonas, 58, of Centreville, appeared to have been shot once in the back of the head, said St. Clair County Coroner Rick Stone. Residents of the Ernest Smith Apartments in Centreville said Jonas was lying in the street and [...]

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ST. Paul MN June 3 2009 A Wright County Sheriff’s deputy was killed in a motorcycle accident early Tuesday morning. Dan Lang, 43, was riding his custom motorcycle in north Minneapolis when he hit a median near Washington Avenue North and 2nd Street North. Relatives say Lang was out for a ride with a friend [...]

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Dallas TX June 3 2009 A security guard was injured and his gun was stolen after he tussled with a man suspected of burglarizing vehicles at a northeast Dallas apartment complex Tuesday night. David Preasley, 41, was working security at the Firefox apartment complex in the 5700 block of Pineland Drive when he saw a [...]

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BANGOR, Maine June 3 2009 — An Enfield man was arrested Tuesday afternoon after allegedly threatening another man at the Bangor Mall and then brandishing a loaded handgun at police officers who responded to the threat. Brian W. Murphy, 24, has been charged with criminal threatening with a dangerous weapon, a Class C felony, but [...]

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Stockton CA June 3 2009 Stockton police characterized as “cold-blooded” the killing of two security officers, shot dead in their cars this morning. “There is no doubt that it is incredibly cold-blooded,” said Officer Pete Smith, a Stockton police spokesman. The guards were found in separate vehicles at the Park Village Apartments on Alvarado Avenue [...]

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LAKEWOOD, Wash. June 3 2009– Two people have been arrested in connection with the fatal shooting of an armored car guard at a Wal-Mart store Tuesday afternoon According to the Lakewood police, the suspects were arrested shortly before midnight. The suspects are currently being held at the Pierce County jail. Jail records show the suspects [...]

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BROWNSTOWN TWP MA June 3 2009 — A security guard who tried to break up a fight at Woodhaven High School was bitten and one of her fingernails was partially torn off, according to a police report. The incident occurred at about 12:30 p.m. May 26. The report said two students were fighting and the [...]

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LITTLE ROCK, Ark. June 3 2009 AP – Two convicted murderers who escaped from an Arkansas prison wearing guard uniforms were captured Tuesday in New York state. Calvin Adams and Jeffrey Grinder were in the same car that had been left for them at the Cummins Unit prison in Grady, about 90 miles southeast of [...]

FOREST HILL LA June 3 2009 — A 9-year-old Forest Hill boy was orphaned on his birthday Tuesday when his father shot his mother and then killed himself, authorities said. apides Parish sheriff’s officials said James Anthony Carroll, 38, and his wife, 26-year-old Rebecca Lynn Carroll, were found dead around 8 a.m. Tuesday. Authorities today [...]

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