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Longtime hospital security officer suffers heart attack at work www.privateofficer.com
July 1, 2009
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FRESNO CA. JULY 1 2009
Longtime Community Regional Medical Center security officer, Tim Slaton, kindly and gently kept the peace, was a stickler for perfection and kept things light with his quirky humor. A heart attack downed him shortly after midnight June 20 as he worked his usual post in the hospital’s main lobby. Despite quick response from medical staff he died at age 59.
“We are heartbroken to have lost our ‘rock.’ Tim was our voice of reason, knowledge, understanding and our comic relief,” said Denise Weaver Cantu, a fellow security officer.
Mr. Slaton celebrated his 20th anniversary at Community in November. Kevin Weaver, director of security, said he was the employee who could always be counted on. “He performed his duties like a dance. He knew that position inside and out and had such a way with people,” Weaver said. “His charm always came through when he interacted with the staff on the floors and he could use gentle persuasion when dealing with the public. I truly valued his insight and input into how to make the facility a better and safer place.”
Pat Tucker, supervisor for staffing and bed control in the downtown hospital, shared conversation nearly every work day with Mr. Slaton, usually trading observations about their favorite NFL team, the San Francisco 49ers. She said he really imbued the lobby with a sense of calm and security: “I used to come in every day at 5 a.m. and I would park across near Dr. Woo’s office and walk in. I always felt OK doing that. Just knowing he was in there made me feel safe to do that. He had the biggest smile and was just a kind person.”
Mr. Slaton’s wife of 21 years, Sandy Slaton, said she knew on cold nights her husband would invite people in from the cold streets to warm up in the hospital lobby with a cup of coffee. “He had a real soft heart but he didn’t like to admit it,” said Sandy Slaton. He played the tough guy, but helped raise three step-sons, moved in with his elderly mother to care for her and doted on a stray calico cat a co-worker gave him.
Sandy Slaton described her husband as a homebody whose idea of fun was rising early to make coffee at a campfire in the mountains or walking along the beach to watch the sun set. “He had an eccentric, sort of intellectual comedy,” she said of her late husband. “He felt it a privilege to make me laugh. When we were first dating he put a note on the door that said ‘I was here and you were not. Now you are here and I’m not.’ That was his quirky humor.”
Sandy Slaton said she has many wonderful memories. “But I wish I had had a video camera on the whole 21 years we were together so I could watch it again.”
Weaver Cantu said on slower nights Tim would sketch scenes in a book he kept with him in the lobby. Employees admired his artistic talent and often took the chance to sneak a peek at the thousands of drawings done during his two decades at his lobby post.
“Community Medical Centers will forever feel the loss of our beloved Tim, who carried out his duties with perfection, and demanded if you covered his post that you also be perfect,” said Weaver Cantu. “Tim did not want an ‘irate nurse’ calling him and chewing him out for a mistake that one of us dared to make. Tim will be greatly missed, copied but never duplicated. A piece of our hearts has gone with him.”
Longtime Community Regional Medical Center security officer, Tim Slaton, kindly and gently kept the peace, was a stickler for perfection and kept things light with his quirky humor. A heart attack downed him shortly after midnight June 20 as he worked his usual post in the hospital’s main lobby. Despite quick response from medical staff he died at age 59.
“We are heartbroken to have lost our ‘rock.’ Tim was our voice of reason, knowledge, understanding and our comic relief,” said Denise Weaver Cantu, a fellow security officer.
Mr. Slaton celebrated his 20th anniversary at Community in November. Kevin Weaver, director of security, said he was the employee who could always be counted on. “He performed his duties like a dance. He knew that position inside and out and had such a way with people,” Weaver said. “His charm always came through when he interacted with the staff on the floors and he could use gentle persuasion when dealing with the public. I truly valued his insight and input into how to make the facility a better and safer place.”
Pat Tucker, supervisor for staffing and bed control in the downtown hospital, shared conversation nearly every work day with Mr. Slaton, usually trading observations about their favorite NFL team, the San Francisco 49ers. She said he really imbued the lobby with a sense of calm and security: “I used to come in every day at 5 a.m. and I would park across near Dr. Woo’s office and walk in. I always felt OK doing that. Just knowing he was in there made me feel safe to do that. He had the biggest smile and was just a kind person.”
Mr. Slaton’s wife of 21 years, Sandy Slaton, said she knew on cold nights her husband would invite people in from the cold streets to warm up in the hospital lobby with a cup of coffee. “He had a real soft heart but he didn’t like to admit it,” said Sandy Slaton. He played the tough guy, but helped raise three step-sons, moved in with his elderly mother to care for her and doted on a stray calico cat a co-worker gave him.
Sandy Slaton described her husband as a homebody whose idea of fun was rising early to make coffee at a campfire in the mountains or walking along the beach to watch the sun set. “He had an eccentric, sort of intellectual comedy,” she said of her late husband. “He felt it a privilege to make me laugh. When we were first dating he put a note on the door that said ‘I was here and you were not. Now you are here and I’m not.’ That was his quirky humor.”
Sandy Slaton said she has many wonderful memories. “But I wish I had had a video camera on the whole 21 years we were together so I could watch it again.”
Weaver Cantu said on slower nights Tim would sketch scenes in a book he kept with him in the lobby. Employees admired his artistic talent and often took the chance to sneak a peek at the thousands of drawings done during his two decades at his lobby post.
“Community Medical Centers will forever feel the loss of our beloved Tim, who carried out his duties with perfection, and demanded if you covered his post that you also be perfect,” said Weaver Cantu. “Tim did not want an ‘irate nurse’ calling him and chewing him out for a mistake that one of us dared to make. Tim will be greatly missed, copied but never duplicated. A piece of our hearts has gone with him.”
Mr. Slaton was born and raised in Fresno and did a stint in the Navy before going to work in security at Community Regional. He’s survived by his wife, his mother and three step-sons. The family is holding a memorial service at 2 p.m. on July 10 at Yost & Webb Funeral Home, 1002 T St. in Fresno.
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Off-duty security officer drowns in rescue of girl www.privateofficer.com
July 1, 2009
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SULPHUR, Oklahoma July 1 2009– A Shawnee man died while trying to save his fiance’s daughter from drowning.What started out as a fun, family gathering, quickly turned into tragedy. Jeanna Bennett said Monday will be a day she’ll never forget.
Gregory Barker, 32, was trying to save Bennett’s 8-year-old daughter who was having difficulties swimming in a stream near Veteran Lake Creek in the Chickasaw National Recreation Area.
“She bobbed a little bit. She got scared and panicked and he went to her and he saved her,” Bennett said.
But just as Barker was helping his fiance’s child, he experienced difficulty swimming.
“He kept pushing her up. He just kept pushing her up,” Bennett said.
She said she watched paralyzed by the bank as Barker went under the water and never came back up. Bystanders pulled him from the water and began administering CPR. He was taken to a hospital where he died.
Bennett said she is grateful to her fiance for saving her daughter’s life but is devastated to lose someone she deeply loved.
“Not every man would do what he did,” Bennett said. “He’s my hero. He always will be.”
Bennett and Barker met about a year ago at Fire Lake Casino where they worked.
Barker was a security guard but was working towards becoming a police officer, so he could help people and help save lives.
Bennett’s daughter was transported to the hospital but made a full recovery.
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Brink’s changes name to Broadview Security www.privateofficer.com
July 1, 2009
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Atlanta GA July 1 2009
Starting next week, it will be hard for TV watchers to miss a barrage of commercials for Broadview Security.
The name Broadview is new, but it’s part of a very old company–Brink’s ( BCO – news – people ). The publicly traded security company spun off its alarm system unit, Brink’s Home Security, from its armored truck division last October in an effort to fight competitors and boost earnings for shareholders. Part of the spin-off agreement was a branding makeover aimed at driving more business to the home security outfit.
Brink’s Home Security will spend between $70 million and $120 million over the next several years pitching its name as a part of a re-branding effort overseen by WPP Group’s ( WPPGY – news – people ) Landor Associates. TV ads–there are three 60-second and two 30-second spots–feature vulnerable women dodging spooky would-be burglars thanks to Broadview alarm systems. The ads, created by Interpublic Group’s ( IPG – news – people ) Draftfcb in Chicago, will run on 40 cable networks, introducing the company with a tag line, “the next generation of Brink’s Home Security.” New yard signs, delivery trucks and a Web site will roll out in July.
The Richmond, Va.-based company had three years to hold on to the Brink’s name for its home-security business, but executives there decided to ditch the moniker now so that Broadview will be a name people are familiar with when they start buying and renovating homes again. “In a tough economy, this is a strategic business move,” says Dwayne Sigler, Broadview’s senior vice president of marketing.
The home security business made up 15% of Brink’s $3.2 billion revenue last year. Revenue in the first quarter jumped 6.4% to $136 million with the addition of 19,700 new subscribers. (Spikes in crime during economic downturns are good for the security business.) Company shares have climbed 26% to $27.72 in the last six months.
Many other brands have attempted to overhaul themselves in the downturn, though most have been packaged goods, including Snapple and Heinz ( HNZ – news – people ). PepsiCo’s ( PEP – news – people ) Tropicana pumped $35 million into a campaign that included drastically different packaging and resulted in a consumer backlash
The most successful re-branding efforts are gradual ones that happen over time,” says Scott Montgomery, founder of New York marketing firm Bradley and Montgomery.
Broadview CEO Bob Allen said the company would have been happy to keep the Brink name, but licensing and taxation regulations would have been too pricey. This separation also helps single out Brink’s armored transportation division, which is reportedly positioning itself to be acquired by the world’s second-largest security company, G4S Plc. The U.K. firm is on a hunt to buy overseas businesses, and its CEO Nick Buckles announced in December that Brink’s truck division will be a likely target.
Broadview Security’s Sigler says company executives don’t know exactly how long it will take–or what they will have to spend–to make the name Broadview stick. “That’s why there’s a $50-million gap in what we’re willing to commit,” says Sigler. ” We need to see how it goes.”
Starting next week, it will be hard for TV watchers to miss a barrage of commercials for Broadview Security.
The name Broadview is new, but it’s part of a very old company–Brink’s ( BCO – news – people ). The publicly traded security company spun off its alarm system unit, Brink’s Home Security, from its armored truck division last October in an effort to fight competitors and boost earnings for shareholders. Part of the spin-off agreement was a branding makeover aimed at driving more business to the home security outfit.
Brink’s Home Security will spend between $70 million and $120 million over the next several years pitching its name as a part of a re-branding effort overseen by WPP Group’s ( WPPGY – news – people ) Landor Associates. TV ads–there are three 60-second and two 30-second spots–feature vulnerable women dodging spooky would-be burglars thanks to Broadview alarm systems. The ads, created by Interpublic Group’s ( IPG – news – people ) Draftfcb in Chicago, will run on 40 cable networks, introducing the company with a tag line, “the next generation of Brink’s Home Security.” New yard signs, delivery trucks and a Web site will roll out in July.
The Richmond, Va.-based company had three years to hold on to the Brink’s name for its home-security business, but executives there decided to ditch the moniker now so that Broadview will be a name people are familiar with when they start buying and renovating homes again. “In a tough economy, this is a strategic business move,” says Dwayne Sigler, Broadview’s senior vice president of marketing.
The home security business made up 15% of Brink’s $3.2 billion revenue last year. Revenue in the first quarter jumped 6.4% to $136 million with the addition of 19,700 new subscribers. (Spikes in crime during economic downturns are good for the security business.) Company shares have climbed 26% to $27.72 in the last six months.
Many other brands have attempted to overhaul themselves in the downturn, though most have been packaged goods, including Snapple and Heinz ( HNZ – news – people ). PepsiCo’s ( PEP – news – people ) Tropicana pumped $35 million into a campaign that included drastically different packaging and resulted in a consumer backlash
The most successful re-branding efforts are gradual ones that happen over time,” says Scott Montgomery, founder of New York marketing firm Bradley and Montgomery.
Broadview CEO Bob Allen said the company would have been happy to keep the Brink name, but licensing and taxation regulations would have been too pricey. This separation also helps single out Brink’s armored transportation division, which is reportedly positioning itself to be acquired by the world’s second-largest security company, G4S Plc. The U.K. firm is on a hunt to buy overseas businesses, and its CEO Nick Buckles announced in December that Brink’s truck division will be a likely target.
Broadview Security’s Sigler says company executives don’t know exactly how long it will take–or what they will have to spend–to make the name Broadview stick. “That’s why there’s a $50-million gap in what we’re willing to commit,” says Sigler. ” We need to see how it goes.”
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100 New Kansas City police cars sit idle www.privateofficer.com
July 1, 2009
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Kansas City MO July 1 2009
kcnews.com The Kansas City Police Department spent at least $2.1 million in the last 13 months to buy more than 100 vehicles that will take months — perhaps years — to fully deploy.
And some Kansas City Council members, still in the midst of their own budget crisis, are angry. Part of that money, they contend, might have helped keep officers on the streets instead of keeping idle cars in a garage for the future.
“We know they need cars,” said Councilwoman Deb Hermann. “But we need things at the city, too.”
Police spokesman Capt. Rich Lockhart said the department bought the vehicles in the last fiscal year, which started in May 2008. Roughly half were purchased last fall, at a cost of more than $1 million.
Then this spring, Lockhart said the Board of Police Commissioners approved spending an additional $1 million on 50 more police cars, bringing total spending to $2.1 million — twice the department’s original vehicle replacement budget.
Lockhart said 91 cars and 12 vans the department purchased are still off the streets. They’re being stored in two locations: half of them in newly leased space at the overhaul base at Kansas City International Airport.
The department is storing the cars and vans until they can be outfitted with radios, light bars and other equipment, he said. But because of cutbacks in maintenance workers, it takes more than 50 hours to get a single vehicle ready.
The result: It could be two years before all 103 cars and vans are available for service.
“We’re hoping to be able to get some money to get them out quicker,” Lockhart said. “We’ve got to have them.”
Council members, though, said some of the money might have been better spent on officers.
“If they are so short of funds to keep police on the streets — it’s very odd what their priorities appear to be,” said Councilwoman Jan Marcason.
Hermann and Marcason are particularly upset because the department, with the approval of the Board of Police Commissioners in March, spent almost $1 million on new cars in the midst of a heated argument with the council over police priorities and cutbacks.
Lockhart said the department could afford the additional cars this spring because the price of gasoline dropped, saving the department $900,000.
Rather than return those savings to the city — or use the money for other purposes in the department — police officials decided to buy cars, partly because they were afraid they wouldn’t get more car money anytime soon.
“We did not think we would be able to purchase cars this year,” Lockhart said, adding that the department in essence bought the cars a year ahead of time.
In a statement, Police Chief Jim Corwin said the vehicle purchases made sense.
“This was good planning in a tough budget year,” he wrote. “We realized budget savings, and we bought the vehicles when we had the money.”
Mayor Mark Funkhouser, who’s also a member of the police board, defended the spending, too.
“If you’re going to have officers responding … you’re going to have to have cars and people,” Funkhouser said. “I don’t think those cars are going to be sitting there for a year.”
The police board president, Mark Thompson, did not return calls seeking comment.
Lockhart said the department spent the money this spring in part because it felt the gas savings could not be returned to the city’s treasury, and said that that buying the cars now would actually save money because car prices could go up.
kcnews.com The Kansas City Police Department spent at least $2.1 million in the last 13 months to buy more than 100 vehicles that will take months — perhaps years — to fully deploy.
And some Kansas City Council members, still in the midst of their own budget crisis, are angry. Part of that money, they contend, might have helped keep officers on the streets instead of keeping idle cars in a garage for the future.
“We know they need cars,” said Councilwoman Deb Hermann. “But we need things at the city, too.”
Police spokesman Capt. Rich Lockhart said the department bought the vehicles in the last fiscal year, which started in May 2008. Roughly half were purchased last fall, at a cost of more than $1 million.
Then this spring, Lockhart said the Board of Police Commissioners approved spending an additional $1 million on 50 more police cars, bringing total spending to $2.1 million — twice the department’s original vehicle replacement budget.
Lockhart said 91 cars and 12 vans the department purchased are still off the streets. They’re being stored in two locations: half of them in newly leased space at the overhaul base at Kansas City International Airport.
The department is storing the cars and vans until they can be outfitted with radios, light bars and other equipment, he said. But because of cutbacks in maintenance workers, it takes more than 50 hours to get a single vehicle ready.
The result: It could be two years before all 103 cars and vans are available for service.
“We’re hoping to be able to get some money to get them out quicker,” Lockhart said. “We’ve got to have them.”
Council members, though, said some of the money might have been better spent on officers.
“If they are so short of funds to keep police on the streets — it’s very odd what their priorities appear to be,” said Councilwoman Jan Marcason.
Hermann and Marcason are particularly upset because the department, with the approval of the Board of Police Commissioners in March, spent almost $1 million on new cars in the midst of a heated argument with the council over police priorities and cutbacks.
Lockhart said the department could afford the additional cars this spring because the price of gasoline dropped, saving the department $900,000.
Rather than return those savings to the city — or use the money for other purposes in the department — police officials decided to buy cars, partly because they were afraid they wouldn’t get more car money anytime soon.
“We did not think we would be able to purchase cars this year,” Lockhart said, adding that the department in essence bought the cars a year ahead of time.
In a statement, Police Chief Jim Corwin said the vehicle purchases made sense.
“This was good planning in a tough budget year,” he wrote. “We realized budget savings, and we bought the vehicles when we had the money.”
Mayor Mark Funkhouser, who’s also a member of the police board, defended the spending, too.
“If you’re going to have officers responding … you’re going to have to have cars and people,” Funkhouser said. “I don’t think those cars are going to be sitting there for a year.”
The police board president, Mark Thompson, did not return calls seeking comment.
Lockhart said the department spent the money this spring in part because it felt the gas savings could not be returned to the city’s treasury, and said that that buying the cars now would actually save money because car prices could go up.
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Police charge man for trying to burn down bar www.privateofficer.com
July 1, 2009
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FAIRPORT HARBOR, Ohio July 1 2009– A 54-year-old man was arrested early Saturday morning, accused of trying to set fire to a Fairport Harbor tavern.
Fariport Harbor police and Fire Departments responded to the Highwater Tavern on High Street at 2:49 a.m.
Employees told police they had seen a suspect start a fire to the rear deck entrance to the tavern. The bouncer recognized the individual who had been asked to leave the tavern earlier in the morning. The bouncer obtained a license number from the vehicle the suspect fled in, police said.
Within minutes, officers arrested Horst Zooberg at his residence on charges of aggravated arson. He will be arraigned in Painesville Municipal Court on Monday.
No damage estimate to the building has been established yet.
Fire and Police Investigators collected evidence at the scene which will be turned over to the Lake County Crime Lab.
Fariport Harbor police and Fire Departments responded to the Highwater Tavern on High Street at 2:49 a.m.
Employees told police they had seen a suspect start a fire to the rear deck entrance to the tavern. The bouncer recognized the individual who had been asked to leave the tavern earlier in the morning. The bouncer obtained a license number from the vehicle the suspect fled in, police said.
Within minutes, officers arrested Horst Zooberg at his residence on charges of aggravated arson. He will be arraigned in Painesville Municipal Court on Monday.
No damage estimate to the building has been established yet.
Fire and Police Investigators collected evidence at the scene which will be turned over to the Lake County Crime Lab.
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Federal agents arrest security guard for internet hacking www.privateofficer.com
July 1, 2009
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Arlington TX July 1 2009
A man from Arlington, Texas, who worked as a contract security guard at the Carrell Clinic on North Central Expressway in Dallas, has been arrested on felony charges outlined in a criminal complaint, announced Acting U.S. Attorney James T. Jacks of the Northern District of Texas.
Late Friday evening, agents with the FBI arrested Jesse William McGraw, a/k/a “GhostExodus,” “PhantomExodizzmo,” “Howard Daniel Bertin,” “Howard William McGraw,” and “Howard Rogers,” age 25. McGraw appeared yesterday afternoon before U.S. Magistrate Judge Wm. F. Sanderson, Jr., for his initial appearance. He was detained until his probable cause and detention hearing set for Wednesday, July 1, 2009, at 2:30 p.m., before Judge Sanderson.
According to the affidavit filed in support of the criminal complaint, McGraw is the leader of the hacker group, “Electronik Tribulation Army.” He was employed as a security guard for United Protection Services, in Dallas, and worked the night shift, from 11:00 p.m. to 7:00 a.m. at the Carrell Clinic hospital.
The affidavit alleges that between April and June 2009, McGraw committed computer intrusions of several computers in the Carrell Clinic hospital building, including computers controlling the Heating, Ventilation and Air Conditioning (HVAC) system and computers containing confidential patient information. The HVAC system intrusion presented a health and safety risk to patients who could be adversely affected by the cooling if it were turned off during Texas summer weather conditions. In addition, the hospital maintained drugs which could be adversely affected by the lack of proper cooling. McGraw, who used the online nickname “GhostExodus,” posted pictures on the Internet of the compromised HVAC system and videos of himself compromising a computer system in a hospital.
Further investigation revealed that McGraw was planning to use his compromised systems to commit additional crimes on or before July 4, 2009, a date that McGraw, according to the affidavit, called “Devil’s Day.” He posted videos on the Internet which included admonition to other hackers to assist him in conducting unauthorized computer intrusions in support of a “massive DDOS” on July 4, 2009. DDOS is an acronym for Distributed Denial of Service and is a type of computer attack in which an unauthorized individual assumes control of other computers and uses the massed ability of those computers, over which they have unauthorized access and control, to attack targeted computers. The investigation also revealed that McGraw recently provided United Protection Services his one week notice and his last day of work was to be July 3, 2009, the day before the scheduled DDOS attack.
Upon McGraw’s arrest on Friday evening, the Carrell Clinic IT staff identified and remediated the numerous compromised computers in the building.
A federal complaint is a written statement of the essential facts of the offenses charged, and must be made under oath before a magistrate judge. A defendant is entitled to the presumption of innocence until proven guilty.
In stating that the investigation is ongoing, Acting U.S. Attorney Jacks praised the investigative efforts of the FBI and Texas Attorney General Criminal Investigation Division. Assistant U.S. Attorney C. S. Heath is prosecuting
A man from Arlington, Texas, who worked as a contract security guard at the Carrell Clinic on North Central Expressway in Dallas, has been arrested on felony charges outlined in a criminal complaint, announced Acting U.S. Attorney James T. Jacks of the Northern District of Texas.
Late Friday evening, agents with the FBI arrested Jesse William McGraw, a/k/a “GhostExodus,” “PhantomExodizzmo,” “Howard Daniel Bertin,” “Howard William McGraw,” and “Howard Rogers,” age 25. McGraw appeared yesterday afternoon before U.S. Magistrate Judge Wm. F. Sanderson, Jr., for his initial appearance. He was detained until his probable cause and detention hearing set for Wednesday, July 1, 2009, at 2:30 p.m., before Judge Sanderson.
According to the affidavit filed in support of the criminal complaint, McGraw is the leader of the hacker group, “Electronik Tribulation Army.” He was employed as a security guard for United Protection Services, in Dallas, and worked the night shift, from 11:00 p.m. to 7:00 a.m. at the Carrell Clinic hospital.
The affidavit alleges that between April and June 2009, McGraw committed computer intrusions of several computers in the Carrell Clinic hospital building, including computers controlling the Heating, Ventilation and Air Conditioning (HVAC) system and computers containing confidential patient information. The HVAC system intrusion presented a health and safety risk to patients who could be adversely affected by the cooling if it were turned off during Texas summer weather conditions. In addition, the hospital maintained drugs which could be adversely affected by the lack of proper cooling. McGraw, who used the online nickname “GhostExodus,” posted pictures on the Internet of the compromised HVAC system and videos of himself compromising a computer system in a hospital.
Further investigation revealed that McGraw was planning to use his compromised systems to commit additional crimes on or before July 4, 2009, a date that McGraw, according to the affidavit, called “Devil’s Day.” He posted videos on the Internet which included admonition to other hackers to assist him in conducting unauthorized computer intrusions in support of a “massive DDOS” on July 4, 2009. DDOS is an acronym for Distributed Denial of Service and is a type of computer attack in which an unauthorized individual assumes control of other computers and uses the massed ability of those computers, over which they have unauthorized access and control, to attack targeted computers. The investigation also revealed that McGraw recently provided United Protection Services his one week notice and his last day of work was to be July 3, 2009, the day before the scheduled DDOS attack.
Upon McGraw’s arrest on Friday evening, the Carrell Clinic IT staff identified and remediated the numerous compromised computers in the building.
A federal complaint is a written statement of the essential facts of the offenses charged, and must be made under oath before a magistrate judge. A defendant is entitled to the presumption of innocence until proven guilty.
In stating that the investigation is ongoing, Acting U.S. Attorney Jacks praised the investigative efforts of the FBI and Texas Attorney General Criminal Investigation Division. Assistant U.S. Attorney C. S. Heath is prosecuting
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Shots fired outside club lands 3 in jail www.privateofficer.com
July 1, 2009
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SOUTH SALT LAKE UT July 1 2009 — A fight outside a strip club resulted in a shot fired and three people arrested early Monday.
About 1:30 a.m., four men leaving The Show Club, 3423 S. Main, got into a confrontation with another group in the parking lot, said South Salt Lake police detective Gary Keller.
The club’s security broke the fight up and sent everyone on their way. A 24-year-old man, who was being picked up at the club by his wife, climbed into the passenger seat of a SUV, got a gun and fired one shot into the air, Keller said.
Club security called 911 with a detailed description of the vehicle, which a responding officer spotted near 3900 S. Main.
The vehicle was pulled over and a handgun was found inside, Keller said. Brad Vanover was arrested for aggravated assault, illegally discharging a firearm, a concealed weapon violation and using a gun during a fight. His wife, Jamie Vanover, 22, was arrested for drug possession after officers also found marijuana in the car. A third man in the car, Daniel Leonard, 27, was arrested on outstanding warrants
About 1:30 a.m., four men leaving The Show Club, 3423 S. Main, got into a confrontation with another group in the parking lot, said South Salt Lake police detective Gary Keller.
The club’s security broke the fight up and sent everyone on their way. A 24-year-old man, who was being picked up at the club by his wife, climbed into the passenger seat of a SUV, got a gun and fired one shot into the air, Keller said.
Club security called 911 with a detailed description of the vehicle, which a responding officer spotted near 3900 S. Main.
The vehicle was pulled over and a handgun was found inside, Keller said. Brad Vanover was arrested for aggravated assault, illegally discharging a firearm, a concealed weapon violation and using a gun during a fight. His wife, Jamie Vanover, 22, was arrested for drug possession after officers also found marijuana in the car. A third man in the car, Daniel Leonard, 27, was arrested on outstanding warrants
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Portland police seek violent shoplifter www.privateofficer.com
July 1, 2009
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PORTLAND, Ore. July 1 2009
fox12.com — Portland police are searching for a violent shoplifter who attacked a security guard at a Fred Meyer store on Monday.
Portland police officers said the security guard tried to stop the shoplifter from leaving the store at about 2:30 p.m., but the shoplifter fought back, hitting the guard in the face. The use of force turned the shoplifting incident into a robbery.
Fred Meyer would not specify which items were stolen in the robbery. Shoppers said the crime is worrisome.
“I live two blocks from here. I don’t want to think of them running loose around my house,” said Rita Nuckolls, who was shopping at the Fred Meyer on Monday.
Two Portland officers who patrol the area said they respond to 1 to 3 theft reports at the Fred Meyer each day. On Monday, they were called to three shoplifting calls in a two-hour span.
Shopper Fatima Anderson said the proximity to the MAX station makes Fred Meyer a popular spot for thieves.
“It’s so easy to hop on and hop off a couple stops away before there’s any type of response from police,” she said.
In Monday’s case, the man did not escape on the MAX; instead, he left in a car, but police have not released a vehicle description.
Anyone with information on the robbery is asked to call Portland police.
fox12.com — Portland police are searching for a violent shoplifter who attacked a security guard at a Fred Meyer store on Monday.
Portland police officers said the security guard tried to stop the shoplifter from leaving the store at about 2:30 p.m., but the shoplifter fought back, hitting the guard in the face. The use of force turned the shoplifting incident into a robbery.
Fred Meyer would not specify which items were stolen in the robbery. Shoppers said the crime is worrisome.
“I live two blocks from here. I don’t want to think of them running loose around my house,” said Rita Nuckolls, who was shopping at the Fred Meyer on Monday.
Two Portland officers who patrol the area said they respond to 1 to 3 theft reports at the Fred Meyer each day. On Monday, they were called to three shoplifting calls in a two-hour span.
Shopper Fatima Anderson said the proximity to the MAX station makes Fred Meyer a popular spot for thieves.
“It’s so easy to hop on and hop off a couple stops away before there’s any type of response from police,” she said.
In Monday’s case, the man did not escape on the MAX; instead, he left in a car, but police have not released a vehicle description.
Anyone with information on the robbery is asked to call Portland police.
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Security officer nabs hit-run suspect www.privateofficer.com
July 1, 2009
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Springfield MO July 1 2009
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A security officer on patrol was in the right place at the right time and captured a felon.
While on duty at a business near the intersection of Kearney Street and Howard, Laszlo Laky witnessed a man flee from a traffic accident — and caught him.
After the collision at 7:46 p.m., the man jumped out of his vehicle and started running down the street.
“He jumped out while the vehicle was still running,” Laky said. “It was rolling while he was not driving.”
The man’s girlfriend, who was hurt in the crash, was still in the car. The driver of the other vehicle also was injured, Laky said.
As soon as he saw the man flee, Laky took off after him in his security vehicle. The man tried to hide behind some nearby duplexes, but Laky jumped out of his car and apprehended him.
“I captured him,” Laky said proudly, adding that security guards don’t seem to often be in the right place at the right time to witness crimes.
Laky kept the man in handcuffs until Springfield police arrived and took custody of him.
Laky said the man had outstanding warrants, and told him he did not have a driver’s license.
Lt. Kevin Grizzell with the Springfield Police Department said the man was taken into custody and confirmed he had warrants out for his arrest. Authorities did not release the suspect’s name Tuesday.
Laky was surprised he had the chance to witness what happened and catch the suspect.
“It was most shocking because he left his girlfriend in the car, and he did it right in front of me,” he said. “Rather than just giving it up, he just kept running.”
news-leader.com
A security officer on patrol was in the right place at the right time and captured a felon.
While on duty at a business near the intersection of Kearney Street and Howard, Laszlo Laky witnessed a man flee from a traffic accident — and caught him.
After the collision at 7:46 p.m., the man jumped out of his vehicle and started running down the street.
“He jumped out while the vehicle was still running,” Laky said. “It was rolling while he was not driving.”
The man’s girlfriend, who was hurt in the crash, was still in the car. The driver of the other vehicle also was injured, Laky said.
As soon as he saw the man flee, Laky took off after him in his security vehicle. The man tried to hide behind some nearby duplexes, but Laky jumped out of his car and apprehended him.
“I captured him,” Laky said proudly, adding that security guards don’t seem to often be in the right place at the right time to witness crimes.
Laky kept the man in handcuffs until Springfield police arrived and took custody of him.
Laky said the man had outstanding warrants, and told him he did not have a driver’s license.
Lt. Kevin Grizzell with the Springfield Police Department said the man was taken into custody and confirmed he had warrants out for his arrest. Authorities did not release the suspect’s name Tuesday.
Laky was surprised he had the chance to witness what happened and catch the suspect.
“It was most shocking because he left his girlfriend in the car, and he did it right in front of me,” he said. “Rather than just giving it up, he just kept running.”
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