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Police investigate security officer murder in Richmond www.privateofficer.com
An unarmed, on-duty security guard found dead today in an apartment complex near Chippenham Parkway and Ironbridge Road was killed by a blow to the head, the state medical examimer said this afternoon. The guard worked for American Security Group, police said.
The body of Damion L. West, 28, of the 6400 block of Lovey Road in Richmond was discovered shortly after 4 a.m. near a retention pond at the Ivy Walk Apartments in the 4800 block of Burnt Oak Drive, near the southwestern tip of Falling Creek, police said. West was found after officers first discovered his abandoned, marked security vehicle.
Police said West had been working as a security guard last night at the complex. He died of blunt force trauma to the head, said a spokesman for the state medical examiner’s office.
Authorities were originally called to the scene shortly after 4:15 a.m. for a report of an auto accident, but they found “an unattended vehicle that was up against a wood line,” said Chesterfield police Capt. Kevin Smith said. “Wrecked would not describe it. It was not wrecked.”
“We believe the circumstances are suspicious,” Smith added.
Police are investigating his death as a homicide.
While forensics crews and a representative of the medical examiner’s office worked at the scene, they closed off Burnt Oak Drive, the only road leading into and out of the apartment complex.
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Man charged with sex crimes at Disney Water Park www.privateofficer.com
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An Ontario County man is in jail in Orlando after being arrested for groping girls at a Disney water park.
News 10NBC found out Robert Double, of Farmington, was arrested Friday at Disney’s Typhoon Lagoon.
The 51-year-old is accused of groping girls and pulling off their bikini tops in the wave pool.
Orange County sheriffs say Disney security officers watched Double on security monitors repeatedly assaulting young girls. Several employees also witnessed it.
Double is being held in the Orange County jail on $5,000 bond.
He’s charged with lewd and lascivious molestation
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US Marshal’s Falcon program arrest 35,000 felons in June www.privateofficer.com
Willie Conway, a convicted sexual predator and member of an Illinois street gang, is no longer on the street. The same is true of Joseph Christian Fontana. He was wanted in Santa Rosa County, Florida, for rape of a minor, child pornography, and 25 counts of sexual molestation.
They are just two of 433 people wanted for murder, 900 gang members and more than 2,300 sex offenders who were arrested this June as part of Operation FALCON (Federal and Local Cops Organized Nationally).
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Across the country, federal marshals joined forces again with state and local law enforcement to target career criminals, to reduce crime by taking the so-called worst of the worst off the street. On Thursday they officially announced the results of the crackdown.
The Marshals have been conducting Operation FALCON annually since 2005, but this is the biggest operation to date: more than 35,000 fugitives were rounded up in the month of June alone.
Since its inception in 2005, Operation FALCON has made 91,086 arrests and cleared 117,874 warrants.
“I believe it could be called the largest law enforcement operation ever conducted in our history,” said John F. Clark, Director of the U.S. Marshals Service. “In fact, those arrested in this operation had a combined criminal history of more than 138,000 prior arrests.”
Locally, the operation netted 446 felony arrests in the D.C. metropolitan area.
Operation FALCON in the D.C. area consisted of approximately 300 federal, state and local law enforcement officers, making up 35 separate arrest teams working throughout the period. Each participating local officer was sworn in as a Special Deputy U.S. Marshal immediately prior to the start of this operation. This special authority empowers them to cross traditional lines of jurisdiction to track down and arrest targeted fugitives throughout the operation.
One of the suspects taken off the street locally was Chris Ray, who was wanted in Prince George’s County for six counts of attempted murder. Chris Ray allegedly opened fire on a nightclub security guard and five of the club’s patrons. At the time of that offense, Ray was wanted on two felony warrants from Montgomery County (web news) for probation violation and aggravated assault. Ray was arrested in Washington after attempting to flee from FALCON investigators.
Another local suspect apprehended by FALCON was Frank Harris, who was wanted out of the District of Columbia for armed robbery. When investigators arrested Frank Harris, who was also wanted in Prince George’s and Montgomery Counties on outstanding felony warrants, they recovered a sawed-off shotgun and ammunition from within his reach.
Glenn Wade was accused of shooting two people at a Prince William County (web news) bus terminal. Tyree Harvey was wanted for murder and two carjackings. Both are now behind bars.
As the recession continues, police say there are indications that the violence could spike. The people they are targeting are almost always repeat offenders and increasingly ruthless.
“The goal of Operation FALCON is simple – to make communities safer,” said Clark. “Each time we wrap up a FALCON operation in any location, there are less dangerous individuals – and fewer threats to the community – than before we arrived there. That is very gratifying.”
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Security nabs hotel burglar www.privateofficer.com
According to Louisville Metro Police, 29-year-old David Rodgers waited for a maintenance worker at the Galt House to open a room on Friday. Rodgers allegedly forced his way in, grabbed a bag of jewelry and then took off.
Rodgers was caught by hotel security and held until police arrived.
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Alabama security officer shoots armed man www.privateofficer.com
Police say it happened at the Quik Pick gas station on St. Stephens Road in Mobile. Ofc. Chris Levy of the Mobile Police Department says, the man got into a verbal altercation with the security guard and produced a knife and actually came at the security guard with that knife. So, police say the guard shot him in the hip.
Levy said that it’s rare a guard is forced to use a weapon against a potential criminal, because just being there deters crime. I say they are a tremendous help to the police department because having someone there, who looks official, and in uniform can be a excellent deterrent to crime. We do recommend having some sort of security guard 24 hours a day outside of a business.
Police also say the security guard who was working that night, didn’t do anything wrong and may have prevented a serious crime and will not face any charges.
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Shoplifter leads police on high speed chase www.privateofficer.com
The West Carrollton resident was taken into custody at 4:42 p.m. on the off-ramp to North Main Street off Interstate 75 after her red Ford Aerostar van bogged down in rush hour traffic, Miami Twp. police Deputy Chief John DiPietro said.
Her name was not made available.
According to an initial investigation, mall security approached the woman as she sat in her van on suspicion of stealing polo-style shirts from the Elder Beerman store, DiPietro said.
The shirts were valued at $75 each, but how many shirts were taken was not made immediately clear.
Miami Twp. police, who monitor mall security radio traffic, dispatched an officer to the mall.
The officer was able to box in the van against or near another vehicle near the intersection of Ohio 725 and Ohio 741, heading northbound. The woman sped off after ignoring the officer’s command to get out of the vehicle and trying to run over the officer, DiPietro said.
The officer, whose name was not made available, was not seriously hurt but apparently did knock out the driver’s side window of the van, he said.
That officer and another who apparently suffered some bruises during the pursuit will be taken to a hospital, DiPietro said.
The woman headed north on 741, where other officers joined in the pursuit, and then made her way onto I-75 north until she was stopped at the exit to North Main Street, DiPietro said.
Police will have the van towed and will take the woman to the Montgomery County Jail.
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Man charged after taking clothes off at mall www.privateofficer.com
According to an incident report from the Kingsport Police Department, officers were dispatched shortly after midnight to the Dollar Tree in the mall. Mall General Manager Kevin Harmon said a security officer was with the suspect at an outside entrance to the store.
Police said that when they arrived Jose Juan Tavarez, 21, of 1102 W. Windsor Ave., was found “walking around in circles, jabbering and rambling in speech, and would sometimes get loud and then soft again.”
The police report states that at this point Tavarez was wearing jeans and tennis shoes, but according to mall security he had undressed at several different times — once down to his underwear.
Police said Tavarez would not give his name or calm down. He stated he had been on medication but had not any the night of the incident. EMS was called to the scene to examine Tavarez, but he refused treatment.
Tavarez continued to become more and more agitated, police said. When asked for the phone number of a relative or friend who could come pick him up, Tavarez again refused to cooperate.
Nearly an hour after arriving at the mall, police left with Tavarez placed under arrest. He was charged with disorderly conduct.
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Parking ticket violator leads police on chase www.privateofficer.com
Airport police said Cecelia Walton drove over a curb between the parking structure and the cashier’s booth at about 2:30 p.m. and then took off down Interstate 205.
She’d left her car in the long-term parking structure since April and owed more than $1,700 in parking fees.
Port police tried to curb Walton’s car but she made it onto I-205 south and was finally stopped by Clackamas County deputies near Johnson Creek Boulevard.
She appeared in court Wednesday afternoon on charges of theft, attempting to elude police, reckless driving and reckless endangering.
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