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Monthly Archives: July 2009

COLORADO SPRINGS CO July 16 2009 newschannel13.com- The funeral for Officer Michael Builta who died after a motorcycle crash has been scheduled for noon on Saturday July 18. Services will be held at the First United Methodist Church located at 420 N. Nevada Avenue. Following the service, there will be a reception at the CSPD [...]

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WOODBRIDGE NJ July 16 2009— An Elmhurst, N.Y., man was charged with robbery Saturday after punching a security guard at Woodbridge Center, police said. Cruz Antonio Narvaez, 53, was arrested about 1:50 p.m. after police responded to the Gap for a reported assault. A security guard told police he saw Narvaez allegedly hide a pair [...]

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Lee County Fl July 16 2009 The Lee County School District is working with the Lee County Sheriff’s Office to make their investigation as smooth as possible, said Joe Donzelli, spokesman for the district. “Once we were made aware of the situation by the sheriff’s office, we told them we would help them in any way [...]

HOUSTON TX July 14, 2009—A naked man who drove his car through a security gate and fired a shot at officers at a Houston police substation early Tuesday died when officers returned fire. Police earlier received 911 reports of a man who was driving erratically and firing a gun out of the window of his [...]

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Genesee County NY July 15 2009 More than 100 people were arrested last night at rock concert at the Darien Lake Performing Arts Center in Genesee County. A majority of those arrested are accused of underage drinking, according to Genesee County sheriff’s deputies. Ninety-six young adults from across Western New York were charged with unlawful [...]

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COBB COUNTY, Ga. July 15 2009 — Cobb County police said a school crossing guard has been charged with child molestation. Jerry Cox, 62, worked for the Cobb County Police Department. Police said the alleged victim is a family acquaintance. Cox has been charged with three counts of aggravated child molestation, one count of aggravated [...]

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NEW YORK (AP) — A Transportation Security Officer and a luggage handler have been arrested on charges they stole items from passenger luggage at New York’s John F. Kennedy International Airport. The pair were awaiting arraignment Tuesday in Queens Criminal Court on grand larceny and possession of stolen property charges. Port Authority police, TSA investigators [...]

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Bourbon County KY July 15 2009 Melissa Arnett was a teacher at Bourbon County High School until allegations surfaced this past June that she was having an inappropriate relationship with a student. That’s when she resigned her position. A police report says Arnett admitted to having sex several times with a 16-year old student, but [...]

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ATLANTIC CITY NJ July 15 2009 – Casino security guards now have the power to detain suspected underage gamblers and drinkers without having to wait for the police to show up first. The New Jersey Casino Control Commission voted today to expand the guards’ authority to help combat a continuing problem with underage gambling and [...]

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DORAVILLE, Ga. July 15 2009– Authorities say a tractor-trailer filled with 2,462 pounds of marijuana from Mexico has been found in Doraville. Police said four men were arrested on charges related to the transportation of the marijuana — Edilberto Gijon-Jimenez, of Atlanta; Ramon Hernandez-Castro, of Norcross; Gilberty Riviera-Alcaraz, of Lawrenceville, and Jesus Hernandez-Gutierrez, of Sugar [...]

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  PENSACOLA, Fla. July 14 2009 – Masked suspects, some dressed as ninjas, stole a safe and other items during a deadly break-in at the sprawling Florida Panhandle home of a couple known for adopting children with special needs, authorities said Tuesday. Melanie and Byrd Billings were shot to death Thursday in their nine-bedroom home. Escambia [...]

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BIRMINGHAM AL July 11 2009— Local, state and federal law enforcement agencies gathered at the Federal Reserve Bank in Birmingham Thursday to announce the results of Operation FALCON, a weeklong initiative aimed at apprehending violent fugitives in Jefferson, Shelby and Walker counties. Led by the U.S. Marshals Service and the Gulf Coast Regional Task Force, [...]

Pima County AZ July 14 2009 A security guard who shot a suspected shoplifter outside a Circle K store will not be indicted on any charges directly related to the shooting, an attorney said Monday. The Pima County Attorney’s Office confirmed that it had reached a decision in the case but declined to say on [...]

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MANATEE FLA July 14 2009 By: Brett Davis/staff Private Officer News Network http://www.privateofficer.com/ – Authories have arrested two suspects in an attempted burglary. Police said that the man and woman were arrested after a security officer caught them trying to break into an apartment in the 300 block of 34th Avenue Drive East, Bradenton. Manatee [...]

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CHINA GROVE NC July 13 2009 — A gunman robbed two employees of an armored car company Friday morning just north of town. Employees of Loomis, a company that specializes in the transport of cash, were robbed at a Wachovia ATM in the 1500 block of North Main Street near Grove Supply Co. The incident [...]

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Tinker AFB OKL July 13 2009 source: tinker news Some might say Mike Shults went beyond the call of duty June 24. Others might say he was simply doing his job. Ask the officer about the chain of events and he’ll likely say he just reacted. Mr. Shults was guarding his post at the commercial [...]

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Park Forest, IL July 13 2009 Charges are pending against two men after police responded to a report of shots fired on Lester Street on Thursday, July 2. Police were dispatched to the 100 block of Lester Street on July 2 shortly after 7:00 p.m. to investigate a report of a disturbance. While en route, [...]

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WHITTIER CA July 13 2009 – The man who jumped to his death from the Rio Hondo College library tower last month was identified as a Los Angeles man. Ed Winter, spokesman for the Los Angeles County Department of Coroner, said Rodolfo Tejeda Rincon, 36, died from multiple traumatic injuries and his death was ruled [...]

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PENSACOLA, Florida (CNN) July 13 2009 — Three suspects are in custody, including two who face murder charges, in what the local sheriff called a “multifaceted” investigation into the killings of a Gulf Coast couple known for adopting special-needs children. Wayne Coldiron and Leonard Patrick Gonzalez Jr. are facing murder charges in the Thursday night [...]

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FORT WORTH TX July 13 2009 — A former North Side High School teacher who recently resigned after being caught with a 16-year-old student in a park was arrested Friday night, accused of having sex with the boy. Emily Elizabeth Housley, who turns 29 today, was arrested at her mother’s Saginaw home shortly before 8:30 [...]

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Nassau County NY July 13 2009 A Brooklyn woman was arrested at the Roosevelt Field Mall after she left three children — one of them 9 months old — unattended in her car for at least 25 minutes, Nassau County police said today. The woman, Nicola Daley, 37, was apparently shopping in the mall Saturday [...]

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Santa Rosa CA July 13 2009 Police arrested three Santa Rosa men and two juveniles for allegedly fighting with security guards outside a bar in the city early Sunday morning. At about 12:15 a.m., police officers responded to reports of suspects fighting with security guards at the Los Caballos Bar & Grill located at 3125 [...]

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Miami Fla July 11 2009 A decorated retired Miami police captain working security at a boatyard on the Miami River was shot in the back of the head Friday. Detectives are investigating whether his tips to federal agents in ferreting out smuggling on the waterfront played a role in his murder. Sources identified the man [...]

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ST. MARYS, Ga. July 11 2009 — A former Camden County sheriff’s deputy has been taken into custody after threatening to take his own life and holding off police for more than an hour at the St. Marys Airport. Authorities said Robert Lauf was distraught after being evicted from a mobile home lot at the [...]

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TAYLORSVILLE, N.C. July 11 2009– A North Carolina couple is charged with first-degree murder after a deputy pulled over their van and found a woman’s body inside. Investigators said Lisa Damron, 31, was driving the van on Interstate 77 in Wythe County, Va. Her husband, Jerry, 42, was in the passenger seat. A deputy pulled [...]

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Salt Lake Utah July 11 2009 saltlaketribune.com A gay couple says they were detained by The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints security guards after one man kissed another on the cheek Thursday on Main Street Plaza. “They targeted us,” said Matt Aune, 28. “We weren’t doing anything inappropriate or illegal, or anything most [...]

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CENTRALIA, Wash.July 11 2009 – A security guard at a juvenile detention center was arrested during a SWAT team raid on a home where marijuana was being readied for sale, police said. Roy D. Clark, 26, a security officer at Green Hill School in Chehalis, was one of four people caught in the act of [...]

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HALL COUNTY, Ga. July 10 2009 news2 — A veteran of the Hall County Sheriff’s Office is off the job and facing child molestation charges. Michael Nix, 42, is accused of aggravated child molestation. Officers said he molested a 3-year-old girl his wife was babysitting. Late Thursday afternoon, Nix was arrested and charged with one [...]

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Montville CT July 11 2009 – State police arrested a Yonkers, N.Y., couple Wednesday night after a woman reported losing an Apple iPhone at the Mohegan Sun Casino. The woman told security that she had been at a blackjack pit when she last had the phone. When security reviewed video of the area they saw [...]

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SPRING VALLEY CA JULY 11 2009 union-tribune — Sheriff’s deputies arrested three teenage brothers on suspicion of robbery, burglary and assault Thursday after the trio led them on a brief pursuit and one of them was shot with a Taser, officials said. Deputies responded to a report of a robbery at the Sears on Sweetwater [...]

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