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Monthly Archives: July 2009

Nashville TN July 11 2009 Undercover detectives arrested a Nashville elementary school teacher Wednesday on drug charges for allegedly flushing marijuana down her toilet so police wouldnt find it. 28 year old Jayna Binion works at A.Z. Kelley Elementary School. She’s charged with evidence tampering, marijuana possession and possession of drug paraphernalia. Detectives were looking [...]

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Washington DC July 11 2009 Federal investigators had no trouble smuggling bomb-making materials past ill-trained and poorly supervised guards at federal buildings, senators were told at a hearing Wednesday. “This is the broadest indictment of a federal agency I have ever heard,” Sen. Joseph Lieberman, I-Conn., said at a Homeland Security Committee hearing on the [...]

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Beulah FLA July 11 2009 CNN.com Eight children were found in the Florida home of their slain parents, who apparently were the victims of a home invasion, police confirmed to CNN Friday The couple were found shot Thursday night in their Beulah home, said Escambia County Police spokesman Sgt. Ted Roy. One of the parents [...]

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Richmond VA July 10 2009 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 [...]

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Rochester NY July 10 2009 10nbc.com 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 [...]

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WASHINGTON DC July 10 2009 – Even as police warn that violent crime may increase as the recession continues, federal marshals are announcing some good news about a summer crackdown on crime. Willie Conway, a convicted sexual predator and member of an Illinois street gang, is no longer on the street. The same is true [...]

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LOUISVILLE, KY JULY 10 2009 (WAVE) – A man is facing burglary charges after forcing his way into a downtown Louisville hotel room. 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 [...]

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Mobile AL July 10 2009—Police say that a man who was drunk, carrying a knife…and threatening a security guard was shot overnight. 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 [...]

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DAYTON OH July 10 2009 — A 46-year-old woman suspected of shoplifting from the Dayton Mall on Tuesday, July 7, led police on a high-speed pursuit from Miami Twp. into the city of Dayton that ended in her arrest. The West Carrollton resident was taken into custody at 4:42 p.m. on the off-ramp to North [...]

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KINGSPORT TN July 10 2009 — A man was arrested at the Kingsport Town Center early Tuesday morning after allegedly repeatedly taking his clothes off, putting them back on, and walking around in circles and refusing to leave the premises. According to an incident report from the Kingsport Police Department, officers were dispatched shortly after [...]

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PORTLAND, Ore. July 10 2009 — A woman who owed $1,700 in parking fees at the airport after parking her car there for three months tried to get away without paying Tuesday afternoon, police said. Airport police said Cecelia Walton drove over a curb between the parking structure and the cashier’s booth at about 2:30 [...]

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Rochester NY July 9 2009 Two married doctors are in jail Tuesday accused of stealing close to $250,000 dollars. Neither of them would stop talking in court. Dr., Michael Miran, a psychologist and an adjunct professor at R.I.T. and his wife, Dr. Esta Miran are accused of fraud. Attorney General Andrew Cuomo’s office says they [...]

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FAIRBANKS AL JULY 9 2009 — A Fairbanks man is accused of taking a security guard’s gun and using it to rob him. Jarrid Bloom, 24, formerly of Nevada, has been charged with eight felonies, including robbery, burglary, weapons misconduct, theft, assault and tampering with evidence. The 47-year-old security guard was patrolling the federal courthouse [...]

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CORPUS CHRISTI TX July 9 2009 — Corpus Christi police arrested an 18-year-old and may be looking for one more person believed to be involved in multiple auto burglaries and an attempted robbery of two teens Tuesday night. Security guards told police at 9:09 p.m. that a black Mustang had been casing cars in the [...]

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Iowa City July 9 2009 An 18-year-old Iowa City man was arrested Wednesday morning for allegedly threatening to kill uniformed security officers at an apartment complex. According to Iowa City Police, a Premiere Security officer was patrolling Dolphin Lake Point Enclave, 2401 Highway 6 E. at 1:53 a.m. The security officer, who is not identified [...]

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Amarillo TX July 9 2009 A teacher and coach remained in the Dallam-Hartley County Jail in Dalhart Tuesday after being arrested on a charge of indecency with a child, jail and county officials said. Ronald Alvin Thompson, 56, was taken into custody Monday on a warrant from Hartley County that was issued the same day. [...]

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NASHVILLE, Tenn.July 9 2009 — A 12-year-old girl is dead after a south Nashville home invasion early Thursday morning. Police said a group of men broke into the back door of a house on Maury Street around 1 a.m. When a 12-year-old girl walked up to see the intruders, police said they shot her and [...]

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LOS ANGELES CA July 8 2009 — Officers throughout the Los Angeles Police Department grieved Tuesday as news spread that a veteran detective had killed herself in the lobby of an L.A. County Sheriff’s Department station Monday night. Susan J. Clemmer, a well-regarded officer assigned to the LAPD’s Gang and Narcotics Division, walked into the [...]

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MARIETTA, Ga. July 8 2009– Cobb County police said they have arrested a 12-year-old boy on a murder charge in the death of his 5-week-old cousin. Cobb County Police spokesman Sgt. Dana Pierce said Tuesday that officers found the infant unresponsive in a car parked outside a Target store in Marietta Saturday evening. They said [...]

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GAFFNEY, S.C. July 6 2009 AP– Law enforcement officials have identified the man they think is the serial killer who shot five people to death in South Carolina in recent days. Authorities identified the suspect Monday night as 41-year-old Patrick Tracy Burris. They say bullets in the gun found on Burris after he was killed [...]

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San Antonio TX July 6 2009 A 30-year-old man wielding an assault rifle was arrested on a murder charge after three people, including his 2-year-old daughter, were found shot to death in his North Side apartment early Sunday. Chris Allgood was charged with one count of murder and one count of discharging a firearm after [...]

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Providence RI July 6 2009 A person convicted of a violent crime generally would be ineligible to work as a bouncer at a bar or nightclub in the city under potential licensing rules suggested by the administration of Mayor David N. Cicilline. And someone with a criminal record for drug peddling or weapons possession or [...]

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SAN FRANCISCO CA July 6 2009 sfexaminer.com — The majority of San Francisco’s 161-year-old private patrol unit will face discipline after refusing to hand over their client lists to The City’s police department. Fed up with resistance from many of the approximately 35 patrol specials, police commissioners laid down the law last month and said [...]

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DURHAM, NC July 6 2009 (WTVD) — In an investigation that’s starting to draw comparisons to the Mary Kay Letourneau case, a Durham, North Carolina teacher has once again been arrested for allegedly making contact with a 10-year-old boy she’s accused of having sex with. A judge on Monday increased her bond to $2 million. [...]

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NEWARK, N.J. July 5 2009 — A Transportation Security Administration agent was arrested at a New Jersey airport after authorities say she avoided a pre-flight screening and boarded a plane. Authorities say Wanda Weems of Newark was detained Friday morning at Newark Liberty International Airport after she boarded a Continental Airlines flight bound for Houston. [...]

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VIRGINIA BEACH, VA July 5 2009 – Authorities say a white powder substance that was mailed to the Christian Broadcasting Network headquarters in Virginia, causing several employees to be isolated for six hours, was whey protein powder. Virginia Beach fire spokesman Tim Riley says lab work determined the powder was the kind used by body [...]

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Las Vegas NV July 5 2009 A Valley man is out of his church and in jail. Police say he claimed to be a prophet but instead, they say, he was molesting children. Metro says Benito Catello is a self-proclaimed prophet who’s facing dozens of felony charges. Catello’s neighbors say they’re outraged to find out [...]

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LAKE BUENA VISTA FL July 5 2009 news13 – News 13 has learned a driver of the Walt Disney World Monorail System was killed when two monorail trains collided early Sunday. Witnesses who called the News 13 newsroom said the trains collided around 2 a.m. Sunday on the Epcot track of the Transportation and Ticket Center, located at the [...]

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NASHVILLE, Tenn. July 5 2009 AP– Police were working Sunday to unravel the relationship between slain former NFL quarterback Steve McNair and his friend, a 20-year-old woman who was found shot to death alongside him in his downtown condominium. McNair, who led the famous Tennessee Titans‘ drive that came a yard short of forcing overtime [...]

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GAFFNEY, S.C. July 4 2009 – A teenage girl shot while helping her father in their family’s small furniture and appliance store died Saturday, becoming the fifth victim of a suspected serial killer terrorizing a small South Carolina community, authorities said. Abby Tyler, 15, died about 11:15 a.m. at a Spartanburg hospital after fighting for her life [...]

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