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Security guard heads to jail for shooting 2 people www.privateofficer.com
August 15, 2009
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Knoxville TN Aug 15 2009
A security guard who gunned down two people in front of a West Knoxville jewelry store is likely to go to jail Monday as part of a plea agreement worked out with prosecutors, an attorney said today.
Jessie Monroe Walker, 63, will plead guilty to two counts of aggravated assault Monday in Knox County Criminal Court, according to T. Scott Jones, who represents one of the two victims who fell to bullets fired by Walker on Feb. 28.
Jones said Friday he anticipates that Walker will receive a sentence in the range of 10 to 12 years, with part of that time spent behind bars and the rest on intensive probation. Also, as a convicted felon, he will no longer be allowed to possess firearms.
Walker shot Kevin Bowman, 22, and Elizabeth Day, 18, in front of Markman’s Fine Diamonds and Jewelry on Kingston Pike. He was working for Vinson Guard Service and was on duty at the store when the shooting happened.
Bowman was hit in the forehead and Day was struck in the chest. Both survived, but Bowman was paralyzed, Jones said.
Jones, who represents Bowman, has filed a $70 million lawsuit on behalf of his client against Walker, the guard service and the store.
Jones has alleged that Walker pulled his gun “without provocation” and shot the couple, neither of whom was armed.
“We are relieved that he is taking criminal responsibility for his actions,” Jones said today. “We believe that Markman’s and Vinson should also take responsibility for their rogue guard.”
Attorneys for the guard service couldn’t immediately be reached for comment, but court documents filed before Walker agreed to plead guilty state that Walker approached the couple out of concern over a “sudden emergency” as Bowman and Day argued in the parking lot. The guard service hasn’t described that emergency or explained why it justified Walker drawing his gun.
The store has denied responsibility for anything Walker did, saying he works solely for the guard service.
At least one witness has said the couple were arguing loudly and that he saw Bowman and Day advancing on a retreating guard. Bowman’s lawyer says the argument never turned physical, that it ended before Walker got involved and that Walker grabbed Day in a choke-hold as Bowman and a friend watched.
A security guard who gunned down two people in front of a West Knoxville jewelry store is likely to go to jail Monday as part of a plea agreement worked out with prosecutors, an attorney said today.
Jessie Monroe Walker, 63, will plead guilty to two counts of aggravated assault Monday in Knox County Criminal Court, according to T. Scott Jones, who represents one of the two victims who fell to bullets fired by Walker on Feb. 28.
Jones said Friday he anticipates that Walker will receive a sentence in the range of 10 to 12 years, with part of that time spent behind bars and the rest on intensive probation. Also, as a convicted felon, he will no longer be allowed to possess firearms.
Walker shot Kevin Bowman, 22, and Elizabeth Day, 18, in front of Markman’s Fine Diamonds and Jewelry on Kingston Pike. He was working for Vinson Guard Service and was on duty at the store when the shooting happened.
Bowman was hit in the forehead and Day was struck in the chest. Both survived, but Bowman was paralyzed, Jones said.
Jones, who represents Bowman, has filed a $70 million lawsuit on behalf of his client against Walker, the guard service and the store.
Jones has alleged that Walker pulled his gun “without provocation” and shot the couple, neither of whom was armed.
“We are relieved that he is taking criminal responsibility for his actions,” Jones said today. “We believe that Markman’s and Vinson should also take responsibility for their rogue guard.”
Attorneys for the guard service couldn’t immediately be reached for comment, but court documents filed before Walker agreed to plead guilty state that Walker approached the couple out of concern over a “sudden emergency” as Bowman and Day argued in the parking lot. The guard service hasn’t described that emergency or explained why it justified Walker drawing his gun.
The store has denied responsibility for anything Walker did, saying he works solely for the guard service.
At least one witness has said the couple were arguing loudly and that he saw Bowman and Day advancing on a retreating guard. Bowman’s lawyer says the argument never turned physical, that it ended before Walker got involved and that Walker grabbed Day in a choke-hold as Bowman and a friend watched.
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AL. Attorney General agents arrest woman for MySpace threats www.privateofficer.com
August 15, 2009
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MONTGOMERY, Ala AUG 15 2009 – Attorney General Troy King announced the arrest of a Spanish Fort woman, for making terrorist threats and harassing communications over the MySpace network.
Angela Michelle Grill, 20, was arrested by agents of the Attorney General’s Office and taken to the Baldwin County Jail.
Grill was arrested on warrants which were based on evidence presented by an investigator of the Attorney General’s Office. The first warrant charges that Grill committed terrorist threats by threatening to commit any crime, violence or property damage by intentionally or recklessly terrorizing a 15-year-old girl. The second warrant charges that Grill intentionally harassed and alarmed the young teenage girl, threatening to kill the victim in a MySpace message that included vulgar profanity.
“The internet is a valuable tool that can be abused to cause serious emotional harm to innocent children and other victims,” said Attorney General King. “Terrorist threats and harassing communications are crimes that have serious consequences.”
No further information about the investigation or about Grill’s alleged crimes other than that stated in the warrant may be released at this time.
If convicted, Grill faces a maximum penalty of 10 years of imprisonment and $15,000 fine for the crime of terroristic threats, which is a class C felony. The charge of harassing communications is a class C misdemeanor, punishable by 90 days in the county jail and a $500 fine.
The case is being prosecuted by the Assistant Attorney General Laura Irby Cuthbert of the Attorney General’s Public Corruption and White Collar Crime Division, and investigated by Special Agent Donna Cayton of the Attorney General’s Investigations Division.
Angela Michelle Grill, 20, was arrested by agents of the Attorney General’s Office and taken to the Baldwin County Jail.
Grill was arrested on warrants which were based on evidence presented by an investigator of the Attorney General’s Office. The first warrant charges that Grill committed terrorist threats by threatening to commit any crime, violence or property damage by intentionally or recklessly terrorizing a 15-year-old girl. The second warrant charges that Grill intentionally harassed and alarmed the young teenage girl, threatening to kill the victim in a MySpace message that included vulgar profanity.
“The internet is a valuable tool that can be abused to cause serious emotional harm to innocent children and other victims,” said Attorney General King. “Terrorist threats and harassing communications are crimes that have serious consequences.”
No further information about the investigation or about Grill’s alleged crimes other than that stated in the warrant may be released at this time.
If convicted, Grill faces a maximum penalty of 10 years of imprisonment and $15,000 fine for the crime of terroristic threats, which is a class C felony. The charge of harassing communications is a class C misdemeanor, punishable by 90 days in the county jail and a $500 fine.
The case is being prosecuted by the Assistant Attorney General Laura Irby Cuthbert of the Attorney General’s Public Corruption and White Collar Crime Division, and investigated by Special Agent Donna Cayton of the Attorney General’s Investigations Division.
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Two men charged in mall credit card scheme www.privateofficer.com
August 15, 2009
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New Hartford NY Aug 15 2009 (WSYR-TV) – Two men are under arrest in connection with a phony credit card scam that resulted in the fraudulent purchase of thousands of dollars worth of gift cards at malls in New Hartford and Syracuse.
New Hartford police say they received a call Wednesday morning from Sangertown Mall security personnel, claiming that a mall employee told them of a man using a Georgia driver’s license as ID buying 21 $300 American Express gift cards using four different credit cards.
The mall employee said the man made those purchases at the mall over the course of three days.
New Hartford police and mall security later determined that the Georgia ID the man presented was a fake, and that one of the credit cards being used was actually linked to the account of a person in Illinois.
Later Wednesday afternoon, police went back to the mall following a report of a man trying to use one of the stolen gift cards to make a purchase at the Sunglass Hut. That purchase was denied, and the man was directed to the customer service desk, where police questioned him and eventually took him into custody.
Police have identified that suspect as Sonny Breton Jr, 30, a parolee who was originally from Brooklyn but has been living in the Utica area. Police say he was found with several small bags of marijuana on him.
Officers then eventually tracked down a man matching the description of the suspect who made the series of fraudulent purchases; Chinedum Nwogu, 28, of Brooklyn, was found with two of the phony credit cards used to buy the gift cards, as well as the phony Georgia driver’s license.
Nwogu was also found with nine of the stolen gift cards. Police also found $3,000 in cash between Breton and Nwogu, along with merchandise obtained through the redemption of the gift cards.
Police say Nwogu also fraudulently purchased $2,000 in Carousel Center gift certificates during that three-day stretch.
Breton is charged with grand larceny and possession of marijuana. He was sent to the Oneida County Jail without bail.
Nwogu faces five counts of forgery, one count of grand larceny, and three counts of criminal possession of a forged instrument. He was sent to Oneida County Jail on $25,000 cash bail.
Both men are due back in New Hartford Town Court on Monday.
New Hartford police say they received a call Wednesday morning from Sangertown Mall security personnel, claiming that a mall employee told them of a man using a Georgia driver’s license as ID buying 21 $300 American Express gift cards using four different credit cards.
The mall employee said the man made those purchases at the mall over the course of three days.
New Hartford police and mall security later determined that the Georgia ID the man presented was a fake, and that one of the credit cards being used was actually linked to the account of a person in Illinois.
Later Wednesday afternoon, police went back to the mall following a report of a man trying to use one of the stolen gift cards to make a purchase at the Sunglass Hut. That purchase was denied, and the man was directed to the customer service desk, where police questioned him and eventually took him into custody.
Police have identified that suspect as Sonny Breton Jr, 30, a parolee who was originally from Brooklyn but has been living in the Utica area. Police say he was found with several small bags of marijuana on him.
Officers then eventually tracked down a man matching the description of the suspect who made the series of fraudulent purchases; Chinedum Nwogu, 28, of Brooklyn, was found with two of the phony credit cards used to buy the gift cards, as well as the phony Georgia driver’s license.
Nwogu was also found with nine of the stolen gift cards. Police also found $3,000 in cash between Breton and Nwogu, along with merchandise obtained through the redemption of the gift cards.
Police say Nwogu also fraudulently purchased $2,000 in Carousel Center gift certificates during that three-day stretch.
Breton is charged with grand larceny and possession of marijuana. He was sent to the Oneida County Jail without bail.
Nwogu faces five counts of forgery, one count of grand larceny, and three counts of criminal possession of a forged instrument. He was sent to Oneida County Jail on $25,000 cash bail.
Both men are due back in New Hartford Town Court on Monday.
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Security officer shoots man during disturbance www.privateofficer.com
August 15, 2009
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San Antonio TX Aug 15 2009
A Bexar County Sheriff’s Deputy shot and seriously injured a man early Saturday, authorities said.Deputy Joseph Saenz, who was off-duty and working as a security guard at the Las Villas de Merida Apartments in the 1700 block of South Hamilton, was trying to resolve a disturbance about 12:40 a.m. when he shot 22-year-old Ronnie Regalato in his left leg, according to a news release issued by the Bexar County Sheriff’s Office.
Regalato was charged with assault on a public servant and on two felony warrants for assault bodily injury-family, with total bond set at $85,000.
According to the news release, Saenz was trying to resolve a disturbance in which Regalato was involved during his routine security rounds when the suspect tried driving away, trapping Saenz between the vehicle and open door, dragging the deputy on the pavement.
Saenz drew his weapon and fired into the vehicle, striking the suspect. Saenz then released himself from the vehicle and sustained minor injuries from the pavement as the suspect fled, the release said.
San Antonio police arrived at the scene soon after that, and later Saturday morning located Regalato in the 100 block of Villa Arbolas. Regalato was taken to University Hospital. The Sheriff’s Office’s criminal investigation division has assumed responsibility of the investigation.
A Bexar County Sheriff’s Deputy shot and seriously injured a man early Saturday, authorities said.Deputy Joseph Saenz, who was off-duty and working as a security guard at the Las Villas de Merida Apartments in the 1700 block of South Hamilton, was trying to resolve a disturbance about 12:40 a.m. when he shot 22-year-old Ronnie Regalato in his left leg, according to a news release issued by the Bexar County Sheriff’s Office.
Regalato was charged with assault on a public servant and on two felony warrants for assault bodily injury-family, with total bond set at $85,000.
According to the news release, Saenz was trying to resolve a disturbance in which Regalato was involved during his routine security rounds when the suspect tried driving away, trapping Saenz between the vehicle and open door, dragging the deputy on the pavement.
Saenz drew his weapon and fired into the vehicle, striking the suspect. Saenz then released himself from the vehicle and sustained minor injuries from the pavement as the suspect fled, the release said.
San Antonio police arrived at the scene soon after that, and later Saturday morning located Regalato in the 100 block of Villa Arbolas. Regalato was taken to University Hospital. The Sheriff’s Office’s criminal investigation division has assumed responsibility of the investigation.
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Teacher’s aid charged with sex with minor www.privateofficer.com
August 15, 2009
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Yuma, Arizona AUG 15 2009 – Beginning August 3, 2009 Yuma Police Department began investigating allegations of Debra Kylochko, 49 years of age, having sexual intercourse with a minor. The investigation did identify at least one juvenile male, 14 years of age.
On August 14, 2009 Yuma Police Department served a search warrant at Debra Kylochko’s residence located in the 4600 block of west 17th Lane in Yuma, Arizona. Debra Kylochko was later booked into the Yuma County Detention Center on two counts of Sexual Conduct with a Minor.
Debra Kylochko was employed as a Teacher Aide at District 1 Alternative and there may be additional unreported victims. Anyone with information is encouraged to call Detective Jeff Ruby at 928-373-4691 or 78-Crime to remain anonymous.
source: YumaNewsNow
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Security agent suffers broken rib during shoplifting incident www.privateofficer.com
August 15, 2009
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HAPPY VALLEY, Ore. Aug 15 2009– A shoplifting accusation turned into a physical assault involving a security guard, three boys and their Southeast Portland mother at a Happy Valley Fred Meyer, according to police, after one of the juveniles was caught in the act by store security on Friday.
A security guard saw a boy who Fred Meyer personnel had identified as a shoplifter and confronted him, leading the boy’s mother and brothers to assault a guard, injuring him, according to the Clackamas County Sheriff’s Office.
The security guard may have suffered a broken rib in the altercation, which involved the suspect, his two brothers and their mother, Tamara S. Gonzalez, 35, Detective Jim Strovink said.
The three boys, a 17-year-old and two 15-year-old twins, were arrested and taken to a Portland juvenile detention center. Gonzalez was arrested and taken to Clackamas County Jail, Strovink said.
All four faced robbery, assault, theft and disorderly conduct charges.
The boys’ father was also present at the time of the incident but was witnessed attempting to “quell the commotion” and not charged, police said.
A security guard saw a boy who Fred Meyer personnel had identified as a shoplifter and confronted him, leading the boy’s mother and brothers to assault a guard, injuring him, according to the Clackamas County Sheriff’s Office.
The security guard may have suffered a broken rib in the altercation, which involved the suspect, his two brothers and their mother, Tamara S. Gonzalez, 35, Detective Jim Strovink said.
The three boys, a 17-year-old and two 15-year-old twins, were arrested and taken to a Portland juvenile detention center. Gonzalez was arrested and taken to Clackamas County Jail, Strovink said.
All four faced robbery, assault, theft and disorderly conduct charges.
The boys’ father was also present at the time of the incident but was witnessed attempting to “quell the commotion” and not charged, police said.
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TSA requires more info from you www.privateofficer.com
August 15, 2009
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WASHINGTON AUG 15 2009— U.S. airlines today will begin asking travelers to provide their birth date and gender for the first time under a new federal aviation-security requirement, federal officials said.
The change comes as the Department of Homeland Security takes over responsibility for checking airline passenger names against government watch lists. The additional personal information, which airlines will forward to the Transportation Security Administration (TSA), is expected to cut down on cases of mistaken identity, in which people with names similar to those on terrorist watch lists are erroneously barred or delayed from flights.
U.S. airlines on May 15 started asking passengers for their full name as it appears on a government-issued identification card, a change intended to allow companies to upgrade their reservation and information systems.
Starting today, airlines will be required to get the name and the additional information, although TSA is working with individual airlines to phase in compliance, TSA spokesman Greg Soule said.
Passengers should not be concerned if their airline does not ask them for the data, Soule said. The agency hopes to vet 100 percent of domestic passengers by March 31, and all passengers on international flights to, from or over the United States by the end of 2010.
For now, nothing will happen to passengers who do not provide the information, Soule said. However, once the program is fully implemented, they could be denied boarding passes, he said.
“We have been assured that no passenger will be turned away or be denied the ability to travel,” David Castelveter, a spokesman for the Air Transportation Association of America, the domestic airline trade group, said. “It would simply mean if you didn’t have the information, you would be subjected to secondary screening.”
The TSA and airline comments appeared to mark a softening from statements in October, when then-TSA Administrator Kip Hawley and Homeland Security Secretary Michael Chertoff announced the Secure Flight program. They said that except in rare situations, passengers who did not provide the additional information would be denied boarding and subject at minimum to being flagged for additional screening at airport-security checkpoints.
Citing security reasons, TSA would not say how many or which airlines are ready to comply with Secure Flight. However, an aviation-industry official said that starting today, a majority of domestic travelers can expect to be asked for the added information.
Full implementation of Secure Flight would fulfill a top aviation-security goal after the Sept. 11, 2001, attacks that was included in a 2004 law overhauling U.S. intelligence agencies.
U.S. officials said that by taking over watch-list vetting, the government will consistently apply the latest list information and sophisticated computer algorithms to catch name variations, and avoid the security risk of giving such data to industry.
Adding full name, gender and birth-date details will allow 99 percent of travelers to avoid delays — or all but 2,000 passengers a day, they said.
Civil-liberties groups have said the government still lacks adequate redress procedures for people mistakenly matched to secret watch lists.
Watch-list mismatches have delayed countless passengers whose names are similar to those on the agency’s no-fly list, or on a second list of “selectees” identified for added questioning. Travelers who are stopped, many of whom often endure lengthy questioning, normally are not told why they were stopped.
Watch-list mismatches have included infants and toddlers; Sen. Edward Kennedy, D-Mass.; and the wife of Sen. Ted Stevens, R-Alaska, Catherine, whose name is similar to Cat Stevens, the former name of the watch-listed Britain-based pop singer who converted to Islam.
U.S. officials in October said the no-fly list includes fewer than 2,500 individuals and the selectee list fewer than 16,000, most of whom are not U.S. citizens.
The change comes as the Department of Homeland Security takes over responsibility for checking airline passenger names against government watch lists. The additional personal information, which airlines will forward to the Transportation Security Administration (TSA), is expected to cut down on cases of mistaken identity, in which people with names similar to those on terrorist watch lists are erroneously barred or delayed from flights.
U.S. airlines on May 15 started asking passengers for their full name as it appears on a government-issued identification card, a change intended to allow companies to upgrade their reservation and information systems.
Starting today, airlines will be required to get the name and the additional information, although TSA is working with individual airlines to phase in compliance, TSA spokesman Greg Soule said.
Passengers should not be concerned if their airline does not ask them for the data, Soule said. The agency hopes to vet 100 percent of domestic passengers by March 31, and all passengers on international flights to, from or over the United States by the end of 2010.
For now, nothing will happen to passengers who do not provide the information, Soule said. However, once the program is fully implemented, they could be denied boarding passes, he said.
“We have been assured that no passenger will be turned away or be denied the ability to travel,” David Castelveter, a spokesman for the Air Transportation Association of America, the domestic airline trade group, said. “It would simply mean if you didn’t have the information, you would be subjected to secondary screening.”
The TSA and airline comments appeared to mark a softening from statements in October, when then-TSA Administrator Kip Hawley and Homeland Security Secretary Michael Chertoff announced the Secure Flight program. They said that except in rare situations, passengers who did not provide the additional information would be denied boarding and subject at minimum to being flagged for additional screening at airport-security checkpoints.
Citing security reasons, TSA would not say how many or which airlines are ready to comply with Secure Flight. However, an aviation-industry official said that starting today, a majority of domestic travelers can expect to be asked for the added information.
Full implementation of Secure Flight would fulfill a top aviation-security goal after the Sept. 11, 2001, attacks that was included in a 2004 law overhauling U.S. intelligence agencies.
U.S. officials said that by taking over watch-list vetting, the government will consistently apply the latest list information and sophisticated computer algorithms to catch name variations, and avoid the security risk of giving such data to industry.
Adding full name, gender and birth-date details will allow 99 percent of travelers to avoid delays — or all but 2,000 passengers a day, they said.
Civil-liberties groups have said the government still lacks adequate redress procedures for people mistakenly matched to secret watch lists.
Watch-list mismatches have delayed countless passengers whose names are similar to those on the agency’s no-fly list, or on a second list of “selectees” identified for added questioning. Travelers who are stopped, many of whom often endure lengthy questioning, normally are not told why they were stopped.
Watch-list mismatches have included infants and toddlers; Sen. Edward Kennedy, D-Mass.; and the wife of Sen. Ted Stevens, R-Alaska, Catherine, whose name is similar to Cat Stevens, the former name of the watch-listed Britain-based pop singer who converted to Islam.
U.S. officials in October said the no-fly list includes fewer than 2,500 individuals and the selectee list fewer than 16,000, most of whom are not U.S. citizens.
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