Monthly Archives: August 2009
08/08/09 9 Dead in helicopter-plane crash
NEW YORK CITY NY AUG 8 2009 – A small plane has collided with a tour helicopter over the Hudson River and New York Mayor Michael Bloomberg says it’s believed that all nine people are dead. Bloomberg says the crash victims include five Italian tourists and a pilot on the helicopter and three people on the [...]
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07/08/09 Armored car guard shot in the head during robbery www.privateofficer.com
HOUSTON TX Aug 7 2009 — An armored truck guard was gunned down Friday morning while putting money in an ATM at a southeast Houston bank. Two Loomis guards arrived at the Bank of America in the 3600 block of Old Spanish Trail around 8 a.m. One guard stayed in the truck, while the other [...]
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07/08/09 John Hopkins security charge man with drug crimes www.privateofficer.com
Baltimore MD AUG 7 2009 Public safety officers at John Hopkins Hospital detained a suspicious person on the property and then discovered the man to have illegal drugs on him.Officers placed him into custody at that point. Police responding to the 900 block of N. Eden St. about noon Monday questioned Vernon Edwards, 40, who [...]
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07/08/09 Mall security officer victim of attempted robbery www.privateofficer.com
Lancaster OH Aug 7 2009 A River Valley mall security officer reported someone attempted to rob him outside the mall Monday morning, according to a report from the Lancaster Police Department. The victim said an unknown man yelled to get his attention, then asked the victim if he had any money around 4:20 a.m. Monday. [...]
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07/08/09 Alert security officer aids police in capture of bank robber www.privateofficer.com
Minneapolis MN Aug 7 2009 A second suspect has been charged in the takeover bank robbery in Minneapolis on July 28. Michael Deon Hughes, 23, faces first-degree aggravated robbery in connection to the holdup at the US Bank at 4930 34th Ave. S. Hughes was arrested after a security guard at Block E spotted him [...]
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07/08/09 Family questions why special police officer killed man www.privateofficer.com
WASHINGTON DC Aug 7 2009 – A grieving family is demanding answers after a special police officer shot and killed a man in D.C. last week. The incident happened Friday night when a young man just released from jail argued and then fought with an apartment building security guard. The guard pulled his weapon and [...]
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07/08/09 34 Hospitalized co-worker sprays perfume www.privateofficer.com
FORT WORTH, TX Aug 7 2009 (AP) – At first, fire officials suspected that carbon monoxide or some other toxic fumes had sickened almost 150 people at a Texas bank call center. It turned out that perfume was to blame. MedStar ambulance spokeswoman Lara Kohl says 34 people were taken to hospitals, 12 by ambulance, [...]
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07/08/09 Armored car guard indicted for theft of deposit bag www.privateofficer.com
BLOUNTVILLE TN Aug 7 2009— A Kingsport armored truck employee has been indicted by a Sullivan County grand jury for allegedly stealing a deposit bag containing more than $11,000. Jody Amis Pierce, 29, 1000 University Blvd., A-31, Kingsport, was indicted on a charge of theft of $10,000 or more. According to court records, Pierce admitted [...]
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07/08/09 Ohio LP agent injured by shoplifter www.privateofficer.com
Monroe OH Aug 7 2009 — A loss prevention officer suffered minor injuries after confronting a suspected shoplifter at 5:15 p.m. Thursday, Aug. 6, at the Cincinnati Premium Outlets mall. Kenneth Davis of Beavercreek allegedly was observed by mall security officers placing $1,062 worth of purses off store shelves and into a plastic shopping bag [...]
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07/08/09 Police search for missing TN deputy sheriff www.privateofficer.com
CLARKSVILLE, Tenn. Aug 7 2009 — Police on Friday released the name of a missing Montgomery County reserve sheriff’s deputy but still have not located him. Search crews were looking for William Hassell, a 10-year veteran reserve deputy, after his boat was found unattended on Thursday night, according to Sheriff’s spokesman Ted Denny. It is [...]
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07/08/09 Hilton Head security nab employee for theft www.privateofficer.com
Hilton Head SC Aug 7 2009 When a resident of a Hilton Head Island retirement communityreported money missing from her home, security officers hatched a plan to try to catch the thief. They planted five $20 bills in the woman’s purse, which they then left on her bed. They trained a video camera on the [...]
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07/08/09 Fla. man says cat downloaded child porn www.privateofficer.com
MARTIN COUNTY FLA Aug 7 2009 sunsentinel.com – Martin County Sheriff’s detectives didn’t buy it when a 48-year-old Jensen Beach man claimed that his cat was downloading child pornography on his computer. Keith R. Griffin, of the 3600 block of Northeast Jeannette Drive, was charged Wednesday with 10 counts of possession of child pornography after [...]
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07/08/09 Security guard charged with arson www.privateofficer.com
CLARKSVILLE, Tenn. Aug 7 2009– A security guard is facing charges after he confessed to setting fire to an abandoned hospital that he was in charge of protecting. Clarksville investigators said late Sunday night that someone used a brick to break through a door of the building on Madison Street. The person then set a [...]
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05/08/09 Authorities say woman “committed suicide” by jumping from alaska cruise ship www.privateofficer.com
JUNEAU, Alaska Aug 5 2009- A Washington woman who went overboard from the cruise ship Zaandam appears to have committed suicide, Holland America said Tuesday. “Based on evidence and information to date, it does not appear to be foul play,” spokeswoman Sally Andrews said from Seattle. “From what we have seen to date, it appears [...]
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05/08/09 Boston armed guards run amuck, police say www.privateofficer.com
Boston MA Aug 5 2009 Armed security guards within Boston are not individually licensed, and Boston Police have no idea about most of these guards’ backgrounds. City Councilor Rob Consalvo has filed an ordinance that would require all armed security guards be registered with the Boston Police. Thus, the BPD would know the backgrounds of [...]
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05/08/09 KY physical ed teacher accused of student relationship www.privateofficer.com
LOUISVILLE, KY Aug 5 2009 (WAVE) – A physical education teacher and girls basketball coach at Butler High School has been fired for allegedly having an inappropriate relationship with a student. He’s also accused of accepting money from students so they could skip physical activities or have their grades changed. Coach Michael “Eddy” Wilson taught [...]
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05/08/09 Thief steals wrong bag from armored guard, leaves cash behind www.privateofficer.com
HOUSTON TX Aug 5 2009 — An armed security guard was robbed outside a Wal-Mart store, KPRC Local 2 reported Tuesday. Harris County sheriff’s deputies said an armed man approached the Loomis Security Company guard as he carried a money bag to the entrance of the store in the 13700 block of the East Freeway [...]
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05/08/09 Alabama sheriff tells Governor to send in National Guard www.privateofficer.com
Birmingham AL Aug 5 2009 Jefferson County Sheriff Mike Hale, facing a $4.1 million budget cut enacted Tuesday morning, has asked the state to help pay his deputies’ salaries or to put National Guard troops on the streets. Just hours after a Jefferson County Circuit Court judge allowed the County Commission to cut the sheriff’s [...]
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04/08/09 NJ Correction officer kills infant, herself www.privateofficer.com
NEWARK, N.J. AUG 4 2009— Police say a northern New Jersey corrections officer shot and wounded her boyfriend, then killed her 4-month-old son and committed suicide inside his apartment. Newark police say 39-year-old Kelly McKenith and her infant son, Kaire McKenith, were pronounced dead Monday at University Hospital. An Essex County Prosecutor’s Office spokesman says [...]
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04/08/09 Arizona sheriff resists order to stop enforcing immagration laws www.privateofficer.com
PHOENIX AZ Aug 4 2009— The self-proclaimed “toughest sheriff in America” has never gotten so much resistance from the federal government. The Homeland Security Department wants Sheriff Joe Arpaio of Maricopa County, Ariz., to stop arresting illegal immigrants whose only crime was crossing the U.S.-Mexico border without documents. The thing is, Arpaio doesn’t much care. [...]
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04/08/09 Broward County deputy charged with on-duty sex crimes www.privateofficer.com
Broward County Fla Aug 4 2009 In a series of events that Broward Sheriff Al Lamberti called “an abuse of power” and “a tarnish to the badge,” law enforcement agents arrested one of their own Monday and accused him of sexually assaulting victims — while in his uniform, in marked vehicles and on the job. [...]
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04/08/09 Child shot with officer’s shotgun www.privateofficer.com
Des Moines IA Aug 4 2009 It was supposed to be a fun family event and a time for the Polk County Sheriff’s Office to interact with the public. The fun quickly came to a halt when a 12-year-old boy fired a deputy’s shotgun and injured a 3-year-old girl. The Sheriff’s Office said the deputy’s [...]
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04/08/09 Man punches, hits hospital security with floor sign www.privateofficer.com
Alexandria LA Aug 3 2009 An Alexandria teen who was angered after not being able to see his newborn baby at 4:30 in the morning attacked the child’s mother, threatened a nurse and then attacked a security guard before running from police, according to the report. Elijah Jermaine Jones, 17, of 1901 Mill St., Apt. [...]
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04/08/09 Ohio security officer assaulted www.privateofficer.com
DAYTON, Ohio Aug 3 2009 — Police in Dayton said they are looking for the driver of van who punched a gas station customer and then tried to fun over a security guard. The incident happened at the Marathon gas station in the 1800 block of North Main Street on Sunday. Officers said the driver [...]
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04/08/09 Burglary suspect pronounced dead, found to be alive www.privateofficer.com
Baltimore MD Aug 4 2009 A burglary suspect pronounced dead by medical technicians after he was shot in the head by police lay for about 30 minutes on the floor of a Northwest Baltimore convenience store before officers realized he was alive, city police said Monday. A spokesman for the Baltimore Fire Department, which oversees [...]
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04/08/09 L.A. bounty hunters shoot wanted person www.privateofficer.com
Los Angeles CA Aug 4 2009 Three bounty hunters were involved in a shooting after they tried to arrest a suspect in Sun Valley who was wanted in connection with a misdemeanor DUI arrest, police said. The shooting occurred at 9:57 p.m. in the 8200 block of Marmay Place, said Officer Karen Rayner of the [...]
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04/08/09 Police call elderly woman “habitual shoplifter” www.privateofficer.com
Chicago IL Aug 4 2009 An elderly woman police describe as a “habitual shoplifter” was held Monday in lieu of $10,000 bail after she was charged with felony shoplifting for allegedly trying to steal several items, including wrinkle cream, from a North Side grocery store. The woman, whom Chicago police and the Cook County state’s [...]
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04/08/09 Vacationer falls from Alaska cruise ship www.privateofficer.com
ANCHORAGE, Alaska Aug 4 2009— The woman believed to have fallen overboard from a cruise ship into frigid Alaska waters was 45-year-old Amber Malkuch of Washington state, Alaska State Troopers said late Monday. Malkuch was reported missing by a traveling companion Monday morning when the Holland America ship Zaandam was in Glacier Bay National Park, [...]
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04/08/09 Decatur AL. teacher indicted for sexual abuse of minor www.privateofficer.com
DECATUR AL AUG 4 2009 decaturdailyonline.com A second-grade teacher is out of jail on $15,000 bail after Decatur police arrested her Monday on a grand jury indictment for sexual abuse. A Morgan County grand jury handed down the indictment July 23 against Danville-Neel Elementary teacher Jessica Heather Defoor, 35, on second-degree sexual abuse and enticing [...]
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