Monthly Archives: September 2009
30/09/09 Security officer dies of heart attack www.privateofficer.com
Atlanta GA Sept 30 2009 theemorywheel.com Orell “Buddy” Galloway Jr., a senior security officer at the Woodruff Library, a humor-loving family man, died Sept. 18 at his home in Stone Mountain. He was 73. Buddy died from a heart attack, said his daughter Melissa. The well-known security officer has worked at Emory for 15 years [...]
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30/09/09 HWA security officers unpaid, checks bounce www.privateofficer.com
Seattle WA Sept 30 2009 The state has frozen payments on its contract with HWA, Inc., a Seattle-based private security company that already has lost its federal contracts after employees complained their paychecks bounced. HWA has had a contract to provide security for 25 state-run liquor stores. HWA reportedly owes hundreds of thousands of dollars [...]
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30/09/09 Mother arrested after security finds bruised,beat 14yr old www.privateofficer.com
OKLAHOMA CITY OKL Sept 30 2009 — A 14-year-old boy had deep cuts around his wrists and was covered with burns, bruises and scars when he wandered into a National Guard armory last week and said he had escaped from a home where he was locked in a bedroom closet, officials said Tuesday. Two security [...]
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30/09/09 Robbers dressed as security guards kill pawn shop patron www.privateofficer.com
St. Paul MN Sept 30 2009 It wasn’t clear Tuesday why Malcolm Cowens stopped in at Avi’s Pawn and Jewelry on Monday evening. What is clear is that the genial, 33-year-old businessman’s stop put him in the wrong place at the wrong time. Cowens was the only customer in the Richfield pawn shop around 6:15 [...]
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30/09/09 Cops use hearse to scare kids away from drugs www.privateofficer.com
MARSHALL COUNTY, AL (WAFF)- You usually see a hearse during a funeral procession, transporting a casket from one location to another. One Valley sheriff’s office, though, is using a hearse to deter troubled youth from a life of drug addiction. The hearse is meant to grab your attention. The traditional funeral vehicle is wrapped with [...]
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30/09/09 Alabama deputy’s hand chopped off during arrest www.privateofficer.com
BIRMINGHAM, Ala.Sept 30 2009 (AP) — A Clay County deputy sheriff is recovering after surgeons reattached his right hand, which was cut off by an axe-wielding man during an arrest. Deputies shot and killed the unidentified man after the Friday night attack. Clay County Sheriff’s Capt. Steve Cotney says deputies were trying to serve an [...]
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30/09/09 Man charged with murder after throwing street sign www.privateofficer.com
FOLEY, Ala. Sept 30 2009 Jonathan Hadley, 19, is charged with murder in connection with the death of a driver struck by a thrown street sign on Baldwin County 55 on Saturday.Jonathan Hadley, 19, was charged with murder in connection with the death of a driver killed when a street sign was thrown through his [...]
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30/09/09 State questions stores actions in shoplifting incident www.privateofficer.com
OMAHA, Neb. Sept 30 2009 — A Nebraska state senator said a law he wrote to protect stores from shoplifters may need to be changed after some “unscrupulous” practices have come to light involving a 13-year-old girl. The girl, Amanda Blaylock, admitted to stealing a $4 ring from Claire’s at Oak View Mall. Blaylock said [...]
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30/09/09 GA. Mayor Walker commits suicide www.privateofficer.com
WARNER ROBINS, Ga. Sept 30 2009— Donald Walker, the 15-year mayor of this town located 120 miles south of Atlanta, died Monday afternoon from a self-inflicted gunshot wound to the head. Bibb County coroner Leon Jones said Walker, 60, was pronounced dead at 1:49 p.m. at the Medical Center of Central Georgia. Warner Robins police [...]
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30/09/09 Jersey officer arrested in off-duty security scheme www.privateofficer.com
Bayonne NJ Sept 30 2009 Bail was set at $20,000 cash or bond this afternoon for a Bayonne police officer accused of falsifying his timesheet at an off-duty security guard to get paid for more hours than he worked, Bayonne Now is reporting. James Wade, 33, is charged with theft by deception. Bayonne Police Chief [...]
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26/09/09 3 Dead in medical helicopter crash in SC
GEORGETOWN, S.C. Sept 26 2009– A medical helicopter that crashed in coastal South Carolina, killing all three crew members on board, had run into bad weather and was trying to land at a nearby airport, federal safety investigators said Saturday. The helicopter had just dropped off a patient at a hospital in Charleston and was [...]
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26/09/09 OFFICER DOWN-ALABAMA
OPELIKA, Ala.Sept 26 2009 — Lee County Sheriff’s Deputy James Anderson died Thursday while in the line of duty. Anderson, 39, was struck by a vehicle just before 1 p.m. CDT as he approached a car during a traffic stop at Lee Road 240 and Lee Road 234 in Smiths Station, said Lee County Sheriff Jay [...]
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25/09/09 Bellevue man charged with kidnapping child at mall www.privateofficer.com
Bellevue WA Sept 25 2009 Bellevue police charged a Bellevue man with kidnapping with sexual motivation after he allegedly threatened a boy with a knife in a Crossroads mall bathroom over the weekend. A 12-year-old boy told mall security Saturday afternoon that a man forced him into a handicapped stall in the men’s room, threatened [...]
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25/09/09 Charlotte school security officer injured by student www.privateofficer.com
Charlotte NC Sept 25 2009 A Charlotte-Mecklenburg Schools campus security guard was recovering from surgery Thursday after an attack by a Myers Park High student injured his eye socket, the head of campus security said. John Robbins, a longtime employee of the CMS security force, was attacked Tuesday morning while breaking up a fight, said [...]
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25/09/09 Store security officers ran down by shoplifters www.privateofficer.com
Long Island NY Sept 25 2009 Store security guards saw four suspects stealing clothes from Macy’s in the Green Acres Mall in Valley Stream and confronted one in the parking lot, placing a handcuff him. But the other suspects drove a black sport utility vehicle at the guards, injuring both and crashing into the Macy’s [...]
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25/09/09 Another armed robbery of Brink’s guards www.privateofficer.com
Miami Fla Sept 25 2009 It’s a bad time to be a Brinks security guard. For the second time this week, Brinks security guards carrying loads of cash were the targets of brazen bandits in broad daylight. This time, two guards in Miami Beach were collecting cash from a gas station when they were attacked [...]
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25/09/09 Harrah’s guards charged with vending machine burglaries www.privateofficer.com
ATLANTIC CITY, N.J. – September 24, 2009 (WPVI) — Two Harrah’s security officers were arrested in the robbery of 14 vending machines. On Tuesday September 22, 2009 at 11:30 a.m. Atlantic City Police received a call from Harrah’s security. Security reported that 14 vending machines were broken into and vandalized. The thefts occurred on multiple [...]
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25/09/09 Renaissance Academy fight leads to arrests, injuries www.privateofficer.com
VIRGINIA BEACH VA Sept 25 2009 Two students were injured and 17 will be charged after a large fight today at Renaissance Academy, said Lt. Max Hayden of the Virginia Beach Police Department. The two students who were hurt were treated for facial injuries and were treated at the school by paramedics, Hayden said. Twelve [...]
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25/09/09 Police charge man with death of nightclub security officer www.privateofficer.com
SACRAMENTO, Calif. Sept 25 2009 — A 23-year-old man has been arrested in connection with the hit-and-run death of a security guard outside a midtown Sacramento nightclub. Michael Weisz was arrested on suspicion of murder in the death of Leroy Fisher, 64. At about 1:30 a.m. Wednesday, officers were called to parking lot behind Badlands [...]
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23/09/09 Nightclub security officer hit by vehicle, killed www.privateofficer.com
Sacramento CA Sept 23 2009 The removal of unruly patrons from a midtown nightclub preceded the death of a security guard who was hit by a vehicle outside the club early this morning, police said today. The security guard, Leroy Fisher, 64, of Sacramento, died at UC Davis Medical Center after being hit in the [...]
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23/09/09 NY “Teacher of the Year” arrested for sex abuse of students www.privateofficer.com
Sept 23 2009 A Bronx high-school dean was arrested Tuesday for allegedly molesting a 14-year-old male student, officials said. Johnathan Huff, who was named “Teacher of the Year” in 2007, according to the NY Post, was charged with forcible touching, endangering the welfare of a child and sex abuse while classes were being held Saturday [...]
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23/09/09 ON DUTY: Hospital Police www.privateofficer.com
LANCASTER OH Sept 23 2009 lancastereaglegazette.com– Ask a Fairfield Medical Center police officer how his squad car is different from that of a security guard, and you’ll want to take a seat. The nine-man police force at FMC gets its share of exciting moments, whether they happen in the hospital, in the city of Lancaster [...]
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23/09/09 Security officer shoots armed men during robbery www.privateofficer.com
Brownsville TX Sept 23 2009 Brownsville police are investigating a robbery gone wrong and that ended with two suspects shot. One of the suspects remained in critical condition Tuesday. The shooting took place at approximately 11:15 p.m. Monday at 620 Paredes Line Road at the Cherry 777 Arcade, said police spokesman Sgt. Jimmy Manrrique. A [...]
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23/09/09 Detroit police officer kills wife, self www.privateofficer.com
Canton TownshipMI Sept 23 2009 — A Detroit Police officer was on her way to report a domestic dispute Tuesday morning when her husband, a Detroit homicide detective, fatally shot her in a library parking lot before turning the gun on himself, police said. At about 9 a.m., Ed Williams, 36, of Canton Township shot [...]
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23/09/09 Fairfax County teacher found in car with teen arrested www.privateofficer.com
FRANCONIA, Va. Sept 23 2009 — A school teacher was charged with contributing to the delinquency of a 15-year-old boy, after the two were found together in a car in the early morning hours Sunday, Fairfax County police said. Officers arrested 27-year-old Valerie Roesler, of Alexandria, after finding her with the boy in a Mitsubishi [...]
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22/09/09 PRESS RELEASE-PRIVATE OFFICER MEMORIAL WEEK
ATLANTA GA SEPT 22 2009 Year after year, private security officers employed worldwide are killed while protecting life and property and in most cases receive little or no recognition, honors or respect. This situation occurs because there has not been any centralized organization to step forward to thank these fallen heros and to be there [...]
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22/09/09 Man pleads guilty to 1998 murder of security officer
CANTON MS Sept 22 2009 — A 29-year-old Canton man pleaded guilty this morning to manslaughter in the Nov. 17, 1998, shooting death of George Reid, a security guard at an apartment complex in Canton. Madison County Circuit Judge William Chapman sentenced Marcus Reed to 20 years with 10 to serve and 10 suspended. Canton [...]
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22/09/09 Hospital guard arrested for child porn www.privateofficer.com
CLEARWATER FLA Sept 22 2009 – A security guard at All Children’s Hospital in St. Petersburg was charged today with having child pornography at his home, the Pinellas County Sheriff’s Office said. Charles James Brown, 61, was charged with five counts of sexual performance by a child, the sheriff’s office said. Investigators said they have [...]
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22/09/09 Honest people return $10,000 found in bag www.privateofficer.com
KEARNEY, Neb.Sept 22 2009 (WHNS) – Finders, keepers, losers, weepers, so the saying goes. Unless, of course, what you’ve found is almost $10,000 in cash. That was the case Wednesday when Kim Smith, 46, of Kearney, Neb., and her son Logan Potter, 18, found $9,620 in $20 bills lying on the street in north Kearney. [...]
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