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OFFICER DOWN POLK COUNTY FLA.
September 9, 2009
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Detention Sergeant Ronnie Brown
Polk County Sheriff’s Office
Florida
End of Watch: Tuesday, September 8, 2009
Florida
End of Watch: Tuesday, September 8, 2009
Biographical Info
Age: 48
Tour of Duty: 20 years
Badge Number: 2896
Incident Details
Cause of Death: Assault
Date of Incident: Sunday, August 30, 2009
Weapon Used: Person
Suspect Info: In custody
Sergeant Ronnie Brown passed away as a result of complications from injuries inflicted by an inmate one week earlier.
The inmate, who was in custody on a murder charger, had refused to leave his cell in the South County Jail and broke the head off of a sprinkler. As Sergeant Brown and another deputy attempted to extract him from the cell the inmate shoved him against a wall and then onto the floor. Other deputies pulled Sergeant Brown from the cell and then closed the door.
The next morning Sergent Brown was taken by ambulance to a nearby hospital to be treated for his back injury. The following afternoon he was taken to a second hospital where it was discovered that his back had been fractured. He underwent surgery the following day.
On September 8th Sergeant Brown’s wife discovered him passed away in his hospital room after arriving for a visit.
Sergeant Brown had served with the Polk County Sheriff’s Office for 20 years. He is survived by his wife and daughter. His wife also serves as a detention deputy with the agency.
Agency Contact Information
Polk County Sheriff’s Office
455 N. Broadway Avenue
Bartow, FL 33830
Phone: (863) 533-0344
Please contact the Polk County Sheriff’s Office for funeral arrangements or for survivor benefit fund information.
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OFFICER DOWN-MINNESOTA
September 9, 2009
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Police Officer Richard Crittenden
North St. Paul Police Department
Minnesota
End of Watch: Monday, September 7, 2009
Biographical Info
Age: 57
Tour of Duty: 13 years
Badge Number: 3933
Incident Details
Cause of Death: Gunfire
Date of Incident: Monday, September 7, 2009
Weapon Used: Gun; Unknown type
Suspect Info: Shot and killed
Officer Richard Crittenden was shot and killed after he and another officer responded to a domestic disturbance call at approximately 8:30 am.
A male subject had gone to the female subject’s apartment in violation of a protection order. As Officer Crittenden and an officer from the Maplewood Police Department attempted to protect the woman, the suspect opened fire. Officer Crittenden was fatally wounded and the Maplewood officer suffered a gunshot wound to her wrist.
The suspect was killed by return gunfire.
Officer Crittenden had served with the North St. Paul Police Department for nine years and had previously served with the Wabasha County Sheriff’s Office for four years.
Agency Contact Information
North St. Paul Police Department
2400 Margaret Street
North St. Paul, MN 55109
Phone: (651) 747-2406
Please contact the North St. Paul Police Department for funeral arrangements or for survivor benefit fund information.
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Nashville nightclub shooting leaves 2 wounded www.privateofficer.com
September 9, 2009
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NASHVILLE, Tenn. Sept 9 2009– A security guard said 20 to 30 shots were fired into a crowded parking lot in downtown Nashville early Monday morning, wounding two women.
The shooting occurred at Ninth Avenue South and Division Street.
About 200 people were in the lot across from Cafe Bella south of downtown when someone opened fire around 2 a.m.
Security officers notified police and assisted officers.
Police took at least one woman into custody.
The shooting occurred at Ninth Avenue South and Division Street.
About 200 people were in the lot across from Cafe Bella south of downtown when someone opened fire around 2 a.m.
Security officers notified police and assisted officers.
Police took at least one woman into custody.
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Wal-Mart security officer kidnapped, carjacked, beaten www.privateofficer.com
September 9, 2009
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CHARLOTTE, N.C. Sept 9 2009– Neighbors are angry and upset as police look for whoever beat a 76-year-old security guard at a west Charlotte Walmart Tuesday. Police said a man walking a dog found the beaten guard lying on the ground shortly before 8 a.m. on the 3900 block of Hargrove Avenue. He was about six blocks from the Walmart on Wilkinson Boulevard where he had been patrolling the parking lot on a midnight to 8 a.m. shift, during most of which the store is closed.
“I saw him lying on the side of the road, and I saw him put his hand up, and that’s when I saw him with his head busted open and (fire) ants and everything crawling in his neck and nose and eyes,” said Reggie Reid.
A woman at a business across the street said she called 911 and then went to see if she could help. Dorothy Grassfield said the guard was obviously severely beaten and was barely conscious.
“I got wet paper towels and tried to get the ants out, but they were inside his eyes,” she said. “He had gashes on his arms, very widely opened, bleeding. His forehead and eyes were black. His face was beaten and blue. He was beaten black and blue.”
Investigators said the man, identified as Alvaro Dario Galeano-Echavarria, works for Security Forces Inc. They said records show he last signed the company log at 1 a.m. Tuesday, and they don’t know what happened between 1 a.m. and the time when Galeano was found. Galleano’s family did not want to talk Tuesday night. But, neighbors who spoke to the family say Galleano is in the hospital, and “hanging in there.”
Neighbors said they were heart-broken when they heard the news.
“They’ve lived here for a number of years,” neighbor Dottie Bamburg said. “Their daughter has grown up here. They’re a very kind, gentle family, very family-oriented.”
Officers said the company’s truck, a white 2006 Toyota Tacoma, is missing. It has the N.C. license tag VNH-6084 and had magnetic decals showing the security company logo, but police said those may have been removed.
Investigators at the scene went down into a storm drain on Hargrove Avenue. They removed some items, which appeared to be paperwork, and took them into evidence. Investigators said some of the papers are from the security company’s log book.
Reid said that about the time that Galleano signed that log book is when he noticed a suspicious van near the spot where he later found the guard. He said he wonders if he saw the attackers.
“They might have beat him in the van, dumped him out here and left,” he said.
Police haven’t said if they think the van is linked to the crime, but nearby worker Doug Matthews said he and his wife aren’t taking any chances.
“Since we started working here, we’ve obtained gun permits and we both bought a firearm, and we keep them on us when we come in and out of this building,” he said.
Galeano is at Carolinas Medical Center in critical condition.
Neighbors of Galleano said they didn’t know him well, but they knew he worked as a security guard. Some said that surprised them because he is small in stature, no more than 150 pounds.
One neighbor said the 76-year-old also worked a second job as a translator in Mecklenburg County. He has a wife and daughter, and the family has lived in their south Charlotte home for close to 20 years.
They all said they were saddened by news of the attack.
“They’ve lived here for a number of years. Their daughter has grown up here. They’re a very kind, gentle family. Very family-oriented,” said neighbor Dottie Bamburg.
“I saw him lying on the side of the road, and I saw him put his hand up, and that’s when I saw him with his head busted open and (fire) ants and everything crawling in his neck and nose and eyes,” said Reggie Reid.
A woman at a business across the street said she called 911 and then went to see if she could help. Dorothy Grassfield said the guard was obviously severely beaten and was barely conscious.
“I got wet paper towels and tried to get the ants out, but they were inside his eyes,” she said. “He had gashes on his arms, very widely opened, bleeding. His forehead and eyes were black. His face was beaten and blue. He was beaten black and blue.”
Investigators said the man, identified as Alvaro Dario Galeano-Echavarria, works for Security Forces Inc. They said records show he last signed the company log at 1 a.m. Tuesday, and they don’t know what happened between 1 a.m. and the time when Galeano was found. Galleano’s family did not want to talk Tuesday night. But, neighbors who spoke to the family say Galleano is in the hospital, and “hanging in there.”
Neighbors said they were heart-broken when they heard the news.
“They’ve lived here for a number of years,” neighbor Dottie Bamburg said. “Their daughter has grown up here. They’re a very kind, gentle family, very family-oriented.”
Officers said the company’s truck, a white 2006 Toyota Tacoma, is missing. It has the N.C. license tag VNH-6084 and had magnetic decals showing the security company logo, but police said those may have been removed.
Investigators at the scene went down into a storm drain on Hargrove Avenue. They removed some items, which appeared to be paperwork, and took them into evidence. Investigators said some of the papers are from the security company’s log book.
Reid said that about the time that Galleano signed that log book is when he noticed a suspicious van near the spot where he later found the guard. He said he wonders if he saw the attackers.
“They might have beat him in the van, dumped him out here and left,” he said.
Police haven’t said if they think the van is linked to the crime, but nearby worker Doug Matthews said he and his wife aren’t taking any chances.
“Since we started working here, we’ve obtained gun permits and we both bought a firearm, and we keep them on us when we come in and out of this building,” he said.
Galeano is at Carolinas Medical Center in critical condition.
Neighbors of Galleano said they didn’t know him well, but they knew he worked as a security guard. Some said that surprised them because he is small in stature, no more than 150 pounds.
One neighbor said the 76-year-old also worked a second job as a translator in Mecklenburg County. He has a wife and daughter, and the family has lived in their south Charlotte home for close to 20 years.
They all said they were saddened by news of the attack.
“They’ve lived here for a number of years. Their daughter has grown up here. They’re a very kind, gentle family. Very family-oriented,” said neighbor Dottie Bamburg.
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Family wonders about security officer killed in hit & run www.privateofficer.com
September 9, 2009
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Seattle WA Sept 9 2009
Jose O. Suarez was a man of habits — regularly attending St. Alphonsus Catholic Church, always driving the posted speed limit, and never jay walking.
“He didn’t trust cars,” his brother, Jorge Suarez, said.
On July 24, Suarez, 58, a security guard and retired Army Reserve sergeant, ended up dead on a Downtown Seattle street, believed to have been struck by a tour bus which kept on speeding along.
Seattle police have yet to make any arrests in the case, something that has left Suarez’s family with a lot of unanswered questions.
“I would want to know exactly what happened,” said Jose Suarez’s daughter, Michele Suarez, 21. “It’s kind of hard to imagine not seeing someone.”
Jose Suarez, a security officer for Northwest Security Services, was killed sometime after midnight when his shift ended at the Central Building, 810 3rd Ave.
There were no witnesses to the collision, but his body was discovered on 6th Avenue near Cherry Street, not far from where he had parked his Pontiac Grand Am and just around the corner from Seattle police headquarters.
Sgt. Sean Whitcomb said detectives reviewed video footage from security cameras in the area and have developed some leads in the case, but he declined to release more details about the investigation.
It was another Northwest Security Services officer, patrolling in a vehicle, who reported the body, Northwest President Stephen Barger said.
That officer, however, had no idea that the body he saw belonged to a fellow security officer. Suarez, who was declared dead at the scene, had been so badly hurt in the crash that he was not readily identifiable, police said.
But even as authorities were trying to confirm his identity, his family was trying to track him down.
“In the morning, my mom wakes up and realizes my dad’s still not here,” Michele Suarez said.
While Rosa Suarez called friends and relatives, Michele Suarez went to the Central Building, called Northwest Security, and then the police, who suggested she make more calls before reporting her father missing.
“I even called the King County Jail,” Michele Suarez said.
It never occurred to her that her father might be dead. An accident that put him in the hospital seemed more likely.
“I was actually pretty calm,” Michele Suarez said.
Eventually, a patrol officer arrived at her office to take a missing person’s report. But after some checking, the officer soon concluded that the missing man was the same person killed in the overnight hit and run collision.
The officer drove Michele home.
“I think my mom figured it out as soon as she saw the officer,” Michele Suarez said. “She started crying. I’ve never seen my mom like that.”
Barger said Suarez’s death was a blow to co-workers, too. Suarez, he said, was a good employee, one that could be counted on and someone who everyone agreed was a genuinely nice man.
“I hope that SPD finds the person who did this,” Barger said.
He could not understand, he added, why the driver who ran Suarez down and left him dead in the street hasn’t already surrendered to police.
“How could somebody live with that?” he asked.
From Bolivia to Ballard
Originally from La Paz, Bolivia, Suarez came to Seattle as a child. He attended Ballard High School and went on to become a technical illustrator and draftsman for Boeing, where he worked for several years.
He retained his love for drawing long after his work with Boeing ended, his home office filled with art books, posters, and post cards. A small replica of Rodin’s “The Thinker” sits atop a bookcase.
For the last 15 years, Suarez worked as a security officer at the Central Building, where he was so popular, the managers there held a memorial service after his death.
The service was held in the very lobby where Suarez had kept a desk, ever ready to greet both those who worked in the building and visitors.
“It’s so hard now not to see him there,” property manager Tamara Genzale said. “He was just such a wonderful man.”
Genzale called Suarez “the friendliest guy you ever could meet,” and said he was always ready to hold open a door, help with a package, or walk a night owl to their car if they happened to work late.
Suarez never left the Ballard community where his family first settled, buying a home when he was still in his 20s, and later adding an upstairs addition so his grandmother could live there.
In his late 30s, Jose Suarez met his wife, Rosa. Michele Suarez was their only child.
A patient man, Jose Suarez never tired of doting on his family, whether that meant helping his wife out with her home daycare business, or driving his daughter to school, even when she began attending college.
“He would still drive me to school just ’cause it was the only time we could spend together,” Michele Suarez said.
Her mother and she have not moved a thing in her father’s office, filled with all the things he loved–books, art work, movies and the ever-present photos of his wife and daughter.
“We’re both still in shock,” Michele Suarez said of she and her mother.
In her eulogy to her father, Michele Suarez described him in many ways, but began by saying simply, “My father was the best father a girl could ever have.”
She now lives in the upstairs unit of the duplex, where she has a view of the backyard and the apple tree her father planted when she was born.
Jose O. Suarez was a man of habits — regularly attending St. Alphonsus Catholic Church, always driving the posted speed limit, and never jay walking.
“He didn’t trust cars,” his brother, Jorge Suarez, said.
On July 24, Suarez, 58, a security guard and retired Army Reserve sergeant, ended up dead on a Downtown Seattle street, believed to have been struck by a tour bus which kept on speeding along.
Seattle police have yet to make any arrests in the case, something that has left Suarez’s family with a lot of unanswered questions.
“I would want to know exactly what happened,” said Jose Suarez’s daughter, Michele Suarez, 21. “It’s kind of hard to imagine not seeing someone.”
Jose Suarez, a security officer for Northwest Security Services, was killed sometime after midnight when his shift ended at the Central Building, 810 3rd Ave.
There were no witnesses to the collision, but his body was discovered on 6th Avenue near Cherry Street, not far from where he had parked his Pontiac Grand Am and just around the corner from Seattle police headquarters.
Sgt. Sean Whitcomb said detectives reviewed video footage from security cameras in the area and have developed some leads in the case, but he declined to release more details about the investigation.
It was another Northwest Security Services officer, patrolling in a vehicle, who reported the body, Northwest President Stephen Barger said.
That officer, however, had no idea that the body he saw belonged to a fellow security officer. Suarez, who was declared dead at the scene, had been so badly hurt in the crash that he was not readily identifiable, police said.
But even as authorities were trying to confirm his identity, his family was trying to track him down.
“In the morning, my mom wakes up and realizes my dad’s still not here,” Michele Suarez said.
While Rosa Suarez called friends and relatives, Michele Suarez went to the Central Building, called Northwest Security, and then the police, who suggested she make more calls before reporting her father missing.
“I even called the King County Jail,” Michele Suarez said.
It never occurred to her that her father might be dead. An accident that put him in the hospital seemed more likely.
“I was actually pretty calm,” Michele Suarez said.
Eventually, a patrol officer arrived at her office to take a missing person’s report. But after some checking, the officer soon concluded that the missing man was the same person killed in the overnight hit and run collision.
The officer drove Michele home.
“I think my mom figured it out as soon as she saw the officer,” Michele Suarez said. “She started crying. I’ve never seen my mom like that.”
Barger said Suarez’s death was a blow to co-workers, too. Suarez, he said, was a good employee, one that could be counted on and someone who everyone agreed was a genuinely nice man.
“I hope that SPD finds the person who did this,” Barger said.
He could not understand, he added, why the driver who ran Suarez down and left him dead in the street hasn’t already surrendered to police.
“How could somebody live with that?” he asked.
From Bolivia to Ballard
Originally from La Paz, Bolivia, Suarez came to Seattle as a child. He attended Ballard High School and went on to become a technical illustrator and draftsman for Boeing, where he worked for several years.
He retained his love for drawing long after his work with Boeing ended, his home office filled with art books, posters, and post cards. A small replica of Rodin’s “The Thinker” sits atop a bookcase.
For the last 15 years, Suarez worked as a security officer at the Central Building, where he was so popular, the managers there held a memorial service after his death.
The service was held in the very lobby where Suarez had kept a desk, ever ready to greet both those who worked in the building and visitors.
“It’s so hard now not to see him there,” property manager Tamara Genzale said. “He was just such a wonderful man.”
Genzale called Suarez “the friendliest guy you ever could meet,” and said he was always ready to hold open a door, help with a package, or walk a night owl to their car if they happened to work late.
Suarez never left the Ballard community where his family first settled, buying a home when he was still in his 20s, and later adding an upstairs addition so his grandmother could live there.
In his late 30s, Jose Suarez met his wife, Rosa. Michele Suarez was their only child.
A patient man, Jose Suarez never tired of doting on his family, whether that meant helping his wife out with her home daycare business, or driving his daughter to school, even when she began attending college.
“He would still drive me to school just ’cause it was the only time we could spend together,” Michele Suarez said.
Her mother and she have not moved a thing in her father’s office, filled with all the things he loved–books, art work, movies and the ever-present photos of his wife and daughter.
“We’re both still in shock,” Michele Suarez said of she and her mother.
In her eulogy to her father, Michele Suarez described him in many ways, but began by saying simply, “My father was the best father a girl could ever have.”
She now lives in the upstairs unit of the duplex, where she has a view of the backyard and the apple tree her father planted when she was born.
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North Carolina deputy arrested after DWI chase www.privateofficer.com
September 9, 2009
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DURHAM NC Sept 9 2009
By: Rick McCann
Private Officer News Network
http://www.privateofficer.com/ — An Orange County deputy is in trouble after allegedly leading Durham County officers on a high speed chase Friday night.
Investigators say Kevin Umstead was travelling at 74 miles per hour in a 35 zone when he police spotted him and gave chase.
Umstead flipped his personal vehicle several times on GuessRoad.
Police were able to get him into custody after a struggle.
Off-duty deputyUmstead was charged with DWI and resisting arrest.
Investigators say Kevin Umstead was travelling at 74 miles per hour in a 35 zone when he police spotted him and gave chase.
Umstead flipped his personal vehicle several times on GuessRoad.
Police were able to get him into custody after a struggle.
Off-duty deputyUmstead was charged with DWI and resisting arrest.
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