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OFFICER DOWN MINNESOTA www.privateofficer.com
Ramsey County Sheriff’s Department
Minnesota
End of Watch: Sunday, October 25, 2009
Biographical Info
Age: 56
Tour of Duty: 10 years
Badge Number: Not available
Incident Details
Cause of Death: Struck by vehicle
Date of Incident: Saturday, October 24, 2009
Weapon Used: Not available
Suspect Info: Not available
Reserve Deputy Mike Wilken succumbed to injuries sustained the previous night when he was struck by a vehicle at the intersection of White Bear Avenue and Frost Avenue. He was directing traffic at the sheriff’s office’s annual haunted house, which raised money for the D.A.R.E. program.
He had just spoken to a driver and was walking on a crosswalk when he was struck by a vehicle. He was transported to a local hospital where he succumbed to his injuries the following morning.
Deputy Wilken had volunteered as a reserve deputy for 10 years and also served as a civilian employee of the St. Paul Police Department. He is survived by his wife, two children, and three siblings.
Agency Contact Information
Ramsey County Sheriff’s Department
425 Grove Street
St. Paul, MN 55101
Phone: (651) 266-9333
Please contact the Ramsey County Sheriff’s Department for funeral arrangements or for survivor benefit fund information.
Security officer pepper-sprayed during robbery www.privateofficer.com
One of the robbers blasted the guard in the face with the liquid, blinding him long enough to take the bag from the Hudson’s Treasure Hunt employee he was escorting.
Police spokesman Officer Christopher Levy said the robbery occurred about 9:40 p.m. in the parking lot after the Hillcrest Road store had closed.
One robber sprayed the guard, while the other grabbed the deposit bag, Levy said. Then the robbers took off and ran behind the store.
Levy said the men were last seen running behind Godfather’s Pizza, next door to Hudson’s.
The 38-year-old female employee was not injured.
Levy said that the robber not armed with the squirt gun had a handgun.
One is described as a black male in his late teens to early 20s, 5 feet 9 inches tall, weighing 130 to 150 pounds, and wearing a black jacket and blue jeans. The other robber, Levy said, is described as a black man, about 5 feet 8 inches tall, with a skinny build and wearing a blue jacket with orange stripes.
Levy said that the robber not armed with the squirt gun was armed with a handgun.
“More times than not, the bank deposit robbery ends up being an inside job,” Levy said.
Anyone with information should contact Mobile police at 251-208-7211.
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KC nightclub security in shoot-out www.privateofficer.com
Around 2:30 a.m. shots were reported outside of Gerry’s Silver Slipper, 4704 Independence Ave. Kansas City police said the security guards from the strip club returned fire after a vehicle had driven by and fired shots at the security officials.
Nobody was hit or injured in the exchange.
Gerry’s Silver Slipper has seen its share of trouble this year. On Feb. 6 two men were shot and killed outside of the club and on Jan. 24 three people were stabbed at the club. Kansas City officials suspended the clubs liquor license for 66 days after those incidents.
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Teacher arrested for sending sexual content to student www.privateofficer.com
World Languages teacher George H. Friery Jr., of Oakland Drive in Whitehouse Station (Hunterdon County), was charged on October 23 with one count of second-degree endangering the welfare of a child, and fourth-degree endangering the welfare of a child, according to the Somerset County Prosecutor’s Office.
Friery was lodged in the Somerset County Jail with bail set by Somerset County Superior Court Judge Acursco at $50,000 with a condition that Friery have no contact with the student.
Bridgewater Police commanded by Chief Richard J. Borden, and the Somerset County Prosecutor’s Office Sex Crimes and Child Abuse Unit are involved in the investigation.
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Costa Rica security out number police www.privateofficer.com
Private security guards in Costa Rica almost double the number of police officers in Costa Rica. According to the Dirección del Servicio de Seguridad Privada del Ministerio de Seguridad, there are 20.000 registered security guards to 13.000 members of the Fuerza Pública (police).
A total of 803 licensed private companies offer private security services in all areas of the country, an increase of 202 over last two years. In 2007 there were 601 registered private security companies, growing to 722 in 2008.
Those numbers do not include the multitude of unlincensed and unorganized security companies and individuals who offer private protection to a few homes on a street.
Fernando Camacho, vicepresidente de la Asociación Costarricense de Empresas de Seguridad (ACES), estimates that there are at least 700 companies not registered with the Dirección, operating without any kind of permit.
Camacho added that the private security force could grow by another 6.000 in the coming year with the growth of insecurity.
And private security does not come cheap.
Camacho said that a private, armed security service on a 24 hour bases could cost as much as ¢1.6 million colones (us$2.700) a month.
A local, unarmed and unregistered private security service can cost a homeowner an average of ¢25.000 colones (us$43) a month. This type of service is quite common but comes with inherent risks as the officials are generally not trained and at best can only stand by to watch criminals do their thing.
Private security, according to Camacho, is a us$70 million dollar a year business and growing.
According to the latest poll by Unimer for the La Nación, 25% of Costa Ricans admit to insecurity being their main concern, a figure that was only 2% five years ago.
Juan Luis Sánchez, director del Servicio de Seguridad Privada del Ministerio de Seguridad, feels that private security guards perform an indispensible function in providing vigilance that, for the lack of funding, the Fuerza Pública cannot perform.
Sánchez admits that the police cannot be keeping an eye on parking lots or supermarkets or empty office buildings at night.
For Erick Lacayo, the director of the Fuerza Pública, private security is a complement to the police function with a specific objective of securing the needs of a particular client.
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Security officer aids in kidnapping arrest www.privateofficer.com
Authorities arrested Samuel McCrae at a Durham gas station Saturday night after the boy alerted a security guard.
Police said that the security officer immediately notified police and kept the suspect under observation until officers could arrive.
Police were able to verify that the man forceed the woman and child into his vehicle and officers took McCrae into custody.
McCrae was wanted in Charlotte for assault with a deadly weapon with intent to kill.
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17 Year old, 3 juveniles charged with murder in S.C. www.privateofficer.com
Officials say Mahquaun Loftin was shot off College Street in the middle of the road.
Acting Winnsboro police Chief Freddie Lorick says Loftin was in a fight with several juveniles at a house party.
Lorick says 17-year-old Roderikus Adams shot Loftin in the chest.
Loftin was taken to Fairfield Memorial Hospital where he later died from a gun shot wound.
Adams and three juveniles have been charged with murder. The four have been booked at the Fairfield County Detention Center.
The four are expected to go in front of a judge on Monday.
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15 Year old charged in murder of missing Mo. girl www.privateofficer.com
Police did not release the teen’s gender or name and provided few other details about the person suspected of killing Elizabeth Olten. Cole County Sheriff Greg White has said the teenage suspect is not related to Elizabeth but was acquainted with her and is from the same area just west of Jefferson City.
Several hundred people braved soaking rain and cold weather to search a heavily wooded area near Elizabeth’s home after she was reported missing Wednesday evening. Police found Elizabeth’s body Friday afternoon after the suspect led them to a wooded area several hundred yards from her St. Martins house, White said.
“We had been in that area – actually more than once. The body was very well concealed,” said White, who would not say whether police believed Elizabeth had been killed there.
Under Missouri law, children as young as 12 can be charged as adults with first-degree murder. But the case must start in the juvenile court system while a hearing is held on whether to transfer it to an adult court. Juvenile court records generally are closed under Missouri law unless a judge grants an exception.
Cole County Juvenile Court Administrator Michael Couty said the suspect was in the custody of the juvenile justice system and would undergo a background and psychological check. Couty planned to request a hearing next week before a family court judge to determine whether the suspect should be tried as a juvenile or as an adult. That hearing would be closed to the public.
Police initially had said Elizabeth was last seen walking home from a neighbor’s house on Wednesday night. White said that timeline was developed through interviews.
But on Saturday, White declined to say whether police believed Elizabeth had started walking home when she encountered the suspect. He said many details could not be released to avoid risking the prosecution’s case and because the suspect is a juvenile.
An autopsy was being conducted Saturday to determine the time and cause of death.
Police would not say Saturday whether there had been a confession, nor would they describe the teen’s demeanor or offer more details about written documents that led them to the suspect. White also declined to say whether calls had been made from Elizabeth’s cell phone, which was found “very, very close” to her.
Police narrowed the primary search area after tracing the phone’s general location, but the phone’s battery had died by Thursday morning.
The Olten family has received help since Elizabeth’s disappearance from Missouri Missing, a group that highlights missing-person cases and provides emergency aid to families. Group spokeswoman Ra’Vae Edwards relayed a request for comment Saturday to Elizabeth’s family.
“They don’t have anything to say right now other than they’re working on arrangements for the funeral,” Edwards said, “And they wanted to thank the community for their support and prayers.”
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