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Posted by privateofficernews on November 27, 2009
PORTAGE, Mich. Nov 27 2009(NEWSCHANNEL 3) – Portage police have busted four men after they broke into a restaurant for the second time in three days.
A security guard reported the break-in at Brann’s Steak House around 2:30 Tuesday morning.
Police pulled the suspects over as they were driving away from the restaurant.
Officers found stolen kegs and lots of returnable bottles in the car.
The suspects also confessed to breaking into Brann’s on Sunday night as well. They now face several charges.
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Posted by privateofficernews on November 27, 2009
Greenville Nov 27 2009
Greenville police arrested two people Monday after a report they stole stereo equipment from Best Buy and one pulled a utility knife as they ran from the store, a news release said.
The incident occurred about 6 p.m. at the electronics store in the Lynncroft shopping center, according to the release issued Tuesday afternoon. A security guard at the store told officers he observed a woman and man walk to the car stereo section where each took Pioneer CD players and concealed them under their coats.
The guard followed them to the front of the store and through the first set of doors, the release said. He attempted to confront the female when she began yelling. The male suspect pulled out a utility knife and they both ran out of the store, the release said.
They fled the scene in a late 90s model Isuzu. The vehicle was stopped a short time later, and police detained driver Melissa Dawn Harris and passenger Robbie Lee Knowles.
The Best Buy guard identified the two as the thieves, and Greenville officers determined the vehicle was involved in an earlier theft at the Sears department store on South Memorial Drive, the release said.
Sears staff reported a white female took two portable DVD players, a pair of Nike tennis shoes, Craftsman drills, a men’s jacket and a mat cutter.
The car was identified through Sears security video, the release said. During a search of the vehicle, stolen property was located from both stores.
Knowles, 33, 576 Birchwood Drive in Greenville, was arrested and charged with armed robbery and given a $150,000 secured bond. Harris, 30, 576 Birchwood Drive, was charged with aid and abet armed robbery, felony larceny and misdemeanor larceny and given a $150,000 secured bond.
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Posted by privateofficernews on November 27, 2009
Monroe LA Nov 27 2009
Monroe police accused a Columbia woman of stealing $2,400 in jewelry at Pecanland Mall late Wednesday night.
Cindy Jones, 28, was charged with felony theft and resisting by refusing to give name.
Jones’ arrest affidavit said mall security observed Jones put jewelry items in her purse and left the store without paying for them. She was then confronted by security and handed over to Monroe police officers, who took her to Ouachita Correctional Center. During booking, she gave her name as Patricia L. Merritt in an attempt to mislead officers, the affidavit said.
She remained at OCC on Thanksgiving Day on an undetermined bond.
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Posted by privateofficernews on November 27, 2009
ALBANY, GA Nov 27 2009 (WALB) – The grand jury brought formal charges against Kevin Harper of felony theft by taking and burglary Wednesday.
Harper was arrested September 4th by Dougherty County Sheriff’s investigators.
They say they caught him red-handed stealing thousands of dollars worth of Polo Shirts from Dillard’s at the Albany Mall where he worked part time as a security guard.
He also worked at the Southwest Georgia Regional Airport.
He faces up to ten years in prison.
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Posted by privateofficernews on November 27, 2009
Lake County IL Nov 27 2009
A private security guard at Grayslake North High School was indicted Wednesday on charges of child pornography and impersonating a police officer.
Christopher Bosak, 25, of Antioch allegedly possessed indecent photos of a Grayslake North student. Grayslake police said a high school staff member found photos of a 16-year-old female student on a compact disc that belonged to Bosak.
Bosak allegedly told the girl he was a Lake County sheriff’s deputy to gain her trust.
His arraignment is scheduled for Dec. 2.
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Posted by privateofficernews on November 27, 2009
Pocono PA Nov 27 2009 You messed with the wrong family,” said Gloribel Albarron of Pine Ridge.
She was referring to the Bushkill community’s security force. On Saturday, a Pine Ridge security guard gunned down the family’s 10-month-old English bulldog puppy, Shaq.
The dog got loose from its yard and wandered down the street. It wasn’t the first time.
“He had a tendency to go exploring,” said Albarron, a police officer who was at work in New York at the time of the shooting. Her son and father-in-law noticed Shaq was missing and searched for him.
Not far away, according to what Albarron has been able to piece together, Shaq was spotted by a homeowner, a woman who was walking down the road with a small child. The dog followed the woman, who called Pine Ridge public safety.
The security guard reportedly tried to capture Shaq with a net, may have sprayed the dog with pepper spray and ultimately shot the puppy in the head. The account was relayed to Albarron by the woman who called public safety.
Meanwhile, when the search for Shaq netted nothing, Albarron’s husband, Michael Albarron, called Pine Ridge public safety and reported the dog missing.
“They said, we’ll look for your dog. There was a dog that was loose — a pit bull — they said, and they shot him down,” Michael Albarron said.
He hung up, thought about it, and then called back to public safety to ask for a description. It sounded like Shaq.
“I called my son,” Michael Albarron said, “and told him, ‘Go down to the gate, I have a feeling they shot Shaq.’”
The dog’s body was retrieved from Pine Ridge public safety and brought home. Blooming Grove State police were called, but the family says they were told the shooting was a civil matter. State police confirmed the matter is between the Albarron family and Pine Ridge public safety and that an official report would have to come from Pine Ridge. But authorities at Pine Ridge are not talking.
At the Pine Ridge office, officials who identified themselves as the community manager and the board president refused to disclose their names. They would not say if the security guard who shot the dog is still on duty.
“We don’t know how far this thing is going to go. We can’t comment,” the community manager said.
The Albarron family has contacted an attorney and will try to pursue the shooting in court.
“This community has come to pieces,” Gloribel said. “We work hard. We don’t bother anyone. We pay our dues. They put these toy cops in here with guns.” She believes security guards should be allowed to carry Tasers or batons but not guns.
“(The security guard) doesn’t understand the pain he caused. I want justice for my dog and my family,” Gloribel said. “I just want to sell my house and get out of here.”
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Posted by privateofficernews on November 26, 2009
Rockcastle KY Nov 26 2009 A high school teacher speaks out after being arrested for being drunk in the classroom.
Police arrested Joe Cope at Rockcastle County High School, where he teaches English and Journalism.
The county attorney says students complained Cope was drunk, so the principal pulled him out of class.
Police gave him a breathylizer, and he reportedly blew a .14, nearly twice the legal limit.
Cope says he took two Zanax and had two glasses of wine for dinner the night before.
Police charged him with alcohol intoxication in a public place.
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Posted by privateofficernews on November 26, 2009
ATLANTA Ga Nov 26 2009 — A metro Atlanta nurse anesthetist has been charged with molesting and sodomizing anesthetized patients in dental and medical offices, and police say the videotaped abuses could involve 100 or more victims.
Paul Patrick Serdula, 47, who worked in dental and medical offices across metro Atlanta, was arrested Monday night on child molestation and sodomy charges. The arrest came after authorities found several videos showing him fondling and groping patients who were under anesthesia at various offices, said Cobb County police officer Joe Hernandez.
And authorities reviewing the videos to find more victims say the assaults could go back years and involve residents of other states who were treated by Serdula while they were in Georgia.
“The magnitude of this is almost surreal,” said Cobb County Police Sgt. Dana Pierce.
Serdula, who is being held at the Cobb County Jail without bond, was first arrested Nov. 18 on three counts of unlawful surveillance after a woman found a tiny camera hidden in a bathroom stall at a Cobb County dental office. He was charged with unlawful surveillance and eavesdropping and released on bond.
He was re-arrested at about 10 p.m. Monday and charged with aggravated child molestation, aggravated sodomy and aggravated sexual battery, among other counts, said Hernandez. At least one victim was a juvenile, he said. Hernandez would not disclose the gender of the juvenile or the other victims.
Police said Serdula has an attorney, but they could not immediately provide the attorney’s name.
Serdula, whose license was suspended after his arrest, first registered as a nurse in Georgia in 1997. Authorities said he was not working exclusively for any one physician but instead was a contractor hired by medical providers on a temporary basis. They said that gave him access to offices across the metro Atlanta area.
Pierce said detectives have talked to several patients who believe they are victims, and investigators are now searching the videos for more clues and more victims.
“This case is absolutely far from over,” he said.
But the investigation poses a unique challenge for detectives, as many of the potential victims don’t know they were targeted because they were under anesthesia.
Police are encouraging anyone worried about whether they might be a victim to contact their medical provider to see if they had ever hired Serdula. If so, said Hernandez, they should immediately contact the Cobb County Police.
Police said they do not believe victims were at risk of contracting a sexually transmitted disease as a result of the incidents. Hernandez said none of Serdula’s actions “would require STD tests at this time.”
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Posted by privateofficernews on November 26, 2009
New Orleans LA Nov 26 2009 A security guard who claimed she was attacked while working at LSU but later admitted stabbing herself has been arrested.
LSU Police said 47-year-old Dale Marie Noel of Baton Rouge was arrested Wednesday in Gonzalez and extradited to East Baton Rouge Parish, where she was booked on a charge of terrorizing and criminal mischief. Bail has not been set.
A federal grand jury indicted Noel this month on one count of making a false statement to a federal investigator.
Noel told an FBI special agent investigating the stabbing that she had been attacked by a man of Middle Eastern descent who allegedly said, “I hate Americans,” and then assaulted her. Two days later, she told law enforcement she had stabbed herself in the shoulder and stomach to get attention and because of an addiction to prescription medication.
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Posted by privateofficernews on November 26, 2009
BIRMINGHAM, AL Nov 26 2009 (WBRC) – A Birmingham police officer has been arrested for murder in connection with a deadly car crash.
Birmingham Police, in a statement Wednesday to FOX6 News, said James Kendrick, 36, of Birmingham, was arrested in connection with the death of Derric Rush, 42, of Hoover. Investigators said Rush died in a crash that happened shortly after 11 p.m. on Wednesday, November 18, 2009, on Interstate 59 near the Arkadelphia exit. Investigators said the accident is believed to be alcohol-related.
Police said a murder warrant was obtained against Kendrick, who turned himself in and posted bond.
Kendrick has served with the Birmingham Police Department for 12 years and was assigned to the North Precinct. Kendrick has been placed on administrative leave pending an ongoing internal investigation.
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Posted by privateofficernews on November 25, 2009
FRESNO CA NOV 25 2009
Fresno Police are investigating the murder of an apartment complex security guard with an unusual weapon. Coroners say the guys who killed 59-year-old Albert Rodriguez beat him to death with a tree branch.
Rodriguez was well known as a security guard at the Summerset Village complex on Weldon near Fresno in Central Fresno, but he didn’t wear a uniform, so the killers may not have known who they were attacking.
Rodriguez’s reserved parking spot was empty Friday and there are few signs of the struggle that killed him, just a few leftover pieces of police crime scene tape. But impressions from the beating are burned into the memory of some neighbors.
“I heard something like beating on something, like a wood being hit on something and I was sure they were just doing construction,” said eyewitness Lydia Joachin.
Police say Rodriguez was walking around the complex when he ran into trouble.
“About 30 minutes before we got called out, Rodriguez called his manager to say he was going to contact a group of youths who were causing trouble,” said Lt. Tony Bennink of the Fresno Police Department.
Police don’t know how many suspects there were, but they beat Rodriguez with whatever they found on the scene. By the time police arrived, the suspects had scattered and officers checked the apartment for clues.
“They came into my apartment to see if nobody was hidden here,” said Joachin. “They were doing that to all the apartments right here.”
Neighbors say they’re scared now because of what happened and because the man they leaned on for their safety is gone.
“He was a really good worker,” said Joachin. “He really looked out for the people he was protecting.”
Rodriguez leaves behind a wife and two kids, according to police. He was the 39th homicide victim in Fresno this year, two more than at this time last year.
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Posted by privateofficernews on November 25, 2009
Lake Havasu AZ Nov 25 2009 City police arrested a local charter school teacher for alleged sexual conduct with one of his students, according to police.
Paul Hotaling, 35, faces two felony counts of sexual conduct with a minor after Thursday’s arrest. The alleged victim is a 17-year-old female, according to police. Hotaling made his initial appearance in Lake Havasu Consolidated Court Friday and he is currently being held on a $50,000 bond, according to court officials. His preliminary hearing is set for 10 a.m. on Nov. 27.
Hotaling worked last year as a substitute teacher for Lake Havasu Charter School, at 1055 Empire Drive, and started this year as a part-time seventh- and eighth-grade health teacher, said Principal Patricia Hauchrog.
“Ideally we are here to protect the students,” Hauchrog said. “(We will be) up front and honest. Students have got to come first.”
Hauchrog said school staff decided to notify police of the allegations, but she declined to provide further information.
Hauchrog said the school conducted the state-mandated criminal background check and fingerprinting upon hiring Hotaling. She said she learned of the investigation Thursday and it came to her as a surprise. She said Hotaling has “been a good teacher (and) well-received by the majority of the students.”
School staff was expected to meet Friday afternoon and Hauchrog said the staff would be in communication with the students and parents regarding the investigation. She said Hotaling will be placed on paid administrative leave, but she wasn’t sure for how long.
“We are here for the students and let the investigation do what they need to do,” Hauchrog said. “That’s how the legal system works.”
Police state that the “investigation revealed the possibility of additional victims of a similar crime involving Hotaling,” according to a police press release.
After hearing that, Hauchrog said she is concerned that there could be other victims and “concern for what affects this is going to have on them.”
“This is a real ‘take the wind out of your sails’ kind of deal,” she said.
Repeated messages left with the Lake Havasu Police Department seeking more details on the case was not returned Friday.
Police ask anyone with information regarding additional victims to contact Detective Cindy Slack at 928-855-1171.
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Posted by privateofficernews on November 25, 2009
Chicago IL Nov 25 2009
A West Side security guard appeared in Bond Court today facing charges alleging he planted fake bombs near the headquarters of the Boeing Co. and One Prudential Plaza and possessed drugs when he was arrested.
Roosevelt Billups is suspected of planting hoax bombs outside 100 N. Riverside Plaza — which is the Boeing headquarters — and One Prudential Plaza, a police source said. Billups, 42, was ordered held in lieu of $80,000 bond in a Cook County Bond Court hearing before Judge Laura M. Sullivan today.
Chicago police foot patrol officers arrested Billups in the 100 block of North State Street about 5 p.m. Wednesday, police said.
Someone who saw Billups in the area called police after recognizing him as a suspect in three incidents involving fake bombs, said Chicago Police News Affairs Officer Gabrielle Lesniak.
Billups, of the 100 block of North Francisco Avenue, faces three charges of felony disorderly conduct in connection with false bomb threats, one charge of felony possession of a controlled substance, and a misdemeanor charge of drug paraphernalia possession, according to police.
Police previously had issued a community alert regarding suspicious packages resembling explosive devices being planted on three occasions near prominent downtown buildings. The person calling police recognized Billups as the person wanted in connection with those incidents, according to a police news release.
News Affairs officers said they could not say when the community alert was issued or when the fake bombs were planted. They also refused to confirm where the crimes took place.
Billups has been convicted in the past of six felony charges, including at least one prior incident involving calling in a false bomb threat, prosecutors said today. He is due in court again Dec. 8 in Branch 42 of Cook County Criminal Court.
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Posted by privateofficernews on November 25, 2009
HOUSTON TX NOV 25 2009
Authorities are searching for three suspects after an armored-truck guard was shot and robbed while making a delivery at a southwest Houston check-cashing store Saturday morning, FBI officials said.
A Loomis armored truck arrived around 11 a.m. to make a delivery at a check-cashing store in the 5900 block of South Gessner, FBI spokeswoman Shauna Dunlap said.
One of the guards was attempting to enter the store with the cash delivery when gunfire erupted outside the business, Dunlap said. After being hit at least once, the guard dropped the money, which was taken by one man armed with a pistol and another who had a rifle, Dunlap said.
The gunmen fled the scene in what witnesses described as a silver four-door sedan, possibly a Chevy Malibu, which was driven by a third man.
Paramedics took the guard to Ben Taub General Hospital, where he is in stable condition. The crime took place close to the lunch hour and several people were outside the shopping center.
“It was amazing no one else was hurt,“ Dunlap said.
“They didn’t even attempt to rob this individual without violence,“ she said. “They shot first.“
Investigators are also trying to determine if the robbery is connected to other crimes, including a similar robbery and shooting of another armored-truck guard in the summer. Anyone with information about the latest case is urged to call the FBI at 713-693-5000 or Crime Stoppers at 713-222-TIPS
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Posted by privateofficernews on November 25, 2009
Savannah GA Nov 25 2009
Police in Pooler have arrested a local teacher and youth minister on allegations he molested a 13-year-old boy six years ago.
Mark Kit Lucas, 47, was booked Friday into the Chatham County jail on a felony charge of aggravated sexual battery in an assault reported to police earlier this month.
Lucas stands accused of engaging in a sexual act with the youth at Lucas’ Pooler residence, according to a police report.
In recent months, the boy, now 19, revealed details of the assault to friends and a relative, police documents show.
Authorities were subsequently informed.
“After a preliminary investigation, we determined that there was enough to warrant an arrest, and we anticipate further charges in the immediate future,” Pooler police Maj. Mark Revenew said, declining to elaborate. “It would be inappropriate to comment because it is an active investigation.”
Lucas teaches at Savannah High School, according to police. A MySpace page in Lucas’ name likewise lists Savannah High as his workplace.
Karla Redditte, spokeswoman for Savannah-Chatham public schools, would only confirm that Lucas works for school system.
“He is an employee, and he’s been employed about a year and a half,” Redditte said.
At Woodlawn Baptist Church in Garden City, Lucas was recognized in 2004 for going beyond his duties as youth and education director, according to Savannah Morning News archives.
The MySpace page indicates Lucas was an organist and youth minister at the church.
On the Woodlawn Baptist Church Web site, Lucas is listed as having been recognized in 2006 for 25 years of service as an organist. The church’s Web site lists him becoming a part-time youth minister in 1997.
Two phone calls to the Rev. Gary Johnson of Woodlawn Baptist were not returned Monday.
Lucas remained held without bond Monday at the county jail, said Lt. Tommy Tillman, spokesman for the Chatham County Sheriff’s Department.
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Posted by privateofficernews on November 25, 2009
WASHINGTON TWP.OH Nov 25 2009 – A Columbus-area police officer is in Montgomery County Jail on an attempted murder charge after he allegedly abducted his ex-girlfriend and tried to drown her in a ditch.
Joshua Gearhart, 27, an auxiliary police officer with the Whitehall Police Department, was spotted near Leona Lane and Ohio 725 about 6 a.m. Sunday by sheriff’s deputies after witnesses reported a woman in the road, Maj. Scott Landis said.
Deputies found the woman covered in mud and grass clippings and soaking wet at a Shell Gas Station at Ohio 741 and Ohio 725, Landis said.
The woman said Gearhart, a former Columbus police officer, drove from there and the two went out Saturday night, Landis said. At some point, Gearhart requested she “do something for him,” and made threats that he would harm her if she didn’t, Landis said.
An argument ensued and the woman grabbed the keys from Gearhart’s truck and fled on foot, Landis said. Gearhart caught up with her, tried to drag her back to his truck and the two wrestled in a ditch full of water, Landis said.
Gearhart allegedly tried to drown the woman in the ditch, but failed, Sheriff Phil Plummer said. The woman is physically OK, Plummer said.
County prosecutors today approved a felony abduction charge against Gearhart, which allowed deputies to get a warrant that will keep him in jail, Landis said.
Gearhart was fired from the Columbus Police Department last fall after an internal investigation, the Columbus Dispatch reported at the time.
As a Columbus officer Gearhart was involved in the fatal shooting of a man who pointed a gun at officers, the newspaper reported.
He now serves as a part-time officer with the Whitehall Police Department, investigators said
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Posted by privateofficernews on November 25, 2009
Nashville TN Nov 25 2009 Paul Anderson says he was just trying to get the phone he left inside Fuel nightclub when he dropped to the ground from the shock of a Taser stun gun.
Anderson, a Florida resident, said the Taser shock led to major surgery on his knee from the injury. He filed a lawsuit Friday in Davidson County Circuit Court against the owners of Fuel and Eagle Eye Security, alleging that they fired the Taser at him without provocation and left him unable to work as a commercial truck driver.
A number for Eagle Eye Security was temporarily disconnected. A message left at Fuel nightclub was not returned Monday afternoon.
Buford Tune, who teaches firearm and Taser safety courses, said Taser safety makes up about four hours of the coursework for a security guard license.
“They are becoming more popular, but a lot of (the security companies) are not carrying them because of the cost,” said Tune, who said he could not speak about the lawsuit itself. “Security officers have to make a quick judgment in a crowd and, to me, the Taser is one of the most logical tools that could be used.”
Fight broke out at club
According to the lawsuit, a fight broke out in the nightclub in November 2008 while Anderson and a friend were inside, and everyone was ordered out of the club. Anderson said he realized he left some belongings inside and talked to several people to get back everything but the phone.
When he approached the security officers at the front of the club to ask about the phone, their Tasers were already drawn and they used one on him, according to the suit. When he panicked, got up and attempted to run away, the lawsuit alleged, he was struck in the back with another Taser shot and fell on his knee.
He underwent major knee surgery and was fired from his job since he was unable to drive, Anderson said in the suit.
Anderson’s attorney, Hugh Garrett, did not return a call seeking comment.
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Posted by privateofficernews on November 25, 2009
Knoxville TN Nov 25 2009 A Knoxville Alternative High School teacher is out of the classroom and has been charged with sexual exploitation by a school employee.
The Marion County Sheriff’s Office arrested Justin Mikels Friday.
Knoxville Schools’ superintendent Randy Flack says Mikels has been on paid leave since early October when the school received a report of inappropriate conduct with a student. Flack would not say what the conduct was or the student’s age.
He did say the district is considering more serious punishment
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Posted by privateofficernews on November 20, 2009
Groton CT Nov 20 2009 – An art teacher at Robert E. Fitch Senior High School was arrested Thursday on sexual assault charges after a police investigation found he had engaged in “inappropriate conduct” with a female student.
Timothy Riendeau, 29, of 31 Fleming Court, was charged with two counts of second-
degree sexual assault, said Lt. Bob Martin of the Groton City police, who investigated the case. He was released Thursday afternoon on a $150,000 bond and is due to appear in court at 10 a.m. on Dec. 2.
The investigation into Riendeau’s conduct began on Nov. 9, when school officials notified police they were suspicious that he was engaging in an inappropriate relationship with a female student. Police obtained a warrant on Wednesday and arrested him at his home about noon on Thursday.
Riendeau posted a $150,000 bond and was released from police custody Thursday afternoon. He did not speak to a reporter as he left the Groton City police department.
Neither police nor school officials would provide the age of the student or her grade. Police said the assaults occurred within the City of Groton, not at Fitch.
He has been on paid administrative leave since the police investigation began, Groton Superintendent of Schools Paul Kadri said. Administrators took immediate action to protect students once they learned of Riendeau’s alleged involvement with a student, he added.
“In this case, I think everything was handled appropriately,” Kadri said. “What every parent should know is the school district does everything it can to protect its students, and if anything happens we move as fast as we can to thoroughly take care of the situation.”
Fitch students will be able to talk to counselors today, Kadri said.
Riendeau was in the middle of his first year teaching at Fitch, and had previously worked at Catherine Kolnaski Magnet School. Kadri declined to discuss Riendeau’s personnel file or say if he had been disciplined in the past, citing privacy concerns.
While police were investigating Riendeau’s conduct, school administrators quickly took steps to ensure any impacted students received assistance, Kadri said.
“Whenever there’s a situation like this, aside from whatever’s going on with the police, there’s also the necessity of making sure parents are involved, that guidance counselors are involved, that we address any issues that are out there,” he said.
Early this year, a teacher’s aide at Fitch allegedly had sex with a 16-year-old student and was charged with second-degree sexual assault, two counts of providing alcohol to a minor and risk of injury to a minor.
Shonna Couture, 31, was arraigned in January then sent to jail in February after violating a court order against contacting the victim
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Posted by privateofficernews on November 20, 2009
DAYTON OH Nov 20 2009 - A Miami Valley Hospital security officer helped arrest a man who was seen walking near the hospital with a black purse belonging to a sleeping patient.
The officer noticed Richano V. Fisher, 34, carrying the bag about 2:45 a.m. Thursday, Nov. 19, and approached the man, asking what he was doing with the purse, according to a police report.
Fisher said he was getting the purse for his “baby’s momma” and was walking back to the hospital to give it to her, the report stated. The security officer asked Fisher to look inside the purse and noticed the identification inside belonged to a different woman, the report stated.
The officer determined the purse belonged a patient at the hospital and called Dayton Police officers to assist him with detaining Fisher, the report stated.
Inside the hospital, Dayton officers found the owner of the purse, who said it went missing about 11 p.m. after she and her husband fell asleep in her room, the report stated.
Outside Fisher became combative with officers, who transported him to Montgomery County Jail. Fisher is expected to appear in court Friday, Nov. 20, on a felony charge of receiving stolen property, according to jail records
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