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Teacher arrested for being drunk in class www.privateofficer.com
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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Atlanta area nurse charged with molesting patients www.privateofficer.com
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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LSU security guard arrested for falsifying attack report www.privateofficer.com
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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Birmingham police officer charged with murder www.privateofficer.com
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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