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Monthly Archives: November 2009

KNOXVILLE TN Nov 13 2009 (WATE) — Three UT football players are charged with attempted armed robbery following their arrests early Thursday, Knoxville police said. The players are all freshmen. Defensive back Janzen Jackson, 19, and wide receiver Nu’Keese Richardson, 19, and defensive back Michael Edwards, 18, are charged with three counts each of attempted [...]

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Manchester Nov 13 2009 Parents of students attending Goose Rock Elementary School in Clay County say they’re shocked after a teacher’s arrest. “When I drop them off at school I expect them coming into a safe environment and have teachers in their right mind,” said Jessica Smith, a concerned parent. Police say 42 year-old Marietta [...]

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Montgomery, Alabama Nov 18 2009 – An 18-year-old man has been charged with the shooting death of a teenager at a private party in Montgomery. Police say the suspect is in custody and charged with murder in the death of 17-year-old Marcus Alloway. Police are not releasing the name of the suspect. Authorities say five [...]

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Chicago IL November 12, 2009 (WLS) — A Chicago woman is accused of using her two young children in a shoplifting ring that police say stretched from Chicago to Cleveland. The group is also accused of identity theft, and police in both cities are trying to find the victims. A Chicago mother, along with her [...]

TAMPA Fla Nov 13 2009- Joshua Basso, 29, was looking for sex Wednesday morning and out of minutes on his cell phone, according to Tampa police. So he called the only number that worked: 911. “Basso states that he was going to do his laundry today but was informed that the washer was inoperable,” Tampa [...]

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Milwaukee Wi Nov 13 2009 Thirteen robberies have occurred in the past three weeks near the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee, although crime near the campus is down overall since Sept. 1, according to data released Thursday by Milwaukee police. Only one robbery occurred in the same area in the previous three weeks, the statistics show. While [...]

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PRICHARD, Ala. Nov 13 2009 al.com — Prichard police Chief Lawrence L. Battiste is quitting the force, he said Thursday, stepping down about a year early in his five-year contract. Battiste said he was leaving to become the chief probation officer at the Strickland Youth Center in Mobile. Battiste, who came to Prichard after working [...]

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LA MARQUE TX Nov 11 2009 — A private security firm manager from Arkansas with two decades of experience as a small-town police chief will be the next police chief in La Marque, the city manager announced Monday. Randall Aragon, who had stops in South Carolina, North Carolina and Arkansas as police chief, is scheduled [...]

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Security guard lied about abduction, arrested for burglary www.privateofficer.com CINCINNATI OH Nov 11 2009 — Police have charged a Roselawn woman who claimed she was abducted from her workplace and sexually assaulted. Vonda Waters told police that she was abducted by several men Nov. 5 around 9 p.m. in front of the Red Cross offices, [...]

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MILLVILLE NJ Nov 11 2009– A one-time Millville teacher of the year was arrested Tuesday morning on a charge of child endangerment, police Chief Ed Grennon confirmed. Lawrence Young, a chemistry teacher at Millville Senior High School, was released from Cumberland County Jail sometime Tuesday after posting $75,000 bail, according to the jail’s admission office. [...]

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GAINESVILLE Fla Nov 11 2009 – An intoxiacted driver made a number of wrong turns in downtown Gainesville Wednesday morning, including driving across the Hall County Courthouse courtyard. Gainesville Police Lt. Carol Martin said officers responded to the courthouse parking deck around 9 a.m. to assist courthouse security as they detained 56-year-old Diane Freeman. “They’d [...]

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W. HOMESTEAD, Pa. Nov 102 009– An electrical short is being blamed for a fire at a steel plant in West Homestead early Monday morning. A security guard spotted smoke at about 3:30 a.m. at the WHEMCO Plant on West Seventh Street. Firefighters were able to isolate the fire and extinguish the blaze in about [...]

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SALEM, N.H. Nov 10 2009– A Sandown, N.H., woman was charged with endangering the welfare of a child after leaving her infant in a car in a store parking lot while she returned an item, police said. Police responded to the parking lot of the Macy’s store at the Mall at Rockingham Park on Friday [...]

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Atlanta GA Nov 1 0 2009 Mark Warren Samoline, 50, a vice president for UPS and Johns Creek resident, committed suicide just weeks after he was accused of raping a 21-year-old woman in Bloomington, Ind. Gwinnett County police confirmed that Samoline’s death Friday was ruled a suicide by the medical examiner. His body was discovered [...]

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Kansas City Nov 10 2009 Clay County prosecutors have charged a Shawnee man in connection with an attempted rape in a parking garage at the Ameristar Casino last week. Manoxay J. Salivanh, 37, allegedly followed a 23-year-old woman from the casino at 8201 N.E. Birmingham Road into a parking garage elevator and later a stairwell, [...]

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Pittsburgh PA Nov 10 2009 Security personnel working at the Rivers Casino voted 38-35 Monday evening to oppose organizing under the International Union for Security, Police and Fire Professionals of America. The SPFPA is one of two unions currently courting Rivers Casino workers: The United Steelworkers of America are also working with some of the [...]

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RIVIERA BEACH FLA Nov 10 2009 — The firm newly contracted to guard the Port of Palm Beach hired a felon to help run its operations there four months after the state denied him a license to work in private security. Jason Deltoro, 27, hired shortly after Sunstates Security began work at the port in [...]

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Montgomery County TX Nov 9 2009 By: Rick McCann-Staff Private Officer News Network http://www.privateofficer.com/ The sheriff’s office is investigating the death of an n 11-year veteran of the Houston Police Department. Deputies say that the officer was found dead in the Woodlands Saturday morning. Police say it appeared Francisco Lopez died of a self-inflicted gunshot [...]

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Memphis TN Nov 9 2009 Memphis Police are investigating the overnight shooting of a security guard. Early Friday morning, a security guard at the University Commons warehouse on Chelsea Avenue called police and said he had been shot. When officers arrived and found the man, he was rushed to The MED in critical condition. According [...]

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NEWNAN, Ga.(metro Atlanta GA) Nov 9 2009 By: Rick McCann-Staff Private Officer News Network http://www.privateofficer.com/ Comedian Katt Williams found that breaking the law in Georgia is no laughing matter. Williams who is a well-known comedian and has appeared on numerous cable shows has been charged with burglary and criminal trespassing and remains in custody Monday [...]

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Shoplifting News Nov 9 2009   Lancaster PA City police on Wednesday arrested three people on retail theft charges in two separate incidents at Park City Center. A fourth person was cited for retail theft at a downtown retailer. According to police, Michael E. Rivera, 49, of 607 W. Orange St., tried to steal two [...]

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PADUCAH, Ky. Nov 9 2009 (AP) – A western Kentucky child has died following an all-terrain vehicle crash. Ciara Greenwell of Reidland in McCracken County died at Vanderbilt University Medical Center in Nashville, Tenn., Sunday night. The Paducah Sun reported the 12-year-old girl was injured Saturday night when the ATV she was riding hit a [...]

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WATERLOO IA Nov 9 2009- The first female officer to reach the ranks of sergeant and lieutenant at the Waterloo Police Department is retiring. Ann Meyer began her career in 1977 when law enforcement still was a male-dominated field. Her first night on the job included a tavern fight, a car chase and a shooting [...]

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Syracuse, NY Nov 9 2009- A teen-ager is being held in the Justice Center Jail after Syracuse police said she attempted to steal more than $100 worth of clothing from J.C. Penney at Carousel Center and shot pepper spray at two store employees. J.C. Penney loss prevention officer Nicholas Guanciale observed 16-year-old Shameiya T. McKinney [...]

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Mooresville NC Nov 8 2009 After providing officers for traffic control at seven Iredell-Statesville Schools for a number of years, a local security company recently discontinued the practice. “It’s purely a business decision,” said Donna Campbell, owner of Wilson Security. Wilson Security guards have directed traffic and helped students and parents cross the streets safely [...]

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Desoto County, MS Nov 8 2009 – Surveillance video shows Mario London going in and coming out of Southaven’s Wal-mart committing a crime that could be his last. “He goes and chooses a computer valued at like $598 and puts it in his shopping cart,” explains Lieutenant Mark Little with the Southaven Police Department. Stealing [...]

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Waynesboro VA Nov 8 2009 Deputies have arrested a Waynesboro man on charges he clubbed an Eastside Speedway security guard with a metal pipe. Authorities said Christopher Neal Root, 24, hit Troy Price in the back of the head Oct 24, leaving him crumpled on the ground and bleeding. Price suffered several strokes and lost [...]

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BRAINTREE MA Nov 8 2009 ledger.com A push is on at the state and federal levels to curb organized retail crime, which is estimated to cost retailers billions. Increasingly sophisticated rings of thieves who steal specific merchandise from stores and resell it everywhere from flea markets to Internet auction sites are a growing problem, according [...]

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Mentor OH Nov 8 2009 A man is accused of stealing two rolls of duct tape, an exercise ball, two Sony DVD players, three T-shirts, a Santa skirt and a set of pool balls, complete with the rack, from the Kmart in Mentor. Then, he punched the security guard who tried to stop him, Mentor [...]

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