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Monthly Archives: November 2009

Greenville SC Nov 8 2009 A Greenville man was charged today with fatally shooting the owner of an auto parts store off White Horse Road. Chavis Laranzo Cox, 20, is accused in warrants of using a handgun on Monday to shoot Al-Waajid Samad Haneef, 38. Haneef, who was shot in the head, was found in [...]

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Coralville IA Nov 8 2009 A Coralville man was arrested Friday after allegedly stealing debit cards from an occupied vehicle at University of Iowa Hospitals and Clinics and then using the cards to buy food in the hospital cafeteria. Theodore John Pietryga, 48, of 1322 Fifth St. No. 1 in Coralville was arrested Friday for [...]

HILTON HEAD ISLAND, S.C. Nov 7 2009— A South Carolina couple has sued a Georgia-based security company for hiring a guard accused of setting fires. The Island Packet of Hilton Head reports Friday that Norman and Marjorie Agin say Norred & Associates and two local supervisors were negligent because they failed to investigate four fires [...]

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PLACERVILLE, Calif. Nov 7 2009– Several people were arrested Friday after an alleged kidnapping and dispute about gang affiliations took place last month at Red Hawk Casino. The El Dorado County Sheriff’s Office said on Oct. 14, several Hispanic men and women confronted two white men and one woman at the casino and asked them [...]

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ATLANTA GA Nov 7 2009 (AP) – Police say a 4-year-old boy has been hit by a train in northwest Atlanta and is in critical condition. Atlanta Police Officer James Polite said the child ran out of his yard while chasing after his dog Thursday evening and was struck. The CSX train engineer saw the [...]

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Hemet CA Nov 7 2009 Security guards who want to work in Hemet are going to have to avoid looking like cops in their dress and vehicles under an ordinance approved last week. Police Chief Richard Dana asked for an update of the city’s 1984 law covering private security companies after his department experienced problems [...]

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Tuscaloosa AL Nov 7 2009 tuscaloosanews.com Long gone are the days when officers had to call dispatch to get information about the driver they just pulled over. CAPS, the University of Alabama Center for Advanced Public Safety, has changed law enforcement capabilities through new computerized software programs. For more than 10 years, CAPS has introduced [...]

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Carpentersville IL Nov 7 2009 A Chicago man was charged with possession of a loaded pistol and battery this week after a scuffle with a police officer and a security guard at an apartment complex in Carpentersville. Samuel Williams, 22, of the 700 block of Garfield Avenue, was arrested after police responded Monday to a [...]

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BOSTON MA Nov 7 2009– Boston Police met with security officials for area hospitals to work on a plan of attack in the wake of a series of attacks at Massachusetts General Hospital. “Were going to bring them in and were going to train them just like we would Boston Police officers so that they [...]

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MARSHALL COUNTY, AL Nov 7 2009 (WAFF)- Teaching of the Bible in high school is a trend that’s on the rise. More than two dozen public schools in Alabama are already offering Bible related courses, and now a Marshall County school is exploring the idea. Guntersville High School Principal John Richey is looking at a [...]

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Greensville NC Nov 7 2009 The last suspect in an Aug. 20 pawn shop robbery was arrested Friday by Pitt Community College police. Devontra Arnez Tyson, 21, of 4535 Martin Circle, Ayden, is one of four men accused of trying to rob Jolly’s Pawn Shop, located near the intersection of North Greene Street and Pactolus [...]

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Abington Townshp PA Nov 6 2009 Three men, two of them masked and armed with a handgun and shotgun, robbed an armored car this morning in Abington Township without getting out of their getaway van, officials said. No one was harmed in the 9:40 a.m. stickup in front of the TD Bank at 710 Old [...]

Boston MA Nov 6 2009 Boston police met yesterday with security chiefs from the city’s hospitals to discuss ways to make their facilities safer in the wake of several brutal crimes at hospitals in recent weeks. The meeting occurred less than two weeks after a psychiatrist was nearly killed when a patient stabbed her in [...]

FLORENCE AL Nov 6 2009 – This wasn’t what city leaders had in mind when they touted the inclusiveness of the sportsplex. It has turned into a nightspot – for hogs. In recent weeks, feral hogs have battered the grounds along the fence at the western border of Coffee-O’Neal Park. City officials said the hogs [...]

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SUMTER COUNTY Columbia SC Nov 6 2009 — A former Lakewood High School teacher was arrested Thursday and charged with engaging in sexual activity with a fifteen year-old girl. Edward A. Hubbard, 33, is also charged with allowing the girl to view pornographic materials and giving the girl alcohol. According to investigators, Hubbard had sexual [...]

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COLUMBUS, Ga. Nov 6 2009 — A Newnan man has been arrested on suspicion of robbing banks in the Columbus area. A partial license plate number led authorities to 56-year-old John Ernest Johnston. The Columbus Ledger-Enquirer reports Thursday that he faces charges of armed robbery and possessing a firearm during the commission of a crime [...]

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BARNESVILLE, Ga Nov 6 2009– A Griffin police dog has been found shot to death, and the officer he worked with is offering a $500 reward in the case. The Herald-Gazette newspaper in Barnesville reports that Griffin officer Chad Moxon, who lives in Lamar County, says the dog, called Jimi, was taken from the kennel [...]

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TAMPA, Fla. Nov 6 2009 Four inmates who came to the rescue of a Florida jail guard when he was attacked by another inmate may be getting some help of their own. Deputy Larry McKinnon said Thursday the Hillsborough County Sheriff’s Office will write letters to the inmates’ attorneys that can be used on their [...]

Trooper David Lane New York State Police New York End of Watch: Wednesday, November 4, 2009 Biographical Info Age: 30 Tour of Duty: 4 years Badge Number: 4705 Incident Details Cause of Death: Automobile accident Date of Incident: Wednesday, November 4, 2009 Weapon Used: Not available Suspect Info: Not available Trooper David Lane was killed [...]

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JACKSONVILLE, Fla. Nov 5 2009 A veteran Jacksonville officer died Wednesday afternoon in his unmarked police car on the Hart Bridge. Police said they were notified about 1:15 p.m. of a person slumped over the wheel of a car against the barrier wall of the bridge near the exit to Martin Luther King Jr. Parkway. [...]

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Fort Hood TX Nov 5 2009   BREAKING NEWS   WASHINGTON – The Army says seven people were killed and 20 wounded in a pair of shootings at the Fort Hood Army base in Texas. An Army spokesman at the Pentagon says the shootings began about 1:30 p.m. Thursday at a personnel and medical processing [...]

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SURPRISE AZ Nov 5 2009– A Wal-Mart security guard was kidnapped at knifepoint Tuesday night in Surprise. According to police, a 60-year-old security employee saw three men loading bundles of folded cardboard onto a truck at the rear of the store near Litchfield and Bell roads at approximately 11:30 p.m. Tuesday. Surprise police Sgt. Mark [...]

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Miami Beach Fla Nov 5 2009 One person was shot in a confrontation between an armed security guard and people attempting to break into an abandoned building on Miami Beach, WPLG-Ch. 10 reports. The incident happened at a condo building under construction at 6261 Collins Ave. early this morning. One of the people attempting the [...]

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KNOXVILLE, Tenn. Nov 5 2009(AP) — The family of a slain Tennessee college student has settled a lawsuit against the Knoxville apartment complex where she was fatally stabbed in 2004. Michael and Joan Berry of Lawrenceville, Ga., had sued Brendon Park Apartments, Brendon Park Associates and First Management Services Inc. of Nashville for $3.1 million. [...]

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ST. LOUIS MO Nov 5 2009 (KMOX) — About a dozen Sumner High School students had to be treated by paramedics after security guards used mace to break up a fight in the cafeteria today. District spokesman Patrick Wallace says the altercation, which was in retaliation for an earlier altercation, took place during the second [...]

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MEMPHIS, TN Nov 5 2009 – Memphis’ top cop says Memphis City Schools aren’t doing enough to make sure people won’t confuse school security guards with Memphis police officers. The district has agreed to change the shape of the badge worn by security guards, but that’s it. Both Memphis police and city schools security guards [...]

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Cape Cod MA Nov 5 2009 The attorney for the family of a man who died after being restrained at Cape Cod Hospital says the family wants a copy of the surveillance video that allegedly captured the incident. “The family was promised the video,” said Kerry Choi, the Boston attorney representing the family of Daniel [...]

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EDGEWATER, Colo., Nov. 5 2009 (UPI) — A Denver man who claimed to have been attacked has confessed he stabbed himself to avoid having to work, police say. Investigators said Aaron Siebers, 29, walked into his place of employment, a Blockbuster Video in Edgewater, Colo., at about 6:30 p.m. Monday with a deep stab wound [...]

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Chicago IL Nov 5 2009 A Lawndale man was held on a $200,000 bond after being charged with allegedly slashing the hand of a Walgreens security guard with a box cutter and shoplifting Theraflu Monday night on the West Side. Neil Round, 44, of the 3400 block of W. Grenshaw St., was charged with felony [...]

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Kansas City Nov 5 2009 In the end, Kansas City School District security guards regained their privilege Wednesday to carry firearms. But what started out as a matter of fixing a policy glitch swelled into a philosophical discussion among administrators and board members about school safety, surrounding neighborhoods and holstered guns in the hallways. “The [...]

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