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Husband-wife shoplifting team cause chaos www.privateofficer.com
According to a news release, Officer Josh Wright was off duty when he saw a man trying to force his way past a greeter with about $2,000 worth of stolen goods Sunday night.
Wright displayed his badge, but the man said it was fake and tried to force his way past him.
Wright then tackled the suspect and arrested him.
Then the suspect’s wife, feigned a heart attack and said she did not know her husband.
After a witness told Wright the couple had been together in the store, the wife followed the witness into the parking lot and attacked her. The witness stabbed her in the arm with a pocket knife, and the wife had to be treated at a local hospital.
The male suspect was charged with theft over $1,000 and assault on a police officer. Charges against the wife were pending.
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Drunk firefighter steals casino security vehicle www.privateofficer.com
William White, a 16-year veteran, has been suspended without pay for 30 days and the chief has recommended he be fired for his “unbecoming conduct while he was off-duty,” Assistant Fire Chief Francis Deleonibus said.
White, 50, appeared without an attorney and did not comment as he held his head in his hands during a video arraignment from the Allegheny County Jail on Wednesday. A district judge ordered him to remain behind bars until he is accepted by an alcohol-treatment center.
A Rivers Casino security guard saw White urinating in a parking lot Wednesday about 2:15 a.m., police said. White told the guard he was a firefighter and needed help getting home, authorities said.
The guard drove White to the casino’s main entrance and offered to call a taxi, police said. Instead, White allegedly jumped out of the security truck and began arguing with a woman. When the guard got out of the truck to intervene, White jumped in and drove off, according to a police complaint.
An officer saw the truck driving the wrong way down a nearby road as the description of the stolen vehicle came over the police radio. The officer’s cruiser was damaged in the chase, but nobody was hurt. White was arrested a few blocks from his house.
White faces a Jan. 7 preliminary hearing on theft, receiving stolen property, drunken driving and other charges. Police say a breath test showed his blood-alcohol content was 0.226, nearly three times the state’s legal limit.
The chief’s recommendation that White be fired is nonbinding and must be heard by a trial board composed of three fellow firefighters, who could clear White or impose other discipline, Deleonibus said.
White has no criminal record save a drunken-driving arrest in 1995 in neighboring Butler County. That charge was dismissed when the state trooper who filed it failed to show up for trial.
White’s arrest comes two months after the city firefighters union agreed to random drug testing for the first time in history. Deleonibus said White is not being disciplined under that policy but under state civil service law.
The drug-testing policy was adopted following several incidents involving city firefighters, including one who fed his heroin habit by stealing money from fellow firefighters while answering false alarms he had called in.
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Security officer shot stopping armed robbery www.privateofficer.com
Atlanta GA Dec 31 2009
Atlanta police spokesman Officer James Polite Jr. said a man entered the McDonalds at 1176 Ralph David Abernathy Blvd. SW and attempted to force an employee to open the store safe. At this time, a security officer noticed what was happening and confronted the man and the two exchanged gunfire.
Both men were wounded. The suspect fled the scene but was later captured at 1433 Westridge Road SW, suffering from two gunshot wounds to the lower torso, Polite said.
Police say that the security officer was hit in the arm and neck, police said. He was listed in serious but stable condition Thursday at Grady Memorial Hospital, Polite said. His name has not been released.
The alleged robber was identified as Martez Howard, 31. He is at Grady in stable condition and will be transferred to the Fulton County Jail when he recovers, Polite said. He will be charged with armed robbery and aggravated assault.
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Wounded Pierce County deputy dies from injuries www.privateofficer.com
Deputy Walter “Kent” Mundell Jr. died surrounded by his family, as fellow officers gathered at the hospital to honor their colleague, said Pierce County Sheriff’s Department spokesman Ed Troyer.
Mundell, 44, is the sixth police officer in the Seattle area to die in the line of duty over the past three months.
“We are all worn out,” Troyer said.
Mundell and his partner, Sgt. Nick Hausner, responded to a domestic dispute between two brothers on December 21, authorities said. As the deputies entered the residence, police said, one of the brothers, David. E. Crable, opened fire, wounding both officers, authorities said.
According to court documents, Crable had a long history of “terrorizing” family members and violent behavior.
Critically wounded, Mundell returned fire, killing Crable, police said. Both deputies were rushed to area hospitals. Hausner was hospitalized but has been released; Mundell’s wounds were severe. He was placed on life support with little hope of recovery, police said.
“The odds were always against him,” Troyer said.
Mundell, a nine-year veteran, leaves a wife and two children, a 16-year-old and a 10-year-old, according to a sheriff’s department release.
Since October 31, eight police officers or deputies have been shot in the area with six dying in or after the attacks.
On Halloween night, Seattle police officer Timothy Brenton was fatally shot while sitting in his patrol car. Brenton, 39, was reviewing paperwork from a traffic stop when someone fired into his patrol car. An officer Brenton was training was also wounded in the shooting.
A suspect in that case, Christopher Monfort, was arrested and charged with Brenton’s shooting and an earlier arson attack that destroyed four police vehicles. He has pleaded not guilty
On November 29, four officers from Lakewood, Washington, were killed in an ambush-style shooting at a coffee shop.
The suspect in that attack, Maurice Clemmons, was shot and killed by police after a two-day manhunt. Police said he intentionally targeted the officers after a series of run-ins with authorities.
Troyer said Mundell will be honored next month in a ceremony at the Tacoma Dome, the same location where several thousand people this month attended a funeral for the the slain Lakewood officers.
“Though his life was cut far too short by this act of violence, his memory will live on in the many people he protected and served,” Washington Gov. Christine Gregoire said in a statement. “I stand with law enforcement from across the state as we honor this fallen hero.”
Nightclub security officer injured by underage drinker www.privateofficer.com
VICTORVILLE, Calif. Dec 29 2009
Police said when the security officer asked for the man’s identification he became irate and that’s when police say the teen hit the guard with a beer bottle approximately three times in the head.
The security officer was able to take Dervin Foster Junior, 19, into custody despite his injuries he was able to detain him until deputies arrived.
Foster was arrested for assault with a deadly weapon and booked at the Victor Valley Jail.
Police said that the security officer received treatment at the scene.
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Wayne County MS. teacher arrested www.privateofficer.com
Monday, Richard Craig Bush, 27, of Laurel appeared before Circuit Judge Lester F. Williamson Jr., at the Lauderdale County Court House for a probable cause hearing. The hearing was held there due to holiday scheduling conflicts.
Officials allege Bush had sexual relations with a 16-year-old female several times between October and November.
Justice Court Judge Jane Hutto was bond at $60,000 – $10,000 per count of felony sexual battery.
He faces a possible sentence of 30 years for each count.
Bush turned himself in to Wayne County authorities Monday after a warrant was issued for his arrest. He resigned a week prior.
It is not known how many students may have been involved. Authorities began their investigation into Bush two weeks ago after Superintendent Robert Dean informed deputies of the allegations.
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Police find burning body, charge 2 with murder www.privateofficer.com
The Chilton County Sheriff’s Office is investigating the grisly slaying, which occurred early Sunday morning.
The victim has been identified after an autopsy as Steven Dorough, 18, of Marbury, said Chief Deputy Shane Mayfield. Dorough was shot in the back of the head with a shotgun and then his body was set on fire, according to authorities. Dorough had completed basic training in July and was a member of the Army Reserve, Mayfield said.
Christopher Kroeger, 21, of the 800 block of Chilton County 59 in Verbena and Joshua Ready, 18, of Chilton County have been charged with murder in the case. Both men were in the Chilton County Jail on Monday night under bonds of $500,000 each, jail records show. Courthouse records do not show if they have attorneys.
Kroeger allegedly killed Dorough, and Ready allegedly took part in the effort to conceal the evidence, Mayfield said.
Mayfield said the killing occurred about dawn Sunday at Kroeger’s home, where several teenagers and young adults attended a party Saturday night.
A juvenile reported to the Prattville Police Department on Sunday that he had witnessed a homicide. When Prattville authorities learned the location of the slaying, they contacted the Chilton County Sheriff’s Office, Mayfield said.
“Our deputies arrived at Kroeger’s home, and they noticed something burning in the field near the mobile home,” Mayfield said. “Two young men, reeking of gasoline, answered the door. That’s when our officers went to the fire and found human remains.”
The investigation revealed that after Dorough was shot, an accelerant was poured over his body and debris was stacked on top before the fire was set, Mayfield said. The body had been burning for two to three hours and was almost consumed when deputies arrived, he said.
Kroeger and Dorough apparently had been involved in a long-running dispute about items that had disappeared from Kroeger’s home, Mayfield said. Kroeger felt Dorough was involved in the theft or knew who was, Mayfield said.
Mayfield said the investigation revealed that Kroeger and Dorough had argued and fought at the party just before the shooting. The investigation into the case is ongoing, he said.
“This is not something you would expect to take place the Sunday after Christmas in Verbena, Alabama,” Mayfield said.
District Attorney Randall Houston, a veteran prosecutor with more than 20 years in the courtroom, was equally shocked.
“I was going to church Sunday morning when they got me on the radio and told me what had happened,” he said. “Something like this is always shocking, and infuriating. But having it take place two days after Christmas makes it even more disturbing.”
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40 Years-4 Million miles-UPS driver retires www.privateofficer.com
Gene’s job as a tractor-trailer driver for UPS amounts to 11 to 13 hour days, which leads to those late-night dinners at home.
“Don’t you think it’s time to retire,” Carolyn said to her beloved husband.
The question, which came more as a statement, surprised Gene.
“We had never even discussed it,” Gene said. “The next morning I said, ‘I’ll tell you what. I’ll fill out the paperwork.’ I held onto it for about 30 days. Finally, I filled it out.”
And so in March, Gene Carrier will officially end his 42-year career with UPS.
On top of that, he recently marked 40 years of safe driving with neither an accident nor a ticket on his remarkable record, despite having driven about 4.1 million miles for UPS.
Carrier’s final driving day on the job comes Dec. 30, one day before his and Carolyn’s wedding anniversary and one month and a day before he turns 65.
“He’s the nicest man you’ve ever seen,” said Charlie Brown, a security guard at UPS. “Man, I’ll tell you, he’s the number-one man at UPS.”
With seven days of work left and on the first half of his daily route from the UPS hub in Bristol, Va., to the hub in Knoxville, Tenn., and back, Carrier spoke of retirement and the job he dearly loves.
“I’ll really miss the people,” Carrier said. “But my wife and I want to go places we’ve only read about while we can.”
APRIL 3, 1967
Carrier’s first day on the job with United Parcel Service was April 3, 1967.
He had attended East Tennessee State University for three years prior. First as a chemistry and mathematics major and then business administration, Carrier had plans other than what became of his working life.
“Then I got the job with UPS,” he said.
His starting pay was $2.25 per hour, about $90 per week.
“I thought, golly, I’m rich now,” Carrier said while rumbling past a Kingsport exit along I-81. “That was a lot of money in 1967.”
Indeed, it was enough to end Carrier’s college career. Since 1983, he’s earned top UPS dollar while wheeling tractor-trailers up and down I-81, but that’s a far cry from his earliest days.
“I started out washing the trucks down on Mary Street,” Carrier said as he waved to another UPS driver who eased his big brown rig by. “The building wasn’t the warmest thing in the world. Had a pot-bellied stove in the middle.”
PACKAGE DELIVERY
Carrier didn’t wash trucks for long. By the end of 1967, he was delivering packages.
“I started with a Chevrolet Econoline van, which was sort of like a panel van,” he said. “Then I drove a Hohn, which looked sort of like the trucks that Brinks uses. Cold, you’d freeze to death in that thing.”
You want stories? Talk to a UPS package delivery driver. Take the time that a big boxer dog chased Carrier into the truck, opened wide and took a chomp from his calf.
“I dropped a package on him, he yelped, and took off,” Carrier said.
Oh, they get better.
“I’ve seen women come to the door naked,” Carrier said.
What do you do?
“Stutter a lot,” Carrier said, laughing loud and smiling wide.
That’s Gene Carrier for you. The native of Bristol, Tenn., owns a smile that he’s all too pleased to pass around to anyone who happens to cross his path.
“Gene is the best,” said Bobby Killebrew, his boss at UPS. “He never stops smiling.”
TRACTOR-TRAILER
Carrier moved up to driving big rigs for UPS in 1983. Most days, he transports two trailers of packages from Bristol to Knoxville, then back to Bristol and on to Roanoke, Va., then back to Bristol to complete his day.
UPS estimates that Carrier has driven more than 4.1 million miles during his 42 years with the company. Now get this. He has no wrecks and no tickets on his resume.
That earned Carrier special recognition, marked by a patch with the number 40 on his left shoulder. The number signifies that he belongs among UPS’ extremely rare fraternity of drivers who own unblemished driving records for at least 40 years.
“We have about 102,000 drivers at UPS,” said Brian Blackwell, a UPS communications official based in Nashville, Tenn. “Gene ranks in the top 25. He’s a remarkable man.”
No wrecks, but plenty of close calls.
“The other day I was coming out of Roanoke,” Carrier said. “This girl was straddling the middle lane. I kept going over to the shoulder.”
Bear in mind that the girl drove a small car – tiny beside Carrier’s hulking International UPS rig.
“You couldn’t even put a fist between me and her,” he said. “I looked down into her car, and she was texting. I put my hand on the horn, and she realized it. Well, she shot back over into her lane.”
Carrier’s driving record persevered.
Carrier motored onward as quiet overtook the cab of his truck. His hands gently, though firmly maneuvered the truck’s large steering wheel. His eyes moved constantly, from momentary checks of side mirrors to gauge readings and of course to the road that stretched before him.
Then as Carrier eased his big brown truck onto exit 7 and toward UPS’ Bonham Road location, he reflected on what it means for him to retire.
“It’ll be sad. I’ve spent two-thirds of my life here,” Carrier said, making eye contact while tears welled in his eyes. “I started when I was 22, and I’m 64 now.”
Carrier paused as he downshifted and eased into the UPS lot.
Security guard Charlie Brown waved as Carrier drove by.
“I’ll miss him when he retires,” Brown said minutes later. “I love him to death. He’s like a father to me.”
As Carrier stopped his truck, he cleared his throat, thought for a moment and summed up his retirement.
“I’ve made a lot of friends. That’s what I’ll miss,” Carrier said. “I’ve got a lot of good memories.”
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Target security nabs “In-store peeper” www.privateofficer.com
According to a news release from the Tempe Police Department’s Web site, Jason Michael Cottis, 37, was arrested on suspicion of using a mirror to look up women’s skirts.
On Friday, security staff called police, saying they caught Cottis in the act via surveillance cameras, officers said. Security kept an eye on him until police arrived.
Security officers said they had caught the same man peeking under skirts in the store six times in the past two years; each time before, Cottis had fled before police arrived, according to the Police Department.
Cottis was booked into jail on one count of surreptitious viewing.
K-Mart employees charged in gift card scam www.privateofficer.com
Two Greenwood K-Mart employees have been arrested for stealing between $35,000-$40,000 in a gift card scam that has reportedly been going on since August of last year.On December 21, 2009, deputies were dispatched to the K-Mart Department store that is located on the 72 By-Pass here in Greenwood.
One of the females, when confronted by Lindley, told him that she had taken over/approximately $35,000.00.
Terri Lynn Richey, 34, of 209 Lanham Street, Gwd and Kimberly Denise Conner, 41, of 112 Pelzer St, Gwd were both interviewed by Lindley and Greenwood County Sheriff’s Office (GCSO) Deputies. Richey stated that she was approached by Conner in August of 2008 and given the idea that they could scan UPC’s (merchandise numbers /codes) from the shelves for returns and put the money on a gift card and either use the card and keep the items or use the card and return the items for cash. Richey said that she thinks she has taken $37,000 since the scam began in August, 2008.
Conner reportedly said that on December 21, 2009 and several other days since November she has been told by Richey to go and take UPC’s from the shelves and in return been given gift cards for the amount of half of the items. Conner then stated that this started sometime last month and happens once a week every-other-week.
According to the two women, this is how they attempted to steal from the store:
According to Richey, Conner would bring her receipts and she would key them into the cash register as a refund. She said this progressed to Conners brining her merchandise or the UPC label for merchandise. Richey would then do a ‘no receipt refund’ and put the money on a gift card. Richey said she estimated the total amount of money and merchandise taken to be between $35, 000- $40,000. Richey also stated that the thefts started out at once per week, but escalated to 2 or 3 times per week in the months of November and December. When the refund was cash, it would be split between Conner and Richey. When the money was put on a gift card, each woman would get a gift card.
Conner wrote a written statement admitting the thefts started in September of 2008. She told deputies that she estimated she had gotten about $1,200.00 in cash and merchandise.
Conner and Richey were both arrested and charged with:
· Breach of Trust with Fraudulent Intent/Over $5,000
· Conspiracy to commit Breach of Trust.
According to Investigator Dale Boyer of the GCSO, this is an on-going investigation.
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Nightclub security officer shoots-kills armed man www.privateofficer.com
By: Rick McCann/Staff
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Police are investigating an overnight shooting at a local nightclub involving a private security officer.
According to reports, a security guard at a Dallas bar shot and killed a man early Sunday after having a gun pointed at him, police said.
Police said that at about 2:20 a.m., someone starting shooting a gun into the air. The security guard, whose name has not been released, drew his weapon and ordered the person with the gun to drop their weapon.
The man lowers the gun but does not respond to the guard’s orders.
At this time, the guard said he heard more gunshots and sees another man walking toward him while shooting another gun into the air.
The security guard ordered that man to also lower his gun, which he does but he then raises it again and points it at the guard, who opened fire on the man.
Police said that the first man fled the nightclub while this was going on.
The security guard has been interviewed and released by police officers.
The name of the victim has not been released.
So far, no charges have been filed.
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OFFICER DOWN
Trooper Dennis Engelhard
Missouri State Highway Patrol
Missouri
End of Watch: Friday, December 25, 2009
Biographical Info
Age: 49
Tour of Duty: 10 years
Badge Number: 355
Incident Details
Cause of Death: Struck by vehicle
Date of Incident: Friday, December 25, 2009
Weapon Used: Not available
Suspect Info: Not available
Trooper Dennis Engelhard was fatally struck by a vehicle while investigating a minor accident on I-44, in Eureka, on Christmas Day. Another vehicle lost control due to winter weather conditions and struck him.
Trooper Engelhard had served with the agency for 10 years.
Agency Contact Information
Missouri State Highway Patrol
Public Affairs Office
1510 E. Elm Street
Jefferson City, MO 65102
Phone: (573) 751-3313
Please contact the Missouri State Highway Patrol for funeral arrangements or for survivor benefit fund information.
Houston security officer shot www.privateofficer.com
The shooting happened at around 10:30pm at an apartment complex on Greens Road.
Police say security guards from Blue Moon Investigations were trying to enforce a property curfew rule when someone started shooting, hitting one of the guards.
Someone also shot at the ambulance as it left the scene.
The bullet hit the front bumper. The security guard is in the hospital and listed as stable. So far, no arrests have been made.
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Three charged in computer robbery at Best Buy www.privateofficer.com
Tips to Crime Stoppers helped the Hernando County Sheriff’s Office to identify the suspects from the bold December 15th robbery.
David Ford, Jr. and Winifred Guillen were charged with robbery with a deadly weapon and Jessie McCambridge-Ford was charged with grand theft.
Guillen and Ford were in the Best Buy according to authorities trying to steal four HP laptops when they were confronted by the store’s security person.
Detectives say Ford pointed a knife at the officer threatening to cut him if he did not get away. McCambridge-Ford, according to deputies, drove the getaway vehicle that was taken from JB Auto Sales under the pretense she was using it for a test drive.
All three subjects were arrested without incident.
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Check cashing store employee gunned down in dispute www.privateofficer.com
Sema Hall, 63, of Moss Point, was at work at A&B Check Cashers on Main Street on Saturday afternoon along with another employee, Willie Williams, when the alleged shooter, identified as 56-year-old Marcus Harris, came inside.
Jackson County Coroner Vicki Broadus pronounced Hall dead at the scene. Williams, 74 and a former candidate for a Moss Point alderman seat, was taken to Singing River Hospital, where he underwent surgery Saturday night. His condition was not immediately known.
While police officers were at the scene at Main Street’s Southgate Mall, Moss Point Police detective Joycelyn Craig said Harris’ sister brought him to the police department to surrender. He was charged with one count each of murder and aggravated assault and jailed in Moss Point pending a bond hearing.
Police responded to the shooting shortly before 2 p.m. It’s believed Hall was either a current or former employee of the store, though Craig said Saturday night police were still trying to confirm that information.
“We don’t know exactly what led to the shooting,” Craig said. “It was like (Harris) was talking with them, and then there was a shooting. We don’t know what led to the shooting.”
Clausell’s business and another store, Creative Tee’s, are in the same shopping center, with Byrd’s Music & Deli in a building behind the check-cashing store.
Just prior to the killing, James Winters, owner of Byrd’s Music & Deli, said he saw Harris pull up to his store in a pickup, though he was closed for the day. Winters said he was watching his security cameras when Harris walked up and tried to come inside.
“He pulled on the door,” Winters said. “I don’t know what his intentions were. I didn’t know if he was trying to rob me or what. I’m glad I didn’t let him in.”
From there, Winters saw the suspect drive over to the side of the check-cashing business, park and get out.
Minutes later gunshots left Hall dead and Winters seriously injured, though conscious.
Several residents gathered at the store to see what happened.
Former Moss Point Alderman Shorty Middleton and Hall’s fiancee, Phyllis Owens of Ocean Springs, were among those at the scene. Middleton described Williams as a “hardworking businessman promoting business in Moss Point.
“I wish people would start thinking about the consequences of what they do,” he said. “This man (Hall) can’t get his life back.”
Owens said Hall had surprised her with a proposal on her birthday earlier this month.
“He was just a kind, soft-spirited, soft-spoken man (who) always had a smile as long at the Mississippi River,” she said. “He was a beautiful person. I was so looking forward to spending the rest of our lives together.”
Hall had been working at the store for about two years, she said.
Witnesses indicated Harris was in a dispute over money, though details were sketchy.
Winters said Harris would come to eat at his deli a couple of times a week. He said he had no reason to believe Harris was capable of such violence.
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Four charged in SC lynching death www.privateofficer.com
Deputies said Ronnie Gene Wallace, 42, died after being attacked and beaten with sticks and 2-by-4 boards on Silver Mine Road in Indian Land.
Four Indian Land men — some of whom neighbors say were distant cousins of the victim — have been arrested and charged with first-degree lynching.
“Nobody deserves to die like that, nobody does. It’s awful,” said a neighbor who asked us not to use her name.
She said she saw shadows in the dirt and gravel road in front of her house around 10 p.m. Friday.
“Then I heard a lot of yelling, a lot of screaming, and I went in, got my phone, called 911, came back out, and saw him hit him in the head with a 2-by-4,” the woman said.
The neighbor couldn’t tell who was holding the 2-by-4 but she knew the victim was Wallace. She had known him since their childhood in Pineville.
She saw Wallace’s brother, Tommy, running up the road and then saw him kneel by his brother’s side.
She said the Wallace brothers lived a few doors down from the where the suspects were gathered that day, and the two households had been fighting all day.
“The Wallace boys had been calling down, harassing the Steens most of the afternoon, and it just kind of escalated from there,” she said.
Deputies came out earlier in the afternoon, but after they left the Wallaces returned to the Steens’ home across the street, she said. She said the Wallaces returned home, but men came after them and the two groups clashed in the street.
Ronnie Wallace stumbled to a neighbor’s yard and collapsed.
Deputies arrested four men Saturday for the attack. Steven Ray Steen, 22; Marty Player, 24; Evan Starck, 28; and Shawn Starck, 33; are all being held in the Lancaster County Detention Center with no bond.
Steen lives in the house near where the attack took place.
First-degree lynching in South Carolina is defined as an attack by a mob, which results in a death. It does not necessarily include hanging or racially-motivated hate crimes, as commonly thought.
It is punishable by death, but a judge can also sentence those convicted of lynching to five to 40 years in prison.
Tommy Wallace declined to talk about the incident Saturday when contacted at the home he shared with his twin brother, but his face was bruised from the fight.
The neighbor who witnessed it all said the melee has put the neighborhood on edge. “There’s a sense of, ‘How can this happen in our neighborhood with all of our kids out?’ You know, my kids are in the house today.”
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Former NHL player charged with murdder www.privateofficer.com
STALLINGS, N.C. (Charlotte metro) Dec 27 2009– A former Charlotte Checkers hockey player is facing charges in connection with a murder in Stallings.
It was the first murder in the small town in two years.
Bogdan Rudenko, 32, was arrested Christmas morning after a standoff with police in Colorado. He is being held in a Colorado jail without bond.
Rudenko is accused of shooting a man last weekend in Stallings. The man’s body was found behind a car repair shop off Independence Boulevard early Sunday morning.
Early Friday morning, Colorado police say they found the hockey player hiding out in a Howard Johnson motel in Colorado Springs.
“There was a standoff. It did last for a short time,” said Capt. L.C. Morgan with Colorado Springs Police Department.
Rudenko played for the Checkers during the 2004-2005 season and has played for a number of other teams, including a Colorado team.
“There was a reason for him to come to Colorado Springs for a short visit after the homicide occurred. Apparently, he wound up here for a short time and was headed elsewhere,” Morgan said.
Morgan said a woman tipped them off that Rudenko was hiding there.
Rudenko has been married twice — most recently to a woman in Charlotte. Stallings police say there’s still a lot they don’t know.
Stalling Police Chief Lark Plyler says, “Although motive has not been established in this case, it is somewhat of a relief that we have a big piece of that puzzle put together now, and at least have the perpetrator behind bars.”
Plyler is not releasing the victim’s name, saying he is not a U.S. citizen and they can’t be sure that they know his identity.
The chief did say there are probably more people involved in the killing, and the investigation is far from over.
Rudenko will likely be transferred to Stallings to face the murder charge after a court appearance early next week.
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St. Louis security officer shot, serious condition www.privateofficer.com
Police gave this account:
The off-duty sheriff’s deputy was working as a security officer outside the club at 3037 Olive Street, when a disturbance began inside.
A man came out of the club and fired numerous shots. The deputy, 41, was wounded twice, in a hand and the legs.
A 25-year-old man was shot in the chest, abdomen and legs.
Police described both victims as in serious but stable condition, and did not identify either man.
Authorities did not say what caused the shooting. Police said they are searching for the suspect, who ran east into an alley behind the club.
St. Louis Sheriff James W. Murphy could not be reached for comment. There was no answer at the sheriff’s office today.
There also was no answer at the Karma. The nightclub reopened in September. It had operated as the Lush until it closed earlier this year.
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Christmas day house fire leaves two children dead www.privateofficer.com
Flames already were shooting through the roof in the rear of the Glenview home of Cathy and Irving W. Bailey II and through the front entryway when firefighters arrived shortly after 4:30 a.m. Friday, alerted by an alarm system.
Chief Chris Aponte of the Harrods Creek Fire Department said the adults at the house were outside when firefighters arrived and were attempting a rescue, and fire crews joined in.
“Whenever there are lives involved, it changes the dynamic” at a fire scene, Aponte said. “The guys worked hard to do what they could. We had some experienced firefighters on the scene and they couldn’t make headway in it.”
The cause of the fire is under investigation, said Maj. Henry Ott of the Louisville Metro Arson Squad. The victims, whose names were not released, were ages 10 and 12, he said.
The Baileys were injured, as were three firefighters, and the couple’s home was mostly destroyed.
Aponte said two of the injured firefighters had minor burns and a third had an ankle injury.
In a statement released on behalf of the family, the Baileys said their injuries were serious but not life-threatening and that they were in a hospital. It did not identify the hospital.
“Two children were killed in this tragedy,” said the statement, provided by Scott Jennings, a family spokesman. The family requested privacy “at this time of great loss.”
Cathy Bailey, a former ambassador to Latvia under President George W. Bush, is a major Republican fundraiser and is considering a run for the U.S. Senate next year. Irv Bailey is former chairman and chief executive of Providian Corp., guiding the company through a decade of growth to its merger with the Dutch firm Aegon in 1997.
The Bailey property sits on a winding, narrow street, Longview Lane, that runs off River Road in eastern Jefferson County. The street splits into a dead-end just past the property and a cul-de-sac that contains six large houses with spacious yards.
By late afternoon Friday, what remained of the Bailey house had collapsed into the basement, Ott said.
He said five adults were in the house when the fire started — four on the first floor and one in the basement. The boys were on the second floor, he said.
Aponte said 45 firefighters from four departments fought the blaze — Lyndon, Worthington and St. Matthews, in addition to Harrods Creek.
He said the two victims were around the ages of two of his children, and many of the firefighters on the scene had children of their own at home.
“My family and I all had a big hug together” when he finally arrived home, he said. “But the images that we added to the photo album in our minds today will be something we won’t ever forget.”
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Man orders coffee with knife in his chest www.privateofficer.com
The 52-year-old man, who has not been identified, called a 911 operator in Warren on Sunday night to ask that an ambulance be sent to Bray’s, an eatery in neighboring Hazel Park.
He said he had been stabbed during an attempted robbery half a mile away, then walked to the restaurant and called 911 from a pay phone.
On a recording of the call, the man gives a vague description of his attacker before saying, “I’m gonna sit down at Bray’s ’cause they got a chair and it’s cold out here.”
Restaurant employee George Mirdita tells The Detroit News the man calmly ordered coffee.
Police said Tuesday that the man is recovering.
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Salvation Army Major killed during robbery www.privateofficer.com
LITTLE ROCK, Ark. Dec 25 2009– A Salvation Army worker was shot and killed Christmas Eve in front of his three young children during an attempted robbery outside the charity’s community center in North Little Rock, a Salvation Army official said Friday.
North Little Rock police said they were looking for the two men who accosted Salvation Army Maj. Philip Wise outside the community center about 4:15 p.m. Thursday. No arrests have been made.
The two men fled on foot into a nearby housing development, police Sgt. Terry Kuykendall said Friday. Police don’t know whether Wise, who was active in the community, knew his attackers, he said.
Wise, 40, had gone to the community center with his children to pick up his wife — also a Salvation Army major — to drive to his mother’s home in West Virginia, said Maj. Harvey Johnson, area commander of the Salvation Army. As Wise neared the side door, two men approached.
Both men were carrying hand guns, police said. One demanded money and shot Wise, Pulaski County Coroner Garland Camper told the Arkansas Democrat-Gazette. Wise’s wife, Cindy, was inside the center and called 911.
Blood stained the sidewalk outside the center Friday.
The Wises had just adopted their children — ages 4, 6 and 8 — last year, Johnson said. The three were siblings who came from an abusive family. They were receiving counseling after their father’s death, he said.
Kuykendall said the children were standing beside their father when he was shot, but there was apparently no interaction between the youngsters and the two men.
Wise had worked for three years in Baring Cross, a low-income neighborhood troubled by gangs and drugs, Johnson said. He ran youth programs, a food pantry and church services.
“He was involved in the fabric of that community in a lot of different ways,” Johnson said.
He described Wise as “a big boy” who played “a big old tuba” in a brass ensemble and used his love of music to try help others.
“He encouraged kids in music as an alternative to the life they were living,” he said.
Kuykendall said he knew Wise, although they were not close friends.
“Mr. Wise within the last two months had spent so much time raising money so that several hundred children in this community could have a good Christmas, and for this to happen … on Christmas Eve is just a tragedy,” he said.
Wise was originally from Weirton, W.Va., and his wife, Cindy, was from Charleston, W.Va. They met 16 years ago at a Salvation Army school in Atlanta, Johnson said. Both had worked for the Salvation Army ever since.
“He’s touched a lot of people,” Johnson said. “But who would he have touched if he had been able to live out his career?”
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Terrorist Attack On Northwest/Delta Airlines Confirmed www.privateofficer.com
WASHINGTON Dec 25 2009–
A Northwest Airlines passenger from Nigeria, who said he was acting on al-Qaida’s instructions, tried to blow up the plane Friday as it was landing in Detroit, law enforcement and national security officials said.
Passengers subdued the man and may have prevented him from detonating the explosives, the officials said.
“We believe this was an attempted act of terrorism,” a White House official said.
Federal officials imposed stricter screening measures after the incident.
Rep. Peter King, R-N.Y., ranking GOP member of the House Homeland Security Committee, identified the suspect as Abdul Mudallad, a Nigerian. King said the flight began in Nigeria and went through Amsterdam en route to Detroit. There were 278 passengers aboard the Airbus 330.
There was nothing out of the ordinary until the flight was on final approach to Detroit, said Federal Aviation Administration spokeswoman Elizabeth Isham Cory. That is when the pilot declared an emergency and landed without incident shortly thereafter, Cory said in an e-mail message. The plane landed at 11:51 a.m. EST.
One of the U.S. intelligence officials said the explosive device was a mix of powder and liquid. It failed when the passenger tried to detonate it.
The passenger was being questioned Friday evening. An intelligence source said the Nigerian passenger was being held and treated in an Ann Arbor, Mich., hospital.
All the sources spoke on condition of anonymity because the investigation was continuing.
One law enforcement source said the man claimed to have been instructed by al-Qaida to detonate the plane over U.S. soil.
The official said an official determination of a terrorist act would have to come from the attorney general.
The official added that additional security measures are being taken without raising the airline threat level.
The official declined to describe what additional measures law enforcement was taking.
The White House was coordinating briefings for the president through the Homeland Security Department, the Transportation Security Administration and the FBI.
A law enforcement source said the explosives may have been strapped to the man’s body but investigators weren’t immediately certain, partly because of the struggle with other passengers.
One passenger from the flight was taken to the University of Michigan Medical Center in Ann Arbor, hospital spokeswoman Tracy Justice said. She didn’t know the person’s condition, or whether the person was a man or woman. She referred all inquiries to the FBI.
Passenger Syed Jafri, a U.S. citizen who had flown from the United Arab Emirates, said the incident occurred during the plane’s descent. Jafri said he was seated three rows behind the passenger and said he saw a glow, and noticed a smoke smell. Then, he said, “a young man behind me jumped on him.”
“Next thing you know, there was a lot of panic,” he said.
Rich Griffith, a passenger from Pontiac, said he was seated too far in the back to see what had happened. But he said he didn’t mind being detained on the plane for several hours. “It’s frustrating if you don’t want to keep your country safe,” he said. “We can’t have what’s going on everywhere else happening here.”
President Barack Obama was notified of the incident and discussed it with security officials, the White House said. It said he is monitoring the situation and receiving regular updates from his vacation spot in Hawaii.
J.P. Karas, 55, of Wyandotte, Mich., said he was driving down a road near the airport and saw a Delta jet at the end of the runway, surrounded by police cars, an ambulance, a bus and some TV trucks.
“I don’t ever recall seeing a plane on that runway ever before and I pass by there frequently,” he said.
Karas said it was difficult to tell what was going on, but it looked like the front wheel was off the runway.
“We encourage those with future travel plans to stay in touch with their airline and to visit http://www.tsa.gov for updates,” Homeland Security Department said in a statement.
Homeland Security Secretary Janet Napolitano has been briefed on the incident and is closely monitoring the situation.
The department encouraged travelers to be observant and aware of their surroundings and report any suspicious behavior to law enforcement officials.
Casino security charge man with cashing in stolen chips www.privateofficer.com
When Harrah’s casino security approached the man about the incident, Keith A. Archie, 26, of 501 Preston in Bolingbrook, allegedly took off his shirt to proclaim his innocence. That’s when security saw $1,500 sticking out of his underwear, Joliet police reported.
A 51-year-old Orland Park man told police he had inadvertently left the chips on the table. Archie said that he knew the chips weren’t his, but Harrah’s would have just taken them if he didn’t. Archie was arrested on a charge of theft on Dec. 17.
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Teacher arrested for sex with student www.privateofficer.com
Sheriffs deputies arrested 49-year-old Mark Hamilton Tuesday night.
The suspect is a teacher at Alexander High School.
Deputies report seizing cell phone records as part of the investigation.
Hamilton is facing charges including endangering the welfare of a child, official misconduct and forcible touching.
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Bomb threat closes roads to casino www.privateofficer.com
Officers say it all started with a vague, phoned-in bomb threat around 4:30 p.m.
At about the same time, in what appears to be a coincidence, police say a man tried to board the boat with a suit case.
Officers say he became uncooperative when security tried to stop him.
Sgt. Steve Evans says, casino security watched the man enter a bathroom in the lobby area, leaving his suitcase behind.
With a bomb threat and an unattended bag on their hands, police decided to treat the suitcase as a possible bomb.
Officials did not evacuate the casino.
“It ended up being clothes,” Sgt. Evans said. “So what I think it’s going to come to, is this guy was in the wrong place with a suitcase at the wrong time.”
Officers took the suitcase to the casino parking garage where a device called a disrupter was used to make sure – if there was a bomb inside, it would not go off. There was no bomb.
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Casino security tip leads to drug arrest www.privateofficer.com
Yolo County sheriff’s deputies arrested two people at the Cache Creek Casino on Tuesday on suspicion of various drug violations.
According to Sgt. Lance Faille, Kellie Byfield, 45, of Roseville, and James Maxey, 42, of Nevada, were charged with possession of a controlled substance, transportation of a controlled substance, drug paraphernalia, and possession of counterfeit currency.
A deputy was notified around 11:46 p.m. Tuesday when Cache Creek Casino security officers saw Byfield and Maxey smoking what appeared to be marijuana in their vehicle. Deputies stopped the vehicle on Highway 16 near CR-78A.
Upon contact a pipe commonly used to smoke marijuana was in plain view on the center console. Consent was obtained to search the vehicle.
During the search, a glass pipe commonly used to ingest controlled substances, a small amount of methamphetamine, and $130 in counterfeit $20, $10, and $1 bills were found in the vehicle. Byfield and Maxey were both arrested and booked into the Yolo County Jail.
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Manchester High School teacher arrested-sex assault www.privateofficer.com
Aaron Kirby, 32, of Bentley Drive, Manchester, was charged with fourth-degree sexual assault, two counts of risk of injury to a minor and two counts of disorderly conduct. He was held on $10,000 bail and was arraigned this morning in Superior Court in Manchester. His bail was reduced to a promise to appear in court, and his case was continued to Feb. 2.
He was ordered not to have any contact with the student. His lawyer, Gerald Beaudoin, declined to comment after court.
Police said the arrest follows an investigation into Kirby’s conduct while employed as a teacher and track coach at Manchester High School. On Oct. 30, police said, a fellow teacher and coach at the high school was approached by a student who told him of an “inappropriate on-going situation” between Kirby and a 15-year-old girl.
Kirby allegedly gave the student a camera and told her to take nude photos of herself, police said. He also allegedly touched the girl while in school.
The fourth-degree sexual charge, police said, is for Kirby allegedly grabbing the girl’s buttocks with his hands.
The risk of injury to a minor charges are for two incidents. In the first case, Kirby allegedly showed the 15-year-old a photo of a nude girl bending over. In the second, he allegedly showed her a photo of a girl wearing a see-though shirt and revealing her breasts.
The disorderly conduct charges are for two incidents. In the first, Kirby allegedly asked the 15-year-old to take her pants off and had her pull her shirt up, exposing her bra. In the second, he allegedly grabbed the top of the girl’s pants and tried to pull them down.
Kirby remains on leave from his job at the school and officials said they could not comment.
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