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Deputy Sheriff Roy Bruce Sutton Jr.
Jefferson County Sheriff’s Department
Indiana
End of Watch: Friday, December 11, 2009
Biographical Info
Age: 33
Tour of Duty: 1 year, 6 months
Badge Number: Not available
Incident Details
Cause of Death: Automobile accident
Date of Incident: Friday, December 11, 2009
Weapon Used: Not available
Suspect Info: Not available
Deputy Sheriff Roy Sutton was killed in a single vehicle automobile accident on Dugan Hollow Road near Madison.
Deputy Sutton was responding to a domestic disturbance call involving weapons at about 2235 hours. He met an oncoming vehicle traveling westbound on a hilly, winding section of the road when his squad car ran off the right side of the road and down a very steep embankment.
Deputy Sutton’s squad became airborne and struck a tree on the driver’s side of the car. He was wearing his seat belt, but he suffered severe head trauma and was pronounced dead at the scene.
Deputy Sutton had served with the Jefferson County Sheriff’s Department for approximately 1½ years. He is survived by his wife, brother, three sisters and mother.
Agency Contact Information
Jefferson County Sheriff’s Department
317 Walnut Street
Madison, IN 47250
Phone: (812) 265-2648
Please contact the Jefferson County Sheriff’s Department for funeral arrangements or for survivor benefit fund information.
Police Captain shot during robbery dies www.privateofficer.com
Capt. Dennis Cagle was shot once in the stomach at a grocery store in Chester County at approximately 8 p.m. on Dec. 10.
Ricky Steward — who was also wounded — was charged in the shooting with aggravated robbery and attempted first degree murder and remains in critical but stable condition.
Steward’s wife, Cheryl, was also arrested and charged with aggravated robbery.
Funeral arrangements are pending.
Off-duty Fla. officer killed in crash www.privateofficer.com
The man accused of hitting an off-duty police officer with his van – and leaving him for dead has been released on bail.
22-year-old Guy Jones appeared before a Leon County Judge Sunday morning on charges of vehicular homicide, failing to stop at the scene of an accident involving death, and driving with a suspended license.
Jones is accused of hitting officer Michael Saunders of the Tallahassee Police Department on Paul Dirac Drive Saturday morning and then leaving.
Officer Saunders was out for a walk at the time. He died at the scene.
The bond for Jones was set at more than 35-thousand dollars.
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Update 12/12/2009 6:00pm
A white male by the name of Guy Jones turned himself in to the Wakulla County Sheriff’s Office this afternoon. He is being charged with leaving the scene of an accident with injuries or death and vehicular homicide. There could be more charges pending.
We will provide more information as it becomes available.
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The following is a press release form TPD:
Updated 12:47 p.m. 12/12/09
The victim of the fatal hit-and-run crash reported earlier this morning has been identified as Tallahassee police officer Michael P. Saunders. It is believed that Officer Saunders was on a brisk walk on Paul Dirac Drive before reporting for duty when a vehicle struck him. Officer Michael Saunders joined the Police Department January 1983.
Chief Jones said, “We are deeply saddened by the loss of a respected, veteran Tallahassee police officer. Our prayers are with Officer Saunders’ family and friends. In addition to assisting his family during this time of loss, every effort is being made to locate the vehicle and apprehend the person or persons responsible for the death of Officer Saunders.”
The Tallahassee Police Department is asking that anyone who may have witnessed the crash or has any information that will help solve this crime to please contact the department at (850) 891-4200 or Crime Stoppers at (850) 574-TIPS (8477). You could be eligible for a cash reward.
Suspect Vehicle:
Large white Chevrolet, possibly a truck, van or SUV, with extensive front-end damage
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Saturday, December 12 at approximately 4:48 a.m. the Tallahassee Police Department responded to Paul Dirac Drive, north of West Orange Avenue, in reference to a passerby who discovered an adult male lying motionless in the roadway.
Upon arrival, officers determined the male was deceased and officers discovered crash debris strewn in the area.
Tallahassee Police Department Traffic Homicide Investigators are currently working the case as a fatal hit-and-run traffic crash involving a pedestrian.
The identity of the deceased male is being withheld until proper identification and next of kin notification can be made.
Suspect Vehicle:
Large white Chevrolet, possibly a truck or SUV, with extensive front end damage.
Anyone with information about this crime is asked to contact the Tallahassee Police Department at (850) 891-4200 or Crime Stoppers at (850) 574-TIPS (8477). You could be eligible for a cash reward.
Vegas armored car robbed in excess of $1 million www.privateofficer.com
According to Lt. Clinto Nichols with Metro Robbery, the robbery happened around 9 a.m. in front of the casino door on Sahara Ave. Police say the Garda armored truck had one driver and one guard and when the guard returned to the truck from the casino, he was robbed at gun point.
There are reports a shot was fired but no one was injured. Police say the suspect was white and had a semi-automatic gun. The suspect made off with four bags of money worth in excess of $1 million. Police say the suspect got into a gold-colored four door compact car with a driver waiting. Police say there could even be a third suspect.
At the time of the robbery, there was a report of a car fire in the hotel’s garage which diverted most of the casino security. Police do not know at this time if that was linked to the robbery.
Miami airport security nab man with gun www.privateofficer.com
Authorities say they discovered the gun when 51-year-old Eduardo Saladin-Zacarias went through the checkpoint Saturday afternoon. Saladin-Zacarias was flying to his home in the Dominican Republic.
According to a police report, Saladin-Zacarias told officers that he had mistakenly brought the gun into the U.S. on a flight on Wednesday.
The gun was confiscated and Saladin-Zacarias was charged with carrying a concealed firearm.
It’s not clear whether the gun was loaded.
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Minister charged with modern day slavery www.privateofficer.com
An Ellenwood minister and his wife were arrested and charged after authorities said they made a woman work for them and their friends for little or no money.
Federal Bureau of Investigation and Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents arrested Juna Gwendolyn Babb, 54, and her minister husband, Michael J. Babb, 53, on Wednesday.
Officials said the Babbs enticed a woman to come to the United States from the Kingdom of Swaziland, Africa, by falsely promising her a lucrative, short-term opportunity to provide catering at a family member’s wedding.
Once the victim arrived in the U.S., authorities said the couple made her their housekeeper and nanny through threats of arrest and imprisonment. Officials said the Babbs confiscated her passport and return airline ticket and told the victim she owed them for the costs of her travel.
The couple allegedly required the victim to clean the homes of their friends and associates, and to assist with Michael Babb’s construction business, authorities said.
The indictment alleges that the defendants required the victim to work long hours every day of the week, for which the victim was grossly underpaid on the few occasions that she was paid at all.
“Many people are unaware that this form of modern day slavery still occurs in the United States,” said Kenneth Smith, Special Agent in Charge of the U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement Office of Investigations in Atlanta. “The defendants in this case used the victim’s desire for a better life to lure her into a situation where she was deprived of her basic human rights,” said Smith.
The Babbs were indicted by a federal grand jury on charges of conspiracy, forced labor, document servitude, which is confiscating someone’s passport and visa, and harboring an alien for financial gain.
Bond was set at $20,000.
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91 Yr old Auxiliary State Trooper Still Serving www.privateofficer.com
At 91 years of age, sworn auxiliary officer Alma Anderson still reports for duty at State Police Troop F Barracks every Friday.
She’s not out on the road, stopping crime, although she does have a badge number. She’ll file a report and make up a case docket, among other clerical duties, her eagle eye rooting out others’ mistakes. She will also joke around with fellow clerical staff, flirt with troopers, and generally make her outsized presence felt.
“They cater to me, as though I’m a little kid,” she says of her coworkers.
“It’s because we all love her,” head clerk Sharon Handy explains. “She’s very feisty, but good feisty. She keeps us on our toes.”
Before she started volunteering with Troop F, Anderson, a New Britain native, volunteered for 40 years at New Britain General Hospital, 25 of those years while working at Fafnir Ball Bearing Co., also in New Britain.
Her husband Kenny Anderson, who passed away in 2000, first became a sworn auxiliary officer, starting to volunteer for state police in the 1950s by patrolling the waters for stolen boats.
In the 1980s, Alma Anderson followed suit after she learned that help was needed processing mug shots. She offered her services, and she took the job seriously, even asking troopers the exact eye color of the arrested person: Brown or hazel?
Sometimes, she would recognize the person in the mug shot. Oh, that’s so-and-so’s son, she would think.
“Some of the kids I knew … (but) I’m not naming any names,” she said.
Anderson has three children, four grandchildren and five great-grandchildren. In addition to volunteering for state police, she is known to play bingo at the Elks Lodge late into the night, former state trooper Tommy Heinssen teases.
“It’s only 10 o’clock at night,” she says. “That’s not late.”
Beloved by troopers, Anderson says someone will always come over to shovel snow from her driveway on their off time.
“She’s the matriarch of Troop F. Her dedication, commitment and selflessness are unsurpassed. She’s a great lady,” said state police Lt. Scott Eckersley.
The number of auxiliary officers these days is dwindling.
The volunteer program, started in 1941 as a way of guarding the shoreline against possible invasion on the eve of World War II, continued until 1988, when state police stopped recruiting and training them because of increased training requirements.
At this time last year, there were only 56 auxiliary troopers left, the program dying through attrition.
But, at least one auxiliary trooper will be around a while yet. Dec. 4 marked Anderson’s 25th year of service with Troop F, a day celebrated with proclamations from Gov. M. Jodi Rell and Lt. Gov. Michael Fedele, cake and a luncheon catered by Lino’s Market in Durham all what she referred to as “hullabaloo.”
And Anderson has no thought of retiring from her volunteer position.
“As long as I can keep going, I keep going,” she says.
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Kalamazoo College wants own police force www.privateofficer.com
The hearing will be held in the Paul D. Jackson Board Room, Room 3365 at KVCC’s Texas Township campus, 6767 West O Ave.
College officials say the police-force proposal is part of an effort to tighten security on campus.
If established, the agency would employ both sworn officers and security guards to patrol the Texas Township campus, the downtown-Kalamazoo Arcadia Commons campus and The Groves business-and-technology park, near I-94 and Ninth Street.
The plan will require the approval of the KVCC Board of Trustees.
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Times Square security officers seeks Opera Singer fame
Times Square Security Guard by day and Opera Singer by night, Adelmo Guidarelli, has completed taping his segment on the E! Entertainment Television reality program Bank of Hollywood produced by Ryan Seacrest.
The premiere episode of Bank of Hollywood will air Monday, December 14, at 10/9 Central. His performance of Mozart’s Marriage of Figaro, which included someone getting a pie in the face, received a standing ovation from the audience. The judges could not be heard over the cheers and applause from the crowd. This new reality show features contestants pitching their dreams to a panel of celebrity judges in hopes of seeing them come true.
Adelmo Guidarelli and his personal assistant Miss Ruby
Guidarelli traveled to Hollywood to film the segment in a whirlwind trip this fall. “I enjoyed meeting the celebrity judges and the producers. The production staff members were all so friendly and hard working. It was a positive experience and a highlight I will remember throughout my career,” Guidarelli said. “Bank of Hollywood is just the beginning of my dream. I am determined to begin touring the US with Operation Adelmo very soon and become a house act at a top-level casino in Las Vegas. Even if I have to perform in each home in America, I will make Operation Adelmo a household name one living room at a time!”
Guidarelli is the star of a one-man comedy show titled OPERATION ADELMO, written and directed by Mike Wills. Wills has worked with several cutting edge icons such as Blue Man Group, Penn & Teller, MTV Networks, and Fuse TV. As well as directing Broadway actors James Gandolfini (of The Sopranos) and Liev Schreiber. They have been successfully performing and developing this original production Off-Broadway and in clubs and small venues around the New York area, including a few opportunities in Las Vegas and Rome, Italy.
OPERATION ADELMO takes you on a song filled journey into Guidarelli’s world of music and mayhem – a world that critics have compared to Victor Borge and Anna Russell. On January 23, 2010 G&W Entertainment will be presenting an intimate performance of OPERATION ADELMO at the world famous Duplex, New York’s legendary piano bar and cabaret located in the heart of Greenwich Village.
OPERATION ADELMO, Saturday, January 23, 2010 at 10:00 pm, The Duplex, 61 Christopher Street, New York, NY 10014. For reservations call 212-255-5438 or contact G&W Entertainment at 917-546-9042 – http://www.GandWLLC.com
