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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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