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Monthly Archives: December 2009

Washington DC Dec 2 2009 Two D.C. corrections officers and a Maryland woman were arrested Tuesday on federal bribery charges on suspicion of accepting cash to smuggle cellphones and iPods to inmates in the District’s jail complex. The officers, Thomas Ford, 35, and Quincy Hayes, 32, have been placed on administrative leave and were released [...]

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San Bernardino CA Dec 2 2009 The image of a hospital security guard reading a book or dozing at a quiet desk couldn’t be further from reality. Security officers study the management of aggressive behavior and counter-terrorism. They are responsible for a surprisingly large number of people who visit a hospital daily and the large [...]

QUECHEE VT Dec 2 2009—The Vermont Supreme Court has reversed a ruling that cleared owners of an antique mall of fraud and misrepresentation allegations related to a lack of security camera protection in a 2005 burglary during which coins and jewelry were stolen from two leased booths. Timothy Puro leased a booth at Antique Mall [...]

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PHILADELPHIA PA Dec 2 2009 An educator and community leader became a victim of crime as he lapsed into unconsciousness in the waiting room of a Philadelphia hospital Saturday. Police say as the victim was dying, instead of seeking help, three people saw it as an opportunity to rob him. Police say in the final [...]

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Prince George County MD Dec 2 2009 Police in Prince George’s County Maryland have secured indictments in an alleged ring of book thieves operating at public and university libraries in the area. A dozen people, several related to each other, are said to have stolen 822 books valued at $87,000. Among the victims were several [...]

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NEW YORK -Dec 2 2009 Social-networking Web sites Facebook and MySpace have identified and disabled accounts used by more than 3,500 registered sex offenders in New York State using a law passed last year that requires sex offenders to register their emails and online aliases with the state, New York Attorney General Andrew Cuomo said [...]

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Hamilton County TN Dec 1 2009 A student is shocked by a taser during school after a fight breaks out. The Hamilton County Sheriff’s Office tells us two students now face charges of disorderly conduct. They say the punches started flying in between classes at Brainerd High School on Monday, and both students refused to [...]

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New Orleans, La. Dec 1 2009 – After a New Orleans Police Department detective who was arrested for shoplifting Friday at Lakeside Shopping Center, he retired from the force, according to police. Sheriff Newell Normand announced the arrest of New Orleans Police detective Don Leduff Saturday, after he was observed shoplifting a bottle of perfume [...]

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Spring Hill TN Dec 1 2009 A Columbia teacher who lives in Lawrence County is accused of stealing hundreds of dollars worth of merchandise from a Spring Hill department store. Forty Eight year old Alice Renee Pope, of 109 Chief Creek Road, Lawrenceburg, who a teacher at Columbia Christian Academy was arrested Nov. 7 and [...]

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JACKSON TWP.Oh Dec 1 2009 — .A man running from a store security officer suddenly stopped outside a nursing home to fight his pursuer, Stark County Jail records said. Arriving police arrested Derrick L. Walters Jr., 19, of Akron, at 5:26 p.m. Monday outside Manor Care, 5005 Higbee Ave. NW, and charged him with robbery [...]

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Marion NC Dec 1 2009 Authorities say they caught a shoplifter Saturday after he scuffled with a security officer and fled into another store – a store where the manager recognized him as the person who had stolen from them days earlier. Officer R.J. Hink of the Marion Police Department arrested Keith Credle, 40, of [...]

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SEATTLE Wa Dec 1 2009 – The man suspected of gunning down four police officers in a suburban coffee shop was shot and killed by a lone patrolman investigating a stolen car early Tuesday. Four people were arrested for allegedly helping the suspect elude authorities during a massive two-day manhunt. Maurice Clemmons was carrying a [...]

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MiamiFla Dec 1 2009 – Miami police on Monday re-enacted the shooting death of a retired police captain earlier this year in hopes it would turn up a clue in the case. Police have had no major breaks in the the July 10 killing of retired Capt. Robert Yee, a 25-year veteran with the Miami [...]

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PELL CITY AL Dec 1 2009 — St. Clair County District Attorney Richard Minor said last week there are still unanswered questions pertaining to the legality of electronic bingo machines. “I think the more guidance the court gives, the better off everyone will be,” Minor said Wednesday. Recently in a 6-3 decision, the Alabama Supreme [...]

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Mobile AL Dec 1 2009 Heading southbound on Highway 41, just past the Oneida Street exit in Ashwaubenon, is a digital billboard that usually displays advertisements. Now it’s also displaying the photos and names of people wanted by authorities in the community. “The offenses range anywhere from sexual assault all the way down to speeding, [...]

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