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Monthly Archives: February 2010

21/02/10 Police, security nab bank robbery suspect www.privateofficer.com

GARDEN GROVE CA Feb 21 2010 Police arrested a 56-year-old transient in connection with a robbery that occurred at a local bank on Saturday morning. Daniel Luther Campbell was arrested on suspicion of bank robbery after bank security officers assisted police in tracking the suspected robber to a local hotel. According to a release, Campbell [...]

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21/02/10 Auburn Adventist teacher arrested for molestation www.privateofficer.com

Auburn WA Feb 21 2010 Auburn police arrested a teacher at Auburn Adventist Academy Tuesday on suspicion of having sex with a female teenage student, KOMO News 4 reported Saturday. Police Spokesman Sgt. David Colglazier told KOMO that Scott A. Spies, 49, was subsequently booked into the Norm Maleng Regional Justice Center in Kent, Spies [...]

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20/02/10 Mall kidnapping,robbery suspect captured www.privateofficer.com

Oklahoma City Oklahoma Feb 20 2010 Police said a man jailed in a kidnapping and robbery of a woman at Quail Springs Mall followed the victim from a store to her car and robbed her of jewelry, money, expensive accessories and her sport utility vehicle. Marion Eugene Johnson, 21, of Oklahoma City, was booked into [...]

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20/02/10 Shoplifting elevated to robbery www.privateofficer.com

Clifton NJ Feb 20 2010 By: Rick McCann/Staff PRIVATE OFFICER NEWS www.privateofficer.com Sometimes when a shoplifter is approached by store security agents, instead of surrendering peacefully, they just freak out. Such was the case in the theft involving suspect Orlando Pena, 34, of Clifton, who was stopped at a local Pathmark store after he allegedly [...]

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20/02/10 Campus visitors arrested in disturbance www.privateofficer.com

Oklahoma City Okla. Feb 20 2010 Pioneeronline.com Two campus visitors at the Oklahoma Community College caused a disturbance that led to both of them being arrested and taken to the Oklahoma County jail Feb. 11. Campus Safety and Security Officer Chad Clingman and Sgt. Kevin Tipton responded to a disturbance call at the Welcome Center. [...]

20/02/10 Texas police officer arrested for arson www.privateofficer.com

Mineral Wells TX Feb 20 2010 By: Rick McCann/Staff PRIVATE OFFICER NEWS www.privateofficer.com Mineral Wells police have arrested one of their own officers after a string of arsons. Police said that off-duty officer John Clifford Gore, 26, was early Tuesday morning. According to police, three seperate fires were reported between 1:56 and 2:30 in the [...]

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20/02/10 Security impersonator arrested for assault www.privateofficer.com

STAFFORD VA Feb 20 2010 Source: Stafford County Sun — A former candidate for the Fredericksburg City Council was charged with misdemeanor assault and battery on Monday after informing a woman he was a security officer and manhandling her in the Eagle Village Shopping Center, said Fredericksburg Police spokeswoman Natatia Bledsoe. Christopher Ford, 64, stopped [...]

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20/02/10 NJ teacher charged in sex sting www.privateofficer.com

HUNTERDON COUNTY NJ Feb 20 2010 — A Hunterdon Central Regional High School teacher was arrested today on charges of giving sexually explicit directions in an online chat room to someone he believed was a 13-year-old girl, authorities said. Michael Seiler, 34, of Holland, was charged with second-degree attempted sexual assault of a minor and [...]

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20/02/10 Alert LP Agent nabs drug suspects www.privateofficer.com

        Sand Springs OKL. Feb 20 2010 By: Brett Davis/Staff PRIVATE OFFICER NEWS www.privateofficer.com A loss prevention agent looking for shoplifters was alert enough to spot something potentially worse which quickly led to felony drug charges for three customers. Police said that the security officer observed two men and a woman selecting [...]

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20/02/10 Bank of America security officer shot dead www.privateofficer.com

Baltimore MD Feb 20 2010 A 38-year-old Bank of America security guard was fatally shot early today outside the bank’s main downtown Baltimore headquarters on Light Street after he tried to intervene in a dispute shortly after nightclubs closed, according to a city police spokesman. The victim, who was not immediately identified, was working for [...]

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20/02/10 Kansas teacher arrested for rape of student www.privateofficer.com

Kansas Feb 20 2010 A McPherson High School teacher and coach is out on bond after deputies arrested him late Thursday night. The deputies arrested the 26-year-old on charges of unlawful sexual relations with a student by a teacher. Investigators say he had a relationship with a 17-year-old female student in May and June of [...]

20/02/10 Arizona teacher arrested for sexual misconduct www.privateofficer.com

Pinal County AZ Feb 20 2010 Source: azcentral.com Authorities have arrested an Apache Junction High School teacher on suspicion of sexual conduct with a 16-year-old student. Jonathan Krieger, 47, who has been employed as a German and science teacher at the school since 2002, was arrested early Friday as he left his Gold Canyon home [...]

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20/02/10 GA. purposes “Blue Alert” law www.privateofficer.com

  ATLANTA GA Feb 20 2010 — As law enforcement authorities reported an arrest Wednesday in the ambush slaying of a Chattahoochee Hills police officer, a state senator was pushing legislation to make it easier to track and catch accused cop killers in the future. Last week, Senate Transportation Chairman Jeff Mullis (R-Chickamauga) introduced SB [...]

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19/02/10 School security officer suffers smoke inhalation www.privateofficer.com

DONNA TX Feb 19 2010— A security guard was released from an area hospital Wednesday night after being treated for smoke inhalation from a school bus fire. The Weslaco school bus caught fire along U.S. Highway 83 about 3:30 p.m. near the Victoria Road exit, said George Garrett, emergency management coordinator for Donna and Weslaco. [...]

19/02/10 Teacher murdered at Maryland youth facility www.privateofficer.com

Prince George County MD Feb 19 2010 By: Rick McCann/Staff PRIVATE OFFICER NEWS www.privateofficer.com BREAKING NEWS Authorities have found a dead body at the Prince George County youth facility and have now identified her as a 65 year old woman from Bel Air Maryland who was a teacher at the facility. Police said that Hannah [...]

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19/02/10 Security nab three with gun at school www.privateofficer.com

KANSAS CITY, Mo. Feb 19 2010 By: Brett Davis/Staff PRIVATE OFFICER NEWS ww www.privateofficer.com — A school security officer spotted three men on the campus of Ruskin High School Friday and confronted them because they did not look as though they belonged there. Kansas City police was also called for assistance when the security officer [...]

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19/02/10 Williams is next Mobile Alabama police chief www.privateofficer.com

MOBILE, Ala.Feb 19 2010 — Mobile Mayor Sam Jones tapped 21-year veteran Micheal T. Williams as his choice for the city’s next police chief. In naming Williams during a crowded ceremony Thursday at Mobile Government Plaza — dozens of the new chief’s colleagues in uniform, along with city officials and friends, gave two standing ovations [...]

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19/02/10 Virginia teacher faces charges in student sex assault www.privateofficer.com

MANASSAS, Va. Feb 19 2010 Source: ABC7.com – Manassas City police have arrested a Osbourn High School teacher on sexual battery and other charges related to his alleged relationship with a 16-year-old male former student. Kevin Garfield Ricks, 49, was arrested and charged with carnal knowledge, aggravated sexual battery, and two counts of indecent liberties [...]

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19/02/10 Teacher’s aide arrested for child seduction www.privateofficer.com

INDIANAPOLIS IN Feb 19 2010 — A Pike High School teacher’s aide was arrested Wednesday after an alleged inappropriate relationship she had with a 17-year-old male student. Taine Abdullah, 40, was questioned Wednesday night. Police felt she gave them enough information to result in an arrest on a charge of child seduction, a Class D [...]

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19/02/10 Redman High School drug bust nets 11 www.privateofficer.com

REDMOND, Wash. Feb 19 2010 king news — Redmond police have arrested and charged 11 students at Redmond High School for violation of uniform controlled substances. The arrests are the result of an ongoing investigation at the school since the beginning of the year. During the operation, officers purchased marijuana, cocaine, heroin, methamphetamine, MDMA, and [...]

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19/02/10 Fake DEA agents scam prisoner famalies www.privateofficer.com

JACKSON, Miss. Feb 19 2010 — Two men traveled across the South to swindle the families of federal prisoners out of $90,000 by impersonating DEA agents and promising to get the inmates released early, according to federal court records. Monterro Paul, a former DEA informant with a long criminal history, and Mark Amos were charged [...]

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19/02/10 Deputy jailer indicted for sexual abuse www.privateofficer.com

LEXINGTON, Ky. Feb 19 2010 By: Brett Davis/Staff PRIVATE OFFICER NEWS www.privateofficer.com A grand jury has indicted a deputy Carter County jailer on sex charges. An announcement Thursday stated that 43-year-old Keith D. Hollingsworth faces six counts of sexual abuse of a ward. The indictment accuses Hollingsworth of engaging in sex acts with inmates under [...]

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19/02/10 OFFICER DOWN www.privateofficer.com

Atlantic City NJ Feb 19 2010 An Atlantic City officer died of an accidental gunshot from his service weapon while on duty yesterday morning, according to The Press of Atlantic City. Officer Kevin B. Wilkins was sitting in his cruiser at approximately 1:30 a.m. outside the Stanley Holmes Village apartment complex on Kentucky and Baltic [...]

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19/02/10 Atlanta swim coach arrested for rape of student www.privateofficer.com

ATLANTA GA Feb 19 2010– A former swim coach at an Atlanta middle school was in jail Tuesday, charged with drugging and sexually assaulting a student from the school where he worked, according to police. Police said that Charles Clarke, 35, is accused of taking a 15-year-old student from Martin Luther King Jr. Middle School [...]

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19/02/10 Security officer discovers bomb, 2 arrested www.privateofficer.com

BRANSON, Mo. Feb 19 2010 AP Authorities arrested a couple in Branson on Thursday after they discovered two explosive devices at Branson Landing, an upscale waterfront shopping area in the tourist town. A security guard found the first device, along with screwdrivers and crowbars, in a backpack near an ATM, Branson Police Chief Caroll McCullough [...]

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19/02/10 Man drops cocaine at casino www.privateofficer.com

PLAINS TWP. PA Feb 19 2010 – A Mountain Top man was arrested by township police on charges he was in possession of cocaine at the Mohegan Sun at Pocono Downs casino early Thursday morning. Alfonzo Glenn, 37, of Gracedale Avenue, was charged with possession of a controlled substance, possession with intent to deliver a [...]

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19/02/10 High speed chase leads to murder arrest www.privateofficer.com

PHENIX CITY, AL Feb 19 2010 (WTVM) – A police chase starts, the suspect wrecks the vehicle and officers find a dead body in the back seat. It sounds like a scene out of a movie but this was the real crime scene for police Thursday evening. Phenix City Police received a call of a [...]

19/02/10 Police seek hotel robbers that assaulted guards www.privateofficer.com

Oklahoma City OKL. Feb 19 2010 Police are hoping someone recognizes the men who assaulted two Oklahoma City motel security guards. Police said these men were involved in an assault on two Oklahoma City motel security guards in January. Two men, captured on surveillance photos at the Plaza Inn, 3200 S Prospect Ave., and two [...]

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18/02/10 Vegas armored car robbed, police seek suspects www.privateofficer.com

LAS VEGAS NV Feb 18 2010 8newsnow.com — Metro is looking for two armed suspects who got away with sack of cash after a brazen armored car heist in a bank parking lot Thursday morning. The armed robbery happened at 9:30 a.m. just outside the Bank of America on East Charleston near Lamb. Detectives says [...]

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18/02/10 Suspects crash into mall, steal ATM machine, ram security officers www.privateofficer.com

San Diego CA Feb 18 2010 The three suspects, driving a stolen Toyota 4Runner, rammed the front glass doors of Plaza Bonita mall at 3.15 a.m. Thursday, wrapped chains around an ATM and dragged it out of its foundation, according to National City police. “One of the security guards at the mall actually witnessed this [...]