Monthly Archives: February 2010
11/02/10 Trooper, hospital security injured in disturbance www.privateofficer.com
DuBois PA Feb 11 2010 Two people were injured after an altercation at the Clarion Hospital Emergency Room with Margaret C. George, 38, New Bethlehem. Clarion-based state police Trooper Patrick Berggren, 34, Clarion, and Clarion Hospital security guard John D. Loweranitis, 45, New Castle, were injured while trying to restrain George at 2:10 a.m. Monday [...]
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11/02/10 Strip club owners, bouncers charged in patron’s death www.privateofficer.com
Philadelphia PA Feb 11 2010 Four employees of a Southwest Philadelphia strip club were held for trial this afternoon in connection with the fatal beating of a patron on Oct. 16 of last year. Two other employees of the Oasis Club, 6800 Essington Ave. were cleared of all charges by Municipal Court Judge Karen Y. [...]
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11/02/10 Chesapeake County deputy arrested fr bank robberies www.privateofficer.com
Suffolk VA. Feb 11 2010 Source:Suffolk-News Herald A sergeant with the Chesapeake Sheriff’s Department has been charged with three different bank robberies in that city, police announced on Wednesday. John Michael Keene II, of the 1100 block of Fern Lane in Suffolk, was arrested Tuesday near the BB&T Bank at 825 Volvo Parkway, which had [...]
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11/02/10 Drug suspect assaults security officer www.privateofficer.com
WEST VALLEY CITY Utah Feb 11 2010 — Police seized a large amount of drugs and arrested a man following a chase in West Valley City. The suspect faces a number of charges, including assault on a police officer and drug distribution. An officer tried to pull over a driver around 11:30 p.m. Wednesday near [...]
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11/02/10 School security guard pleads guilty to fraud www.privateofficer.com
ALAMEDA, Calif., Feb. 11 2010 — Randolph Olson, a security guard who was employed by the San Leandro Unified School District, has pleaded guilty to two count of workers’ compensation insurance fraud. Olson collected $8,726.09 in workers’ compensation medical benefits he was not entitled to for the period of April 30, 2009 to May 18, [...]
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10/02/10 Chicago student sues over excessive force arrest www.privateofficer.com
Chicago IL Feb 10 2010 Candice Williams was a pregnant senior at Crete-Monee High School when police allegedly dragged her from the building, knocked her to the sidewalk and kneed her in the back. According to a wrongful-death lawsuit she filed last year, Williams claims she lost her unborn fetus because of the 2008 arrest. [...]
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10/02/10 Flier distributed by mall security seen as racial www.privateofficer.com
Palo Alto CA Feb 10 2010 In late January, security guards at the Stanford Shopping Center in Palo Alto, California, handed out fliers to mall businesses warning them of two African-American men they suspected of casing stores with criminal intent. Luxury stores within the shopping center had previously reported two men who came into their [...]
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10/02/10 School principals shot, man arrested www.privateofficer.com
KNOXVILLE TN Feb 10 2010 (AP) — The former boss of an elementary school teacher charged with shooting two administrators at his school says the man threatened him over a work dispute in the 1990s. Police charged Mark Stephen Foster of Clinton with two counts of attempted first-degree murder. Hospital officials said Inskip Elementary School [...]
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10/02/10 Security guards watch, fail to respond as teen is pummeled www.privateofficer.com
Seattle WA Feb 10 2010 The beating last month of a 15-year-old girl in the transit tunnel at Westlake Center as security personnel watched without intervening is prompting a review of King County Metro’s policies for its unarmed guards. The incident — which was partially captured on surveillance video — happened about 7:15 p.m. Jan. [...]
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10/02/10 Private police chief gets prison for child porn www.privateofficer.com
RALEIGH, NC Feb 10 2010 (WECT) – The former head of a private policy agency in Wilmington was sentenced in Federal Court Tuesday, after pleading guilty to manufacturing child pornography. In October 2008, a 17-year-old reported that Joe Guarascio had sexually assaulted her as well as a 14-year-old. He was arrested, and an investigation revealed [...]
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10/02/10 Pastor’s talk about God leads to arrest, lawsuit www.privateofficer.com
Roseville CA Feb 10 2010 Imagine getting arrested for just striking up a conversation about religion in public. That’s what happened to California resident Matthew Snatchko in 2006 when the youth pastor initiated a conversation about God with three shoppers at the Roseville Galleria mall. The women gave Snatchko permission to broach the subject, but [...]
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10/02/10 Wyoming court security bill not considered www.privateofficer.com
LEGAL WATCH WYOMING By: Rick McCann/Staff PRIVATE OFFICER NEWS www.privateofficer.com A bill that would have classified some court security officers as “peace officers” under state law failed to receive the necessary votes to be introduced in the House. House Bill 8, sponsored by the Joint Judiciary Interim Committee, received 35 votes for introduction, 22 against. [...]
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10/02/10 Medical center, city settle in patient death lawsuit www.privateofficer.com
LOCKPORT NY Feb 10 2010 — Niagara Falls Memorial Medical Center agreed Tuesday to pay an undisclosed settlement to the family of a psychiatric patient who was shot to death outside the hospital in 1997. The deal with the family of Jonah R. Drisdom was made during a lunch break on the first day of [...]
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10/02/10 DC teachers accused of more than 200 assaults
Washington DC Feb 10 2010 Source: Washington Post D.C. school officials reported more than 200 allegations of students being choked, shoved, slapped, kicked or verbally abused by teachers to impose discipline last year, according to information compiled by D.C. police. District reported 220 allegations of abuse by teachers Reported incidents of corporal punishment or verbal [...]
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10/02/10 Fatal attraction suspect nabbed by FBI after a decade www.privateofficer.com
Daphne AL Feb 10 2010 The calls and e-mails have been coming for a decade. The account offered by a Daphne woman who filed a complaint with police paints the image of a dedicated stalker: Jeremy Lee Taff, it seems, never let go of their high school romance. Already fighting a fine and jail time [...]
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09/02/10 SPRING HILL TN OFFICER KILLED
Corporal Jeremy McLaren Spring Hill Police Department Tennessee End of Watch: Sunday, February 7, 2010 Biographical Info Age: 28 Tour of Duty: 3 years, 6 months Badge Number: 215 Incident Details Cause of Death: Automobile accident Date of Incident: Friday, February 5, 2010 Weapon Used: Not available Suspect Info: Not available Corporal Jeremy McLaren succumbed [...]
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09/02/10 Man arrested for assaulting court officer www.privateofficer.com
LOUISVILLE, Ky. Feb 9 2010 (AP) – A Louisville man has been charged with hitting a court security officer after being turned away from entering the federal building. U.S. Magistrate Judge Dave Whalin on Monday ordered 29-year-old LaPaze Brown held without bond pending a request for a psychiatric evaluation. Brown is charged with assault on [...]
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09/02/10 Former teacher gets 13 yrs prison for sex assault www.privateofficer.com
Avondale AZ Feb 9 2010 An Avondale man who sexually abused a then-13-year-old female relative will serve 13 years in prison and be placed on lifetime probation, court documents show. David Leslie, 51, a former substitute teacher, also is required to register as a sex offender and is banned from ever having contact with that [...]
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09/02/10 Fort Wayne teacher arrested for sex with student www.privateofficer.com
Fort Wayne In Feb 9 2010 Source:journelgazette.com An Angola woman was arrested Friday and accused of a sex crime involving a boy who was a student at the Michigan school where she teaches, according to Indiana State Police. Dawn Schwartzengraber, 37, faces one count of sexual misconduct with a minor. She was booked into the [...]
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09/02/10 City may lay off 65 police officers www.privateofficer.com
Gilbert AZ. Feb 9 2010 More than 100 employee layoffs, including at least 65 police positions, and other service reductions or eliminations lie in wait if Gilbert cannot find another way to balance its budget by July 1, according to staff memos sent to the Town Council. At the request of the Council, the heads [...]
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09/02/10 La. deputy killed in Mardi Gras crash www.privateofficer.com
Terrebonne Parish LA Feb 9 2010 A Terrebonne Parish Sheriff’s Office captain was killed when his motorcycle collided with a car yesterday while escorting a Mardi Gras float, according to The Courier. Capt. Timothy Joel Bergeron was struck at about 7 a.m. at La. 311 and Krumbhaar Drive. He was transported to Terrebonne General Medical [...]
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09/02/10 Cookies land man in jail
TRAVELERS REST, S.C. Feb 9 2010 — A man who said he was just passing through Travelers Rest isn’t going anywhere after officers said they found cocaine cookies and bags of the illegal substance in his car. On Friday, an officer with a K-9 pulled over 25-year-old Tristan Spain McDaniel, of Conyers, Ga., because a [...]
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09/02/10 Charlotte man dies struggling with security officers www.privateofficer.com
CHARLOTTE, N.C. Feb 9 2010 By: Rick McCann/Staff PRIVATE OFFICER NEWS http://www.privateofficer.com/ — Police say a man who was caught in the act of pilfering through Health Department employee purses is dead after struggling with security officers. Crime tape blocked the back entrance of the Mecklenburg County Health Department for most of Monday afternoon while [...]
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09/02/10 Police hunt men who killed security officer for doing his job www.privateofficer.com
Pasco WA Feb 9 2010– Two men accused of fatally stabbing a nightclub bouncer early Sunday are being charged today in Franklin County District Court. Arrest warrants for $1 million each are being issued for Adan Virgen-Ponce, 28, and Concepcion S. Virgen, 20. Prosecutor Steve Lowe said his office is filing second-degree murder charges against [...]
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09/02/10 Fake K-Mart employee arrested for thefts www.privateofficer.com
CORAOPOLIS, Pa. Feb 9 2010 By: Rick McCann/Staff PRIVATE OFFICER NEWS http://www.privateofficer.com/ Police say that he looked like just another K-Mart employee dressed in his store uniform and to the average shopper, they’d never know that he wasn’t. But police say that the heroin addict who pretended to be an employee at the western Pennsylvania [...]
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09/02/10 Man arrested for theft of casino money www.privateofficer.com
IMMOKALEE PA Feb 9 2010 Deputies arrested an Immokalee man after he allegedly tried to take money found on the floor of the Seminole Casino. Nickolaos Maggas, 58, is charged with Grand Theft and Obstruction of Justice for the incident that happened early Sunday morning. Just after midnight, deputies were called to the casino over [...]
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09/02/10 Security Officer Association
Atlanta GA. Feb 9 2010 If you’re a security officer, manager or director, or employed in public or private law enforcement or maybe you own a security and law enforcement equipment supply company, you may be interested in knowing about PRIVATE OFFICER INTERNATIONAL. POI is an international security and law enforcement organization based in Atlanta [...]
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09/02/10 Oklahoma basketball players charged with shoplifting www.privateofficer.com
NORMAN, Okla. Feb 9 2010 Two Oklahoma basketball players have been cited for allegedly shoplifting at a Sooner Mall department store in Norman. Police spokeswoman Jennifer Newell says Andrew Fitzgerald and Steven Pledger were ticketed for petty larceny Saturday night and released. Newell said Monday the citation was written by a security officer in Dillard’s. [...]
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09/02/10 Body found in Delta plane landing gear bay www.privateofficer.com
Tokyo, Japan Feb 9 2010(CNN) — A body was found in the landing gear bay of an airplane that arrived at Tokyo’s Narita Airport Sunday, the airport announced. The dead man was not carrying a passport or personal belongings, airport police said. The man was of dark complexion and dressed in blue jeans and a [...]
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