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Monthly Archives: March 2010

Des Moines IA March 23 2010 A man trying to get away from police Monday night accelerated his pickup truck to more than 100 mph and then sped down Grand Avenue, the wrong way on a one-way street, police reported. Wade Alen McElroy, 33, was arrested following multiple collisions near Second and Grand avenues. Officers [...]

SAN JOSE CAL ―March 23 2010 A 59-year-old security guard who was assaulted at a San Jose high school over the weekend remains in critical condition at a local hospital, police Officer Jose Garcia said Monday. The man, whose name is being withheld as a safety precaution, was assaulted about 9:15 p.m. Saturday by three [...]

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BOCA RATON, Fla. March 23 2010 A man is accused of stealing cash and more than $100,000 worth of jewelry from the Piercing Pagoda at the Town Center at Boca Raton. Greg Zamort was arrested Sunday morning on charges of burglary, grand theft, aggravated assault on a law enforcement officer and resisting arrest with violence. [...]

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MARTIN, Tenn. March 23 2010 (AP) – The FBI has charged a high school teacher in Martin with sex crimes against a student. A federal complaint by an agent with the FBI Crimes Against Children Task Force charges 44-year-old Stanley Wren Vickers with taking a 14-year-old boy across state lines and having sex with him. [...]

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MIAMI Fla March 23 2010 (CBS4) Sporting a mohawk haircut and a black eye, 43-year-old Michael Jones stood before a Miami-Dade judge Monday afternoon and said, “I don’t need a lawyer.” He might want to reconsider. Police have charged Jones in a violent rampage at Miami International Airport Monday morning where he allegedly attacked two [...]

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Chattanooga TN March 23 2010 Erlanger Medical Center, which has long had its own security force, is considering contracting out the service. Jim Brexler, CEO, said no decision has been made, but he said hospital officials expect to have a recommendation in the near future. He said one possibility is to issue a request for [...]

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Atlanta GA March 23 2010 Source: AJC.com Police are trying to determine whether a dismembered body found Monday belongs to one of several missing Atlanta women. Atlanta Police Maj. Keith Meadows confirmed at least two matches of missing women fitting the description of the body. While Meadows told WSB Radio early Monday evening that those [...]

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Mesa AZ March 23 2010 A Mesa man was arrested on suspicion of striking two security guards with a beer bottle at a local bar early Sunday morning, police said. Police responded to an assault call about 12:15 a.m. at a bar in the Mesa Riverview shopping area. The name of the establishment was not [...]

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Fresno CA March 22 2010 Fox News A Fresno security guard is recovering, after being attacked outside a Walmart store. The incident occurred late Sunday night at the Walmart on Kings Canyon and Peach. According to Fresno Police, the 60-year-old security guard was approached in the parking lot by two males demanding he hand over [...]

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VICTORVILLE CA March 22 2010 A security guard at Karma Nighlife was shot and injured as patrons where leaving at closing time early Saturday morning. For unknown reasons, a gunman was parked in front of the business in a dark Chevy Yukon or Tahoe, fired once at the victim hitting him on the right hand, [...]

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PENDLETON, Ore. March 22 2010 (AP) – A Pilot Rock teacher has been indicted by a grand jury and has been arrested, facing 35 counts of sexual crimes after accusations he had inappropriate relationships with high school-age girls. The East Oregonian reports teacher and coach Kevin Mathew Nice was arrested without incident on Friday in [...]

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ATLANTA GA March 22 2010 Source: USAToday — When the police department in Gulfport, Miss., recently ended long funeral processions by limiting them to five vehicles, the news was not well-received by some residents, who saw it as killing a cherished tradition. “We could either limit the number of vehicles, or not do (funeral escorts) [...]

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Brewton AL March 22 2010 Photos posted on MySpace led to the identification and arrest of the couple believed to be responsible for bank robberies in Florala, East Brewton and Flomaton. Florala Chief Sonny Bedsole said the two – identified as 30-year-old Jerry Hover Tinsley of Rutherfordton, N.C., and 30-year-old Rhianna Marie Jones believed to [...]

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PLACERVILLE, Calif. March 22 2010 (CBS13) An encounter on the roadways in El Dorado County led to the shooting deaths of two people in what police believe to be a murder-suicide. Investigators said a man driving a pick-up truck and a man driving an SUV became aggravated which each other while driving in southern El [...]

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Covington GA March 21 2010 By: Brett Davis/Staff PRIVATE OFFICER NEWS www.privateofficer.com Authorities say that a private guard was arrested after being caught by security officers at a local store shoplifting. Police said that the woman who was dressed in a security guard uniform was observed shoplifting at Kmart. The loss prevention officer told Covington [...]

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GAINESVILLE FLA MARCH 21 2010 UPDATE: Officials say three people have been killed after two small planes collided over central Florida. Authorities responding to a woman’s 911 call discovered one plane upside down in a field and another engulfed in flames in a wooded area nearby. WILLISTON, Fla. (AP) — Two people have been confirmed [...]

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Denver CO March 21 2010 People go to the Tanner Gun Show every month to buy and sell guns — not to get shot by them. But that’s exactly what happened about 2 p.m. Saturday at the Denver Merchandise Mart at 451 E. 58th Ave. The victim is recovering at Denver Health Medical Center. A [...]

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Ontario CA March 20 2010 Police officers are looking for a man who shot a security guard during the commission of a robbery early last week. The robbery occurred at 11:55 a.m. March 8 at the Check into Cash, 727 N. Euclid Ave. During the robbery the suspect and a security guard got into a [...]

Mesa AZ March 20 2010 A Mesa Brinton Elementary School music teacher accused of molesting a student in the band room when she was 7 years old was charged with five counts of child molestation after three more victims came forward in an ongoing police investigation. Michael LaMonica was charged with the felony offenses after [...]

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DAMARISCOTTA, Maine March 20 2010 — A veteran teacher at Great Salt Bay School in Damariscotta has been charged with improperly touching three of his female students. Peter Simonds, a fourth grade teacher, is charged with three counts of unlawful sexual contact and three counts of unlawful sexual touching. Damariscotta Police Chief Steve Drake says [...]

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Sandy Springs GA March 20 2010 Police believe a Sandy Springs man may be responsible for 70 cases of identity theft in Georgia and Florida. Tennyson Alvene Smith was arrested on March 4 and charged with one count of financial transaction fraud for using a stolen credit card to buy food, police said. Smith is [...]

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TACOMA, Wash.March 20 2010 – A man who gunned down an armored car guard during a robbery last year at a Wal-Mart store was sentenced Friday to life in prison without the possibility of parole. A Pierce County Superior Court judge handed down that sentence to Calvin Finley, 37, who pleaded guilty to the murder [...]

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NEW CUMBERLAND WV March 20 2010 – Hancock County Sheriff Mike White is commending deputies and the security staff at Mountaineer Casino, Racetrack and Resort for their quick actions that led to the arrest of a Maryland man. After an intense investigation involving Mountaineer security and several Hancock County sheriff’s deputies, deputies arrested Travis Antonio [...]

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Bay County, Fla: March 20 2010 One beach security guard is taking a few days off work after being accused of beating a spring breaker Wednesday night. Robert Hammer, manager at Hammerhead Fred’s in Panama City Beach, says it was a typical spring break night. “This is a nightly routine. There are usually internal fights. [...]

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Newton MA March 19 2010 A Newton man hit a CVS security guard with his car Wednesday while trying to escape the Natick Collection store with his $8 heist of stolen goods, police said. Adam Mizrahi, 19, was arrested at 5:34 p.m. as he was driving away from the mall, said Lt. Brian Grassey. Store [...]

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Perth WA March 19 2010 Two Perth men are due to face court today charged over the assault of a security officer at Hillary’s Boat Harbour last month. Casey van Denbergh, 18, and Wayne Richard Jaggard, 42, were allegedly involved in a brawl that put two security guards in hospital. Police were called to the [...]

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SPARTANBURG, SC March 19 2010 (AP) – A former South Carolina paramedic has been sentenced to 20 years in prison after he pleaded guilty to molesting three children. Multiple media outlets reported that 38-year-old Shawn T. Daily was sentenced Thursday in Spartanburg. Daily pleaded guilty to committing a lewd act on a minor Thursday. He [...]

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MOBILE, Ala.March 19 2010 — A federal judge in Mobile grappled Thursday over what to do about Melissa B. Gray. The former schoolteacher appeared in U.S. District Judge Kristi DuBose’s court to be sentenced for receipt and distribution of child pornography. But those charges represent only part of the story: Law enforcement investigators say Gray, [...]

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Ann Arbor MI March 19 2010 Source ann arbor.com A 22-year-old Ann Arbor man was arrested today after police say he stole items from Walmart in Pittsfield Township and sprayed a store security guard in the face with Mace. The incident occurred at about 4:23 p.m. at Walmart in the 7000 block of Michigan Avenue. [...]