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Monthly Archives: March 2010

12/03/10 Former Conroe TX officer guilty of bank robbery www.privateofficer.com

Conroe TX March 12 2010 Source:chron.com A former Conroe police officer was found guilty Thursday of robbing a bank where he worked as a security guard when off duty. A federal jury convicted Michael Edward Tindall on a robbery charge after hearing four weeks of testimony. The 22-year veteran police officer robbed the First Bank [...]

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12/03/10 Police say St. Martin High teacher molested student www.privateofficer.com

St. MARTIN, MS March 12 2010 Source;(WLOX) – A St. Martin High School teacher has been arrested and charged with molestation of a child under the age of 16. Jackson County Sheriff’s investigators believe he was having relations with a student at the school. Robert Griffin, 39, of Ocean Springs, was arrested Thursday. He’s currently [...]

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12/03/10 Train hits teens: 1 dead, 1 injured www.privateofficer.com

KENNESAW, Ga. (metro Atlanta) March 12 2010– Authorities in Kennesaw say two teens were struck by a train early Friday morning, killing one and seriously injuring the other. It happened after 1 a.m. Friday at a railroad crossing on Stanley Road near Stilesboro Road. Thomas Brewer, 18, from Kennesaw, was pronounced dead at the scene, [...]

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12/03/10 Montgomery County teacher faces indecency charge www.privateofficer.com

Montgomery County TX March 12 2010 A Coldspring-Oakhurst high school teacher, Dennis Isbell, age 39, was arrested in San Jacinto County for indecency with a child. The former basketball coach and speech teacher had a complaint against him that stated he had inappropriately touch a female student’s genitals at Isbell’s Willis residence. It is speculated [...]

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12/03/10 Mesa Elementary teacher arrested for child molestation www.privateofficer.com

MESA, Ariz. March 12 2010 (AP) – A Mesa Public School elementary teacher has been arrested for child molestation. Mesa police said the alleged 12-year-old victim disclosed on March 3 that when she was 7, her music teacher had sexually molested her. The victim told police it had occurred on two separate occasions in the [...]

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12/03/10 Drive-by shooting injures one at SC bar www.privateofficer.com

Spartanburg SC March 12 2010 Source:goupstate.com PJ’s Bar & Grill security guard Marty Belcher suspected something might be awry when a car parked at a nearby vacant strip mall began driving slowly past the bar about 2:30 a.m. Thursday. Belcher was stationed outside the Asheville Highway bar when he spotted the green Ford Contour and [...]

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12/03/10 Appeals Court grants new trial for cop killer www.privateofficer.com

MEMPHIS, Tenn. March 12 2010(AP) – An appeals court has granted a new trial to a Memphis man convicted and sentenced to die in the fatal shooting of an off-duty city police officer. Timothy McKinney was convicted in the Dec. 26, 1997, mortal shooting of officer Don Williams, who was moonlighting as a security guard [...]

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11/03/10 Man arrested after biting campus officers www.privateofficer.com

SANTA ANA CA March 11 2010 Source:OCTimes – A 41-year-old transient was arrested at Santa Ana City College on suspicion that he bit two campus officers after they tried to get him to leave the campus, police said. Police got a call around 9 a.m. Wednesday regarding an emergency at Santa Ana College, 1530West 17th [...]

11/03/10 Kettering court officer receives award www.privateofficer.com

Kettering OH March 11 2010 Don McCuiston, a Kettering Police Department Court Security Officer, was presented a Class I commendation for performing chest compressions of an inmate after he collapsed January 29 James T. Brown, 34, complained of severe chest pains and fell face down in the holding area of the Kettering Municipal Court, according [...]

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11/03/10 Miami Beach security contractor unionizes www.privateofficer.com

Miami Fla March 11 2010 Miami Beach’s security guards have unionized, Service Employees International Union announced Wednesday morning. Security Alliance, the city’s security contractor, recognized its workers’ union Tuesday night and will bargain for a first-ever union contract, according to an SEIU press release. Security Alliance employs more than 50 officers in Miami Beach, including [...]

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11/03/10 Security officer handcuffed to pole by Islam group www.privateofficer.com

San Francisco CA March 11 2010 The flap won’t die down over an armed security guard working for Lennar Corp. who was handcuffed to a light pole after being kicked out of a community meeting about the developer’s project to remake the former Hunters Point naval shipyard. Supervisor Chris Daly on Tuesday introduced a resolution [...]

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11/03/10 Police seek man who stabbed mall security officer www.privateofficer.com

WANTED FUGITIVE Howard County MD March 11 2010 Howard County police have a warrant for the arrest of a man who cut a mall security officer after being caught shoplifting. Police are seeking the public’s help in locating the suspect and are offering a reward of up to $1,000 for information leading to his arrest. [...]

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11/03/10 School officer suffers heart attack chasing student www.privateofficer.com

MIDDLETOWN OH March 11 2010 — Middletown school resource officer Mike Davis was showing signs of improvement less than 24 hours after collapsing on the job at Wildwood Elementary, according to Atrium Medical Center officials. Davis remained in the critical-care unit on Wednesday, March 10, but was upgraded from critical to fair condition, Atrium spokeswoman [...]

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11/03/10 Security officer has heart attack stopping burglar www.privateofficer.com

NORTHEAST MIAMI-DADE, Fla. March 11 2010 (WSVN) — Police captured a suspected burglar moments after he broke into a South Florida supermarket and indirectly sent a security guard to the hospital. The business had already been broken into twice in just the past two weeks. In the most recent case, Wednesday, it landed a security [...]

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11/03/10 Contract security officers looked down on at federal buildings www.privateofficer.com

WASHINGTON DC MARCH 11 2010 There’s a saying among some private security guards in the Washington region: “There’s no security in security.” Poor job security and the potential dangers that come with protecting government buildings make it a risky line of work, said guards interviewed this week. Unlike officers with the Pentagon Force Protection Agency [...]

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11/03/10 Pickens County Ga. teacher arrested www.privateofficer.com

JASPER, Ga.March 11 2010 (AP) A 33-year-old Pickens County High School teacher has been arrested on charges of sexually assaulting a male student. Pickens County Sheriff’s Office have charged Laura Dene Lyles with two counts of sex assault, two counts of sodomy and four counts of furnishing alcohol to a minor. Investigators were contacted by [...]

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11/03/10 Mobile ALA. teacher arrested for sending porn to student www.privateofficer.com

MOBILE, Ala. March 11 2010 (WALA) – A Mobile County physical education coach has been arrested for sending obscene pictures to a student. Mobile Police took Darrell La Void Tyler into custody Tuesday. Darrell Tyler is the P.E. teacher for the Continuous Learning Center in Mobile. Police say the victim is 13-years-old. Police say her [...]

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11/03/10 Alabama police chief guilty of DUI www.privateofficer.com

FLORENCE AL March 11 2010 Resouce: timesdaily- Tuscumbia Police Chief Tony Logan was found guilty Wednesday of driving under the influence, a ruling that leaves his future with the department in question. Florence Municipal Judge James E. Hall II issued the verdict after more than two hours of testimony, including that of an official with [...]

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11/03/10 Memphis may form school security force www.privateofficer.com

Memphis TN March 11 2010 Memphis City Schools Board of Commissioners will vote on a measure which could give the superintendent the go ahead to create a security force in the schools that would replace Memphis Police officers. Superintendent Kriner Cash has long been pushing for a district run police force, but needs state legislative [...]

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11/03/10 Prince George Officer Dies In Crash www.privateofficer.com

Prince George MD March 11 2010 The Prince George’s County, Md. police department is mourning the loss of one of their own. Officer Thomas P. Jensen, 27, passed away Tues., March 9 as a result of injuries suffered while responding to an emergency call on February 27, 2010. According to a department press release, Officer [...]

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11/03/10 Winston-Salem officer possible suicide victim www.privateofficer.com

March 11 2010 By: Rick McCann/Staff PRIVATE OFFICER NEWS www.privateofficer.com Authorities in Winston-Salem say that one of their police officers may have committed suicide this week but are still investigating the shooting. The officer was found dead inside his home on Wednesday with an apparent gunshot wound in his head, authorities said. Officers were dispatched [...]

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10/03/10 Grove City officer guilty of exposing self at store www.privateofficer.com

GROVE CITY, Ohio March 10 2010 — A police officer on Tuesday lost his job and will spend time in jail for exposing himself in public. Officer Steven Howard, a member of the Grove City Police Department for 25 years, pleaded guilty to exposing himself inside a Columbus Kohl’s store in July. The police department [...]

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10/03/10 Macy’s security officer cut during brawl www.privateofficer.com

  New York City NY March 10 2010 By: Brett Davis/Staff PRIVATE OFFICER NEWS http://www.privateofficer.com/ A Macy’s security officer was injured and three men arrested after they brawled in the Herald Square store on Saturday according to police. Officers say that 19-year-old Courtney Hardin and friend Rasheen McCoy, both 19, were arrested after allegedly getting [...]

10/03/10 Navy dogs die because of contractor neglect www.privateofficer.com

WASHINGTON DC March 10 2010 AP Report — The Navy says that three dogs died and dozens more were in poor health after being neglected by a private security contractor in Chicago that had been hired to train the dogs to detect explosives. A team of military handlers discovered the dogs last October at a [...]

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10/03/10 Burbank police charge teacher after student encounters www.privateofficer.com

BURBANK, Calif. March 10 2010 (CBS/AP) Amy Beck, a teacher at David Starr Jordan Middle School, surrendered to the Burbank Police Department on Monday for allegedly having sex with one of her students. The sexual encounters allegedly occurred over a period of several months. The 33-year-old English and social science teacher was booked on suspicion [...]

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10/03/10 Lifelock Inc to pay $12 million to settle FTC claims www.privateofficer.com

NEW YORK, March 10 2010 (Reuters) – LifeLock Inc, which promises to protect consumers from identity theft, agreed to pay $12 million to settle claims by the Federal Trade Commission and 35 U.S. states that it overstated the value of its service. The FTC said on Tuesday the settlement bars LifeLock and its principals from [...]

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10/03/10 Police charge man with murder of bank guard www.privateofficer.com

Baltimore MD March 10 2010 A 24-year-old man has been arrested in the killing of a Bank of America security guard in downtown Baltimore last month, police said. Eric Rose, whose last known address was in the 1000 block of 33rd St., was taken into custody Tuesday by members of the Warrant Apprehension Task Force [...]

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10/03/10 Nightclub security officer stabbed repeatedly www.privateofficer.com

Long Beach NY March 10 2010 A 20-year-old Lynbrook man was arrested Tuesday morning for knifing a bouncer at an East Meadow bar last month, Nassau County police said. Thomas L. King Jr. and three friends tried to enter R.C. Dugan’s on Hempstead Turnpike when the 40-year-old man working as a security guard denied entry [...]

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10/03/10 Bonnie & Clyde pair hitting Ala-Fla banks www.privateofficer.com

FLOMATON, Ala. March 10 2010(WALA) It’s a real life Bonnie and Clyde. In two small South Alabama towns there have been two bank robberies over the last few days. The latest was Monday afternoon at United Bank in Flomaton, where surveillance cameras caught the pair in action. The video shows them calmly pass notes, demanding [...]

10/03/10 Security arrest 6 in identification sweep www.privateofficer.com

ROCKFORD IL March 10 2010 Source rrstar.com — Numerous officers were on hand Tuesday after six people were arrested and 17 others were issued trespassing warnings during a daytime sweep at Concord Commons. Officers from Metro Enforcement, a private security firm, conducted an identification check of all the residents in the 216-unit complex and detained [...]

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