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Deputy sheriff killed in rollover crash www.privateofficer.com
Pecos resident and deputy Jacob Rene Rayos, 32, was attempting to locate a suspect vehicle around 3 a.m.
He was traveling west on the south service road of Interstate 20 about a quarter mile east of Highway 17 in a 2009 Ford Crown Victoria deputy vehicle.
Texas Department of Public Safety records indicate Rayos was traveling at a high rate of speed and was unable to make it around a curve in the road.
The vehicle went into a right broadside skid and rolled several times before coming to a rest upright on all four wheels.
Rayos, who was not wearing a seatbelt, was thrown from the vehicle and pronounced dead at the scene, according to DPS reports.
NAS plane crashes in GA. 3 dead, 1 missing www.privateofficer.com
A fourth crew member remained missing late Monday.
This morning, the identities of those on board had not been released. Officials at Pensacola NAS expected to release the crew’s names this afternoon.
The T-39N Sabreliner took off from NAS for a routine cross-country training mission and crashed about five miles northeast of Morganton.
Morganton is located in Fannin County near the Tennessee border. It is about two hours north of Atlanta.
The names of the people aboard the jet are being withheld pending notification of next of kin, said Harry White, NAS spokesman.
A resident called the Fannin County Sheriff’s Office about the jet at 3:26 p.m.
“The aircraft flew over that resident’s home very low,” Sheriff’s Office Maj. Keith Bosen said. “The resident was able to briefly get a look at the aircraft as it was going down. Seconds later, the resident saw the smoke from the crash.”
The crash site is off a road that is not easy to get to, Bosen said.
“It took a little bit of time to get back there to it,” he said. “There was no delay on our officers or emergency personnel that arrived on the scene. They parked the cars and hit the woods.”
The debris from the plane was burning, which made it difficult initially to get close to the jet, Bosen said.
“We could not get close enough at that point to look inside,” he said. “We weren’t able to see anyone.”
The crash ignited a fire that burned 10 to 15 acres of woods. Parts of the woods still were burning after 9 p.m. Monday.
Few other details were released about the crash.
The cause of the crash was not immediately known. An investigation is under way.
The aircraft is assigned to Training Air Wing Six at NAS.
The T-39N is a low-wing, twin-jet plane. It is used for advanced Naval flight officer training.
The crash is not the first for an NAS plane flying in north Georgia.
A T-39 from NAS crashed in northwest Georgia on Jan. 10, 2006, killing four people.
That plane was found about a half-mile from a road in Chattahoochee National Forest in a valley between Horn and John’s mountains.
The Sabreliner was returning to Pensacola from a training mission in Chattanooga, Tenn.
Killed were Navy Cmdr. Dave Roark, 68, of Pensacola; Navy Ensign Elizabeth Bonn, 23, of Wilkes-Barre, Pa.; Air Force 1st Lt. Jason W. Davis, 28, of Vista, Calif., and Navy Lt. Jason S. Manse, 30, of Canton, Ohio.
Courthouse guard in trouble for taking X-Ray of child www.privateofficer.com
Like all X-ray machines at courthouses, the machine at the courthouse is meant for scanning briefcases, purses, and preventing weapons from getting inside. But last week it was used as a dangerous stunt to impress a 9-year-old boy.
“He had the child lay on the conveyer belt and had him go through the X-ray machine to show him his internal organs.” Says Deputy Chris Trujillo, Public Information Officer for the Valencia County Sheriff’s Office.
Trujillo says once the boy was inside the machine, the security officer snapped a picture of the X-ray image and showed it to the boy.
“How long was the boy on the conveyer belt as they were showing him his organs?” Eyewitness News 4 Reporter Jeff Maher asked.
“I’m not sure how long he was on the conveyer belt, or how far he went inside the conveyer belt,” Trujillo replied. “If he went the complete length of the conveyer belt and came out the other end, I have no idea.”
But the security officer did not do the stunt for just some random boy strolling through the courthouse. Trujillo says it was the officer’s grandson who decided to show the boy how the machine worked and what the boy’s internal organs looked like.
Deputies say once the boy’s mother found out about the incident, she complained to the officer’s supervisor, even though she is related to the officer herself.
Parents who have learned about the incident in Valencia County are in disbelief that any adult would do that to a child, knowing the dangers of exposure to radiation.
“Why would they do that, why would they put him through the machine?” Asked David Garcia, parent of a 9-year-old girl. “I’ve been in for MRI’s, and they take precautions for putting that jacket on you and do precautions.”
Trujillo says Valencia County Sheriff Rene Rivera is extremely upset about the incident and has launched an internal investigation. He says the officer will be facing disciplinary action this week. At this point, no charges have been filed.
Security guard charged with beach murders www.privateofficer.com
VENTURA, Calif.April 12 2010 AP — Authorities say DNA evidence ties a man to the slaying of a pregnant woman and her husband at their beachfront home in Southern California while their two young children were home.
Ventura County sheriff’s investigators said Monday they used a DNA database to link Joshua Packer to the May 2009 murders after Packer was arrested for investigation of robbery at a Santa Barbara gas station.
Brock and Davina Husted, both 42, were repeatedly stabbed by an intruder wearing a motorcycle helmet who slipped into their Faria Beach home through an open sliding-glass door.
Police considered it a triple homicide because Davina Husted was about five months pregnant.
Packer, a security guard, was being held in county jail on $2.2 million bail. It wasn’t immediately known if he retained an attorney.
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VENTURA, Calif. (AP) — A man was arrested in the stabbing of a pregnant woman and her husband at their beachfront house in Southern California while their two young children were home, police said Monday.
Joshua Packer, 20, was taken into custody Sunday and booked for investigation of three counts of murder and two counts of robbery, capping a nearly yearlong investigation into the crime that shocked their upscale waterfront community in Ventura County.
Brock and Davina Husted, both 42, were repeatedly stabbed in May by an intruder wearing a motorcycle helmet who slipped into their Faria Beach home through an open sliding-glass door. Police considered it a triple homicide because Davina Husted was about five months pregnant.
The couple’s two children were home at the time of the attack and were not hurt.
Their 9-year-old son saw a man confront his mother in the kitchen and ran to his 11-year-old sister, who was asleep, authorities said. The children then ran to a neighbor’s home and called 911.
“It’s horrible for the children,” sheriff’s Capt. Ross Bonfiglio said.
DNA evidence played a role in the arrest, but Bonfiglio declined to release details. Investigators previously said they believed the Husteds were targeted before the stabbings, but no motive has been provided
Bonfiglio said Monday he wasn’t certain if police had established a link between the suspect and victims.
A news conference was scheduled later Monday.
“Closure is important” to relatives of the victims, Bonfiglio said. “They want to know at least someone’s been brought to justice.”
Packer, a security guard, was being held in county jail on $2.2 million bail. It wasn’t immediately known if he retained an attorney.
The beachfront community is located along U.S. Highway 101 about 80 miles from Los Angeles.
Packer also has a recent rash of legal problems, according to court documents.
In January, sheriff’s detectives in neighboring Santa Barbara County arrested Packer for investigation of a 2009 armed robbery at a gas station. He is suspected of pulling a gun and ordering a clerk to the ground.
The robber fled with the clerk’s cell phone and wallet, and cash and cigarettes from the store, authorities said. Packer posted $115,000 bail and was released from Santa Barbara County jail in late January.
He was scheduled to appear in court Thursday in Santa Barbara for a preliminary hearing.
In Ventura County, Packer has been charged with misdemeanor battery stemming from an incident in November. A month later, he was charged with misdemeanor hit-and-run. Further details weren’t immediately available.
Calvin College students face bomb charges www.privateofficer.com
The students — Don Mpindi, 18; Drew Sikkema, 19; and Nathaniel VanEck, 18 — all face charges of placing an offensive substance with an intent to alarm, a 5-year felony.
The could be arraigned today in Grand Rapids District Court.
The Grand Rapids police bomb squad responded to the college Friday night after some of the devices — 2-liter bottles filled with an expanding substance that explodes when the plastic breaks — did not go off.
Police Lt. Paul Warwick said police released the pressure on the bottles using a remote device.
The students reportedly used a dry ice mixture in the containers.
He said the bottles could have been dangerous to any person walking nearby who might have been splattered by the contents or hit by plastic pieces.
Calvin College spokesman Matt Kucinski said the students threw the bottles out of a dormitory window in the kitchen area and into the courtyard.
He said it may have been a simple prank, with the students not realizing the danger
Nightclub adds security charge to patrons tab www.privateofficer.com
On a busy night, more than 2,000 people head to the area near San Antonio College. Apparently not everyone is a Saint when you park your car along Main Street.
“You have vandalism, break-ins, fights,” said David Amrollah, the owner of Bexar County Protective Services. Club owners hired his private security team to patrol the lot. “Because it was getting out of hand, they had to figure something out.”
But now they are collecting a buck from each driver to help offset security costs. It’s like a cover to cover safety cost.
“We had at least two instances a week when somebody said their car was broken into,” said Amrollah.
The cash also helps pay for the parking spaces. The property is actually leased from the Alamo Community College District.
“We worked on this with A.C.C.D. for about 15 months before getting this deal in place,” he said.
The security team is also proactive in stopping tipsy drivers from getting behind the wheel.
With almost 800 cars on a busy night, that’s 800 dollars to help offset costs. The new fee took effect March 10th.
