Monthly Archives: April 2010
12/04/10 Security officer justified in shooting man www.privateofficer.com
DAYTON OH April 12 2010— A security guard who shot a man at Summit Square apartments on Sunday, April 11, had no choice but to fire at the man, Dayton police said Monday. Police said the man attempted to run his sport utility vehicle over the security guard — a moment the security guard captured [...]
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12/04/10 Student teacher arrested on multiple charges www.privateofficer.com
Quincy, IL April 12 2010— A student teacher has been arrested on multiple charges after a complaint by a teenage boy. Thirty-six-year-old Darrold Wayne Frisbie Jr. is accused of delivery of a controlled substance, aggravated criminal sexual abuse and possession of drug paraphernalia. He was arrested early Monday after a complaint from a 16-year-old boy. [...]
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12/04/10 Fla. teacher awaits trial for sexual batttery of students www.privateofficer.com
HILLSBOROUGH COUNTY Fla April 12 2010– Former teacher Stephanie Ragusa, who was accused of having sex with middle school students, pleaded guilty Monday morning before the start of her trial. Ragusa pleaded guilty to three counts of lewd and lascivious battery and two counts of unlawful sexual activity with a minor. Sentencing will be June [...]
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11/04/10 Six shot 1 dead at Oklahoma mall www.privateofficer.com
MUSKOGEE, Okla. April 11 2010 (CBS/AP) Six people are hospitalized and one person is dead after a shooting inside a Muskogee, Oklahoma mall. Shoppers inside the mall were told by a public-address announcement to leave as quickly as possible, and gathered outside the mall. Several said they heard four or five shots just before the [...]
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11/04/10 Off-Duty Alabama deputy shot by son www.privateofficer.com
Birmingham Al April 11 2010 By: RICK MCCANN/Staff PRIVATE OFFICER NEWS www.privateofficer.com Police are investigating the shooting of an off-duty Jefferson County sheriff’s deputy that happened on Saturday. Randy Christian, chief deputy for the sheriff’s department, identified the injured deputy as Lee Prather. He was taken to UAB Hospital after police officers responded around 8 [...]
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10/04/10 Rickards Middle School teacher faces sex charges www.privateofficer.com
FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla.April 10 2010 (WSVN) — Police have arrested a Rickards Middle School science teacher for allegedly having sex with one of his students. Police said, 36-year-old Orville Edwards admitted to them that he carried on a consensual sexual relationship with an eighth grade student. According to the police, the sex acts would take [...]
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10/04/10 TN. cops quit after K-9 dies www.privateofficer.com
DECHERD, Tenn. April 10 2010- Two mid-state police officers have resigned following the death of a police dog. Decherd officers Ryan Albaugh and Jeremy Legan stepped down after being placed on unpaid suspension Thursday. Franklin County’s sheriff said the K-9 officer was found dead in a crate in the back of a police pick-up truck [...]
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10/04/10 Mobile Ala. minister guilty of rape and murder www.privateofficer.com
MOBILE, Ala.April 10 2010 A Mobile preacher has been found guilty of murdering his wife and raping his step-daughter. Anthony Hopkins, a part-time south Alabama evangelist was found guilty Friday, April 9, 2010, of murdering his wife in 2004.After deliberating for 1-1/2 hours, the six-man, six-woman panel convicted him of murder, second-degree rape, second-degree sex [...]
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10/04/10 CrimeStoppers employee leaks tip to wanted suspect www.privateofficer.com
Memphis TN april 10 2010 A City of Memphis employee, once on track to become a police officer, took a CrimeStoppers tip about the location of a murder suspect on Wednesday and then helped tip the fugitive to flee. His unprecedented actions landed Travis Shantell Williams, 28, in Shelby County Jail by Wednesday night, charged [...]
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10/04/10 Gang member guilty in guard’s death www.privateofficer.com
Palm Springs Ca April 10 2010 A Palm Springs gang member was convicted Wednesday of robbing and murdering a 66-year-old security guard who was dragged out of his van and attacked. Jamar Thomas, 21, was found guilty of first-degree murder in the June 9, 2007, attack on Bower Security Co. guard Wallace Brown near Rosa [...]
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10/04/10 Deputy sues Chicago White Sox, security over arrest www.privateofficer.com
Chicago IL April 10 2010 A Cook County Sheriff’s deputy filed a lawsuit today against the White Sox, saying security guards at U.S. Cellular field dragged him down across rows of seats when another fan mistakenly identified him as an unruly spectator. On June 27, Rubin Lopez, an off-duty sheriff’s deputy wearing a Cubs jersey, [...]
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10/04/10 Suspect in armor car heist pleads guilty www.privateofficer.com
SANTA ROSA CA April 10 2010 KTVU– One of two men who was facing a trial Friday for the robberies of armored cars at banks in Sonoma and Marin counties has pleaded guilty to conspiracy and will testify against his co-defendant, a former Santa Rosa police officer. Andrew Cooper Esslinger, 27, of Santa Rosa, [...]
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10/04/10 Former KC officer awarded $6.5 million judgement www.privateofficer.com
KANSAS CITY, Mo. April 10 2010 A former Kansas City Police Department officer was awarded a judgment of $6.5 million Wednesday in his lawsuit against Kansas City and the Police Department. Danny Holmes’ attorneys argued that he was the victim of race discrimination, whistle blowing and breach of contract. The award was twice as much [...]
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10/04/10 Ohio cop facing child sex crime charges www.privateofficer.com
Aurora OH April 10 2010 The Dearborn County Prosecutors say an Aurora City Police officer of soliciting sex from a child online will likely face additional charges in another jurisdiction for the same kind of crime. Prosecutor Aaron Negangard says 52 year old Dennis Lewis, the city’s former assistant police chief, has been accused by [...]
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10/04/10 Museum president backs guard union www.privateofficer.com
Philadelphia PA April 10 2010 The president of the Philadelphia Museum of Art has indicated his support for a security guard labor union at his institution. Most of the 130 security guards voted themselves into a union last year. But so far they have not been recognized by their employer, Allied Barton, which contracts with [...]
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10/04/10 Security guard arrested after leading police on chase www.privateofficer.com
CHELSEA, Mass.April 10 2010 news 7 — A driver faced a judge Friday after allegedly taunting police and leading them on a wild chase while driving drunk. Ezeguiel Cardoso, 29, pled guilty to charges of driving under the influence and assault with a dangerous weapon. His family cried in court as the charges were read. [...]
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10/04/10 Teacher assistant arrested for sex crimes against students www.privateofficer.com
GRETNA, La. April 10 2010 An emlpoyee at the Algiers Technology Academy was arrested Monday after police said he had a sexual encounter with two students at a Westbank hotel. Investigators said that on March 28, Leonard Welch Jr., 30, and an unknown man picked up two female students in the Ninth Ward and took [...]
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10/04/10 Off-duty security officer shot to death www.privateofficer.com
CONCORD Ca April 10 2010 — A lot of people who saw Carlton Ross every day didn’t know his first name. They knew him simply as Ross. He was Ross the grandfather, father and husband. Or Ross, the quick-witted security guard whom store owners and employees at the Clayton Valley Shopping Center came to rely [...]
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10/04/10 Casino security aids in drug arrest www.privateofficer.com
RichfieldMn April 10 2010 A 44-year-old Richfield man was arrested for possessing a large amount of heroin, marijuana and cash last week after Mystic Lake Casino security allegedly saw him smoking cocaine from a pipe in his vehicle. Lorenzo Roberson was charged with third-degree possession of a controlled substance by the Scott County Attorney’s Office [...]
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10/04/10 Senior citizens charged in robbery scheme www.privateofficer.com
Chicago IL April 10 2010 Source: Chicago Tribune The three senior citizens were still wearing dark burglary clothes when they stood before a federal judge Friday charged in their latest alleged caper: watching a suburban bank for months in preparation for a robbery as the branch took a delivery of cash from an armored car. [...]
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09/04/10 Off- duty security officer shot coming to aid of students www.privateofficer.com
Suffolk County NY April 9 2010 A former U.S. amateur heavyweight boxing champion was shot in the chest and critically injured during a confrontation at a suburban shopping center, according to the Suffolk County Police. Adam Willett, 28, was shot once about 5 p.m. Wednesday while on the parking lot of the Miracle Plaza Shopping [...]
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09/04/10 Rock Hill SC security firm awarded Navy contracts www.privateofficer.com
Rock Hill SC April 9 2010 Rock Hill based Southeastern Protective Services has been awarded a $52.7 million contract to provide security for the U.S. Navy at various places along the Eastern Seaboard. The company is now the primary contractor for armed security guard services at naval bases from Rhode Island to Virginia, according to [...]
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09/04/10 9 Year old girl hit by school bus dies
FLORALA AL April 9 2010 — A 9-year-old girl is dead after being hit by a school bus in south Alabama. Florala police chief Sonny Bedsole said the accident happened about 3 p.m. Thursday. He said the girl run over as she walked in front of the school bus. He said the child “either got [...]
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08/04/10 FBI uses billboards to track down wanted felons www.privateofficer.com
Washington DC April 8 2010 Crime fighting doesn’t get much simpler than this: When Virginia drug suspect Edward Myricks eyed his photo on a giant digital billboard, he knew his run from the authorities was over. “We posted his photo on billboards in Newark (after learning the suspect had traveled there), and when he saw [...]
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08/04/10 Nightclub owner kills security guard www.privateofficer.com
PROVO Utah April 8 2010 — A hearing has been set to determine whether a young Utah County entrepreneur prominent in the local Hispanic community should go on trial for murder. The preliminary hearing for Ramon Somoza, 29, is scheduled for June 25 in 4th District Court. Police say Somoza shot and killed former employee [...]
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08/04/10 Bystanders, mall security detain stabbing suspect www.privateofficer.com
WEST DUNDEE IL April 8 2010 – A 20-year-old Algonquin man appeared in court Thursday wearing paper clothing because he was on suicide watch after police said he stabbed his ex-girlfriend in the back with a bayonet. William R. Clark III told a Kane County Judge that he should have gotten help for his mental [...]
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08/04/10 Fort Detrick security sues for back pay www.privateofficer.com
FREDERICK MD April 8 2010 A dozen current and former security guards at Fort Detrick are suing their employer, Eagle Technologies of Lanham, for more than $5 million, alleging they were cheated out of pay. The workers filed the class action suit in March in Prince George’s County Circuit Court. They are seeking $5 million [...]
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08/04/10 Parents sue school and security after shooting www.privateofficer.com
Detroit MI April 8 2010 The parents of four students who were wounded — one fatally — in a shooting at Detroit’s Ford High School in 2008 have sued the school district and two security guards for failing to prevent the incident. The parents also have sued the three men who were charged in the [...]
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08/04/10 Military to hire 2500 civilian guards www.privateofficer.com
SAN ANTONIO, Texas April 8 2010- The Army is converting approximately 2,500 installation access control point security guard positions from contractor to federal employee status at nearly 50 stateside locations. Overall, Installation Management Command will be announcing 3,076 openings for guards that will be needed at every garrison, except those aligned under Base Realignment and [...]
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08/04/10 Baltimore security officer killed during robbery www.privateofficer.com
Baltimore MD April 8 2010 The 72-year-old man who was shot inside an Asian carryout on Greenmount Avenue in North Baltimore early this morning was a security guard at the Afro-American newspaper who had just ordered food before starting his night shift. City police just identified the victim as Charles Bowman, a Vietnam veteran who [...]
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