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Monthly Archives: May 2010

26/05/10 Former Miami cop accused of running marijuana grow house www.privateofficer.com

Miami Beach Fla May 26 2010 A former Miami Beach police officer involved in two fatal shootings last June while on the force has been accused of running a marijuana grow house in Southwest Miami-Dade County. Adam Tavss, 35, was arrested about 10:30 p.m. Monday, according to a Miami-Dade police news release. Narcotics detectives received [...]

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26/05/10 Mobile Alabama fire department stages “Sick Out” www.privateofficer.com

MOBILE, Alabama May 26 2010(WALA) – The Mobile firefighters who came down with a sudden case of “Blue Flu” this past weekend could find themselves in trouble with the city. Mayor Same Jones says if rules or policies were violated, there will be consequences. When 32 firefighters called in sick Saturday, Mobile Mayor Sam Jones [...]

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26/05/10 Houston security officer shoots-kills man www.privateofficer.com

HOUSTON TX May 26 2010UPDATE – A security guard shot and killed a man at a southeast Houston apartment complex, police told KPRC Local 2. Houston police said a security guard shot and killed Everette Crockett, 21, at the Cullen Park Apartments on Wenda Street near Coffee Street at about 10:30 p.m. Monday. Police said [...]

26/05/10 Security officer stops baby kidnapping www.privateofficer.com

RENO, Nev. May 26 2010(AP) – Reno police say they’ve arrested a woman who allegedly tried to snatch a 7-month-old baby from her mother’s arms at a downtown bus station. Police say the mother was carrying her daughter in a front-facing carrier on her chest when 41-year-old Linda Flores allegedly grabbed the baby by the [...]

26/05/10 Officer injured, nine arrested in college brawl www.privateofficer.com

LEWISTON, Maine May 26 2010A party that got out of control ended with several arrests and an injured officer on the Bates College campus early Wednesday morning, according to police. Investigators told News 8 that students were celebrating on campus Tuesday night when someone called 911 and requested an ambulance for a girl who needed [...]

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26/05/10 Security companies see rapid growth in Texas www.privateofficer.com

HOUSTON TX May 26 2010 – In Harris County there are 302 private security companies. The Texas Department of Public Safety, which oversees the industry, says the number keeps growing. “Communities and individuals are drawing on that resource more so because there are fewer uniformed police officers in neighborhoods than years past,” said city councilman [...]

26/05/10 Off-duty police officer shoots man breaking into car www.privateofficer.com

HOUSTON TX May 26 2010 – Investigators say an off-duty Houston police officer shot and wounded a suspect at a northwest Harris County apartment complex, one night after a similar incident in a southeast Houston apartment complex. The shooting took place on Tuesday night at the the Bellmeade Apartment Home on Legacy Park Drive near [...]

26/05/10 FBI says crime is down nationwide www.privateofficer.com

WASHINGTON MAY 26 2010 — The violent crime rate in the United States went down in 2009 for the third year in a row and the property crime rate fell for the seventh consecutive year, the FBI reported Monday. The decline last year amounted to 5.5 percent for violent crime compared to 2008 and the [...]

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26/05/10 POLICE OFFICER KILLED IN PHOENIX www.privateofficer.com

BREAKING NEWS Phoenix AZ May 26 2010 Area police are investigating the shooting death of a police officer early Wednesday. The shooting occurred around 1 a.m. at a gas station-convenience store in west Phoenix. Police responded to a suspicious vehicle in the neighborhood call around 19th Avenue and Indian School Road when the officer was [...]

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26/05/10 Pure Heroin from Mexico hits US streets www.privateofficer.com

WINFIELD, Mo.May 26 2010 — Mexican drug smugglers are increasingly peddling a form of ultra-potent heroin that sells for as little as $10 a bag and is so pure it can kill unsuspecting users instantly, sometimes before they even remove the syringe from their veins. An Associated Press review of drug overdose data shows that [...]

25/05/10 Student holds teacher hostage after told he won’t graduate

Opelika AL May 25 2010 source:oanow.com school officials say they will wait for police to conclude their investigation before taking any disciplinary action for a student accused of threatening and briefly detaining a teacher in a classroom Friday morning. Corrderialous Jaquez Ingram, 19, of Opelika was arrested at 2:05 p.m. Friday and charged with making [...]

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25/05/10 Man commits suicide at shooting range www.privateofficer.com

EAST PIKELAND PA May 25 2010 — A 50-year-old Chesterbrook man shot and killed himself in the shooting range of French Creek Outfitters, 270 Schuylkill Road, Sunday afternoon, police said. Police Chief Jim Franciscus said that the 50-year-old victim, whose name is being withheld until notification of next of kin, entered French Creek Outfitters around [...]

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25/05/10 TX teacher’s aide charged with sex assault on student www.privateofficer.com

Garland TX May 25 2010 source:DallasNews A teacher’s aide at Naaman Forest High School in Garland has been arrested on a charge of sexual assault of a child, police said. Dennis Connor, 27, was being held in the Garland jail. His bond was set at $25,000. Dennis Connor Garland police spokesman Joe Harn said detectives [...]

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25/05/10 NY teacher charged with sex crimes with student www.privateofficer.com

Canandaigua NY May 25 2010 37-year-old Canandaigua Academy teacher Marla Gurecki-Haskins surrendered to police yesterday in the small Western New York town of Canandaigua on charges related to sexual conduct involving three male students. Gurecki-Haskins, who has been teaching for fifteen years, pleaded not guilty to one felony count of disseminating indecent material to a [...]

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25/05/10 Md. ROTC instructor charged with sex abuse of student www.privateofficer.com

COLUMBIA, Md.May 25 2010 – An Atholton High School ROTC instructor was arrested Monday night and charged with having sex with a 17-year-old female student at the school. 51-year-old Charles Ray Moore of Bowie was charged with sexual child abuse and sexual abuse of a minor by a person in a position of authority. He [...]

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25/05/10 US Border Patrol Agent Dies in Wreck With Bull www.privateofficer.com

RACHAL, Texas May 25 2010– A U.S. Border Patrol agent was killed and another critically injured when their vehicle collided with a bull and a tree Sunday evening. Agents Mark Van Doren and Adelaido Martinez were travelling west along Farm-to-Market Road 755 west of Rachal when their patrol sedan collided with a bull standing in [...]

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25/05/10 Man slugs woman in theft of iPod www.privateofficer.com

NASHUA NH May 25 2010 A man has been arrested accused of punching woman for her iPod A Massachusetts man punched a woman in a mall parking lot, snatched her iPod and hid in the grass before being caught by a security guard, police said. Thomas Hart, 22, of Woburn, Mass., is charged with felony [...]

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25/05/10 Wal-Mart employee fired for stopping shoplifter www.privateofficer.com

WICHITA, Kansas May 25 2010 (KSN) – A Wal-Mart worker hailed as a hero for stopping a shoplifter was fired Saturday. Wal-Mart refuses to comment but Heather Ravenstein says she was told she was being let go because of her actions Friday. “My stomach started turning instantly,” said Ravenstein. “I was like ‘Are you serious?’ [...]

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25/05/10 Jewelery store robbed of Rolex watches www.privateofficer.com

WEST DES MOINES, Iowa May 25 2010 West Des Moines police have an expensive mystery to solve. On Sunday afternoon, at least three people went on a theft spree at Valley West Mall. Police said they targeted Joseph’s Jewelers and took some of the best watches from inside the store while it was open. “Someone [...]

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25/05/10 Man arrested for attacking hospital security with knife www.privateofficer.com

Santa Rosa Fla May 25 2010 Police arrested a man on charges he attempted to pull a knife on a hospital security guard Monday morning. Allen Rubin Newsom Jr., 47, was charged with aggravated assault on medical staff. Police said a security guard at Bay Medical Center confronted Newsom after he spotted him attempting to [...]

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25/05/10 Houston security officer shoots-kills man www.privateofficer.com

HOUSTON TX May 25 2010 — A security guard shot and killed a man at a southeast Houston apartment complex, police said Monday. Residents at an apartment complex in southeast Houston say a security guard shot and killed one of the people who lives there. It happened at the Cullen Park Apartments on Wenda near [...]

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25/05/10 School locked down after school resource officer assaulted www.privateofficer.com

STAFFORD VA May 25 2010 — An 18-year-old Stafford man was arrested Monday after assaulting a school resource officer in a back parking lot at North Stafford High School. Reginald Latson, of Ripley Road in Stafford, was charged with malicious wounding of a law enforcement officer, assault and battery of a law enforcement officer and [...]

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25/05/10 Katy TX police kept busy with shoplifting incidents www.privateofficer.com

Katy TX May 25 2010 Police rounded up several suspected shoplifters from Katy Mills Mall this week, including a woman who tried to walk out of Neiman Marcus wearing a $560 pair of shoes she hadn’t paid for. Joanna Tobacco, 25, of Houston was charged with Class A misdemeanor theft May 17 and booked into [...]

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25/05/10 Truck stop security officer robbed at gunpoint www.privateofficer.com

BORDENTOWN TOWNSHIP NJ May 25 2010 — Police are seeking a man they say robbed a Petro Truck Stop security guard at gunpoint May 20. Police said the man entered the guard shack of the station on Rising Sun Road at about 10:20 p.m. and pointed a black automatic handgun at the guard, forced him [...]

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25/05/10 Student hangs herself after being bullied at school www.privateofficer.com

PORT ST. LUCIE FLA May 25 2010 source KTLA — Police are investigating the apparent suicide of an 11-year-old girl whose diary indicates she was being bullied at school. Police say Celina Okwuone hanged herself in her closet Thursday night. The 5th grader was found by her parents just before midnight. Police say she used [...]

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25/05/10 Hotel security, police investigate missing man www.privateofficer.com

Atlantic City NJ May 25 2010 press of atlantic city Anguished family members of a missing Hudson County man last seen at the Trump Taj Mahal Casino Resort pleaded Monday for his return, hours after Atlantic City police said he was added to the FBI’s National Crime Information Center database as a missing person. Martin [...]

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25/05/10 Newport News deputy sheriff charged with having sex with prisoner www.privateofficer.com

NEWPORT NEWS VA May 25 2010 source:dailypress — A deputy in the Newport News Sheriff’s Office has been arrested and charged with having sexual relations with a female inmate in a work release program. Vincent L. Townes, 41, is charged with carnal knowledge of an inmate, aiding the escape of a prisoner, and unauthorized delivery [...]

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25/05/10 Maryland school bus driver arrested for producing child porn www.privateofficer.com

Clinton MD May 25 2010 A Prince George’s County school bus driver was charged with producing child pornography after he left a memory card containing digital photos of a 7-year-old boy on a convenience store counter, federal authorities said Monday. Scott Smallwood, 27, of Upper Marlboro was arrested May 21. Prince George’s schools spokesman Darrell [...]

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25/05/10 Former FBI employee gets prison for leaking information www.privateofficer.com

Washington DC May 25 2010 A Silver Spring man who worked as a linguist for the FBI was sentenced Monday to 20 months in prison for leaking secret documents to a blogger. But federal prosecutors in Maryland have remained mum about exactly what was contained in the classified papers that Shamai K. Leibowitz, 39, gave [...]

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25/05/10 Casino security officers injured in brawl www.privateofficer.com

FRESNO, Calif.May 25 2010 (KFSN) — Kings County Sheriff Deputies have arrested four men for a large weekend fight that injured three security guards at a South Valley casino. Investigators say the fight happened early Saturday morning near the front entrance of the Tachi Palace in Lemoore. They arrested Carl Conley, Corry Harper, Aaron Sparks [...]

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