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Monthly Archives: May 2010

25/05/10 Father of 5, shot-killed at red light www.privateofficer.com

DEKALB COUNTY, Ga. May 25 2010– DeKalb Police arrested two people in connection with the Saturday shooting death of a man waiting at a red light, Channel 2 Action News reporter Tony Thomas learned. Police believe the father of five, who was shot while waiting at a red light, knew his attackers. The shooting happened [...]

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25/05/10 Mobile Commissioner indicted for murder, drugs www.privateofficer.com

Gulf Shores AL. May 25 2010 al.com Mobile County Commissioner Stephen Nodine has been indicted on a murder charge by a Baldwin County grand jury in the shooting death of his longtime mistress Angel Downs. Nodine, 46, is accused in the May 9 slaying of Downs, who was found in her Gulf Shores driveway with [...]

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24/05/10 HOUSTON SECURITY OFFICER SHOT-CRITICAL CONDITION www.privateofficer.com

BREAKING NEWS HOUSTON TX May 24 2010 By: Brett Davis/Staff PRIVATE OFFICER NEWS www.privateofficer.coM Houston police are searching for two suspects in the shooting of a security guard in southwest Houston. HPD units responded at about 1:30am to the Villa Monterrey Apartments on Concourse near Lansdale where they found a male security guard lying on [...]

24/05/10 Wisconsin teacher charged with sexual assault of student www.privateofficer.com

Waukesha WI May 24 2010 jsonline.com – An Oconomowoc School District teacher is accused of sexually assaulting a young girl he met and taught while he was a student teacher in the Waukesha district, according to Waukesha police and a criminal complaint filed Monday. Bryan F. Wendt, 27, of Palmyra, was charged in Waukesha County [...]

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24/05/10 Off duty intoxicated police officer arrested at concert www.privateofficer.com

NOBLESVILLE IND May 24 2010 source:Indystar — A Martinsville police officer was arrested at a sold-out concert in Hamilton County over the weekend. Anthony “Tony” Hollis, 42, Martinsville, was arrested Saturday night at Verizon Wireless Music Center and charged with misdemeanor counts of public intoxication, disorderly conduct and resisting law enforcement. According to a statement [...]

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24/05/10 Shoplifter runs into unmarked police car www.privateofficer.com

Bay County Fla May 24 2010 A man suspected of stealing DVDs from Walmart ran straight to an unmarked patrol car thinking it was his getaway vehicle, according to a Bay County Sheriff’s Office report. Damon Demetrius Love, 35, of Panama City, was charged with retail theft Friday after a deputy climbed out of the [...]

24/05/10 Chester County court security stop armed man www.privateofficer.com

WEST CHESTER PA May 24 2010 — A freelance photographer from Phoenixville is in Chester County Prison on charges that he tried to bring a loaded weapon into the county Justice Center as he was on his way to a child support hearing. Brian Benjamin, 42, of the 1200 block of Madison Street, was ordered [...]

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24/05/10 Airplane pilot arrested after landing on Tybee Island beach www.privateofficer.com

Tybee Island GA May 24 2010 An amateur pilot from Arkansas has been arrested after landing a small plane on the Tybee Island beach for recreation, according to police. The single-engine, two-seat aircraft touched sand on Tybee’s north end about noon. Two occupants casually climbed out for a walk on the beach, police Lt. Jonathan [...]

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24/05/10 Woman sues TSA over missing Rolex watch www.privateofficer.com

Norfolk VA May 24 2010 source:jacksonville.com  Imagine being ordered by airport security workers to put your very expensive watch on a scanning belt, over your objections. Then imagine going to retrieve it and it’s gone. A Baker County woman says that experience at Norfolk International Airport in Virginia last year cost her a $24,000 Rolex [...]

24/05/10 Nightclub security shot at-return fire www.privateofficer.com

OKLAHOMA CITY OK May 24 2010 — What started as a call of shots being fire in a parking lot overnight turned into a car crash and arrest. Oklahoma City police say a suspect started shooting in the parking lot at Fritzi’s nightclub around 2:30 a.m. Sunday. The security guards at Fritzi’s returned gunfire, and [...]

24/05/10 Virginia Beach police officer charged with sex crimes www.privateofficer.com

VIRGINIA BEACH VA May 24 2010 —A master police officer from Virginia Beach was charged on Sunday with indecent liberties and contributing to the delinquency of a minor, relating to incidents alleged to have occurred at the officer’s home. Ronald S. Dunn, 44, a 20-year veteran of the police department, was charged with custodial indecent [...]

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24/05/10 Security officers subdue armed man at PA. church www.privateofficer.com

MOUNT OLIVER, Pa.May 24 2010 (AP) ― A man was arrested at a Pittsburgh-area church after police say he entered the sanctuary during a service and brandished a weapon. Bishop Otis Carswell says security guards hired for services were able to wrestle what turned out to be a BB gun away from the man after [...]

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24/05/10 Cheesecake Factory employees charged in credit card scheme www.privateofficer.com

Washington DC May 24 2010 Three servers at the Cheesecake Factory restaurant on Wisconsin Avenue in the District allegedly stole credit card numbers from patrons as part of a scheme that racked up more than $117,000 in fraudulent charges between 2008 and last year, authorities say. Investigators with the U.S. Secret Service allege the servers [...]

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23/05/10 Macy’s employee slashed by shoplifter www.privateofficer.com

YONKERS NY May 23 2010 – One Macy’s clerk was injured when a knife-wielding shoplifter sliced his hand as he chased him out of the store after shoplifting over $40 worth of merchandise on Thursday afternoon. Yonkers Police said the thief left the store at the Cross County Shopping Center with two employees chasing after [...]

23/05/10 Booster bag gang given prison time in thefts www.privateofficer.com

FRONT ROYAL VA May 23 2010 — Two men were sentenced in Warren County Circuit Court this week for orchestrating multiple shoplifting schemes at the same retail store two years ago as part of what prosecutors have called a booster gang. Virgil Edwin Watson III, 22, of 1041 Martin St., Stephens City, convicted by a [...]

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23/05/10 Shoplifting gang caught stealing panties www.privateofficer.com

Shrewsbury Township NJ May 23 2010 Four North Hudson residents robbed a high-end women’s lingerie store in Monmouth County of more than $1,600 in panties Wednesday, authorities said. Maria P. Goncalves, 24, and Nestor Pachon-Perez, 23, both of North Bergen, Jasmine J. Padilla, 22, of Union City and Jairo Navas-Sandoval, 28, of West New York, [...]

23/05/10 Plano teacher charged with sexual assault in classroom www.privateofficer.com

Plano TX May 23 2010 spurce:dallas news A kindergarten teacher at Plano ISD’s Hunt Elementary School has been arrested on charges that he sexually assaulted a student several times in a classroom. The teacher, 28-year-old Joseph Garbarini, was arrested Thursday after a girl told police that he touched her inappropriately while pretending to change a [...]

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23/05/10 Orlinda High School teacher gets prison time for rape www.privateofficer.com

MARTINEZ, Calif.May 23 2010 —A former Orinda high school teacher will spend two years in prison for having sex with an underage student. The teacher, 31-year-old Mark Litton of Walnut Creek, was an English teacher at Miramonte High School in Orinda. He was arrested at the school in September. Last week, he pleaded no contest [...]

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23/05/10 Beech High School teacher arrested for public indecency www.privateofficer.com

Gallatin TN May 23 2010 A Beech High School teacher was arrested for public indecency in Gallatin on Tuesday, May 18. Christopher Cody Brummett, 24, of Gallatin, is accused of exposing himself to a 17-year-old girl while she held a sign for her business at the corner of Maple Street and West Main Street in [...]

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23/05/10 Security officer stabbed stopping theft www.privateofficer.com

CHULA VISTA CA May 23 2010 — A security guard was knifed in the abdomen and leg when he tried to stop two men from stealing alcohol from a grocery store, Chula Vista police said today. The assault occurred about 2:45 p.m. Friday at the Food-4-Less on Palomar Street near Industrial Boulevard, police Lt. Fritz [...]

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23/05/10 Wal-Mart employee charged in fraud incidents www.privateofficer.com

ST. GEORGE Utah May 23 2010 source:the spectrum news – A Walmart employee was arrested Thursday on charges she changed the prices on merchandise. Julia L. Richmond, 53, 414 E. Pennees Place, Washington City, was booked into Purgatory Correctional Facility on 11 counts of retail theft, one for each incident alleged to have occurred. Officers [...]

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23/05/10 Rape suspect deported 9 times www.privateofficer.com

EDMONDS, Wash.May 23 2010 source:king5 – The KING 5 Investigators have learned that an illegal immigrant accused of raping a woman in Edmonds Sunday has been deported nine times. That’s much more than previously reported. Immigrations and Customs Enforcement won’t comment on the case of Jose Lopez Madrigal. But KING 5 got the information through [...]

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23/05/10 Off duty TSA officer found murdered in his home www.privateofficer.com

WEST MELBOURNE FLA May 23 2010 By: Brett Davis/Staff PRIVATE OFFICER NEWS www.privateofficer.com – Police were called to a home on Sorento Circle Friday after receiving a call of an injured person. Now officers said they are trying to figure out what happened to the man who was found murdered in his home. Louis Hawkins, [...]

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23/05/10 Security officer killed in domestic dispute www.privateofficer.com

Los Angeles CA May 23 2010 By: Brett Davis/Staff PRIVATE OFFICER NEWS http://www.privateofficer.com/ Police said that they are looking for a man who has shot and killed his 40-year-old wife in her South Los Angeles home Saturday morning. Police were called to the home at about 8:40 a.m. in the 10500 block of Central Avenue, [...]

23/05/10 Smash and grabs continue to plague Atlanta www.privateofficer.com

Atlanta GA May 23 2010 Atlanta police are investigating two early morning smash-and-grabs in southwest Fulton County. The first happened at an Aaron Rents store on 2973 Headland Drive around 4 a.m., police said. A silver Ford Taurus destroyed the front of the store for thieves to then enter and take several flat screen TVs, [...]

23/05/10 Bars go high tech to stop crime www.privateofficer.com

Perth AU May 23 2010 Bouncers will wear head-mounted CCTV cameras in the latest attempt to curb alcohol-fuelled violence in pubs and clubs. The tactic comes on top of fingerprinting and eye-scanning technology, and databases with patrons’ photos and personal details, as the battle against violence in licensed venues goes hi-tech. But civil libertarians are [...]

22/05/10 Harrison County deputy charged with extortion www.privateofficer.com

HARRISON COUNTY, MS May 22 2010 (WLOX) – A Harrison County Sheriff’s deputy has been charged with extortion. Sheriff Melvin Brisolara said Thursday 34-year-old Ronald Roach of Pass Christian was arrested on a felony charge of extortion and hindrance of prosecution. Brisolara offered few details of the arrest, other than to say Roach was arrested [...]

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22/05/10 Alert security officer leads police to burglary suspects www.privateofficer.com

Nicholasville KY May 22 2010 Police in Nicholasville arrested two men after a search initiated thanks to a sharp-eyed security guard early Friday morning. Police say the two suspects stole some equipment from the yard of the Bluegrass Energy complex. Officers have not said exactly what the men stole. A security guard spotted the men [...]

22/05/10 Security officer injured during robbery www.privateofficer.com

Wichita KS May 22 2010 By: Brett Davis/Staff PRIVATE OFFICER NEWS http://www.privateofficer.com/ Wichita police are investigating an attempted robbery of the Al Noor Grocery & Biryani House where a security officer was injured. Police say around five o’clock Wednesday afternoon, two suspects entered the store and tried to rob the store owner. The man fought [...]

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22/05/10 Harrington Raceway security help nab attempted murder suspect www.privateofficer.com

Harrington DE May 22 2010 By: Rick McCann/Staff PRIVATE OFFICER NEWS http://www.privateofficer.com/ Authorities have made an arrest of a man wanted in a shooting in Seaford last month. According to police, Harrington Raceway security personnel spotted Leondre Williams and notified police. Seaford Police determined that 32 year old Leondre Williams of Bridgeville was responsible for [...]

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