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Monthly Archives: May 2010

22/05/10 JetBlue pilot threatens suicide at Boston airport www.privateofficer.com

BOSTON MA May 22 2010 (CBS) ― A JetBlue pilot was pulled from a flight Thursday night after claiming he wanted to commit suicide “in spectacular fashion.” A JetBlue pilot was pulled from a flight Thursday night after claiming he wanted to commit suicide “in spectacular fashion.” It was, perhaps, the most unsettling news for [...]

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22/05/10 Columbus reserve officer dies www.privateofficer.com

Columbus OH May 22 2010 source”columbus dispatch Whenever Blendon Township held its annual spring park cleanup, Township Trustee Jerry Ward would always be there. And he wouldn’t be sitting on the sidelines supervising. Ward would wear a “big sloppy hat” and get his hands dirty spreading mulch or driving a tractor, said fellow Trustee Stew [...]

22/05/10 Former security officers sue for wrongful termination www.privateofficer.com

Brownsville TX May 22 2010 Ten former security guards at Willacy County Regional Detention Facility have filed a wrongful termination lawsuit against Management & Training Corp. of Centerville, Utah, and two company officials claiming they were fired for refusing to make false statements. Peter Zavaletta, the attorney for 10 of the 11 guards who were [...]

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22/05/10 Police honor security officer for aiding carjacking victim www.privateofficer.com

Salt Lake City Ut May 22 2010 Chad Butterfield was working his routine shift as a security guard at the Foothill Place Apartments in Salt Lake City when he heard a scream. Butterfield traced the source of the noise on June 24, 2009, to a parking stall at the apartment complex, where he found a [...]

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22/05/10 Facebook,MySpace caught giving out personal data www.privateofficer.com

Atlanta GA May 22 2010 In a seemingly never-ending string of damaging disclosures about its users’ privacy concerns, Facebook has reportedly been releasing user data to ad companies that hadn’t even asked for the info. Facebook isn’t alone this time: rival social-media site MySpace has also been called out in Friday’s Wall Street Journal report [...]

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22/05/10 Police charge twin girls with killing mother www.privateofficer.com

CONYERS, Ga.May 22 2010 — Police said they have made two arrests four months after a mother was found stabbed to death at her home in Conyers. Authorities announced Friday that they have charged the victim’s twin daughters, Jasmiyah and Tasmiyah Whitehead, and said that the 16-year-olds will be tried as adults. Both are being [...]

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22/05/10 Pastor admits to killing deacon in love triangle www.privateofficer.com

ROME, Ga.May 22 2010 source:wsbtv — Former pastor Richard Scott Harper pleaded guilty to the 2004 killing of church deacon Thad John Reynolds Wednesday. Harper killed Thad Reynolds in a deadly love triangle, police said. As part of the plea deal, Harper will testify against his former lover and Thad Reynolds’ widow, Michelle Sullins Reynolds, [...]

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22/05/10 Ga. court orders woman to write 2500 sentences as punishment for passing school bus www.privateofficer.com

FOREST PARK, Ga.May 22 2010 — Nancy Nguyen, 19, stares at the blank pages in her composition book but can’t bring herself to begin writing. The college student isn’t at a loss for words for an English assignment. She’s refusing to write 2,500 sentences she said the Forest Park solicitor ordered her to write after [...]

22/05/10 Jail escapee caught at Wal-Mart shopping for clothes www.privateofficer.com

FORSYTH COUNTY, Ga.May 22 2010 – A Forsyth County Jail escapee was captured at a Walmart in Cumming Thursday afternoon, according to a statement from the Forsyth County Sheriff’s Office. Authorities said Timothy Eric Gibson, 34, escaped from the adult detention center Wednesday afternoon. Sheriff Ted Paxton said deputies acting on a tip went to [...]

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21/05/10 Eufaula teacher charged with rape www.privateofficer.com

Eufaula AL May 21 2010 A Eufaula private school teacher was arrested on Monday after allegations surfaced that she was having a sexual relationship with a student. 29-year-old Carrie Frances Perkins was a 5th grade teacher at Parkview Christian School. The principal said he knew nothing of the story until Perkins was arrested Monday. He [...]

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21/05/10 Lake Oswego police chief dies one day before retirement

LAKE OSWEGO, Ore. May 21 2010 Lake Oswego Police Chief Dan Duncan died at his home Thursday. Duncan’s death is being ruled as from natural causes, according to Lt. Paul Steigleder of the Clackamas County Sheriff’s Office. Duncan was found dead at his home at 9 a.m. The police chief was set to have a [...]

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21/05/10 Former Wal-Mart employee arrested in robbery www.privateofficer.com

CEDAR CITY Utah May 21 2010 – Off-duty Cedar City police officer on a Walmart shopping trip ended up arresting a man after he allegedly tried to rob the store Friday. Christian Robison-Han-chett, 20, 1368 W. 4200 South, Taylorsville, reportedly pretended to shop at the store. While, according to police reports, asking an employee at [...]

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21/05/10 Customer accidentally shot at Bass Pro Store www.privateofficer.com

RANCHO CUCAMONGA, Calif.May 21 2010 (AP) – A man checking in weapons at the Bass Pro Shops store in Rancho Cucamonga accidentally shot a woman shopping nearby. San Bernardino County sheriff’s spokeswoman Tracy Dorsey says the 52-year-old Chino Hills man, whose name wasn’t released, brought six guns to test fire Sunday afternoon when the .45-caliber [...]

21/05/10 Ohio police, mall security team up in shoplifting busts www.privateofficer.com

MONROE OH May 21 2010 — Thieves considering stealing items from stores at Cincinnati Premium Outlets should reconsider, one Monroe police detective is saying. That’s because the Monroe Police Department is being proactive in arresting criminals at the mall near Interstate 75 off Ohio 63 in Warren County, said Detective Ken Parson. “This is not [...]

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21/05/10 Teenage shoplifter stabs Wal-Mart manager www.privateofficer.com

FOLSOM, CA May 21 2010- A 13-year-old boy was arrested late Thursday night in the robbery and stabbing of a Wal-Mart store manager earlier in the day, according to police. Folsom police spokesman Jason Browning said the boy confessed to his parents who then told police around 10 p.m. Browning said the teen’s parents gave [...]

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21/05/10 Alabama bail bonds employee arrested for drug trafficking www.privateofficer.com

TUSCALOOSA AL May 21 2010 — Police in Tuscaloosa said narcotics investigators have arrested a bail bondswoman accused of trafficking Oxycontin. Tuscaloosa police spokesman Officer Brent Blankley said 28-year-old Rose Mary Talton was the subject of a two-month investigation. Blankley said Talton was arrested Monday and has been released on $100,000 bail. Agents with the [...]

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21/05/10 Port Chester police officer commits suicide www.privateofficer.com

PORT CHESTER NY May 21 2010 — A 35-year active member of the Port Chester police department was found dead in his home this morning in an apparent suicide, police chief Joseph Krzeminski said. Detective Michael Gaj, 58, a Port Chester resident, was found at his North Regent Street home by police sent to check [...]

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21/05/10 Balloon with white powder closes Philly mall www.privateofficer.com

Philadelphia PA May 21 2010 A section of Independence Mall was evacuated for more than three hours Thursday after a security guard found a deflated balloon filled with white powder near the entrance to the Liberty Bell. Preliminary tests have determined the powder was not explosive or radiological, and there was no indication that it [...]

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21/05/10 School security officers hidden talent to shine at concert

North Jersey May 21 2010 source:northjersey.com Steve Bell, the artistic director of the Teaneck Community Chorus, is also the vocal music teacher at Teaneck High School. When he met the high school’s security guard, Caroline Ramirez, he realized he found the perfect percussion player for the chorus’ forthcoming concert based on Latin-American music. Caroline Ramirez [...]

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21/05/10 Gang related stabbing at Ventura mall, 3 arrested www.privateofficer.com

Ventura CA May 21 2010 A stabbing at a local mall is being blamed on rival gang members. It happened just before closing at the Pacific View Mall in Ventura Wednesday night. Mall Security broke up a fight on the second floor and then escorted the groups to the door. But once outside a Ventura [...]

21/05/10 New Orleans school security officer fired for handcuffing child www.privateofficer.com

New Orleans LA May 21 2010 A security officer at Sarah T. Reed Elementary was fired this week for handcuffing a 6-year-old student to a chair, a Recovery School District spokesman said on Thursday. Sarah T. Reed Elementary SchoolAn internal investigation determined that the officer handcuffed the boy at the eastern New Orleans school on [...]

21/05/10 Man convicted in Texas security officer slaying www.privateofficer.com

FORT WORTH TX May 21 2010 source:star-telegram — A 25-year-old Dallas man was convicted of capital murder and sentenced to life in prison Thursday in the 2008 shooting death of a security guard at a game room in east Arlington. Jurors deliberated less than two hours before finding Kerry Michael Dronso guilty of killing Ali [...]

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21/05/10 Former DeKalb County police chief indicted for taking bribes

Atlanta GA May 21 2010 A DeKalb County police officer who was once a Deputy Chief has been indicted by a federal grand jury for taking bribes during the time he held the rank of Deputy Chief. Donald E. Frank of Monroe, Ga. was arraigned Wednesday, accused of soliciting and “accepting bribes to influence the [...]

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21/05/10 Florida man arrested after hotel robbery, rape www.privateofficer.com

ST. PETE BEACH Fla May 21 2010 – A transient’s crime spree began with a robbery at the Don CeSar Beach Resort and ended with the rape of a woman sunbathing on the beach, authorities said. Travis Emmett Wiley, 29, was charged with sexual battery, strong-arm robbery, home invasion, driving with a revoked or suspended [...]

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21/05/10 Bouncers charged with murder after beating man www.privateofficer.com

Queensland AU May 21 2010 The first police officer on the scene of a fatal alleged bashing by three Gold Coast bouncers did not check whether the victim was alive before he handcuffed him. Senior Constable Benjamin Tonges told Brisbane Supreme Court yesterday he never touched Terii Tararo when he arrived at Fisherman’s Wharf Tavern [...]

21/05/10 Wachovia VP charged with stealing $11 million from bank www.privateofficer.com

Chalotte NC May 21 2010 source:charlotte observor Terry Scott Welch led what seemed like a charmed life: a vice president position at Wachovia, a big house on Lake Norman with a pier, and glowing reviews from co-workers on his online resume. But the image was built on years of criminal acts, at least according to [...]

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21/05/10 FBI agent arrested in fraud scheme www.privateofficer.com

Nashville TN May 21 2010 An FBI special agent based in Nashville has been charged with fraud in connection with a mortgage scheme. Darin Lee McAllister, 44, of Brentwood, faces a total of 19 counts, including wire fraud and bank fraud, according to a news release from the U.S. Attorney’s office in East Tennessee. The [...]

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21/05/10 Fire chief suffers fatal heart attack on the way to fire

Oklahoma May 21 2010 The chief of the Crow Roost Fire Department suffered a fatal heart attack while en route to a structure fire yesterday, according to the USFA. Chief Paul Johnson, 63, was operating the department’s pumper when he became ill and asked Capt. Cheri Poindexter — who was riding in the cab — [...]

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21/05/10 Two police officers killed in hail of bullets www.privateofficer.com

WEST MEMPHIS, Ark. May 21 2010 – Two police officers doing anti-drug work along a busy Arkansas interstate were shot and killed by two men with AK-47s on Thursday, and the suspects later died in a separate shootout with police in a crowded Walmart parking lot, authorities said. West Memphis Police Inspector Bert Shelton said [...]

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20/05/10 Chicago police officer killed during robbery

Chicago IL May 20 2010 Al Stewart was headed home when he heard 10 or 12 shots and ducked for cover between two houses. When he peered out, he saw off-duty police officer Thomas Wortham IV on the ground. Two other bodies lay still nearby. As he ran over to check on the officer, Wortham’s [...]

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