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Monthly Archives: August 2010

23/08/10 Bloggers Beware! You can be sued and arrested for your words! www.privateofficer.com

Los Angeles CA Aug 23 2010 The Internet has allowed tens of millions of Americans to be published writers. But it also has led to a surge in lawsuits from those who say they were hurt, defamed or threatened by what they read, according to groups that track media lawsuits. “It was probably inevitable, but [...]

23/08/10 Three killed in Long Beach street race www.privateofficer.com

Long Beach CA Aug 23 2010 Three Long Beach residents were killed early Sunday when a car that had been racing down Ocean Boulevard smashed into a concrete sign, police said. The driver of a Mustang was racing the driver of a Taurus eastbound on Ocean just after midnight when the two cars collided; the [...]

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23/08/10 Court security officer tip leads to capture of fugitive www.privateofficer.com

Juneau AK Aug 23 2010 John Angerer, 40, was arrested in Juneau on Anchorage probation violations little more than a month after being released from Colorado’s Boulder County Jail, where he had been held for five months on a charge of second-degree murder. The Juneau Police Department, acting on a tip from a U.S. Federal [...]

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23/08/10 College offers free tuition to officers who volunteer as campus security www.privateofficer.com

BELLEVILLE, Ill. Aug 23 2010 – A southern Illinois university is offering free tuition to law enforcement officers who volunteer as security guards. Lindenwood University’s Belleville campus found itself with more students than its security force could handle. So it offered a deal to Belleville police and the St. Clair County Sheriff’s Department. Officers who [...]

23/08/10 Speeding, DUI bride arrested but makes reception party! www.privateofficer.com

Bellevue WA Aug 23 2010 A bride was arrested speeding down Interstate 405 in Bellevue, Washington after her bachelorette party. The woman is not identified in the report, but police claim she was speeding down the freeway at 90mph and weaving in and out of traffic, when they followed her and pulled her over. After [...]

22/08/10 Man charged in burglaries of multiple K-Mart stores www.privateofficer.com

Duval County Fla Aug 22 2010 A 38-year-old Westside man was arrested early Wednesday on a charge of burglary after jewelry was stolen from the Kmart at 9600 San Jose Blvd., police said. Now police say he’s also been charged in six other similar break-ins after a string of other Kmart break-ins all over the [...]

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22/08/10 Woman sues K-Mart in “slip and fall” accident www.privateofficer.com

WINFIELD, W.Va. Aug 22 2010– A Culloden woman is suing Kmart after she said she slipped and fell on the floor of the Scott Depot store. Charlotte Thomas, of 229 Kingswood Estates, was walking through the Scott Depot Kmart on Aug. 11, 2008, when she slipped and fell on a wet floor, according to a [...]

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22/08/10 Jefferson Parish 911 operator arrested for shoplifting www.privateofficer.com

New Orleans LA Aug 22 2010 A Jefferson Parish Sheriff’s Office 911 operator was arrested and accused of shoplifting on Wednesday after she was caught on a security camera stealing several shirts, JPSO reported. Jay’da Jackson, 23, of 1500 Lorene Ave. in Harvey, was booked with one count of theft and one count of possession [...]

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22/08/10 Police identify murdered Florida security officer www.privateofficer.com

Miami Fla Aug 22 2010 -Miami Dade police on Saturday identified the security guard who was found dead a day earlier at a Kendale Lakes shopping plaza. A homeless man found Gerardo Leal, 61, bleeding from a gunshot at about 2:30 a.m. at the Colonial Shopping Plaza, 9590 SW 160th St., where Leal worked as [...]

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22/08/10 Hominy High School teacher charged with rape www.privateofficer.com

Tulsa Okla Aug 22 2010 A teacher accused of raping a student, turned herself in to Osage County authorities Wednesday. Shelly Fry was a high school teacher at Hominy High School. The allegations date back to last year. Had Shelly Fry not been a teacher, she would not have been arrested on second degree felony [...]

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22/08/10 Utah teacher faces sexual abuse of student www.privateofficer.com

CENTERVILLE Utah Aug 22 2010 — Police arrested a 61-year-old drama teacher and charged him with forcible sexual abuse of a 14-year-old student. James D. Stokes appeared for an initial appearance hearing in 2nd District Court in Farmington on Wednesday on two second-degree felonies. He is accused of fondling the girl on two separate occasions. [...]

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22/08/10 Teachers aide charged with sex crimes with student www.privateofficer.com

Redding CA Aug 22 2010 A former teacher’s aide at Shasta High School was arrested this week for allegedly having sex multiple times with a minor, the Glenn County’s Sheriff’s Office reported. Laura Michelle Gallegos, 38, of Redding turned herself in to authorities at the Glenn County Jail in Willows on Tuesday afternoon. Glenn County [...]

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22/08/10 Ohio teacher sentenced to prison in student sex case www.privateofficer.com

Cincinnati OH Aug 22 2010 Today a former religion teacher has learned he will spend four years behind bars for having sexual contact with a teenage girl. 51 year old Salvatore Magro was facing up to five years in prison after pleading guilty to charges of gross sexual imposition in June. Magro was also arrested [...]

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22/08/10 Yellowstone Club guard charged with killing bear www.privateofficer.com

BUTTE MT Aug 22 2010 – Charges are pending against a security officer at the ritzy Yellowstone Club who allegedly killed a black bear sow earlier this month. The Montana Department of Fish, Wildlife and Parks plans to cite Shane Barstad with one count of taking a bear out of season, said Pat Flowers, the [...]

22/08/10 NYC Schools settle lawsuits against security staff www.privateofficer.com

New York City NY Aug 22 2010 The city will pay $55,000 to a Queens high school student who alleged that he was abused by a school safety agent. The family of Stephen Cruz, a senior at Robert F. Kennedy High School in Flushing, Queens, sued the city a year ago after a school safety [...]

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22/08/10 Campus security officers locked out during contract talks www.privateofficer.com

Manitoba Canada Aug 22 2010 Union negotiations with the University of Manitoba ended in a lockout for security staff Friday night. The university and the Association of Employees Supporting Education Services, which represents 27 security staff, failed to come to an agreement during talks that began at 2:30 p.m. U of M spokesman John Danakas [...]

22/08/10 Ga Sonic Restaraunt swallowed by sinkhole www.privateofficer.com

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22/08/10 NJ Highway patrol chief gets speeding ticket www.privateofficer.com

Paramus NJ Aug 22 2010 Col. Rick Fuentes was traveling northbound in an unmarked state police-issued black SUV on the Garden State Parkway on Friday morning when a trooper stopped him in Paramus, just northwest of New York City. State police spokesman Capt. Gerald Lewis says Fuentes was going 75 mph in a 65 mph [...]

22/08/10 Cedar Park police officer dies in motorcycle crash www.privateofficer.com

Cedar Park TX Aug 22 2010 A police officer died yesterday while conducting motorcycle training with a senior officer, according to KVUE-TV. Officer Leonard Reed, 41, suffered massive internal injuries in the motorcycle crash and was pronounced dead at St. David’s Round Rock Medical Center. “This individual rendered outstanding service and protection to our community,” [...]

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22/08/10 Mn. security bouncer won’t face charges in shooting death www.privateofficer.com

MINNEAPOLIS MN Aug 22 2010 Hennepin County prosecutors have decided not to charge a bouncer who shot and killed a man outside a bar last month. The attorney’s office has concluded the bouncer acted in self-defense in the July 11 shooting. Minneapolis police had agreed. The day after the shooting they said the bouncer had [...]

22/08/10 Police investigation leads to $80 million in drugs www.privateofficer.com

GILROY, Calif.Aug 22 2010 — After a year-long investigation, deputies in Gilroy, Calif. swarmed a house and found nearly 500 pounds of drugs worth $80 million. They say it’s the biggest drug operation they’ve ever seen. Scattered across the kitchen, living room, bedrooms and garage, they found hundreds of pounds of meth and 20 kilos [...]

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21/08/10 Men break into hotel, poop in the pool www.privateofficer.com

St. Petersburg,FL Aug 21 2010 Two men were arrested last night when hotel security guards at the Renaissance Vinoy hotel watched them enter the grounds and “befoul the pool with feces.” When local police officers arrived on scene, the two were enjoying the hot tub, clearly relaxing after their hard work of messing up the [...]

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21/08/10 Mall security officer arrested for burglary-theft www.privateofficer.com

MANKATO MN AUG 21 2010 — A downtown mall security guard was arrested Thursday on charges of burglarizing a mall business. Lyle Thompson, 33, of Mankato, faces third-degree burglary charges in connection with the theft of about $200 from the Mankato Place accounting firm of Abdo Eick & Meyers. Police said the business was entered [...]

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21/08/10 Miami security officer killed www.privateofficer.com

MIAMI Fla Aug 22 2010 — Police have confirmed this evening that they have found the body of a security guard at a Miami strip mall. Police say the unidentified man’s body was found Friday behind the Colonial Shopping Center by a homeless man. The officer had been shot but police are not saying how [...]

21/08/10 Man charged with taking photos of women in store’s dressing room www.privateofficer.com

MEMPHIS, TN Aug 21 2010– Memphis police say a man is accused of taking cell phone pictures of a woman while she was taking off her clothes in the dressing room of a Northeast Memphis Store. According to a police affidavit, it happened at the Burlington Coat Factory in the 5900 block of Stage Road, [...]

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21/08/10 TSA officer charged in laptop computer thefts www.privateofficer.com

NEWARK, N.J. Aug 21 2010 ― A federal security worker at Newark Liberty International Airport has been charged with stealing laptops from a lost-and-found office. Transportation Security Administration employee Jennifer Steplight appeared in court Friday afternoon in Newark. She faces one embezzlement count and another count of making false statements. If convicted on both counts, [...]

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20/08/10 Suspicious person shoots at Flint security officer www.privateofficer.com

FLINT, Michigan Aug 20 2010 — A security guard told police he was shot at five times at about 2:40 a.m. Wednesday, according to police reports. The security guard had observed a Chevrolet pick-up truck loaded with scrap and about 15 males wearing bandanas over their faces on Industrial Avenue, near Leith Street. The victim [...]

20/08/10 Student fires gun on school bus www.privateofficer.com

OMAHA, Neb. Aug 20 2010– Officials at Burke High School said there would be extra security on Friday after a gun went off on a bus leaving the school on Wednesday and police found another gun in a student’s backpack on Thursday. Police said two students were being held at the Douglas County Youth Center [...]

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20/08/10 Museum thieves steal $550,000 gold bar www.privateofficer.com

KEY WEST, Fla.Aug 20 2010 — Two thieves entered a museum shortly after closing time and stole a gold bar worth about $550,000 that had been recovered from the shipwreck of a Spanish galleon off the Florida Keys, police said. Police and the FBI are working to identify the suspects who took the gold bar [...]

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20/08/10 Security guard charged with attempted murder of trespasser www.privateofficer.com

BIRMINGHAM, AL Aug 20 2010 By: Rick McCann/Staff PRIVATE OFFICER NEWS http://www.privateofficer.com/ - Police have arrested a security guard and have charged him with attempted murder in the shooting of an accused trespasser. Birmingham police, in a statement Thursday said David Johnson, 37, of Birmingham, is charged with the attempted murder of Willie Kirksey, 46, of [...]

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