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Monthly Archives: September 2010

11/09/10 Mobile police officer suspended for sexual contact with prisoner www.privateofficer.com

Mobile Al. Sept 11 2010 A Mobile Police officer has been placed on administrative leave for allegedly having improper sexual contact with a woman who was under arrest and in his custody. Officer Jonathon Anthony, assigned to First Precinct Patrol, is accused of having sexual contact with a 26-year-old woman, according to a news release [...]

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11/09/10 Security officer murderer gets long prison term www.privateofficer.com

LAS VEGAS NV Sept 11 2010 (AP) – A 37-year-old former fugitive who took a plea deal to avoid the death penalty has been sentenced to 29 to 90 years in Nevada state prison in the 1998 slaying of a Tropicana casino security guard. Clark County District Court Judge Jennifer Togliatti sentenced Jose F. Martin [...]

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11/09/10 NY woman pepper spray, assault Wal-Mart security www.privateofficer.com

New Hartford NY Sept 11 2010 – Three Syracuse women were arrested in New Hartford after police say they attacked a security guard with pepper spray and a baby carrier. Police have arrested Tayonda Durham, 25; Billie Goode, 28; and Harlyn McBean, 29, on multiple charges including criminal possession of stolen property, grand larceny, and [...]

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11/09/10 Wal-Mart security assaulted by fleeing shoplifter www.privateofficer.com

BERWICK, LA Dept 11 2010 A man accused of eating food inside a store without paying for it and running away after hitting a security guard when confronted about stealing was arrested Wednesday afternoon in Berwick. According to the St. Mary Parish Sheriff’s Office, Albert Hebert, 46, was booked into the parish jail on shoplifting [...]

11/09/10 Downtown security patrol makes arrest www.privateofficer.com

Santa Cruz CA. Sept 11 2010 One of the First Alarm security guards hired to augment downtown policing helped make an arrest Wednesday, the first time the guard patrols have led to an arrest since they started working Pacific Avenue on Saturday morning, Santa Cruz police Lt. Larry Richard said. The guard found Beth Doherty, [...]

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11/09/10 NY teen arrested for selling marijuana at local mall www.privateofficer.com

NEW HARTFORD, N.Y. Sept 11 2010 New Hartford police say 19 year old Paul Pomichter of Cold Brook has been charged with attempting to sell marijuana to a shopper who was eating in the food court. Police say the patron advised Pomichter that he was not interested and after pomichter walked away the patron advised a mall [...]

10/09/10 Kraft Food worker kills co-workers in shooting www.privateofficer.com

PHILADELPHIA PA CSept 10 2010 — A woman who had just been suspended from her job and escorted from a Kraft Foods Inc. facility returned with a handgun and opened fire Thursday, killing two people and critically injuring a third before being taken into custody about an hour later, police said. The shooting happened in [...]

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10/09/10 SRO pushed through window during student fight www.privateofficer.com

Chattanooga TN Sept 10 2010 A Hamilton County School Resource Officer recieved minor cuts this morning after a scuffle between students. School Spokesperson Danielle Clark says it all started with an argument between two students before class began. Clark says teachers and administrators tried to break it up, but then a sister of one of [...]

10/09/10 NC High School student Tased, arrested during fight www.privateofficer.com

Gaston NC Sept 10 2010 A school resource officer warned an Ashbrook High School student three times to stop fighting Wednesday before using a stun gun on him, according to police. “When they didn’t comply he used the Taser after numerous warnings,” said Gaston County Police Capt. Bill Melton. “He followed our policy and procedures.” [...]

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10/09/10 Police warn Penn State students about flasher, rapes www.privateofficer.com

University Park PA Sept 10 2010 Police alerted Penn State University students after a man exposed himself to more than a dozen women, officers said. The alert was sent out to students on the school’s main campus in State College. Police said 10 of the incidents happened on campus within the past year. The other [...]

10/09/10 Security officer faces armed man at gunpoint www.privateofficer.com

SARASOTA COUNTY Fla Sept 10 2010 – A Bradenton security guard is being called a hero, after diffusing a potentially deadly situation. Captain Schusler’s night started just like any other. “You hope it never happens, and when it does you hope that you trained properly; but in the end it’s what we do.” Aapex Security [...]

09/09/10 OFFICER DOWN-Auxiliary Lieutenant Dan Kromer

Auxiliary Lieutenant Dan Kromer Taylor Police Department Michigan End of Watch: Wednesday, September 8, 2010 Biographical Info Age: 54 Tour of Duty: 20 years Badge Number: Not available Incident Details Cause of Death: Vehicular assault Date of Incident: Tuesday, September 7, 2010 Weapon Used: Automobile Suspect Info: At large Auxiliary Lieutenant Dan Kromer was struck [...]

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09/09/10 Atlanta area shopping center fire-bombed www.privateofficer.com

EAST POINT, Ga. Sept 9 2010 — Fire investigators told Channel 2 Action News that they believe someone intentionally set a fire that engulfed a Family Dollar and Piggly Wiggly grocery store early Wednesday morning. The fire chief told Channel 2 Action News reporter Erin Coleman that the fire is suspicious. Channel 2 Action News [...]

09/09/10 Catholic teacher charged with sex crimes against a student www.privateofficer.com

CORAL SPRINGS, Fla.Sept 9 2010 — A former Catholic school music teacher is behind bars after he turned himself in to face accusations that he committed a sex crime on a student. Wednesday morning, at St. Andrew Catholic School in Coral Springs, parents reacted to the arrest of 37-year-old Miguel Cala, a former music teacher [...]

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09/09/10 Southern Union State Community College has new chief www.privateofficer.com

Roanoke AL Sept 9 2010 After 18 years in law enforcement sheriff’s investigator Jimmy Holmes will start a new job Monday at Southern Union State Community College overseeing security. SUSCC interim President Amelia Pearson said the college hired Holmes to be over security at the three campuses–Wadley, Valley and Opelika. The college will continue to [...]

09/09/10 Penn. teacher sexually assaulted several students www.privateofficer.com

MONESSEN, Pa.Sept 9 2010 — A former teacher at Monessen High School was arrested Tuesday afternoon on charges that she had sexual contact with several female students. Ashley Herre-Bagwell, 29, is accused of having sexual encounters with students on a number of occasions, police said. The 10th-grade teacher was suspended when the allegations first came [...]

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09/09/10 Music teacher charged with sexual assault of student www.privateofficer.com

Detroit MI Sept 9 2010 A 58-year-old music teacher has been accused of criminal sexual activity after one of his teen students broke a four-year silence regarding alleged incidents that he said occurred in 2006 and 2007. Gregory Stahl, who has taught privately and at Milford Music for several years and is also involved in [...]

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09/09/10 Security officer exchanges gunfire with burglary suspects www.privateofficer.com

San Antonio TX Sept 9 2010 A man in his late 20s was shot in the arm early Wednesday, when he reportedly exchanged gunfire with a security guard just west of downtown, San Antonio police said. The man, whose name was not immediately released, was in police custody at Christus Santa Rosa Hospital.Police Sgt. Joe [...]

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09/09/10 School employee charged with sexual assault of student www.privateofficer.com

Omaha NE Sept 9 2010 A Sarpy County judge decided Wednesday there is probable cause to move forward with a case against a Logan Fontenelle Middle School employee. Fifty-eight-year-old Clifton Stovall was charged with third-degree sexual assault on a child. Stovall’s bond was set at $100,000. He would need $10,000 to be released from the [...]

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09/09/10 Court security officer arrested after accidental shooting of co-worker www.privateofficer.com

Denver CO Sept 9 2010 A private security guard at the Arapahoe County Courthouse accidentally wounded another security officer while using his pistol to calibrate a security scanner this morning. The Olympic Security Services officer sent his a 9mm semi-automatic handgun under the X-ray scanner, then lifted the gun and snapped back in the magazine, [...]

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09/09/10 Alabama promotes website to locate missing Alzheimer patients www.privateofficer.com

Hoover AL Sept 9 2010 The Hoover Police Depart­ment is promoting an online se­cure government website where families can share information with police about their relatives with Alzheimer’s or dementia in case they become lost. Officer Joe Jones, who is spearheading Hoover’s initiative, said the program puts identify­ing information at an officer’s fingertips to help [...]

09/09/10 Florida security guard charged with burglaries www.privateofficer.com

STUART, Fla. Sept 9 2010– A Stuart assisted living facility security guard was arrested after police said said he broke into residents’ rooms and stole their jewelry. Raymond Loprinzi, 51, of Port St. Lucie, was arrested Friday on three counts of burglary and three counts of theft. Detectives said Loprinzi, a security guard at the [...]

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09/09/10 Shoplifter uses snake to threaten security officer www.privateofficer.com

STOCKTON CA Sept 9 2010 — A 16-year-old boy was arrested Tuesday night in connection with robberies in which a live snake was used as a weapon, police reported today. Around 10 p.m. Tuesday, an officer was near Empire Theatre, 1825 Pacific Ave., when he recognized the boy suspected in the Monday night robbery of [...]

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08/09/10 NC man gets prison for polluting river www.privateofficer.com

Charlotte NC Sept 8 2010 A man will spend eight months in federal prison and pay a quarter-million dollar fine after pleading guilty to spilling thousands of gallons of fuel oil into the Catawba River, officials said Tuesday. Daniel Still, Jr, of Lincolnton, had been hired by a developer to demolish the Belmont Dyers textile [...]

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08/09/10 Newark airport baggage handlers charged with smuggling drugs www.privateofficer.com

NEWARK NJ Sept 8 2010 —The shipments kept coming, month after month, usually hidden in gym bags stowed in the underbelly of a Continental Airlines jet on its regular route from the Dominican Republic to Newark, authorities said. And month after month, they said, the shipments of cocaine were seized before they could hit the [...]

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08/09/10 Truckers get security training as past of federal Observer program www.privateofficer.com

Washington DC Sept 8 2010 After the first two years of a three-year program, 18,100 truckers have completed training in a federally funded trucking security program known as First Observer. In August 2008, the U.S. Department of Homeland Security awarded a $15.5 million grant to HMS Co. of Washington, D.C., to administer an anti-terrorism and [...]

08/09/10 Police use Taser to subdue unruly CT. student www.privateofficer.com

MIDDLETOWN ,Conn.Sept 8 2010 — A student at Middletown High School was subdued with a stun gun on Friday afternoon, according to police. Police said during lunch on Friday, one of the Middletown Police Department’s school resource officers became aware of a 17-year-old male student arguing loudly with a school staff member. Police said staff [...]

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08/09/10 Murdered security officer hard worker, well liked www.privateofficer.com

Cummings GA Sept 8 2010 David Casto worked every day. He had two jobs and an hour commute each direction, but it was worth it to him. He had purchased a Winder townhouse and was saving for a car and a cruise. Casto, a security guard, was shot and killed during a robbery at a [...]

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08/09/10 Police charge man in Fla hospital disturbance www.privateofficer.com

Sept 8 2010 Officers from the Marianna Police Department responded to the Jackson Hospital at the request of hospital security in reference to a disturbance. Upon arrival, officers made contact with security who advised of a complaint of a doctor in the emergency room possibly being battered and made reference to some subjects in the far [...]

08/09/10 NJ Police chief’s second job raises question www.privateofficer.com

MEDFORD NJ Sept 8 2010 — The Medford police chief’s job at a Pennsylvania casino is raising more questions about public safety in the township, a week after a Courier-Post investigation revealed high-ranking officers were ordered to conduct special residential patrols in Shamong. Police Chief Anthony Canale moonlights as a security director at the parx [...]