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Monthly Archives: September 2010

08/09/10 Jackson High School student charged with assault on security www.privateofficer.com

JACKSON, Miss. Sept 8 2010 — Jackson police arrested a 17-year-old at Provine High School after school officials said he tussled with a school security guard. Police were called to the high school Tuesday morning after the student began acting violently and refused to follow the direction of teachers and school personnel, officials said. A [...]

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07/09/10 Couple sue NY Giants and stadium for game day assault www.privateofficer.com

EAST RUTHERFORD, N.J. Sept 7 2010— The New York Giants have been sued by a woman and her husband who claim she was attacked by fans during a New York Jets game played at Giants Stadium last year. Michelle Munoz says she attended the Sept. 20 game against the New England Patriots and was assaulted [...]

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07/09/10 Security officer shot in the head-police make arrests www.privateofficer.com

Cummings GA. Sept 7 2010 The masked gunmen who robbed an Ingles in Cumming late Sunday night, killing a security guard, had help from an employee who was in the store at the time, authorities said. Enlarge photo Channel 2 Action News Forsyth County Sheriff’s Department investigates the fatal shooting of a security guard at [...]

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07/09/10 Teacher holds students at gunpoint during ghost story

Chattanooga TN Sept 7 2010 A Sequoyah High School teacher was charged Sunday with allegedly holding at gunpoint teenagers who were ghost-hunting in a graveyard on Saturday night, authorities said. Stacy Swallows, 45, of Shipley Cemetery Road in Sale Creek, was booked at 8:52 a.m. Sunday on nine counts each of aggravated assault and false [...]

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06/09/10 Chicago security, police try to rescue accident victim www.privateofficer.com

Chicago IL Sept 6 2010 A driver trapped inside her car in a crash in the South Side’s Englewood neighborhood this morning died as the vehicle caught on fire and she was unable to get out, officials said. Emergency crews went to 63rd and Wallace streets a few minutes before 11 a.m., said Chicago Police [...]

06/09/10 Men claim nightclub arrest was racist www.privateofficer.com

CLEVELAND, Ohio Sept 6 2010 — Cleveland police have concluded that race did not play a role in the controversial arrest of two men in Cleveland’s Warehouse District last month. Surveillance video from inside and outside a West Sixth Street nightclub shows a diverse, festive crowd at closing time Aug. 21, and no evidence of [...]

06/09/10 Security officer shot www.privateofficer.com

Suffolk County NY Sept 6 2010 A security guard was shot on the Poospatuck Reservation in Mastic early Sunday morning, Suffolk County police said. The 23-year-old man, who was employed as a security guard for the Smoke Warehouse on Poospatuck Lane, was shot outside the store at 5:50 a.m., police said. Witnesses told investigators that [...]

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06/09/10 Armored car officer shot during robbery www.privateofficer.com

GLENDALE, AZ Sept 6 2010 – Glendale police are searching for a man who shot and injured an armored truck guard as he was making a pickup at a Walmart. The shooting occurred at a store at 56th and Northern avenues around 11:15 a.m. Sunday. Glendale Fire Department spokesman Daniel Valenzuela said the victim, a [...]

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06/09/10 Security officer killed during grocery store robbery www.privateofficer.com

FORSYTH COUNTY, Ga.Sept 6 2010 — A security guard is dead after a group of gunmen opened fire inside a local grocery store. The shooting happened at the Ingles store on Canton Road in Forsyth County just before midnight Sunday. Forsyth County deputies have been dealing with a series of robbers in the county and [...]

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06/09/10 Missing airport employee found dead in terminal ceiling www.privateofficer.com

MINNEAPOLIS MN Sept 6 2010– Police are investigating the death of an electrical worker whose body was found in the ceiling at Minneapolis-St. Paul International Airport (MSP). Robert Germundson of Coon Rapids was found around noon Saturday in the ceiling of Concourse E at the Lindbergh Terminal. His family reported him missing when he didn’t [...]

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06/09/10 School security tells student to remove flags from vehicle www.privateofficer.com

NORTHGLENN, Colo. Sept 6 2010– A high school student in Northglenn is upset that campus security told him to remove the large American flags flying from his pickup truck because it might make others uncomfortable. Jeremy Stoppel told 7NEWS he got a ticket at Northglenn High School last Thursday for squealing his tires. He said [...]

06/09/10 Drug dealers use cloned vehicles for transports www.privateofficer.com

ZAPATA, Texas Sept 6 2010 – The driver was wearing a deputy’s uniform and swore he was a real law officer. But to the Border Patrol agents manning a checkpoint here, something just looked funny about the pickup truck with Webb County sheriff decals. So the border agents called the dispatcher and found that all [...]

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05/09/10 OFFICER DOWN US BORDER PATROL AGENT MICHAEL GALLAGHER

Border Patrol Agent Michael V. Gallagher United States Department of Homeland Security – Customs and Border Protection – Border Patrol U.S. Government End of Watch: Thursday, September 2, 2010 Biographical Info Age: 32 Tour of Duty: 2 years Badge Number: Not available Incident Details Cause of Death: Vehicular assault Date of Incident: Thursday, September 2, [...]

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05/09/10 Ct. State Trooper Killed www.privateofficer.com

Trooper First Class Kenneth R. Hall Connecticut State Police Connecticut End of Watch: Thursday, September 2, 2010 Biographical Info Age: 57 Tour of Duty: 22 years Badge Number: 1231 Incident Details Cause of Death: Automobile accident Date of Incident: Thursday, September 2, 2010 Weapon Used: Not available Suspect Info: Not available Trooper Kenny Hall was [...]

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05/09/10 Women turned away at nightclub cause chaos, killing 1, injuring 8 www.privateofficer.com

PHILADELPHIA PA. Sept 5 2010 Chaos outside a North Philadelphia night club killed one woman instantly and sent at least eight others to the hospital with various injuries. It happened shortly after 4 o’clock Saturday morning outside Club Motivation on the 2300 block of North 8th Street. Wurlin Graham, an eyewitness, said, “When I came [...]

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05/09/10 Man with fake bomb causes Vegas casino to evacuate www.privateofficer.com

Las Vegas NV Sept 5 2010 A man walked into Arizona Charlie’s Saturday morning claiming to have a bomb around his chest, prompting an evacuation of the Boulder Highway casino for several hours. The man, who was not identified, apparently wanted to commit “suicide by cop,” according to Las Vegas police. The bomb was not [...]

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05/09/10 Radio DJ charged with being “Peeping Tom” www.privateofficer.com

Stout WI Sept 5 2010 A local radio DJ faces criminal charges after police say he videotaped high school girls changing at a recent volleyball tournament. Bruce Edward Moores, or ‘Ray’ Moores as he’s known on the radio, was arrested at UW-Stout. He was arrested for disorderly conduct and booked into the Dunn County Jail. [...]

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05/09/10 Daytona Beach airport security find gun www.privateofficer.com

DAYTONA BEACH, Fla.Sept 5 2010  – A New York man was arrested after security officers at Daytona Beach International Airport reported finding a handgun in his carry-on luggage. The Volusia County Sheriff’s Office reports that 46-year-old Alberto Cintron was going through security at the airport Sunday morning when an X-ray machine revealed the gun. While [...]

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05/09/10 Harvest of Pentecost Church pastor accused of million dollar theft www.privateofficer.com

Columbus OH Sept 5 2010 As pastor of the Harvest of Pentecost Church, David A. Thompson never claimed an annual salary of more than $44,300 on his tax returns. Yet he twice purchased automobiles by listing his salary as $100,000 on loan applications. “The potential was certainly there,” Thompson said yesterday when a prosecutor asked [...]

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05/09/10 Student sues school security guard for sexual harassment www.privateofficer.com

Detroit MI Sept 5 2010 — The school security guard singled out the 14-year-old girl before, pulling her close in the hallway, promising to buy her food and telling male students “she’s mine.” According to a lawsuit filed by the former student at Owen Academy and her mother, the harassment escalated on Feb. 12, 2008, [...]

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04/09/10 Elgin High School teacher arrested for student relationship www.privateofficer.com

ELGIN, Texas Sept 4 2010 – A former Elgin High School teacher is in jail after an Elgin police investigation into allegations of an improper relationship with a student. School officials placed Adrian Montanez , 28, on administrative leave from the Elgin Independent School District on Tuesday after they received the report of the inappropriate [...]

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04/09/10 L.A. County Security Officer Captures Felon www.privateofficer.com

Los Angeles CA Sept 4 2010 A convicted sex offender who removed a GPS ankle monitor he was required to wear as a condition of parole, was held without bail Thursday, one day after being arrested in downtown Los Angeles, authorities said. Michael S. Butler, 44, was captured about 3:30 p.m. Wednesday by a security [...]

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04/09/10 Memphis security officer finds missing man www.privateofficer.com

MEMPHIS TN SEPT 4 2010 The search for an Eads man reported missing last weekend ended about 3 a.m. Friday when a security guard for Mud Island in Downtown Memphis found him, authorities said. A guard for the Mississippi River Park told police that Robert Ellsworth, 53, appeared confused and disoriented when she discovered him [...]

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04/09/10 2009 Report shows 1 million shoplifters apprehended, 6 Billion stolen www.privateofficer.com

PRESS RELEASE Sept 4 2010 Over 1 Million Shoplifters Apprehended in 2009 by Just 25 Major Retailers According to 22nd Annual Retail Theft Survey by Jack L. Hayes International Wesley Chapel, FL. Shoplifters and dishonest employees stole over $6.0 billion in 2009 from just 25 major retailers, according to the 22nd Annual Retail Theft Survey [...]

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04/09/10 Union protestsCincinnati Securitas office www.privateofficer.com

Cincinnati OH Sept 4 2010 Sweden-based security company Securitas says it is committed to community values. On Wednesday, a majority of Cincinnati Securitas officers put that commitment to the test as 60 officers and supporters gathered at Securitas offices to ask for recognition of their union. The officers in Cincinnati, who are paid as little [...]

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04/09/10 Man shoots ex-wife at Louisiana hospital www.privateofficer.com

Baton Rouge LA Sept 4 2010 Police looking for a man they say walked into a hospital and opened fire into a hospital room. The chaos at Baton Rouge General Medical Center started early Friday morning. A manhunt followed for 36 year old Darrell Garner. “Hospitals don’t have metal detectors so he was able to [...]

04/09/10 Shoplifter attacks JC Penney security agent www.privateofficer.com

AUSTIN TX Sept 4 2010 – Robert Hamilton, 28, was arrested and charged with third-degree felony Monday evening after police said he attacked a security guard at JC Penney, 9500 S. Interstate 35 . According to the police report, a witness saw Hamilton stuff several baseball caps into his pants and walk past the registers [...]

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04/09/10 Defendant steals wallet while in TN court www.privateofficer.com

Nashville TN Sept 4 2010 The Justice A.A. Birch Building in downtown Nashville was the site of a courtroom turned crime scene Friday. Police say Star Reedy, who was scheduled to appear before General Sessions Judge Sue Evans on a charge of driving on a suspended license, was sitting next to and befriended another woman, [...]

04/09/10 Miami International Airport evacuated after suspicious containers found www.privateofficer.com

MIAMI FLA Sept 4 2010 (AP) — A scientist detained at Miami International Airport on Thursday night because of a suspicious item in his luggage had once been charged with illegally transporting bubonic plague, a senior law enforcement official said. Officials shut down most of the airport overnight, roused hotel guests from their beds and [...]

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04/09/10 Montgomery police officer arrested in off-duty pursuit resigns www.privateofficer.com

Montgomery Al Sept 4 2010 Police Officer resigns facing multiple charges. 21-year-old Officer Mark Kyle McKenzie turned in his badge, gun and resignation to MPD Thursday. McKenzie was arrested Wednesday night in Greenville Alabama, for attempting to elude police in a high speed chase, reckless endangerment, and reckless driving. He was driving his motorcycle in [...]

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