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Monthly Archives: October 2010

31/10/10 Woman shoplifters arrested after fighting officers www.privateofficer.com

GRAND CHUTE Oct 31 2010 — Two Milwaukee women were jailed on eight charges of retail theft each, plus resisting an officer, after being caught with a carload of stolen clothing Friday at Fox River Mall. Jewal Thomas and Heather Wiley, both 30, were both being held in the Outagamie County Jail on bonds of [...]

31/10/10 Police say baby died in 135 degree daycare van www.privateofficer.com

DELRAY BEACH, Fla., Oct. 31 2010 — A day-care van where a 2-year-old died in August reached 135 degrees inside, police in Florida said. The police report on Haile Brockington’s death was released Friday, the South Florida Sun-Sentinel reported. Haile died Aug. 5, strapped into a car seat in a van of the Katie’s Kids [...]

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31/10/10 Church leader-teacher arrested for sexual assault of teenager www.privateofficer.com

AUSTIN MN OCT 31 2010 A Cambridge Young Life leader accused of sexually assaulting a teenager also worked as a substitute teacher. Fifty-four-year-old Mark Holm was arrested Wednesday and is charged with third-degree criminal sexual conduct. Holm is the director of Minnesota’s East Central Chapter of Young Life, an international Christian ministry group aimed at [...]

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31/10/10 NC detention officer charged with theft of credit card info to buy pizzas www.privateofficer.com

Greenville, N.C.Oct 31 2010 — A detention officer at the Pitt County Detention Center was arrested Thursday on charges of stealing credit card numbers to buy pizza. Benjamin Mathew Whaley, 25, of 2203 Old New Bern Road in Chocowinity, was charged with six counts each of financial card fraud and obtaining property by false pretenses. [...]

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31/10/10 Manassas teacher jailed for sexting student www.privateofficer.com

MANASSAS, Va. Oct 31 2010 – A high school teacher and football coach was arrested Friday after police say he sent inappropriate text messages to a 16-year-old girl. Prince William County Police charged William Hayes Dignan, 42, with indecent liberties by a custodian and use of a communication device to facilitate an offense with a [...]

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31/10/10 KY deputy sheriff charged with assisting wife’s suicide www.privateofficer.com

HARRISON COUNTY, Ky. Oct 31 2010 — A Harrison County Sheriff’s deputy facing charges has turned himself in to police. A grand jury indicted John Britton on criminal charges of assisting a suicide in the death of his wife. Christine Britton was a former jail commander in Harrison County. She was found dead from a [...]

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31/10/10 Lafayette teacher charged after underage releationship www.privateofficer.com

Lafayette, Calif. Oct 31 2010 Police have arrested a Lafayette middle school teacher on suspicion of having a sexual relationship with a 14-year-old student and sending her as many as 140 text messages of a sexual nature per day. Michael Merrick was being held Thursday in county jail on $3.05 million bail. Police Chief Mike [...]

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31/10/10 DUI dentist kills two Marriott Hotel workers www.privateofficer.com

TAMPA Fla Oct 31 2010— Doug Kozar was working toward a career in law enforcement. Kate Kohlier was about to graduate from college. Kozar, 23, and Kohlier, 24, both died early Saturday after leaving work at the Marriott Waterside Hotel. A car veered off the road and hit them as they walked across the Harbour [...]

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31/10/10 Fla. teacher fired for watching porn on school computer www.privateofficer.com

MELBOURNE, Fla.Oct 31 2010 — Authorities said a teacher at a Brevard County school was fired for watching porn on his district-issued computer. No crime was committed, so the teacher was not arrested or charged, officials said Friday. School officials accused Gregory Azcueta of watching porn on his district issued computer, but said that no [...]

31/10/10 Former Prince George County teacher charged with rape of student www.privateofficer.com

Washington DC Oct 31 2010 A former Prince George’s County private school teacher was arrested early Thursday and charged with second-degree rape of an underage female student after the victim approached police last month to report the crimes, which allegedly occurred between 1999 and 2001. Fernando Antonio Asturizaga, 44, of the unit block of School [...]

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31/10/10 Missing elderly security guard found in Canada www.privateofficer.com

WINDSOR, Ont.Oct 31 2010 – An elderly security guard disappears from a strip mall parking lot and turns up in an unlikely place. Dearborn Police spent the whole night searching. The man was finally found across the border in Canada. By all accounts, Pete Severt of Detroit is not your average 88-year-old. The security guard [...]

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31/10/10 Jackson Ms. battles with AMR ambulance to enter crime scenes alone www.privateofficer.com

JACKSON, Miss. Oct 31 2010 There’s a debate raging in Jackson about the role paramedics and emergency responders play in responding to a crime scene. City Councilman Kenneth Stokes has threatened to reverse the contract American Medical Response has to serve in the area if the company doesn’t send its workers into violent crime scenes, [...]

30/10/10 Philly museum security join local union www.privateofficer.com

Philadelphia PA Oct 30 2010 A year ago, the largest group of private security guards stationed at the Philadelphia Museum of Art won what seemed to be an improbable victory. Fighting against their employer, a Conshohocken company that is one of the largest security firms in the nation, the guards managed to win representation by [...]

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30/10/10 Security officer interrupts burglary in progress www.privateofficer.com

Freemont CA Oct 30 2010 By: Brett Davis/Staff PRIVATE OFFICER NEWS http://www.privateofficer.com/   A security officer on patrol of a shopping center discovered an active burglary and notified police. Police were immediately dispatched and responded to the burglary on the 4900 block of Stevenson Boulevard on Thursday at about 12:30 a.m. A security officer told [...]

30/10/10 Elderly security guard goes missing www.privateofficer.com

Dearborn MI Oct 30 2010 Police said an elderly security guard reporting missing early this morning has been located. Lt. Patricia Penman said Pete Severt, 88, is a security guard at the Fairlane North shopping center.  He and the white 2008 Ford Escape security truck with a flashing yellow light he drove for Allied Barton [...]

30/10/10 Walmart employees shot by co-worker

RENO, Nev. — A gunman who police said was about to be fired surrendered to police Friday after three employees were wounded in a possible retaliation attack in the Walmart store where the suspect worked, police said. The move came after police negotiators spoke for two hours by telephone with the man identified as 45-year-old [...]

30/10/10 US Federal Agents arrest counterfeit document ring in Chicago www.privateofficer.com

Chicago IL Oct 30 2010 Special agents with the U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) Office of Homeland Security Investigations (HSI) on Thursday arrested seven alleged members of a counterfeit document ring in Chicago’s Little Village neighborhood. Jorge Castillo, 48, and Jorge Castillo-Arroyo, 24, father and son, were two of seven defendants who were arrested [...]

30/10/10 $2.1 million settlement reached in death of man by security www.privateofficer.com

Detroit MI Oct 30 2010   A $2.1 million settlement was reached in 2010 for the four daugters of a man killed by store security guards after he had shoplifted a few dollars worth of merchandise. Security guards chased the man into the parking lot where they tackled him and piled on top of his back, [...]

30/10/10 Montgomery Al police officer injured off duty fights for benefits www.privateofficer.com

Montgomery AL Oct 30 2010 Mayor Todd Strange said Wednesday that the city simply is not able to grant workers’ compensation benefits to the family of injured police Cpl. David Brown. The family filed a lawsuit against the city Tuesday seeking the benefits for the officer, who was critically injured when his motorcycle was hit [...]

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30/10/10 Mail bombs show vulerability of air shipping www.privateofficer.com

LONDON Oct 30 2010 – The discovery of U.S.-bound mail bombs on cargo planes in England and Dubai reveals the vulnerability of air shipping, which is governed by a patchwork of inconsistent controls that make packages a potential threat even to passenger jets, experts said Saturday. Most countries require parcels placed on passenger flights by [...]

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29/10/10 Off-duty Norfolk police officer shot to death www.privateofficer.com

Norfolk VA Oct 29 2010 Norfolk police are now assisting Virginia Beach detectives investigating the shooting death of off-duty Norfolk Officer Victor Decker, whose body was found Tuesday morning off Oceana Boulevard. Norfolk is providing assistance and investigating specific questions at the request of Virginia Beach, Norfolk police Lt. Joseph Baron said at a news [...]

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29/10/10 Alarm Company employee sues after being spanked at work www.privateofficer.com

  Fresno CA Oct 29 2010  AP  A saleswoman from California who won a substantial settlement for enduring being spanked during a company team-building exercise, finally has the right to collect her money. Janet Orlando, 57, was a saleswoman for an Anaheim-based security company when she claims she was sexually harassed four years ago. She [...]

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29/10/10 UNC security officer popular as cartoonist www.privateofficer.com

Raleigh NC Oct 29 2010 Fred Moore is a popular man on the UNC campus, but few know his last name. “They don’t call me Mr. Moore or Fred,” he said. “They call me Mr. Fred.” Moore has been a security guard for many of the University’s athletic facilities, but has gained a reputation as [...]

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29/10/10 Choir teacher seduced teen www.privateofficer.com

DEARBORN COUNTY, Ind.Oct 29 2010  – A choir teacher at a southeast Indiana school has been arrested and charged with four counts of child seduction. The prosecutor for Dearborn County confirmed to WLWT that Stacey Lee Johnson was arrested on felony charges. He was being held at the Dearborn County Jail. According to the indictment, [...]

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29/10/10 Lake Havasu teacher charged with sex crimes www.privateofficer.com

Lake Havasu AZ Oct 28 2010 A former Rim school district teacher has been arrested in Arizona for allegedly molesting two male students more than 20 years ago, sheriff’s officials said, amid indications that at least four other students may have been victimized. Police in Lake Havasu City took Darrell Rupple, 65, into custody on [...]

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29/10/10 San Diego police officer killed during probation check www.privateofficer.com

SKYLINE, Calif. Oct 29 2010 — A veteran San Diego police officer who was shot while doing a probation check at a Skyline-area apartment died Thursday, and after a nearly eight-hour standoff, police found the bodies of two other people inside the unit. The officer was identified as Christopher Wilson. Wilson was a 17-year veteran [...]

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29/10/10 Austin firefighter fired for posting sexual pictures on internet www.privateofficer.com

Austin TX Oct 29 2010 Austin firefighter Alejandro Garza was fired Wednesday for posting sexually explicit photographs of himself online, according an Austin Fire Department memo written by Chief Rhoda Mae Kerr. The memo said Garza posted nude pictures of himself, including some showing him having intercourse, on numerous adult dating sites. Garza identified himself [...]

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29/10/10 Security shoots at armed robber in Washington www.privateofficer.com

LAKEWOOD, Wash. October 29 2010– Lakewood police said an armed Pierce County security guard pursuing a robber fired a shot at the man when he stopped and raised a handgun. Lakewood police Lt. Chris Lawler said employees at a Subway sandwich shop in the 7700 block of Steilacoom Boulevard called 911 to report an armed [...]

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29/10/10 Police reach out to private security firms www.privateofficer.com

Long Beach Ca. Oct 29 2010 During a press conference Friday, Oct. 22, Police Chief Jim McDonnell said that private security firms and law enforcement agencies haven’t always had the most amicable relationship — but at least in Long Beach, the relationship between the two entities is poised to become more mutually beneficial. The conference, [...]

29/10/10 Blufton teacher charged with being drunk at school www.privateofficer.com

Bluffton SC Oct 29 2010 Police arrested a Bluffton Middle School teacher at about 8 a.m. today when school officials noticed she arrived at school smelling of alcohol, according to a police department news release. School officials removed Marie Urbin, 47, of Hilton Head Island from her classroom immediately and contacted the school resource officer. [...]

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