Monthly Archives: November 2010
23/11/10 Police-security arrest teens in mall brawl ww.privateofficer.com
Fort Smith Ark Nov 23 2010 Fort Smith police arrested three teenagers Sunday after investigators claim a large fight broke out at the Fort Smith Central Mall between possible gang members. Officers believe all of the teenagers involved attend local high schools. Two fist sized holes have been filled in outside a nail salon in [...]
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23/11/10 Security officer shot at Penn. grocery store www.privateofficer.com
LANCASTER COUNTY, Pa. Nov 23 2010 — One suspect has been arrested and another is being sought in connection with a shooting at a Weis Markets in East Lampeter Township, Lancaster County. Luis Daniel Cora-Romero, of Lancaster, was charged with retail theft, aggravated assault, robbery and criminal conspiracy to commit robbery. He is in Lancaster [...]
23/11/10 Two year old child falls to his death at Staple Center www.privateofficer.com
Los Angeles CA Nov 23 2010 A/P The family of a 2-year-old boy was posing for pictures in a luxury suite high inside Staples Center when he managed to scale a clear safety barrier and fell more than 20 feet to his death, police said on Monday. Lucas Anthony Tang suffered head injuries Sunday when [...]
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23/11/10 Security officer-firefighter injured during high-rise fire www.privateofficer.com
UTICA NY Nov 23 2010 — For the second time this year, residents of a large apartment building in the city were evacuated Monday evening after a fire heavily damaged several floors of the Kennedy Plaza Apartments. Fire Chief Russell Brooks said the 7 p.m. fire that tore through the top three floors of the [...]
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22/11/10 Maryland security officer stabbed www.privateofficer.com
WASHINGTON DC Nov 22 2010 – A 34-year-old man has been arrested in the Saturday stabbing of an off-duty Prince George’s County police officer. Police say Milton Benitez Salvador, of no fixed address, faces charges that include attempted murder and attempted assault. He is being held on a $150,000 bond. Police say an off-duty officer [...]
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22/11/10 Nightclub security officer killed www.privateofficer.com
DORAVILLE, GA. Nov 22 2010 — A professional wrestler has been shot and killed while working as a security guard at a DeKalb County night club. DeKalb police told the Atlanta Journal-Constitution that 33-year-old Chris Long was shot early Sunday at the club Shooter Alley on Buford Highway. A friend of Long, Frank Aldridge, told [...]
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22/11/10 Stabbing at casino possible hoax www.privateofficer.com
Carson City NV Nov 22 2010 Police are unable to confirm a man’s story Sunday that he was robbed and stabbed inside a Carson City casino. According to Sheriff Ken Furlong, just before 1 p.m. a 42-year-old Gardnerville man told a Casino Fandango employee he’d just been stabbed, robbed of $5,000 and knocked unconscious in [...]
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22/11/10 88 Year old convalescent resident guns down woman www.privateofficer.com
Seal Beach CA. Nov 22 2010 An 88-year-old man was in police custody Sunday after he allegedly shot and killed an 86-year-old woman at a Seal Beach convalescent home, authorities said. The shooting occurred about noon at the Country Villa Healthcare Center, Seal Beach Police Sgt. Steve Bowles said. Within three minutes of 911 calls, [...]
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21/11/10 Security officer dies in firey crash identified www.privateofficer.com
DAVIS, W.Va.Nov 21 2010 — State police have identified a state employee whose body was found in a burning vehicle at Blackwater Falls State Park. Troopers told the Inter-Mountain that 68-year-old Robert DeMent was finishing his shift as a security guard when a visitor reported a vehicle on fire near a park bridge Monday. Lt. [...]
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21/11/10 Dallas building evacuated after security finds note www.privateofficer.com
DALLAS TX Nov 21 2010 – Police and fire rescue investigated a bomb threat in downtown Dallas Saturday morning. The incident took place around 7 a.m. at Fountain Place on Ross Avenue, the same building Hosam Smadi tried to bring down in an undercover sting last September. A security guard notified police after finding a [...]
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21/11/10 US Federal Court Security Fails To Catch Mock Explosives www.privateofficer.com
Washington DC Nov 21 2010 By: Rick McCann Staff PrivateOfficer News A new report recently released by the U.S. Justice Department shows that in at least six cases contract security officers did not detect mock explosives sent by a inspector general team, according to a new IG report. According to the report, the contractors were not [...]
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21/11/10 IPA police shoot-killed armed man www.privateofficer.com
UNIVERSITY CITY PA – November 21, 2010 (WPVI) — University of Pennsylvania police shot and killed a suspect after they say two men opened fire on them overnight. It all started around 2:45 a.m. with the carjacking of a Cadillac by two men near the intersection of 50th and Arch Streets. The victim called Philadelphia [...]
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20/11/10 Kidnap victim sues Home Depot after they took advantage of him www.privateofficer.com
ATLANTA GA Nov 20 2010 — A man who was kidnapped at gunpoint from a Home Depot parking lot has filed a lawsuit against the home improvement store. James Smith said the store duped him into signing a settlement agreement surrounding the kidnapping. http://www.wsbtv.com/news/25842910/detail.html “We were tricked into this,” Smith told Channel 2 Action News [...]
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20/11/10 Deputy sheriff given double life sentence in wife’s murder www.privateofficer.com
DECATUR, Ga.Nov 20 2010 — A former DeKalb County sheriff’s deputy was sentenced to back-to-back life sentences in the killings of his wife and a day laborer on Friday morning. Derrick Yancey, 51, was found guilty in the shooting death of his wife, Linda Yancey, and Marcial Cax-Puluc in 2008. Channel 2 Action News reporter [...]
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20/11/10 Shoplifter steals security officer’s phone during arrest www.privateofficer.com
Kenner LA Nov 20 2010 A New Orleans woman who was stopped before she could steal a shopping cart filled with merchandise from Wal-mart had better luck while she was inside a security officer’s office, according to a Kenner police report. Marlene Kennedy, 50, 2014 Salem St., was arrested Tuesday after she allegedly tried to [...]
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20/11/10 Father and son shoplifters arrested in thefts www.privateofficer.com
Allen TX Nov 20 2010 Police officers arrested three men, two of whom are father and son, on shoplifting charges yesterday. The trio was arrested after officers responded to a theft-in-progress call from the Home Depot at 909 W. McDermott Dr. Store security guards reported that Robert Juarez, 38 of Dallas; George Antonio Hernandez, also [...]
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20/11/10 Security officer arrested in computer thefts www.privateofficer.com
Gainesville Fla Nov 20 2010 A 21-year-old security guard admitted to taking three laptop computers from AvMed Health Plans’ Gainesville office to sell them for money, not for purposes of identity theft, according to an Alachua County Sheriff’s Office report. The investigation focused on Duran Carmen, now 22, after two confidential sources told an investigator [...]
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20/11/10 Former Target employee wins $175,000 in wrongful arrest lawsuit www.privateofficer.com
CHARLOTTE, N.C. Nov 20 2010 — A Charlotte man won $175,000 in a lawsuit against Target. The retail giant accused Thomas Stone, a former employee at the Stonecrest store in south Charlotte, of helping a woman steal a TV and an iPod. He was arrested for embezzlement, but the charges were dropped. Stone won a [...]
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20/11/10 Airline passengers can face hefty fines for refusing body scanner www.privateofficer.com
Miami Fla Nov 2010 If you don’t want to pass through an airport scanner that allows security agents to see an image of your naked body or to undergo the alternative, a thorough manual search, you may have to find another way to travel this holiday season. The Transportation Security Administration (TSA) is warning that [...]
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20/11/10 Hospital security officer charged with sex abuse www.privateofficer.com
Tulsa OKL Nov 20 2010 A former police officer and current security guard is charged with child sex abuse. Marion Jonathon Johnson now has a warrant out for his arrest. He works security for St. John Medical Center in Tulsa. To become a security guard you have to go through extensive background checks. According to [...]
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19/11/10 Gaston high school student arrested after assaulting officer www.privateofficer.com
Gaston NC Nov 19 2010 A 16-year-old student at South Point High School has been charged with getting into an altercation with the school’s security officer and assaulting him causing serious injury. According to a warrant affidavit, Jacob Scott Russell of 319 Mayflower Ave., Cramerton, shoved Officer Garry Bain in the chest causing the officer [...]
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19/11/10 TN sex ed teacher accused of molesting children www.privateofficer.com
DICKSON, Tenn.Nov 19 2010 — A sex education teacher in Dickson is accused of molesting children. The director of Dickson County schools told Channel 4 News that the allegations against Robert Orange stem from something that happened at Orange’s home. Orange is a sixth-grade teacher at Dickson Middle School. He has been suspended. The Dickson [...]
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19/11/10 Woman files lawsuit after Hooter’s arrest incident www.privateofficer.com
OAK LAWN, Ill.Nov 19 2010 — A controversial video showing an alleged beating of a Chicago grandmother at an Oak Lawn Hooters restaurant has led to a civil lawsuit. The woman was sentenced to 100 days in jail for her part in the incident. The video, caught on a security camera last January, shows a [...]
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19/11/10 Fla music teacher charged with molestation www.privateofficer.com
LAKE COUNTY, Fla.Nov 18 2010 — A Lake County Christian school music teacher is facing child molestation charges. Thomas Frisbie, 40, was arrested earlier this month over a relationship with a student at First Academy in Leesburg. According to the school’s Facebook page, Frisbie’s wife died in August. His name has been removed from the [...]
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19/11/10 Frostproof teacher charged with fondling students www.privateofficer.com
FROSTPROOF Fla Nov 19 2010 – A teacher at Frostproof Middle Senior High School was arrested Wednesday, accused of fondling two female students. According to the arrest affidavit, one student told deputies that James Sean Wilson touched her inappropriately on the buttocks or torso several times between May and October. The incidents happened in the [...]
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19/11/10 Windsor Locks police officer arrested for manslaughter www.privateofficer.com
Windsor Locks CT Nov 19 2010 A Windsor Locks police officer whose vehicle struck and killed a 15-year-old boy riding a bicycle late last month was arrested Thursday night and charged with first-degree manslaughter. The charge, a class B felony, means Michael Koistinen, 24, could face a sentence of up to 20 years if he [...]
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19/11/10 19 Security Guards Arrested in 9 Days! www.privateofficer.com
Atlanta GA Nov 19 2010 BY: RICK MCCANN FOUNDER/CEO PRIVATE OFFICER INTERNATIONAL In the past nineteen days across this nation, from coast to coast, nineteen security officers have been arrested for a variety of crimes committed while on duty. Charges ranged from felony burglary and rape, to simple trespass and assault. In Wyoming Michigan, the [...]
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19/11/10 McDonald’s hires private police force www.privateofficer.com
Leeds England Nov 19 2010 While towns across the country use street marshals or ‘angels’ to patrol on busy Friday and Saturday nights, the scheme in Leeds is the first totally funded by private businesses. West Yorkshire Police insists all the marshals are ‘licensed and professional’ door staff whose job involves controlling troublemakers anyway. Since [...]
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19/11/10 Shoplifters arrested after shooting at store security www.privateofficer.com
Newark DE Nov 19 2010 Two teens were apprehended in a DART bus, following a shoplifting incident that escalated into one shot fired at security guard and a store employee at a parking lot at Christiana Mall. They were identified and charged as follows: – Myles J. Turner, 17, New Castle (Robbery 1st degree, Possession [...]
