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Monthly Archives: December 2010

20/12/10 Macy’s employee sentenced to prison in major theft www.privateofficer.com

FRESNO, Calif. Dec 20 2010 — The man arrested for stealing hundreds of thousands of dollars worth of expensive handbags while working at a Fresno Macy’s store is going to prison. Richard Norton was arrested in October of last year and pleaded guilty to the crimes back in September. Friday he was sentenced to 2 [...]

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20/12/10 Garden City teacher pleads guilty to student sexual assault www.privateofficer.com

Garden City KS DEC 20 2010 A former Garden City High School teacher will face sentencing in January after pleading guilty to sexually assaulting a 17-year-old student. David Goscinski entered a plea of guilty to criminal sexual conduct, third degree, in a hearing before Judge James R. Chylinski on Tuesday, Dec. 14. Goscinski was arrested [...]

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20/12/10 Indiana security officer during shoplifting incident www.privateofficer.com

EDINBURGH IN Dec 20 2010 — A security officer was injured during a shoplifting incident Saturday afternoon at Edinburgh Premium Outlets, according to police. Deputy Chief David Lutz of Edinburgh Police Department said a private security officer who they have not yet named, was injured trying to stop a theft in progress at one of [...]

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20/12/10 Houston security guard charged with murder www.privateofficer.com

Houston TX Dec 20 2010 Authorities have charged a security guard with murder after he was accused of shooting another man during an argument at a southwest Houston apartment complex early Sunday. The security guard, identified as Juan Trevino, 41, is scheduled to appear in court this morning. Investigators said the incident began about 5:20 [...]

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20/12/10 Woman settles rape lawsuit against Reed College www.privateofficer.com

Portland OR Dec 20 2010 A woman who claimed she was raped by a campus security guard in 2006 while attending a summer conference at Reed College has settled her lawsuit for $145,000. The woman sued the college and the guard, Noble Powell, for $5.6 million in June 2008. According to the suit, the woman, [...]

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20/12/10 Houston security officer shoots-kills man involved in domestic incident www.privateofficer.com

HOUSTON TX Dec 20 2010 – Police were investigating Sunday after a security guard at a southwest Houston apartment complex shot and killed a man during an altercation. Authorities said a woman and her boyfriend were arguing in a car outside their apartment in the 6405 block of Westward around 5:30 a.m. when the woman [...]

19/12/10 Sheriff deputy finds driver cooking Meth in garbage truck www.privateofficer.com

BIRMINGHAM, Ala. Dec 19 2010 (AP) — An Alabama sheriff’s deputy who had to chase down a swerving garbage truck found something unexpected inside — a plastic bottle being used to cook methamphetamine. Jefferson County sheriff’s spokesman Sgt. Jack Self says a deputy tried to pull over the garbage truck Friday after seeing it veer [...]

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19/12/10 Security guard arrested in pot operation www.privateofficer.com

Mentone CA Dec 19 2010 Sheriff’s deputies arrested six people Thursday who were connected with a medical marijuana collective operating in Mentone. The San Bernardino County Sheriff’s Department launched an investigation months ago into the operations at Mentone Patients Association, 1944 Mentone Blvd. Deputies served five warrants at the collective, two homes – one in [...]

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19/12/10 Shoplifter tried running down security officer www.privateofficer.com

CLEARWATER Fla Dec 19 2010 – A shoplifter nabbed a pair of boots from a Marshalls department store and then tried to run over a store security guard who tried to catch her, police said. Santana Gamble, 25, was arrested Thursday on charges including theft, aggravated assault and felony battery. At one point, Gamble bit [...]

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19/12/10 Riverside County teacher charged with lewd acts www.privateofficer.com

CORONA, Calif.Dec 19 2010—A high school teacher in Riverside County has been arrested on suspicion of child molestation. Sheriff’s officials say 48-year-old Stephen Wolford, a teacher at Eleanor Roosevelt High School in Corona, was arrested Thursday at his home on suspicion of lewd acts with a child under age 14 with force. Investigators at the [...]

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19/12/10 North Carolina school resource officer arrested for lewd pictures www.privateofficer.com

JOHNSTON COUNTY NC Dec 19 2010 — A former West Johnston High School resource officer faces charges after allegedly sending photos of himself to a student at the school. As ABC11 reported in October, Todd Fair, 40, was fired by Johnston County Sheriff Steve Bizzell after an investigation was launched into the alleged incident. Bizzell [...]

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19/12/10 Gulf Breeze poliuce seek fake nurse stealing wallets www.privateofficer.com

Gulf Breeze Fla Dec 19 2010 The Gulf Breeze Police Department is looking for a woman who has been posing as a nurse and stealing women’s wallets. There have been two recent incidents in Gulf Breeze — one at Andrews Institute and another at the women’s clinic near Gulf Breeze Hospital. The woman also is [...]

19/12/10 Security officer in gun battle with armed robbery suspect www.privateofficer.com

INDIANAPOLIS IN DEC 19 2010 — A man robbed an Indianapolis fast food restaurant Saturday, firing shots at a security guard who tried to chase him down, police said. Workers at the Long John Silver’s restaurant at 10030 E. 38th St. told police that a man held up the business just before 6 p.m., pulling [...]

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19/12/10 St.Louis police officer commits on-duty suicide www.privateofficer.com

ST. LOUIS MO Dec 19 2010 (AP) — The St. Louis Police Department says a 16-year veteran of the department found dead at the riverfront apparently killed himself. The department said the body of Sgt. William Vize was found early Saturday outside his squad car on a street near the Mississippi River. The Police Department [...]

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18/12/10 Police shoot-kill shotgun toting man in front of school www.privateofficer.com

Miami Fla Dec 18 2010 A man walking down the street with a shotgun was shot and killed in front of a Miami middle school by police officers Thursday. The incident happened around 5 p.m. outside Allapatah Middle School at Northwest 13th Place and 46th Street, after person flagged down an officer and told them [...]

18/12/10 Wife of Texas school principal arrested for having sex with student www.privateofficer.com

MINEOLA TX Dec 18 2010 — A four-and-a-half-month investigation into an alleged improper relationship between a Mineola educator and a student culminated Thursday in the arrest of JoAnn Stephens, the wife of the high school principal. Stephens, who is employed by the school district, is listed on the district’s website as working with students in [...]

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18/12/10 Shasta High School Teacher arrested For Sexual Battery www.privateofficer.com

Redding CA Dec 18 2010 Criminal charges have been filed against a Shasta High School teacher who was arrested earlier this week on suspicion of sexual battery. Troy Steven Leachman, a social science and modern world history teacher, was arrested on Monday and is scheduled to be arraigned on Jan. 21 in Shasta County Superior [...]

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18/12/10 Security officers nab car thief www.privateofficer.com

COSTA MESA CA Dec 18 2010 – Security guards from a dance club found a patron’s reportedly stolen car and held a man who was taking valuables from it, police said. Matthew Cervantes, 20, from Santa Ana, was taken into custody early Friday after guards from the Shark Club detained him for police, authorities said. [...]

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18/12/10 NC Volunteer Firefighter Charged in Double Fatality www.privateofficer.com

McDowell County NC Dec 18 2010 An Avery County volunteer firefighter has been charged in connection with a street racing triple-fatality crash involving two Blowing Rock volunteer firefighters returning from a training session in March, authorities said. The third victim, a passenger in the vehicle hit by the car carrying the two Blowing Rock firefighters, [...]

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18/12/10 Wal-Mart shoplifting ring nabbed in NY www.privateofficer.com

MONTICELLO NY Dec 18 2010 – Police believe three men they arrested on Thursday are part of a theft ring that has targeted Wal-Mart stores in the Town of Wallkill and Westfall Township, PA. At least two of them have been arrested in connection with an attempted robbery at the Wal-Mart store in Monticello earlier [...]

18/12/10 SANTA CRUZ EXPANDS USE OF PRIVATE SECURITY

SANTA CRUZ CA DEC 18 2010 Following the success of the First Alarm security guard program downtown, Santa Cruz Police announced the launch of a similar pilot program, this time covering the wharf and area parks. The program is a partnership between Santa Cruz Parks and Recreation and the Santa Cruz Police. It comes on [...]

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18/12/10 Atlanta Security Officer Gunned Down www.privateofficer.com

\ Atlanta GA Dec 18 2010 police do not believe the fatal shooting of a security guard at an southwest towing company was related to his job. We’re talking to his family members and checking out some things,” Atlanta police Major Keith Meadows told the AJC Saturday afternoon. “We still don’t have a motive but [...]

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17/12/10 New Hampshire security officer honored for nabbing mugger www.privateofficer.com

MANCHESTER, N.H.Dec 17 2010—A New Hampshire security officer who helped nab a man charged with mugging a 91-year-old woman by videotaping the assault is being honored for his actions. Police say Nicholas Laliberte was working at the Currier Museum of Art Dec. 7 when he used a security camera to follow a man who parked [...]

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17/12/10 High school student receives award for aiding security officer www.privateofficer.com

VINELAND NJ Dec 17 2010 — When Vineland High School senior Joyce Figueroa saw someone in trouble, she sprang into action. The basketball player and Junior Reserve Officer Training Corps, or JROTC, cadet was sitting in the school’s cafeteria last Thursday when two students began fighting, knocking a female security guard to the ground in [...]

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17/12/10 Apartment security in gun battle with trespasser www.privateofficer.com

Indianapolis In Dec 17 2010 A security guard exchanged gunfire with a man he found sleeping in a hallway at an apartment complex on the Northeastside this morning. Kenneth Daniels, 49, was on patrol in a building at 3830 N. Emerson Ave. at 3:45 a.m. when he spotted Darnell L. Bell, 37, Indianapolis, asleep in [...]

17/12/10 School Security Chief “I’m No Hero” www.privateofficer.com

Panama City Fla Dec 17 2010 The security officer hailed as a hero for taking down a shooter in a vicious gun battle in a Florida school board meeting said today that he opened fire after he thought his friend had been killed, and then cried when he saw his friend alive. The incident began [...]

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17/12/10 Armored truck robbery reported in Louisiana www.privateofficer.com

COVINGTON, La.Dec 17 2010 — Two armed men in ski masks held up an armored car in Covington on Thursday morning, the sheriff’s office said. The Brinks armored car was parked at an Outback Steakhouse on Park Place Drive when the two robbers approached, according to the St. Tammany Parish Sheriff’s Office. The men were [...]

17/12/10 Police arrest 13 students in Chicago school fight www.privateofficer.com

Chicago IL Dec 17 2010 Thirteen Foreman High School students are facing charges following a melee that erupted in a hallway at the Northwest Side school Thursday afternoon. The incident happened about 1 p.m. in a third floor hallway of the school, 3235 N. Leclaire Ave., according to a Jefferson Park District police lieutenant. It [...]

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17/12/10 Body of baby girl found in a box in Texas www.privateofficer.com

McAllen TX Dec 17 2010 A baby girl from Arizona was found dead Thursday inside a cardboard box that was shipped to a warehouse in Texas, authorities said. A McAllen Police Department spokesman, Sgt. Ricardo Cantu, said a truck carrying used clothing from Phoenix to McAllen arrived at a warehouse Wednesday evening. The truck was [...]

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17/12/10 Alabama Paramedic killed on Interstate 65 www.privateofficer.com

Montgomery AL Dec 17 2010 A Morgan County woman died Wednesday in Montgomery while trying to help wreck victims there. Twenty-nine-year old Laura Smith Pullam was a member of the Morgan County Rescue Squad and was working for an ambulance service in Montgomery. An icy bridge is blamed for a crash on Interstate 65 just [...]

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