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Monthly Archives: December 2010

16/12/10 Baldwin County employee commits suicide in front of co-workers www.privateofficer.com

Bay Minette AL Dec 16 2010 A 63-year-old Baldwin County garbage system supervisor apparently killed himself early Wednesday morning after using his own pickup truck to block the path of a county garbage truck in front of his Airport Road home in Bay Minette, a Sheriff’s Office official said. James Edison “Jimmy” White shot himself [...]

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16/12/10 Bellagio Casino robbed by armed man www.privateofficer.com

LAS VEGAS NV Dec 16 2010 –Las Vegas police detectives are investigating an early morning robbery at the Bellagio. Police say around 3 a.m. on Tuesday, a man wearing a motorcycle helmet walked into the pit area with a gun. Officers say he pulled out a gun at the craps tables and told casino guests [...]

16/12/10 Mall kidnapping proves to be false rumor www.privateofficer.com

TOLEDO, OH Dec 16 2010 – For months, there has been a rumor about a possible kidnapping at the Westfield-Franklin Park Mall. Although WTOL has received many phone calls and emails from people are really worried about the issue, Police Chief Mike Navarre says it’s absolutely not true. “There was absolutely no evidence, whatsoever, that [...]

16/12/10 Union County NC teacher arrested for sex with student www.privateofficer.com

UNION COUNTY, N.C.Dec 16 2010 — A Union County teacher resigned Wednesday after allegations of a sexual relationship with a student surfaced. The Union County Sheriff’s Office said 27-year-old Melissa Bitz had sex with an 18-year-old student at Parkwood High School in Monroe, where she was a first-year Spanish teacher. Bitz was arrested on Tuesday [...]

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16/12/10 Tribal police chief gets prison for defauding government www.privateofficer.com

MARQUETTE WI Dec 16 2010 — The former Sault Tribal Police Chief was sentenced in federal court for defrauding the federal government. In a plea agreement 52-year-old Fredrick James Paquin was sentenced to one year and one day in prison and ordered to pay over $231,000 in restitution to the federal government. Paquin was charged [...]

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16/12/10 Man charged in theft of 15,000 social security numbers www.privateofficer.com

ALBANY, N.Y. Dec 16 2010- An arrest has been made of an individual alleged to have illegally downloaded personal information, including social security numbers of about 15,000 people. Police arrested Evan Kane, 25, from Waterford NY, for stealing the collection of social security numbers from computers belonging contractors working for the Office of Disability and [...]

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16/12/10 Bodies washing up on NY beach baffles police www.privateofficer.com

BABYLON, N.Y. Dec 16 2010– A New York police official says the FBI has offered any resources necessary to assist with a homicide investigation of four women whose bodies were dumped on a remote beach highway. Suffolk County Police Commissioner Richard Dormer says officials believe a serial killer could be responsible for the killings. Dormer [...]

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16/12/10 Texas student exposes self to teacher www/privateofficer.com

HARDIN COUNTY TX DEC 16 2010 – A teenager who attends Lumberton High School has posted bond and is out of jail on a charge of exposing himself to a female substitute teacher. David Brian Pipps, 17, is a junior at Lumberton High School, according to Chief Danny Sullins at the Lumberton Police Department. Sullins [...]

16/12/10 TODDLER DROPPED INTO BOILING WATER DIES www.privateofficer.com

DALLAS TX DEC 16 2010(AP) – A Dallas toddler has died after police say he was dropped in a pot of boiling water. Dallas police told The Dallas Morning News in a story Tuesday that 16-month-old Jabraylon Bables appeared to have been dipped in boiling water. The toddler died Saturday from injuries and infections, 36 [...]

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16/12/10 Augusta Ga. school security officer named “Officer of the Month” www.privateofficer.com

Augusta GA Dec 16 2010 A campus security officer, Remille Ables, was honored Tuesday evening as the Richmond County School System’s Officer of the Month for quickly taking a boy into custody after the school received a tip that he had a gun at school. “On the morning of Nov. 17, the principal at Terrace [...]

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16/12/10 Christmas comes to death row www.privateofficer.com

Nashville TN Dec 16 2010 By the end of the week, each of the 710 inmates at the Riverbend Maximum Security Institution will receive a Christmas present at the foot of their cells. Someone warm and smiling will unwrap it, and pass the goodies through a slot in the cell door. Things such as chips, [...]

16/12/10 Philadelphia security officer shot in the head www.privateofficer.com

Philadelphia PA Dec 16 2010 An off-duty security guard was shot in the head late last night at a Sunoco station at 38th Street and Girard Avenue. Lt. John Walker of Southwest Detectives said the victim tried to intervene when he saw a man arguing with a Sunoco cashier about 11:30 p.m. The man turned [...]

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15/12/10 Border Patrol Agent Gunned Down 4 Arrested www.privateofficer.com

RIO RICO C A Dec 15 2010 — Law enforcement authorities are scouring mountainous, rocky terrain on foot and on horseback, searching for one of five men suspected of shooting and killing Border Patrol Agent Brian Terry on Tuesday night. Four suspects are in custody, including one who is hospitalized. “About an hour or so [...]

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15/12/10 Shoplifter tries to escape on motorized shopping cart www.privateofficer.com

Palm Beach Fla Dec 15 2010 When choosing a getaway vehicle, it’s a good idea to make sure it goes more than 3 miles an hour. A Palm Beach man led security guards on an intense slow-speed chase in a motorized shopping cart in a grocery store parking lot after he allegedly stole some meat [...]

15/12/10 Gunman opens fire at school board meeting-commits suicide www.privateofficer.com

PANAMA CITY Fla Dec 15 2010— A gunman opened fire at a school board meeting Tuesday, sending the audience scrambling before he exchanged shots with a security guard and then killed himself, police said. No one besides the gunman was injured. Witnesses said the gunman walked up to a podium and spray-painted a red “V” [...]

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15/12/10 Memphis nightclub shut down after dancers-security sell drugs to undercover cops www.privateofficer.com

MEMPHIS, TN Dec 15 2010 – A Memphis nightclub has been shut down by police amidst charges of illegal drugs and prostitution inside. Tuesday, officials announced the nuisance closure of Babes of Babylon, a club located in the 1500 block of East Brooks Road. The closure was the culmination of a five month investigation in [...]

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15/12/10 NC Teacher Charged With Student Sex Assault www.privateofficer.com

LILLINGTON NC Dec 15 2010– A former instructor at Western Harnett High School faces allegations he had sex with a student. Rodney Donnell Ellis, 38, of Brookhannah Court in Fuquay-Varina, is charged with a felony. Authorities say the victim is a 17-year-old student at Harnett Central High School. It’s where Harnett County Superintendent Phil Ferrell [...]

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15/12/10 Ski Patroller Dies of Heart Attack www.privateofficer.com

IDAHO FALLS Dec 15 2010 — Jefferson County officials say the ski patrolman who fell off a ski lift at Kelly Canyon Resort over the weekend died before he fell. Kelly Canyon Ski Resort officials tell KIFI-TV that Steve Yount died of a heart attack while on a ski lift Saturday. The resort posted a [...]

15/12/10 Statesville NC officer kills wife-commits suicide www.privateofficer.com

IREDELL COUNTY, N.C. Dec 13 2010– The Iredell Sheriff’s Office is investigating an apparent murder-suicide involving an off-duty Statesville Police Department officer. Statesville Police Chief Tom Anderson confirmed that the two people found dead on Whitetail Road off Cooper Farm Road were Robert and Heather Przasyki. Robert Przasyki was an officer with his department for [...]

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15/12/10 Charlotte NC gun store weapons frequently used in crimes www.privateofficer.com

Charlotte NC Dec 15 2010 The owner of a well-known Charlotte gun shop said he tries to keep his wares out of criminals’ hands, but he’s not surprised that Hyatt Coin and Gun ranks high on a national list of dealers whose firearms were traced to crimes. Authorities have found that more than 2,000 guns [...]

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14/12/10 Shooting at Seattle nightclub ends in weapons-drug arrests www.privateofficer.com

Seattle WA Dec 14 2010 Police arrested four people early Monday morning after gunshots were fired outside a South Seattle nightclub. At about 12:20 a.m., police responded to reports of gunshots in the 2900 block of First Avenue South. Security guards at a nightclub told the officers that the culprits may have left in a [...]

14/12/10 Police capture wanted wanted in toture-murder of Alabama children www.privateofficer.com

MOBILE, Ala. Dec 14 2010 — A woman was due in court Tuesday to face charges that she tortured her common-law husband’s two young children before they were killed and dumped in wooded areas in Alabama and Mississippi. Heather Leavell-Keaton, 22, was jailed pending the bond hearing on child-abuse charges after being brought back to [...]

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14/12/10 Tampa Bay Buccaneer linebacker arrested www.privateofficer.com

TAMPA, Florida Dec 14 2010 – Tampa Bay Buccaneers linebacker Geno Hayes was tasered, handcuffed and arrested early Monday morning, charged with trespassing and disorderly conduct at a local nightclub, Tampa police said. According to the arrest report, Hayes became verbally abusive and made threats to club security and police after intervening on behalf of [...]

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14/12/10 Long Beach police kill man holding water hose nozzle www.privateofficer.com

Long Beach CA Dec 14 2010 The 35-year-old Long Beach man killed in an officer-involved shooting Sunday was holding a water spigot, not a gun, Long Beach Police officials said Monday. Two Long Beach police officers responded to a 911 call at 4:40 p.m. Sunday from a neighbor reporting an intoxicated man holding a “six [...]

14/12/10 Teacher wins $94 Million Arizona lottery www.privateofficer.com

Phoenix AZ Dec 14 2010 A substitute teacher from Fort Mohave on Monday claimed a $95.3 million Powerball prize, whose winner had been a mystery since Dec.1 Sheila Verke, 64, walked into the Arizona Lottery’s headquarters in downtown Phoenix with the single prize-winning ticket from the Dec 1 drawing. She was accompanied by friends and [...]

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14/12/10 Security officer attacked-raped sues employer www.privateofficer.com

Ypsilanti Township MI Dec 14 2010 A Milan woman who was strangled and raped in August while working as a security guard at an Ypsilanti Township apartment complex is suing her former employer, alleging the company failed to properly train her. The 29-year-old woman, who worked for S.I.A. Protective Services & Investigations LLC, is suing [...]

14/12/10 Shoplifter arrested twice in one day www.privateofficer.com

Salem OR Dec 14 2010 Authorities stopped a 47-year-old man twice Sunday on accusations he dashed with DVDs from a pair of Salem stores, the Marion County Sheriff’s Office reported. Brian L. Jackman of Salem was first cited at a Goodwill store, 3535 Lancaster Dr. N.E., about 1:45pm., after store security stopped him headed out [...]

13/12/10 Sears security nab burglary suspects www.privateofficer.com

Riverside CA Dec 13 2010 A parolee and his female accomplice allegedly stole a large amount of jewelry from a Sears department store in Spring Valley, and then tried to run from security guards and deputies, the Sheriff’s Department said today. Security officers at the Sears at 931 Sweetwater Rd. were able to detain Jennifer [...]

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13/12/10 Police using online dating sites to nab deadbeat dads www.privateofficer.com

Kennesaw GA Dec 13 2010 Local police in Kennesaw, Georgia are using a new tactic in locating deadbeat dads, online dating websites. Online dating websites offer a lot of information regarding not only the person’s desires in finding a mate, but also location, and other unique identifiers. Police are using this information to locate men [...]

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13/12/10 Oxnard police arrest security-shut down festival www.privateofficer.com

Oxnard CA Dec 13 2010 Police Department officers arrested two security guards and halted a Virgin of Guadalupe celebration in Oxnard Sunday afternoon after complaints of too much noise. After they arrived on the scene of the celebration near Fifth Street and Rose Avenue at 1:30 p.m., officers said they discovered other problems with the [...]

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