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Monthly Archives: December 2010

10/12/10 Mall shopper sues after being Tased www.privateofficer.com

CLACKAMAS, Ore.Dec 10 2010 – A man is suing Clackamas County for $3 million after a deputy shocked him with a Taser and he went into cardiac arrest. On Dec. 2, 2008, Paul Streeter ran through the parking lot at Clackamas Town Center Mall, pounding on the windows of a mall security car and threatening [...]

10/12/10 Former TSA agent sentenced to prison over civil violations www.privateofficer.com

Rome GA Dec 10 2010 In a courtroom filled with family and emotions a former Department of Homeland Security officer was sentenced to 18 months in prison on Dec. 9, after being found guilty for a host of civil rights violations. In July, Stephen House was found guilty in U.S. District Court in Rome on [...]

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10/12/10 Neighbor charged in death of teenage girl www.privateofficer.com

LA PLACE, La. Dec 10 2010 A 27-year-old Louisiana man is in custody for the death of 15-year-old Taylor Adams, whose body was found bloodied and beaten in her home early Sunday. U.S. Marshals captured Earnest Joseph III, shortly after it was announced that a warrant had been issued for his arrest Wednesday afternoon, according [...]

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10/12/10 Orange County deputy killed www.privateofficer.com

Orange County Fla Dec 10 2010 As the 13 newest Orange County Sheriff’s Office recruits were being sworn in Thursday morning, Sheriff Jerry Demings delivered a somber message about the tragedy his department was facing. Just hours earlier, a shooting claimed the life of 27-year-old Deputy Brandon Coates, who had survived two tours of duty [...]

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Detroit school security shoot car thief www.privateofficer.com Detroit MI Dec 10 2010 – A Detroit Public Schools Police Officer opens fire as an accused car thief runs him over. It happened at Crockett High School on the city’s east side. According to a deputy chief with Detroit Public Schools Police just after two o’clock this [...]

10/12/10 Target security agents attacked-woman charged with robbery www.privateofficer.com

MIAMI TOWNSHIP, Ohio Dec 10 2010– A local law enforcement agency arrested two women in Miami Township on Thursday night after they were stopped in the 8000 block of Springboro Pike around 7 p.m. for allegedly shoplifting. Authorities said the women may lose their two infants, who were with them in the car when the [...]

09/12/10 Courthouse scuffle leads to arrest www.privateofficer.com

COLUMBUS, Ind.Dec 9 2010 — A Columbus man wanted on theft charges scuffled with authorities at Bartholomew County Courthouse Wednesday after a security officer tried to arrest him, according to Bartholomew County Sheriff’s Department. Darren K. Rayford Jr., 19, of Columbus, forcibly pulled away from Security Officer Joe Whipker and ran down the steps from [...]

09/12/10 Racing Company owner found with gun at airport www.privateofficer.com

INDIANAPOLIS IN Dec 9 2010 — The owner of an Indianapolis-based racing company was arrested Monday, accused of bringing a loaded gun into Indianapolis International Airport. Security screeners spotted the gun in the carry-on bag of Christopher Paulsen, 51, as it passed through an X-ray machine, according to a police report. Paulsen, president and owner [...]

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09/12/10 Kennesaw State University exposed self to class www.privateofficer.com

KENNESAW, Ga.Dec 9 2010 — A Kennesaw State University professor has been arrested after authorities say he exposed himself to students in a classroom. A university police warrant says 57-year-old Raymond Devaughn Taylor is accused of taking his clothes off during a class he was teaching on Nov. 30. Arlethia Perry-Johnson, vice president of external [...]

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09/12/10 Special needs student claims security guard broke his hip www.privateofficer.com

Indianapolis IN Dec 9 2010– A special needs student claims a Wayne Township school security officer broke his hip. Luke Freeman hasn’t been to school since last Thursday. That’s the day he claims the officer tackled him, broke his hip and left him in pain on a concrete floor for two hours before his mother [...]

09/12/10 Man indicted for murder in arson, death of security officer www.privateofficer.com

WASHINGTON DC Dec 9 2010- The man convicted of setting a fire in the Good Guys strip club – severely burning the bouncer who had earlier thrown him out – has been indicted on first-degree murder charges, WTOP has learned. A D.C. grand jury issued the indictment for Vasile Graure, who is already serving more [...]

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09/12/10 Armored car involved in crash www.privateofficer.com

Springfield Township PA Dec 9 2010 An armored vehicle overturned Tuesday afternoon on Route 412, temporarily closing a section of the road just north of Highpoint Road in Springfield Township, Bucks County. The driver, Feris Obari, 25, of N. 2nd St., Allentown, was taken to St. Luke’s Hospital-Fountain Hill for treatment of non-life threatening injuries, [...]

09/12/10 NJ Security officer robbed www.privateofficer.com

Atlantic City NJ Dec 9 2010 Police said Wednesday they are looking for two armed men who robbed the security guard of a bar on New York Avenue. Two men accosted the 40-year-old guard outside the bar at about 10:25 p.m. Tuesday, police said. The guard said both were wearing hooded sweatshirts covering their faces, [...]

09/12/10 Father leads police to murdered son’s body www.privateofficer.com

MOBILE, Ala.Dec 9 2010 — Bones found Wednesday in the woods of rural Mississippi are believed to be the remains of a missing 3-year-old Alabama boy whose father told authorities he dumped the bodies of the boy and his sister at separate locations, police said. The boy’s father, 27-year-old John DeBlase of Mobile, is held [...]

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09/12/10 Parolee carjacks California security officer www.privateofficer.com

Modesto CA Dec 9 2010 A Modesto security guard’s car was stolen Wednesday morning after a man he was questioning pulled a gun on him, authorities said. The suspected carjacker, parolee Christopher Crist, 34, of Modesto, remains at large and is considered armed and dangerous, according to Sgt. Mike Parker of the Stanislaus County Sheriff’s [...]

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08/12/10 NC man-woman charged in death of baby www.privateofficer.com

WILSON NC Dec 8 2010 — Police say they’ve charged a man and a woman with first-degree murder in the death of a 2-year-old. Wilson Public Information Officer John Slaughter said that on Thursday, November 29 at 9:46 p.m. Angel Lamm Kirby and Matthew John Redance called 911 to report that Angel Kirby’s 2-year-old daughter [...]

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08/12/10 NYPD busts Columbia University drug ring www.privateofficer.com

New York City NY Dec 8 2010 Five students at Columbia University in New York and three alleged off-campus suppliers were arrested as part of a ring that sold drugs at fraternity houses and other on-campus residences, police said. The eight suspects were indicted and arrested today after a five-month investigation called “Operation Ivy League,” [...]

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08/12/10 Memphis Customs-Border Patrol officer charged with sex crimes www.privateofficer.com

MEMPHIS, Tenn.Dec 8 2010 – He was hired by the U.S. Government as a customs and borders officer. Now, 35-year old Dennis Dixon who works out of the Memphis office is indicted for driving to Florida to illicit sex with a minor. The Department of Justice says over a year’s span, Dixon drove from Memphis [...]

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08/12/10 Dog gets loose-bites two on US Airlines www.privateofficer.com

Pittsburgh PA Dec 8 2010 Is it time for airlines to add a “beware of dog” warning to their pre-flight safety instructions? That idea may be on the minds of 122 US Airways customers this morning after a dog got loose on their flight and bit a passenger and a flight attendant. Though the injuries [...]

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08/12/10 TV shoplifter arrested after punching security agent www.privateofficer.com

HARRISBURG, Pa. Dec 8 2010 – A man stole a 26-inch LCD television from the Colonial Park Mall and then repeatedly punched a store security officer in the face when confronted in the parking lot, according to police. Lower Paxton Township police have charged 28-year-old Shermon Anthony with robbery in the Monday night incident. Police [...]

08/12/10 Armored car robbery report at Mall of Georgia www.privateofficer.com

BUFORD, Ga Dec 8 2010  (AP) – Police are seeking a man they say robbed an armored car employee at gunpoint inside the Mall of Georgia. Gwinnett County police spokesman Cpl. Edwin Ritter says the robbery happened around 11:15 a.m. Tuesday as the employee was beginning to fill an ATM. A guard saw the robbery [...]

08/12/10 Security guard finds daughter murdered at home www.privateofficer.com

LA PLACE, La Dec 8 2010 A mother returning home from a night at work as a security guard found her 15-year-old daughter Taylor Adams beaten to death in her own bedroom early Sunday, a discovery that stunned a quiet Louisiana neighborhood and had friends grasping for answers. “I was shocked,” Marcus Wren, a friend [...]

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08/12/10 Armored truck guard, wife, son charged in $3 million heist www.privateofficer.com

PORTLAND, OR DEC 8 2010—Archie Cabello, age 64, together with his wife Marian Cabello, age 58, and their son, Vincent Cabello, age 39, all of Portland, Oregon, were charged last week by a federal grand jury in a 51 count indictment with conspiracy to steal and possess bank money, false statements in credit card applications, [...]

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08/12/10 Authorities arrest sailboat owner at Florida military base www.privateofficer.com

Cape Canaveral Fla Dec 8 2010 — A man was arrested after arriving at Cape Canaveral, Florida, Air Force station Tuesday n a 25-foot sailboat, according to military authorities. A public affairs spokesman for nearby Patrick Air Force Base said the unidentified man was being held in custody after repeatedly giving security guards different names. [...]

07/12/10 Police charge man in shoplifting scheme www.privateofficer.com

Braintree MA Dec 7 2010 — Police say that a man who shoplifted more than a $1000 worth of items in Braintree was arrested by an alert police officer. Parris H. Phillips, 40, of Roxbury was found to be in possession of almost $1,000 worth of merchandise believed to have been stolen from several stores [...]

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07/12/10 Wal-Mart to air Homeland Security video at check-outs www.privateofficer.com

Nashville TN Dec 7 2010 Walmart shoppers will soon be watching a video at the store’s checkout stands created by Homeland Security. The video has Secretary Napolitano of the US Department of Homeland Security asking shoppers to report anything suspicious either in the store or out in the parking. Napolitano says in the video that [...]

07/12/10 Security round up shoplifters in New City www.privateofficer.com

New City NY Dec 7 2010 As the holiday shopping season kicks into high gear, Clarkstown police say so is petty theft at some local stores. Over this past weekend, police said at least eight people were charged in connection with separate shoplifting incidents at the town’s major shopping areas in Nanuet and West Nyack. [...]

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07/12/10 Man arrested after he threatens to kill security officer www.privateofficer.com

Laredo TX Dec 7 2010 Police arrested a man for threats against a security officer after they were called to a local nightclub. Officers had to make not one but two trips to the local bar, after an out-of-control customer allegedly became aggressive with bar employees. Francisco Javier Carrillo was arrested early yesterday morning at [...]

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07/12/10 New Orleans hotels sues security company for negligence www.privateofficer.com

New Orleans LA Dec 7 2010 The owner of a New Orleans hotel blames a security company for failing to keep someone from breaking in. The Warwick Corporation filed the lawsuit against Blackhawk Protection Service LLC Nov. 30 in Orleans Parish District Court. Blackhawk’s insurance providers are also named as defendants in this case. Warwick [...]

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07/12/10 Armored car robbed in St Louis www.privateofficer.com

ST. LOUIS MO Dec 7 2010 – The driver of an armored car was robbed Monday afternoon outside the Ace Cash Express at 3655 South Grand Boulevard, police said. The robber pointed a gun at the driver and demanded money. The robber may have stolen as much as $18,000, a police source said. The male [...]