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Monthly Archives: January 2011

25/01/11 South Carolina firefighters use department tools in copper thefts www.privateofficer.com

NORTH, SC Jan 25 2011 – Three men, including two volunteer firefighters have been arrested in connection with recent copper thefts in Orangeburg County. Chief Mark P. Fallaw of the North Police Department announced Friday that the North Police Department, the Orangeburg County Sheriff’s Office and the Dorchester County Sheriff’s Office this week arrested Jeffrey [...]

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25/01/11 Computer system allows mall shoppers to see where they parked www.privateofficer.com

Los Angeles CA Jan 25 2011 Not remembering where they parked their cars is no longer a problem for shoppers at Santa Monica Place, a shopping destination in Los Angeles. According to the LA Times, the center recently deployed kiosks that allow a driver to key in her plate number — or just the first [...]

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25/01/11 Retailers facing increased losses due to schemes, thefts and dishonest workers www.privateofficer.com

Charlotte NC Jan 25 2011 Return fraud and abuse is estimated to cost retailers between $9.6 and $14.8 billion annually. This growing problem has retailers scrambling for a way to reduce fraudulent activity without compromising customer service and impacting honest customers. During a Webinar hosted by the National Retail Federation and sponsored by The Retail [...]

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25/01/11 Jewish Hospital security nab man in theft attempts www.privateofficer.com

LOUISVILLE, Ky. Jan 25 2011– Louisville Metro Police arrested a man Thursday after they said he was being loud and disorderly at Jewish Hospital. Police said 44-year-old Billy Cook was seen by hospital security and staff going in and out several patients’ rooms. Staff members told police Cook was going through people’s property, especially jackets. [...]

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24/01/11 Oklahoma City judge, husband charged in adoption scheme www.privateofficer.com

Oklahoma City OK Jan 24 2011 County District Judge Tammy L. Bass-LeSure and her husband, Karlos Antonio LeSure Sr., have turned themselves in to authorities Monday morning. On Friday, prosecutors filed more than 30 charges against the couple. LeSure’s attorney contends that the couple is innocent. LeSure and her husband pleaded not guilty in court [...]

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24/01/11 Two people dead, deputies shot at Washington Wal-Mart www.privateofficer.com

PORT ORCHARD, Wash. Jan 24 2011– Two people are dead and two Kitsap County Deputies were wounded in a shooting at a Walmart in Port Orchard. The incident that began at about 3:45 p.m. Sunday at the store on Bethel Road Southeast. Kitsap County Deputy Sheriff Scott Wilson said three deputies had responded to a [...]

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24/01/11 L.A. mayor’s staffer attacks security officer www.privateofficer.com

Los Angeles CA Jan 24 2011 L.A. police say that a fight at a popular downtown Los Angeles nightclub has led to the arrest of an official with Los Angeles Mayor Antonio Villaraigosa’s gang-reduction program. As soon as the report was made about the fight, authorities were summoned to the Conga Room, located at 800 [...]

24/01/11 OFFICER DOWN-Officer Jeffrey Yaslowitz

Police Officer Jeffrey Yaslowitz St. Petersburg Police Department Florida End of Watch: Monday, January 24, 2011 Biographical Info Age: 39 Tour of Duty: 12 years Badge Number: Not available Incident Details Cause of Death: Gunfire Date of Incident: Monday, January 24, 2011 Weapon Used: Gun; Unknown type Suspect Info: Shot and killed Officer Jeffrey Yaslowitz [...]

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24/01/11 OFFICER DOWN- Sgt. Tom Baitinger

Sergeant Tom Baitinger St. Petersburg Police Department Florida End of Watch: Monday, January 24, 2011 Biographical Info Age: 41 Tour of Duty: 15 years Badge Number: Not available Incident Details Cause of Death: Gunfire Date of Incident: Monday, January 24, 2011 Weapon Used: Gun; Unknown type Suspect Info: Shot and killed Sergeant Tom Baitinger and [...]

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24/01/11 Two St. Petersburg police officers killed serving warrant www.privateofficer.com

ST. PETERSBURG, Fla. Jan 24 2011- Two St. Petersburg police officers were shot and killed and a U.S. Marshall was wounded while trying to serve a warrant. The gunman may still be alive. The shootings occurred shortly afte 7 a.m. at a home in the 3700 block of 28th Avenue South, according to police spokesman [...]

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23/01/11 Detroit police officers gunned down at precinct www.privateofficer.com

DETROIT, MI Jan 23 2011 (AP) – Four police officers are wounded when a gunman opens fire inside a Detroit police station. A commander was critically injured, and is undergoing surgery. One officer was seriously hurt, another was grazed by a bullet. A bulletproof vest saved a fourth officer..the mayor expects them all to survive. [...]

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23/01/11 S.C. police officer killed in head on collision www.privateofficer.com

REMBERT, S.C. Jan 23 2011 — An on-duty Sumter police officer has died in a head-on crash on U.S. 521 in Sumter County. Sumter police said in a news release that 39-year-old Cpl. Charles Nesbitt Jr. died at the hospital about an hour after the wreck Friday afternoon. Authorities say Nesbitt and another officer were [...]

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23/01/11 Security officer critical after beating with pipe www.privateofficer.com

Montgomery AL Jan 23 2011 A 27 year old security officer is lucky to be alive after taking a terrible beating over the week-end. Police that the guard was on duty and walking through an apartment complex when he was jumped by at least two males. One of the men hit the security officer several times [...]

23/01/11 NC DMV bust two for vehicle cloning www.privateofficer.com

RALEIGH NC Jan 23 2011 — The North Carolina Division of Motor Vehicles’ License and Theft Bureau arrested two suspects in Wadesboro Thursday night in at least 19 cases of vehicle theft and cloning. More than 20 inspectors with the bureau took part in the six-month investigation that covered 10 counties. The suspects, Marcus Lawrence [...]

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23/01/11 Police charge man in death of Alabama paramedic www.privateofficer.com

MONTGOMERY, Ala.Jan 23 2011 (AP) – A 42-year-old man from Montgomery has been criminally charged for an accident that killed a paramedic on icy roads. Alabama police arrested 42-year-old Robert Cumbie on Friday and charged him with the vehicular homicide of 29-year-old Laura Pullam. Police said Pullam was responding to a two-vehicle crash on Interstate [...]

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23/01/11 Loveland teacher charged with sexual assault www.privateofficer.com

Loveland CO Jan 23 2011 An instructional coach for Mountain View High School in Loveland was arrested on suspicion of sexual assault Friday night after police found her with a boy in a motor vehicle, according to a Loveland Police Department news release. Courtney Renee Bowles, 31, of Fort Collins also faces charges of sexual [...]

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23/01/11 Nightclub security officer shot during disturbance www.privateofficer.com

CORPUS CHRISTI TX Jan 23 2011 – Several people were injured at a local Quinceanera celebration last night that turned violent after a major fight broke out. Three people were shot including a security guard that was trying to break the fight. It happened at the Moravian Hall on the 5600 block of Kostoryz just [...]

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23/01/11 The Top Notch miracle www.privateofficer.com

ROBERTSDALE, Ala.Jan 23 2011 — It was a match made in heaven … literally. Robertsdale resident Cindy Brasfield and Ritt Chitwood, who lives in Nolansville, Tenn., admire Top Notch, a bay mustang now being trained to pull a specially built cart that will enhance the young man’s hippotherapy (horse-aided therapy). Photo courtesy of the Mustang [...]

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23/01/11 Alabama fire association treasurer pleads guilty to theft www.privateofficer.com

FRANKLIN COUNTY AL Jan 23 2011 – A former firefighter association treasurer pleaded guilty Friday to taking money from the association’s fund for several years. Pam Taylor, 55, of 267 Russell Valley Road, Russellville, pleaded guilty before Circuit Court Judge Terry Dempsey to two counts of second-degree forgery and one count of first-degree theft of [...]

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23/01/11 Securitas Security cited for having untrained officers in Seattle www.privateofficer.com

SEATTLE WA Jan 23 2011 – The company hired to take over security at Seattle’s downtown transit tunnel following the brutal beating of a teenage girl last year has been cited for failing to properly train and equip its guards who are stationed there. The state Department of Labor and Industries fined Securitas Security Services [...]

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23/01/11 Retired doctor wanted for murder commits suicide www.privateofficer.com

Gasden AL Jan 23 2011 A retired medical doctor wanted for murder in the December death of a woman in Tennessee fatally shot himself Friday at a house in East Gadsden as deputies with the U.S. Marshals Gulf Coast Regional Fugitive Task Force were attempting to arrest him, Etowah County Sheriff Todd Entrekin said. Frederick [...]

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23/01/11 Hospital security stop fire from spreading www.privateofficer.com

LORAIN OH Jan 23 2011 — A fire broke out in the basement of Mercy Regional Medical Center yesterday, but it was put out by security officers before firefighters arrived on scene, according to fire department Capt. Dennis Livchak. Firefighters received an alarm at 3:11 p.m. for the hospital, 3700 Kolbe Road. The majority of [...]

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23/01/11 Fort Wayne teacher arrested for having sex with 8th grader www.privateofficer.com

FORT WAYNE IN Jan 23 2011– A few weeks ago, parents of Blackhawk Middle School students received word a teacher was suspended, pending the outcome of a police investigation. Friday afternoon, Allen County prosecutors charged that teacher, 38-year-old Justin M. Edwards, with having sex with a 14-year-old student, a former member of his eighth-grade class, [...]

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23/01/11 California woman swept to sea www.privateofficer.com

Red Bluff CA Jan 23 2011 Officials were searching Friday night for a woman and a dog after they and another woman and dog from Red Bluff were swept into the ocean near Dry Lagoon earlier in the morning. The California Highway Patrol said they received a 911 cell phone call at 9:45 a.m. that [...]

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23/01/11 Family of 4 shot dead in Indiana www.privateofficer.com

AUSTIN, IN Jan 23 2011 – Indiana State Police say the four people found dead in an Austin, Indiana home Friday night were shot in the head. The bodies were found at a home at 310 New York Street in Austin. The Coroner’s office has released the names of the victims as 30-year-old Amanda Bennett, [...]

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23/01/11 Woman wills $12 million jackpot in Vegas www.privateofficer.com

LAS VEGAS NV Jan 23 2011 (AP) – A woman has hit a $12.7 million jackpot at a Las Vegas resort after putting only $6 into the machine. International Game Technology officials say the winner, who preferred to remain anonymous, landed the Nevada Megabucks progressive slot jackpot Friday at ARIA Resort & Casino. The woman [...]

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22/01/11 Police arrest college student for taping an arrest www.privateofficer.com

Tarpon Springs, Florida Jan 22 2011 — It’s called “Cop Watching,” where people tape police officers as they make stops and arrests. Tommy Frane says it’s not that people who do the taping are against police officers, but they want to hold them accountable, like they do all public officials. But when Frane and his [...]

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22/01/11 Simple shoplifting turns into violent felony www.privateofficer.com

Syracuse, NY Jan 22 2011 — A suspect in a misdemeanor shoplifting case became a suspect in a felony robbery case with one swing of his arm Tuesday at Syracuse’s Carousel Center. Ronnell Dubose, 38, of 446 Gifford St., Syracuse, was observed Tuesday night carrying four Calvin Klein coats and some other clothing into a [...]

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22/01/11 K Mart security charge sisters with theft, drugs www.privateofficer.com

Parma OH Jan 22 2011 A pair of 18-year-old sisters are accused of corrupting their 12-year-old cousin with drugs. Aleinna and Alanna Andrekovic, of Parma, were arraigned Friday in Mentor Municipal Court on fourth-degree felony charges of corrupting another with drugs. The pair of sisters had been staying with their aunt and uncle in Mentor [...]

22/01/11 Rhode Island man charged with assault on security www.privateofficer.com

ATTLEBORO MA Jan 22 2011- A 40-year-old man is accused of being a shoplifting suspect who assaulted a security guard at the South Attleboro Stop & Shop as he was fleeing the Route 1 store Wednesday night. Jeffrey T. Valente of Providence was released on $100 cash bail after pleading innocent Thursday in Attleboro District [...]