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Monthly Archives: February 2011

28/02/11 Ct. mall security officers-bystanders save heart attack victim www.privateofficer.com

MILFORD CT Feb 28 2011 — A man who went into cardiac arrest while dining at a mall restaurant was saved by quick-thinking bystanders and security guards using a portable defibrillator, officials said Friday. The 35 year-old man was eating lunch at the Red Robin restaurant in the Westfield Connecticut Post mall last Saturday when [...]

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28/02/11 Arizona police shut down major shoplifting ring www.privateofficer.com

PHOENIX AZ Feb 28 2011 – The Scottsdale Police Department and the Maricopa County Attorney’s Office along with fraud investigators from eBay, Home Depot and Walmart helped shut down a major retail crime syndicate. More than 30 individuals have been arrested and indicted for the alleged involvement in a major organized retail theft syndicate. The [...]

28/02/11 LaPorte hospital employee charged with theft of equipment www.privateofficer.com

LaPorte IN Feb 28 2011 An employee at a LaPorte hospital has been charged after police say she was caught stealing hospital equipment to fund a gambling addiction. According to our reporting partners at the Herald Argus, Cheryl Pender, 44, has been charged with theft. Police say a supervisor at IU Health LaPorte Hospital caught [...]

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28/02/11 Best Buy employee charged in felony thefts www.privateofficer.com

VINELAND NJ Feb 28 2011 — Police arrested a 24-year-old Best Buy employee who allegedly stole at least $3,500 after months of making fraudulent returns and pocketing the cash, authorities said. Tiffany S. Holmes, of the first block of South Ladow Avenue in Millville, told police she created duplicate receipts of mobile phones and entered [...]

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28/02/11 Friends with benefits flocking to Facebook www.privateofficer.com

New York City NY Feb 28 2011 It’s a friend request with benefits – but it isn’t for free. New York hookers are flocking to Facebook to advertise their services, a Columbia University sociologist says. After studying the habits of 290 sex workers, Sudhir Venkatesh found that 83% rely on Facebook to lure johns. “I [...]

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28/02/11 California man made more than 18,000 false calls to 911 www.privateofficer.com

EAST LOS ANGELES CA Feb 28 2011 — An East Los Angeles man is accused of making more than 18,000 crank calls to 911 over the course of six months. California Highway Patrol officers arrested 43-year-old Maurice Cruz and booked him for misusing the 911 emergency line. Authorities said Cruz used non-initialized cellular phones, making [...]

28/02/11 Navy police shoot suspected DUI driver www.privateofficer.com

San Diego CA Feb 28 2011 Navy police shot a sailor attempting to ram his car into a police vehicle in an early-morning incident Saturday at San Diego Naval Base, officials said. Police were attempting to apprehend the sailor on suspicion of drunk driving when the incident occurred, officials said. The sailor had already smashed [...]

28/02/11 2 Hospital security officers injured by board member www.privateofficer.com

OCEANSIDE, Calif.Feb 28 2011 — Witnesses said a controversial North County hospital board member stormed into the board’s monthly meeting on Thursday night and injured two security guards. Tri-City Healthcare Board of Director member Charlene Anderson told 10News when fellow board member Kathleen Sterling came into the room where the meeting was held, security immediately [...]

28/02/11 Tn. teen who killed grandparents commits suicide www.privateofficer.com

KNOXVILLE TN Feb 28 2011 — A Hawkins County teen accused of murdering his grandparents nearly a year ago apparently committed suicide in his jail cell in a Knox County juvenile detention facility around 11:40 p.m. Saturday. Brandon Charles Fannin, 17, formerly of 3210 Stanley Valley Road, Surgoinsville, was indicted by the Hawkins County grand [...]

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28/02/11 Arkansas nightclub security stabbed www.privateofficer.com

FORT SMITH, Ark. Feb 28 2011– One man is in the hospital with a collapsed lung, after being stabbed in the back. It happened at the Firefox Nightclub on Towson Avenue in Fort Smith just before 3 o’clock Sunday morning. Police say Kyle Sosebee, a bouncer at the club, was trying to escort 32-year-old Jayson [...]

28/02/11 Houston security officer shoots bar patron www.privateofficer.com

HOUSTON TX Feb 28 2011 – A shooting inside a southeast Houston nightclub landed a woman in the hospital early Sunday. Police said a female in the El Antro nightclub near the intersection of Ogden and Gulf Freeway was causing a disturbance around 2:00 a.m. when a security guard pulled out his gun and shot [...]

27/02/11 OFFICER DOWN-FRED THORNTON

Police Officer Fred Thornton Charlotte-Mecklenburg Police Department North Carolina End of Watch: Friday, February 25, 2011 Biographical Info Age: 50 Tour of Duty: 28 years Badge Number: Not available Incident Details Cause of Death: Explosion Date of Incident: Friday, February 25, 2011 Weapon Used: Not available Suspect Info: Not available Officer Fred Thornton was killed [...]

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27/02/11 College starts security guard training program www.privateofficer.com

New York Feb 27 2011 With the ever growing need for tighter security and more personnel, Mohawk Valley Community College’s Center for Corporate and Community Education is providing the required training needed to become a security guard. These programs are: 8 Hour Security Guard: MVCC will be hosting two 8-hour Security Guard Training programs, which [...]

27/02/11 Disturbance at pot dispensary lands man in jail www.privateofficer.com

LAKE FOREST CA Feb 27 2011 – A 29-year-old man was arrested after assaulting a police officer following a disturbance at a medical marijuana dispensary, police said. Michael James Ellis was arrested at 7:45 p.m. Thursday on suspicion of resisting and obstructing a peace officer, and assault and battery of a peace officer after deputies [...]

27/02/11 Nigeria man passes heroin pellets at Philadelphia airport www.privateofficer.com

PHILADELPHIA PA – February 27, 2011 — A man from Nigeria is under arrest after officers say he passed 67 pellets filled with heroin at Philadelphia International Airport. Clement Agbapu, 36, was arrested after the incident this past weekend. Investigators say Agbapu arrived in Philadelphia from Nigeria after a layover in the U.K. at about [...]

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27/02/11 Man fights security-police trying to escape courthouse www.privateofficer.com

Ottawa IL Feb 27 2011 A man who was served a warrant Friday while at the courthouse in Ottawa fled and fought with deputies before being subdued and jailed, according to La Salle County Sheriff’s Office. Robert J. Matlock, 28, was being picked up on a warrant for domestic battery and as he was escorted [...]

27/02/11 Victorville CA. nightclub security officer killed www.privateofficer.com

VICTORVILLE, Calif. Feb 27 2011 — Victorville police are searching for a male suspect who shot and killed a security guard at a nightclub. Police said on Thursday night, Sean Thrift was working as security at the front entrance of Teazers nightclub on Seventh Street in Victorville. Thrift was approached by an unknown male who [...]

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27/02/11 Veteran Montgomery police officer arrested for identity theft www.privateofficer.com

MONTGOMERY, AL Feb 27 2011 – A veteran Montgomery police officer is under arrest and charged with two counts of identity theft. Bradley Howard Pemberton, 41, a sergeant with the Montgomery Police Department, is facing federal wire fraud and identity theft charges said Leura G. Canary, United States Attorney. The MPD placed Pemberton on mandatory [...]

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27/02/11 BWI Airport shuts down checkpoints becuase of improper screening www.privateofficer.com

Baltimore MD Feb 27 2011 Two security checkpoints at Baltimore-Washington International Thurgood Marshall Airport were shut down for more than a half hour Saturday morning because of improper screening of passengers, a Transportation Security Administration spokesman said. The A and B pier checkpoints were closed from about 8:40 a.m. to about 9:20, when normal operations [...]

27/02/11 Former Greenfiled teacher failed to register as sex offender www.privateofficer.com

SPRINGFIELD MO FEB 27 2011 Alison Peck, the former Greenfield teacher who in 2009 pleaded guilty to statutory rape of a 16-year-old male student, was taken into custody Friday when she came to court for a hearing about violating her probation, on-line court records show. Bond was set at $75,000. Peck is alleged to have [...]

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27/02/11 Phoenix teacher arrested for arranging sex with dog www.privateofficer.com

PHOENIX AZ Feb 27 2011 – A middle school teacher is one of two Valley men arrested for using a popular Internet website to connect with people offering their dogs for sexual acts with humans. Twenty-five-year-old Patrick Stephen Trejo’s students at Raul Castro Middle School knew him as a good music teacher. “Why would you [...]

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27/02/11 11 year old NC girl killed in accidental shooting www.privateofficer.com

MORVEN, N.C. Feb 27 2011– An 11-year-old girl is dead after her 10-year-old brother accidentally shot her. The Anson County Sheriff’s Office says deputies were called out to Sandy Ridge Church Road shortly before 10 p.m. Friday night. When they arrived on scene, the girl was found unresponsive and deputies began CPR. The girl was [...]

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27/02/11 Rapper Waka Flocka Flame security team shoot it out with robbers www.privateofficer.com

CHARLOTTE, N.C. Feb 27 2011– Parents of the men charged in connection with a shooting involving Waka Flocka Flame say they want charges filed against the rapper’s security guards. Six men were arrested for allegedly trying to rob the rapper of his jewelry, which ended in a shootout in the parking lot of Car Stereo [...]

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27/02/11 Alert NM security agent aids police arrest in burlary arrest www.privateofficer.com

Alamorgordo NM Feb 27 2011 The astute observation by an Alamo Security guard while he was doing his early morning rounds on Feb. 18 at a local storage unit facility helped members of the Alamogordo Department of Public Safety arrest a 29-year-old man for a string of break-ins and burglaries in town, an ADPS spokesman [...]

27/02/11 Springield court security officer charged with sex crimes www.privateofficer.com

Springfield MA Feb 27 2011 A court officer is facing charges of indecent assault and battery for allegedly accosting a teenage boy in a shower, according to police and court records — making him one of several court officers to run afoul of the law in recent years. Daniel J. Curran, 39, who beat a [...]

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26/02/11 Man caught after crashing through Texas bank www.privateofficer.com

SAN MARCOS, Texas Feb 26 2011 – A San Marcos man wreaked havoc inside a bank with his car Friday morning, but left behind a license plate that police used to track and find him. Police said Elias Mercado, 25, crashed his car into the Bank of America, circled through the lobby area, struck a [...]

26/02/11 Richmond council aide charged with sexual assault www.privateofficer.com

RICHMOND, VA Feb 26 2011 – Richmond Police served two misdemeanor warrants on City Council Aide David R. Hathcock today stemming from an incident last year. Hathcock, 64, of the 7100 block of Shawnee Road, has been charged with one count of simple assault and one count of sexual assault relating to an incident that [...]

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26/02/11 Newark TSA security officer admits to thefts www.privateofficer.com

NEWARK NJ Feb 26 2011 – A Woodbridge man who worked as a lead transportation security officer employed by the Transportation Security Administration at Newark Liberty International Airport admitted Thursday that he and his supervisor regularly stole from travelers during security screenings, U.S. Attorney Paul J. Fishman announced. Al Raimi, 29, pleaded guilty before United [...]

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26/02/11 Florida police officer commits suicide during stand-off www.privateofficer.com

PEMBROKE PINES, Fla.Feb 26 2011 — A South Florida police officer facing criminal charges killed himself during a standoff with authorities. Police responded to the home of 31-year-old Elijah Jay Rodgers Thursday afternoon after receiving a report about a man threatening to kill himself. Officials say Rodgers eventually shot himself in the head. He was [...]

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26/02/11 West Virginia University student caught with 5 pounds of pot www.privateofficer.com

MORGANTOWN WV Feb 26 2011 — A West Virginia University student is facing drug charges after police said they found more than five pounds of marijuana and $4,000 in cash, in his apartment, according to Morgantown police. Friday morning, the Morgantown Police Department Street Crimes Unit served a search warrant at the Beverly Avenue apartment [...]

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