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NC nightclub security officer shot to death www.privateofficer.com
Greensboro, NC Feb 19 2011– A security guard at The Player’s Club on High Point Road was shot and killed early Friday morning, according to Greensboro Police.
Officers responded to the club around 2:45am in regards to a fight. When they arrived, the discovered the security who had been shot and subsequently died. The name of the security officer was Winfred Hunt, 54 police said.
Investigators are searching for a suspect in the shooting. Robert Teon Ingram was last seen driving a burnt orange Ford LTD with a white vinyl top, travelling south on High Point Road.
Anyone with information is asked to call Crimestoppers at 373-1000.
NY printing business employee guilty in million dollar theft www.privateofficer.com
“Brian worked for us for over 10 years. We considered him part of our family. He was everybody’s best friend at the office and, superficially at least, appeared to be an upstanding citizen—he was a Rotarian and held board positions at the library and community college. We trusted him, and he coldheartedly used that trust to enrich himself dishonestly at the expense of our company and our employees,” said Dataflow partner Dan Zimmerman.
Dataflow, a 53-year-old privately owned digital printing and document management firm, has managed to weather the financial fallout of Steele’s theft through careful and often painful financial stewardship, said Julie McCormick, a family member and partner in the business. “Since the fraud was uncovered in early 2010, we have been working night and day to negotiate with vendors and restructure our financing. It has not been easy, but we’ve survived the storm.”
McCormick is credited with rebuilding the company’s accounting department and is now directly overseeing the accounting functions from its Rochester office. “Thankfully, we have a solid working relationship with our bankers at M&T, as well as with our key vendors who sympathized with our predicament and extended favorable terms. I will forever remember those that extended a hand to us, and do as much business as possible with them going forward,” said McCormick.
In the opinion of Zimmerman, Steele’s guilty plea “is a fitting end to a year-long saga. But the full effect of the crime is hard to calculate, because it affected the business on many different levels. As our bookkeeper, he was able to bury his theft in ways that indicated mismanagement or poor performance on the part of his co-workers. To exact this level of deceit is unconscionable.”
Dataflow does not publicly disclose its financial figures, but Zimmerman asserts that the $1 million stolen over time by Steele “did major damage, and without the loyalty of our customers and long-time staff members, the outcome could have been very different. But as a company we rolled up our sleeves and collectively decided not to let this one con man ruin the business that we’ve worked so hard to build.”
According to records unearthed in the investigation, Steele and his wife enjoyed a lifestyle far beyond their means, but took pains to hide that from company owners. “When we looked at the subpoenaed records, we were shocked. They must have been living like rock stars,” said Zimmerman. “At one point, they were charging $8,000 a month on everything from Tiffany jewelry to lavish weekend getaways, at company expense.
The Broome County DA’s Investigator Tom Tynan, who led the investigation, discovered that the Steele’s had seven new cars in a span of three year.”
To fund their lifestyle, Steele forged company checks, made fraudulent wire transfers of company funds, established fictitious credit card accounts, and stole petty cash. Misusing his position of trust within the family-owned business, he concealed his crimes through an elaborate scheme of falsifying the financial records that the business owners and their outside accounting firm relied upon.
“On the one hand, it’s discouraging that this happened to our company. On the other hand, folks need to know that there are very serious consequences to white-collar clime like embezzlement,” added Zimmerman.
The company is now pursuing civil claims.
American Airlines employee charged with 66 counts of theft, credit card fraud www.privateofficer.com
San Jose CA Feb 19 2011 A former American Airlines employee at Mineta San Jose International Airport is facing 66 felony charges for allegedly stealing and using customer credit card numbers.
Prosecutors claim Micheline Johnson, 49, of Concord, skimmed customers’ credit card numbers for several years while she worked as a customer service agent.
They say she used those numbers on counterfeit credit cards to make purchases of more than $480,000 at Safeway stores in California, Nevada and Washington.
The alleged scheme began sometime around December 2007 and lasted through October 2010, Deputy District Attorney Tom Flattery said.
Safeway analysts allegedly linked Johnson to at least 2,800 transactions using 350 credit card numbers. Several victims claimed their accounts were used at other retailers as well.
Johnson is being held at Santa Clara County’s main jail on $1 million bail.
She will enter pleas on charges of grand theft, possession of stolen property, and identity theft on Feb. 28.
Flattery said Johnson had been an American Airlines employee for 20 years.
If convicted, Johnson could face up to 48 years and 4 months in prison.
The case was investigated by REACT, a Santa Clara County District Attorney’s Office-led high-tech crimes and identity theft task force.
Source:www.sfexaminer.com
Cleveland school employee charged in felony thefts www.privateofficer.com
According to Maria Russo, the public information coordinator for the Cuyahoga County Prosecutor’s Office, Janice Pink-King, 54, of Cleveland, was indicted on charges of theft in office, theft, unauthorized use of a computer system, money laundering and forgery.
Pink-King allegedly used her position as Cleveland School District Director of Employee Services Payroll to obtain a salary advance and then pay herself back from the money that was previously deducted to pay back the salary advance.
She is also accused of paying herself back the amount deducted from her paycheck for retirement.
The theft was said to be committed from March 2005 through December 2006.
Pink-King’s arraignment is scheduled for March.
Chicago Best Buy’s employee charged in refund scheme www.privateofficer.com
Chicago IL Feb 19 2011 A Best Buy employee was arrested and accused of siphoning off $384 from product returns dating from Dec. 28 and Jan. 21. Chartyra J. Hill, 23, of Chicago was charged with theft at 11 a.m. on Feb. 17 a the Evanston Police Station.
Police, working with loss prevention agents, accuse her of stealing from customers who returned items at the Evanston store on the 2300 Howard Street and then spending the refunds at another Best Buy store on the South Side of Chicago.
Hill was booked and later released on a bond to appear in court.
Her court date is set for March 24.
Gun-wielding woman grabbed clothes at California Victoria’s Secret store www.privateofficer.com
Victorville CA Feb 19 2011 A gun-wielding woman grabbed clothes from a Victoria’s Secret store in Victorville, tried to rob a gas station in Fontana, and repeatedly evaded officers until a deputy nudged her speeding SUV out of control, San Bernardino County sheriff’s officials said.
Now Nicole Alissa Holmes, 31, of Phelan, has been arrested on suspicion of robbery and evading police, jail records show.
The drama began at 12:30 p.m. Wednesday in the Victor Valley Mall along Bear Valley Road in Victorville, where deputies were told a woman had run out of the Victoria’s Secret and was racing through the mall waving a black handgun at mall customers and security officers, sheriff’s spokeswoman Karen Hunt said in a written statement.
She got away but security officers gave deputies the license number of a Ford Escape. Deputies spotted the SUV but lost sight of it as it neared the Cajon Pass.
By checking the license number, deputies learned Holmes had been reported missing and that her mother had said Holmes was suffering from depression, Hunt said.
“While trying to obtain … information as to where she might be headed, reports came in that the suspect attempted to rob an Arco (service station) in Fontana,” according to the statement. “The suspect later was reported waving a gun at other drivers in … Rancho Cucamonga. Both times, when deputies arrived, the suspect already had fled.”
At 3:06 p.m., Snowline school district police spotted the SUV along Phelan Road in Phelan and tried to make a traffic stop.
Deputies took over the resulting car chase which reached speeds of 90 mph. It ended when Deputy Chris Henry nudged the SUV, disabling it.
Holmes was arrested. A pistol on the passenger seat turned out to be a BB gun.
Holmes was wearing sweatpants bearing merchandise tags from Victoria’s Secret and other clothes apparently taken from Streetz, a neighboring apparel store, Hunt said.
Murder at El Paso International Airport investigated www.privateofficer.com
El Paso TX Feb 19 2011 Police have a man in custody and a woman detained after a man was shot and killed inside a vehicle parked outside the El Paso International Airport on Friday.
Darrel Petry with the El Paso Police Department told KFOX14 police officers were called out to the deadly shooting that happened at the El Paso International Airport parking lot around 2 p.m.
A witness KFOX14 spoke with at the scene said the gunfire sounded like tires popping. But he said he knew someone had gotten shot.
Three friends were on their way to meet a family member at the airport, according to Petry. But in the short-term parking lot, some kind of altercation happened between the male driver and male passenger. That’s when the male passenger pulled the trigger, according to police.
A Hispanic man could be seen dead in the front seat of a four door red car. Witnesses tell KFOX14 the man was shot three times, at least one time in the chest. The victim was seen bleeding from the ear and the chest.
The car was parked near the taxi cab area at the airport. After the shooting, witnesses told police they saw a man and woman running from the vehicle. Police have a man in custody. He was seen by witnesses trying to stash a gun in a nearby bush. Police have since recovered that weapon. They said the woman is being detained but they do not believe she’s a suspect.
Police are still investigating this incident. Petry said the shooting was targeted, and no travelers or workers were in danger at any time.
Airport officials said said the airport remains open. Commercial lanes in front of the airport are still accessible.
Source:KFox14
Target security agent stabbed by shoplifter www.privateofficer.com
MIDWEST CITY, Oklahoma Feb 19 2011– One suspect is in custody and police are searching for two others involved in an attempted theft and stabbing at a Midwest City Target Friday morning.
Midwest City Police Chief Brandon Clabes said three individuals allegedly attempted to leave the store at 7305 S.E. 29th without paying for three television sets at about 9 a.m. The trio was stopped by a loss-prevention officer who was able to retrieve the merchandise.
The three suspects, two black females and one black male, then fled. The male allegedly returned and assaulted the security officer, stabbing him.
The suspects fled in a vehicle and nearby police officers gave chase following the car onto I-40 near Tinker Air Force Base. Pursuing officers performed a Tactical Vehicle Intervention and the suspects then fled on foot.
One of the female suspects, Michelle Turner, was arrested and booked into jail on charges of larceny and assault with a deadly weapon.
The security guard was treated and released from a local hospital.
Source:News9.com
S.D. police officer arrested for inticing teen for sex www.privateofficer.com
Huron SD Feb 19 2011 A Huron police officer is accused of solicititing a minor and sending sexually explicit text messages to a 15 year old girl.
38 year old Tony Beerman was arrested Wednesday after a two month investigation.
He took an oath to serve and protect the residents of Huron, but now police say Tony Beerman violated that oath when he victimized a 15 year old girl.
“We’re suppose to be protected by the police officers and to hear something like this is very shocking for a small town,” said Huron resident, Lisa Fritzsche.
“It’s disappointing, frustrating, surprising,” said Beadle County State’s Attorney, Mike Moore.
According to police, Beerman sent pornographic text messages and sexually explicit videos to a the girl with one goal.
“He is basically attempting to get a minor to engage in a prohibited sexual act,” said Moore.
Beerman was a veteran officer and well known around town.
“I always thought Tony was a nice young man,” said Fritzsche, who has known Beerman for years.
Beerman recently ran for Beadle County Sheriff but if convicted, his chances of ever holding that top position may have slipped away.
“Oh it’s not appropriate at all for anybody to do but especially if you are law enforcement for as long as he was,” said Fritzsche.
Beerman patrolled the streets of Huron for nearly 10 years, but once allegations of misconduct started to surface, he was fired from the police department in December, and two months later he was arrested.
“A lot of emotions go through your head but my job as the prosecutor when someone breaks the law is to hold them accountabl,” said Moore.
Beerman has bonded out of jail and is free for now, but if convicted, he could spend ten years behind bars.
Bond was set at $1,000.
Because Moore knows Beerman personally, he has turned the case over to Codington County.
Source:NBC NEWS
Family sues Valor Security after son is killed during chase www.privateofficer.com
15-year-old Raheem Key was killed last June when he ran into the path of an SUV.
He was running from security guards at the Waterford Lakes Town Center.
Those guards admitted in a taped interview with the Florida Highway Patrol after the accident why they were chasing him.
“His pants were sagging where his underwear was showing and that’s not allowed on property,” one security guard said.
A security guard confronted Key about his pants being low and asked him several times to pull them up.
The 15-year-old refused, so one guard chased him on foot and another in a golf cart, the guards said.
The guard who was watching it all from a security tower admitted chasing after the teen was a violation of the company’s policy.
“We’re not supposed to,” the guard told an FHP trooper.
Attorney Tyrone King is representing the teenager’s family and said the boy did nothing to warrant being chased.
He is demanding the security company, Valor Security, pay the family $20 million or face a civil suit.
“The mistakes they made that night, will never happen again if they pay that amount,” King told Local 6.
The teenagers grandmother says no dollar amount will bring her grandson back.
“To die in that way just because of his pants,” Carolyn Franks said.
Source:WKMG
Three dead after crashing into NJ school www.privateofficer.com
PINE BEACH NJ Feb 19 2011 — Two years ago, Matthew Budesa was a focused high school senior who wanted to pursue a career in municipal law enforcement, a former teacher said.
On Thursday, Budesa, now 20, was one of three young adults found dead inside a car that crashed into a brick exterior wall of Pine Beach Elementary School in the early morning hours, authorities said.
Authorities remained mystified about the cause of the crash.
Budesa was driving the black, two-door, 2011 Hyundai Accent that smashed into the side of the school, also killing front-seat passenger Kimberly Van Gorden, 20, of Seaman Avenue in Beachwood and Matthew H. Witzgall, 21, of James Street in Toms River, who was in the back seat, authorities said.
A school employee arriving at the building notified authorities of the incident at 6:48 a.m., Ocean County Prosecutor’s Office Deputy Chief Michael Mohel said. Mayor Christopher Boyle said it was a janitor who discovered the car.
The relationship between Budesa, of Washington Avenue in Pine Beach, and his passengers was unclear.
Budesa was a 2009 graduate of Toms River High School South, and is the son of Pine Beach Republican Councilman Robert Budesa.
Witzgall is a 2008 graduate of Toms River High School North.
Debbie McConnell, who has lived on Seaman Avenue in Beachwood for 48 years, believes Van Gorden was living in a foster home on the street. A Toms River Regional school district spokeswoman had no record of her graduating from any district school.
Budesa especially excelled in forensics, and led a team to capture a statewide medal and place seventh in the country in a competition for crime scene studies, said Richard Fennessy, Budesa’s instructor at the Ocean County Vocational Technical School’s Law and Public Safety Academy, which Budesa also attended.
“He was a genuine person,” said Joey Tursi, a 17-year-old junior at Toms River High School South. He knew Budesa through friends.
“When I heard what happened, I could not believe it. Everyone was trying to find out what happened. Right now everyone is still in a state of shock,” Tursi said as he was leaving school.
Authorities believe the crash occurred after a Pine Beach patrolman made a pass through the school parking lot between 4:15 and 4:30 a.m. and did not notice anything unusual.
The crash left a 6-foot-by-6-foot hole in Pennsylvania Avenue building. The back end of the vehicle lifted and the car was sitting on its nose when authorities found it, Pine Beach Police Chief John Sgro said.
The damage to the car and the wall indicates the vehicle was traveling at a high rate of speed, he said. The crash appeared to be head-on, Mohel said.
He would not comment on how fast authorities believe the vehicle was traveling or if they suspect drugs or alcohol were involved. No skid marks were visible near the crash site.
All three occupants were still inside the car when emergency responders arrived, Mohel said.
“They sustained multiple traumatic injuries,” he said.
Autopsies of Budesa and Van Gorden were scheduled to be conducted Thursday night, and an autopsy on Witzgall will be done this morning, according to Mohel.
Toms River Regional School District Superintendent Frank Roselli said he does not know of any history of racing in the area.
The crash occurred near a back entrance to the school, which is in a residential
neighborhood. There are no cameras in that area, he said.
School was not in session at the time of the crash, Mohel said. The school, which enrolls 440 students in grades K-5, opened 90 minutes late.
Tory Folsom considered not sending his 7-year-old daughter Monica to school after hearing about the fatal crash.
“We talked and she wanted to go,” Folsom said after he dropped his daughter off at school. “She loves education.”
“I don’t know if they should have had school today,” Folsom added.
Drivers on Pennsylvania Avenue slowly drove by the school to see what was going on as news vans canvassed the area.
The car, which struck the school’s library/media center, was covered by a blue tarp and towed out around 9 a.m. By 4 p.m. the school district had patched up the hole with wood with a trash container in front of it.
Flags at Pine Beach Borough Hall flew at half-staff after the incident.
Police and firefighters were on the scene, along with the Ocean County Fire Marshal and Sheriff’s Department and the Prosecutor’s Office’s accident reconstruction experts.
Authorities believe the crash occurred after a Pine Beach patrolman made a pass through the school parking lot between 4:15 and 4:30 a.m. and did not notice anything unusual.
The crash left a 6-foot-by-6-foot hole in Pennsylvania Avenue building. The back end of the vehicle lifted and the car was sitting on its nose when authorities found it, Pine Beach Police Chief John Sgro said.
The damage to the car and the wall indicates the vehicle was traveling at a high rate of speed, he said. The crash appeared to be head-on, Mohel said.
He would not comment on how fast authorities believe the vehicle was traveling or if they suspect drugs or alcohol were involved. No skid marks were visible near the crash site.
All three occupants were still inside the car when emergency responders arrived, Mohel said.
“They sustained multiple traumatic injuries,” he said.
Autopsies of Budesa and Van Gorden were scheduled to be conducted Thursday night, and an autopsy on Witzgall will be done this morning, according to Mohel.
Toms River Regional School District Superintendent Frank Roselli said he does not know of any history of racing in the area.
The crash occurred near a back entrance to the school, which is in a residential
neighborhood. There are no cameras in that area, he said.
School was not in session at the time of the crash, Mohel said. The school, which enrolls 440 students in grades K-5, opened 90 minutes late.
Tory Folsom considered not sending his 7-year-old daughter Monica to school after hearing about the fatal crash.
“We talked and she wanted to go,” Folsom said after he dropped his daughter off at school. “She loves education.”
“I don’t know if they should have had school today,” Folsom added.
Drivers on Pennsylvania Avenue slowly drove by the school to see what was going on as news vans canvassed the area.
The car, which struck the school’s library/media center, was covered by a blue tarp and towed out around 9 a.m. By 4 p.m. the school district had patched up the hole with wood with a trash container in front of it.
Flags at Pine Beach Borough Hall flew at half-staff after the incident.
Police and firefighters were on the scene, along with the Ocean County Fire Marshal and Sheriff’s Department and the Prosecutor’s Office’s accident reconstruction experts
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NJ pedestrian struck by armored truck www.privateofficer.com
CHATHAM NJ FEb 19 2011 — A 48-year-old Chatham woman was injured Friday when she was hit by an armored car while attempting to cross Main Street, police said.
At 8:40 a.m., police were called to the corner of Main Street and Coleman Avenue where they learned that a woman had attempted to cross Main Street from the Coleman Avenue side to the RR Plaza side but was struck by an armored car, police said.
Police determined that a car that had been heading east on Main Street had come to a stop at the crosswalk to allow the waiting pedestrian to cross while another vehicle heading west on Main Street also stopped at the crosswalk. There was a third vehicle involved, however, the armored car which had been stopped at RR Plaza waiting to make a left onto Main Street.
When the eastbound and westbound vehicles came to a stop, the armored car made the left turn onto Main Street and headed west and struck the pedestrian in the crosswalk causing serious, but not life-threatening, injuries to her legs and head, police said.
The driver of the armored car, Tiffany Jones, 27, of Orange, reported that she never saw the pedestrian in the crosswalk while making the turn. The victim was transported to Morristown Memorial Hospital by the Chatham Emergency Squad where she was being treated Friday.
Jones was issued summonses for careless driving and failure to exhibit insurance documents. She was released pending further court action.
U.S. Social Security Administration security officer receives award www.privateofficer.com
DANVILLE, Va.Feb 19 2011 — An emotional morning in Danville as local heroes were honored for their bravery.
Security officer Jason Alsbaugh was stabbed at the Danville Social Security Office February 3.
Thursday, he and three others were recognized for how they hanled the crisis.
Michael Astrue, Commissioner of the U.S. Social Security Administration, visited Danville for a ceremony recognizing Alsbaugh and those who helped save his life. It was the first time the entire group was able to reunite since the day of the stabbing.
“I knew I was going to be ok,” Alsbaugh told News 7, recounting his initial thoughts after being attacked. “My greater concern was my secondary family here at the Social Security Administration.”
The stabbing happened near the entrance of the Social Security building. Alsbaugh says it happened so fast, he didn’t have time to think.
“Within a matter of seconds, I had been stabbed in the abdomen, in my hand, and in my head,” said Alsbaugh.
“I’ve never seen so much blood in my whole life,” said David Hyde, who was at the Social Security office that Thursday as a customer. He pulled the attacker off Alsbaugh while another man, Anthony Burtt, put the suspect on the ground.
“I flew into the guy with my elbow to the back of his head and knocked him unconscious,” said Burtt, who works at the Social Security office with Alsbaugh. His efforts left him injured, but he was still able to restrain the attacker.
“I reached around and choked him and told him to give me his left hand,” said Burtt. “He kind of lost consciousness again and when he did, I got him handcuffed.”
Another customer may be the one who saved Alsbaugh’s life. Pamela Anthony administered first aid until medics could arrive.
“I was shaking,” said Anthony. “My hands were shaking. I had to calm down and concentrate on what I needed to do.”
48-year-old Byron Clements of Gretna was later arrested for the stabbing.
Today, Alsbaugh isn’t mad at his alleged attacker – he’s defending him.
“You’ve got to understand, the gentleman is a nice guy,” said Alsbaugh. “Whatever was going through his mind at the time was very unfortunate.”
An unfortunate act that has brought co-workers together and left a group of four strangers with a bond they’ll have forever.
“I don’t feel like there’s any heroes in the deal at all,” said Burtt. “I feel like everybody just did what they needed to do.”
“Everybody that was in here got to go home that day and that was the most important thing to me,” said Alsbaugh.
Police charges security guard with theft of computer www.privateofficer.com
Ontario resident Adam Keophommachack, 43, was taken into custody Wednesday and booked on suspicion of grand theft and embezzlement, Reid said in a news release.
Just after 11 p.m. on Feb. 4, Keophommachack was working as a night-shift security guard at the medical facility and was seen on a internal surveillance camera system removing a 20-inch Dell computer monitor and concealing it under his work jacket before exiting the building, Reid said. The monitor is utilized in the Hybrid Operating Room to support sophisticated medical equipment and was designed specifically for that equipment, which renders it useless for any other use.
On Feb. 16, the Special Enforcement Team observed Keophommachack leave his residence and initiated a traffic stop after a brief surveillance. Keophommachack was arrested and a search warrant was served at his residence in Ontario based on the evidence in the case. The stolen monitor was not located at his residence and investigators suspect Keophommachack may have taken other property while working at the hospital. About 40 Honeywell Dolphin 9900 handheld scanners, valued at $80,000 were also recently stolen.
Keophommachack was working for a sub-contractor security company while the facility was being constructed and is not employed directly by the hospital. Keophommachack is also employed as a San Bernardino Community College District Police Officer and is currently on administrative leave.
Source:www.swrnn.com
S.C. woman attending garden killed by dogs www.privateofficer.com
COLUMBIA, S.C.Feb 19 2011 (AP) — The nephew of a South Carolina woman killed by two dogs says his aunt was working in her garden as she did every day when she was attacked.
Nijoku Odom says 66-year-old Sirlinda Hayes and the rest of his family weren’t afraid of the rottweilers, who sometimes got loose in their Dillon neighborhood.
Odom says he has no idea why the dogs attacked his aunt. He says they had gotten loose before but didn’t cause any problems.
Sheriff’s Capt. Cliff Arnette says when the dogs’ owner tried to save Hayes at least one of the dogs attacked him. Officers then shot and killed the dogs because they threatened responders trying to help the injured people.
The owner was taken to a hospital for treatment. Arnette did not know the extent of his injuries.
Pittsburgh crimes scenes to be heavily guarded after shooting www.privateofficer.com
PITTSBURGH PA Feb 19 2011—Allegheny County District Attorney Stephen Zappala Jr. says he’s working with county police on having a unit available with rifles to guard crime scenes in dangerous situations.
Zappala talked about the plan after two shots were fired in the direction of police, crime scene technicians and others working the scene of a double shooting early Thursday in West Homestead, a Pittsburgh suburb.
Zappala says his idea is to outfit the unit with AR-15 rifles. The crime scene guards could be called out by the lead investigating agency if they have a crime scene that warrants it, say in an area known for violence or one that is poorly lit.
No officers were wounded at the scene of the West Homestead shooting and nobody has been charged with firing the shots at law officers.
NC TROOPER PLEADS GUILTY OF HOLDING WOMAN AGAINST HER WILL www.privateofficer.com
RALEIGH NC Feb 19 2011 — A former North Carolina State Highway Patrol trooper has pleaded guilty to a charge related to allegations he sexually assaulted a female motorist in Wake County.
Larry B. Lovick pleaded guilty Friday to felonious restraint, which is a felony punishable by to up to 59-months in jail.
Lovick was indicted earlier this month.
According to documents obtained by ABC11, the incident took place during a traffic stop on or about May 25, 2010.
The woman’s family says the woman claims Lovick made her get into his car, handcuffed her and exposed himself to her on Trailwood Drive in west Raleigh.
“He stopped and asked her to pull up her shirt, she obeyed and exposed her chest to him,” District Attorney Colon Willoughby said. “He asked her if she wanted to see his and without response he pulled down his pants and exposed himself to her and fondled himself.”
ABC11 confirmed that Lovick was working the night shift that night in an unmarked car. Lovick was suspended without pay for unknown reasons for three days just months before the May incident was reported.
Despite the incident, the victim did not want the former trooper to serve jail time.
“The family and the victim from the very beginning have said they are not seeking an active sentence that they thought this was a problem that they wanted him to be out of law enforcement, but they were not vindictive in wanting him to go to prison,” Willoughby said.
Lovick was sentenced to 36 months probation, with the first six months as “intense” probation. He’s also been ordered to pay a $5,000 fine and turn in his law enforcement certificate.
Wake County Judge Don Stevens agreed to the terms set by the prosecution. But he called Lovick’s actions despicable and said while the victim might no longer be angry, it’s fellow officers who are or should be.
“You have stained them all. It takes is somebody like you to make these fine officers be looked upon by the community in a different light,” he said.
As for Lovick, he declined to speak in court. But his attorney spoke on his behalf.
“He’s human,” defense attorney James Crouch said. “Everybody makes mistakes and he made a mistake and he’s come here to today to accept responsibility for that mistake.”
According to the district attorney, the state Highway Patrol had one other complaint concerning Lovick before the May incident.
The patrol investigated it and took administrative action on. It did not result in a formal charge, and the when the prosecution tried contacting the other person involved, but they were unsuccessful.
Source:News 11
Zionsville High School teacher arrested for child seduction www.privateofficer.com
ZIONSVILLE, Ind.Feb 19 2011 — A former Zionsville High School teacher has been arrested, accused of having inappropriate contact with a student.
Mandy Jared, 33, has been charged with two counts of felony child seduction.
In a news release, the school district said it was made aware of the allegations on Dec. 9 and that Jared resigned the same day.
“Prior to (then), officials had no report of knowledge of inappropriate conduct by the teacher,” the news release read. “Our school investigation revealed no other victims.”
The Lebanon Reporter newspaper reported that a female student confided in another teacher about incidents on school property that she said that Jared, a fine arts teacher, had initiated. The other teacher then told school officials, who confronted Jared, prompting her resignation.
Source:Indy News Channel
