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Monthly Archives: March 2011

26/03/11 Arizona jail officer commits suicide www.privateofficer.com

Coconino County AZ March 26 2011 A jail detention officer killed himself Tuesday morning while a patient at The Guidance Center’s Psychiatric Acute Care Unit. Timothy R. Bitsui, 22, who had worked at the Coconino County Sheriff’s Office for more than two years, was found at about 6 a.m. by hospital staff, said Commander Rex [...]

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26/03/11 Pa. police fight each other over jumping calls www.privateofficer.com

DARBY, Pa. March 26 2011- Bad blood spills over between cops in neighboring Delaware County towns, who are caught on camera in a cop-on-cop confrontation. Fox 29 has new video tonight of a confrontation between police officers in Darby and Colwyn boroughs. The county District Attorney is looking into the case, after a Colwyn officer [...]

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26/03/11 Trio charged in felony shoplifting www.privateofficer.com

Watertown MA March 26 2011 A trio of shoplifters were busted when Watertown Police detectives who happened to be at the Arsenal Mall spotted them acting suspiciously, said Police Lt. Michael Lawn. Detectives were in the mall parking lot on March 16 at 3:09 p.m. investigating another case when they saw a man acting suspiciously. [...]

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26/03/11 Family sues Ritz Carlton hotel after child is molested www.privateofficer.com

Clayton, MO March 26 2011 – The family of the nine-year-old girl allegedly molested at the Ritz-Carlton in Clayton has filed a lawsuit against the hotel, its owner, the suspect and that man’s employer, Enterprise Rent-A-Car. The lawsuit is asking for $5 million in damages from each of the four defendants. The hotel’s owner, Maritz, [...]

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26/03/11 Federal security officer “stored”suspicious packages that WAS a bomb! www.privateofficer.com

Detroit MI March 26 2011 A security officer at the McNamara Federal Building stored a suspicious package that turned out to contain a bomb for three weeks before alerting authorities, said a spokesman for a union that represents guards at the site, who called the incident “a total embarrassment.” “He apparently set it aside,” said [...]

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26/03/11 Three Atlanta security guards arrested for helping in copper thefts www.privateofficer.com

ATLANTA GA March 26 2011 – Three security guards accused of allowing thieves to steal copper from a city building are expected to face a judge Wednesday. They were supposed to watch over a downtown Atlanta building but instead police say they helped to rob it. The incident was caught on surveillance video at the [...]

26/03/11 High school students attack-beat security officer www.privateofficer.com

RAMAPO, N.Y.March 26 2011 — Police say four suburban New York high school students have been arrested following a fight in which a security guard was beaten and knocked to the ground. The Journal News reports that police arrived at Ramapo High School in Rockland County shortly before 8 a.m. Tuesday and found the guard [...]

26/03/11 Woman fights with security guard at pot shop www.privateofficer.com

LAKE FOREST CA March 26 2011 – A 23-year-old woman was arrested after being accused of fighting with a security guard and sheriff deputies at a medical marijuana dispensary, police said. According to police reports, a security guard at a business at 24600 Raymond Way called deputies at 7:56 p.m. on Tuesday to say he [...]

26/03/11 Security discovers murder-suicide couple www.privateofficer.com

Kansas City MO March 26 2011 Police today identified those killed in a murder and suicide Wednesday. Leslie Price, 47, of rural Jackson County, Kan., was found shot dead at a Lenexa construction site in the 8400 block of Lenexa Drive at about 6:30 p.m., Lenexa police said. Her estranged husband, James Price, 44, of [...]

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26/03/11 Security officer shot- killed by neighbor www.privateofficer.com

TEMPLE HILLS, Md. March 26 2011 — A father in Temple Hills was shot to death outside of his home. Officers found Gregory Lawton Junior shot to death in front his apartment complex on 23rd Parkway around 10 p.m. Thursday. Friends of the victim say the deadly shooting was the result of a dispute between [...]

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26/03/11 San Antonio officers injured while working nightclub security www.privateofficer.com

San Antonio TX March 26 2011 Two off-duty police officers from Poteet working security jobs in San Antonio were injured in separate incidents at a nightclub early Thursday. Both were treated at St. Luke’s Baptist Hospital and released; neither was believed to have been seriously hurt in the incidents at Graham Central Station in the [...]

25/03/11 Fort Bragg soldier killed while working as private security officer www.privateofficer.com

FAYETTEVILLE, N.C. March 25 2011— A man wanted in the shooting death of a Fort Bragg soldier working as a security guard at a Fayetteville nightclub has turned himself in to sheriff’s deputies. The Fayetteville Observer reported that 28-year-old Ronald Clark turned himself in to sheriff’s deputies Thursday evening and was charged with first-degree murder. [...]

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25/03/11 Phoenix teacher’s aid arrested for sexual abuse of students www.privateofficer.com

PHOENIX AZ March 25 2011 – Police say a teacher’s aid at a middle school in Phoenix was arrested Thursday for engaging in sexual acts with two teen students. The principal and teachers at Western Valley Middle School near 59th Avenue and Buckeye Road learned Thursday that 20-year-old Gabriela Antoinette Compton sent a picture of [...]

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25/03/11 Wal-Mart loss prevention snags pair stealing computers www.privateofficer.com

METHUEN MA March 25 2011 — Two men tried to wheel a shopping cart containing four Dell laptop computers out of the Walmart store, but walked away from the carriage when a store security officer stopped them near the door and asked to see their receipts. City police Officer Jeffrey Smith was across the street [...]

25/03/11 Memphis gang member convicted of security officer murder www.privateofficer.com

MEMPHIS, Tenn. March 25 2011(AP) – A jury has convicted a gang member on a charge of second-degree murder in the fatal shooting of a security guard who tried to break up a fight at a Memphis mall. The Commercial Appeal reports that 21-year-old Terrell Loverson had faced a first-degree murder charge but the jury [...]

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25/03/11 Indianapolis police officer sues after he is injured in staged fight www.privateofficer.com

INDIANAPOLIS IN March 25 2011 — An Indianapolis police officer who was injured last summer during a staged fight that he was tricked into breaking up is suing a city agency and a church involved in the incident. Matthew Grimes claims in the lawsuit that James Harrington, a pastor affiliated with Mount Vernon Missionary Baptist [...]

25/03/11 Chicago robber douses security guard-store employees with gas www.privateofficer.com

Chicago IL March 25 2011 A man walked into his local convenience store on the Far South Side wearing a ski mask and doused two employees with gasoline, then threatened to set them on fire if they didn’t hand over the cash register drawer, according to police and the store’s owner. But the workers were [...]

23/03/11 OFFICER DOWN—–Senior Police Officer Elmer (Buddy) Christian

Senior Police Officer Elmer (Buddy) Christian Athens-Clarke County Police Department Georgia End of Watch: Tuesday, March 22, 2011 Biographical Info Age: Not available Tour of Duty: Not available Badge Number: Not available Incident Details Cause of Death: Gunfire Date of Incident: Tuesday, March 22, 2011 Weapon Used: Gun; Unknown type Suspect Info: At large Senior [...]

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23/03/11 East Haven police report “sizeable” amount of cash missing from department www.privateofficer.com

EAST HAVEN CT March 23 2011 — State police have been called in to investigate the disappearance of “a sizeable amount of cash” from the Police Department’s temporary holding area, Deputy Chief John Mannion said Friday. He didn’t say exactly how much money was missing. “This loss was identified through a routine administrative process,” Mannion [...]

23/03/11 Police chief arrested, entire force asked to resign in federal probe www.privateofficer.com

COLUMBUS, N.M. March 23 2011 The sheriff for Luna County is requesting that the entire Columbus Police Department step down until the federal investigation involving city leaders in a firearms trafficking ring is over. Sheriff Raymond Cobos asked the remaining trustees in Columbus to vote on having the police department step down. City leaders in [...]

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23/03/11 Off-duty CHP officer shoot-kills escapee www.privateofficer.com

MODESTO, Calif. March 23 2011 A man who escaped Saturday after being taken in for a mental evaluation was killed by an off-duty California Highway Patrol officer, Modesto police said. Police said the man, who was not identified, was taken at 11 a.m. for a 72-hour evaluation and escaped six hours later. The man ran [...]

23/03/11 Tennessee “Pill Mill” doctor gets prison term www.privateofficer.com

FAYETTEVILLE, Tenn.March 23 2011 — A doctor said to have run a pill mill is headed to prison. A judge sentenced Dr. Samuel Ashby to nine years Monday for illegally dispensing drugs, defrauding TennCare and attempted tax evasion. According to prosecutors, Ashby ran a cash-only clinic in Fayetteville and prescribed powerful painkillers to patients, even [...]

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23/03/11 “Pawn Stars” reality show co-star arrested for assaulting security-police www.privateofficer.com

Big Bear Lake CA March 23 2011 Sheriff’s deputies in Big Bear Lake, Calif., arrested a co-star of the hit TV show “Pawn Stars” at a bar on Sunday after they said he shoved a deputy and a security guard. Corey “Big Hoss” Harrison, 27, of Las Vegas was booked into jail at the sheriff’s [...]

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23/03/11 Arizona deputy sheriff files $5million lawsuit over rape arrest www.privateofficer.com

TUCSON AZ March 23 2011 – A $5 million claim has been filed against Pima County by a sheriff’s deputy who was acquitted of rape last September. The claim alleges Michael Canizales continues to suffer emotionally, financially, personally and professionally because of how sheriff’s officials and prosecutors treated him after a co-worker accused him of [...]

23/03/11 USF student commits suicide on campus www.privateofficer.com

TAMPA Fla March 23 2011 AP — The body of a 29-year-old University of South Florida student who apparently hanged himself on campus was discovered early Tuesday. A jogger reported finding the body of Mark Andrew Ratliff about 7:45 a.m. in woods near Spectrum Drive, USF police said. Ratliff hanged himself from a tree, said USF [...]

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23/03/11 Fla security guard charged in sex sting www.privateofficer.com

Sumpter County Fla March 23 2011 A security guard at Universal Orlando and a couple from Lady Lake were among the 22 people arrested in an undercover sex sting. They were busted by Sumter County detectives who posed as teenagers online. The sheriff’s office set up a sting operation at a house in Wildwood. The [...]

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23/03/11 Greenwich art teacher arrested for student relationships www.privateofficer.com

GREENWICH, N.Y.March 23 2011 — An art teacher in the Greenwich Central School District was arrested and charged Friday with multiple counts of endangering the welfare of a child after allegedly having inappropriate contact with students in the classroom. A separate civil lawsuit filed in 2010 and unrelated to Friday’s charges alleges inappropriate contact dating [...]

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23/03/11 Kentlake High School teacher charged with sex crimes involving student www.privateofficer.com

KENT, Wash. March 23 2011- A female teacher at Kentlake High School was arrested last Thursday after she was accused of having sexual contact with a 17-year-old male student, the King County Sheriff’s Office said. The mother of the victim went to school authorities two weeks ago with her suspicions after she found nearly 800 [...]

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23/03/11 Police officer survives rollover crash-then commits suicide www.privateofficer.com

Lower Swatara Township PA March 23 2011 Police confirmed today that the man who shot himself after crashing his Jeep on Eisenhower Boulevard Sunday night was a part-time Highspire police officer. Lower Swatara Township police Chief Richard Wiley said a witness approaching the vehicle after the 8:30 p.m. rollover crash saw the driver shoot himself after surviving [...]

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23/03/11 Alert security officers nab major copper theft suspects www.privateofficer.com

SACRAMENTO, Calif. March 23 2011– Sacramento police officers said some alert security guards caught two men red-handed with 400 pounds of copper wire. “I always do a routine check on this gate right here. …I noticed once this outside subject was receiving the copper cable from the gate,” said security guard Chue Vue. Security guards [...]