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Monthly Archives: March 2011

21/03/11 Security-police officers assaulted during disturbance www.privateofficer.com

Islamorada Fla March 21 2011 – Deputies responding to reports of a domestic dispute wound up in a struggle with the suspect, who bit and kicked at those trying to subdue him. At 1 a.m. Sunday, Deputies Patricia Garcia, Frank Delgado and Yunier Galvez responded to the parking lot of Holiday Isle Resort. They met [...]

21/03/11 Nashville security officers in gunbattle with possible gang members www.privateofficer.com

NASHVILLE, Tenn. March 21 2011– A shootout inside a West Nashville bowling alley ended with one person hurt and four men in police custody Saturday night. It happened just after midnight at the Strike and Spare bowling alley on Charlotte Pike. Police said four men walked into the bowling alley and were confronted by security. [...]

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21/03/11 Woodburn basketball coach charged with student sex crimes www.privateofficer.com

WOODBURN OR MARCH 21 2011 – Woodburn varsity girls basketball coach Luis Alberto Guevara, 30, was arrested Thursday after Woodburn Police Department detectives uncovered he had an inappropriate relationship with one of his players. Detectives had been investigating Guevara for the past month and arrested him after allegations he was sending text messages to several [...]

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21/03/11 Napa High teacher sent to jail for sexting student www.privateofficer.com

Napa CA March 21 2011 A former substitute teacher in Northern California has been sentenced to 90 days in jail and three years of probation for sending sexually explicit text messages and photos to a teenage student. A Napa County Superior Court judge said Friday that 41-year-old Linda Vass will not have to register as [...]

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21/03/11 Sandusky Ohio police officer gunned down www.privateofficer.com

Sandusky OH March 21 2011 A city police Officer Andrew “Andy” Dunn died early Saturday morning after being gunned down while patrolling the streets of Sandusky. The grisly scene played out shortly after 3 a.m. as shouts of “Shots fired!” and “Officer down!” rang out from the police scanner and officers rushed to the scene. [...]

21/03/11 Security officer shoots-kills armed man at MO. 7-11 www.privateofficer.com

KANSAS CITY, Missouri March 21 2011 – Kansas City, Mo. police say that a security guard shot and killed a man at a 7-11 early Saturday morning. The shooting occurred in the 3200 block of Independence Ave. Police said that the shooting happened after the man tried to attack the guard with a knife while [...]

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21/03/11 Knife wielding man at Staples Center shuts down basketball game www.privateofficer.com

Los Angeles CA March 21 2011 A steak knife-wielding man held police and security guards at bay for nearly an hour at the Staples Center before the Los Angeles Clippers’ game Saturday against the Cleveland Cavaliers, authorities said. The center’s general manager, Lee Zeidman, said the man, who was not identified, walked into the venue [...]

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18/03/11 OFFICER DOWN Deputy Sheriff Sebastian Diana

Deputy Sheriff Sebastian Diana Orange County Sheriff’s Office Florida End of Watch: Saturday, March 12, 2011 Biographical Info Age: 40 Tour of Duty: 12 years Badge Number: Not available Incident Details Cause of Death: Duty related illness Date of Incident: Monday, February 27, 2006 Weapon Used: Not available Suspect Info: Not available Deputy Sebastian Diana [...]

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18/03/11 Private security facing sharp increase in deaths and armed confrontations www.privateofficer.com

Atlanta GA. March 18 2011 A report released today shows a staggering increase of armed assaults and confrontations involving private security personnel. According to the statistics released by Private Officer International, a security-police association based in Georgia which tracks injuries and deaths of security officers, deaths by shootings have increased 53 percent over last year, with [...]

18/03/11 NC Walgreens robbed of drugs www.privateofficer.com

NEW HANOVER COUNTY, NC March 18 2011 – Investigators taped off the Walgreens at Monkey Junction off Carolina Beach Road. A spokesperson with the New Hanover County Sheriff’s Office said hortly after 6:00 p.m., a man entered the Walgreens at 5900 Carolina Beach Rd and demanded drugs. The man approached the pharmacist, handed the pharmacist [...]

18/03/11 Eye surgeon gets prison time for plotting to kill partner www.privateofficer.com

SEATTLE WA March 18 2011 – Eye surgeon Michael Mockovak has been sentenced to 20 years in prison in a murder-for-hire plot to kill his partner in the Clearly Lasik eye center business. He was convicted Feb. 3 in King County Superior Court of solicitation to commit first degree murder for trying to recruit a [...]

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18/03/11 Security officer arrested after trying to pull over undercover cop www.privateofficer.com

Dalton GA March 18 2011 A security guard in Dalton is charged with impersonating a police officer. On Wednesday the Dalton Police Department arrested 58-year-old James Dale Smith of 546 Patton Street in Dalton. They say Smith used a strobe light system in his car to attempt to pull over an undercover detective from the [...]

18/03/11 Jury awards $11.5 million to family in Prince George fatal shooting www.privateofficer.com

Langly Park MD March 18 2011 The wife and son of a man killed by a Prince George’s County police officer were awarded $11.5 million by a jury Wednesday after it found the officer liable in the fatal shooting. Pr. George’s jury awards $11.5 million in fatal police shooting Starkly different accounts in man’s fatal [...]

18/03/11 Police arrest casino patron for assaulting officers www.privateofficer.com

SALAMANCA NY March 18 2011—A man accused of attacking a police officer at the Seneca Allegany Casino was charged with assault after he was removed from the gaming floor, authorities said. Thomas James Carlini, 42, of Twinsburg, Ohio, was creating a disturbance while waiting for a taxi at the casino at about 2 a.m. Saturday [...]

18/03/11 Garda armored truck flips in New Jersey www.privateofficer.com

CLIFTON NJ March 18 2011 — An armored Garda car traveling on the ramp from Route 21 to Route 3 west overturned Wednesday morning, wreaking havoc on traffic and closing the ramp until 2 p.m., police said. An armored car overturned on the entrance ramp to Route 3 west from Route 21. The vehicle is [...]

18/03/11 Former CT cop charged with stealing $90,000 from police union www.privateofficer.com

NEWTOWN CT March 18 2011 — A Watertown man and former Newtown police officer was arrested this morning and charged with stealing over $90,000 from the Newtown Police Union Treasury for his own use. Andrew Stinson, 34, was charged with three counts of first-degree larceny, one count of second-degree larceny, one count of third-degree larceny [...]

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18/03/11 Alabama teen girls go missing after school www.privateofficer.com

SPANISH FORT, Alabama March 18 2011 – Spanish Fort police and volunteer searchers were looking tonight for two 11-year-old girls who were reported missing from Rockwell Elementary School in Spanish Fort since this afternoon, authorities said. Baldwin County school spokesman Terry Wilhite identified the girls as Madison Hudnell and Appatchie Rose. Both are fifth-grade classmates [...]

18/03/11 Shoplifter found with gun and knife www.privateofficer.com

PLAIN TWP.OH March 18 2011 — A man who tried to get out of a local store without paying for his chosen items apparently wasn’t lying when he said he had a gun. Stark County Jail records said Jessie A. Pruitt, 23, of 530 Sixth St. SW in Massillon, was found with a handgun and [...]

17/03/11 Boone NC Police Officer Commits Suicide www.privateofficer.com

Boone NC March 17 2011 Boone Police Chief Dana Crawford notified the media today that one of his officers did commit suicide. The chief has identified employee as Officer Jonathan Cropper. The 24-year old Boone officer was found dead in his Avery County home near Newland last evening, and the Avery Sheriff’s Office investigation reports that the cause [...]

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17/03/11 Man threatens to blow up bank with gumbo bomb www.privateofficer.com

PASCAGOULA, MS March 17 2011 – A Pascagoula man was arrested Wednesday after police say he threatened to blow up the Hancock Bank on Market Street. Police were called to the bank around 1:30 Wednesday afternoon. When they arrived, bank officials told them David Harold Hudson Sr., 61, had been at the branch earlier and [...]

17/03/11 Mall shopper’s umbrellas mistaken for rifle closes mall-sends cops on manhunt www.privateofficer.com

Roanoke VA March 17 2011 Both 911 calls reporting a man with a rifle at Valley View Mall were from mall security officers — one relaying a secondhand report, the other from watching a 40-minute-old security video, according to recordings of the 911 calls. The first call, from a mall guard at 5:05 p.m. Monday, [...]

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17/03/11 Arizona man arrested for shooting at security officer www.privateofficer.com

Glendale AZ March 17 2011 At approximately 3:30 p.m. March 14, Glendale police officers were dispatched to the area of 20900 N. 59th Ave. in reference to a subject with a gun call for service. Upon arrival, investigation revealed that 54-year-old Phoenix resident, Ronald Compton, broke out the glass to a guard station by shooting [...]

17/03/11 Watkinsville GA. teacher arrested for child molestation www.privateofficer.com

Watkinsville GA March 17 2011 Police have reported arresting a Watkinsville teacher on charges of child molestation. On Monday,a Georgia Bureau of Investigation press release stated that they had been investigating the teacher as well as a second person in the incident. Laura Dyar, 27, who is a Morgan County Middle School teacher and has [...]

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17/03/11 Vancleave MS teacher charged with sex crimes www.privateofficer.com

VANCLEAVE, MS March 17 2011- A substitute teacher at Vancleave Middle School is under arrest, accused of sending sexual letters to a 14-year-old student. Darryl Ford Brady II, 23, is charged with one count of Enticing a Child for Sexual Purposes. Jackson County Sheriff Mike Byrd said Brady gave the victim “letters of a sexual [...]

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17/03/11 Security officer accidentally discharges weapon at Driver’s License office www.privateofficer.com

WEST VALLEY CITY Utah March 17 2011 — A security guard at the city’s driver’s license bureau accidentally fired his gun into the bathroom floor Wednesday morning while trying to fix a problem. About 7:30 a.m., a 23-year-old employee from Chapman Security was at the Driver’s License Division, 2780 W. 4700 South, when he noticed [...]

17/03/11 Riverside Cal. school security officer guilty of molesting students www.privateofficer.com

RIVERSIDE CA March 17 2011 — A former Riverside elementary school security guard was convicted Tuesday of molesting students during encounters on a playground. A Riverside jury deliberated just under five hours before finding Dennis Edward Lucas, 43, guilty of four counts of lewd acts on a child and one count of annoying a minor. [...]

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17/03/11 NC man dies after being shocked with TASER www.privateofficer.com

LILLINGTON, NC March 17 2011 — Harnett County Sheriff Larry Rollins confirmed to ABC11 Wednesday that a man is dead following an incident with a Taser at the Harnett County Detention Center in Lillington Tuesday. Rollins said 24-year-old Brandon Jolvon Bethea of Fayetteville had been in court Tuesday and got into an altercation with detention [...]

17/03/11 Nightclub security officer shot, in critical condition www.privateofficer.com

Vander NC March 17 2011 A man who was wanted for shooting and seriously injuring three people – and perhaps a fourth – during a weekend party at a Vander after-hours night club was found dead Monday, according to the Cumberland County Sheriff’s Office. Edward Gerald Fisher, 32, of the 7000 block of Hyannis Drive, [...]

17/03/11 Protesters arrested at Tennessee Capitol www.privateofficer.com

Nashville TN March 17 2011 Associates identified the protesters as six members of the University of Memphis’ Progressive Students Alliance and Ash-Lee Henderson, an advocate with Chattanooga Organized for Action. Henderson had spoken at the rally earlier in the day. The seven protesters were charged with disorderly conduct and resisting arrest. They were taken to [...]

17/03/11 Security officer attacked during burglary www.privateofficer.com

HOUSTON TX March 17 2011 — Two men are facing robbery charges after a wrecker driver followed them from a robbery on the north side overnight. Police suspect the men robbed the Champions Auto Sale & Repair shop on Stuebner-Airline. They arrested the men a short time later on the North Freeway at Little York. [...]