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Monthly Archives: March 2011

15/03/11 Wal-Mart employee arrested for stealing customers purse www.privateofficer.com

Stafford AZ March 15 2011 A Walmart employee was charged with theft after she allegedly stole a customer’s purse. A Safford officer was dispatched to the Walmart at 755 20th Ave. at about 2:10 p.m. on Sunday after a woman reported her purse had been stolen out of a shopping cart. The woman said she [...]

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15/03/11 Gang shooting at Oklahoma Wal-Mart leaves 1 injured- police search for suspect www.privateofficer.com

Tulsa OK March 15 2011 Detectives have focused their search on one man in connection with the apparent gang-related shooting Thursday at a Walmart Supercenter in Tulsa, police said Friday. More than 100 calls poured into Tulsa’s 911 center after a gunman fired shots at the Walmart at Admiral Boulevard and Memorial Drive just before [...]

15/03/11 Three people shot in Greenville NC nightclub incident www.privateofficer.com

Greenville NC March 15 2011 Authorities say three people were shot in Greenville on Sunday morning. Lawmen say at 3 a.m. Sunday Greenville Police responded to a report of shots fired in the parking lot located at East 4th Street and Reade Circle, that’s behind Club Phoenix. At that location, lawmen found Jeffrey Staton of [...]

15/03/11 Nightclub security involved in two shootings www.privateofficer.com

RICHLAND COUNTY, SC March 15 2011 Police reported two separate shootings outside Club Raw early Sunday morning that injured two individuals. The incidents happened in the 5,000 block of Two Notch Road around 4:45am. The Richland County Sheriff’s Department said there was an exchange of gunfire between a security officer and one subject and another [...]

15/03/11 Family sues Detroit police in death of woman www.privateofficer.com

DETROIT MI March 15 2011 — The family of a Detroit police officer killed by her estranged husband is suing the city, alleging officials scuttled an investigation that could have prevented her death. The 22-page wrongful death lawsuit seeking unspecified damages also accuses two Detroit sergeants of protecting 36-year-old homicide detective Ed Williams from possible [...]

15/03/11 Retired Cayuga County deputy found murdered at home www.privateofficer.com

SCIPIO NY March 15 2011 — An unidentified suspect is being held at the Cayuga County Jail in connection with the murder of a long-time Cayuga County Sheriff’s deputy late Saturday night in Scipio, the sheriff’s office said. Bernard A. Gallow, of 2301 Sherwood Road, was killed in his home around 11:17 p.m., the sheriff’s [...]

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15/03/11 NY community hires security patrols after increased break-ins www.privateofficer.com

ORANGEBURG NY March 15 2011 — One midafternoon last week, Kenneth Gervasi slowly drove through a quiet residential neighborhood just off Exit 7 of the Palisades Interstate Parkway. Gervasi’s black Chevrolet Suburban has emergency lights on its roof and magnetic signs on its doors that say “Community Patrol.” A half-dozen kick-in burglaries have occurred since [...]

15/03/11 Dayton Ohio lowers police exam to accomandate minorities www.privateofficer.com

DAYTON OH March 15 2011 — The city’s Civil Service Board and the U.S. Department of Justice have agreed on a lower passing score for the police recruit exam after it was rejected because not enough blacks passed the exam. The city lowered both written exams a combined 15 points that resulted in 258 more [...]

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15/03/11 DUI suspect licks hand sanitizer to throw off breath test www.privateofficer.com

FAIRFIELD OH March 15 2011 — A drunken driving suspect rubbed hand sanitizer down his face and licked it in an attempt to throw off a blood alcohol test. The 48-year-old man was arrested for operating a vehicle while impaired early March 5 when an officer saw his Lexus weaving across lanes on Dixie Highway, [...]

15/03/11 CT. teacher arrested for exposing himself near school www.privateofficer.com

Manchester CT March 15 2011 A Manchester man who teaches in the New Britain school system exposed himself to a woman near Lake Street Elementary School on Saturday, according to information obtained from a police report and a school system official. Police said they received a complaint from a woman about a flasher near Lake [...]

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15/03/11 Ada County sheriff employee charged with murder www.privateofficer.com

MERIDIAN ID March 15 2011 — Robert Hall, the man accused of shooting and killing Meridian lawyer Emmett Corrigan on Friday, was booked into the Ada County Jail on Sunday. Hall was charged with first degree murder. The shooting happened at about 10:20 p.m. Friday in the Walgreen’s parking lot on the corner of Linder [...]

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15/03/11 Erlanger Medical Center officers protest hospitals decision to outsource security www.privateofficer.com

Chattanooga TN. March 15 2011 Security officers at Erlanger Medical Center are protesting the hospital’s decision to outsource their jobs. Many of the guards are worried about where their future paychecks will be coming from. Randy Patton has been an armed security guard at Erlanger Medical Center for 8 years. He joins more than a [...]

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15/03/11 Off-duty security collapsed after playing hockey www.privateofficer.com

Lacey Township NJ March 15 2011 Matthew C. Blum, 32, of the Forked River section of Lacey Township, collapsed in the parking lot of Winding River Park on Sunday, Feb. 27, and died of natural causes at Community Medical Center in Toms River, said Matt’s father, retired Lacey Township High School history teacher Charles Blum. [...]

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15/03/11 Security officer assaulted-Taser doesn’t stop woman suspect www.privateofficer.com

WACO TX March 15 2011 – A taser couldn’t stop a woman from reportedly assaulting an off-duty officer working security at a Waco night club. An off-duty Falls County constable was trying to break up a fight at Club Alazan early Sunday morning between two women. Police say that’s when 30-year-old Christina Tavitas Ruiz started [...]

14/03/11 Two Buchanan County deputies gunned down during robbery call www.privateofficer.com

Vansant VA March 14 2011 Two sheriff’s deputies were killed and two others wounded in a shooting at a salvage yard, and a suspect was killed by police after a search, in a rural corner of southwestern Virginia that saw a deadly rampage in 2002. Buchanan County deputies investigating a report of a robbery at [...]

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14/03/11 Worker falls to their death at Kennedy Space Center www.privateofficer.com

Florida March 14 2011 A United Space Alliance employee who fell to his death this morning while working on Launch Pad 39A at the Kennedy Space Center was identified this afternoon. USA engineer James D. Vanover, died this morning after a fall at Launch Pad 39A. “Our heartfelt sympathy goes out to the family of [...]

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14/03/11 Disney worker killed repairing roller coaster www.privateofficer.com

Orlando Fla March 15 2011 A Disney worker injured Sunday while repairing the Primeval Whirl roller coaster died early today, according to the Orange County Sheriff’s Office. The worker, identified as 52-year-old Russell Sherry Roscoe of Webster, suffered head injuries Sunday while working on ride at Disney’s Animal Kingdom and was airlifted to Orlando Regional [...]

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14/03/11 Wanted armed robber captured after shoplifting www.privateofficer.com

Baltimore MD March 14 2011 A man the Frederick Police Department had been seeking since January in connection with an armed robbery was arrested Friday in Baltimore County after a shoplifting incident, according to Frederick police. Police issued a warrant for Aaron Ray Ruppert, 39, on Jan. 3 after he was identified as the suspect [...]

14/03/11 Woman fights security after stealing copper from store www.privateofficer.com

MOUNT HOLLY PA March 14 2011 — A Camden County woman was arrested Tuesday for stealing copper from a hardware store and fighting with one of the security guards, Delran police said Friday. Constance Anderson, 37, of Cherry Hill, made a first appearance in Superior Court on Wednesday before Judge Thomas Kelly, who set her [...]

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14/03/11 Former Indiana School Principal pleads guilty in shoplifting incident www.privateofficer.com

Evansville IN March 14 2011  A former Evansville-Vanderburgh County School Principal pleads guilty to theft charges. Patricia Edwards will be senteced May 11th. She was arrested in December when security officials say she walked out of Macy’s with more than $200 worth of items without paying for them. Edwards pleaded guilty to similar charges in [...]

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14/03/11 Craigslist shopper robbed-left naked at Wal-Mart www.privateofficer.com

Elk Grove, Ca March 14 2011 A 23-year-old man was robbed and left nude by two armed bandits in a parking lot of a Walmart store. The robbery occurred at approximately 7:30pm Monday, just outside the store, located in the 8400 block of Elk Grove Boulevard. Elk Grove police say that the victim went to [...]

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14/03/11 CVS employee caught by security stealing drugs www.privateofficer.com

FRAMINGHAM MA March 14 2011 — A Rte. 9 pharmacy worker admitted Monday to stealing and selling prescription painkillers, saying she did it to help pay child support, police said. Lynda Black, 37, said she stole oxycodone and sold it to a friend so she could pay her husband, police spokesman Lt. Ron Brandolini said. [...]

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14/03/11 Limo employee arrested for stealing credit card numbers www.privateofficer.com

Sandusky OH March 14 2011 An employee at a Sandusky limousine service is accused of stealing customers’ credit card numbers from the company’s database. Gina Riccelli, 39, of Sandusky was charged late last week with four felony counts of misuse of credit cards and four counts of misdemeanor theft. Riccelli worked at Tom’s Cruz Limousine, [...]

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14/03/11 Pilots lock down cockpit when passengers begin to pray www.privateofficer.com

LOS ANGELES CA March 14 2011– Pilots on an Alaska Airlines flight locked down the cockpit and alerted authorities after three passengers conducted an elaborate orthodox Jewish prayer ritual during their Los Angeles-bound flight. Airline spokeswoman Bobbie Egan says the crew of Flight 241 from Mexico City became alarmed Sunday after the men began the [...]

14/03/11 Detroit soup kitchens use security guards to protect from Medicare fraud www.privateofficer.com

Detroit MI March 14 2011 Detroit has become one of the nation’s “new frontiers” for Medicare fraud with many scams run by operators fleeing a federal crackdown in Miami. Authorities say operators use recruiters to target poor men on Detroit streets, at soup kitchens and in homeless shelters. They shuttle them in vans to clinics [...]

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14/03/11 Oregon tribal police want extended jurisdiction www.privateofficer.com

SALEM, Ore.March 14 2011 — Warm Springs officials would like to change Oregon law to give tribal police officers jurisdiction off the reservation. But some non-tribal law enforcement officials want a two-way street: If tribal officers are to get more authority off the reservation, they say, then state, county and municipal law enforcement officers should [...]

14/03/11 Trial underway in security officer “Pops” Leroy Fisher’s murder www.privateofficer.com

Sacremento CA March 14 2011 Michael Weisz said he and his friend had just gotten kicked out of the Badlands bar for “obnoxious” behavior, when he spotted a clear plastic cup partially filled with melted ice. In a huff, Weisz admitted he threw it at one of the security guards who had shown them the [...]

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14/03/11 NC school system adds 3 layers of security www.privateofficer.com

Currituck County NC March 14 2011 Three years ago, a man working with a contracting crew entered Griggs Elementary School in Poplar Branch. Before he could get past the lobby, he was escorted off campus. His boss had to bring somebody else in to do the work. The sex offender detection system, called LobbyGuard, flagged [...]

14/03/11 Mississippi nightclubs step up security after shootings www.privateofficer.com

Hattiesburg MS March 14 2011 Local bars and nightclubs don’t seem to be too afraid that they will share the fate of Remington’s Hunt Club. The club was shut down March 4 after Forrest-Perry County District Attorney Patricia Burchell pushed for a temporary injunction, closing the doors until the club owner has a full hearing [...]

14/03/11 UCONN police chiefs salaries top new list www.privateofficer.com

Storrs CT March 14 2011 The two top-ranking police officials at the University of Connecticut — Chief Robert Hudd and Maj. Ronald Blicher — were paid $246,961 and $193,616 last year, according to newly compiled state pay figures for 2010. That is much higher than the salaries of many of their counterparts in big-city police [...]

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