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Monthly Archives: May 2011

26/05/11 Woman arrested for threatening to blow up mall www.privateofficer.com

  Daytona Beach Fla May 26 2011 A woman was arrested outside Ocean Walk Shoppes after police say she threatened to blow up the shopping center. Maureen A. Falardeau, 44, is charged with threatening to place a destructive device, a felony. According to police reports, Falardeau was picking cigarette butts from ashtrays at the 250 [...]

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26/05/11 US Department of Labor recovers money owed to security officers www.privateofficer.com

  Pikeville KY May 26 2011 The U.S. Department of Labor announced Tuesday that it has recovered more than $118,000 in back wages for some security guards in Eastern Kentucky. After an investigation found that 44 employees of Appalachian Security Inc. had been mistakenly classified as exempt from the Fair Labor Standards Act’s overtime pay [...]

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26/05/11 Henderson City Attorney arrested for DUI www.privateofficer.com

  HENDERSON, Nev.May 26 2011 — Henderson City Attorney Elizabeth Macias Quillin, whose office prosecutes criminals, had her own booking photograph taken Monday. Henderson Police arrested her Monday afternoon in Green Valley. Police say she was trying to turn from Paseo Verde Parkway on to Carnegie Drive. She lost control of her Lexus SUV and [...]

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26/05/11 Longtime Bell County teacher found drunk in classroom www.privateofficer.com

  Bell County KY May 26 2011 A longtime teacher at Bell County High School was arrested at school Tuesday after he showed up for work intoxicated, state police say. School officials called state police at 10:58 a.m. to report that Thomas A. Baker, 48, was “in the classroom under the influence of alcohol or [...]

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26/05/11 Millionaire gym owner convicted in murder of security guard www.privateofficer.com

    Long Island NY May 26 2011 A millionaire gym owner from Dix Hills was convicted Monday of murdering a guard during an armored truck robbery in 1994, then killing one of his accomplices who he thought would cooperate with investigators. A federal jury at U.S. District Court in Central Islip found Christian Gerold [...]

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26/05/11 CT police arrest woman for assaulting bouncer www.privateofficer.com

  MIDDLETOWN CT May 26 2011 — A 24-year-old woman was arrested for repeatedly punching a bouncer in the face after being asked to leave a local bar, police said. Kelly Nowotynski, 111 Grove St., was charged with third-degree assault and second-degree breach of peace after an incident at Mezzo Grille on May 14. Police [...]

26/05/11 Alert casino security officer leads police to shooting suspect www.privateofficer.com

    Pauls Valley, Oklahoma May 26 2011— A road trip to sell illegal drugs nearly turned deadly as an argument between two friends in rival Oklahoma City gangs resulted in a highway shooting near Wynnewood this weekend. Now jailed and facing a criminal charge of shooting with intent to kill filed Monday is Andra [...]

26/05/11 Hawaii resort security nabs man in act of murder www.privateofficer.com

    Kona HI May 26 2011 Hawaii police arrested a 46-year-old Bellevue man Tuesday morning in connection with the slaying of a Bellevue woman staying with him at a resort on the Kohala Coast, according to the Hawaii Police Department. Philip Howard Zimmerman is being held at the Kona police cellblock on suspicion of [...]

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26/05/11 Bear strays into Montana airport www.privateofficer.com

    GREAT FALLS, Mont. May 26 2011- Most flight delays at America’s sprawling metropolitan airports are due to bad weather, along with the occasional security scare and maintenance matters. Then there’s the Great Falls International Airport in Montana, where police and wildlife officials all had a hand in capturing and removing a black bear [...]

26/05/11 Security hackers forging boarding passes www.privateofficer.com

  Philadelphia PA May 26 2011 Security hackers have discovered a potentially dangerous loophole in airline security. You cannot board a plane without a boarding pass, but computer hackers have found a way around that. Instead of the standard boarding passes, majority of all passengers are now coming to the airport armed with boarding passes [...]

26/05/11 Harvard University security officer nabbed for theft www.privateofficer.com

    Boston MA May 26 2011 A campus security guard allegedly stole a laptop and an electronic tablet from a pair of undergraduates last fall. Stephen Evans, a supervisor with the private security company Securitas, was arraigned on April 7 for one count of larceny for allegedly stealing a MacBook Pro laptop valued at [...]

26/05/11 Corrupt Border Patrol Agents Threaten US Security www.privateofficer.com

  HOUSTON TX May 26 2011– New figures show 122 current or former U.S. federal agents and employees of the Customs and Border Protection agency have been arrested or indicted for corruption since October of 2004. It is a trend that has both the FBI and key members of Congress concerned. In addition, 92 of [...]

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26/05/11 Armored car robbed in Richmond www.privateofficer.com

  RICHMOND CA May 26 2011– Two armed men robbed an armored car attendant Wednesday morning near a busy Richmond shopping mall, police said. The Brinks armed guard was walking a money bag from his truck to Mechanic’s Bank, 3170 Hilltop Mall Road, around 9:30 a.m. when two armed men took the money bag, said [...]

26/05/11 Veterans Affairs employee arrested for assaulting security officer www.privateofficer.com

  Gainesville Fla May 26 2011 A man who took exception to a security officer asking him to move his vehicle got a ride in the back of a police car. According to the Gainesville Police Department, the incident happened shortly after 10:30 a.m. Tuesday in the Winn-Dixie parking lot at 200 SW 16th Ave. [...]

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26/05/11 Security nabs shoplifter who had 14 active warrants www.privateofficer.com

  Lawrence MA May 26 2011 A Lawrence woman will be arraigned Monday on multiple shoplifting charges after being caught in the act in a mall makeup store Saturday evening. At 6:12 p.m. Saturday, police responded to the mall for a report of shoplifting from Sephora. When police arrived, mall security had Joanna Stella, 51, [...]

26/05/11 Shoplifter at Cal. KMart had drugs too www.privateofficer.com

  SCOTTS VALLEY, Calif. May 26 2011– An Oakland teenager was arrested on suspicion of drug possession Saturday afternoon after Scotts Valley police responded to a shoplifting incident. Police were dispatched to Kmart on 270 Mt. Hermon Road after a boy was arrested for shoplifting. He was taken into custody and brought to the police [...]

26/05/11 Security officer helps rescue fire victims www.privateofficer.com

  CLEARWATER FL May 26 2011 James Abramski had been a security officer with Signal 88 Security for a few days when he was put to the test Saturday night. One of the 19-year-old Army reservist’s patrol areas is Park Place Apartments in Clearwater. “While we were performing our driving patrol, we had our windows [...]

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26/05/11 Shoplifters takes orders via texts www.privateofficer.com

  Atlanta GA May 26 2011 Sean Harrington isn’t your typical shoplifter — he takes requests by text. The 36-year-old man, who allegedly fulfilled orders sent to him by text message by stuffing shoes and clothing down the front of his pants, was arrested for ripping off a Rack Room Shoes and a Marshalls. But [...]

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26/05/11 Little Rock police seek robber who shot at security officer www.privateofficer.com

  LITTLE ROCK, Ark. May 26 2011 — Little Rock Police need your help finding a suspect wanted for aggravated burglary. On May 24 at 6:31 p.m. a black man entered the Beauty Gallery at 5919 Baseline. The mane was wearing a red bandana over his face and he was armed with a black and [...]

25/05/11 Grandma bandit continues robbing Atlanta area stores www.privateofficer.com

    Atlanta GA May 25 2011 It looks like the Grandma Bandit has struck again. Atlanta Police Department This suspect, described as a 50- to 60-year-old woman, is wanted for the robbery of multiple drug stores. Atlanta police are looking for the older woman accused of robbing four pharmacies in two weeks, Officer K.Y. [...]

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25/05/11 Former Tucson teacher pleads guilty to student assault www.privateofficer.com

  TUCSON, Ariz.May 25 2011 — A former high school teacher in Tucson has pleaded guilty to aggravated assault of a minor and admitted to kissing a 15-year-old student as part of a plea deal. Twenty-six-year-old Christie Elliott had faced charges of luring a minor for sexual exploitation, sexual conduct with a minor and bribing [...]

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25/05/11 Security officer stabbed several times www.privateofficer.com

  MESA, Ariz.May 25 2011 — Mesa police are trying to sort out a Monday afternoon stabbing that left a man wounded. According to reports, a security guard and another man got in an argument at an apartment complex. Police said the security guard claimed he was struck in the head with a motorcycle helmet [...]

25/05/11 Wal-Mart robbery suspects lead Phoenix police on pursuit www.privateofficer.com

    Phoenix AZ May 25 2011 A vehicle pursuit in Phoenix led to the arrest of four people who police suspect robbed a Walmart during the weekend, police said Monday. About 7 p.m. Sunday, authorities suspect three people were in a stolen Chevrolet pickup parked in an alley behind the Walmart, which is near [...]

25/05/11 NJ man charged with assaulting hospital security www.privateofficer.com

  Hoboken NJ May 25 2011 A Hoboken man was arrested and charged Friday morning after he kicked and broke a door at Hoboken University Medical Center and punched a security guard in the face. Police arrested and charged David Bertucci, 24, of Jefferson Street with simple assault and criminal mischief. At around 7 a.m., [...]

25/05/11 SC Volunteer Firefighter Arrested For Sexual Assault www.privateofficer.com

  FAIRFIELD COUNTY, SC May 25 2011 – A volunteer fireman in Fairfield County is charged with sexually assaulting a woman, according to deputies. Chief Deputy Keith Lewis said Ralph Marthers, 51, is charged with Criminal Sexual Conduct. Lewis said the victim, whom Marthers knows, had a fire at her home a few weeks ago. [...]

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25/05/11 Off duty police officer chases down shooting suspect www.privateofficer.com

    Syracuse, NY May 25 2011– An off-duty police officer helped chase down an armed man who had been shooting at someone Monday afternoon in Syracuse, police said. Officer Sean Donegan was on his way to work around 2:20, police said, when he saw a man in the 800 block of South Avenue shooting [...]

25/05/11 Baldwin County coroner’s office employee arrested for drugs, theft www.privateofficer.com

  ROBERTSDALE, Ala. May 25 2011– Donna Thompson Taylor, 59, of 1110 Williams St. in Bay Minette, was arrested on Thursday afternoon and charged with Theft of Property in the Second Degree, two counts of Unlawful Possession of a Controlled Substance and one count of Unlawful Possession of Drug Paraphernalia and is being held on [...]

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25/05/11 Washington DC father raped, killed daughter www.privateofficer.com

    Washington DC May 25 2011 A Southeast Washington man had sex with his 17-year-old daughter and later stabbed her 15 times before dumping her body in a trash bin, federal prosecutors said Monday. Prosecutors Monday charged Rodney J. McIntyre, 45, with first-degree murder in connection with the slaying of Ebony Franklin, whose body [...]

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25/05/11 Passaic preschool teacher’s aide arrested for lewdness and sexual contact www.privateofficer.com

  PASSAIC NJ May 25 2011 — Police arrested a preschool teacher’s aide on charges of lewdness and criminal sexual contact stemming from an allegation that he exposed himself while walking behind a high school student Friday, authorities said. Authorities arrested Keith Cloud, 43, of Passaic, Monday morning, said Lt. Luis Guzman. Cloud is a [...]

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25/05/11 Mall security aids police nab drunk driver www.privateofficer.com

    Wauwatosa WI May 25 2011 After smashing into a curb hard enough to rip a wheel off his car, a drunken driver careened into the parking lot of Mayfair Mall, left the crippled car and tried to disappear into the mall crowd Friday night. At 9:40 p.m., police responded to a report from [...]