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Monthly Archives: May 2011

25/05/11 Federal agents-Austin police nab counterfeit check suspect www.privateofficer.com

    Austin TX May 25 2011 In November of 2010, Austin Police Detectives, in conjunction with the United States Secret Service, began an investigation into an organized payroll check-counterfeiting scheme. The investigation revealed that James Troy Brooks (DOB 12-1-66) was actively manufacturing counterfeit payroll checks, using account information from legitimate businesses. Mr. Brooks solicited [...]

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25/05/11 Construction -security companies fined in death of security officer www.privateofficer.com

  London England May 25 2011 A London construction company and a security company manager have been fined after a security guard died from carbon monoxide poisoning while at a work. The Heath and Safety Executive (HSE) prosecuted Precis Holdings Ltd and Mr Obioma Chukwudi for their parts in the incident. The City of London [...]

25/05/11 Kyle Busch charged with speeding-reckless driving in North Carolina www.privateofficer.com

  Mooresville NC May 25 2011 There’s a time for throttling up, and a time for throttling down. Just days after winning the North Carolina Education Lottery 200, where he posted an average speed of 101.6 mph, Kyle Busch has been ticketed for exceeding that speed on a public North Carolina road. Busch was cited [...]

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25/05/11 Homeless man found growing pot at Fla school www.privateofficer.com

  LAKE CITY, Fla. May 25 2011– A homeless man was arrested Monday after a school resource officer at Lake City Middle School found several marijuana plants growing in a wooded area on school property, Columbia County deputies said. Detectives said they were able to use surveillance of the area to find 33-year-old Damon Crosby [...]

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25/05/11 NY man smashes into guard booth-threatens to kill guard www.privateofficer.com

  Orangeburg NY May 25 2011 An Orange County man is being held for psychiatric evaluation today after he rammed his car into a security booth at Verizon Wireless in Orangeburg and threatened to kill a security officer late Monday, according to Orangetown police. David W. Sandburg, 56, of 110 Odyssey Drive, Chester, is accused [...]

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24/05/11 Tampa security guard arrested in shooting www.privateofficer.com

  Tampa, Florida May 24 2011– A security guard is under arrest for shooting a patron at the Flash Dancers club Saturday night, police said. Carlos A. Catalan-Flores, 26, was arrested in Brandon with help from the U.S. Marshals Office after detectives used witness statements and physical evidence to develop probable cause. Investigators say a [...]

24/05/11 OFFICER DOWN-TREVOR SCOTT PHILLIPS

    Police Officer Trevor Scott PhillipsTuscaloosa Police Department, Alabama End of Watch: Saturday, May 21, 2011 Age: 42 Tour of Duty: 10 years Badge Number: 2T95 Incident Details Cause of Death: Motorcycle accident Date of Incident: May 21, 2011 Weapon Used: Not available Suspect Info: Not available Police Officer Trevor Phillips was killed in [...]

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24/05/11 Former Washington state deputy hangs himself in jail www.privateofficer.com

  YAKIMA, Wash.May 24 2011 – Authorities say a former Yakima County sheriff’s deputy who pleaded guilty in March to assault and rape has died in jail from an apparent suicide. Chief of Detectives Stew Graham told the Yakima Herald-Republic Sunday that 37-year-old Sean Moore was found hanging in his cell Saturday night. Graham says [...]

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24/05/11 GA. rookie firefighter drowns in lake rescue www.privateofficer.com

      MACON, Ga.May 24 2011 — A Central Georgia family and a brotherhood of firefighters are mourning the loss of a 24-year-old who died while rescuing three children from a lake over the weekend. Macon-Bibb County firefighter Michael Dewayne Jones drowned at Lake Tobesofkee Saturday evening. Jones jumped into the lake to rescue [...]

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24/05/11 Nursing moms stage “Nurse-In” at city hall www.privateofficer.com

    FOREST PARK, Ga.May 24 2011 — About 200 nursing moms and their supporters staged a nurse-in at Forest Park City Hall on Monday to protest new limits on breast-feeding in public. “Nursing is so good for children,” said Sarah Waterhouse of McDonough as she nursed her 23-month-old daughter. “We’re against anything that discourages [...]

24/05/11 CT police captain retires to start new career as a teacher www.privateofficer.com

  AVON CT May 24 2011 — A little more than a year after rising to the rank of captain, second in command of the Avon Police Department, Rob Whitty is leaving an 18-year career in law enforcement behind to start a new career in teaching. He will leave the department June 1, and on [...]

24/05/11 CT teacher commits suicide after arrest www.privateofficer.com

  MIDDLEFIELD, Conn. May 24 2011— The death of Connecticut magnet school teacher whose body was found in a lake a few days after he was arrested has been ruled a suicide. The Connecticut medical examiner’s office said Monday that an autopsy concluded 23-year-old Jeffrey Francis drowned himself in Beseck Lake in Middlefield. The Durham [...]

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24/05/11 Lexington police car slams into newlywed couple www.privateofficer.com

  Lexington KY May 24 2011 A newlywed husband and wife were on the way to their wedding reception in Lexington when they had a car wreck going through an intersection. Lexington police say an officer responding to a priority call drove through a red light and hit the convertible carrying Joseph and Amy Snider [...]

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24/05/11 Teen cop impersonator arrested again with gun www.privateofficer.com

  Chicago IL May 24 2011 A teenager who made news two years ago for impersonating a Chicago police officer so effectively that he went on patrol with real police has been arrested again, this time for weapons offenses. Vincent Richardson, 17, wasn’t carrying a gun when he was arrested for pretending to be a [...]

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24/05/11 Chicago Bears running back Garrett Wolfe arrested www.privateofficer.com

    Miami Fla May 24 2011 Chicago Bears running back Garrett Wolfe was arrested Sunday morning in a Miami Beach nightclub and charged with retail theft, disorderly conduct, assaulting a police officer and resisting arrest with violence, according to Miami-Dade County Police Department records. His bond has been set at $11,500. “It started with [...]

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24/05/11 Airline pilots operating on fatigue a safety concern www.privateofficer.com

  Nashville TN May 24 2011 Airlines operate thousands of flights each day that expose pilots to potentially dangerous fatigue, schedule data and the latest research on fatigue shows. A USA TODAY review of airline schedules for May found an average of 2,600 flights a day — or about 10 percent of all passenger airline [...]

24/05/11 Oscar-winning “You Light Up My Life” composer commits suicide www.privateofficer.com

  New York May 24 2011 The Oscar-winning “You Light Up My Life” composer, who was awaiting trial for rape while his son faced a murder rap, killed himself Sunday in his upper East Side apartment. Joseph Brooks, 73, was found dead with a plastic dry-cleaning bag over his head near a hose attached to [...]

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24/05/11 ST Louis police officer accidentally shoots himself www.privateofficer.com

  ST. LOUIS MO May 24 2011 A St. Louis police officer working security at a Schnucks store accidentally shot himself in the leg Sunday when he stopped by a pizza store next door, police said. He was treated at a hospital and released. The unidentified officer had been working in uniform as a security [...]

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24/05/11 NY man arrested for assaulting hospital security officer www.privateofficer.com

    Clarkston NY May 24 2011 A Upper Nyack man arrested on a disorderly conduct charge at a West Nyack club is also accused of assault after kicking a Nyack Hospital security officer in the face at the hospital late Sunday, according to Orangetown and Clarkstown police. Clarkstown police said Steven C. Castrello, 35, [...]

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24/05/11 Memorial service for slain security officer announced www.privateofficer.com

    ST. PETERSBURG Fla May 24 2011 – A memorial service for slain security guard Mathew Finley Little will be held on May 28, at 11 a.m., at Twin Lakes Park, Sarasota. The full honors service will be private, limited to friends, family and the law enforcement community, according to a written announcement released [...]

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24/05/11 Oklahoma deputy sheriff shot working security job www.privateofficer.com

    Oklahoma City OK May 24 2011 One of the two men arrested in the weekend shooting of an Oklahoma County sheriff’s deputy had previously worked as a dishwasher at the restaurant from which the deputy was carrying a bank deposit, the owner said. Suspect in deputy shooting once worked at Cattlemen’s Keonta Stephan [...]

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23/05/11 San Antonio TX police officer commits suicide at CVS store www.privateofficer.com

  SAN ANTONIO TX May 23 2011 – Friday was a very sad day for the San Antonio Police Department as one of their officers took their own life in the parking lot of a West Side business. It happened in the parking lot of the CVS Pharmacy at Bandera and Woodlawn Avenue. An officer [...]

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23/05/11 Scams becoming more creative www.privateofficer.com

  Elmira NY May 23 2011 If you were a victim of an Internet scam, overly aggressive debt collectors or consumer service fraud issues last year, you are not alone. Jack Wakefield of Big Flats received a letter Monday that could have put him and his wife in the victim category. “Congratulations,” the letter read, [...]

23/05/11 Arlington TN teacher arrested again for rape of students www.privateofficer.com

  Arlington, TN May 23 2011 An Arlington High School teacher was in jail for a second time on Friday, when a student came forward to tell authorities he’d been having sex with the teacher since early 2011. This makes three students who have claimed to have sexual relationships with the same teacher. 28-year-old Stacy [...]

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23/05/11 Man stranggles mall security officer, starts fire www.privateofficer.com

    Fond du lac WI May 23 2011 An 18-year-old Fond du Lac man has been charged with attempting to choke a Forest Mall security guard and starting a fire behind Advocap, 19 W. First St. Sebastian J. Snyder of 50 Fifth St. was charged Monday with strangulation and disorderly conduct. On Wednesday, he [...]

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23/05/11 Mother arrested for murder after 2 yr old dies in hot car www.privateofficer.com

  Louisville KY May 23 2011 A mother was charged with murder after her 2-year-old boy died Saturday afternoon at a Lyndon apartment complex after being left in a car, police said. Louisville Metro Police received a call shortly after 3 p.m. that a boy had been left in a Toyota Corolla parked at the [...]

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23/05/11 Shoplifters flee police-cause crash in Pa. www.privateofficer.com

  Hazleton PA May 23 2011 Two residents were committed to the Luzerne County Correctional Facility to await a preliminary hearing on felony retail theft and other charges stemming from an incident at a Laurel Mall store, a police pursuit and a crash, state police at Hazleton said. Police said a manager from JCPenney provided [...]

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23/05/11 Man found naked watching DVD ini mall parking lot www.privateofficer.com

  Burnsville MN May 23 2011 An Arden Hills man has been charged with indecent exposure after authorities say they found him sitting naked in his car in Burnsville Center’s parking lot last December, watching a DVD. Michael Steven Aamoth, 56, faces a maximum penalty of a year in jail and a $3,000 fine on [...]

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23/05/11 Muskegon woman faces prison in stabbing of K-Mart security agent www.privateofficer.com

  Muskegon MI May 23 2011 A woman faces years in prison for stabbing and biting a security guard who tried to stop her from stealing deodorant and air freshener from a Muskegon Township Kmart. Sonia Jean Robertson, 33, pleaded guilty Tuesday to armed robbery and being a second-time habitual offender. Visiting 14th Circuit Judge [...]

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23/05/11 Macy employee charged with felony theft www.privateofficer.com

    College Station TX May 23 2011 A 19-year-old woman was arrested after authorities said she stole more than $800 worth of merchandise from a College Station department store where she worked. The College Station woman was jailed Monday on a charge of theft of property from $500 to $1,500 and released the same [...]

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