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Monthly Archives: May 2011

21/05/11 Houston armored car robbed www.privateofficer.com

    HOUSTON TX May 21 2011 — Houston police and the FBI are investigating an armored car robbery in the Spring Branch area. At about 9:30am, police say a Brinks armored car was robbed at First Community Credit Union in the 9100 block of Westview at Campbell. The 911 caller said they thought they [...]

21/05/11 Union Grove High School teacher arrested www.privateofficer.com

  GLADEWATER TX May 21 2011 — A Union Grove High School teacher resigned Thursday and is in the Gregg County Jail, charged with improper relationship between an educator and a student. White Oak Police arrested Angela Sue New, 38, Thursday morning. New, a high school English teacher, is being held on $20,000 bond. Union [...]

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21/05/11 Dumb criminal’s smart phone calls cops during drug deal www.privateofficer.com

  GAINESVILLE, Ga May 21 2011– Have you ever had your cell phone dial someone by accident? Have you ever heard of anyone getting arrested for it? A Hall County teenager is in jail after his phone pocket-dialed 911 during a drug transaction. A cell phone call came into Hall County 911 at about 1:30 [...]

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21/05/11 Two arrested in large theft from Louisiana casino www.privateofficer.com

  Lake Charles LA May 21 2011 Two people have been arrested by investigators with Louisiana State Police’s Gaming Enforcement Section for allegedly stealing more than $400,000 from L’Auberge du Lac Casino Resort. Derrick Weldon, 42, of Lake Charles, was booked into the Calcasieu Correctional Center on the charges of cheating and swindling over $1,500 [...]

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21/05/11 Irving TX arrested for having sex with student www.privateofficer.com

  IRVING, Texas May 21 2011 – A former Irving high school teacher was arrested Wednesday night for a sexual relationship she had with one of her students two years ago, according to a published report. According to police, 26-year-old April St. John Alexander, who taught biology at MacArthur High School, is accused of having [...]

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21/05/11 WV school principal and teacher arrested on drug charges www.privateofficer.com

  BOONE COUNTY, W.Va. May 21 2011 — A principal and teacher in Boone County are facing charges, after allegedly buying and smoking meth on school property. West Virginia State Police arrested Keith Phipps and Jack Turley about 10 a.m. Friday. Phipps was the principal at Boone County Career and Technical Center, Turley was a [...]

21/05/11 GA teacher arrested for urinating in classroom www.privateofficer.com

    RIVERDALE, GA May 21 2011 – Police arrested a substitute teacher after students said he urinated in a trash can during class. “I want the guy to never teach or be around kids again,” said parent Tika Carter. According to police, Coleman Eaton Jr., 60, urinated in front of about 30 fourth-graders, including [...]

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21/05/11 Knoxville Zoo security stop firefighters from treating injured child www.privateofficer.com

  KNOXVILLE, Tenn.May 21 2011 — Public safety officials hope a meeting in the near future will help avoid a recurrence of an incident Thursday at the Knoxville Zoo, when emergency personnel were denied access to treat a 5-year-old boy reported to have been injured by a camel. A visibly upset group of Knoxville Fire [...]

21/05/11 Fla police officer arrested for stealing from Hispanics www.privateofficer.com

  LANTANA, Fla. – May 21 2011 – Lantana police officer Mark Ott is on the other side of the law today. He’s accused of pulling over Hispanic males on traffic stops, searching them and stealing money from them. According to court documents, the FBI was made aware of the theft allegations in March. The [...]

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21/05/11 Fake intelligence recruiter arrested for torturing “recruits” www.privateofficer.com

    WHITE PLAINS, N.Y. May 21 2011- A man from Connecticut has been charged with recruiting young men for a fake intelligence service and assaulting them with whips and needles during what he said was their training. The Westchester district attorney said Friday that 51-year-old Lawrence Bottone of Stamford was indicted on 29 charges, [...]

21/05/11 School security-police arrest man with sawed off shotgun www.privateofficer.com

  COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo.May 21 2011 — A former Wasson High School student was arrested on campus grounds Thursday at gunpoint, according to police. Security personnel from the school remembered the man and checked him for warrants and found he was wanted for failure to appear for suspicion of weapons on school grounds. When the [...]

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21/05/11 Insurance company employee sues security guard, gunmaker after being shot www.privateofficer.com

    ST Louis MO May 21 2011 An insurance company employee who was accidentally shot in the leg when a security guard dropped a gun inside a Chesterfield office building in February has filed a lawsuit against the guard and the maker of the gun. The insurance worker, Ian Cornett, filed the suit in [...]

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21/05/11 Alert store security leads to large drug and fraud ring arrests www.privateofficer.com

    GUELPH Canada May 21 2011 — Some astute work by security staff at a local store led to a huge bust by Guelph Police this week. Almost $2 million in marijuana, hundreds of counterfeit gift cards, $35,000 in alleged stolen property and a shotgun were all seized by Guelph Police in a series [...]

21/05/11 Hospital workers sue over patient’s request for white guards only www.privateofficer.com

  SEATTLE WA May 21 2011Nine workers are suing Western State Hospital, saying their bosses illegally accommodated a violent patient’s request to be cared for by only white security attendants. The plaintiffs say that after a patient with a history of attacking hospital workers requested only white security attendants, managers agreed, and hospital executives declined [...]

21/05/11 Wal-Mart door greeter killed in shoplifting incident www.privateofficer.com

    Wilson, N.C.May 21 2011 — Rochelle Pender’s family and co-workers were stunned Friday to learn that the smiling Walmart greeter was dead. Police said employees at the 2500 Forest Hills Road store were chasing a suspected shoplifter Wednesday when someone ran into Pender. She fell and hit her head and died two days [...]

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21/05/11 Armored car robbed in Charlotte NC www.privateofficer.com

  CHARLOTTE, N.C.May 21 2011 — A robber held up an armored car in Charlotte on Thursday morning. Two Loomis Fargo employees were held at gunpoint as they tried to reload an ATM on Overland Park Lane in the University City area. Police said just before 9 a.m., the gunman approached the vehicle as an [...]

20/05/11 TSA officer arrested for having gun at airport www.privateofficer.com

ORLANDO, Fla. May 20 2011– Orlando police arrested a Transportation Security Administration officer who is accused of trying to bring a gun through a security checkpoint. Officials say 25-year-old Rynel B. Delacruz was arrested Monday night at Orlando International Airport. He was released Tuesday after posting $250 bail. He faces an aviation personal conduct charge. [...]

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20/05/11 Digital dumpster diving www.privateofficer.com

ATLANTA GA May 20 2011 — Looking for a hotspot? We’re not talking about clubbing. We’re talking about wireless surfing. In just 3 hours, we found more than 3000 wireless hotspots. Many of them left unsecured. Meaning you could jump on and surf the web, or worse, snoop and see private unsecured information. Wireless hotspots [...]

20/05/11 Bank robberies by women on the rise www.privateofficer.com

Nashville TN May 20 2011 On the morning of Saturday, April 30, a bank robber entered MidSouth Bank on Old Fort Parkway in Murfreesboro and shoved a gun in a teller’s face, demanding cash. The robber in the black zip-up sweatshirt, dark jeans and black Yankees baseball cap fled with the money. Police are still [...]

20/05/11 Former daycare director gets prison for embezzlement www.privateofficer.com

Richmond VA May 20 2011 The former director of Grace Covenant Child Development Center in Richmond was sentenced Wednesday to serve 16 months in jail for embezzling more than $98,000 that she used for vacations and shopping trips, a prosecutor said. Mary Beth Lloyd, 41, also was ordered to make restitution in the amount of [...]

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20/05/11 North Carolina campus police arrest man with foot fetish www.privateofficer.com

CHAPEL HILL NC May 20 2011 — UNC Campus Police have arrested Christopher Deas, 35, on three charges of assault on a female by unwanted touching of feet. According to police, the alleged foot fondler came into classrooms on the UNC campus, where he would touch women’s feet. Deas is not affiliated with the university. [...]

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20/05/11 Sands Casino security look to unionize www.privateofficer.com

Bethlehem PA May 20 2011 Security guards at Sands Casino Resort Bethlehem are seeking to join the Law Enforcement Employees Benevolent Association, the first unionization effort by any Sands workers since the casino opened in May 2009. The association filed a petition May 10 for a union representation election with the National Labor Relations Board’s [...]

20/05/11 Wisconsin teacher charged with having child porn www.privateofficer.com

EAGLE RIVER WI May 20 2011 – The Vilas County Sheriff’s Department says deputies arrested 46-year-old Michael Wang on 65 counts of possessing child pornography and three counts causing a child to view or listen to sexual activity. Wang is a teacher at Northland Pines Middle School in Eagle River. He turned himself in to [...]

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20/05/11 New London teacher charged with sex crimes www.privateofficer.com

New London CT May 20 2011 – A special education teacher at the Interdistrict School for Arts and Communication was arrested Wednesday by Wallingford police on sexual assault charges. The arrest followed an investigation into allegations that he had sex with a minor. Jeffrey M. Francis, 23, of Durham, was charged with two counts of [...]

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20/05/11 Security officer shot during robbery www.privateofficer.com

NEWARK NJ May 20 2011 — A retired police officer was shot and wounded during an attempted robbery in Newark Thursday morning. One of the two suspects was also wounded. The incident began at the intersection of Prospect and Elm streets and ended on Lafayette Street, where one of the suspects crashed his getaway car [...]

20/05/11 Security officer dies from stabbing www.privateofficer.com

CHICAGO IL MAY 20 2011 Police say that a secuirty officer that was stabbed multiple times during a robbery several days ago has died. The security officer was working patrolling a section of the business district when he was attacked, beaten and knifed in a vacant parking lot. The officer had been taken to a [...]

20/05/11 Man arrested at Tn mall soliciting sex in mens bathroom www.privateofficer.com

Chattanooga TN May 20 2011 A man was charged with indecent exposure Wednesday after he reportedly showed his “glistening white buttocks” to another man in a bathroom stall at Northgate Mall, according to a Chattanooga Police Department arrest report. Michael Vincent Devita, 20, began the conversation by asking if the man — who already was [...]

20/05/11 Former Newport Beach detectives file corruption lawsuit www.privateofficer.com

Newport Beach CA May 20 2011 Two well-respected, former police detectives have filed a lawsuit in Orange County Superior Court alleging rampant corruption at the Newport Beach Police Department and City Hall. Craig Frizzell and Steve Shulman allege that police bosses repeatedly rigged promotion tests, gave improper consulting deals to favored retired cops, granted secret [...]

20/05/11 Four Atlanta employees arrested for stealing city property www.privateofficer.com

Atlanta GA May 20 2011 Four City of Atlanta employees, including a janitor at police headquarters, were arrested Thursday and charged with stealing municipal property. The quartet pilfered “anything basically metal that could be recycled,” said Atlanta Police Sgt. Tommie Collins, acting commander of the Central Investigations Section. Among the items stolen — filing cabinets [...]

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20/05/11 Tulsa teen charged with setting off explosion at mall www.privateofficer.com

Tulsa Okla May 20 2011 A Tulsa teenager who was arrested last week on an allegation that he ignited an explosive outside a mall was charged Thursday with manufacturing an explosive device. Jonathan Tyler Mullins, 19, had other fireworks components at his residence, according to a search warrant affidavit filed Tuesday in Tulsa County District [...]