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Monthly Archives: June 2011

    Boise IA June 25 2011 — Police say that a Boise who man tried to entice a young girl to have sex with him at a local mall was arrested, accused of trying to lure a teenage girl into having sex with him through a note. Police say 41 year old Torrey Jones [...]

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  RAYMONDVILLE TX June 25 2011 — A guard at the illegal immigrant detention center here has been charged with sexual abuse of a female detainee. Contract Security Officer Edwin Rodriguez, 31, of Raymondville, was charged in a federal indictment with sexual abuse of a female Immigration and Customs Enforcement detainee who was under his [...]

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  TALBOTTON, Ga. June 25 2011— A fourth Talbot County law enforcement official was charged this week in a widespread corruption investigation. Talbot County Sheriff’s Office jailer Michael Gamble appeared before a judge Friday on bribery and other charges. Prosecutors say he accepted a $500 bribe from a confidential source in June in exchange for [...]

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  LOS ANGELES CA June 25 2011 (Reuters) – Federal transportation safety investigators on Saturday were investigating the Nevada crash between a tractor-trailer rig and an Amtrak train, where authorities believe more bodies may be found in the wreckage. At least two people were confirmed killed and dozens injured in the Friday morning collision at [...]

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  Washington DC June 24 2011 A Marine reservist taken into custody last week under suspicious circumstances at Arlington National Cemetery has been linked to a series of shootings in the fall of military buildings, including recruiting centers, the Pentagon and the Marine Corps museum, two federal law enforcement sources said. The evidence involves “ballistics [...]

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  CINCINNATI, OH June 24 2011 – A school security officer with Cincinnati Public Schools is facing charges after police say he encouraged a 12-year-old girl send him a sexual photo of herself. Clifford Suttles, 44, is charged with one count of endangering children. According to court documents, the incident happened May 13 when Suttles [...]

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  LOUISVILLE, Ky. June 24 2011- A Trinity High School teacher was arrested at his home Tuesday and charged for physical harassment for allegedly harassing one of his students while in school. Donald Switzer is being accused of touching one of his students inappropriately in February 2011. “My clients are very concerned about what happened [...]

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  HUGHESVILLE PA June 24 2011 – A veteran math teacher at Hughesville Junior-Senior High School was arrested Wednesday on charges of allegedly stealing nearly $19,000 from from her teachers’ union while she served as its treasurer, according to Lycoming County Detective Kenneth L. Mains. After turning herself in, Jessica Lyn Gauger, 32, wiped tears [...]

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    SAN FRANCISCO CA June 24 2011 Days before a college football player was arrested on a US Airways flight at San Francisco airport following a dispute over his saggy pants, the airline allowed another man wearing skimpy women’s panties and mid-thigh stockings to fly, according to a passenger and airline spokeswoman. Jill Tarlow, [...]

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  GOOSE CREEK SC June 24 2011- A security guard at a club off Red Bank Road opened fire on an armed man just before 2:15 Thursday morning, deputies say. According to Berkeley County Sheriff’s Department Spokesman Dan Moon, the security guard pulled the trigger in the parking lot in front of Kamauri’s Bar and [...]

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  Ypsilanti Township MI June 24 2011 Officials say they wanted to see the owner of a problematic Dairy Mart on Grove Road clean up his store and become a productive member of the business community. But after the latest in a series of problems at the store, they say they believe that will never [...]

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  San Antonio TX June 24 2011 An off-duty security guard was shot in the buttocks Wednesday when he exchanged gunfire with a man accused of trying to rob a South Side pawn shop, shooting him in the torso. Police said the suspect walked into the EZ Pawn in the 3600 block of South Gevers [...]

  WASHINGTON DC June 24 2011The financially troubled Postal Service is suspending its contributions to its employee pension fund. The agency said Wednesday that it has informed the Office of Personnel Management that the $115 million retirement payment made every two weeks will be suspended effective Friday. The action is expected to free about $800 [...]

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  HOUSTON TX June 24 2011 — We have the latest developments now on a daytime shootout during a robbery attempt of an armored car in southeast Houston. It happened outside a Bank of America on the Gulf Freeway near Almeda Genoa around noon, and was witnessed by a nearby restaurant employee. A hostess at [...]

  ANDERSON COUNTY, S.C. June 24 2011 An Upstate woman is charged with attempted murder after deputies say she aimed her car at an EMS crew who had responded to a call for help at her home. Someone from the home on Dursely Drive in the Kings Grant subdivision called 911 around 11 a.m. Tuesday. [...]

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  CHARLESTON, W.Va. June 24 2011 — South Charleston police have arrested six people over the past two days, after photos of them destroying a hotel room and spa area at a South Charleston motel were posted on the Twitter social networking website. Drew Korsen, Nathan Brown, Michael Adkins, Jason Boyle, Gregory Shane Barnes and [...]

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    North Charleston SC June 24 2011 A 34-year-old North Charleston man was arrested early Wednesday after a police officer working off duty security at a hotel noticed suspicious activity in the hotel parking lot. About 2:45 a.m. Wednesday, the officer saw a man driving suspiciously and looking into other cars in the parking [...]

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  Brooklyn NY June 24 2011 A security guard was shot during an armed robbery at a restaurant. He was delivering cash to McDonald’s when he was attacked by two men yesterday morning. The restaurant was closed for most of the morning and customers were turned away while detectives interviewed staff and witnesses. The robbers [...]

  Gasden Al June 24 2011 A woman died and a man was critically injured in a house fire Wednesday afternoon in East Gadsden. The 31-year-old woman and the man, in his 40s, apparently had been staying in the house where the Community Fatherhood Initiative Program once operated. The building now is owned by the [...]

  PORTLAND, Ore. June 24 2011– A man accused of posing as a doctor at Oregon Health and Science University in Portland is facing charges after a woman’s inquiry about where she should go for a scheduled surgery led to an investigation and arrest. Lucas Ebert, 21, was charged with criminal mistreatment, theft and practicing [...]

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  TROY, Alabama June 24 2011– Troy University police officers were on duty at Tuesday night’s fraternity party that resulted in a barrage of arrests after agents of the Alabama Alcoholic Beverage Control Board raided it, according to WSFA 12 News Montgomery. WSFA now reports that 60 individuals were arrested for charges stemming from underage [...]

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    KENNER LA June 24 2011Kenner Police are investigating an officer-involved-shooting at the Louis Armstrong International Airport, that happened just before 6 p.m. on Tuesday. Kenner Police Chief Steve Caraway told WGNO News that license plate indentification cameras spotted a stolen car near the airport, and officers tried to pull it over. The car, [...]

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  HENRICO, VA June 24 2011 – We’re learning more tonight about the Henrico elementary teacher accused of having an internet affair with an underage girl. 48-year-old Ty Levy teaches fifth grade at Gayton Elementary and coaches tennis at Deep Run High school. Levy has been charged with 9 felonies and 3 misdemeanors including child [...]

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    BREA, Calif.June 24 2011—Police say a Southern California man has been shot to death while attempting to steal medical marijuana from a deliveryman. Brea police Sgt. Jim Griffin says 20-year-old Minh Kinh Dang of Santa Ana and at least three friends confronted the Los Angeles pot dispensary deliveryman and his armed security guard [...]

  Long Island NY June 23 2011 A pill-popping, gun-loving Army vet and his junkie wife were charged Wednesday night in the cold-blooded massacre of four innocent people at a Long Island pharmacy. David Laffer and Melinda Brady were hauled out of his mother’s Medford, L.I., house in handcuffs after heavily armed Suffolk County cops [...]

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  TALLAHASSEE, Fla. June 23 2011 Two state forest rangers trapped by shifting flames died while fighting a wildfire that also injured two others near Jasper in north Florida, officials said Tuesday. The rangers were working Monday to stop a rekindled blaze called the Blue Ribbon Fire in Hamilton County on the Georgia line, one [...]

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  VIRGINIA BEACH VA June 23 2011 Police have charged a club security guard with a deadly shooting in Virginia Beach on May 21. Lester Belmar Jr., 28, of Portsmouth, is believed to be responsible for the shooting outside the 7-Eleven in the 300 block of Lynnhaven Parkway. Police arrested him on June 21. According [...]

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  ANDERSON COUNTY SC June 23 2011 — A 28-year-old man will likely be charged with attempted murder in a shooting outside a bar on Shockley Ferry Road early Monday, a sheriff’s spokesman said. The man, whose name will not be released by authorities until he is formally arrested and charged, is being treated for [...]

  CONNERSVILLE, IN June 23 2011 – An Amish Indiana man has been arrested after police say he showed up at an undercover sting in a horse-drawn buggy. He has been charged with soliciting a 12-year-old girl for sex. Willard Yoder, 21, is accused of sending 600 texts, nude pictures and videos to the girl, [...]

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  NORTH MYRTLE BEACH, SC June 23 2011 – North Myrtle Beach police say they have arrested three people who performed liposuction in a condominium bedroom. Investigators said they found out about the home surgery after a 19-year-old woman went to a hospital last week with dizziness, vomiting and bleeding. After noticing approximately 10 different [...]

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