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Monthly Archives: July 2011

21/07/11 SC man ties up-assaults 92 yr old woman reading bible www.privateofficer.com

  EASLEY, SC July 21 2011(AP) – Pickens County deputies say they have arrested a man who bound a 92-year-old woman to her bed with tape during a robbery and slapped her when she tried to remove a cloth covering his face. Investigators say 43-year-old Samuel Stephens used a screwdriver to force open a storm [...]

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21/07/11 Columbia Wal-Mart worker robbed-assaulted in store restroom www.privateofficer.com

  COLUMBIA, SC July 21 2011 – Walmart employees are quietly warning customers to be careful when shopping and especially when using the restroom after a store employee was mugged with a screwdriver Monday afternoon. According to the Richland County Sheriff’s Department, the employee was washing his hands in the restroom inside the Walmart on [...]

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21/07/11 Florida women nabbed stealing and assaulting security agents www.privateofficer.com

  DAYTONA BEACH Fla July 21 2011 — Four women were arrested after they tried to steal items from a Volusia Mall store and attacked a security officer, police said. The four women — Natisha Harris Wilson, Martina Lavette Scott and Naja Katrice Miller, all of Daytona Beach, and Cheyanne Sadler of Holly Hill tried [...]

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20/07/11 MO. police officer’s 3 yr old son accidently killed playing with gun www.privateofficer.com

  MARYLAND HEIGHTS, MO July 21 2011 The three year old son of a Maryland Heights police officer was killed Tuesday afternoon while playing with his father’s personal handgun. Three year old Daniel Metz shot himself in the chest and was pronounced dead at DePaul Medical Center in Bridgeton. His father, Patrolman Ryan Metz, was [...]

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20/07/11 Fla teen kills parents then holds party www.privateofficer.com

  PORT ST. LUCIE Fla July 20 2011 — Tyler Hadley posted an invitation to a party on Facebook, then killed his parents with a hammer before as many as 60 people attended the gathering at his home on Granduer Avenue, according to police. Early Sunday morning, Port St. Lucie police received an anonymous tip [...]

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20/07/11 Baltimore police officer arrested for operating heroin distribution network www.privateofficer.com

  Baltimore police officer arrested for operating heroin distribution network www.privateofficer.com   Baltimore MD July 20 2011 A Baltimore City police officer was arrested and charged Tuesday with leading a heroin distribution operation, including allegations that he arranged drug transactions while on duty and met conspirators in the parking lot of his district station, records [...]

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20/07/11 16 Year old charged with shooting Baltimore security officers www.privateofficer.com

  Baltimore MD July 20 2011 Police say a 16-year-old boy has been charged in a shooting that seriously injured two security guards patrolling a North Baltimore apartment complex. Keymo Tubias Martin Jr. was arrested Monday night by the regional Warrant Apprehension Task Force and charged as an adult with attempted first-degree murder for his [...]

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20/07/11 Florida retail manager arrested for grand theft www.privateofficer.com

  MANATEE COUNTY Fla July 20 2011 – The former store manager of Pac-Sun, a clothing retailer at an Ellenton outlet mall, faces a grand theft charge. Manatee County Sheriff’s Office Manatee County sheriff’s deputies claim that, in May and June, Margaret Carter Schoenberg, 36, of the 2000 block of Hawthorne Street in Sarasota, recorded [...]

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20/07/11 Durham woman charged in felony theft from Sears www.privateofficer.com

  Raleigh, N.C. July 20 2011— A Durham woman was charged Friday with trying to steal nearly $1,200 worth of items from a store at Crabtree Valley Mall store in Raleigh. An arrest warrant states that Crystal Nicole Williams, 32, of 2327 Lindmont Ave., took clothing, shoes and electronics from the Sears store in the [...]

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20/07/11 Portage County OH substitute teacher arrested www.privateofficer.com

  Portage County OH July 20 2011 A substitute teacher with the Aurora School District was arrested Monday, accused of having a romantic, sexual relationship with one of her students. According to Portage County Sheriff David Doak, Mary Schnell, 24, of Aurora, was indicted on two counts of sexual battery, both of which are third [...]

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20/07/11 Mobile Alabama man charged with trying to burn down 3 nightclubs www.privateofficer.com

    MOBILE, Alabama July 20 2011— The U.S. Attorney’s Office here today announced the arrest of a man accused of trying to set fires at 3 area nightclubs — including blazes that injured two employees. Authorities arrested Judson Eugene “Worm” Tuggle on Saturday, prosecutors said. U.S. Magistrate Judge William Cassady ordered Tuggle, 31, jailed [...]

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20/07/11 Police charge New Hampshire men with brazen retail thefts www.privateofficer.com

    BRENTWOOD NH July 20 2011 — Two Hampton men accused of shoplifting a brand new computer from Best Buy store in Salem in March by simply carrying it out the door have been indicted in a series of similar heists at department stores in Newington, Greenland and Portsmouth. Jeremie Stefan, 33, and Eric [...]

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20/07/11 Four arrested in major theft caper at K-Mart www.privateofficer.com

  FAIRHAVEN MA July 20 2011— More than $10,000 in stolen merchandise was recovered and three men and a woman were arrested Thursday night after an alleged shoplifting spree at Kmart and a subsequent chase, police said. Facing various charges in connection with the incident are Eshone Williams, 31, Ryan Persue, 28, and Justin Blake, [...]

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20/07/11 PA. fugitive found working as bouncer in Myrtle Beach www.privateofficer.com

    MYRTLE BEACH, SC July 20 2011 – One man is in jail after Myrtle Beach Police received a tip from a Pennsylvania state trooper that an alleged burglary suspect was living in the Myrtle Beach area. Authorities approached the suspect, James Charles Meininger, Saturday night at Froggy Bottomz nightclub at Broadway at the [...]

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20/07/11 North Carolina doctor killed in GA. plane crash www.privateofficer.com

  Augusta GA july 20 2011 Officials in Georgia confirmed Mooresville developer Dr. Thomas Wilson was the pilot and sole occupant of a single-engine plane that crashed at Augusta Regional Airport Monday afternoon. The Mooney M20K went down around 12:30 p.m. Augusta Regional Airport spokesperson Diane Johnston said the small plane was taking off the [...]

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20/07/11 Birmingham AL library employee sues for “sexual hostile” conditions www.privateofficer.com

  Birmingham AL July 20 2011 A second employee of Birmingham’s downtown library has filed suit against her employer, claiming library patrons are looking at pornography on the internet and management is doing nothing about it. In this most recent suit, filed last week in federal court, employee Karen Jackson claims security officers have engaged [...]

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20/07/11 NYC woman arrested in CT theft incident www.privateofficer.com

  STAMFORD CT July 20 2011 — A man and woman from Brooklyn, N.Y., were arrested after police say they tried to steal more than $2,000 worth of clothes from Macy’s on Monday night. Police say the suspects were using a magnetic device to remove the security tags from items they tried to carry out [...]

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20/07/11 Wal-Mart shoplifter caught masturbating in woman’s bathroom www.privateofficer.com

  Indianapolis IN July 20 2011 An Indiana man was arrested yesterday after he was caught masturbating in a stall inside the women’s room of a Walmart in Indianapolis. The suspect, Brandon Jelks, was first spotted by female shoppers who heard moans “and sounds of someone” masturbating emanating from the stall. One witness went into [...]

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20/07/11 Hawaii security officer killed in wrong-way crash www.privateofficer.com

  MILILANI Hawaii July 20 2011 (HawaiiNewsNow) – Friends and fellow church members have identified the man killed in an early morning crash on the H2 Freeway as Timothy Leyes, 58, of Wahiawa. Police said he was driving North in the South-bound lanes shortly before 4:30 a.m. when his Hyundai SUV slammed head on into [...]

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20/07/11 Man dies in struggle with Denver Zoo security and police www.privateofficer.com

  DENVER CO July 20 2011 — A man died while being subdued by police at the Denver Zoo after a violent clash with officers and zoo security guards on Monday, police said. The incident began about 5 p.m. when two security guards tried to intervene in a domestic violence conflict between the man and [...]

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20/07/11 Woman arrested for trying to bring marijuana into Richmond jail www.privateofficer.com

  Richmond VA July 20 2011 A woman has been charged with trying to bring marijuana into the Richmond City Jail. Mikala M. Hairston, age 31, was charged with two counts of possession of marijuana, first offense, and one count of attempted delivery of drugs to a confined prisoner. Authorities said Hairston tried to enter [...]

20/07/11 Security officer shot on the way to work www.privateofficer.com

  COSTA MESA CA July 20 2011– Authorities have identified a security guard who was shot in a car in a school parking lot Saturday night, saying the Costa Mesa man is stable. An unidentified man shot Wilfren Banejas-Rodriguez, 26, several times while he was sitting in the driver’s seat of his Ford Expedition in [...]

20/07/11 Former Charlotte teacher under arrest for contributing to minor www.privateofficer.com

  Charlotte NC July 20 2011 A former teacher at a Mint Hill charter school has been charged after he allegedly met several times with a 14-year-old girl during the middle of the night. The girl, a former student of the suspect, was not having a sexual relationship with her ex-teacher, according to Mint Hill police. [...]

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20/07/11 Lord and Taylor shoplifter nabbed by police after fleeing from security www.privateofficer.com

  Union Township NJ July 20 2011 A Union Township resident was arrested July 9 for allegedly shoplifting from Lord and Taylor. Police reports indicate that Elvis O. Tull, 40, was stopped by the department store’s loss prevention officers as he attempted to exit the store with merchandise he concealed in his clothing. The loss [...]

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20/07/11 NJ women charged in credit card fraud www.privateofficer.com

    MIDDLETOWN NJ July 20 2011 — A pair of New Jersey women have been charged with using stolen credit cards to buy merchandise valued at more than $1,500. Jessica Taylor, 21, and Cynthia J. Fregoni, 26, both of Kendall Park, were charged Wednesday with access device fraud, criminal conspiracy, forgery, theft by deception [...]

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20/07/11 Washington state law enforcement unite to combat retail crimes www.privateofficer.com

  Federal Way WA July 20 2011 Federal Way police are part of a growing statewide effort to reduce shoplifting by secret crime rings. Though difficult to quantify, the National Retail Federation estimates that annual losses from organized retail crime are as high as $30 billion. More than 95 percent of retailers are victims. Criminal [...]

19/07/11 Detroit homicide Sgt. Michael Martel killed in motorcycle accident www.privateofficer.com

  Detroit MI July 19 2011 Police Homicide Sgt. Michael Martel has died after being critically injured early Friday in a motorcycle accident in St. Clair County. Martel, 42, was traveling on his motorcycle westbound on Pointe Tremble Road, near Island Drive, about 12:30 a.m., when he left the roadway, according to Clay Township police. [...]

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19/07/11 Hundreds morn courageous Indiana police officer www.privateofficer.com

    TERRE HAUTE, Ind.July 19 2011— A police officer killed while trying to serve an arrest warrant was remembered Monday as being as courageous in chasing suspects as he was funny and easygoing, and public officials lamented a promising public safety career cut tragically cut short. Officer Brent Long, 34, a six-year veteran of [...]

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19/07/11 Two off-duty California police officers die in plane crash www.privateofficer.com

    Winslow AZ July 19 2011 Two off-duty police officers from Southern California were killed when the small plane they were flying crashed during takeoff in Arizona over the weekend, authorities said Monday. Brian Hayes, 35, and Nicole Anderson, 32, were killed in the crash at Winslow-Lindbergh Regional Airport in Winslow, Ariz., Sunday morning. [...]

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19/07/11 Man in wedding dress runs onto Atlanta braves field during game www.privateofficer.com

  Atlanta GA July 19 2011 A man in a wedding dress who invaded the pitch was the talk of either side after a game of Major League Baseball. The oddly-dressed man jumped into the outfield in the bottom of eighth in the game between Washington Nationals and the Atlanta Braves. The Braves fan landed [...]

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