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Monthly Archives: September 2011

30/09/11 Police arrest man in murder at SC WAl-Mart store www.privateofficer.com

    MOUNT PLEASANT, SC Sept 30 2011 – An 18-year-old man facing murder charges told police that he stabbed a man multiple times outside a Walmart in Mount Pleasant. The Mount Pleasant Police Department charged Darius Green with the murder of 20-year-old David Moultrie on Wednesday. Court documents indicate that Green provided police with [...]

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30/09/11 Woman with loaded gun arrested at Albany airport www.privateofficer.com

    Albany NY Sept 30 2011 Police say that a Bozeman woman was arrested for having a loaded handgun in her purse at the Albany International Airport. Loretta Quayle, 54, was at the New York airport when TSA officials noticed a loaded .380-caliber semi automatic handgun inside her hard-sided leather purse, according to Fox [...]

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30/09/11 Neiman Marcus theft caper lands three in jail www.privateofficer.com

  Millburn NJ Sept 30 2011 City police responded to a call Sept. 24 from store security officers at Neiman Marcus at The Mall at Short Hills. The security officers reported someone had entered the store and was observed stealing Louis Vuitton Belts valued at more than $3,600. The store officials told police the suspect [...]

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30/09/11 Georgia men arrested in elaborate ink cartridge scheme www.privateofficer.com

  GWINNETT COUNTY, Ga. Sept 30 2011– Gwinnett County police call it a bizarre and elaborate scheme. They said two men purchased and stole thousands of name-brand ink cartridges, swapped them with knock-offs, and then returned them for cash. Investigators said the man may have earned more than $1 million. Channel 2’s Kerry Kavanaugh dug [...]

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30/09/11 Federal agents raids Boeing plant -arrest 40 on drug charges www.privateofficer.com

  PHILADELPHIA PA Sept 30 2011 – Federal agents raided a Boeing plant that makes military helicopters in suburban Philadelphia on Thursday and charged more than three dozen people with distributing or trying to get prescription drugs, among them powerful painkillers. The arrests were made by the FBI and the Drug Enforcement Administration at the [...]

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30/09/11 Federal grand jury indicts Las Vegas doctor, pharmacist in drug crimes www.privateofficer.com

  LAS VEGAS NV Sept 30 2011 — A federal grand jury has indicted a Las Vegas doctor, a doctor’s assistant and a pharmacist for alleged prescription drug crimes. The doctor named in the indictment is 87-year-old Dr. Henri Wetselaar who works out of the New Amsterdam Medical Group office at Harmon Avenue and Sandhill [...]

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30/09/11 Police arrest men in attack on hospital security, boy www.privateofficer.com

  WHITTIER CA Sept 30 2011 – A teenager and a man were arrested Thursday after trying to stab a 17-year-old Whittier boy in a hospital lobby then trying to stab a security guard who intervened. A third suspect remains at large. Police said no one was wounded, as was initially believed. The incident was [...]

30/09/11 Las Vegas employee arrested in theft of money www.privateofficer.com

  NORTH LAS VEGAS, Nev.Sept 30 2011 – The North Las Vegas Police Department has arrested a city employee for allegedly stealing money from customers’ utility bills. Police say 40-year-old Angela Bozarth would steal money received in utility bill payments after applying the payments to customer accounts. Police say the accounts were not affected by [...]

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30/09/11 San Juan cop arrested for faking doctors excuse www.privateofficer.com

  SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico Sept 30 2011(AP) — Usually, playing hooky from work doesn’t get the cops on your tail — even if you are a cop. But, then again, most people don’t do it on the scale Luis Colon is accused of. Colon is a police officer in Puerto Rico. He’s charged with [...]

30/09/11 Florida executes man convicted of killing police officer www.privateofficer.com

    STARKE, Fla. Sept 30 2011A Florida man convicted of killing a Coral Gables police officer during a traffic stop 33 years ago has been executed at the Florida State Prison. Manuel Valle, 61, was given a lethal injection and pronounced dead at 7:14 p.m. Wednesday, the governor’s office reported. The process began at [...]

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30/09/11 Full time medics stationed at Charlotte Douglas Airport www.privateofficer.com

  CHARLOTTE, N.C. Sept 30 2011 Medics respond to about 1,000 emergency calls a year at Charlotte Douglas Airport. This has raised awareness to the call and response times of the medics, and suggestions of making the emergency response more effective have arisen. Approximately 600 out of 1,000 airport medical calls end with a trip [...]

30/09/11 Delaware State Police arrest high school substitute teacher www.privateofficer.com

  GEORGETOWN, Del.Sept 30 2011- Delaware State Police have arrested a 22-year-old Sussex Technical High School substitute teacher accused of showing a 15-year-old male student cellphone pictures of herself undressed. Authorities said Wednesday that Meagan R. Gordon of Bridgeville is charged with one count of providing obscene material to a person under the age of [...]

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30/09/11 Two Loyola University Chicago security officers injured making arrest www.privateofficer.com

  Chicago IL Sept 30 2011Two Loyola University Chicago security officers were injured last Wednesday, Sept. 21, when they were attacked by a man outside the Bentley Gold Coast auto dealership near the university’s Water Tower Campus.The suspect, Charles Garrett, 19, of Memphis, was charged with aggravated battery to a police officer, aggravated battery in [...]

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30/09/11 Security officer discharges weapon during auto burglary incident www.privateofficer.com

  OKLAHOMA CITY OK Sept 30 2011 – A retired police officer working security accidentally fired his gun outside a metro club and restaurant. It happened around 1:00 Thursday morning, when the guard for Olive Garden saw a man breaking into a vehicle near Baker Street Pub and Grill. The guard approached the suspect and [...]

30/09/11 Ripon College security officer charged in burglary www.privateofficer.com

  Fond du lac Wis Sept 30 2011 A former Ripon College security guard is accused of letting people into buildings on campus so they could steal electronics. Tyler B. Briese, 22, of Ripon, was charged Tuesday with possession of THC, theft, and party to the crimes of theft and burglary. He is free on [...]

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30/09/11 Man accused of shooting store security officer headed to trial www.privateofficer.com

Lancaster PA Sept 30 2011 Four months after being captured in New York, Kenneth Peralta is headed to trial for allegedly shooting a local Weis Markets’ employee who tried to thwart a theft. Peralta waived a preliminary hearing Thursday morning, and his case was ordered to trial. That will likely take place next year, unless [...]

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30/09/11 VCU police arrest man wanted for exposing himself www.privateofficer.com

  Richmond VA Sept 30 2011 A man has been charged with two counts of sexual battery and indecent exposure in connection with four incidents Tuesday and Wednesday near Virginia Commonwealth University’s Monroe Park campus, VCU police said today. Marcello Toliver, 21, of the 1500 block of West Cary Street was arrested Wednesday, arraigned today [...]

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30/09/11 NJ police chief- double parking wife gets ticket www.privateofficer.com

  LODI, N.J. Sept 30 2011 (AP) — A New Jersey police chief says no one is above the law – not even his wife. Lodi (LOH’-deye) Police Chief Vincent Caruso ordered an officer to ticket his wife after she double parked while dropping off their 5-year-old son at school. Caruso told The Record newspaper [...]

30/09/11 Sacramento jury convicts brothers in murder of state correctional officer www.privateofficer.com

    Sacramento CA Sept 30 2011 Two Sacramento Superior Court juries have convicted brothers Gary and Chong Vue of first-degree murder in the 2008 shooting death of state correctional officer Steve Lo. One of the panels returned its verdict today against Chong Vue, 32. A separate jury convicted his brother Gary Vue, 30, on [...]

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30/09/11 Erie County correction officers reject contract offer www.privateofficer.com

  Buffalo NY Sept 30 2011 The union representing corrections officers at the Erie County Holding Center on Tuesday rejected a 12-year contract. Members of Teamsters Local 264 turned down a pact that would have covered seven years that the jail guards have worked without a contract and five future years. County Executive Chris Collins [...]

30/09/11 Henrico County lawyer pleads guilty to embezzling more than $1 million www.privateofficer.com

  HENRICO, Va. Sept 30 2011 A Henrico County lawyer pleaded guilty Wednesday to embezzling more than $1 million in Bank of America mortgage and foreclosure funds and will be sentenced in January. In a brief hearing, William Orr Smith, 71, appeared in Henrico Circuit Court and pleaded guilty; Smith’s lawyer has said for months [...]

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30/09/11 PA state corrections officer arrest, 11 other employees may face charges www.privateofficer.com

  Pittsburgh PA Sept 30 2011 The day after a corrections officer at the State Correctional Institution Pittsburgh was charged with physically and sexually abusing more than 20 inmates, the Allegheny County District Attorney said he has enough evidence to file criminal charges against 11 additional employees. Stephen A. Zappala Jr. said the majority of [...]

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30/09/11 Memphis police sergeant arrested in his own shooting incident www.privateofficer.com

    MEMPHIS, Tenn. Sept 30 2011 — A Memphis police sergeant has been arrested more than three weeks after he was shot and told investigators a false story about events that left him in critical condition, authorities said Wednesday. Police Sgt. Norman Benjamin, 47, was arrested Wednesday and charged with false reporting, solicitation to [...]

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29/09/11 Wichita police arrest former teacher for sex crimes www.privateofficer.com

  Wichita KS Sept 29 2011 Arkansas City police say former teacher wanted for allegedly committing sex crimes against children has been arrested in Wichita. Noble “Rick” Pendland, 46, was arrested without incident Wednesday and was booked into the Sedgwick County Jail on a $200,000 bond. Officials have been searching for Pendland since July when [...]

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29/09/11 Police arrest man after suspicious airport package contained drugs www.privateofficer.com

  ST. JOSEPH MN Sept 29 2011— A St. Joseph man who deputies say had methamphetamine and cocaine is in Stearns County Jail. Corey Joel Eichers, 21, has been charged with two counts of first-degree controlled substance crimes. He is in jail in lieu of $75,000 bail. He was arrested Monday after he accepted the [...]

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29/09/11 Nashville police shut down “private home” for being nuisance www.privateofficer.com

  Nashville TN Sept 29 2011 Police and prosecutors shut down bars and motels when police are called repeatedly for fights, thefts, drugs or drunkenness. They declare the site a public nuisance, padlock it and then use the courts to keep it closed or clean it up. Now police have suspected drug houses in their [...]

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29/09/11 15 Year old arrested for raping woman at Maryland playground www.privateofficer.com

  Montgomery County MD Sept 29 2011 A 15-year-old accused of raping a woman on an Olney playground told the victim that she would “end up on the bottom of the Potomac River” if she didn’t comply, according to arrest records, as new details emerged Tuesday about the attack last month. Alvick Omenga, a high [...]

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29/09/11 Former Broward County sheriff Nick Navarro dies www.privateofficer.com

  Broward County Fla Sept 29 2011 As Broward’s sheriff, Nick Navarro was half-lawman, half-celebrity — allowing Cops TV crews to trail his deputies while launching a highly publicized obscenity crackdown against local rappers 2 Live Crew. Out of office for almost two decades, Navarro’s controversial, colorful reputation is still one of the most famous [...]

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29/09/11 Armored car robbery in Methuen Mass. an inside job www.privateofficer.com

  Methuen MA Sept 29 2011 Prosecutors say an armored car robbery in Methuen on Wednesday afternoon was an inside job, cooked up by the two guards and a third man who played the role of the robber. Justin Levesque, 43, of Cumberland, R.I., and Eliezer Martinez, 26, of Lawrence, allegedly agreed with Willie Salazar [...]

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29/09/11 OFFICER DOWN Deputy Sheriff Bryan Sleeper

  Deputy Sheriff Bryan Sleeper Burleigh County Sheriff’s Department, North Dakota End of Watch: Wednesday, September 28, 2011 Biographical Info Age: 39 Tour of Duty: 4 years Badge Number: 4837 Incident DetailsCause of Death: Heart attack Date of Incident: September 28, 2011 Weapon Used: Person Suspect Info: In custody Deputy Sheriff Bryan Sleeper suffered a [...]

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