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Monthly Archives: September 2011

25/09/11 Bomb found, shots fired at Toledo fire station www.privateofficer.com

    Toledo OH Sept 25 2011 City police are investigating three reported crimes at three city fire stations in the last two days. An incendiary device was found Thursday morning at a West Toledo fire station, the day after shots were fired at two Toledo fire station buildings. No injuries were reported in any [...]

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25/09/11 Former Charlotte police officer shoots wife-attempts suicide www.privateofficer.com

  CHARLOTTE, N.C. Sept 25 2011– Charlotte-Mecklenburg police have confirmed a former CMPD officer is the suspect in a domestic double shooting in Davidson. Davidson police said they found Jeremy Hester and his ex-wife Erin Cobb lying in the front yard of a home on Callaway Hills Lane just after 2:00 a.m Saturday. Witnesses told [...]

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25/09/11 Employee kidnapped at Charlotte NC Family Dollar store during robbery www.privateofficer.com

  CHARLOTTE, N.C. Sept 25 2011– Charlotte-Mecklenburg Police are looking for the man who robbed the Family Dollar store off East Sugar Creek Road kidnapping the clerk. The victim is in her mid 50’s and has worked for the store for a long time and is well known. “It’s dangerous, it’s very dangerous and the [...]

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25/09/11 SC woman indicted for embezzlement of $200,000 from business www.privateofficer.com

  CLOVER, S.C. Sept 25 2011– A Clover woman has been charged with embezzling more than $200,000 from a local business. Megan Elizabeth Boyters, 25, was charged in a two count Indictment in connection with a scheme to embezzle $223,946.05 from IND-Tech, a machine shop specializing in textile parts and repair work, according to a [...]

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25/09/11 Texas teacher indicted for having sex with 5 students www.privateofficer.com

    FORT WORTH TX Sept 25 2011 — A former Kennedale High School teacher accused of having sex with five students at her Arlington home was indicted Friday on five charges of improper relationship between an educator and student. Brittni Colleps, 27, faces up to 20 years in prison and a $10,000 fine on [...]

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25/09/11 Teacher found with child porn under arrest www.privateofficer.com

  FRESNO, Calif. Sept 25 2011 — Tulare Police have arrested a teacher in connection with the discovery of child pornography. The teacher is identified as 39-year-old Carlos Tafolla. Tafolla taught history and freshmen studies at Mission Oak High School. Many students on campus Friday had no idea about his arrest and were shocked to [...]

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25/09/11 East Point GA police officer arrested-fired www.privatepofficer.com

  EAST POINT, GA Sept 25 2011 – An East Point police officer was fired Friday after he was charged with stealing. Back in August, the department put Officer Eric Miller on administrative leave while the department conducted an internal investigation into an alleged theft. East Point police officials asked the Georgia Bureau of Investigation [...]

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25/09/11 NYPD arrest 80 in NY Stock Exchange demonstration www.privateofficer.com

  NEW YORK CITY NY Sept 24 2011 — About 80 people have been arrested as demonstrators who were camped out near the New York Stock Exchange marched through lower Manhattan. The “Occupy Wall Street” protest is entering its second week. Demonstrators said Saturday that they are protesting bank bailouts, the mortgage crisis and Georgia’s [...]

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24/09/11 Maryland state delegate arrested for using campaign funds to pay for wedding expenses www.privateofficer.com

    WASHINGTON DC Sept 24 2011 — A Maryland state delegate was charged Friday with using campaign funds to pay for wedding expenses and for the salary of an employee at her law firm. Tiffany Alston, 34, was indicted on one count each of felony and misdemeanor theft, misappropriation by a fiduciary and two [...]

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24/09/11 Family Dollar Store employee charged with thefts www.privateofficer.com

  Alexandria VA Sept 24 2011 A woman is facing a theft charge after officials discovered money missing from her job at a Family Dollar Store, according to Alexandria Police. Laquandra Green, 29, of Pineville, was charged with felony theft more than $500 after authorities investigated a report of an internal theft at Family Dollar [...]

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24/09/11 Citi Credit Card Company employee charged in identity theft www.privateofficer.com

  Glendale AZ Sept 24 2011 Police arrested a credit card company worker and her boyfriend suspected of identity theft and the use of a stolen credit card, according to a court document. Las Vegas resident Amanda Shepherd, who works as a customer service representative at Citi Cards, was arrested Tuesday. George Nelson was arrested [...]

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24/09/11 Mount Holly woman nabbed with stolen ties at Kohl’s www.privateofficer.com

  Gaston County NC Sept 24 2011 A Mount Holly woman tried to swipe $260 worth of men’s ties Wednesday, according to police reports. Gina Renea Jones was walking through Kohl’s Department Store at Franklin Square with a man. The 33-year-old woman put seven ties into her purse and walked out of the store with [...]

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24/09/11 K-Mart shoplifting arrest leads to theft ring www.privateofficer.com

  Camden County NJ Sept 24 2011 A man caught trying to steal a TV at a K-Mart in Gloucester Township, Camden County, ended up tussling with store security, and ultimately led police to a “shoplifting ring” he operated, police say. Police say the ring began unraveling about 9:50 a.m. on Aug. 12 when they [...]

24/09/11 Five Metro-East police officers -1 dispatcher arrested in round-up www.privateofficer.com

  ST. CLAIR COUNTY, Ill. Sept 24 2011 – Five Metro-East officers and one dispatcher were arrested in separate incidents during countywide roundup on Wednesday. The crimes range from theft to forcing a woman to perform a sex act. – Alorton Police Officer Harry Halter, also known as “Dink”, was arrested around 2 p.m. by [...]

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24/09/11 Police decide criminal charges in suicide of teen who was bullied www.privateofficer.com

  Buffalo NY Sept 24 2011 Police have opened a criminal investigation in the suicide death of Buffalo, N.Y., 14-year-old Jamey Rodemeyer, who was bullied online with gay slurs for more than a year. The teen’s parents, friends and even Lady Gaga, who was his idol, have expressed outrage about what they say was relentless [...]

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24/09/11 Virginia woman guilty in theft of $500,000 from American Diabetes Associaiton www.privateofficer.com

  Washington DC Sept 24 2011 A 56-year-old Virginia woman admitted in federal court Friday that she stole more than $500,000 from her employer, the American Diabetes Association, prosecutors said. Adrienne Carrington of Fredericksburg pleaded guilty to one count of wire fraud and faces a maximum penalty of 20 years in prison; her sentencing is [...]

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24/09/11 Grand jury indicts 17 NYPD officers for ticket-fixing www.privateofficer.com

  New York City NY Sept 24 2011 Seventeen city cops were indicted Friday by a Bronx grand jury in a massive ticket-fixing scandal that reached all the way to One Police Plaza. The majority of the officers charged were union delegates, sources told the Daily News after the indictments were handed down. More than [...]

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24/09/11 Utah man arrested for smuggling knife onto airplane www.privateofficer.com

    Salt Lake City Utah Sept 24 2011 A Utah man held on charges that he smuggled a knife onto an airplane, then threatened to kill a passenger, police and an FBI agent, has been ordered jailed pending a psychiatric evaluation. David Alan Anderson, 60, was removed from a Delta Airlines plane in Salt [...]

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24/09/11 Georgia preacher accused of molesting granddaughter repeatedly www.privateofficer.com

  SANDY SPRINGS GA Sept 24 2011 — Police in Sandy Springs are trying to extradite a former Cobb preacher who is accused of molesting his granddaughter in Georgia. Sandy Springs police investigators have obtained warrants for Clarence Caldwell Arquitt Jr., 86, of Sanford, N.C., accusing him of molesting his granddaughter between 1991 and 1999. [...]

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24/09/11 Wisconsin twin babies die after mother leaves them alone in bathtub www.privateofficer.com

    EAST TROY, Wis. Sept 24 2011(AP) — The police chief of a Wisconsin village says twin babies died after their 26-year-old mother left them unattended in a bathtub. Chief Alan Boyes (BOYZ) says the 11-month-old boy and girl weren’t breathing when officers arrived at an apartment building in East Troy on Thursday. The [...]

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24/09/11 Jail or church? Alabama town gives offenders choice www.privateofficer.com

  BAY MINETTE, Ala. Sept 24 2011- Authorities say non-violent offenders in southern Alabama will have a new choice: Go to jail, or go to church every Sunday for a year. CBS News affiliate WKRG-TV in Mobile reports that Operation Restore Our Community begins next week. The city judge in Bay Minette will let misdemeanor [...]

24/09/11 One man dead, 2 under arrest in armored car robbery shoot-out www.privateofficer.com

  Washington DC Sept 24 2011 One man is dead and two face federal charges after trying to rob an armored truck making a cash pickup at a CVS store in Northwest Washington on Wednesday morning, authorities said. Anthony R. James, 21, and Darnell C. Crews, 26, were arrested Wednesday on charges of interference with [...]

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24/09/11 Former Oconee County teacher gets light sentence for sex with student www.privateofficer.com

  WALHALLA SC Sept 24 2011 — Former Oconee County teacher Deanna Marie Robert pleaded guilty Thursday to two counts of sexual battery with a student. Judge Cordell Maddox suspended a five-year prison term and sentenced Robert, 44, to one year of house arrest. The former science teacher at Tamassee-Salem Middle and High School was [...]

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24/09/11 Chesterfield County woman charged with embezzlement of $40,000 from church www.privateofficer.com

    Chesterfield County NC Sept 24 2011 A 60-year-old Chesterfield County woman has been charged with embezzling more than $40,000 from St. Paul’s Baptist Federal Credit Union in Henrico County. Debra R. Morris, who lives in the 4600 block of Mason Dale Way, was arrested Thursday and charged with two counts of embezzlement. According [...]

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23/09/11 Police raid Cincinnati Bengals wide receiver Jerome Simpson home for drugs www.privateofficer.com

  Cincinnati OH Sept 23 2011 A 2.5-pound shipment of marijuana was seized at the home of Cincinnati Bengals wide receiver Jerome Simpson on Wednesday. Bengals tackle Anthony Collins was with Simpson at the Crestview Hills, Ky., house when police confiscated the package. A spokeswoman for the California Department of Justice said police tracked the [...]

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23/09/11 Former Prince George’s County police officer pleads guilty in cigarette smuggling caper www.privateofficer.com

  Prince George County MD Sept 23 2011 A former Prince George’s County police officer pleaded guilty in federal court Wednesday to participating in a cigarette-smuggling scheme, becoming the latest defendant to admit his culpability in a wide-ranging federal corruption probe. The former officer, identified as Chong Chen Kim, 43, of Odenton, pleaded guilty to [...]

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23/09/11 Las Vegas police team with security to curb prostitution www.privateofficer.com

  Las Vegas NV Sept 23 2011 As grisly images of prostitutes burned by irons flipped across a screen, security professionals gathered recently in a Sam’s Town conference room fell silent. “You see from the extent of violence why these girls are so hard-pressed to leave the guys,” Metro Police Sgt. Donald Hoier tells the [...]

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23/09/11 Alabama minister faces child pornography charges www.privateofficer.com

  PRATTVILLE, Alabama Sept 23 2011– The Prattville Police Department announced this afternoon the arrest of 63-year-old Clyde David Myers, a minister, on five counts of possession of child pornography. Myers is the pastor of the Prattville Community Church on Fifth Street, the Prattville Police Department said in a press release. He is being held [...]

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23/09/11 Tampa student found with stun gun-drugs www.privateofficer.com

  Tampa, FL Sept 23 2011– A King High School student was arrested Wednesday morning after school security officers found a stun gun and bags of marijuana in his possession. According to the sheriff’s office, Hillsborough County School Security received an anonymous complaint shortly after 7 a.m. that a student was in possession of a [...]

23/09/11 University of Rochester security establishes sworn staff www.privateofficer.com

  Rochester NY Sept 23 2011 UR President Joel Seligman approved a series of recommendations on Wednesday to improve campus Security Services after a year-long review of campus policies conducted by Senior Vice President for Administration and Finance Ronald Paprocki, senior administrators, Security officers and members of the University community. The most significant change will [...]