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Monthly Archives: September 2011

23/09/11 Arkansas police justified in killing of armed man at courthouse www.privateofficer.com

  VAN BUREN, Ark. Sept 23 2011 AP — Officers were justified in fatally shooting a gunman who entered a western Arkansas courthouse and opened fire on court workers, a county prosecutor said in a letter to local law enforcement. Crawford County prosecutor Marc McCune wrote to Sheriff Ron Brown and Van Buren Police Chief [...]

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23/09/11 NYPD officers disciplined for throwing football with a child www.privateofficer.com

  NEW YORK NY Sept 23 2011 — Two NYPD officers are challenging the disciplinary action taken against them for throwing a football with a child at a Bronx housing project. Officers Catherine Guzman and Mariana Diaz say they were humiliated by the commanding officer of the Bronx Housing Bureau for playing the game last [...]

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23/09/11 Nantucket man pleads not guilty in weapons-drug arrest at airport www.privateofficer.com

  Nantucket RI Sept 23 2011 A 21-year old Nantucket man pleaded innocent in Nantucket District Court Monday to two airport security violations and possession of marijuana with the intent to distribute. Craig Arnold, of 8 Winn St., was arrested last Monday at Nantucket Memorial Airport with a loaded 38-caliber revolver, more than four ounces [...]

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23/09/11 Niagara Falls Country Club security nabs burglars www.privateofficer.com

  NIAGARA FALLS NY Sept 23 2011— A Lewiston teen was arrested after he was caught breaking into the Niagara Falls Country Club Tuesday night. Security officers at the club are being credited with stopping the burglary in progress. Officers from the Lewiston Police Department, as well as Niagara County Sheriff’s deputies and investigators and [...]

23/09/11 Man pleads guilty in death of Mohawk Valley Community College security officer www.privateofficer.com

  HERKIMER NY Sept 23 2011 — Although he doesn’t remember the crash in Frankfort that killed a security guard at Mohawk Valley Community College one year ago this month, Roy Kangas admitted in court Wednesday that he was driving drunk at the time of the deadly collision. Kangas, 23, of Rome, pleaded guilty in [...]

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23/09/11 Family of a man shot-killed by security guard awarded $2million www.privateofficer.com

  VISTA, Calif.Sept 23 2011 — The family of a man shot and killed by a North County security guard was awarded nearly $2 million by a jury on Wednesday. “I feel my son has been vindicated and justice has been served,” said Lori Pixley, the mother of 20-year-old Anthony Wacker. She spoke to 10News [...]

23/09/11 Detroit Public Schools police officer injured during burglary www.privateofficer.com

  Detroit MI Sept 23 2011 — A Detroit Public Schools police officer is recovering after he was attacked Tuesday night by a vandal intent on stripping the fire-damaged Paul Robeson Academy of valuables, officials say. Police arrested three men, one of whom allegedly took a sharp piece of metal and struck DPS Officer John [...]

23/09/11 Shoplifter called in bomb hoax to Wal-Mart stores www.privateofficer.com

  LOUISVILLE, Ky. Sept 23 2011 — Police reported that a bomb threat had been called in to the New Albany Walmart last week. Police investigated and nothing was found. Today, we’ve learned that a local woman is now facing charges related to the incident. It started last Tuesday at the Walmart located on Grant [...]

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23/09/11 Manager of Center for Spiritual Living wanted for theft of $712,000 www.privateofficer.com

  SANTA ROSA, Calif. Sept 23 2011– The business manager for the Center for Spiritual Living, Santa Rosa is suspected of stealing more than $712,000 from the Center over a seven-year period, the Sonoma County District Attorney’s Office said Wednesday afternoon. Eleanor Zapanta, 51, of Guerneville is wanted on a $1 million arrest warrant, Chief [...]

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23/09/11 Employee of East Hills Recreation arrested for thefts www.privateofficer.com

  JOHNSTOWN Pa Sept 23 2011 — An employee of East Hills Recreation in Richland Township has been charged with stealing money from the organization, authorities said. In a court document, township police said Jill Renee Rokita, 20, of the 300 block of Bafin Drive, stole $2,500, although the organization said it is missing about [...]

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23/09/11 Employee of Jean Therapy found with $20,000 of stolen jeans www.privateofficer.com

  New Orleans LA Sept 23 2011 Detectives on a drug raid found a stash of hundreds of pairs of designer jeans from a local boutique, apparently stolen by a store employee, police said. Investigators searching a home for drugs Friday in the NOPD Fifth District discovered between 200 and 300 pairs of jeans with [...]

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23/09/11 Santa Ana police officers stand trial for murde rof homeless man www.privateofficer.com

  SANTA ANA, Calif. Sept 23 2011(AP) — The fatal police beating of a mentally ill, homeless man, prosecutors say, began with one officer snapping on a pair of latex gloves and a single threat. Kelly Thomas was sitting on a curb in Southern California as police checked his backpack when Officer Manuel Ramos donned [...]

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23/09/11 NY State Attorney General files lawsuit against C.P. International Security, Inc www.privateofficer.com

    Albany NY Sept 23 2011 State Attorney General Eric Schneiderman announced today that his office has filed a lawsuit against C.P. International Security, Inc. and Gateway Production, Inc. The suit charges that the companies, operated by Charles and Nicole Pierre, tricked people into paying for training programs by promising non-existent security jobs. The [...]

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23/09/11 Shoplifter punches security agent in escape www.privateofficer.com

  Watertown NY Sept 23 2011 Jamal K. Black, 28, of 27634 Route 283, Black River, was charged by state police Monday with petit larceny and harassment in an alleged shoplifting incident on Sept. 11 at Walmart Supercenter, Route 11, LeRay. He is accused of stealing merchandise priced at $29.96, and of then punching Johnny [...]

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22/09/11 Polk County Sheriff’s employee killed by husband www.privateofficer.com

  PLANT CITY, Fla. Sept 22 2011 AP— Lawrence Douglas Dickey drove to the police department past midnight Saturday and started talking. “Lock me up,” an officer recalled him saying. “I just beat my wife with a bat. She is hurt real bad.” That’s the confession Plant City police say Dickey, 44, gave before he [...]

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22/09/11 Armored car security echanges gunfire with attempted robber www.privateofficer.com

  Washington DC Sept 22 2011 An armored car guard exchanged gunfire with at least one person in an apparent robbery attempt in northwest D.C. Wednesday morning. At least two people tried to rob the vehicle outside a CVS Pharmacy in the 6500 block of Georgia Avenue near Underwood after the armored guard exited the [...]

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22/09/11 Northwest Merchant Patrol owner, employees guilty of burglary-thefts www.privateofficer.com

  Washington County or Sept 22 2011 The owner of a security company, Northwest Merchant Patrol, and two employees were accused of stealing from their clients. The case: Washington County Sheriff’s deputies responded to an early morning call on Dec. 11, at Oregon Episcopal School, 6300 S.W. Nicol Road in Raleigh Hills. They arrested Stirling [...]

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22/09/11 Security firm’s unique “Guard Dogs” www.privateofficer.com

  Telford Shropshire UK Sept 22 2011 A security firm in the UK is using two parrots as “guard dogs” after they learned to “bark.” The MP Guarding security company in the UK has some highly unconventional security guards in their employ! Their specially trained, dedicated security detail duo of Elvis and Cilla have been [...]

22/09/11 UNLICENSED SECURITY GUARD CHARGED WITH MURDER www.privateofficer.com

  Detroit MI.Sept 22 2011 Police say a security guard who shot and killed a suspected copper thief on Thursday morning has been charged with murder. The security guard who was not licensed as a guard was hired to patrol two vacant buildings on Covington Street. Police said the security guard was hired by the [...]

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22/09/11 Discrimination lawsuit filed against Bass Pro Outdoor World www.privateofficer.com

  HOUSTON TX Sept 22 2011 — Retail chain Bass Pro Outdoor World is accused in a federal lawsuit filed today of discriminating against qualified black and Hispanic job applicants since 2005 and retaliating against those employees who spoke up about the practice. The Equal Employment Opportunity Commission, a federal agency charged with enforcing anti-discrimination [...]

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22/09/11 Police arrest four people making meth at Alabama Gulf State Park www.privateofficer.com

  GULF SHORES, Alabama Sept 22 2011 — Police arrested four people after locating a meth lab in a tent in the Alabama Gulf State Park, officials said today. Shawn McMullen was charged with manufacturing a controlled substance and trafficking in methamphetamine. (Baldwin County Corrections photo) Gulf Shores patrol officers and narcotics investigators found the [...]

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22/09/11 Aurora considers $50 booking fee for prisoners www.privateofficer.com

  AURORA CO Sept 22 2011 — The Aurora Police department wants arrested individuals to pay a $50 booking fee, officers announced at Committee of the Whole Tuesday night. The proposed fee would be an up-front fee that would be added to the offender’s bond. Because Aurora did not have booking fees, some people chose [...]

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22/09/11 University professor sues Pittsburgh police for hearing loss www.privateofficer.com

  PITTSBURGH PA Sept 22 2011 — A university professor says in a federal lawsuit against the Pittsburgh police that her hearing was damaged when officers used a giant speaker to disperse protesters during the Group of 20 economic summit two years ago. The American Civil Liberties Union is representing Karen Piper, then a visiting [...]

22/09/11 Top federal Transportation Security Administration official jailed for murder www.privateofficer.com

  Gulf Port MS. Sept 22 2011 A top federal Transportation Security Administration official in Mississippi is in jail in Gulfport charged with murder in the killing of TSA worker Stacey Wright. On Sunday, D’Iberville police said they found Wright, 43, stabbed to death multiple times in her apartment there. Authorities arrested Ruben Orlando Benitez, [...]

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22/09/11 Theft of beer could send man to prison www.privateofficer.com

  BILOXI MS Sept 22 2011 — John Patrick Byrne faces up to five years in prison if found guilty of shoplifting a 12-pack of beer. Police said Byrne, arrested Monday, has two prior shoplifting convictions, which make his latest charge a felony. Under state law, shoplifting an item worth less than $500 is a [...]

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22/09/11 IHOP East Village hires bouncer www.privateofficer.com

  East Village NY Sept 22 2011 IHOP is so convinced its new East Village location is going to be an after-hours hipster hot spot that it has hired a bouncer. An off-duty cop will stand guard outside the East 14th franchise each night from 11 p.m. to 7 a.m. in order to keep the [...]

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22/09/11 Major brawl breaks out at Hoke County High School www.privateofficer.com

  RAEFORD NC Sept 22 2011 — Hoke County High School beefed up security Tuesday following an on-campus brawl that involved nearly three dozen students Monday. “He got his nose broke,” parent Cora Lokclear said. “There’s children got their nose broke and everything else yesterday.” Locklear says her 16-year-old son is one of ten students [...]

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22/09/11 Manhattan couple on the run after abducting eight children www.privateofficer.com

    Manhattan NY Sept 22 2011 An upper Manhattan couple is on the run after abducting their eight children from a Queens foster care facility, cops said Tuesday. Shanel Nadal, 28, went to visit her kids – seven boys between 4 and 11 years old, all named Nephra Payne, and an 11-month-old girl named [...]

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22/09/11 City of Miami says Kent Security Services underpaid personnel www.privateofficer.com

  Miami Fla Sept 22 2011 City officials have determined that for the past two years Kent Security Services has paid its workers less than the living-wage required by city law for work performed for the city government. But the city didn’t answer questions on Tuesday from The Miami Herald about how many employees it [...]

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22/09/11 Veteran skydiver releases parachute-commits suicide during jump www.privateofficer.com

  Saratoga County NY Sept 22 2011 A veteran skydiver killed himself by shedding his parachute mid-air and freefalling 8,000 to his death. Horrified bystanders watched as Robert Raecke, 60, hurtled to the ground on Sunday afternoon, after unbuckling his parachute above a New York field. He had left a suicide note, police said, although [...]

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