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Monthly Archives: October 2011

28/10/11 Two NY TSA agents plead guilty in $40,000 theft www.privateofficer.com

  NEW YORK NY Oct 28 2011 — Two former Transportation Security Administration officers based at John F. Kennedy Airport have admitted to stealing $40,000 in cash from a checked bag. The Queens District Attorney’s Office says 44-year-old Coumar Persad, of Queens, and 31-year-old Davon Webb, of the Bronx, pleaded guilty on Thursday to grand [...]

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28/10/11 Parolee subdued by hospital security in gas theft www.privateofficer.com

  Murrieta CA Oct 28 2011 A 26-year-old Murrieta parolee is back in jail this morning after he was spotted siphoning gas in a hospital parking lot and had to be wrestled into custody by security guards, police say. Elias Gabrielle Adamakis was arrested at 3:07 p.m. Tuesday in the 36900 block of Ascella Lane [...]

28/10/11 Memphis police charge man in security officer murder www.privateofficer.com

  MEMPHIS, Tenn.Oct 28 2011 – Memphis Police arrested a suspect in the fatal shooting of a security guard at the Bent Tree Apartments last weekend. 41-year old Reginald Thompson was found lying on the ground with a gunshot wound when officers arrived at the complex around 9:30pm on October 23rd. He was transported to [...]

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28/10/11 Stacy Schuler-Former Ohio teacher sent to prison for sex with students www.privateofficer.com

  LEBANON OH Oct 28 2011 — A former physical education teacher was found guilty of having sex with five former students. Stacy Schuler, was sentenced to 48 months in prison by Warren County Judge Robert Peeler, who announced his decision Thursday afternoon after a four-day bench trial. He told a packed courtroom that while [...]

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28/10/11 Hospital patient arrested after head butting security www.privateofficer.com

  Mesa AZ Oct 28 2011 City police arrested a man accused of head-butting and punching a hospital security guard, a court document states. Frank Cravens Grannis, 26, attempted to leave Mountain Vista Medical Center early Thursday without permission while an I.V. was still attached to his left hand, police said. When security stopped him [...]

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28/10/11 Port Allen Police Chief found guilty of fraud-racketeering charges www.privateofficer.com

    BATON ROUGE, La. Oct 28 2011 (AP) – Port Allen Police Chief Fred Smith was convicted Thursday of racketeering and fraud charges stemming from allegations he solicited bribes from an undercover FBI operative. The Advocate reports Smith has been ordered to resign by Friday following his convictions by a federal jury in Baton [...]

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27/10/11 Nevada County man had a pocket full of badges that belonged to his dog www.privateofficer.com

    Nevada County CA Oct 27 2011 A Grass Valley man allegedly drove past a couple at high speed on Highway 174 by flashing his lights and a badge, and later was tracked down parked outside a marijuana dispensary in Colfax. But the badge was apparently one of several in his possession, which he [...]

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27/10/11 Two small planes collide in mid-air over Oregon www.privateofficer.com

  NEWBERG, Ore.Oct 27 2011 — Two small planes collided in mid-air over the Newberg area late Tuesday afternoon, sending one crashing to the ground. One person was confirmed dead, the Yamhill County Sheriff’s Office said. The pilot of the second plane managed to make an emergency landing near Champoeg State Park, according to Capt. [...]

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27/10/11 Former community college security guard on trial for criminal impersonation www.privateofficer.com

    PITTSBURGH Pa Oct 27 2011 – A former community college security guard is on trial in Pittsburgh. Prosecutors say he claimed to be a district attorney’s investigator in order to get a discounted motel room where prosecutors said he met with a woman. Defense testimony was expected to begin Wednesday in the Allegheny [...]

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27/10/11 Postal police arrest Florida man for robbery of postal workers www.privateofficer.com

  NORTH MIAMI, Fla. Oct 27 2011 — Postal police have announced the arrest of two men in a string of robberies targeting mail carriers throughout Miami-Dade County. “We are here today to announce some initiatives and arrests that we’ve done based on the robberies of letter carriers in the last recent history,” said Henry [...]

27/10/11 Man lives at airport for 80 days www.privateofficer.com

  Vancover Canada Oct 27 2011 It’s like the movie “The Terminal,” only it’s real. A man has been living in the Vancouver airport since Aug. 17 — at the airport’s invitation. “I can’t leave. I’m stuck here,” Jaeger Mah explained to an airport volunteer who invited him to a party outside the airport Nov. [...]

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27/10/11 Montgomery County police evidence technician accused of thefts www.privateofficer.com

  Montgomery County MD Oct 27 2011 A Montgomery County police evidence technician is accused of stealing at least $28,000 in cash from a police safe and trying to cover his tracks with phony computer entries and late-night shuffles of money around the safe, according to arrest records filed against Suk “Brian” Ryong Yun. Yun, [...]

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27/10/11 Old Navy shoplifter nabbed by security www.privateofficer.com

  HAMDEN CT Oct 27 2011 — A man was arrested Monday afternoon, accused of shoplifting $900 worth of merchandise from the Old Navy store on Dixwell Avenue. Robert Hallett, 41, of New Haven, was charged with third-degree robbery, assault on a police officer, fifth-degree larceny and interfering with a police officer. Police said Hallett [...]

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27/10/11 Ohio apartment security assaulted www.privateofficer.com

  Mayfield Heights OH Oct 27 2011 A security guard was assaulted at 10:27 p.m. Oct. 20 at Marsol Towers apartments. He told police he was patrolling and saw people sitting in a car who looked kind of suspicious. When he approached, they cut his arm with a knife. He said the two suspects fled [...]

27/10/11 Bathtub drops through floor while man is taking a shower www.privateofficer.com

  Wichita KS Oct 27 2011 A man was hospitalized after the floor in his apartment collapsed, dropping him several feet into the building’s basement. It happened Tuesday night around 7:30 p.m. in the 900 block of South Broadway Street. Officials say the 25-year-old man was standing in his bathtub when the floor beneath him [...]

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27/10/11 Ga police hunt for man who firebombed Taco Bell over lack of meat in chalupa www.privateofficer.com

    Albany GA Oct 27 2011 Georgia police are hunting for the aggrieved Taco Bell customer who threw a Molotov cocktail at the restaurant’s drive-thru window after phoning in a complaint that there was not enough meat in the chalupas he had purchased. The bizarre incident occurred around 5 AM Sunday at a Taco [...]

27/10/11 Clark County teacher faces drugs, theft charges www.privateofficer.com

  LAS VEGAS NV Oct 27 2011 — The Clark County School District Police have arrested a middle school teacher for allegedly stealing electronics and possession of drugs on school grounds. Jessica Gendall was arrested Monday after police concluded an investigation into theft at Mack Middle School. Police say during a search, they found cocaine [...]

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27/10/11 Inmate who killed prison guard asks judge for death penalty because he will kill again

  SIOUX FALLS, S.D. Oct 27 2011- A South Dakota inmate who acknowledged killing a state penitentiary guard in a failed escape attempt asked a judge on Wednesday to sentence him to death, saying his one regret is that he did not kill another officer and that he will kill again. Eric Robert pleaded guilty [...]

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27/10/11 Disgruntled bar patron shoots at bouncer www.privateofficer.com

  Galveston TX Oct 27 2011 Bond for James Lawrence Brasfield, 61, was set at $40,000 on two felony counts of aggravated assault with a deadly weapon, Galveston police Capt. Jeff Heyse said. Brasfield was released on bond from the county jail after his Sunday booking, Capt. Barry Cook, a Galveston County Sheriff’s Office spokesman, [...]

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27/10/11 Fort Myers Police employee killed in crash www.privateofficer.com

  Fort Myers Fla Oct 27 2011 The Fort Myers Police Department is mourning the loss of a staff member killed in a car crash in Lehigh Acres Tuesday. Crystal M. Ruiz, 25, of Fort Myers, was on her way to work as a community service aide when she was killed at the corner of [...]

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27/10/11 NC sanitation worker killed in garbage truck accident www.privateofficer.com

  Fayetteville NC Oct 27 2011 A sanitation worker was killed Tuesday when he fell off the back of a garbage truck and was run over by the driver, the Highway Patrol said. Twenty-year-old Jordan Nanney, an employee of Cumberland Garbage and Trash Service, was killed about 8:25 a.m., Sgt. D.L. Mobley said. The accident [...]

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27/10/11 Melbourne law firm may sue casino security over excessive use of force www.privateofficer.com

  Melbourne AU Oct 27 2011 A Melbourne law firm says it is exploring pursing civil claims arising from up to 20 complaints of excessive force applied by security guards against patrons in separate incidents at the Crown entertainment complex and casino in the past three years. ”We’ve been inundated with cases,” Michel Margalit, from [...]

27/10/11 Wanted fugitive shot-killed by police after security spots him at apartments www.privateofficer.com

  Antioch CA Oct 27 2011 A confrontation in an Antioch carport Monday evening ended in a hail of bullets when officers shot and killed a fugitive who emerged from a closet with a gun in his hand, police and neighborhood residents said. Joshua Petersen, 33, of Antioch, was identified as the man who died [...]

27/10/11 Ocala Florida police officer arrested by FBI for income tax fraud www.privateofficer.com

  Ocala Fla Oct 27 2011 An Ocala police officer was arrested Tuesday after an investigation that the FBI says exposed a fraudulent scheme to obtain federal income-tax refunds. Dana Brown, 37, was suspended without pay following his arrest at 7:10 a.m. as he began his shift for the day, authorities said. According to federal [...]

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27/10/11 Wisconsin’s malls to prohibit concealed weapons on property www.privateofficer.com

  MILWAUKEE WI Oct 27 2011 – While malls want your holiday business, they want you to leave your gun at home. Wisconsin’s new conceal carry law takes effect next Monday. Even though it allows concealed weapons in public places, businesses have the right to say no. Bayshore Town Center plans to post additional signs [...]

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27/10/11 Two people charged with robbery threatens security agent www.privateofficer.com

  TOMS RIVER NJ Oct 27 2011 — Two people are charged with robbery after they threatened a store security guard who tried to detain them Tuesday, police said. Luis Quintana and Amanda M. Drake, no ages or addresses available, were initially detained for shoplifting, but the charge was later upgraded to robbery, according to [...]

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27/10/11 Woman charged with felonies in Target store thefts www.privateofficer.com

  Dakota County MN Oct 27 2011 A Waterville woman is charged with two counts of theft after she was caught rolling nearly $2,000 worth of merchandise out the doors of the Target store in West St. Paul without paying for it. According to a criminal complaint filed in Dakota County, Kyia Marie Hee Thomson, [...]

27/10/11 Trio of women charged in Salem NH shoplifting spree www.privateofficer.com

  SALEM NH Oct 27 2011 — Three women led Salem police on a brief pursuit to a dead-end street after one of them was allegedly caught shoplifting at a Route 28 department store on Friday, police said. A police K-9 tracked down the women near Hillcrest Avenue, after the trio bailed out of their [...]

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27/10/11 Man shot to death outside Florida Home Depot www.privateofficer.com

  Boynton Beach Fla Oct 27 2011 A Deerfield Beach man shot to death outside a Home Depot store Wednesday morning was a commercial construction worker who likely stopped to pick up supplies, a relative said. Lawrence William Modena Jr., 41, was shot in the right side of the head and multiple times in the [...]

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27/10/11 Man rescued after being stuck in hollow tree www.privateofficer.com

    LAGUNA HILLS, Calif. Oct 17 2011 (AP) — Authorities in Southern California say they rescued a man stuck inside a hollow tree trunk by following the sounds of his screams down into a creek bed. The Orange County Register reports that Orange County sheriff’s deputies found the man stuck up to his chest [...]