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Monthly Archives: October 2011

26/10/11 NYPD firearms sting operation nets 5 police officers www.privateofficer.com

  NEW YORK NY Oct 26 2011 A sting operation resulted in the arrests of 12 people, including five New York Police Department officers, on charges that they smuggled $1 million worth of firearms, cigarettes and slot machines they thought were stolen, authorities said Tuesday. Three retired NYPD officers and a New Jersey correction officer [...]

26/10/11 Two arrested in North Carolina school shooting www.privateofficer.com

  FAYETTEVILLE, N.C. Oct 26 2011– Surveillance video helped lead authorities to two suspects who have been charged in the shooting and wounding of a 15-year-old student at a North Carolina high school. The video showed the 18-year-old and 15-year-old suspects carrying the rifle inside Cape Fear High School, Cumberland County Sheriff Earl “Moose” Butler [...]

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26/10/11 Pa. fire department sued for not putting out massive fire www.privateofficer.com

  UNION CITY, Pa. Oct 26 2011– The owner of a massive former furniture plant that was leveled by fire in early December has filed suit against the borough and its volunteer fire department over what he calls inadequate attempts to save the 210,000-square-foot structure. In the suit, which was filed Friday, Carl Boone claims [...]

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26/10/11 San Jacinto tow operator guilty of bribing college police chief www.privateofficer.com

  Riverside County CA Oct 26 2011 A Riverside County Superior Court jury Monday convicted a San Jacinto tow operator of one count of bribery in connection with the offer of gifts to Mt. San Jacinto College’s now former police chief in exchange for business on and near the college’s two campuses. Morgan McComas, 42, [...]

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26/10/11 Third lawsuit filed against All Good Music Festival www.privateofficer.com

  Masontown WV Oct 26 2011 A third person involved in a car accident at this year’s All Good Music Festival has sued the organizers, Maryland-based Walther Productions. The jam band festival, which takes place in July in West Virginia, was accused of negligence in a pair of lawsuits filed earlier this month by two [...]

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26/10/11 Fifth loaded gun this month found at Salt Lake International Airport www.privateofficer.com

  Salt Lake City Utah Oct 26 2011 Salt Lake City International Airport police confiscated a loaded handgun at a security checkpoint Tuesday morning — the fifth loaded gun found in carry-on baggage this month. Transportation Security Administration spokeswoman Lorie Dankers said TSA officers found a .45 caliber Kimber-11 handgun loaded with seven rounds of [...]

26/10/11 Criminal charges filed against Seattle Public School employees in $250,000 theft www.privateofficer.com

  SEATTLE WA Oct 26 2011 – As the KING 5 Investigators broke last week, criminal charges have now been filed in the financial scandal that shook up Seattle Public Schools earlier this year. King County Prosecutor Dan Satterberg has charged former Seattle schools employee Silas Potter Jr. with felony theft for bilking more than [...]

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26/10/11 Veteran Neptune Beach police detective arrested in gambling investigation www.privateofficer.com

  Jacksonville Fla Oct 26 2011 A veteran Neptune Beach police detective who provided input into city anti-gambling regulations is among four people arrested in an illegal gambling ring in Clay County. Camille L. Burban, 41, an eight-year detective in Neptune Beach, was charged Monday with being a “keeper of a gambling house,” a third-degree [...]

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26/10/11 Law enforcement deaths up again www.privateofficer.com

  Washington DC Oct 26 2011(CNN) — Fifty-six law enforcement officers were feloniously killed in the line of duty in 2010, the FBI reported Monday. That’s up from 48 shot and killed the previous year. The new statistics for calendar year 2010 show that 72 other police officers were accidentally killed last year, mostly in [...]

26/10/11 Security guard scares off ATM thief www.privateofficer.com

  SAN ANTONIO TX Oct 26 2011 — An attempt to steal an automatic teller machine from the Cliff Morton Development and Business Services Center was spoiled by an alert security guard. Police were called to the 1900 block of South Alamo around 11:30 p.m., where a security guard told officers that men drove a [...]

26/10/11 Possible security officer commits suicide at California park www.privateofficer.com

  FERNDALE CA Oct 26 2011– An Oak Park man used a pistol to kill himself in a public park for children Sunday. The man, 21, was wearing a private security guard uniform and his death prompted rumors that a police officer had killed himself, said Ferndale Police Lt. William Wilson. “We had people calling [...]

26/10/11 Pitt-Johnstown police officer hospitalized after assault www.privateofficer.com

  JOHNSTOWN PA Oct 26 2011 — A Pitt-Johnstown police officer was hospitalized Sunday after a fistfight with a student in a dormitory building’s stairwell, according to police. Campus police charged Matthew Sweeney III, 20, of Belle Vernon, Fayette County, with two counts of aggravated assault and other charges. Police said he attacked and choked [...]

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26/10/11 Brevard County doctor arrested for having sex with minor www.privateofficer.com

  INDIALANTIC, Fla. Oct 26 2011A Brevard County doctor was arrested for allegedly having sex with a minor in exchange for prescription pain medication, the Florida Department of Law Enforcement said on Tuesday. Dr. John Gayden, 58, was charged with one count of sex with a minor and one count of delivery of a controlled [...]

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26/10/11 Garda Security Group aquires Aeroguard for $16 million www.privateofficer.com

  Atlanta GA Oct 26 2011 Guard services firm Garda Security Group announced on Tuesday that it has acquired airport screening services provider Aeroguard for $16 million. According to a statement, Garda will now be responsible for providing pre-board screening services in both the Central and Prairies regions in Canada under contracts totaling $1.07 billion [...]

26/10/11 South Carolina woman kills 4, stages crime scene to collect insurance money www.privateofficer.com

  COLUMBIA, S.C.Oct 26 2011 – Police say a South Carolina woman shot and killed her two sons, her ex-husband and stepmother to collect life insurance and tried to make it look like one son killed them all. Prosecutors say 48-year-old Susan Hendricks is charged with four counts of murder for the deaths in two [...]

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26/10/11 TSA sets up Tennessee check points along Interstate www.privateofficer.com

  Nashville TN Oct 26 2011 Forget airport check-in lines, the Transportation Security Administration (TSA) last week set up check points at truck weigh stations in Tennessee as part of a coordinated effort with the Tennessee Department of Safety & Homeland Security (TDSHS) to improve highway security. “People generally associate the TSA with airport security, [...]

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26/10/11 Identity of apartment security officer killed released www.privateofficer.com

  MEMPHIS, Tenn. Oct 26 2011- Memphis Police are still searching for suspects in the fatal shooting of a security guard at the Bent Tree Apartments. 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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26/10/11 Landmark College student charge in explosion incident www.privateofficer.com

  PUTNEY VT. Oct 26 2011 — Police have arrested a student from Shoreham in connection with detonation of an explosive device at Landmark College. On Monday, Landmark College Security contacted the Vermont State Police stating that one of the suspects in the case had confessed. During an interview at the college’s security office conducted [...]

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26/10/11 Seven people — including football coach charged with human trafficking www.privateofficer.com

  GARDEN PLAIN KS Oct 26 2011 — Seven people — including Garden Plain High School football coach Todd Puetz — have been arrested in a law enforcement operation targeting human trafficking, authorities announced today. The arrests were made late Friday and Saturday nights, Wichita police Capt. Brent Allred said. The special operation was conducted [...]

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26/10/11 Arizona teacher pleads guilty to sexual conduct charge www.privateofficer.com

  TUCSON, Ariz.Oct 26 2011 – Jennifer Lynn Whiting, the Tucson high school teacher who was arrested after sexually explicit photos of her were found on a 16-year-old student’s cell phone, has pleaded guilty to a felony sexual conduct charge. The Arizona Daily Star reports that the 33-year-old Rincon High School teacher will face at [...]

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26/10/11 New Castle school principal charged with grand theft www.privateofficer.com

  NEW CASTLE, Del.Oct 26 2011 – A Delaware school principal is facing a potentially stern lesson. New Castle County elementary principal Jacob Getty, Jr. was arrested Sunday on felony theft charges, accused of stealing more than $18,000 from the PTA and school fundraisers. Getty was arrested following an investigation of fundraising events at Eisenberg [...]

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25/10/11 TSA screener leaves note after finding sex toy in luggage www.privateofficer.com

  Newark NJ Oct 25 2011 An alert Transportation Security Administration screener at New Jersey’s Newark Airport apparently spotted a “sex toy” stuffed inside a passenger’s luggage Saturday and offered the traveler some encouragement. “Get your freak on girl” was found written in black ink on the back of a TSA notice, passenger Jill Filipovic [...]

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25/10/11 Former University of Michigan police officer sues over discrimination www.privateofficer.com

  Ann Arbor MI October 25 2011 A former campus police officer has filed a gender discrimination lawsuit against the University of Michigan. According to court documents, Brian Daniels is claiming he was discriminated against because of his gender by his superiors. Daniels joined the U of M Public Safety Office in 1993 and became [...]

25/10/11 South Bend police officer accused of sexual assaults www.privateofficer.com

  SOUTH BEND, Ind. Oct 26 2011– A South Bend police officer is accused of sexually assaulting two women on separate occasions while on duty. Right now, A local minister is shocked and outraged after his daughter became a victim of a horrible crime. The woman says a police officer, who took an oath to [...]

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25/10/11 Man trapped in portable toilet goes for a ride www.privateofficer.com

  Hanford WA Oct 25 2011 A forklift operator learned the value of knocking first after he moved a Hanford portable toilet with a Teamster still in it. On Oct. 5, a forklift operator near Hanford’s D and DR reactors picked up the chemical toilet to move it to a new location, unaware that it [...]

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25/10/11 Colorado guard’s gun discharges hitting friend www.privateofficer.com

  AURORA, Colo. Oct 25 2011- Police in Aurora are investigating a shooting involving a security guard. It happened at about 5 p.m. Saturday at the Fairways at Lowry apartment complex. Police said the security guard from the complex was sitting in a car with a friend when the gun fired. The friend was hit [...]

25/10/11 Miamisburg’s police chief’s son killed in train accident www.privateofficer.com

  WEST CARROLLTON OH Oct 25 2011 — A man struck and killed by a Norfolk Southern Railway train early Friday was the son of Miamisburg’s chief of police. The victim Nicholas Sedlak, 23, of West Carrollton, was the son of Miamisburg police Chief John Sedlak, Miamisburg police Capt. Ron Hess said Sunday. West Carrollton [...]

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25/10/11 Staten Island’s horse-mounted patrols to be cut www.privateofficer.com

  STATEN ISLAND, N.Y. Oct 25 2011 — Staten Island’s horse-mounted patrols may be riding off into the sunset, as the Parks Department plans to pull officers and their four-legged partners for reassignment to other boroughs. The borough renowned for its parks will soon be down to three patrol officers and two horses if volunteers [...]

25/10/11 Police kill of-duty armed security officer www.privateofficer.com

  PELHAM MASS Oct 25 2011 — Police still haven’t determined what motivated a Dracut man to threaten officers with a handgun before he was shot to death on Hobbs Road in Pelham early Saturday morning. Alberto Pagan, 21, of Dracut was shot and killed by police when he advanced on officers from Lowell, Mass., [...]

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25/10/11 Ohio nightclub security officer stabbed www.privateofficer.com

  DOVER OH Oct 25 2011 — Police were still searching Sunday night for a suspect in a stabbing incident at LaRumba, a restaurant and nightclub at 120 N. Tuscarawas Ave. The stabbing was reported at 1:44 a.m. Sunday. The suspect, a Hispanic male known to police as Francisco Chico Vesquel, no age or address [...]