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Monthly Archives: October 2011

23/10/11 Man with AK-47 arrested at Dover Downs Hotel and Casino www.privateofficer.com

  DOVER, Del.Oct 23 2011 — Dover police say they’ve arrested a man accused of pulling an assault rifle during a large fight outside Dover Downs Hotel and Casino last month. Police say the Sept. 18 fight was caught on security video. In the video, police say 29-year-old Phillip Francis of Dover is seen taking [...]

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23/10/11 Former Metropolitan Police officer gets prison for carjacking-robbery www.privateofficer.com

  Washington DC Oct 23 2011 A former Metropolitan Police officer was sentenced Friday to 15 years in prison for serving as a lookout in an armed carjacking and robbery that led to a fatal shooting. Reginald Jones, a six-year veteran who was assigned to the department’s Narcotics and Special Investigations Division, pleaded guilty in [...]

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23/10/11 Off duty New Jersey cops arrested for assault-weapon charges www.privateofficer.com

  NORTH BERGEN NJ Oct 23 2011 — Three off-duty Union City police officers were arrested early this morning on charges of aggravated assault and weapons offenses, according to the Hudson County prosecutor’s office. Two of the defendants — Damien De Fazio, 30, and Jonathan Rivera, 26 – are Union City police officers, while the [...]

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23/10/11 Forest City police officer shot- arrested for arson www.privateofficer.com

  Forest City IA Oct 23 2011 Two DCI agents are on paid leave, and a local police officer is accused of committing crimes in a community he is supposed to serve and protect. An off-duty Forest City Police Officer shot last evening – is now facing criminal charges. Agents with the Division of Criminal [...]

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23/10/11 Columbia police officer arrested for prostitution www.privateofficer.com

  Columbia SC Oct 23 2011 Columbia police officer Mark A. Cornish, 32, was arrested and charged with one count of prostitution Friday, Sheriff Leon Lott said. Cornish reportedly fled the scene in his patrol car when sheriff’s deputies, acting on a tip, arrived at a motel at 7700 Two Notch Road where they had [...]

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23/10/11 Meriden man sentenced in murder of nightclub bouncer www.privateofficer.com

  WATERBURY CT Oct 23 2011 — A 21-year-old Meriden man was sentenced Friday to 33 years in prison for the murder of beloved bouncer Lawrence “Superman” Mates. The sentencing set off a brawl inside the courthouse. Andre West pleaded guilty in July to murdering Mates and faced between 33 years and 37 years in [...]

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23/10/11 Community corrections agent sliced with box cutter by felon www.privateofficer.com

  Lakewood WA Oct 23 2011 A longtime state community corrections worker is recovering from a nasty knife wound after a felon on his caseload pulled out a box cutter instead of submitting to arrest. Around 4:50 p.m. Thursday, Greg Devorrs, a 17-year Department of Corrections (DOC) employee, was preparing to arrest Alex Wirkus, a [...]

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23/10/11 Connecticut school crossing guard charged with child molestation www.privateofficer.com

  VERNON CT Oct 23 2011— Russell Pike, a 74-year-old former school crossing guard in Vernon, was long suspected by police of sexually abusing children. Twice in the past decade, detectives investigated Pike and worked to build a case against him, but his alleged victims would not talk, according to a warrant for his arrest [...]

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23/10/11 Southwest Airlines flight makes emergency landing with rowdy man aboard www.privateofficer.com

  AMARILLO, Texas Oct 23 2011 – A Southwest Airlines flight from Los Angeles to Kansas City made an emergency landing in Texas on Tuesday after a man’s rowdy conduct reportedly included a confrontation with the crew. The 29-year-old passenger from Florida, Ali Reza Shahsavari, was arrested on a charge of interfering with a flight [...]

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23/10/11 Maryland murder suspect captured in small Alabama town www.privateofficer.com

  MOBILE, Alabama Oct 23 2011– The Maryland man arrested at a Bayou La Batre hotel Wednesday is charged in a gruesome killing, involving a hatchet. Larry Eugene Horton, 37, was arrested Wednesday at the Bayou La Batre Inn & Suites on Wintzell Avenue. His wife, Angelena Horton, who was with him there, was also [...]

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23/10/11 Mills-Peninsula Medical Center employee arrested for stealing 1500 patient files www.privateofficer.com

  BURLINGAME, Calif.Oct 23 2011 — A former mailroom employee at Mills-Peninsula Medical Center in Burlingame is facing charges in connection with the theft of about 1,500 patient records. The San Mateo Daily Journal reports that 49-year-old Katherine Asimos is scheduled to be arraigned on Monday on misdemeanor embezzlement and forgery charges. Asimos allegedly took [...]

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22/10/11 29-year-old Virginia woman faces prison in death of 77 yr old husband www.privateofficer.com

  Bedford County VA Oct 22 2011 A 29-year-old Virginia woman could spend the next 40 years in prison for savagely beating her 77-year-old boyfriend to death with his own cane last year. Kristina N. Pongracz pleaded no contest to second degree murder in Bedford County court on Tuesday. She was charged with attacking her [...]

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22/10/11 Texas security guard could be linked to 15 prostitute murders www.privateofficer.com

  Houston TX October 22 2011 Homicide investigators are examining the killings of 15 prostitutes in eastern Harris County to see if they are linked to Crosby security guard Steven Alexander Hobbs, whom they charged Thursday with murder in the death of a woman found near his home. The murder charge, dating from 2002, brought [...]

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22/10/11 Washington DC security officer claims discrimination over being gay www.privateofficer.com

  Washington DC Oct 22 2011 A guard working for a company that provides security services for the Democratic National Committee headquarters on Capitol Hill says the company suspended him after another guard learned that he’s gay and expressed reluctance to work with him. Robert Miller, 32, a D.C. resident, says he’s filing a discrimination [...]

22/10/11 Henrico County man pleads guilty in sex crimes against teenage boys www.privateofficer.com

  Richmond VA Oct 21 2011 Kenneth D. Mullens Jr., a target of investigators in area jurisdictions looking into sex crimes involving underage teenage boys, pleaded guilty Thursday in Henrico County Circuit Court to nine misdemeanor counts of sexual battery and was sentenced to eight months in jail. The former Christian youth worker associated with [...]

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22/10/11 Pub patron nabbed by security for purse theft www.privateofficer.com

  Clifton NJ Oct 22 2011 Jerome Antoyne, 23, of Bloomfield, was arrested and charged with theft of a purse from a patron at Pub 46 on Route 46 on Oct. 7 at 3 a.m. Antoyne, according to police reports, was attempting to leave the pub at 3 a.m., but was stopped by Pub 46 [...]

22/10/11 NC police turn tables on robbery suspects www.privateofficer.com

  Huntersville NC Oct 22 2011 Police say that an undercover drug string turned into a robbery attempt of four police officers Thursday in Huntersville. The police officers had arranged to meet with some men to buy drugs from them but instead found themselves in the middle of a robbery. It happened Thursday afternoon in [...]

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22/10/11 Court security officer sues after being fired for failing a hearing test www.privateofficer.com

  Erie PA October 22 2011 A retired state trooper claims in a federal lawsuit filed today that Attorney General Eric Holder violated anti-discrimination laws by having him fired from an Erie federal courthouse security position after he failed a hearing test. William Shaffer of Erie says in the lawsuit that he retired from the [...]

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22/10/11 Shooting at Pittsburgh Family Dollar store leaves 1 dead www.privateofficer.com

  New Kensington PA Oct 22 2011 One man was killed and another injured Thursday night when gunfire broke out in front of the Family Dollar in Central City Plaza, police said. Several people dashed inside and at least one shot was fired in the store, sending frightened employees running to the back of the shop [...]

22/10/11 Texas security company owner-NOPD captain confess to Hurricane Katrina scheme www.privateofficer.com

  New Orleans LA Oct 22 2011 A Texas man who admitted scheming with a New Orleans police captain to defraud Entergy Inc. and FEMA through a bloated security contract was sentenced to five years in federal prison today. Joseph Branch, 38, of Chandler, Texas, the owner of Gladius Inc., confessed that he and former [...]

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22/10/11 Teacher at The Glenholme School arrested for sexual assault of teen www.privateofficer.com

    WASHINGTON CT Oct 22 2011 —Brittany Larson, a 27-year-old staff member at The Glenholme School, a therapeutic boarding school, surrendered to State Police last Thursday after learning of an arrest warrant alleging she had a sexual relationship with a 16-year-old male student. Police had been conducting an investigation since being contacted last month [...]

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22/10/11 Pierce County church leader charged with molesting children www.privateofficer.com

    TACOMA, Wash.Oct 22 2011 — A man called one of Pierce County’s most promising Christian leaders is accused of molesting children Thursday. He surrounded himself with children as a football coach, YMCA worker and church volunteer. We’re not naming the suspect because he hasn’t been charged but church officials say he confessed his [...]

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22/10/11 Former U.S. Sen. Kit Bond starts security company www.privateofficer.com

  ST Louis MO Oct 22 2011 Former U.S. Sen. Kit Bond is teaming up with a former U.S. marshal to start a private security company. Kit Bond Corporate Protection Services will be based in Columbia. The president of the new business is Mauri Sheer, who until May had served as a federal marshal in [...]

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22/10/11 Virginia Port Authority plans to cut 45 police officers-replace with private security www.privateofficer.com

  NORFOLK VA Oct 22 2011 — The Virginia Port Authority plans to cut 45 of its 71 sworn police officers by next June and replace them with contract security guards in an effort to save money, the state agency confirmed Thursday. The cuts will be accomplished through a combination of early retirement offers and [...]

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22/10/11 Police search for grocery store robbers posing as FBI agents www.privateofficer.com

  HAMPTON VA Oct 22 2011Police in Hampton are looking for two men who posed as FBI agents and robbed a grocery store, shooting a vendor in the leg and threatening store employees with devices that they claimed were bombs. The incident occurred at 7:22 a.m. at the Food Lion in the Newmarket Square shopping [...]

22/10/11 Hazmat response at Monrovia Wal-Mart after workers get sick from money www.privateofficer.com

  Monrovia CA Oct 22 2011 Hundreds of workers and shoppers were cleared out of the Walmart store near the border of Monrovia and Duarte Thursday after some workers said they got sick shortly after handling money from an armored car, authorities said. Hazardous materials units and about 50 firefighters responded to the Walmart at [...]

22/10/11 Tulsa police officers- 1 federal agent face prison in corruption convictions www.privateofficer.com

  Tulsa OK Oct 22 2011 A federal judge has set the sentencing date for three police officers and a federal agent who pleaded guilty or who were convicted in a two-year investigation of police corruption involving the Tulsa Police Department. Police Officer Jeff Henderson, former Officer John K. Gray, retired Cpl. Harold R. Wells [...]

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22/10/11 Federal agents raid Murfreesboro pain clinic www.privateofficer.com

  MURFREESBORO, Tenn.Oct 22 2011 — Agents from the U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration and local police have raided a Murfreesboro pain clinic first exposed by NewsChannel 5 Investigates. Executing what is believed to be a federal search warrant, agents raided Total Pain Solutions on Church Street sometime around 2 p.m. Friday afternoon. They could be [...]

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22/10/11 Las Vegas security officer charged with murder www.privateofficer.com

  LAS VEGAS NV October 22 2011 – A security officer who had fired his gun during a party he was working was arrested in connection to a teen’s death, Las Vegas Metro police said Friday. According to an arrest report, Yauder Martinez-Rodriguez, 24, was taken into custody Thursday after an investigation in the shooting [...]

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22/10/11 Baggage thefts at Spokane International Airport lands 3 people in jail www.privateofficer.com

Spokane WA Oct 22 2011 An airport spokesman said Monday’s was the first case of baggage theft at Spokane International Airport in at least 10 years. Three people were arrested on suspicion of stealing baggage at Spokane International Airport this week after airport police set up surveillance a day after a rash of stolen bags [...]