OFFICER DOWN- Steven Green

 

 

 

Police Officer
Steven Green

Mobile Police Department, Alabama

End of Watch: Friday, February 3, 2012
Bio &Incident Details
Age: Not available

Tour: 1 year, 8 months

Badge # Not available

Cause: Stabbed

Incident Date: 2/3/2012

Weapon: Edged weapon

Suspect: Deceased

Police Officer Steven Green was stabbed to death by a prisoner outside of the Mobile County Metro Jail at approximately 3:50 pm.

The subject had been arrested by an off duty police officer earlier in the day when he attempted to rob a dollar store. He had approached the store’s checkout counter, demanded money, then lit the counter on fire after spraying it with lighter fluid. An off duty officer shopping in the store tackled him and took him into custody.

He was processed at the police station and was being transported to the county jail by Officer Green when he attacked and fatally stabbed Officer Green outside of the jail complex. The subject then stole the officer’s service weapon and patrol car. Other officers pursued the suspect to a home off of Dauphin Island Parkway where he engaged them in a shootout, wounding one officer in the arm. The suspect suffered a fatal gunshot wound during the exchange of shots.

Officer Green had served with the Mobile Police Department for 20 months. He is survived by his wife and children.

Please contact the following agency to send condolences or to obtain funeral arrangements:

Chief of Police Michael T. Williams
Mobile Police Department
2460 Government Street
Mobile, AL 36606

Phone: (251) 208-1700

OFFICER DOWN Michael J. Pollitz

 

Patrol Officer
Michael J. Pollitz

St. Louis Park Police Department, Minnesota

End of Watch: Wednesday, November 30, 2011
Bio & Incident Details
Age: 37

Tour: 8 years

Badge # 259

Cause: Duty related illness

Incident Date: 11/30/2011

Weapon: Not available

Suspect: Not available

Patrol Officer Michael Pollitz suffered a fatal pulmonary embolism while responding to a home to conduct a welfare check. He was transported to a local hospital but passed away.

Officer Pollitz had served with the St. Louis Park Police Department for eight years. He is survived by his wife and two children.

Former Phoenix police officer guilty on 87 counts of bank robbery-kidnapping www.privateofficer.com

 

 

Phoenix AZ Feb 3 2012 A jury found a former Phoenix police officer guilty Wednesday on 87 counts, including armed robbery, aggravated assault, kidnapping and theft, in a string of bank robberies in 2006, according to Maricopa County Superior Court spokesman Vincent Funari.

Chad Michael Goulding, 42, was arrested in December 2010 by FBI agents on suspicion of robbing five Valley banks of more than $133,000 between June and November 2006. He had faced a 95-count indictment accusing him of a rash of Bank of America robberies in Chandler, Glendale, Mesa and Scottsdale.

He was convicted on 61 counts of kidnapping, 16 counts of armed robbery, five counts of aggravated assault and five counts of theft, Funari said.

Goulding resigned from the Phoenix Police Department in August 2005 after 13 years of service, just months before the robberies, after an internal investigation and a positive steroids test.

His sentencing date was not immediately available.

Source:www.azcentral.com

NC man arrested for murder 17 years after crime www.privateofficer.com

 

 

ASHEBORO, NC Feb 3 2012 - Asheboro police say a man has been charged with murder 17 years after a man was found shot to death in an Asheboro home.

Records show 38-year-old Sergio Pelayo Rios was being held Sunday at the Randolph County jail.

According to Major Hatcher, Rios was put on probation for a DWI case in Columbus County. He said someone at the sheriff’s office was going through his file and saw he was wanted for murder from 1994 in another county.

He said the probation officer contacted deputies in Columbus County who then contacted authorities in Randolph County and arrested Rios.

The Courier-Tribune of Asheboro reports that police found the body of Jacinto L. Zarate in 1994. He had been shot with an AK-47 rifle.

Witnesses said they saw three men including Rios flee the scene. Two of the men were arrested, but Rios was never found.

It wasn’t known if Rios had an attorney.

Source:AP

Ohio man commits suicide after shooting into bar www.privateofficer.com

 

 

Newark OH Feb 3 2012 A man fired shots into a Newark bar before shooting and killing himself last night.

Newark police Sgt. Scott Snow said Robert M. Larson, 39, was drinking at the Eastern Grill at 597 E. Main St. when he began arguing with a woman he had dated and another man. Earlier in the night, Larson, who lived on Magnolia Street in Newark, had his car keys taken to prevent him from driving home drunk.

The bar owner told Larson to leave the bar and locked the door behind him, Snow said. He went to his car, grabbed a gun and started shooting.

When officers arrived after a 911 call at 11:22 p.m., they found Larson’s body in the parking lot with a self-inflicted gunshot wound. Numerous shell casings were found on the ground.

No one inside the bar was injured, Snow said.

“We probably would have had several people shot, maybe dead, if the bar owner hadn’t locked the door,” he said.

Larson did not have a criminal history with the local police, but Snow said he did have a previous conviction and was on probation or parole. An autopsy likely will be performed today.

Eastern Correctional Institution prisoner commits suicide after being convicted of weapon charges www.privateofficer.com

 

SALISBURY, Md. Feb 3 2012- A 27-year-old inmate awaiting sentencing on counterfeiting, weapons, and other convictions apparently committed suicide on Wednesday morning at Eastern Correctional Institution in Westover, Maryland Department of Public Safety and Correctional Services said.

Correctional staff found Matthew Alan Schirling of Salisbury in his cell at around 6 a.m. DPSCS officials said four officers immediately began CPR and continued it until medical personnel arrived. Shirling was pronounced dead a short time later.

Officials said At this time, there is no indication of foul play. Detectives from the DPSCS Internal Investigative Unit are on the scene and consulting with prison officials, the medical examiner, and outside law enforcement.

The prison chaplain has notified Schirling’s family of his death.

Schirling was in ECI serving a sentence of eight years and 10 months on robbery and drug convictions.

As recently as Tuesday, Jan. 31, a Wicomico County Circuit jury convicted Schirling on counterfeiting and firearms charges in connection with a February 2011 arrest in which police seized eight guns and $13,370 in counterfeit money from a home on Caroline Street in Salisbury. For the latest conviction, Schirling was facing a maximum sentence of 40 years on the firearms charges, and the possibility of an additional 20 years on the counterfeiting charges.

Source:WBOC.com

Birmingham police charge 17yr old teen in murder of 5 men www.privateofficer.com

 

 

BIRMINGHAM, Ala.Feb 3 2012 - A 17-year-old has been charged in connection with the murders of five men found dead in a Birmingham home over the weekend, according to police.

Rashad Stoves is charged with five counts of capital murder in the shooting deaths of 19-year-old Demetrius Sanford; 23-year-old Jeffery Davis Jr.; 42-year-old Ronnie James Render; 23-year-old; Jonathan Sanchez; and 21-year-old Charles Render, all of whom died early Sunday.

According to CBS affiliate WIAT, the investigation is ongoing.

“We are pleased to have this first suspect charged and members of the department continue to work diligently to identify every single individual involved in this horrific crime,” said Birmingham Police Chief A.C. Roper

Investigators also obtained one robbery in the first degree and on attempted murder warrant for Stoves in two unrelated cases.

Buncombe County NC school teacher charged with Indecent Liberties with a child www.privateofficer.com

 

 

Buncombe County NC Feb 3 2012 Deputies in Buncombe County have arrested an Owen Middle School teacher on a felony charge of Indecent Liberties with a child.
Kevin Mark Calloway is also charged with secret peeping. Deputies say they are investigating 4 students in connection with the charges.
Calloway is a 6th grade math and science teacher at Owen Middle School. Buncombe County school officials say he has been suspended and the school system will initiate the process to dismiss him permanently.
Calloway has taught at Owen Middle since 1999. He was questioned by school administrators several weeks ago following a parent call which prompted an internal investigation at the school.
That internal investigation was inconclusive, so no further action was taken by the school at that time.
The Superintendent’s office is reviewing whether the school followed correct protocol in their handling of the matter. Pending the outcome of that review, the principal at Owen Middle School, Vicky Matthews, has been placed on leave.
The parents of Calloway’s students will be contacted individually by school administrators today. He remains in the Buncombe County Jail under a $10,000 bond.Teacher Arrested On Indecent Liberties Charge.

Source:ABC13

Milwaukee sixth grade teacher found naked with 14yr old boy www.privateofficer.com

 

 

Milwaukee WI Feb 3 2012 A 40-year-old teacher has been jailed after she was found half naked with a 14-year-old boy in the back seat of her car.
Tammi Monty, a sixth grade teacher, was caught by police as she was allegedly about to have sex with the teen.
Police ordered the couple to get dressed and Monty was arrested on felony child enticement.
The boy later told police he had allegedly been pursued by the teacher who had sent him nude pictures and an explicit 30 second video of herself.
An arrest report revealed that Monty had asked the boy for a photo of his genitals and said she wanted to have sex with him.
Investigators said the boy had been sent a text message by Monty offering to pick him up on Saturday.
The pair drove in Monty’s SUV in the early hours of the morning to a deserted car park at a sports center in Milwaukee, Wisconsin.
An arrest report said the teacher asked the teen how he felt about ‘liking her’ and asked if he wanted to join her in the back seat of the SUV.
The teen said he was scared, but agreed.
A police patrol spotted the lone car parked in the early hours of the morning at the Kinnickinnic Sports Center and went to investigate.
The officer wrote in his report that both Monty and the boy were partially clothes.
Milwaukee Public Schools spokesman Tony Tagliavia said Monty was suspended from the school after they became aware of the arrest

The school sent a letter and made automated phone calls to parents at the affected school, and held a meeting to inform staff.
‘MPS administrators became aware of the arrest over the weekend. We acted immediately. Superintendent (Gregory) Thornton signed a letter removing the teacher from the school,’ Tagliavia said.
‘Given the serious nature of the allegations – and those allegations are extremely troubling – we know this is in the best interest of our students.’
Monty, who teaches sixth and seventh grade at the Manitoba School, is being held at the Milwaukee County jail on $50,000 bond. She faces up to 20 years in jail if convicted.

St. Charles paramedic was found dead by colleagues at station www.privateofficer.com

 

 

St. Charles MO Feb 3 2012 A St. Charles paramedic was found dead by colleagues in his bed at a firehouse Wednesday morning.

Firefighter/Paramedic Douglas “Doug” Haase, 60, apparently died of natural causes, according to The St. Louis Post-Dispatch.

He had fallen asleep following a call late Tuesday night and firefighters found him slumped in his bed around 7 a.m. before his shift was set to end at 7:30 a.m., department spokesman Dan Casey told the newspaper.

“It was a big shock to everybody,” he said. “He was an all-around good guy.”

Haase was a firefighter/paramedic/engineer and worked for the department for 27 years.

Batallion Chief David Lewis described Haase as a calming presence.

“He was our Papa Smurf,” he said. “He’d always have an ear for you, always have fatherly advice.”

Alabama woman sentenced to prison for patient identifications at hospital www.privateofficer.com

Birmingham AL Feb 3 2012 A federal judge today sentenced an Alabaster woman to more than three years in prison for charges including stealing identifying information on more than 4,000 patients from a Birmingham hospital.

U.S. District Judge Sharon Lovelace Blackburn sentenced 26-year-old Chelsea Catherine Stewart, 26, to 15 months in prison for violating the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act and wrongfully obtaining individually identifiable health information from Trinity Medical Center, and for an unrelated bank fraud attempt.

Blackburn also sentenced Stewart to an additional 24 months in prison for aggravated identity theft related to the attempted bank fraud. Stewart pleaded guilty to the three charges in November.

According to court records, Stewart stole the patient information from Trinity Medical Center, formerly Baptist Montclair Hospital, between March 22 and April 8, 2011, while an associate of hers was a patient at the hospital.

The stolen records spanned several years and included names, birth dates and Social Security numbers of patients. Alabaster police recovered hundreds of pages containing the information while executing a search warrant April 8 on a separate case at an Alabaster residence where Stewart was staying, according to a press release from U.S. Attorney Joyce White Vance.

Trinity Medical Center sought to notify all patients whose information was stolen. It announced a toll-free number, 1-866-367-5548, for affected patients to call for free credit monitoring.

Stewart was charged with attempted bank fraud and aggravated identity theft based on her efforts to use a stolen credit-card convenience check to obtain $2,200.

“Fraud and identity theft appeared to be routine activity for this defendant,” Vance wrote in the release. “She could have wreaked financial havoc for untold numbers of individuals through her theft of identifying information on thousands of hospital patients. Fortunately, because of the swift and thorough work of the Alabaster Police Department, the Postal Inspectors and the Secret Service, that threat seems to have been contained.”

“Victims of identity theft may suffer for years,” Alabaster Deputy Police Chief Curtis Rigney wrote in the release. “I only hope that today’s sentencing will serve notice that these types of crimes will be investigated, prosecuted, and prison time will be the end result.”

The Alabaster Police Department, U.S. Postal Inspection Service, and the U.S. Secret Service Investigated the case. Assistant U.S. Attorney Melissa Atwood prosecuted the case.

Source:Shelby County Reporter

One person shot-critically wounded at Lane College www.privateofficer.com

 

JACKSON, Tenn.Feb 3 2012- One person was critically injured in a shooting on Lane College Campus Wednesday.

The Jackson Police Department said the shooting occurred around 6:10 p.m. and one man was critically injured. Although the victim’s name has not yet been released, police said he was a Jackson resident and not a student at Lane College.

Officials said the shooting occurred after a fight near the parking lot near the gym area of campus.

Police believe there were many people around at the time of the shooting and have asked anyone with information to contact the Jackson Police Department 425-8676 or Crime Stoppers at 424-8477.

Source:Jackson Sun

Artesia NM police arrest man in security officer murder www.privateofficer.com

 

 

Artesia NM Feb 3 2012 Artesia police have arrested a man in connection with the murder of a security guard.

Police said they were investigating 20-year-old Bobby Smith for other crimes when they found what appears to be evidence in the murder of Michael Evans.

Evans was shot and killed Sunday moments after he called 911 to report a suspicious man.

Police said a search of Smith’s apartment turned up a gun, bullets and clothing similar to what was seen in security footage of the murder.

Smith is being held on a gun charge while police continue their investigation.

School security officers find acid bombs-3 arrested www.privateofficer.com

 

 

ORLANDO, Fla. Feb 3 2012 — Police have arrested three juveniles they believe are responsible for acid bomb scares at Valencia College.

Orlando police said three teens were arrested. WESH 2 News is not identifying the 16-, 15- and 13-year-old suspects because of their ages.

Last month, authorities responded for the third time to reports of acid bombs on Valencia’s west campus.

Officials said security guards at the school found the acid bombs and immediately called the fire department on Jan. 27.

Investigators said two bottles exploded about 100 yards apart, but a total of seven bottles were found in several parking lots.

Officers said the three teens rigged the devices to blow and left them near a parking lot at Valencia College on at least two occasions.

One of the teens and his mother talked with WESH 2 News, saying that he and his friends had just been having some fun with the explosives in a field next to Valencia College, but they didn’t mean any harm.

Police, however, said they found some of the homemade bombs on campus, and that they could have done a lot of damage.

“I was there with them. They were setting off bombs,” said the 13-year-old.

The teen sad he and some older buddies from his apartment complex off Kirkman Road did experiment with explosives near Valencia College a couple of times.

“(We) kind of, like, (lined a) water bottle with tin foil, shook it up, (and it) would cause a chemical reaction and explode,” the teen said.

“They were just being boys and making noise,” said the teen’s mother. “It’s inexcusable what happened, but they’re not terrorists. We’re not doing anything mean. They were just having fun.”

The Fire Department had its hazmat team at the college, along with arson investigators. A bomb squad member also responded to document the incident.

Arson investigators said the bottle bombs are packed with a mixture of household chemicals and other materials that could have harmed anyone nearby when they blew.

The three face charges of detonating a destructive device. They have been taken to the Juvenile Assessment Center.

Valencia College spokeswoman Carol Traynor released a statement, saying, “Over the last month, Valencia’s security officers have worked closely with Orlando Police and Fire departments in their investigation of several incidents of acid-filled bottles found detonated on the West Campus. Earlier today we learned that arrests have been made in conjunction with these incidents. The campus president, Dr. Falecia Williams, sent an email this afternoon notifying Valencia students, faculty and staff of the arrests.”

“We are deeply grateful for the expertise and teamwork of our public safety agencies and West Campus Security. We are even more grateful that no one was injured in these incidents. The safety of our students and employees is of utmost importance, and we will remain diligent in preserving a sense of security, community, and civility on the campus,” Traynor said.

Source:www.wesh.com

Toms River shoplifter charged in theft-assault at Target Store www.privateofficer.com

 

 

Toms River NJ Feb 3 2012 Police responded on Tuesday night at 6 p.m. to the Target Store on Hooper avenue reference a shoplifter causing a disturbance with loss prevention officers.
Officer Michale Cassidy stated that Jesse Sauer, 20, had shoplifted from the store and was actively resisting the security agents.
Sauer was arrestted on charges of robbery.
Mr. Sauer was observed by security removing 34 CD’s worth over $400 and placing them in his backpack.
When he was approached by loss prevention officers he began to assault the security officers whiched resulted in the robberry charges.
Mr. Sauer of Toms River was placed in Ocean County Jail on $50,000 bail.

Store robbery was set up by employee and teen www.privateofficer.com

 

 

SPOKANE WA Feb 3 2012 – Spokane Police say an armed robbery at the Zip Trip on Nine Mile Road was a set up by the suspect and the clerk.

Officials say Spokane Police responded to an armed robbery just after 2 Tuesday morning. Officers and K9 units arrived to the scene and began tracking the trail in which the suspect ran from the store. Officials say it led them to a home on Royal Drive. They say they located a rifle and other evidence from the robbery.

Officials say Major Crimes Detectives continued the investigation and determined that the 13-year-old suspect and the clerk, Robert Swan, worked together to set up what appeared to be a robbery.

Officers say evidence shows the suspect entered the store, demanded money and fled on foot with an unknown amount of cash. Investigators located and spoke with the 13-year-old as well as Swan and say they gathered additional information leading them to believe it was a set up.

Police say the 13-year-old suspect was booked into Juvenile Detention for 1st degree burglary. They say Swan was booked into Spokane County Jail for 1st degree burglary, criminal conspiracy and making a false report.

Virginia Port Authority eliminates 50 % of police force-opts for private security www.privateofficer.com

 

 

NORFOLK VA Feb 3 2012

Layoff notices were sent Wednesday to 11 Virginia Port Authority police employees, completing a roughly 50 percent reduction of the port’s Police Department first announced in the fall.

A total of 43 positions were eliminated, including the 11 layoffs – a handful of sworn officers as well as non-sworn employees.

As of September, when the Board of Commissioners approved offering early-retirement packages to eligible authority employees as a way to cut costs, the authority reported that it had 84 law-enforcement employees, including support staff.

The reductions include:

– 29 sworn officers, of whom 24 accepted early-retirement offers and one chose to retire.

– 14 non-sworn workers, including a VPA main-office employee who accepted an early-retirement offer.

The layoffs are to be completed by May 31.

Seven employees included in the staff reductions chose to retire or found other jobs, said Joe Harris, a Port Authority spokesman.

In addition to the announced staff cuts, all contracted positions other than security guards supporting the authority Police Department have been eliminated, effective June 1, he said.

Other savings are expected through lower benefit-plan costs, maintenance and repair expenses; vehicle-replacement costs; training and certification costs; and overtime pay.

Capt. Michael Brewer took over as chief of the department Wednesday, replacing former Chief Andrew Engemann, who served in that position since January 2006.

In October, after the cuts were first announced, Engemann said that if asked to lay off officers, he would step down.

The total number of sworn officers after the reductions is 42. They will be teamed with about 40 private security contractors, along with a number of dispatchers and non-sworn administrative staff.

The Port Authority has extended a contract with Securitas, a global security company, to provide unarmed guards to handle routine tasks such as staffing terminal gates. The company has provided such services at APM Terminals in Portsmouth, which the Port Authority leased in July 2010.

The expanded contract will cost $2 million a year and be renewable every December.

Port police will continue enforcing laws within the authority’s terminals in Norfolk, Portsmouth, Newport News and Front Royal.

Port officials have said that security at the terminals won’t be harmed by the changes.

Source:pilotonline.com

South Carolina police seek suspect in shooting death of Navy corpsman www.privateofficer.com

 

 

 

Beaufort SC Feb 3 2012 Town of Port Royal police and Georgia authorities are still looking for a 25-year-old Columbus, Ga., man accused of fatally shooting a woman stationed at Naval Hospital Beaufort last week.
Investigators say they believe Leo DeAndre Scott fled Port Royal last week after shooting his ex-girlfriend, Velencia Compton, in the head during a domestic dispute inside the woman’s Battery Lane apartment.
Compton worked at the hospital’s branch medical clinic at Marine Corps Recruit Depot Parris Island, according to base officials. She was a dental corpsman, according to her Facebook page.
Port Royal Police have not said what they think the two were arguing about or what might have prompted the shooting.
After the shooting, Smith fled in Compton’s car with their 3-year-old son, Jayden, investigators said.
An Amber Alert was issued for the child, who was found in Columbus, Ga., after Scott dropped the boy off at a relative’s house. The woman’s vehicle was later found at a nearby Walmart.
Police believe Scott might still be in the Columbus area.
Columbus Police Chief Ricky Boren told the Columbus Ledger-Enquirer this week that his officers have been searching homes where Scott might be hiding. However, they have been unable to locate him.
A warrant charging Scott with murder has been issued, a Port Royal Police spokesman said.
Scott has no prior arrests in Beaufort County but has had some previous run-ins with Georgia authorities, including an unresolved drug charge from December 2010, the Georgia newspaper reported

Source:www.islandpacket.com

Port Authority police charge TSA agent with theft of $5000 www.privateofficer.com

 

 

New York NY Feb 3 2012 A TSA screener was busted for allegedly stealing $5,000 from a passenger who was going through a security checkpoint, the latest in a string of snafus by the federal agency at the city’s three airports, authorities said.

Alexandra Schmid, 31, of Brooklyn, was arrested after she was caught on surveillance cameras at Terminal 4 stealing the money from a Bangladeshi national, Port Authority police said.

The passenger had placed his jacket on the belt so it could be scanned. After it was scanned, the passenger complained that his money was missing.

Port Authority police spokesman Al Della Fave said Schmid was caught on camera taking the money, placing it into a latex glove and then going to the bathroom with it.

Schmid was later arrested by Officer Joseph Opramalla and taken into custody.

Schmid, who has worked for the TSA for 4 1/2 years, has been charged with grand larceny. She is awaiting arraignment in Queens Criminal Court.

The arrest is the latest scandal to hit the TSA in the region.

On Monday, The Post reported that a federal probe into allegedly lax security at Newark Airport led to the suspension of eight workers for everything from stealing from passengers to sleeping on the job to even failing to screen luggage for potential bombs

The investigation is targeting Transportation Security Administration screeners and supervisors assigned to the reportedly problem-plagued baggage area of Terminal B, which handles Delta and many foreign airlines.

The Post reported that hidden surveillance cameras caught several TSA screeners sleeping while on duty.

On Tuesday, The Port reported that clueless TSA agents found two possible pipe bombs in a passenger’s luggage at LaGuardia Airport this past Monday — and kept them in a public area for six hours without notifying cops.

TSA bozos at one point left the pipes, which eventually turned out to be harmless, resting on a radiator as hundreds of fliers passed through security nearby.

“Six hours to report a potential bomb? It’s outrageous,” one Port Authority police official fumed.

The stunning security screw-up, a violation of TSA policy of alerting police to all suspicious activity, began at about 11:30 a.m. at the central terminal when the male flier’s bags passed through an X-ray machine.

The flier left the pipes behind and it wasn’t until 3 p.m., with the devices still lying around the screening area, when the supervisor finally realized he should notify someone.

Source:www.nypost.com

University of South Alabama Police launch awareness campaign to detect date rape drugs www.privateofficer.com

 

 

 

MOBILE, Ala. Feb 3 2012 – The University of South Alabama Police Department will launch a new awareness campaign and initiative to help students detect if their beverages are safe from drugs.

The coaster, created by Drink Safe Technologies, Inc. in Lexington, Ala., is simple to use. The user can place a few drops of their drink on the test circle of the coaster, and the results appear in seconds. If there is a drug in the drink, USA Police Chief Zeke Aull says the coaster will turn blue. However, if there is nothing in the drink, it will stay the same color.

Chief Aull and his staff will pass out the Date Rape Drug Detector Coasters to USA student leaders at the new USA Dining Hall Conference Room between 10 a.m.-11 a.m. on Thursday, Feb. 2.

Aull wants USA students to never leave their beverages unattended, and if they do, he wants them to use the Date Rape Drug Detector coaster to determine if it’s safe to drink.

This unique technology can detect more than 250 date rape drugs.

Aramark, the exclusive catering service for USA, has partnered with the University’s Police Department to purchase the coasters for USA students.

Source:FOX10.com

Federal agents seize $5 million in bogus Super Bowl merchandise www.privateofficer.com

 

 

INDIANAPOLIS IN Feb 3 2012 (AP) – Federal officials say authorities have seized nearly $5 million worth of phony Super Bowl sportswear and merchandise in a nationwide sweep.

Officials from U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement and U.S. Customs and Border Protection announced the results of the four-month investigation Thursday in Indianapolis.

Agents targeted stores, flea markets and street vendors that allegedly sold counterfeit game-related sportswear. Fake jerseys, ball caps, T-shirts, jackets and other souvenirs were among the 42,000 items confiscated in Operation Fake Sweep.

Authorities put the total take at more than $4.8 million, up from $3.7 million last year.

The government also is seizing more than 300 websites alleged to have illegally streamed live sporting telecasts over the Internet or sold counterfeit sports merchandise. Also seized were counterfeit Major League Baseball, NBA and NHL items worth about $1.6 million.

William Allen High School security guard caught buying drugs www.privateofficer.com

 

 

ALLENTOWN, Pa. Feb 3 2012 
A high school security guard and football coach has resigned after he was caught buying drugs from a student, police said.

Shawn Moser bought four bags a marijuana from a 16-year-old student at William Allen High School in Allentown, police said.

Moser, 40, of Alburtis, Lehigh Co., was a security guard at Allen and a freshman football coach at Dieruff High School, also in Allentown. The district said he has since resigned.

Both the teen and Moser are facing charges in the incident.

Louisville KY UPS employee arrested in theft of phones www.privateofficer.com

 

 

LOUISVILLE, KY Feb 3 2012 - A UPS employee is facing theft charges after police say he stole nearly a dozen cell phones.

Police say a supervisor claims they saw 25-year-old Tyrone Hall opening packages at his work station.

When questioned, police say hall admitted to taking nearly a dozen phones out of packages and selling them to a local wireless store.

Investigators say he got the phones out of UPS by hiding them in his boots.

Source:WAVE3.com

Waynesboro GA reserve police officer killed in wreck www.privateofficer.com

 

 

Waynesboro GA Feb 3 2012 A civilian reserve police officer for the Waynesboro, Ga., Police Department was killed in a car accident Wednesday morning.

Raymond Bosher, 65, was driving on Drone Road when he turned left on Georgia Highway 24 into the path of an 18-wheeler logging truck. The accident occurred about 8 a.m., according to a news release from Waynesboro Police Chief Alfonzo Williams.

Bosher was a retired Springfield, S.C., police chief. He joined the Waynesboro police as a reserve officer in 2008 and worked as a gunsmith for the Burke County Sheriff’s Office.

Source:augusta chronicle