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Line of Duty Death Trooper Marshall L Bailey
Trooper
Marshall L. Bailey
West Virginia State Police, West Virginia
End of Watch: Tuesday, August 28, 2012
Bio & Incident Details
Age: Not available
Tour: Not available
Badge # Not available
Cause: Gunfire
Incident Date: 8/28/2012
Weapon: Handgun
Suspect: Shot and killed
Trooper Marshall Bailey was shot and killed after he and another trooper stopped a vehicle for reckless driving at the commuter parking lot adjacent to I-79, in Clay County, at approximately 8:30 pm.
The subject had been arrested and placed into the back of a patrol car when he was able to get out of his handcuffs. He then drew a concealed handgun and shot both troopers inside of the vehicle, killing Trooper Bailey. After climbing out of the vehicle he shot a tow truck driver who had been called to the scene to impound his car.
The man then fled on foot and setup an ambush in a ditch. Approximately one hour later he opened fire on a Roane County sheriff’s deputy who was searching for him, wounding the deputy in the arm, hand, and stomach. The injured deputy was able to return fire, killing the subject.
Trooper Bailey is survived by his wife and two children.
Please contact the following agency to send condolences or to obtain funeral arrangements:
Colonel C. R. “Jay” Smithers
West Virginia State Police
725 Jefferson Road
South Charleston, WV 25309
Phone: (304) 746-2100
Line of Duty Death Officer Timothy Betts
Correctional Officer
Timothy Betts
Indiana Department of Correction, Indiana
End of Watch: Sunday, August 26, 2012
Bio & Incident Details
Age: 51
Tour: 15 years
Badge # Not available
Cause: Heart attack
Incident Date: 8/26/2012
Weapon: Person
Suspect: In custody
Correctional Officer Tim Betts suffered a fatal heart attack while escorting an unruly inmate to the segregation unit at the Wabash Valley Correctional Facility.
He suddenly collapsed as he and other officers moved the inmate. The other officers immediately began CPR and used an automated external defibrillator until an ambulance arrived. Officer Betts was transported to Sullivan County Community Hospital where he passed away a short time later.
Officer Betts had served with the Indiana Department of Correction for 15 years. He is survived by his wife, children, and grandchildren.
Please contact the following agency to send condolences or to obtain funeral arrangements:
Commissioner Bruce Lemmon
Indiana Department of Correction
302 West Washington Street
Room E-334
Indianapolis, IN 46202
Phone: (317) 232-5780
NY Medic- Civilian Killed in Ambulance, SUV Crash www.privateofficer.com
Staten Island NY Aug 29 2012 A luxury SUV crashed head-on into a private ambulance on Staten Island last night, killing two people including a retired EMS lieutenant, and injuring two others, authorities said.
The unidentified driver of the SUV, a BMW, was ejected and died instantly after it crossed the median on Hylan Boulevard and slammed into the ambulance at 7:05 p.m.
David Ford, who was driving behind the ambulance, said, “He wasn’t moving, I knew he was dead.”
Retired NYPD Officer Joe Bonamo said, “There was a big cloud of smoke.
“I pulled over to assist the ambulance, just trying to help.’’
He said he saw its driver pinned inside.
That driver, David Restuccio, a 58-year-old former EMS lieutenant who was a first responder on 9/11, died at Staten Island University Hospital, officials said.
The second paramedic, Yusuke Yonehara, 34, and the ambulance patient, a man in his 30s, were listed in stable condition at the same hospital.
Robert Genco was driving his Dodge Neon next to the ambulance when his vehicle was clipped.
“I’m really lucky — a second later, that could have been me,” he said.
Source:New York Post
Denver security officer critically injured in crash www.privateofficer.com
AURORA CO Aug 29 2012 — A car crashed Monday morning and wrapped around a tree at East 32nd Parkway and Tower Road.
The driver was taken to University Hospital after being injured in the crash.
The driver is 20 years old and is a security guard who was just getting off work at the time of the wreck.
Police believe she may have fallen asleep at the wheel. She has two broken legs due to the crash.
Montreal police-security officers clash with university students www.privateofficer.com
MONTREAL Ca Aug 29 2012 - Police were laying numerous criminal charges in a second day of confrontation with student protesters following the reopening of Quebec’s universities.
Striking students at the Universite de Montreal have been attempting to force the cancellation of certain classes to protest back-to-school legislation passed this spring.
As they did on Monday, students clashed with the university’s security guards and Montreal police as they reportedly sought to disrupt a film class. Police said they had charged 10 people so far, though the operation was still ongoing Tuesday afternoon.
The student protesters ended up disrupting a psychology class, having mistaken it for the film class they were looking for.
Protesters said they were only disrupting classes in departments where student associations had voted to continue striking over the Liberal government’s tuition hike.
Numerous pundits have suggested Premier Jean Charest might take a hard line with the students during the election campaign, as his best hope of reviving the sagging fortunes of his Liberal party.
But he was sounding relatively conciliatory Tuesday. He simply expressed the hope that Quebec voters would reward his government for its toughness and in the next breath repeated a suggestion that he might be willing to negotiate with students after the election.
“The people need to express themselves clearly on this issue on Sept. 4… That’s a very strong democratic gesture,” Charest told reporters.
“If Quebecers say on Sept. 4, ‘You know, what we want is a government that stands up, that does things correctly and can also listen, but stands up to those who use intimidation and violence. And I’m expressing my support for democracy.’
“That’s the first step. After that, on Sept. 5, our door’s open. It will always stay open.”
About five per cent of the university’s students — less than 3,000 of its more than 60,000 students — are still on strike.
University officials sought police assistance on Monday, the first day of class following a winter session that was interrupted by the strike.
Police issued notices to 19 students, advising them they were under investigation for violating the back-to-school legislation, better known in the province as Bill 78.
The bill sets out stiff penalties, ranging from $1,000 to $35,000, for anyone who blocks access to class.
Police have said they would only intervene if requested by the university. They said it was students, not the university, who called for their presence Tuesday.
“They were students who told us there was a quarrel on the second floor,” said Ian Lafreniere, the chief spokesperson for the Montreal police.
“There were security guards who were being pushed, bullied by the suspects.”
Students countered that police acted to catch them off-guard as they sought classes to disrupt, cornering them in a hallway.
“Even the people who had to attend to their needs were being blocked,” said Charles Philippe Casgrain. “These are sordid methods, given that they dropped the charges (against many of the detained) and let us go.”
Meanwhile at Montreal’s other major French-language university — the Universite du Quebec a Montreal — students also continued to seek the cancellation of certain classes, but police were not called to intervene there.
In most instances, the student activists found classes already empty.
Students have been given the option of being able to withdraw without penalty from classes they were enrolled in when the strikes began last winter.
Source:www.vancouversun.com
Shelby County pastor sentenced to life in prison for wife’s murder www.privateofficer.com
COLUMBIANA AL Aug 29 2012 – Former Vincent pastor Timothy Dane Tillman was sentenced to life in prison Aug. 28.
Tillman was convicted during a retrial June 22 for the murder of his wife, Janet Tillman.
Shelby County Assistant District Attorney Roger Hepburn called Tillman a “master manipulator.”
Additionally, Hepburn asked Circuit Judge Dan Reeves to suspend sentencing guidelines and sentence Tillman to life in prison. Hepburn said that since Tillman used a deadly weapon, the sentence could extend from 20 years to life in prison.
“He has no shred of remorse. He shows only the remorse of being caught, being arrested and being investigated in a case such as this,” Hepburn said. “The state feels certain that with the right circumstances, he would kill again without hesitation.”
Charles Harper, Janet Tillman’s father, addressed the court before the sentencing.
“Today, your honor, I can’t say enough to what I would like to say because you can tell I’m broke right now,” Harper said. “My life has been shortened, I feel, for the loss of our precious daughter.”
Tillman declined to address the court prior to his sentencing, other than to say he was filing a notice of appeal.
According to Shelby County Assistant District Attorney Alan Miller, the case will go to the court of criminal appeal.
According to earlier reports, Tillman shot his wife in their Vincent Home Oct. 26, 2005. He was tried first in October 2009. He was charged originally with murder and possession of a forged instrument, due to his possession of a $5,000 check endorsed by his wife. Tillman was tried for both charges, which the Alabama Court of Criminal Appeals ruled was inappropriate. He was later convicted of murder June 22 during a retrial.
Source:Shelby Reporter
Tempe High School security guard found guilty of thefts www.privateofficer.com
PHOENIX AZ Aug 29 2012 (AP) — A woman who worked as a security guard at Tempe High School has been found guilty of burglary and theft charges.
A Maricopa County jury reached the verdict Tuesday against Kimmie Dwayne Baker. She’s set to be sentenced in October.
Baker was arrested last October after $1,028 in cash had been stolen from a locked closet in an administration office.
Police accused Baker of entering the office and taking the money that came from football ticket sales. Police said at the time that Baker denied having a key.
A search of her residence later turned up a key to the closet where the money was stored.
Montgomery Police charge officer with theft of funds www.privateofficer.com
Montgomery Al Aug 29 2012 The Montgomery Police Department confirms that it has arrested one of its own officers in connection with the theft of funds confiscated in a narcotics arrest.
Police Chief Kevin J. Murphy immediately initiated termination proceedings against the officer, who has resigned.
MPD charged Milton Strother, 25, with one count of second-degree theft, a Class C felony.
Following his arrest late Tuesday, Strother was transported to the Montgomery County Detention Facility, where he was being held under a $2,500 bond.
Montgomery Police initiated the investigation after determining that cash seized in a narcotics case last year had not been returned as ordered by a judge hearing the case.
In the course of the investigation, MPD says it developed information that led to Strother’s arrest. Strother was hired in 2007.
Because the investigation is continuing, no additional information is available for public release.
INFORMATION SOURCE: Montgomery Police Department
Albuquerque pharmacy tech busted for cocaine www.privateofficer.com
Alexandria Patterson was arrested at Lovelace Pharmacy downtown where she worked. But detectives said Patterson may be just one in a larger investigation.
“We’re working with the Board of Pharmacy into the allegations of taking pills, and we’re looking at several different, not only pharmacists but pharmacy techs,” said one narcotics detective, who asked not to be identified.
Patterson is accused of doing the very thing she intended to help officers catch others doing, the same detective said.
“There was allegations against her for possibly taking pain pills, specifically Hydrocodone, Vicodin and Percocet at her place of employment,” the detective said.
Detectives first encountered Patterson when they allege that she bought cocaine from a Buffalo Wild Wings employee inside the restaurant.
Then, according to the criminal complaint, police did not arrest her because Patterson agreed to work with detectives to help them catch others in the act.
When she did not follow through on her word, police obtained an arrest warrant and then charged Patterson for the initial drug deal.
KOB Eyewitness News 4 went to Patterson’s home to talk with her, but met her grandfather instead.
He said he is not sure what to make of all the allegations.
“She should be smarter than that not to do stuff like that,” he said. “She’s got everything…I don’t know why she had to do that. I was surprised. I know she did not use it but to sell it… I don’t know, I don’t think so.”
Lovelace declined to comment on the issue, but added that they are working with authorities in their investigation. Patterson is no longer an employee.
“These pharmacy techs, when they are entrusted with a job to ensure that these pills are well-kept and safely kept and only distributed to certain people…when they start taking pills and selling them on their own, that is a huge concern for us and it is not going to be tolerated,” the detective said.
Man fires shot at Expo New Mexico security officer www.privateofficer.com
The incident happened Saturday afternoon during a day of horse races.
Albuquerque Downs General Manager Darren White told KOB a security guard denied a man access to the horse barn area because he did not have a racing license.
White said the guard later saw the man walking out of the horse area and approached him. The man then walked away, yelled at the security guard and then fired a shot from about 80 yards away.
No one was hit.
White said the shooter then got into what appeared to be an old police car, a Ford Crown Victoria, and took off with three other men.
They have not been found.
White said the security guard was simply doing his job and took action against a “thug.”
Source:kob
Long Island Railroad employee found electrocuted www.privateofficer.com
New York NY Aug 29 2012 An LIRR worker died after coming into contact with the third rail on tracks near the Queens Village train station this morning, an MTA rep said.
Ronald Sampson, 51, was found on the tracks near Jamaica Avenue and 225th Street around 10:15 a.m. in cardiac arrest, authorities said.
Sampson, from Lake Ronkonkama, was rushed to Long Island Jewish hospital, where he was pronounced dead.
A coworker who tried to help him was taken there also as a precaution, they said.
Police and LIRR Safety personnel are investigating the accident, the rep said.
“The entire LIRR is deeply shaken by this tragic loss,” said LIRR President Helena E. Williams.
Ron was a dedicated employee and family man. It’s a very sad day at the railroad today.”
Sampson began his career in June 2006 as an Electric Traction helper. He was promoted to Third Railman in 2008, according to the MTA.
Source:New York Post
Prince George’s County police officer accidentially shot www.privateofficer.com
The officer killed the fox but shot himself in a leg during the confrontation in Fort Washington, which occurred after a woman reported that the animal had bitten her, said officer Edward Martin, a police spokesman.
The officer was taken to a hospital for treatment of a wound that was regarded as serious but not life-threatening, Martin said. He said the woman received medical treatment, but details were not available.
As related by Martin, matters began about 5 p.m., when a woman living in the 13000 block of Clarion Road reported that she had been bitten in two places by the fox. It was not immediately clear where the animal had come from.
When three officers arrived at the woman’s house, near Livingston Road, the fox, which may have had rabies, “charged at them,” Martin said.
He said the officers began to retreat. One of the three fired his service weapon as he backed up to distance himself from the fox, Martin said. As the officer backed away, Martin said, he apparently bumped into a set of steps and tripped.
It was about that point, Martin said, that one of the officer’s shots struck him just below the knee.
Although the exact sequence of events was not immediately known, the fox was shot and killed by the officer, Martin said.
Neighbors said woodlands are near Clarion Road, and they have seen a variety of animals nearby. However, one said, foxes are relatively rare.
source:washington post
Phoenix armed robbery spree ends in suicide www.privateofficer.com
PHOENIX AZ Aug 29 2012 – One man is dead and a second is in police custody after allegedly going on an armed robbery spree that took them through two cities.
The situation came to an end in front of the Holiday Inn at 51st Avenue and McDowell Road.
According to police, the first in the series of robberies happened in Glendale. The suspects then made their way into Phoenix.
The pair allegedly approached people on the street, flashed a gun and then robbed them.
Witnesses were able to give police a description of the suspects’ truck. Phoenix police spotted that truck and tailed it to the hotel. Investigators do not believe the suspects were staying there.
Things came to a head once the truck stopped in front of the Holiday Inn.
The passenger got out of the truck and surrendered to officers. The driver got out of the truck, as well. Rather than surrender, however, he shot and killed himself.
Investigators said they will release that suspect’s name after they contact his next of kin.
None of the robbery victims was injured.
Source:azfamily.com
New Jersey mail carrier intercepted packages of cocaine www.privateofficer.com
Christina Nunez is slated to make an initial appearance in federal court in Newark Tuesday. The 30-year-old from Lyndhurst is charged with conspiracy with intent to distribute cocaine and mail theft.
Her boyfriend also has been arrested and charged.
Federal prosecutors say Nunez has been receiving packages of cocaine that were sent to addresses along her route or to her home since December 2010. Prosecutors say she would pass the drug on to co-conspirators in Camden.
It’s not clear if Nunez has hired a lawyer.
Indiana coach arrested for sexual misconduct after student gives birth www.privateofficer.com
South Bend IN Aug 29 2012 A basketball coach in Indiana has been arrested on charges of sexual misconduct with a child after an illicit affair with a student led to plenty of proof of the relationship after the girl with whom he had slept gave birth to a child.
According to South Bend NBC affiliate WNDU and WKVJ, former Knox (Ind.) High basketball coach and teacher Todd Boldry carried on a sexual relationship with a then-Knox High student beginning in 2007. The news sources claimed that the relationship took place on school grounds, with the 39-year-old allegedly sleeping with the girl, who was 17 at the time, between 2007 and 2009.
Boldry and the teen allegedly used the school’s training room for sexual encounters between 2007 and 2009, eventually ending the encounters when the unnamed teenager became pregnant. Court affidavits show that she gave birth to a son in 2010, with subsequent DNA tests confirming that Boldry is the father of the child.
That DNA evidence leaves Boldry virtually no room to defend or deny his involvement with the teenager, making his affair a particularly sordid example of coaching authority and access gone wrong.
Boldry was taken into custody on Friday at Knox Middle School, where he was still serving as a teacher, two years after his former paramour gave birth to his son. He has been officially charged with child seduction and criminal misconduct and has been held in Stark County jail on $100,000 bail. No date for his trial has been set, though the charges facing him could land him in jail for six years.
Disturbingly, Boldry’s arrest was the second tawdry incident involving a teacher and a student in the span of a week in Northwestern Indiana. Just days earlier, a teacher in Warsaw, Ind. admitted to a relationship with a 14-year-old in his 8th grade English class. That teacher, 26-year-old Tyler Baatz, has been arrested and has been charged with felony sexual misconduct.
Stone Hill Middle School teacher arrested for being drunk in class www.privateofficer.com
Loudon County VA Aug 29 2012 A substitute middle school teacher at Stone Hill Middle School in Loudoun County was arrested for allegedly being drunk at the school.
Authorities Monday arrested Jacqueline Barnes, 50, of Aldie, and charged her with being drunk in public.
School staff alerted authorities that Barnes had arrived at school and allegedly appeared to be intoxicated.
Richmond elementary school assistant charged with sex crimes www.privateofficer.com
Richmond, Va Aug 29 2012
We have an update on the arrest of a Richmond elementary school assistant charged with sex crimes against children. We’ve learned from prosecutors this morning that there are *three alleged victims.
We knew Alex Erby was indicted on two counts of aggravated sexual battery and taking indecent liberties with a child under his supervision. What we didn’t know until this morning, was the number of children accusing him of the crimes.
Erby was an instructional assistant at G.H. Reid Elementary School in May when he was officially charged. In court then, we learned two children claimed Erby committed the crimes he’s charged with in February and March, but prosecutor Edward Nichol tells us there is a third alleged victim.
Erby’s attorney plans to file a motion to try to have the cases tried separately, however Nichol says he wants them all tried at once. We’ll know more after the motions hearing scheduled for Oc. 31st.
We also contacted the office of Stephen Bolton, a public information representative of Richmond Public Schools (RPS) to ask two questions; is Mr. Erby still employed by the school system?, and what is the RPS policy regarding their treatment of employees indicted for a sexual offense against a minor? Can they work inside building or are they put on administrative leave?
We were told “This is a personnel issue. Richmond Public Schools does not comment on personnel issues.”
Source:WTVR
TSA find gun at Myrtle Beach International Airport www.privateofficer.com
MYRTLE BEACH SC Aug 29 2012 – The Transportation Security Administration found a loaded gun in a purse at a security checkpoint this morning at Myrtle Beach International Airport.
Officers found the weapon during the screening process of Deborah Ann Serra, 50, who had been given a gate pass to escort her minor daughter to a plane, but was not flying herself. Airport police were alerted when the TSA screener saw what she believed to be a firearm in Serra’s purse.
Serra, who had a S.C. permit to carry concealed weapons, admitted the .five-shot, 38-caliber Taurus pistol was hers, according to police. She was arrested and booked into J. Reuben Long Detention Center.
Signs forbidding any firearms are posted on all airport doors.
Sgt. Robert Kegler with the Horry County Police said the infraction is a general sessions charge. General Sessions Court handles felony and misdemeanor criminal cases ranging from those with a penalty of more than 30 days in jail and a $500 fine to those carrying the death penalty.
Jonathan Allen with the TSA said the fine for Serra’s offense ranges from $3,000 to $7,500, plus criminal referral.
TSA has discovered two firearms at the checkpoint in Myrtle Beach so far this year. Nationwide, 821 firearms were discovered at TSA checkpoints from January through July.
Source:www.myrtlebeachonline.com
Bank robber calls police to arrest him-saying he made a mistake www.privateofficer.com
Williston ND Aug 29 2012 Authorities say a man accused of robbing a bank in western North Dakota called 911 three days later from his home in Kansas and told officers to arrest him for “making a mistake.”
Court papers say 53-year-old Kent Anthony Clemens held up the Gate City Bank in Williston on July 18. On July 21, he turned himself in to police in Topeka, Kan.
Authorities say Clemens was sitting on his front porch when police arrived and held out his hands to be handcuffed.
Clemens is being held in North Dakota. His attorney wouldn’t comment Tuesday on specifics in the case.
Clemens told authorities he believed he made off with about $800.
Nashville police “Operation Safer Streets ” round up 68 arrests www.privateofficer.com
Nashville TN Aug 29 2012 Police said last weekend’s Operation Safer Streets gang enforcement initiative, which took place Friday, Saturday and Sunday, resulted in 68 arrests involving 66 misdemeanor charges, two felony charges and 17 outstanding warrants.
Forty pills, 15.6 grams of marijuana and one gun were seized, according to a Nashville police news release.
At least three times a week, officers and supervisors representing each of the seven precincts and the Specialized Investigations Division partner together to implement strategies to combat gang crime and activities in various areas of Nashville, the release said.
Friday’s enforcement consisted of four SID detectives, eight supervisors, 22 patrol officers and two canine officers, according to the release. Areas targeted were the 1100 block of Nolensville Pike, Lutie Street, McCann Street at 3rd Avenue South, Illinois Avenue, Polk Avenue, Thompson Lane, Fairfield Avenue, Murfreesboro Pike, and Nashboro Boulevard.
Saturday’s enforcement consisted of one SID detective, five supervisors, 19 patrol officers and five canine officers, the release said. Areas targeted were Gallatin Pike, Old Hickory Boulevard, Dickerson Pike, Greenwood Avenue, and Porter Road.
Sunday’s enforcement consisted of eight SID detectives, three supervisors and three patrol officers the release said. Areas targeted were Glenrose Avenue, Haywood Lane, McGavock Pike, Myatt Drive, Harding Place at Linbar Drive, and Spence Road.
So far this year, Operation Safer Streets has resulted in 2,312 arrests on 146 felony charges and 2,273 misdemeanor charges, 12 gun seizures, the service of 700 outstanding warrants, 297 field interviews of persons believed to have gang knowledge and 10,414 vehicle stops in areas with a gang presence, police said.
Source:the tennessean
Louisville civilian police employee arrested at Kentucky Fair www.privateofficer.com
LOUISVILLE, Ky. Aug 29 2012 – Police say a woman who was arrested at the Kentucky Fair and Expo Center late Friday night is a traffic guard for Louisville Metro Police.
Amber L. Tucker, age 26, was taken into custody in the parking lot behind Cardinal Stadium, according to an arrest report.
Police say she and a friend told officers they’d lost their car and were asking for a ride.
Tucker was allegedly drunk.
Police say she, “stood up and stumbled around, almost falling down.” She allegedly had a, “strong odor of alcoholic beverage,” and her eyes were glassy and bloodshot. When an officer told Tucker’s friend she wasn’t in a condition to drive, Tucker allegedly grabbed her arm and said, “Let’s find our car.”
Tucker was arrested at the scene. Police say she was able to get out of her handcuffs twice, and had a “panic attack,” yelling, cursing and ignoring orders to calm down. She had to be physically restrained, according to an arrest report.
Police say she was charged with alcohol intoxication, disorderly conduct and resisting arrest.
Dwight Mitchell, a spokesman for Louisville Metro Police, says the position of traffic guard is a civilian position, and Tucker is not a sworn officer. She is currently on administrative duty, pending the outcome of the investigation.
Source: WDRB
Retired KY police officer shot-holds down assailant www.privateofficer.com
It happened at a home on Sawmill Road at Boston, Ky., around 4:20 Monday morning, when 63-year-old Denver Hack, the retired sergeant, brought 68-year-old Gary Glueck some clean clothing. Police say Glueck told them that Hack intended to report him for living in unsanitary living conditions.
Officers say that’s when Glueck shot Hack. Although he was wounded in the lower back, Hack was able to hold Glueck down and call Nelson County Dispatch.
Hack was taken to University Hospital where he is listed in stable condition. Glueck was arrested and charged with first degree assault.
Source: WDRB
Saluda County deputy sheriff arrested for DUI in golf cart www.privateofficer.com
SALUDA COUNTY, SC Aug 29 2012- The South Carolina Highway Patrol arrested a Saluda County deputy early Saturday morning after investigators say he was driving a golf cart while intoxicated.
A spokesperson with the Highway Patrol says Robert Lee Shorter, a deputy with the Saluda County Sheriff’s Department, was pulled over while driving the golf cart on Chappells Ferry Road in Edgefield County. The arrest happened around 12:30 Saturday morning.
A spokesperson with the Highway Patrol says Shorter has been charged with DUI and operating an uninsured vehicle.
Shorter has been with the Saluda County Sheriff’s Department for 11 years, according to a representative of the department.
He has been suspended without pay pending an investigation
Source:wistv.com
Kidnapping-rape reported at Virginia Commonwealth University’s campus www.privateofficer.com
RICHMOND, Va. Aug 29 2012
Richmond police today were investigating a report of an abduction and rape that was said to have occurred late Monday night near Virginia Commonwealth University’s main academic campus in downtown Richmond.
A woman told police early today that she was smoking a cigarette in the parking lot of the Rite Aid at Belvidere and Broad streets, adjacent to the northeast corner of VCU’s Monroe Park campus, when she was approached by a man who briefly engaged her in conversation.
The woman told police the man grabbed her, forced her into his car, drove her to Jackson Ward and raped her before releasing her.
The woman described the suspect as a dark-skinned black male in his 30s driving a late 1990s light green or blue Cadillac.
About six hours after the report was filed, Richmond police spokeswoman Dionne Waugh said detectives were continuing to look into the matter in an attempt to determine what may have occurred.
“We are investigating the matter as a suspicious situation at this time,” Waugh said, declining to offer additional details about the investigation.
“When there is more information to release, we will do so,” Waugh said.
VCU authorities said the woman is not affiliated with the university.
Anyone with information can call Crime Stoppers anonymously at (804) 780-1000.
Source:richmond daily dispatch
Police arrest security guard after accidentally shooting himself www.privateofficer.com
While Fernando Santana Eagleheart, 56, prepares for surgery later this week, the Reno casino security guard also faces a possible jail term and the revocation of his permit to carry a concealed weapon for the Aug. 14 accidental shooting at the downtown Sparks Century Theater.
The U.S. Navy veteran was the only one injured in the crowd of about 30 waiting to see “The Bourne Legacy.” He said he apologized as he and his wife hurriedly left the theater, and said “sorry folks, it was an accident.”
I always carry a pistol for the protection of my family,” Eagleheart said during a Monday interview. “We walked that night to the theater from my house. You never know what’s going to happen.”
Eagleheart said the incident has caused him shock and embarrassment. But he’s mostly grateful no one else was hurt. He said he wants his experience to serve as a lesson to others about gun safety and properly concealing firearms.
“The first thing I said was ‘Oh God, nobody got hit, right?” he recalled. “I’m thankful it was just me.”
The father of two said he believed he could loosely carry his .380 semi-automatic Walther PPK pistol in his pocket due to its small size. He also felt his pocket concealed it enough. Eagleheart described his pistol as a “James Bond style” that “is just enough to defend yourself and not hurt anybody.” He said he is not armed when he works his security job at a downtown Reno casino.
“It was an accident,” he said. “But I learned my lesson from the police officer who said to next time put it in a holster. I told him I was a good guy and I can legally carry a weapon.
I know now it’s not a good idea to put my weapon in my pocket,” he said. “I am a very skilled person when it comes to weapons, but I guess I was kind of dumb that night.”
Sparks City Attorney Chet Adams said he was protecting the public when he charged Eagleheart last week with discharging a firearm in public. He said those who can legally carry weapons must do so safely. The misdemeanor charge carries a maximum punishment of six months in jail and a $1,000 fine.
Eagleheart said he feels he shouldn’t be charged because it was an accident, and he has a clean criminal history. But officials said that concealed carry permit holders are given training before they are issued their permits. The training specifies how to secure and conceal firearms. That does not include being left loosely in a pocket or even a handbag, law enforcement said.
Records show that Eagleheart was issued his CCW permit in 2008, which expires Dec. 7. The Washoe County Sheriff’s Office reviews criminal cases against permit holders to decide if permits should be revoked. Eagleheart said Monday he had not heard from the office about any actions against his permit.
Eagleheart’s shooting occurred as the country was still reeling from the July deadly shooting massacre at a Denver-area movie theater. James Holmes has been charged with the murders of 12 people, and attempted murders of others. News of the Sparks theater shooting quickly became headlines across the country.
Eagleheart’s gun went off during the movie’s previews, and was heard by an off-duty Washoe County sheriff’s deputy and his wife, according to Sparks police reports. When officers arrived, Eagleheart was already driving himself to the hospital at the Veteran’s Affairs Sierra Nevada Health Care System. The deputy had also tried to find Eagleheart, but he had already left the theater.
Hospital staff called Sparks officers who met Eagleheart in the emergency room, the reports said. After the gun fell from Eagleheart’s pocket and discharged, it went through the metal portion of the seat and the seat cushion. The bullet continued traveling through his left buttocks area and exited below his hip.
“Eagleheart did have a sense of humor when I talked to him and told him that this was a ‘tender subject,’ ” according to police reports. “I advised Eagleheart not to ever do this again.”
No date had been scheduled in Sparks Municipal Court.
Eagleheart said he has continued working following the shooting. He said he suffers from pain and itching, and is able to sit down.
“Be careful,” he warned. “If you’re going to carry a firearm legally with a CCW make sure you put it in a safe place on your body and carry the proper holster.”
Eagleheart said he feels he shouldn’t be charged because it was an accident, and he has a clean criminal history. But officials said that concealed carry permit holders are given training before they are issued their permits. The training specifies how to secure and conceal firearms. That does not include being left loosely in a pocket or even a handbag, law enforcement said.
Records show that Eagleheart was issued his CCW permit in 2008, which expires Dec. 7. The Washoe County Sheriff’s Office reviews criminal cases against permit holders to decide if permits should be revoked. Eagleheart said Monday he had not heard from the office about any actions against his permit.
Eagleheart’s shooting occurred as the country was still reeling from the July deadly shooting massacre at a Denver-area movie theater. James Holmes has been charged with the murders of 12 people, and attempted murders of others. News of the Sparks theater shooting quickly became headlines across the country.
Eagleheart’s gun went off during the movie’s previews, and was heard by an off-duty Washoe County sheriff’s deputy and his wife, according to Sparks police reports. When officers arrived, Eagleheart was already driving himself to the hospital at the Veteran’s Affairs Sierra Nevada Health Care System. The deputy had also tried to find Eagleheart, but he had already left the theater.
Hospital staff called Sparks officers who met Eagleheart in the emergency room, the reports said. After the gun fell from Eagleheart’s pocket and discharged, it went through the metal portion of the seat and the seat cushion. The bullet continued traveling through his left buttocks area and exited below his hip.
“Eagleheart did have a sense of humor when I talked to him and told him that this was a ‘tender subject,’ ” according to police reports. “I advised Eagleheart not to ever do this again.”
No date had been scheduled in Sparks Municipal Court.
Eagleheart said he has continued working following the shooting. He said he suffers from pain and itching, and is able to sit down.
“Be careful,” he warned. “If you’re going to carry a firearm legally with a CCW make sure you put it in a safe place on your body and carry the proper holster.”
Source:rgj.com
Portland mom stops abduction with 2X4 www.privateofficer.com
PORTLAND OR Aug 29 2012 – A mom told KGW she punched a man who was trying to abduct her 6-year old in Southeast Portland Sunday night until he let her daughter go and ran off.
The girl had been playing outside, at a friend’s house, when the young man grabbed her just before 6:30 p.m. and tried to pull her into the bushes in the 16900 block of SE Lafayette Street, according to police.
“I thought I heard something and then I looked and the man had my daughter in a bush with his hand over her mouth & around her waist,” Antoinette Robinson told KGW. “I jumped up and ran out of the house and I just socked him in his face. Then I went to go hit him again and he let her go and we both rolled down the hill.”
The suspect ran off after releasing the girl. After that, Robinson said she jumped into a car with neighbors and chased him down.
“I got out with a 2×4 and I broke it over him… I’m not gonna lie, I just went over there and I just stomped him in his face and mouth,” Robinson said.
The neighbors tackled the suspect and held him down until police arrived, according to Lt. Robert King with the Portland Police Bureau.
“The quick thinking of the girl’s mom and concerned neighbors made all the difference is getting this dangerous suspect off the street,” King said.
Police arrested the 17-year-old suspect on kidnap and aggravated harassment charges.
Robinson said her daughter, Xavieria was shaken up by the attempted abduction and had never seen the man before.
On Monday, Little Xavieria said she was scared but her mom was there to protect her.
“My mom will always be there for me,” she said.
