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Family of security officer gunned down still seeks answers www.privateofficer.com
November 28, 2008
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Family of security officer gunned down still seeks answers http://www.privateofficer.com
Dallas TX. Nov 28 2008
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On this day, when we give thanks for the people we love, it’s impossible to know how long their lives will last.
For Sherita Washington and her husband, it was not very long.
Last year, on the day after Thanksgiving, a gunman killed her husband, Bobby, for seemingly no reason.
This year, his widow says there is still plenty to be grateful for.
The murder took place downtown where Bobby Washington was working as the doorman for a party in a penthouse.
The timing sent shock waves throughout the entire community.
But the community response is what they are grateful for.
Like any family, Sherita Washington and her sister want Thanksgiving dinner to be perfect.
But as she gets ready for this Thanksgiving, Sherita can’t help but remember the last one, the last she spent with her husband of eight years.
“My husband, he just wanted to do dinner at home, with just the family, just me and the children,” she said.
The very next day, less than two hours after starting a security job in downtown Dallas, Bobby Washington was dead, shot down by a stranger whose motive remains unknown.
The murder left Sherita raising four children alone, a Thanksgiving tragedy so profound, that when News 8 viewers saw the family facing a bleak Christmas, they got so many gifts, they ended up giving some away.
“I was able to help out a family that didn’t have anything. She had four kids of her own,” said Sherita.
A year later, these kids all say they remember their dad.
But at this age, they don’t really understand death.
“They say ‘call him’… that’s the hardest for me and I go take a shower. I take care of my tears in the shower, so they won’t see me. I try to be strong for them a lot,” said Sherita.
With support from family and new-found friends, she’s trying to move on, thankful for the man she had, and the lives still left to live.
“I look at it as God just sent an angel down eight and a half years to give me four children and damn, he’s gone,” Sherita added.
But in these five faces, his love, and his legacy live on.
On this day, when we give thanks for the people we love, it’s impossible to know how long their lives will last.
For Sherita Washington and her husband, it was not very long.
Last year, on the day after Thanksgiving, a gunman killed her husband, Bobby, for seemingly no reason.
This year, his widow says there is still plenty to be grateful for.
The murder took place downtown where Bobby Washington was working as the doorman for a party in a penthouse.
The timing sent shock waves throughout the entire community.
But the community response is what they are grateful for.
Like any family, Sherita Washington and her sister want Thanksgiving dinner to be perfect.
But as she gets ready for this Thanksgiving, Sherita can’t help but remember the last one, the last she spent with her husband of eight years.
“My husband, he just wanted to do dinner at home, with just the family, just me and the children,” she said.
The very next day, less than two hours after starting a security job in downtown Dallas, Bobby Washington was dead, shot down by a stranger whose motive remains unknown.
The murder left Sherita raising four children alone, a Thanksgiving tragedy so profound, that when News 8 viewers saw the family facing a bleak Christmas, they got so many gifts, they ended up giving some away.
“I was able to help out a family that didn’t have anything. She had four kids of her own,” said Sherita.
A year later, these kids all say they remember their dad.
But at this age, they don’t really understand death.
“They say ‘call him’… that’s the hardest for me and I go take a shower. I take care of my tears in the shower, so they won’t see me. I try to be strong for them a lot,” said Sherita.
With support from family and new-found friends, she’s trying to move on, thankful for the man she had, and the lives still left to live.
“I look at it as God just sent an angel down eight and a half years to give me four children and damn, he’s gone,” Sherita added.
But in these five faces, his love, and his legacy live on.
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Dallas police officer arrested for “faking” robbery at Sam’s Club www.privateofficer.com
August 13, 2008
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Dallas police officer charged with “faking” robbery at Sam’s Club http://www.privateofficer.com
Dallas TX Aug 13 2008
By: Bryan Hill
Ntl. Assoc. Private Officers
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A Dallas police officer planned and carried out the late June robbery of a Red Bird-area Sam’s Club with two other men, according to court records obtained by The Dallas Morning News.
Officer Alph Coleman was working an off-duty security job at an area business when he said several men robbed the store and shot at him. Now investigators have found that story to be false and he arrested Tuesday evening for aggravated robbery. When investigators spoke to him Tuesday, he refused to answer questions about the June 27 robbery of the Sam’s Club in the 2900 block of West Wheatland Road.
Another man, who police say drove the getaway car, also was arrested and released Monday on $30,000 bail on one count of conspiracy to commit robbery and unlawful possession of a firearm by a felon. Police asked his name be withheld pending the arrest of a third suspect who is thought to be the gunman.
Police say that the robbery of the Sam’s and the officer being injured during an arrest of an “alledged” robbery suspect was all a planned robbery by at least three men including the officer.
Police said that they later found the getaway driver was behind the wheel of Officer Coleman’s civilian car. They also obtained cell phone records showing that Officer Coleman called the driver several times just before the gunman entered the store.
The suspicions of police investigators were immediately aroused after the robbery, in part because the unnamed gunman in the robbery didn’t take Officer Coleman’s weapon.
Initial police reports, interviews and an arrest warrant affidavit give the following account:
The gunman entered the store wearing all black, a black ski mask and blue latex gloves. He was armed with a revolver. He “ran towards Suspect Coleman with a gun in his hand, grabbed Suspect Coleman and seemingly overpowered him but did not disarm him.”
Officer Coleman told police that the man held a gun to his head and threatened to kill him. The gunman and Officer Coleman walked to the vault area and tried to enter it, but couldn’t because store employees barricaded the door.
The gunman then walked Officer Coleman back to the front of the store, out the door and to a parking lot near a grassy area. Officer Coleman told investigators that he “attempted to grab the gun of the unknown suspect. He stated they grappled over the gun and the unknown suspect shot at him twice,” according to the affidavit.
Officer Coleman also told investigators that the gunman shot him in his bulletproof vest. He also said he fired his gun three times at the man, who he said fled through an apartment complex.
Investigators quickly determined that Officer Coleman’s vest had not been hit by a bullet. They also were suspicious because the gunman never made an attempt to take any cash from the registers as he walked Officer Coleman through the store.
The witness who saw the two men outside also told police that the gunman did not fire his weapon as Officer Coleman had described, but that Officer Coleman had fired his a few seconds later. Video surveillance also showed that Officer Coleman did not fall where he had described falling.
During questioning, the man who police say drove the getaway car — convicted on a 1989 murder charge and later released — said Officer Coleman and the gunman had planned the robbery together.
Police officials said Officer Coleman, hired in 2004, had no prior disciplinary history.
A Dallas police officer planned and carried out the late June robbery of a Red Bird-area Sam’s Club with two other men, according to court records obtained by The Dallas Morning News.
Officer Alph Coleman was working an off-duty security job at an area business when he said several men robbed the store and shot at him. Now investigators have found that story to be false and he arrested Tuesday evening for aggravated robbery. When investigators spoke to him Tuesday, he refused to answer questions about the June 27 robbery of the Sam’s Club in the 2900 block of West Wheatland Road.
Another man, who police say drove the getaway car, also was arrested and released Monday on $30,000 bail on one count of conspiracy to commit robbery and unlawful possession of a firearm by a felon. Police asked his name be withheld pending the arrest of a third suspect who is thought to be the gunman.
Police say that the robbery of the Sam’s and the officer being injured during an arrest of an “alledged” robbery suspect was all a planned robbery by at least three men including the officer.
Police said that they later found the getaway driver was behind the wheel of Officer Coleman’s civilian car. They also obtained cell phone records showing that Officer Coleman called the driver several times just before the gunman entered the store.
The suspicions of police investigators were immediately aroused after the robbery, in part because the unnamed gunman in the robbery didn’t take Officer Coleman’s weapon.
Initial police reports, interviews and an arrest warrant affidavit give the following account:
The gunman entered the store wearing all black, a black ski mask and blue latex gloves. He was armed with a revolver. He “ran towards Suspect Coleman with a gun in his hand, grabbed Suspect Coleman and seemingly overpowered him but did not disarm him.”
Officer Coleman told police that the man held a gun to his head and threatened to kill him. The gunman and Officer Coleman walked to the vault area and tried to enter it, but couldn’t because store employees barricaded the door.
The gunman then walked Officer Coleman back to the front of the store, out the door and to a parking lot near a grassy area. Officer Coleman told investigators that he “attempted to grab the gun of the unknown suspect. He stated they grappled over the gun and the unknown suspect shot at him twice,” according to the affidavit.
Officer Coleman also told investigators that the gunman shot him in his bulletproof vest. He also said he fired his gun three times at the man, who he said fled through an apartment complex.
Investigators quickly determined that Officer Coleman’s vest had not been hit by a bullet. They also were suspicious because the gunman never made an attempt to take any cash from the registers as he walked Officer Coleman through the store.
The witness who saw the two men outside also told police that the gunman did not fire his weapon as Officer Coleman had described, but that Officer Coleman had fired his a few seconds later. Video surveillance also showed that Officer Coleman did not fall where he had described falling.
During questioning, the man who police say drove the getaway car — convicted on a 1989 murder charge and later released — said Officer Coleman and the gunman had planned the robbery together.
Police officials said Officer Coleman, hired in 2004, had no prior disciplinary history.
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