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$10k reward in murder of security officer in Wilmington, Del.www.privateofficer.com
WILMINGTON, Del. Feb 18 2013 – A $10,000 reward is being offered in last week’s fatal shooting of a security guard in Wilmington.
Ioannis Kostikidis, 53, was shot and killed as he walked to his car after work.
It happened just before 9:00 p.m. Thursday in the 600 block of North Tatnall Street.
Kostikidis worked as a security guard at the American Beauty Academy.
The owners of the school are offering a $10,000 reward for information leading to the arrest and conviction of the killers.
Witnesses reported seeing two men fleeing south on North Tatnall Street. They are described as black males, wearing black hooded sweatshirts with the hoods pulled over their faces.
Anyone with information is urged to contact Wilmington Police.
Source: WPVI
Best Buy PA. store busy with thefts, frauds www.privateofficer.com
Springfield PA Nov 7 2011 Best Buy’s security reported Oct. 27 at 6:02 p.m. that they had a male in custody for Retail Theft at the store. Patrolman Nicholas Paytas responded and took Branden Wright, 23, of the 1300 block of Clifford Road in Wilmington, Del. into custody and transported him to the Springfield Police Station. He was charged with Retail Theft for allegedly taking $559.98 worth of merchandise from the store. Detective Daniel McNeely is handling the investigation.
Best Buy’s security reported that a male was in the store attempting to pay for over $3,000 worth of merchandise using a stolen credit card on Oct. 24 at 6:20 p.m. Patrolman Jeffrey Shull arrived and took Khalil Carter, 35, of the 1200 block of Hortter St. in Philadelphia, into custody as he was exiting the store. He was charged with Forgery, Access Device Fraud, Theft By Unlawful Taking, Theft By Deception, Receiving Stolen Property, Identity Theft, and other related charges. The incident is under investigation by Detective Daniel McNeely
Maryland State Police trooper struck-killed pedestrian www.privateofficer.com
Stevensville MD Sept 6 2011 A Maryland State Police trooper struck and killed a woman in Stevensville with his patrol car late Friday while responding to a report of a burglary, police said.
The woman, identified as Iraina J. Curtis, of Dover, Del., was struck after stepping into the travel lane on the Route 50 access ramp to westbound Shopping Center Drive, police said.
Curtis was pronounced dead at the scene. She was 29 years old.
According to police, State Trooper 1st Class Travis Nelson, 24, was responding to a report of a burglary in progress on the 100 block of North Lake Drive. A preliminary investigation indicated he did not have his emergency lights or siren activated.
Delaware resident Jerome Wheeler, 20, was with Curtis when she was struck, police said.
He told investigators the two were sitting on the wall along Shopping Center Drive waiting for a ride when Curtis asked to use his cell phone. After it was handed to her, she stood up and moved away from the wall and was struck by the trooper’s car, a police account said.
That account said police did not know how fast the patrol car was going. The trooper had a 24-year-old man doing a ride-along in the patrol car at the time.
Neither the trooper or the passenger were seriously injured.
Police said the preliminary investigation confirms Curtis stepped into the roadway as the trooper drove down the ramp. They said she was wearing a black T-shirt and blue jeans.
Nelson is assigned to road patrol duties at the Centreville barrack and was assisting the Queen Anne’s County Sheriff’s Department. Nelson has been with the Maryland State Police for six years.
Source:McClatchy-Tribune News Service
Maryland helicopter crash kills four www.privateofficer.com
The aircraft was engulfed when firefighters arrived at the scene minutes after receiving a call at 10:30 p.m. Thursday, said Washington County emergency services director Kevin Lewis. No vehicles on the highway were hit when the helicopter smashed into the eastbound lanes of Interstate 70. All four aboard the helicopter were killed, though there were no injuries on the ground.
Three people who worked for Advanced Helicopter Concepts in Frederick and a passenger were killed in the crash, one of its instructors, Gary Smith, said Friday morning. He said the company had suffered a “huge loss.”
“We thank everyone for their support and understanding during this difficult time,” he said, declining to release further details. Smith said the company was cooperating with National Transportation Safety Board investigators. The company trains pilots, takes photographers on aerial tours and fixes and sells helicopters, according to its Web site.
Advanced Helicopter Concepts’ office sits at the end of a hangar at Frederick Municipal Airport, where small planes could be seen taking off and landing Friday morning. Several cars were parked outside the office.
Visibility was somewhat limited by fog at the time of the crash, but it wasn’t clear if weather played a role, Lewis said. Storms had passed through the area earlier in the night.
Lewis said a witness saw the craft flying low when a bright arc of electricity flashed in the air, apparently caused by the helicopter striking a power line. It wasn’t clear if the craft was already on its way down when it hit the lines.
“The witness basically saw a large arc at which point the helicopter crashed onto the interstate,” Lewis said. Before seeing the arc, the witness thought the helicopter might have been trying to land along the roadway.
Troopers temporarily shut down lanes in both directions at the crash site near Smithsburg, which is about 10 miles east of Hagerstown, and Lewis said there were downed power lines in the interstate. The highway was reopened early Friday.
Wreckage could be seen just off the shoulder of the three eastbound lanes. A blade jutted out from twisted metal. The wreckage is almost directly beneath a set of power lines.
Federal Aviation Administration records list the owner of the four-seat Robinson R44 helicopter as Marsan Aviation Inc., of Wilmington, Del. Telephone messages weren’t immediately returned early Friday by an attorney for Marsan listed in FAA records.
Maryland State police, who are in charge of the investigation, declined to release the victims’ names until family members were notified. Investigators from the NTSB and the FAA were also at the scene west of the Washington County-Frederick County line, on the western slope of a ridge known as South Mountain.
Maryland State police spokesman Greg Shipley said the bodies were being taken to the state medical examiner in Baltimore. Any information about the owner of the aircraft and the cause of the crash will come from NTSB, which will conduct a briefing Friday morning at the Hagerstown Regional Airport.
Frederick Municipal Airport Manager Kevin Daugherty said Friday morning he was shocked by news of the accident. He said Advanced Helicopter Concepts had been at the airport for well over 10 years and was a “top-notch operation.”
“They run a very safe, efficient operation. They’re great tenants,” Daugherty said. “We are obviously very distraught over this. We are all still in shock that this happened.” He said he had spoken to employees of the company and that “they’re grieving very much.” Daugherty said operations at the airport continue as normal as possible.
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Delaware trooper commits suicide www.privateofficer.com
Delaware State Police Cpl. Joshua A. Giddings, 32, apparently committed suicide at his Smyrna home Tuesday, May 26. Giddings was arrested May 11 after an investigation revealed he engaged in sexual relations with a woman he had arrested in exchange for not taking her to court.
Delaware State Police reported that emergency personnel were dispatched at about 6 p.m., to a home in the unit block of Wheeler Circle in Smyrna after receiving a report of an unresponsive man.
The man was found in the shed at the residence. He was unresponsive. Emergency personnel pronounced him dead at the scene.
He was identified as Joshua A. Giddings.
Foul play is not suspected, police said. The incident is a suspected suicide, but the investigation is continuing by the Smyrna Police Department.
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Security officer captures two robbery suspects www.privateofficer.com
The Delaware State Police have arrested two women for a May 11 armed robbery at the Exxon gas station located at the intersection of Route 1 and Route 24.
Police said two women wearing gloves, black hoodies, masks and sunglasses entered the store on Monday morning at approximately 2:40 a.m. armed with a razor blade and handgun. They confronted the 23-year-old clerk, announced it was a robbery and demanded money.
The clerk complied and opened the cash register when one of the female robbers reached in the drawer and grabbed approximately $300.
Police recovered the razor blade, money and a black Daisy CO2 BB Gun that was the handgun used in the crime.
They have been incarcerated at the Delores J Baylor Women’s Correctional Center on a $64,000 secured bail
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K-Mart diamond thief turns self in www.privateofficer.com
Delaware State Police say Ridley Township police and Kmart security employees identified 22-year-old Nicholas Kowal of Secane, as the alleged thief. He and 24-year-old Jessica MaCauley of Collingdale, turned themselves in Friday to Philadelphia police.
Kowal allegedly ran out of the Tri-State Mall Kmart with two diamond rings after an employee showed him several pieces of jewelry. Police say MaCauley drove him away.
Police say the Golden Nugget pawn shop in the Folsom section of Ridley Township, bought the rings from Kowal on March 16.
Kowal is suspected in a similar robbery last Friday at a Kmart in Ridley the previous week.
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