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Security guard charged with murder in Florida www.privateofficer.com
A man barged into his ex-girlfriend’s Coconut Creek home on Saturday, stabbing her and killing a friend when he tried to protect her, police said.
Paul Gayle, a 28-year-old security guard with a state-issued weapons license, was charged with first-degree murder, attempted first-degree murder and armed burglary.
Coconut Creek police said Joy Stewart, 36, ended her relationship with Gayle last week and was spending Friday evening with a friend she recently met: 32-year-old Hasting Clarke.
But shortly after midnight Saturday, Gayle showed up at Stewart’s home on the 4100 block of Northwest 43rd Way.
He was planning to carry out a threat he’d made Thursday, said Detective Angela Hofer, a police spokeswoman.
After barging in, Gayle cornered Stewart in a room and stabbed her several times — but Clarke walked in to save her, Hofer said. Stewart seized the opportunity, grabbing a cordless home phone and driving off in her car while calling 911. Seconds later, she flagged down Officer Alejandro Escobar, who found her wounded and frantic.
He and three other officers rushed to her house and arrested Gayle, who was trying to get back into his car, police said.
They also found Clarke, who was killed during the fight.
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Coach Michael “Eddy” Wilson taught physical education and coached girls basketball at Butler High School for several years with a good record, but recently, JCPS records indicate parents began coming forward with allegations they were hearing from their children about a relationship between Wilson and an unidentified student.
Parents and students registering for classes at Butler Monday were shocked by the allegations. “Teachers, in my perspective, are there to teach me, not to do anything more,” said Tachae Sowell, an incoming freshman at Butler.
“It’s sickening, and it’s scary too,” said Thereasa Sowell, Tachae’s grandmother.
After reviewing the complaints, JCPS spokeswoman Lauren Roberts said school officials conducted an investigation.
“We did, after reviewing records and evidence, confirm that there was indeed an improper relationship with the student,” Roberts said. “I know everyone is asking does that mean there was a sexual relationship – we were not able to verify that. But there was indeed, based on phone records, an inappropriate relationship under way between the two of them.”
And according to cell phone records, the student and Wilson exchanged more than 555 text messages and calls totaling more than 5,000 minutes from December 2008 to April 2009 – and many of those calls and texts were after midnight.
JCPS’s investigation also revealed that Wilson allegedly took the student on a ski trip to Paoli Peaks in Paoli, Indiana, and that the two reportedly spent a lot of time together after school hours.
The investigation took an unexpected twist, Roberts says, because “students were being charged $3 to not participate in some activities such as running; and then in a couple of cases, there were some students who said their grades were improved based on paying. At least 100 students were able to tell us they paid money or had knowledge of others who tried to get out of class.”
According to the investigation, school officials found over $1,000 in Wilson’s desk. Wilson said he was going to use the money to pay the basketball team’s expenses.
Students registering for Butler told us they’re relieved Wilson won’t be there this year.
“I like gym, and I don’t want a teacher looking at me that way,” Sowell said. “I don’t’ like that type of attention from an adult.”
In a statement given by Wilson to JCPS, he said that he was just being a mentor to that student.
Wilson was hired at Butler in 2003, and had no previous disciplinary problems or complaints before being fired last week.
JCPS has notified Child Protective Services about the issue.
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Police said 23-year-old Christopher Eddy was arrested after he was found hiding in a sand dune on Melbourne Beach.
FWC Officer Van Streety, a 10-year FWC veteran, was patrolling near the intersection of Satellite Boulevard and State Road 520 in Brevard County when he was shot multiple times during a routine stop.
“If I wanted to kill him, I could have,” Eddy said after he was arrested. “I shot him in his vest on purpose.”
Streety was saved by a bulletproof vest — and a special coin he had in his pocket, which helped stop one of the bullets. (See Images Of The Coin)
Police said Eddy was stopped by the officer, a struggle started and, according to reports, Eddy pulled out a gun and shot the officer several times.
Streety was attempting to arrest Eddy for warrants issued from Brevard County for multiple traffic violations, officials said.
Eddy said he shot the officer during the routine traffic stop because he had prior traffic tickets and had a warrant out for his arrest for driving without a license.
“I felt my freedom was being violated,” Eddy said. “It was just unjust they way they treated me. They pulled me over, gave me some traffic tickets and sent me right to the court.”
Investigators said they’ve been putting the pressure on Eddy and apparently he couldn’t take it anymore. They said he made one big mistake leading to his capture on Friday when he tried to steal a car from an armed neighbor.
Investigators said they brought the 46-hour manhunt to an end with “luck, intensity and aggression.”
Police said when Eddy tried to steal the car and he was approached by the armed homeowner, Eddy took off running.
“He kept yelling out to the homeowner, ‘I’m homeless, I’m homeless,’” said Brevard County Sheriff’s Office Major Andrew Walters. “You could see he was bug-bitten, but he did see a firearm.”
Walters said when police found Eddy, the fugitive emerged from the sand dunes and turned himself in.
“He led them to a makeshift camp he had been staying in and showed them the firearm,” Walters said.
On Thursday, Eddy’s girlfriend was arrested and is still being held in a Brevard County jail without bond.
A judge said that any attempt on the life of a law enforcement officer “tears at the fabric of our society” and that he wanted her to stay in jail until she comes before a jury on charges of accessory to attempted murder of a law enforcement officer.
Tammi Temple, 37, was arrested Thursday, the same day that what was later identified as a shrapnel bomb was found at her home.
Police found the shrapnel bomb when they served a search warrant at Temple’s home in Melbourne in connection with Wednesday night’s shooting of the FWC law enforcement officer.
Investigators said Temple was in the car with Eddy when he shot the officer. Police said she didn’t come to Streety’s aide but rather helped Eddy get away. Deputies said Floyd Johnson helped Eddy escape, as well. He has been charged with being an accessory after the shooting.
“All I want is a peaceful life,” Eddy said. “I just want some freedom. I guess I’ll never get out of jail for this dumb (expletive).”
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Rockingham NC
Two recent shoplifting incidents and one arrest have been reported by the Rockingham Police Department.
At a store at Falling Creek Plaza Shopping Center, Rockingham, suspects stole $65.12 worth of items in one incident and $57.61 worth of items in the second incident.
Both times the items were recovered.
Mary Faith Collins, 46, Smith Street, Rockingham, was arrested in connection with a shoplifting incident on a misdemeanor charge. Her bond was set at $300.
Sumter SC
The 13th time proved to be unlucky for a man described by police as a habitual shoplifter.
Clarence Lowery, 39, of 366 McDuffie St., was caught by employees at the Save-a-Lot grocery store, 674 W. Liberty St., after he was spotted stuffing three packages of pork ribs, valued at a total of $36, inside the waistband of his pants and walking out with paying for them at 9 a.m. Saturday, police said.
Employees detained him until police arrived.
He was charged with property crimes, third or subsequent offense, and taken to Sumter-Lee Regional Detention Center.
The emphasis in this case should probably be on “or subsequent” because, according to a police report, this was Lowery’s 13th shoplifting offense.
Redmond WA
Redmond Police arrested an 18-year-old man after he tried to break free from two security guards with stolen merchandise at the Target in the 17700 block of Northeast 76th Street last Friday at around 4:30 p.m.
The store’s security manager identified himself and approached the suspect after he broke an MP3 player out of the packing and put it in his pocket, according to Jim Bove, Redmond Police spokesperson.
The suspect tried to run away, but the store manager, along with the help of an assets protection guard, were able to contain the suspect, Bove said.
The suspect assaulted both security guards in his attempt to break free before he was handcuffed and taken to a back office for questioning.
The store manager then called Redmond Police, which showed up at the scene, searched the suspect and found, in addition to the MP3 player, some mini DVDs. Police also found some “throwing stars” and a “folding knife” on the suspect, Bove said.
Goose Creek SC
An 18-year-old Summerville man is charged with 15 crimes in connection to shoplifting case and get away at a Goose Creek Wal-Mart on Thursday.
Authorities believe he and a juvenile accomplice took $12 worth of bath products.
Arrested in the case was Johnny Arthur Byrd, 18, of North Maple Street in Summerville. He faces a variety of charges ranging from being a felon in possession of a firearm, to hit and run and three counts of assault with intent to kill.
As they attempted to flee, they reportedly caused a crash that wrecked four parked vehicles, triggering thousands of dollars in damage.
Byrd was taken to Trident Hospital for a mental evaluation and was later released and taken to the Berkeley County detention center, awaiting a bond hearing being scheduled.
A 15-year-old juvenile was also taken into custody and charged with possession of a stolen vehicle and shoplifting.
Buffalo NY
A Buffalo woman has been charged with petit larceny after being accused of stealing, along with another woman, about $300 worth of clothing from the J.C. Penney’s store in the Eastern Hills Mall on Thursday.
Store security officers detained Joni M. Jones, of Newburgh Street, Buffalo, and Erie County Sheriff’s Deputies Daniel Brinkerhoff and Robert Rine charged her with petit larceny and conspiracy.
Jones and her accomplice, who was not caught, are accused of bringing a couple of shopping bags with them and filling them with clothes before trying to leave the store without paying late Thursday afternoon.
ABERDEEN NJ Police have arrested a 46 year-old Keansburg man and charged him with robbery and shoplifting from the ShopRite located on Lloyd Road on May 19, officials said.
Stephen Rafferty, of Hancock Street is charged with robbery and shoplifting and then released on $2,500 bail.
Shop Rite store officials notified Aberdeen police at 2:45 p.m. that Rafferty was fighting with the store’s loss prevention officer after he had been approached about stealing goods.
Aberdeen police officer Matthew McDow arrived to find that Rafferty had resisted the loss prevention officer and fled on foot into a wooded area behind the store.
Officer Michael Plant eventually found Rafferty and took him into custody. An investigation revealed that Rafferty had tried to take $129 worth of food and other items from the store.
Assisting in the investigation were Sgt. Raymond Sosa and Detective Michael Lasko.
Spanish Fort AL
April 25, Robert D. Posey, 23, of West Blocton was charged with third-degree theft of property/shoplifting. The arrest was made at Belk in the Eastern Shore Centre.
April 25, Kashunda M. Brayan, 29, of Mobile was charged with third-degree theft of property/shoplifting and with second-degree possession of marijuana. The arrest was made at Dillard’s in the Eastern Shore Centre.
April 24, Rachael L. Myers, 18, of Fairhope was charged with third-degree theft of property/shoplifting. The arrest was made at Belk in the Eastern Shore Centre.
April 24, Eric B. Reed, 23, of Fairhope was charged with third-degree theft of property/shoplifting. The arrest was made at Belk in the Eastern Shore Centre.
April 18, Larry Dean Williams, 18, of Cummings, Ga., was charged with third-degree theft of property/shoplifting. The arrest was made at Kohl’s at the Spanish Fort Town Center.
April 11, Brittney M. Pettaway, 19, of Mobile was charged with third-degree theft of property/shoplifting. The arrest was made at Kohl’s at Spanish Fort Town Center.
April 11, second-degree possession of marijuana was reported on Bass Pro Drive near the La-Z-Boy furniture store at the Spanish Fort Town Center.
April 11, James A. Tripp, 21, of Loxley was charged with second-degree possession of marijuana. The arrest was made on Bass Pro Drive.
April 10, Michael Holmes Smith, 27, of Bay Minette was charged with third-degree theft of property/shoplifting. The arrest was made at Belk in the Eastern Shore Centre.
April 10, public intoxication was reported at Cellar 43 in the Eastern Shore Centre on Ala. 181.
April 10, Juston E. Palmertree Jr., 31, of Spanish Fort was charged with public intoxication. The arrest was made at Cellar 43 in the Eastern Shore Centre.
April 3, third-degree theft of property/shoplifting was reported at Belk in the Eastern Shore Centre. Merchandise valued at $167 was stolen. All items were recovered.
April 3, Rikki L. English, 29, of Loxley was charged with third-degree theft of property/shoplifting. The arrest was made at Belk in the Eastern Shore Centre.
April 3, third-degree theft of property/shoplifting was reported at Dillard’s in the Eastern Shore Centre on Eastern Shore Boulevard. Jeans valued at $30 were stolen. The merchandise was recovered.
April 3, Samone A. Brown, 28, of Foley was charged with third-degree theft of property/shoplifting. The arrest was made at Dillard’s in the Eastern Shore Centre.
April 3, negotiating a worthless instrument was reported at a residence on Buckingham Court.
April 3, a civil problem was reported in the parking lot of Climate Master on Jay Drive.
April 2, third-degree theft of property/shoplifting was reported at the ABC Store in Blakeley Square Shopping Center on Spanish Fort Boulevard. Liquor valued at $83 was stolen.
April 1, third-degree theft of property/shoplifting was reported at Best Buy in the Eastern Shore Plaza on Eastern Shore Boulevard. A Motorola cell phone, valued at $219, was stolen. The phone was recovered.
April 1, Chad S. Jones, 27, of Fairhope was charged with third-degree theft of property/shoplifting. The arrest was made at Best Buy in the Eastern Shore Plaza.
Cookeville TN
Eric Frank Jones age 18 of Rickman, TN was arrested for Shoplifting at Hills IGA on N. Washington Ave after Cookeville Police Officer Harrington responded. Mr. Jones consumed several items while in the store and concealed the wrappers. Jones would not cooperate with Police. Jones was charged with theft under $500 and transported to jail.
Kimberly Tasha Woolfrom age 20 of Crossville, TN was arrested and charged with Trespassing and Shoplifting at Wal-Mart on S. Jefferson Ave after Cookeville Police Officer Ward responded and found that Ms. Woolfrom had been banned from all Wal-Mart Stores and Police found items she could not show a receipt for from Wal-Mart on her person.
Daphne AL
April 20, Luke Daniel Stewart, 19, of Spanish Fort was charged with third-degree theft of property. The arrest was made at Wal-Mart on U.S. 98.
April 20, Timothy Darwin Steiner, 19, of Fairhope was charged with third-degree theft of property. The arrest was made at Wal-Mart on U.S. 98.
April 20, Amanda Nicole Raley, 24, of Fairhope was charged with two counts of third-degree theft of property. The arrest was made at Wal-Mart on U.S. 98.
April 3, Rachel Elizabeth Singler, 27, of Fitzpatrick was charged with third-degree theft of property. The arrest was made at Wal-Mart on U.S. 98.
April 3, Joshua Matthew Singleton, 30, of Fitzpatrick was charged with third-degree theft of property. The arrest was made at Wal-Mart on U.S. 98.
WOODBRIDGE NJ — Police arrested a Macy’s employee late Tuesday after he allegedly stuffed three T-shirts in his pants and tried to leave the store.
Omar Bailey, 30, of East Orange was stopped by security guards at the Woodbridge Center store at 10 p.m. Tuesday, police said. Officers responded and arrested him for a $289 warrant out of East Orange.
Bailey, who works in the receiving area of the store, was released after posting bail at police headquarters, police said. Macy’s security guards said they would sign complaints against him at a later date.
Millville NJ
John Reginald Lee, 47, of Buck Street was arrested Wednesday at ShopRite on a shoplifting charge. Police said it was his second shoplifting arrest that day. He was jailed on $1,500 bail.
Cincinnati OH
A security guard at the Walgreens in North College Hill stopped a wheelchair bound suspect from leaving the store with unpaid goods.
The incident happened at 1:45 this morning. Police say 60 year old Robert Hurt of College Hill tried to put $100 dollars in soap products into his backpack at the Walgreens on Hamilton Avenue. A store security guard noticed the alleged theft.
Hurt, who gets around in a motorized scooter, was stopped in the parking lot by the security officer. When he tried to get away, the security guard grabbed the scooter and forcibly held it to keep Hurt from leaving the scene until police arrived.
Hurt is charged with theft.
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Juan J. Rivera, 29, of 230 E. Second St., Apt. 5, Jamestown; Adeline M. Rodriguez, 18, of 230 E. Second St., Apt. 5, Jamestown, and Carmen M. Rodriguez, 23, of 230 E. Second St., Apt. 5, Jamestown, were charged with one count each of petit larceny. They were charged and released to appear in Ellicott Town Court later.
Slidell LA
Krista A. Giacona, 20, 831 Ashville Drive, Slidell, theft under $300 by shoplifting and possession of marijuana.
Emily M. Shockey, 19, 2119 Pine St., New Orleans, theft under $300 by shoplifting.
SIERRA VISTA AZ
douglasdispatch.com — Two Douglas men are accused of shoplifting after they were caught with merchandise from four area stores in their car on Friday.
Brandon M. Arevalo, 23, and Joseph G. Arvizu, 19, both of Douglas, allegedly stole a digital camera from Walmart in Sierra Vista around 12:30 p.m. by cutting the cable securing the item and then fled the scene with the camera, according to a Sierra Vista Police report.
Police spokeswoman Officer Tracy Grady said the two men returned to the store around 2 p.m. and were watched by security personnel who saw Arevalo and Arvizu allegedly attempt to steal two flat screen televisions. Their attempt to take the TVs “out through the garden center part of the store was unsuccessful,” Grady said.
The two suspects then went to their car and were driving out of the parking lot when they were stopped by Sierra Vista police, she said.
It was then the “plain sight doctrine,” came into play, the spokeswoman said.
Articles seen with in a person’s sight can be used to help build a case if a crime is suspected and other merchandise is seen, Grady said.
The items from three different stores at the Mall at Sierra Vista that were in the car also were reportedly shoplifted, she said, adding that during the search of the vehicle a concealed weapon was found
Dillard’s, Famous Footwear and Spencer Gifts were the three mall stores involved.
The two have been charged with shoplifting, attempted shoplifting and carrying a concealed firearm, Grady said.
Arevalo and Arvizu were taken to the Cochise County Jail facility in Sierra Vista where on Monday they were each being held on a $4,000 bond.
Vineland NJ
Sasha L. Green, 21, of Walnut Manor Apartments, was charged Sunday with shoplifting at Acme on South Main Road. She also was processed on two unrelated warrants. Green was transported to the Cumberland County Jail, where she was held in lieu of bail.
Chicago IL
A Midlothian man was accused of shoplifting at Chicago Ridge Mall after he fell from a ceiling while trying to hide, police said.
Laroy Getz, 29, of the 14300 block of South Kolin Avenue was charged with resisting arrest and retail theft in the March 4 incident, police said.
After he was spotted allegedly shoplifting at the mall, police said, Getz allegedly ran inside a nearby business where he removed several tiles from a ceiling and climbed up, before falling onto the floor, police said.
Bridgewater NJ
Rosario Scalici, 39, of Rockaway was charged with shoplifting a $100 Bluetooth at Costco in the Bridgewater Promenade.
Samar G. Zahalan, 25, of Newark was charged with shoplifting at Macy’s in Bridgewater Commons mall. A store security officer saw Zahalan place a $50 sweat shirt in her purse and leave the store, police said.
FRAMINGHAM MA – An Arthur Street woman was charged with shoplifting at the local Stop & Shop on Friday afternoon.
Patricia Acosta-Depinho, 26, of 204 Arthur St., was charged with shoplifting at the store around 12:35 p.m., police said
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Oak Lawn IL
Retail Theft- Lauren Green, 11929 Stewart Ave., Chicago, was charged with retail theft after store personnel at Kmart, 4101 W. 95th St., spotted her stealing a pair of shoes and socks from the store March 12, police said.
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state.com — A South Carolina elementary school teacher was being held on charges of committing or trying to commit lewd acts with two teenage girls.
Twenty-six-year-old Daniel Roger Bilbo of Lexington was arrested and charged Thursday.
Lexington District 2 said that Bilbo is on administrative leave with pay.
Assistant superintendent Jim Hinton says Bilbo teaches at Herbert A. Wood Elementary but was charged for activities while serving as basketball coach at Pine Ridge Middle School.
A warrant states the incidents occurred between Oct. 1 and Jan. 22 at the school during school events.
The girls, both under age 16, reported the incidents to school officials and Pine Ridge police.
It was unclear Friday if Bilbo had a lawyer.
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A 17-year-old Allen High School boy was charged as an adult with trying to stab a man with a pair of scissors Thursday afternoon in front of the school, according to court records.
Gibbs was taken down by the officer and security guard before the intended victim was injured. Gibbs admitted stealing the scissors from the school and putting them between his fingers because he ”thought there would a problem outside after school,” police said.
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Internal theft does not end with Christmas season www.privateofficer.com
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Retail store managers and even their loss prevention departments spend so much time and energy on just six to eight weeks of the year catching dishonest employees that they almost relax and ease up their investigations the rest of the year.
While it is true, that during this busy holiday shopping time usually between November and January 1, many employees are extras and temporary staffers and they often will try to get away with as much as they can knowing that they won’t be there long, theft does not end nor start here.
In fact, the majority of major internal thefts occur during “non-peak” store hours and knows no season. Long term employees make up for the majority of all merchandise and monetary thefts in all types of retail environments.
Generally, the employee who has been stealing a company blind for the past year or since they were first hired six or ten years ago, will almost always lay low during this time frame. They know the risks and have calculated their chances and have probably weathered many a Christmas seasons right there in your store and they know what to expect as far as security is concerned. If it’s a big box retailer with a hundred or more cameras and a full staff of loss prevention agents, the employee knows their routines and they are aware that during this time there is a heightened security awareness and security presence.
While they still may occasionally take something that is too good or too easy to leave behind, as a rule they watch and wait for a slower shopping time with, less floor traffic, fewer managers and security and less competition from the temporary hires that think they’re slick and will get away with the thefts. The seasoned employee thief usually will just sits back and laugh at the newbie’s and probably has already finished all of their “holiday shopping” in your stores months ago, maybe even during the summer months.
Occasionally if the employee is a refunder and has accumulated a closet or closets full of merchandise, they may cease the moment and begin “making the rounds” going to a number of stores within the chain soon after Christmas blending in with other customer returns in hopes that they’ll be able to easily cash-in their wares for cash. I’ve known them to use family, friends, and strangers to assist in this scheme and to travel a route that carries them through several stores. GPS has actually helped these scammers to locate, track, and direct them to their targeted stores making the trip more efficient and less costly on them.
Of all of the dishonest employees that I’ve apprehended, investigated, or assisted in taking down, and there’s been a ton of them, I don’t remember any of them that we apprehended during the Christmas holidays being “long-term” employees. That’s not to say that there wasn’t any, I’m sure that there was but the amounts of the theft were not major and nothing compared to the apprehensions that we took part in during the ‘non-peak” months.
For instance, Mavis was an 18 year veteran of a large, national retailer. She worked her way up from the receiving dock to the floor to department manager and was being considered for an assistant manager position when I notified the general manager that she and two others were under investigation for refund fraud. The store manager was in shock when I laid out the proof that she and the others had been stealing from our store and refunding at other area stores within our chain.
She confessed during the interview that she had started while on the loading dock and that her supervisor back there was also taking merchandise and showed her how easy it was. Mavis in turn told her niece who worked in the infants department and the niece taught her girlfriend who was the manager in woman’s apparel.
During my investigation, none of these employees took anything during the Christmas shopping season and they actually became model employees during that time by working overtime, helping out customers and employees and wearing big smiles and showing their Christmas cheer. Why wouldn’t they?
Just in the refunds that I could prove they did over a two year period added up to more than a hundred thousand dollars between the three of them.
Employees who steal in larger quantities and amounts like the sales floor to be slow and not many people around. They will often hide merchandise under rounders, display tables, behind other merchandise on shelves or in a corner someplace and either pick it up later or have a partner either employee or outside friend come get it just like any other shoplifter.
Some also will” store” their goods in ceiling tiles and in boxes that have other merchandise in it already either on the sales floor or in a stock room. Seldom, will an employee conceal merchandise on the floor and walk out with it. Maybe a novice, a part-timer or a first-timer but not someone who is in it for the long haul. They know they could be seen by management, security or another employee so like most criminals, they prefer darkness, corners, backrooms and quiet out of the way places.
Steven and Cindi were boyfriend, girlfriend, a cute couple working at an upscale retailer in the local mall. Employees loved them, customers always remarked about what a great couple and it seemed like a real love story of two high schoolers who were getting married in just a few months. They had worked part time and then full time together in the electronics department for almost two years and no one ever suspected that they were anything but a clean cut wholesome couple from good families. They never got married and in fact each spent more than a year in prison after they were arrested for embezzlement from the store. They took cash, merchandise, gave away stuff to friends and finally made their way into the cash room and took a large deposit bag that was full of cash. Again, all of their deeds were done for the most part during non-busy times and off season.
If you’re a store manager or a loss prevention agent, make your quick and easy apprehensions during the Christmas season and get rid of those bad apples but to really recover large amounts of merchandise and cash and to get to the root of your internal employee shrinkage, spend your time the rest of the year conducting long term serious surveillance and investigations into employees who have been with the company for 2-10 years or even more and don’t consider that they were employees of the month or the year or that they are just “good” people and “good employees”. When doing this work, you must have blinders on and don’t focus on the individuals background, but rather their work habits, activities and body language. You’ll be surprise at what you’ll find. Happy hunting!
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Her day starts with a review of security video footage from the stockroom and loading dock area as well as several other sensitive areas of the store.
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Police said that a security bouncer working at Mark’s Texas Hots nightclub on Monroe Avenue was taken to the hospital after being hit by a car.
Someone hit him and knocked the unidentified security bouncer to the ground.
Medical personnel and police responded to the club and the security person was transported to an area hospital. He has minor back injuries according to medical personnel.
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fayobserver.com — Twenty-dollar bills were fluttering from the windows of the Nissan Altima speeding up the highway at more than 100 mph.
“It was raining money last night,” Laurinburg Police Capt. Kim Monroe said Monday.
The cash was coming from two robbery suspects trying to get rid of evidence while they were trying to get away from police, investigators said.
The events that led up to the chase began with a robbery at the Big Lots store on South Main Street about 8 p.m. Sunday, Monroe said.
Two men carrying guns forced the five store workers on duty into an office and made the manager open the safe, Monroe said.
The men used rope to tie the employees together and left in a Nissan with about $2,000, Monroe said.
Moments later, Officer Robert Carlisle pulled a Nissan over on North Main Street for a traffic violation. Then he heard the description of the robbers and the getaway car.
As additional officers arrived, the men sped away in the Nissan, headed north toward Aberdeen on U.S. 15-501.
Police were assisted by Scotland County deputies and wildlife officers, Monroe said.
Speeds topped 120 mph, Monroe said.
The car was finally stopped by using spiked strips that deflated the tires, Monroe said.
The men — identified as Michael Anthony Leslie and Jeremy Donaldson Ross — were arrested and charged with robbing Big Lots.
Police reported finding a BB pistol in the car, Monroe said.
The two also have been charged with two robberies reported last week at the Dollar Tree and Pizza Hut in Laurinburg, Monroe said.
Witnesses in those incidents said one man wore a blue bandana to cover part of his face and the other wore white Latex gloves.
Big Lots workers told police that one of the robbers was wearing a blue bandana, Monroe said. Police also found Latex gloves in the vehicle.
Leslie, 38, of the 100 block of Charlie Lane in Carthage, and Ross, 28, of the 1700 block of Lower Moncure Road in Sanford, are charged with three counts each of armed robbery and conspiring to commit armed robbery; nine counts of kidnapping; and speeding to elude arrest.
Both have prior records, Monroe said.
In 1986, Leslie was sentenced in Oklahoma to 15 years for second-degree murder, according to the state’s Department of Correction records.
Leslie was released in February 2001, according to records.
Ross is wanted in Columbia, S.C., on armed robbery charges, Monroe said.
Both are in the Scotland County jail with bail set at $1million each.
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An out-of-control car crashed into a ditch and catapulted into a busy flea market south of Sebastopol on Sunday, coming to rest on its roof just yards from booths and shoppers.As spectacular as the post-collision scene appeared, no one at the market was injured, and the two women in the car apparently suffered only minor injuries, according to the CHP.
“It’s a miracle,” said Bob DeCaro, a security officer at Midgley’s Country Flea Market off Highway 116 south of Bloomfield Road.
It appears the car, a late-model Toyota Camry, was being driven toward Sebastopol about 11:45 a.m. when for some reason, the driver veered hard to the left across traffic.
The car ran over a small ditch, clipping a stand of mailboxes, crossed a dirt driveway, careened over another ditch and into a chain-link fence surrounding the flea market.
At least two large chunks of the car’s fender were left on the driveway.
The car then catapulted into the pampas grass and small trees lining the second ditch, flipping over and landing on its roof inside an unused parking area of the market.
“I heard a big bang and turned and saw it flip,” said Rolinda Smith, who runs a booth about 60 yards away. “I couldn’t understand what happened.”
Another nearby booth operator, Dawn Silveira, said she turned to see the car in the air.
“As it was flying, it did a 180-degree turn in the air and landed on its back.”
Mya Weston, whose sales booth is the nearest table to the crash, about 30 yards away, said she didn’t hear any brake sounds before the wreck.
“I just heard crunching in the bushes,” she said. “I looked around, and it just did a flip in the air. It was all in slow motion. It felt like five minutes, but it was five seconds. I thought it was going to blow.”
DeCaro said he rushed to the crash site, where an off-duty sheriff’s deputy and registered nurse were looking after the women.
“I was trying to back people off,” he said.
Another security guard, Sergio Cuevas, said the two women were conscious but “super shocked.”
A CHP officer accompanied the women, possibly a mother and daughter, to Santa Rosa Memorial Hospital to try to determine what happened.
The women’s names were unavailable late Sunday.
Though details were still sketchy, CHP Sgt. Jeff Abrams suspected the driver may have swerved to avoid traffic that routinely backs up along that stretch of Highway 116.
There was no indication the driver was impaired by drug or alcohol use, he said. The car was registered out of Burlingame, so the occupants may have been shoppers visiting the area’s many antique and second-hand stores.
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Authorities say that a Shreveport City Jail officer has been placed on administrative leave after being charged with shoplifting over the week-end.
Employees of the store notified police of the incident and after an investigation, Owens confessed to taking a warm-up suit valued at less than $200, which later was returned to the store. Owens, who was hired as a jailer in August 2007, was immediately placed on administrative leave pending the outcome of an internal investigation.
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A man trying to flee from Wal-Mart security attempted to jump into a vehicle and was hit in the face by the driver and then struck by the vehicle.
Kevin Michael Coletti Duckworth was treated for a broken jaw and laceration to the chin, said Statesville Police Department Interim Assistant Chief Bill Halliburton.
Halliburton said police officers were called Saturday to the Wal-Mart on Glenway Drive Saturday at around 1:20a.m. and officers met with security officers and tried to talk with Duckworth, who was already in custody in the security office.
Halliburton said that loss prevention officers told police Duckworth and three others, two women and one man, were in the store earlier.
They said the four ran while a receipt was being checked at the door, and Duckworth tried to jump into a black Ford Bronco in the parking lot.
Halliburton said the driver of the Bronco hit Duckworth in the face and knocked him out of the vehicle. The Bronco then ran over Duckworth.
Halliburton said Duckworth was intoxicated and couldn’t offer much information.
Duckworth was taken into custody and treated for his injuries.
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An 18-year-old store cashier, his mother and an aunt were arrested Sunday after Collier County sheriff’s deputies say they stole merchandise from the Kmart store in Golden Gate.
Michael P. Hernandez and Maria Rodriguez, 41,both of 1798 55th St. S.W., were each charged with grand theft. Maria Lastenia-Cruz, 41, also of the same address, was charged with petty theft.
Hernandez is charged with “passing” items to his mother, Rodriguez, and his aunt, Cruz, on two separate occasions over the weekend while he was working as a cashier at the store, 4955 Golden Gate Parkway, arrest reports said.
A store security officer told deputies that on Saturday she watched Hernandez scan $184 worth of merchandise, void the transaction and then allow Rodriguez to leave the store with the items as if they were paid in full, reports said.
The security officer told deputies that on Sunday she once again watched Hernandez scan items for his family, reports said.
He passed $21.19 worth of items for Lastenia-Cruz and $175.30 for Rodriguez. After both transactions were complete, his aunt and mother left the store without paying for the merchandise, reports said.
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A Tempe man was arrested on Saturday after he allegedly punched a security officer and spit on an officer.
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www.privateofficer.com Private security officers spotted a male breaking into several apartments at an area apartment complex and gave chase of the suspect.
Police said that the burglar fled running through a neighborhood and eventually he tried to run across a busy freeway but was struck by oncoming traffic.
The suspect died after a car hit him in southwest Houston according to police.
Houston police said the man broke into two apartments at the Broadstone Uptown Lots on McCue Road shortly before he was killed late Saturday.
Security officers patrolling the area and police chased the man, who tried to run across the Southwest Freeway near Chimney Rock Road
At least one vehicle struck the man on the freeway. He died on the way to the hospital.
The driver who hit the man stopped and is not expected to face any charges.
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Detective James Costa said the arrest of Jeff Silva of 7 Felton St., New Bedford, was made with the help of two brothers who spotted the suspect after he allegedly broke into their pickup truck on Saucier Street about 5:30 p.m.
The civilians chased the suspect and detained him until police arrived.
Detective Costa said Mr. Silva was wearing a security guard’s uniform when he was arrested.
He is charged with breaking and entering in the nighttime into a motor vehicle, larceny of more than $250 and possession of burglary tools.
A Global Positioning System device was stolen from the truck and later recovered by police.
Based on reports from witnesses, Detective Costa said police have charged Mr. Silva with three other motor vehicle breaks that occurred overnight between Friday and Saturday.
Police said Mr. Silva will be arraigned Wednesday in New Bedford District Court.
Detective Costa urged residents to lock their vehicles and remove all valuables.
He said there have been a rash of breaks in which a laptop computer, GPS device and voice recorder have been stolen.
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Police responded to a 12:32 p.m. complaint at Trucchi’s Supermarket and arrested Scott Coull, 38, no address provided, on a charge of shoplifting.• Jennifer Dumont, 29, of 136 DeWert Ave., Taunton, was arrested at 3:47 p.m. on a charge of shoplifting from Trucchi’s.
Malden MA
Bianca Blanchard, 20, 35 Middleton St., Dorchester, was arrested at 12:26 p.m. on Summer Street and charged with shoplifting by asportation.
Orem Utah A Provo woman was arrested Wednesday after reportedly trying to steal $140 of products from the Orem Wal-Mart. According to an Orem police department press release, 26-year-old Linsey Elaine Carter went through the self-checkout line but did not ring up her full purchase. Carter was detained until police arrived on the scene and discovered she had two warrants out for her arrest. Carter was also found with prescription medication hidden up the sleeve of her coat.
Nicole Bouche, 20, 124 Main St., Saugus, was arrested at 4:04 p.m. on Centre Street and charged with shoplifting by asportation and possession of a Class C drug.
HOUMA LA A 28-year-old man from Houma was arrested after he allegedly tried to leave Wal-Mart wearing new, unpaid clothes.
Calvalet Calloway, 309 East St., was arrested in the Grand Caillou Road Wal-Mart Wednesday. Employees called police at 3:22 a.m., telling officers he’d visited the store for the past three days.Police said they watched as Calloway put on a new pair of $24 shoes and put his old pair in the box. He also put on new pants, leaving his old pair in the changing room, they said.He was arrested and issued a summons for theft of goods by shoplifting
Morris County NJ
Police were called to Target at the outer mall at 6 p.m. on Wednesday, Oct. 22, to process Jason Vittoria, 20, of Hopatcong, on a shoplifting complaint signed by store security workers alleging he tried to take items worth $492, police said.
•Officers were called to Wal-Mart on Enterprise Drive at 5:30 p.m. on Monday, Oct. 20, to process Diego A. Montoya, 33, of Dover, on a shoplifting complaint signed by store security workers alleging he tried to take items worth $414.64 from the store, police said.
Barlett IL.
Bartlett woman faces several charges after a shoplifting arrest escalated Monday night. Jessica J. Byant, 38, of 1330 Northgate Drive, has been charged with felony criminal damage to state-supported property, resisting a police officer and retail theft, Bartlett police said in a news release.
Police gave this account: Officers responding to a shoplifting complaint at Bartlett Fresh Market found Bryant in the parking lot of Bartlett Plaza and discovered alcohol and food believed taken from the market in her purse.
After she was arrested and placed in a squad car, she kicked out a back window and attempted to kick officers who moved to subdue her.
Bryant was taken by ambulance to Northwest Community Hospital for psychological evaluation.
Kingsport TN
A Kingsport man was arrested Thursday after allegedly pulling a knife on a loss prevention officer at the Stone Drive Wal-Mart. The scuffle ended when the man was tackled from behind by a second Wal-Mart employee. According to an incident report filed by the Kingsport Police Department, about 1:30 p.m. a loss prevention officer saw a man hide a store item under his clothes. The man then passed by the checkout aisles without paying. The loss prevention officer approached the suspect in the lobby before he exited the store, identifying himself as Wal-Mart personnel. When the man continued to walk away, the employee put his arm up to try and stop him. According to statements from the loss prevention officer, the suspect pulled his right hand out of his pocket to reveal a knife. He then allegedly swung his right arm in what appeared to be the beginning of a stabbing motion toward the store employee. Another loss prevention officer tackled the man from behind, knocking the knife from his hand. Kingsport police responded to place the suspect under arrest. Joshua Aaron Young, 22, of 1535 Fort Henry Drive, was charged with aggravated assault and public intoxication, as he allegedly admitted drinking a bottle and a half of liquor before the incident. According to the police report, Wal-Mart security charged him with shoplifting.
SHELBY NC – Days after police released information on two suspects wanted for attempted shoplifting, both individuals have been taken into custody.Roger Jimison and Patricia Hambright, of Tack Court, Kings Mountain, were identified by the Cleveland County Sheriff’s Office as the two responsible for trying to steal pharmaceuticals from the D&N Mini Mart on Fallston Road.Capt. Alan Norman, of the sheriff’s office, previously told The Star that the two filled a totebag with merchandise Oct. 17 but a clerk saw them on the store video camera and confronted them. Norman said they then dropped the bag and fled the store, leaving in a 1999 green Saturn station wagon.Jimison turned himself in shortly after The Star’s coverage of the incident. Hambright was taken into custody earlier this week
Conway SC Two Conway women were charged with shoplifting from Wal-Mart, according to a police report.
Tiffany James, 26, and Richetta Sindab, 21, both of 301 El Bethel Road, were charged about 1:15 p.m. Monday after security at the Conway Wal-mart detained them, the report showed.Police said store security saw the women come into the store with two large handbags. The women took children’s hair bows and food before they tried to leave the store without paying, the report showed.
Central Valley NY A Mount Vernon man charged with stealing sunglasses at an outlet store in Woodbury Common turned out to have 25 bags of cocaine ready for sale, according to police.
The suspect Dewayne C. Johnson, 39, was charged with petty larceny, a misdemeanor, and criminal possession of a controlled substance in the third-degree, a felony. He was caught at 4 p.m. Saturday, allegedly stealing a $130 pair of sunglasses from Saks Off Fifth Ave, Woodbury police said.
He was arraigned before Justice Christine Weinberg and sent to Orange County Jail in lieu of $50,000 cash or $100,000 bond. He is due to appear in town court Tuesday.
Jarrard Harris, 31, 147 Glenhill Road, Everett, was arrested at 2:53 p.m. on Broadway Street and charged with shoplifting by asportation.Christopher Cymbola, 20, of Grand Rapids, Ohio, was arrested for shoplifting over $1,700 in merchandise from Meijer. A Playstation system, 16 games, 9 DVDs and CDs, a Nintendo DS, a Playstation Portable accessory and hearing aid batteries were stolen
Salisbury MD
At approximately 3:43 pm, Officers of the Salisbury Police Department received a call to respond to the Boscovs Department Store at the Centre at Salisbury for the report of a shoplifter. Upon arrival, the officers were advised by store security that store employees had observed the below listed suspect take property from its packaging, then remove it from the store without making payment. The packaging and property was recovered for the store. ARRESTED: Troy Wayne Emore, 29 years of age Seaford, Delaware
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Police said Salvador Hernandez-Mejia grabbed a woman’s purse right in front of Peterson’s Market on Southwest 10th and Morrison streets.
As the woman stood outside Peterson’s Market right along the MAX tracks police said that the robber came up from behind her and grabbed her purse.
A security officer told police that he was following his usual routine when he noticed the man and woman struggling right outside the market.
To make matters worse, officers said the robber hit the woman with her purse.
The security officer, who works at Peterson’s Market, ran out and tackled the robber, and subdued him police said.
“I see some guy hit that one lady and another guy he hit that guy and I go to help because that guy he try to run,” said the security officer Mario Alon. It all happened so quickly.
Hernandez-Mejia was arrested on charges of assault and robbery.
Police said he’s an illegal immigrant so he also has an immigration hold on him.
The victim was clearly distraught as she talked to detectives but she appeared to be OK.
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Denver CO. Nov 7 2008
Five people have been indicted in an ID theft operation in which they allegedly used bogus credit cards and bought methamphetamines with the cash they got after reselling purchased items, Aurora police announced Wednesday.
The Denver grand jury returned indictments last week against the five charging them with numerous counts, including violating the Colorado Organized Crime Control Act, theft, forgery, identity theft and conspiracy to commit computer crime, forgery, and theft.
The ring’s alleged leader, Shadwick Weaver, 35, was in custody in the Douglas County Jail when the indictment was handed down, police said. Weaver is facing 56 criminal counts and was being held on $500,000 bail.
Detectives from the police department’s economic crimes unit and a crime analyst began investigating the group in April after the found out that they may have been involved in a variety of white-collar crimes in Aurora and the north Denver metro area, detective Robert Friel, police spokesman, said.
The group members allegedly got hold of victims’ identities by burglarizing homes, breaking into cars and vehicle larceny, the detective said. The ring also possessed equipment that they used to manufacture documents such as counterfeit checks, credit cards, Social Security cards, drivers licenses, photo identities and employee badges. Detectives believe the group possessed about 300 such bogus documents, Friel said.
“We executed a search warrant and we believe we took away their tools that they were using to carry out the scheme,” the detective said.
In some cases, they would buy merchandise using the counterfeit checks or credit cards. The ring’s members would then resell the goods to make profit, which would then be used to buy methamphetamines, Friel said.
Detectives also think that some members would present a “temporary card” to a merchant to make purchases. However, the card would not have the magnetic stripe on the back of the card. Friel said that lack of special security features should let merchants know that the card is fake. Besides, he said, “temporary cards” do not exist.
“It’s a good warning for the business community; do not accept cards that are missing the traditional components of a credit or debit card,” Friel said.
The four others who were indicted and are in custody include James Bierce, 41; Carrie Robinson, 25; and Kelly Head, 35. Detectives continued to search for Levi Fairbanks, 25.
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An Elkhart man was arrested after police said he wrestled with a security officer over a gun at Chicago Bar and Grill, 2425 Cassopolis St., early Sunday morning.
Corey J. Edwards, 31, of 2584 Links Drive, Apt. 2A, was arrested on a preliminary felony charge of criminal recklessness and preliminary misdemeanor charges of public intoxication and carrying a gun without a permit around 2:30 a.m. Sunday, Elkhart Sgt. Todd Thayer said in a report.
According to the police report, Edwards had been asked to leave the bar by security for an unknown reason. According to witnesses, he then went to the parking lot and retrieved a semiautomatic handgun from his vehicle and fired shots into the air.
Edwards then re-entered the bar, witnesses reported, and security officers wrestled with him to get the gun.
During the altercation, the gun went off and a bullet hit the ceiling. Police said security was able to take the gun and subdued and detained Edwards until police arrived and arrested him. No one was injured in the incident police said.
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A 27-year old man who was found suffering from a gunshot wound by a private security officer in the 3600 block of East Golf Links Road has died at the hospital.
Police said the victim, identified as Quincy Brown was found by the security guard shortly after 8 p.m. on Wednesday, November 5.
Anyone with information is asked to call 911 or 88-CRIME.
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Leesville LA NOV 6 2008
Two people were injured when a homemade bomb went off inside the Leesville Wal-Mart on Saturday, Leesville Police reported.
Two 16-year-old boys have been arrested in connection with the incident that sent two to the hospital with minor injuries, Leesville Police Chief Bobby Hickman said in a statement released Monday.
Police said the device went off around 8:30 p.m. and was initially reported to them as gunshots coming from the sporting goods area of the store. It was later discovered that it was a “small bomb” that had been detonated by the teens in the men’s clothing section of the store.
A customer and an employee suffered minor injuries during the explosion. They were taken to a local hospital where they were treated and later released.
One of the unnamed juveniles was charged with criminal trespass and has been released to his parents.
The other teen faces charges of manufacture and possession of a bomb, theft of goods, simple arson, two counts of counts of negligent injury, disturbing the peace and aggravated assault. The second teen also has two previous and unrelated arson charges through Leesville Police, according to the release. He will be taken to a juvenile detention center.
Police said the store was cleared, and the boys were arrested after officials reviewed security tape from the store.
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Kennewick WA Nov 6 2008
A former Tri-Cities Fever football player was arrested Monday morning after he busted through a window in the boarding area at the Tri-Cities Airport.
Michael Rayfield Hodges, 25, of California, managed to get onto the tarmac just as Horizon Air flight 2103 was getting ready to leave for Seattle.
The 6-foot, 270-pound lineman played parts of four seasons for the Fever, including eight games this year.
Hodges’ intentions were not clear, said Dwayne Baird, public affairs manager for the Transportation Security Administration.
Baird said Hodges showed up near the security screening area in the airport about 9 a.m. After he found the screening area was closed, he used the exit door to get inside a secured boarding area.
Hodges reportedly told security officers that he didn’t have a ticket and did not know anyone on that flight. He didn’t have a reason to be at the airport, Baird said.
When a Franklin County Sheriff’s deputy asked him to leave, Hodges became angry, yelled obscenities, then broke through a window to get onto the tarmac where the loaded plane was preparing to leave.
It’s not clear if he was trying to board the plane.
A sheriff’s deputy shot Hodges with a Taser and then he was arrested. He was taken to Lourdes Medical Center for treatment before being booked into the Franklin County jail at 12:30 p.m. He is being held on suspicion of felony assault on a police officer.
Despite the breach, there was no danger to anyone at any time on the secure side of the airport, said Baird, who’s based in Salt Lake City. The TSA may bring civil charges, Baird said.
Hodges, who was a standout at Idaho State University, missed time last season with the Fever because of a knee injury.
“He was a guy that came across as real quiet, a real reserved guy,” said former Fever coach Dan Whitsett, who coached Hodges for two seasons. “He was a guy who always wore his emotions on his sleeve and always seemed to have a big heart.”
Hodges’ behavior is difficult to explain, Baird said, noting Hodges told the detectives that he doesn’t drink or use drugs.
Tri-Cities Airport Director Jim Morasch said the security breach was an unusual occurrence. “I’ve never seen anything like that before,” he said.
But he was satisfied with the way security agencies responded to the situation. “Everything worked the way it was supposed to,” Morasch said.
The incident delayed the Horizon flight by about a half-hour, said Dan Russo, Horizon’s vice president of marketing and communications.
Russo didn’t confirm or deny if Hodges was a passenger on the flight, citing company policies.
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www.privateofficer.com Authorities at the Charlotte Douglas Airport said a flight was diverted to the airport when an unruly and intoxicated passenger had to be restrained on board and the pilots needed law enforcement assistance. Federal agents and the airport police department responded to meet the plane on the tarmac and take custody of the female.
Police said that the crew used duct tape to restrain the unruly passenger on a flight from Puerto Rico to Chicago.
The FBI said the woman slapped a crew member on the buttocks and pulled a blind passenger’s hair.
FBI Agent Peter Carricato said the passenger also used profanity and was touching and jabbing other passengers.
Authorities said 45-year-old Maria Esther Castillo of Oswego, N.Y., has been charged with resisting arrest and interfering with the operations of a flight crew.
The flight was diverted Saturday to Charlotte, and police say that Castillo fought with police officers who came aboard the plane. She now faces a detention hearing on Thursday.
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Police are investigating the robbery of a school crossing guard who was on duty.
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Kerrville police on Tuesday said a man and a teenager arrested on shoplifting charges at the Wal-Mart there last weekend allegedly intended to use the loot — which included ski masks, black shirts and air pistols — to rob a supermarket that night.
Police Sgt. Drew Hufstedler said Wal-Mart security personnel apprehended Gregory Shupe, 20, and Jose A. Flores, 17, about 7:15 p.m. Friday.
Hufstedler said Flores told investigators of a plan to hold up the Super S Food Store upon leaving the Wal-Mart.
A third man associated with Shupe and Flores was not charged but corroborated Flores’ account, Hufstedler said.
Both suspects were charged with theft and conspiracy to commit aggravated robbery. They were jailed in lieu of $10,000 bail.
A Kerr County Jail official said Tuesday that Flores was released Saturday on bond and said Shupe remained in custody there.
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www.privateofficer.com A Baton Rouge police officer is under arrest today on charges that he falsified timesheets for off-duty security work at an area bank. Investigators say that the problem is, those hours were never worked, and the officer falsified his timesheets.
Police say 27-year-old Jerald Holmes resigned from the department Tuesday and was booked into the parish prison on theft and malfeasance charges.
A department spokesman says Holmes was paid for hours he didn’t work as a security guard for Hancock Bank.
Police said that they were notified about the falsified documents and began an investigation into the officer’s off-duty security officers.
Police did not say how much money Holmes was over paid or if there had been any other problems with his work performance as a city officer.
Holmes joined the Police Department in June 2006.
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Husband and wife charged in crime spree www.privateofficer.com
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Somerset MA Nov 6 2008
Police took an alleged husband and wife criminal team into custody Monday after a small-scale, bungled crime spree at the Stop & Shop on G.A.R. Highway.
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