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Shoplifter tried to run down security agent with her car www.privateofficer.com
Theresa Drew, 57, of Quincy was trying to avoid being detained by a Wal-Mart security guard Friday when she almost hit the guard with her car, police said.
In addition to larceny of property valued at $250 or less, she is charged with assault and battery with a dangerous weapon – the car.
She was arraigned Monday in Quincy District Court. She pleaded innocent and was released on personal recognizance. She is to return to court July 23 for a pretrial session.
Drew allegedly tried to take a shopping cart full of goods out of the Wal-Mart on Falls Boulevard at about 2:45 p.m. Friday, by going through the lawn and garden section.
When she tried to flee in her Hyundai sedan without the merchandise, she shifted into reverse and almost hit the security guard, who had to jump out of the way, police said.
She was stopped at Caddy Park on Quincy Shore Drive a short time later by police officer John Grazioso and other officers.
Grazioso saw Drew’s car pass him on Sea Street after her plate number had been sent out on an alert. Drew was identified by the Wal-Mart security guard.
Teen killed running from security officer www.privateofficer.com
Raheem Key of Orlando was running through the parking lot of the Water Lakes shopping center on Alafaya Trail when he got hit by a car.
The driver, Joel Davis, 30, of Orlando, could not stop this Chevy truck in time and hit Key as the teen jumped through shrubbery and into the road on Waterford Lakes Parkway.
The teen was found with drugs on him, according to the Florida Highway Patrol.
Investigators said the Orange County Sheriff’s Office was attempting to trespass Key from the movie theater when he fled.
Target shoplifter assaults security agent www.privateofficer.com
Officers responded to the West Edgar Road store about 3:10 p.m. for a report of a shoplifter fighting with security, police said. Security officials there reported watching Elianna Duncan, 23, of Staten Island stuff $115 worth of clothing into her handbag and try to leave the store without paying.
When she was detained by the exit, she began to fight with a guard and soon bit his hand, scratched his face, kicked his legs and spit at him, Detective Lt. James Sarnicki said. She was arrested and charged with robbery.
Duncan told police she was two and a half months pregnant, but refused to go to the hospital for examination, Sarnicki said.
She was taken to the Union County Jail in lieu of $25,000 bail, pending a June 9 court appearance.
The victim suffered cuts from the scratching, but refused medical attention, Sarnicki said.
Kohl’s LP Agent stops shoplifting spree www.privateofficer.com
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The thefts occurred at the Kohl’s on South Louise Avenue and the security agent told police he detained 18-year-old Stevie Nicole Mueller after seeing her go into a dressing room with clothing and a pair of shoes handed to her by Keanon Ross Petit, 18, and then come out with a full purse but none of the items.
Petit fled the store, but police found him waiting in a car in the Kohl’s parking lot. Inside the car, they found $300 worth of items from the Abercrombie & Fitch store in The Empire Mall and $150 worth of clothing from the Gordman’s store just south of the mall. Employees with each store confirmed that the items had not been paid for, Clemens said.
The items from Kohl’s had a value of more than $200.
Police charged Mueller with of second-degree petty theft and possession of stolen property. Petit was arrested on a charge of possession of stolen property.
Church employee charged in $100,000 theft www.privateofficer.com
Prosecutors say Donna Rood was indicted on charges of larceny by embezzlement over $250 and making false entries in corporate books.
Authorities say the 47-year-old Rood was responsible for counting collections at St. Mary Magdalen in Tyngsborough from 2003 until June 2009. Prosecutors allege she often kept some of the cash donations and deposited the money in her personal account.
Her alleged theft was discovered by a priest who noticed that Rood’s counts of the money was consistently lower than his own.
There was no answer at a listing for Donna Rood in Tyngsborough on Wednesday. No arraignment date has been scheduled.
Security officer kills man speeding toward him www.privateofficer.com
A man who police said was speeding toward a security guard after a domestic quarrel at a Woodlawn neighborhood apartment complex died after he was shot by the guard Monday afternoon.
Quintin Sharp, 25, of the 6300 block of South King Drive, was pronounced dead at 5:30 p.m. at Advocate Christ Medical Center in Oak Lawn, according to a spokesman for the Cook County medical examiner’s office.
Sharp was attempting to flee the scene about 3:40 p.m. in a car with a 6-year-old boy when he was stopped in the parking lot of the South Side complex by security guards, said Police News Affairs Officer Robert Perez. When Sharp accelerated toward one of the guards with a vehicle he had taken from a woman, another guard opened fire, striking Sharp in the head, Perez said.
It is not clear if the woman was a girlfriend or wife, or if the boy was Sharp’s son.
After Sharp was shot, he crashed nearby in the 6400 block of King Drive, Perez said. The child, who was a passenger in the car, suffered minor cuts from flying glass in the shooting, Perez said. Sharp was taken to the hospital where he later died.
So far, the incident is not being investigated as a homicide but as an aggravated assault because the car was being used as a weapon, Perez said.
Catholic priest arrested for felony theft at Wal-Mart www.privateofficer.com
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A Roman Catholic priest who formerly served in Belleville and Breese is accused of shoplifting butter and a sofa cover at a Wal-Mart in Southern Illinois.
Police in the village of West City arrested 41-year-old the Rev. Steven Poole on Friday. He’s charged with two felony theft counts.
Investigators say Poole failed to scan a $3.22 container of butter and a $60 sofa cover at a self-checkout. Poole then allegedly went to the store’s bedding section, picked up a memory foam mattress and switched the pricing bar code. That caused the $145 item to be scanned for $31.
Allegedly, Poole also possessed a stolen laptop computer power pack.
He’s the priest for St. Andrew’s Catholic Church in Christopher and St. Mary’s Catholic Church in Sesser.
Poole does not have a listed home telephone number, and messages left for him at the churches were not returned.
In 2001, Poole was convicted in St. Louis County Circuit Court of stealing an antique pub sign from a Ladue, Mo., antiques shop. He was sentenced to two years of probation and 100 hours of community service.
In January 2001, Poole filed a false report with the Breese Police Department that he had been beaten and robbed at St. Augustine’s Church. He was sentenced to six months of court supervision.
After the incidents in 2001, Poole was assigned to St. Mary’s Church in Belleville to serve as an assistant to the pastor there. Diocesan leaders said then that Poole had undergone counseling. He remained at the Belleville church for about a year.
Jacksonville Walmart employee faces felony theft charges www.privateofficer.com
According to a Jacksonville Sheriff’s Office police report, on Friday, Jeanae Paige, 22, of Jacksonville was working as a cashier when she was approached by a black male who handed her a Walmart money card.
Police said Paige put $818 on the card, but video surveillance showed the man did not hand over any cash in exchange for the credit. Then she requested cash from her supervisor and gave the man $818 cash for a total of $1,636 in cash and credit.
According to the report, Paige told police she did not remember the transaction and could not explain why she did not receive money from the man but put money onto his card. She also had no explanation for why she gave the man cash.
Police have identified a man who matches the man with the gift card on the surveillance video.
She is is charged with employee theft between $300 and 4,999.
Home Depot employee arrested in thefts www.privateofficer.com
Deputies say Grace Anne Stewart, of the Town of Batavia, stole the money between Nov. 1 and Monday from the Home Depot at 4181 Veterans Memorial Drive.
The store loss prevention personnel investigated the thefts but did not release how the thefts took place.
She must appear in Batavia Town Court on June 14 to answer the charge.
Indianapolis police officer charged with arson www.privateofficer.com
Police say 31-year-old Jesse Russel, Jr. was an IMPD officer for three years. He was arrested Thursday, held on two counts of arson, and has resigned immediately.
The first case involved a fire that happened May 14 at Lakeview Terrace Apartments near 21st and Mitthoeffer on the far eastside.
Federal, state and local teams worked the investigation, ruling out accidental causes early in the process. While there were no injuries, the damage was estimated at $30,000.
Investigators are still unclear if there is a connection to two additional fires at the Nottingham Village apartments. Those fires occurred April 23 and May 6.
Police are not releasing a mug shot for investigative purposes.
Alabama parent arrested after bringing shotgun to school www.privateofficer.com
Thomas Brian Smoak was arrested Tuesday and charged with having a weapon on school grounds and making a terrorist threat.
Athens Police Capt. Floyd Johnson says dispatchers were told the school had received a call informing them a father of one of the students was on his way with a shotgun. Officers arrived and learned that a student had been involved in an incident and that his father was upset over the way it was handled.
Johnson says Smoak’s vehicle entered and exited the campus and was stopped by officers, who discovered the weapon and ammunition.
Man arrested after smuggling murdered wife out of hotel www.privateofficer.com
Scott Hahn, of Venice, Florida, has been charged with second degree murder after his wife Kimberley’s body was found propped up against his car outside a hotel.
According to court records, witnesses told police they saw legs protruding from beneath a blanket as Mr Hahn wheeled a trolley across the lobby of the Holiday House Hotel in Florida on May 14.
He had allegedly smothered her to death in the hotel.
When one guest asked what was under the blanket, a flustered Hahn replied ‘garbage.’
Police said Hahn was later spotted in the car park with his dead wife’s alongside the car.
Lt. Ron Solanes from the Venice Police Department said: ‘I believe out of the four witnesses two indicated they were fairly sure it was a body, judging from I guess the feet sticking out of the blanket.’
He was arrested after a security guard called police.
Court records revealed that the 37-year-old social worker had checked into the Holiday House Hotel in Venice, Florida, while visiting her father Richard who lived in nearby Punta Gorda.
She had separated from her husband and since filed a restraining order against him for domestic violence.
The documents said the couple’s year-long marriage had been punctuated by bouts of domestic violence.
Hahn allegedly threatened to kill his wife earlier this month, telling her ‘It’s your time to die’ and ‘I’m going to chop you into little pieces.’
Police records showed that he has been arrested 29 times for alcohol related crimes.
Hahn is being held without bail.
Vegas Casino Counseling Services Come Underfire www.privateofficer.com
Las Vegas Metro Police Officer Jose Montoya tells you United States Justice Associates could save your career. Just admit you’re guilty, waive rights to an attorney and pay $500 immediately, and all your problems go away.
Robert Draskovich is the attorney representing USJA and its owner. He says using the private counseling service kept Metro from dealing with petty crimes and that the program and video just streamlined a normally slow process.
“It was easier, not only for the casinos personnel, it was easier on Metro. It was easier on all those involved in the justice system,” he said.
“Basically saying, ‘Hey, we’ve got you now and we’ll call the police unless you give us money.’ There is a word for that: it is called extortion,” said Allen Lichtenstein with the American Civil Liberties Union.
Lichtenstein was disgusted with the video and USJA’s tactics. His opinion echoes that of Metro’s investigation: twice over the last seven months, police raided USJA looking for evidence of extortion and the “very threatening” nature of the program.
“The casinos do not have the right to pretend that they are the police,” said Lichtenstein.
He says the legal threats are exaggerated and the theatrics and official tone are misleading. The county, the courts or Metro have not given any true approval and Lichtenstein says it scares people into complying.
One account they didn’t snag was MGM Mirage. Corporate security chief Tom Lozich questioned the legality, and the intent, of the program. For every $500 fee, the casinos got $100 in return. Lozich says that’s incentive to haul people in.
“When you look at it from an integrity standpoint, that kind of brings that into kind of a questionable area,” he said.
Station Casinos security chief Bill Young did like the program. He says security officers can decide guilt or innocence best in most cases.
“It reduces the need for a prosecutor being involved — a public defender,” he said.
But Young not only runs security for Station, he’s the former sheriff of Clark County and says he used USJA at the urging of Chief Judge Doug Smith. In a letter supporting the counseling program, Smith said he has “never used one that is better” and that he “wholeheartedly, without reservation” recommends using it.
Smith declined to comment, but USJA was in court Tuesday trying to find out more about the raids.
Despite the investigation and court activity, Young stands his ground. He thinks the program does not look like extortion and their tactics shouldn’t be criticized.
“I don’t know who’s pushing this. I don’t know if it’s the ACLU, but it’s a crock of s*** as far as I’m concerned. Excuse my language,” he said.
Casinos in charge of the law. No oversight, no accountability but finally some scrutiny making its way into the backrooms.
Shortly after Sheriff Doug Gillespie came on board, the officer in the video was taken out and replaced by an actor. Metro never approved this program or signed off.
Bill Young and Stations ended their contract after learning USJA was not actually forwarding cases to prosecution if the person failed to follow through on counseling.
The owner of USJA, Steven Brox, has not been charged on this case. Because of the Metro raids, the program has temporarily been shut down.
Officer injured, nine arrested in college brawl www.privateofficer.com
LEWISTON, Maine May 26 2010A party that got out of control ended with several arrests and an injured officer on the Bates College campus early Wednesday morning, according to police.
Investigators told News 8 that students were celebrating on campus Tuesday night when someone called 911 and requested an ambulance for a girl who needed help.
According to police, students would not let the ambulance through. Bates College security officers were finally able to get people to move for the ambulance, but that’s when police said the crowd became unruly, yelling and taunting officers.
Security called in Lewiston police for help. When they responded, police said, the crowd turned on them. Lewiston Sgt. Rob Ullrich was attempting to arrest a student when he broke his leg in two places, according to police.
In all, nine people were arrested on charges of failure to disperse and disorderly conduct.
Man arrested for attacking hospital security with knife www.privateofficer.com
Allen Rubin Newsom Jr., 47, was charged with aggravated assault on medical staff.
Police said a security guard at Bay Medical Center confronted Newsom after he spotted him attempting to burglarize a vehicle in the hospital parking lot.
Newsom ran, but the guard pursued and caught up with him, police said. At that point, Newsom reportedly pulled a knife and attempted to open it, but was tackled to the ground first.
Houston security officer shoots-kills man www.privateofficer.com
— A security guard shot and killed a man at a southeast Houston apartment complex, police said Monday.Residents at an apartment complex in southeast Houston say a security guard shot and killed one of the people who lives there.
It happened at the Cullen Park Apartments on Wenda near Coffee. Witnesses tell Eyewitness News that a man was returning home around 11pm Monday.
We’re told he had gone to the store to get something for his mother. When he returned to the complex, he apparently tapped a woman’s car with his car.
She complained and that’s when a security guard tried to stop the man from driving through. But the man bypassed the guard and kept driving, which is when witnesses say at least one security guard opened fire.
“The man was coming back to his house. They shot his vehicle six times,” said resident Ranaisha Jones. “They shot through the window and shot the man in his back and he died.”
The victim, who hasn’t been identified yet, is in his early 20s. Homicide detectives are interviewing witnesses right now, trying to determine what exactly happened
Top Gun Security, who runs security at the apartment, refused to comment on the shooting.
Maryland school bus driver arrested for producing child porn www.privateofficer.com
Scott Smallwood, 27, of Upper Marlboro was arrested May 21. Prince George’s schools spokesman Darrell Pressley said that Smallwood had been employed as a driver since 2005 and that he has been placed on leave. Pressley said he did not know which schools were on Smallwood’s routes. Federal authorities said his routes included elementary schools.
According to court documents, the investigation started March 15 when a man found a memory card on the counter of a 7-Eleven on Coventry Way in Clinton.
Within an hour, the customer called Prince George’s police and told them that the card contained videos of a man sexually assaulting a young boy.
Investigators eventually identified the boy and Smallwood from the videos, according to court records. On May 21, the boy told Prince George’s social service workers that Smallwood was his “night” bus driver and someone who “took him to church,” the records say. It was not immediately clear whether Smallwood knew the boy from a school route.
The boy told officials that he had “sleepovers” with Smallwood and that Smallwood offered him candy, the documents say.
Smallwood acknowledged to federal agents that he had “several inappropriate contacts” with the boy, the documents say. He also told agents that he took the memory card out of his cellphone to destroy it but then lost it.
Casino security officers injured in brawl www.privateofficer.com
Investigators say the fight happened early Saturday morning near the front entrance of the Tachi Palace in Lemoore. They arrested Carl Conley, Corry Harper, Aaron Sparks and Luis Villalobos.
Three security guards who tried to break up that fight were taken to the hospital with minor injuries.
Police are not sure what sparked the violence and the investigation is continuing.
Off duty intoxicated police officer arrested at concert www.privateofficer.com
Anthony “Tony” Hollis, 42, Martinsville, was arrested Saturday night at Verizon Wireless Music Center and charged with misdemeanor counts of public intoxication, disorderly conduct and resisting law enforcement.
According to a statement from Hamilton County Sheriff’s Deputy Vicky Dunbar, Hollis and his girlfriend, Candace Lyles, 41, Martinsville, were attending Saturday’s Nickelback rock concert when she needed to use the restroom. Because the lines for the women’s restroom were so long, police say, Hollis took his girlfriend into the men’s restroom. When the two exited the men’s room, the two “literally walked into” a deputy working security at the event, Dunbar said.
When the deputy questioned the two, Hollis reportedly told the officer twice, “there’s no need to worry about it,” and told Lyles to leave.
As Lyles attempted to leave, the deputy grabbed her by her arm to stop her. Hollis then grabbed the officer’s arm, sparking a minor scuffle. Other officers arrived moments later and helped subdue Hollis, placing him under arrest.
“When he arrived at our office, he continued to be verbally belligerent,” Dunbar said. “He told officers he was a Martinsville police officer and they didn’t know what they were doing.”
Hollis was released the next day after posting a $2,500 bond.
Dunbar said alcohol played a major factor in the altercation.
“Hollis was administered a portable breath test, which registered 0.14″ blood-alcohol count, Dunbar said. “He admitted he’d been drinking all day (at the concert).”
Lyles registered a 0.11 percent blood alcohol level, and was cited for misdemeanor public intoxication.
Martinsville Police Chief Jon Davis said he couldn’t comment on the situation until he had seen the police report and talked to Hollis, who had the day off. He refused to say what kind of discipline Hollis may face in the near future.
“We’re still looking into it,” Davis said.
Davis said this was the first time in his 27 years with the department that an officer had been arrested.
Airplane pilot arrested after landing on Tybee Island beach www.privateofficer.com
The single-engine, two-seat aircraft touched sand on Tybee’s north end about noon. Two occupants casually climbed out for a walk on the beach, police Lt. Jonathan Hagan said.
“There was nothing mechanically wrong with the plane – they just landed to visit the beach for the day,” Hagan said. “It was strictly for pleasure.”
The pilot, identified as Mark Jensen, 36, of Arkansas, was arrested on charges of reckless conduct and operating a motorized craft on the beach, Hagan said.
Jensen’s mother, the passenger, was not charged.
The pair reported that they’d landed similarly on other beaches in the past.
“It’s unacceptable,” Hagan said. “It jeopardized the safety of our beachgoers.”
Virginia Beach police officer charged with sex crimes www.privateofficer.com
Ronald S. Dunn, 44, a 20-year veteran of the police department, was charged with custodial indecent liberties and contributing to the delinquency of a minor. Custodial indecent liberties refers to incidents involving an adult who has some form of authority over the child.
The department began investigating Dunn on Thursday after receiving a report of inappropriate conduct. He was arrested on Sunday and released on a personal recognizance bond. He was placed on unpaid suspension pending the outcome of the investigation.
