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Plainfield dance teacher arrested for student sexual abuse www.privateofficer.com

Posted on January 06, 2011
PLAINFIELD ILL Jan 6 2011 ? A high school teacher was arrested Tuesday night after police allegedly caught her having sex with a 16-year-old student in a parking lot. Ashley M. Blumenshine, 27, was charged with aggravated criminal sexual abuse after police reportedly found her and the boy inside a vehicle at 6:19 p...

Son beats paraplegic mother to death and burys her www.privateofficer.com

Posted on January 06, 2011
MOBILE, Alabama Jan 6 2011– After beating his paraplegic mother in the head with a hammer, Christopher Salter waited days before dragging her lifeless body out of their Wilmer trailer home down a wheelchair ramp and burying her in a shallow grave, an investigator said in court today...

Two dead in security guard pursuit www.privateofficer.com

Posted on January 06, 2011
San Antonio TX Jan 6 2010 A woman is dead and two men are in custody after a security guard chased three people suspected of stealing auto parts, and their vehicle crashed. The security guard told police he gave chase Wednesday afternoon after seeing two men and a woman stealing car parts from a South [...

Oklahoma police officer accused of cattle theft www.privateofficer.com

Posted on January 06, 2011
SALLISAW, Okla Jan 6 2011- A Sallisaw police officer is facing 31 felony charges in connection with a cattle rustling investigation. News of Wendel Hughes’ arrest was just beginning to spread across the small town of Sallisaw by Wednesday night...

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Teens nabbed breaking into school www.privateofficer.com

Posted on January 06, 2011
WICHITA, Kansas Jan 6 2011? Wichita police arrested two teens Monday night for allegedly burglarizing an elementary school. Officers got a call from a security officer for USD 259 around 11:45 of an alarm going off at Beech Elementary in the 1800 block of...

DeKalb police officer charged with rape www.privateofficer.com

Posted on January 06, 2011
DeKalb County GA Jan 6 2011 A police officer is in jail Wednesday on charges of sexual misconduct with a 15-year-old girl, authorities said. Quevius Thornton, 29, was arrested and placed on administrative leave following an investigation by DeKalb police detectives...

Packages explode at Md. government building www.privateofficer.com

Posted on January 06, 2011
Baltimore MD Jan 7 2011 A pair of small packages, including one addressed to the governor of Maryland, erupted inside two government office buildings in Maryland and a message linked to the devices suggested they were sent by someone who was angry with the government’s terror warnings, sources told ABC News...

Man charged with swindling casinos out of $1 million www.privateofficer.com

Posted on January 05, 2011
Las Vegas NV Jan 5 2011 The plight of a man accused of swindling a Pennsylvania casino out of $430,000 got a whole lot worse after he now faces further slot theft charges of up to $1.4 million in Las Vegas. Swissvale man Andre Michael Nestor, 39, is now alleged to be the mastermind of [...

Three Arkansas police officers indicted for armored car robbery www.privateofficer.com

Posted on January 05, 2011
LITTLE ROCK, Ark. Jan 5 2011 Federal attorneys are indicting three Little Rock men, including an officer with the LRPD, for conspiring to unlawfully take checks and money from Arkansas Armored Car employees by force. This indictment supersedes a previous indictment...

Should TSA give way to privatizing airport security again? www.privateofficer.com

Posted on January 05, 2011
WASHINGTON DC Jan 5 2011?Public outcry over what many find invasive airport screening practices may be spurring some airport operators to consider replacing TSA officers with private security personnel to conduct security screenings. Since November 2004, airports have had the option to opt-out of using Transportation Security Administration officers to screen passengers and instead contract [...

Queens teacher abused student repeatedly www.privateofficer.com

Posted on January 05, 2011
Queens NY Dec 5 2011 A veteran Queens shop teacher was arrested Monday on charges of repeatedly sexually abusing a 16- year-old student. George Zola, 58, is accused of fondling the girl’s breasts, buttocks and vagina and rubbing against her during incidents that took place at Aviation Career & Technical Education High School in 2008 [...

Security agent sues Conoco Phillips after being injured www.privateofficer.com

Posted on January 05, 2011
New Orleans LA Jan 5 2011 A security agent is suing her employer Conoco Phillips after she stepped in an uncovered hole and was injured. Joann Jackson filed suit against Conoco Phillips, Kellogg Brown & Root Services Inc., Halliburton Energy Services Inc...

Anchorage teacher arrested for sexual abuse of students www.privateofficer.com

Posted on January 05, 2011
ANCHORAGE, Alaska Jan 5 2011 ? Police say a West High School choir teacher confessed to having sexual relationships with two students. Twenty-nine year old Christopher More faces multiple felonies and the school district wants him fired immediately. District Superintendent Carol Comeau describes More as a charismatic teacher who was loved by both students and [...

Apartment security officer confronts woman with shotgun www.privateofficer.com

Posted on January 05, 2011
OKLAHOMA CITY OK Jan 5 2011 — A woman rang in the new year, not with fireworks, but with a shotgun, police said. Oklahoma City police said a drunken woman was seen with a shotgun just after midnight wandering an apartment complex in the 4300 block of South Barnes Avenue on New Year?s Day...

Suffolk County police officer accidentially shoots self www.privateofficer.com

Posted on January 05, 2011
Suffolk County NY Jan 5 2011 A police officer accidentally shot himself in the leg Tuesday and was hospitalized, according to officials. The shooting occurred at 12:47 p.m. Tuesday inside a department vehicle in the parking lot of Locust Avenue Deli & Caterers, at Church Street and Locust Avenue in Bohemia, according to a police [...

Retired police officer gunned down www.privateofficer.com

Posted on January 05, 2011
Holts Summit, MO Jan 5 2011 — Police in Holts Summit are investigating a weekend homicide. A retired Jefferson City police officer was killed after being shot in the head. Paul Plunkett, 52, was found dead in his home on Saturday. Police say there are no suspects at this time...

Guardsmark guard arrest at JFK Airport with cocaine www.privateofficer.com

Posted on January 05, 2011
New York NY Jan 5 2011 A man who works as a security guard at Yankee Stadium was arrested at Kennedy Airport after airport inspectors say they found three bricks of cocaine in his luggage. They weren’t the “cooked rabbits” he allegedly said they were...

Nashville trio robs 17 restaurants www.privateofficer.com

Posted on January 05, 2011
Nashville TN Jan 5 2011 Police say three men believed to have robbed at least 17 fast food restaurants in Davidson County were arrested Monday night after knocking off a Brick Church Pike McDonald?s as they fired shots inside. Kevin Brame, 24, Rashawn Campbell and Andrew Siner, 19, are charged with four counts of aggravated [...

South Carolina teacher nabbed trying to meet underage girls www.privateofficer.com

Posted on January 04, 2011
FLORENCE, S.C. Jan 4 2010 A/P– A teacher at a private school in Florence has been arrested and accused of trying to meet an underage girl for sex. Attorney General Henry McMaster said 44-year-old John King of Lamar is charged with attempted criminal sexual conduct with a minor and three counts of criminal solicitation of [...

Denver police seek suspects in mall security assault www.privateofficer.com

Posted on January 04, 2011
DENVER CO Jan 4 2010 – Denver Police are asking for help in catching two suspected shoplifters who assaulted a security worker at the Cherry Creek Mall. The incident happened on Jan. 1 when police say the suspects stole several items from Macys...

Shots fired at apartment security officer www.privateofficer.com

Posted on January 04, 2011
ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. Jan 4 2010– Gunshots at a southeast Albuquerque apartment complex lead to arrests on Sunday night. Albuquerque police said the incident started around 8:40 p.m. Sunday when a security guard investigated some suspicious people behind the apartments...

Body of missing Probation Officer Kristi Cornwell found www.privateofficer.com

Posted on January 04, 2011
DECATUR, Georgia Jan 4 2011 — The body of a Georgia mother who was abducted while talking on her cell phone more than a year ago has been discovered, police said Monday. Georgia Bureau of Investigation spokesman John Bankhead said in an email that officials used dental records to identify Kristi Cornwell, 38, of Blairsville, [...

Hard Rock Hotel guest sues security staff for false imprisonment www.privateofficer.com

Posted on January 04, 2011
Las Vegas NV Jan 4 2011 A tourist from Minnesota has filed a multimillion-dollar lawsuit against the Hard Rock Hotel in Las Vegas charging defamation, false imprisonment and assault over an Oct. 12 incident with hotel security. The lawsuit says Ryan Maurer was awakened at 4 a...

Store employees arrested for hiding robbery suspect www.privateofficer.com

Posted on January 04, 2011
GASTONIA, N.C.Jan 4 2011 — Three people face charges in Gastonia after police find suspect hiding in a local store. Gastonia Police said it started after Megan Anderson, 22, shoplifted from a Family Dollar Saturday. When the manager tried to detain her, police said she fired a shot at him before getting into a getaway [...

Father-son robbed during Craigslist car sale www.privateofficer.com

Posted on January 04, 2011
GWINNETT COUNTY, Ga. Jan 4 2011– A Gwinnett County man and his son said they were ambushed and robbed while trying to purchase a car they found on the Internet. Tahir Mahmood told said that he found an ad on Craigslist offering a 2001 Lexus IS for $5,500...

Vermont cop charged with burglary-theft www.privateofficer.com

Posted on January 04, 2011
MONTPELIER, Vt.Jan 4 2011 ? An off-duty Barre, Vt., police officer is in custody and facing charges he burglarized a neighbor?s home in Montpelier. Montpelier police say 29-year-old Zak Winston was arrested early Monday after they received a report that a 42-inch television still in its box had been taken from the apartment of a [...

Quincy security guard arrested for shooting BB gun www.privateofficer.com

Posted on January 04, 2011
QUINCY MA Jan 4 2011 ? A security guard at the former Fore River shipyard admitted to drinking a couple of beers and shooting at signs with a BB gun, Quincy police said. A South Street woman says one of the BBs whizzed past her head. The woman told police that she was smoking a [...

Family of slain security officer seeks closure www.privateofficer.com

Posted on January 04, 2011
Spokane WA Jan 4 2011 The look on the man?s face is what Jason Hartell remembers the most. He calls it an ?Oh, I messed up? look. He saw it just after he shot security guard George Al Hayek three times in a confrontation in east Spokane last summer. It?s been frozen in Hartell?s mind [...

Security finds man shot in head www.privateofficer.com

Posted on January 04, 2011
HOUSTON TX Jan 4 2011? Harris County Sheriff?s deputies are investigating after a 19-year-old man was critically shot at his industrial job site near Channelview early Monday. The shooting happened at Tubular Services, located in the 15900 block of Bear Bayou around 3 a...

Community College QB shot-killed www.privateofficer.com

Posted on January 03, 2011
BRAINERD, Minn. Jan 3 2010(AP) ? Dominique Corder, a standout quarterback at a community college in Brainerd, Minn., was shot and killed early Saturday in his hometown of Indianapolis, police said. Corder, 20, who led Central Lakes College to a 10-2 record this season, was shot about 12:40 a...

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