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?Granddad? bank robber captured in Baton Rouge www.privateofficer.com

Posted on August 12, 2010
Baton Rouge LA Aug 12 2010 An hours-long standoff in Baton Rouge ended Wednesday evening with the arrest of a man federal authorities said is the “Granddad Bandit,” who is suspected of calmly robbing banks in more than a dozen states, including Virginia...

Alabama tanning salon owner took nude pictures of customers www.privateofficer.com

Posted on August 12, 2010
MONTGOMERY, AL Aug 12 2010 – The Alabama Bureau of Investigation says it has closed its investigation into nude photos being taken at a Montgomery tanning salon saying the matter was an isolated event. “It was a picture of me nude in the tanning salon,” says Rachelle Thornton...

Illinois officer dies, ?ride along? injured in crash www.privateofficer.com

Posted on August 12, 2010
Cowden, Ill. Aug 12 2010 A police officer was killed Tuesday night while chasing a vehicle in Effingham County, Ill., police said. A passenger in the vehicle, Jessica Stuckemeyer, 22, was treated for injuries and released from Barnes-Jewish Hospital in St...

TR Miller principal killed in head-on collision www.privateofficer.com

Posted on August 12, 2010
BREWTON, Ala.Aug 12 2010 — Dozens of people gathered near a roadblock on U.S. 31 Wednesday night as word quickly spread about two local men who died in a violent head-on crash that ended a high-speed police chase. Donald Rotch, a man some described as T...

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OFFICER DWON———Deputy

Posted on August 11, 2010
OFFICER DWON———Deputy Sheriff Christopher Dewey Deputy Sheriff Christopher Dewey Mahnomen County Sheriff’s Office Minnesota End of Watch: Monday, August 9, 2010 Biographical Info Age: 26 Tour of Duty: 6 years Badge Number: 909 Incident Details Cause of Death: Gunfire Date of Incident: Wednesday, February 18, 2009 Weapon Used: Gun; Unknown type Suspect Info: Not available [...

Hospital employee attacks on the rise www.privateofficer.com

Posted on August 11, 2010
COLUMBUS, Ohio Aug 11 2010 ? Emergency room nurse Erin Riley suffered bruises, scratches and a chipped tooth last year from trying to pull the clamped jaws of a psychotic patient off the hand of a doctor at a suburban Cleveland hospital. A second assault just months later was even more upsetting: She had just [...

Heavily armed man robs Myrtle Beach resort www.privateofficer.com

Posted on August 11, 2010
MYRTLE BEACH SC Aug 11 2010 - Myrtle Beach Police investigators are searching for a man who used an “uzi” style gun to rob a resort Monday night. According to an incident report, officers were called the Boardwalk Beach Resort, 2301 N Ocean Blvd for a reported armed robbery...

Deming woman tried running down mall security officer www.privateofficer.com

Posted on August 11, 2010
LAS CRUCES NM Aug 11 2010 – A Deming woman arrested last year for felony shoplifting was caught once again Sunday – after nearly crashing into a mall security guard as she fled the scene. Guadalupe Verdugo-Duarte, 48, was charged with one felony count of shoplifting and one count of contributing to the delinquency of [...

Scott County KY teacher arrested for selling drugs to student www.privateofficer.com

Posted on August 11, 2010
Scott County Ky Aug 11 2010 A High School teacher was arrested Monday night on a drug-related charge, Kentucky State Police said. Susan L. Charron, 41, of Georgetown was arrested on a grand jury indictment warrant and charged with first-degree possession of a controlled substance, state police said...

Mall guard guilty in robbery of co-worker www.privatyeofficer.com

Posted on August 11, 2010
Annapolis MD Aug 11 2010 A former mall security guard was sentenced Monday to six months in jail for entering Westfield Annapolis mall last March after hours, robbing one of his colleagues with the help of a friend and tying him up in a storage closet...

NYC settles with family of security guard killed by police www.privateofficer.com

Posted on August 11, 2010
New York City NY Aug 11 2010 The city has agreed to pay $2.25 million to the family of Patrick M. Dorismond, an unarmed black security guard who was fatally shot by a Hispanic detective three years ago, concluding a civil suit in a case that became a volatile symbol during the Giuliani administration...

Bad credit hinders police applicants www.privateofficer.com

Posted on August 11, 2010
GREENVILLE, S.C.Aug 11 2010 Credit background checks are an important part of the police recruiting process at law enforcement agencies across the country. But Greenville Police Chief Terri Wilfong said finding recruits with good credit has become more difficult in recent years...

Facial recognition helps catch criminals at DMV offices www.privateofficer.com

Posted on August 11, 2010
New York Aug 11 2010 Minutes after an armored car made its delivery of cash to the EAB bank in Lake Success, N.Y., the masked robbers struck. Claude Bird and his accomplice, a man known only as “Angel,” escaped with $240,000 on that day in March 1993, and none of the money was ever recovered...

Police say Fantasia Barrino attempted suicide www.privateofficer.com

Posted on August 11, 2010
Charlotte NC Aug 11 2010 A police report has classified the overdose of ?American Idol? winner Fantasia Barrino as a ?suicide/overdose,? according to MTV.com. Her manager says she ingested a sleep aid and aspirin after reading a court complaint from a woman who says Barrino had an affair with her husband, according to TMZ...

Murder-suicide at busy Chicago mall www.privateofficer.com

Posted on August 11, 2010
Chicago IL Aug 11 2010 Police in Chicago Ridge investigating a murder suicide in the parking lot of a busy mall. It happened just after 6 p.m. at the Chicago Ridge Mall on 95th and Ridgeland. The shooter is reported to be a man in his 50′s. The female victim was in her 40′s...

Security officers arrested for assault-shooting men www.privateofficer.com

Posted on August 10, 2010
Nassau County NY Aug 10 2010 Two security guards have been accused of beating two men and shooting one of the victims outside of a New Cassel bar early Sunday morning, Nassau County police said. Joffre Viteri, 44, of Westbury, was walking a patron out of Romelia Sabor Latino Seaford Restaurant on Union Avenue at [...

Woman arrested after leaving children in hot car

Posted on August 10, 2010
Dallas TX Aug 10 2010 A Dallas woman was arrested Saturday night on charges that she left three young children in her car while she shopped with a fourth child, according to police documents. Elizabeth Sanchez , 28, is accused of leaving the children, ages 2, 4 and 7, inside a red Chrysler 300 in [...

Woman hits security officer with car, flees www.privateofficer.com

Posted on August 10, 2010
VENICE FLA Aug 10 2010? A parking dispute escalated to assault, after a woman allegedly bumped a security guard with her car when he told her to she couldn’t park in a spot reserved for buses. Judith Mattison, 51, was arrested Friday night for allegedly hitting a Wackenhut security guard in the leg with her [...

Alabama sheriff pleads guilty in misuse of office www.privateofficer.com

Posted on August 10, 2010
COOSA COUNTY AL Aug 10 2010 ? Five people pleaded guilty in Circuit Court in Coosa County Monday to a variety of charges, ranging from using a public office for personal gain to murder. Former Coosa County Sheriff Rickey Owens faced eight counts of using his office for personal gain...

Atlanta teacher robbed-assaulted on first day of school www.privateofficer.com

Posted on August 10, 2010
Atlanta GA Aug 10 2010 A DeKalb County principal is recovering from a broken arm after being robbed on the first day of school. Rita Harper-Hastings was attacked around 6:45 a.m. as she was getting out of her car outside Stone Mill Elementary School in Stone Mountain...

U.S. Custom Officer Arrested In Texas Bar Shooting www.privateofficer.com

Posted on August 10, 2010
McALLEN, Texas Aug 10 2010 ? South Texas authorities have arrested an off-duty U.S. customs officer suspected of fatally shooting a bar owner with his government-issue handgun early Monday. The officer, whom authorities did not identify pending his arraignment, is accused of shooting 48-year-old Fermin Limon, owner of Punto 3 Night Club in Mission...

Gold sales attracting burglars www.privateofficer.com

Posted on August 10, 2010
MILWAUKEE WI Aug 10 2010 ? Law enforcement and local governments are scrambling to shut down a shadow industry that has grown up around the booming cash-for-gold business nationwide: thieves are snatching jewelry, then converting it into a quick payday at the shops...

Long Beach police officer faces gun theft charges www.privateofficer.com

Posted on August 10, 2010
LOS ANGELES CA Aug 9 2010 – A Long Beach police officer who allegedly stole four guns that were to be booked as property was charged today with 13 felony counts. Damian Ramos, 32, pleaded not guilty this afternoon to four counts each of grand theft of personal property, grand theft firearm and embezzlement by [...

East St Louis schools loose $1million to burglars despite security www.privateofficer.com

Posted on August 10, 2010
EAST ST. LOUIS, Ill.Aug 10 2010 ? Cash-strapped East St. Louis public schools lost more than $1 million in a year to burglars despite safeguards that include paying $1.2 million a year for private security, according to a school board member and the district’s crime reports...

Two wanted for attempting to rob armored car www.privateofficer.com

Posted on August 10, 2010
Fontana CA Aug 10 2010 Two men in ski masks attempted to rob a armored-car guard in Fontana, but were scared off when the guard drew his pistol as the would-be robbers approached him. The incident took place at about 9:15 this morning in the parking lot of the Bank of America in the 11100 [...

Former Ohio police chief commits suicide at club www.privateofficer.com

Posted on August 09, 2010
MASSILLON OH Aug 9 2010 ? Former Navarre Police Chief Scott Bauschka died Friday of an apparent suicide, six months after resigning amid a Stark County Sheriff?s Department investigation. Bauschka, 43, died of a self-inflicted gunshot wound to the head at the Army-Navy Club at 1008B Ninth St...

L.A. deputy sheriff sentenced to prison for smuggling drugs www.privateofficer.com

Posted on August 09, 2010
Los Angeles CA Aug 9 2010 The inmate’s request seemed fairly benign inside the teeming, violent Los Angeles County jail. He wanted Sheriff’s Deputy Peter Paul Felix to smuggle him in some decent food. The deputy knew he was breaking the rules, but he obliged...

Lee Holmes, named 2010 Missouri SRO www.privateofficer.com

Posted on August 09, 2010
Jefferson City MO Aug 9 2010 Lee Holmes, school resource officer at Jefferson City’s Lewis and Clark Middle School, has been named the 2010 Missouri School Resource Officers Association Officer of the Year. Fellow police officers and members of the school staff nominated Holmes, who is in his fourth year as a resource officer...

Hotel robber accidentally shoots- kills self www.privateofficer.com

Posted on August 09, 2010
ATLANTA, Ga.Aug 9 2010 — Police said the investigation of a shooting at a south Atlanta hotel Sunday took a strange turn after they watched surveillance video of the incident. Originally, they believed the hotel clerk got in a gunfight with would-be robbers and killed one of them...

Border towns not happy with new security bill www.privateofficer.com

Posted on August 09, 2010
EL PASO, Texas Aug 9 2010 — On its face, the new border security bill past last week in the Senate looks like real progress. It provides $600 million for border security, including $176 million for 1,000 new Border Patrol agents, $39 million for Customs and Border Protection to keep the current level of officers [...

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