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Woman sues police over wet t-shirt arrest www.privateofficer.com

Posted on August 06, 2010
David Lohr Contributor Tavares Fla Aug 6 2010 A central Florida woman who was arrested after her shirt got wet at a kiddie splash park in Tavares is suing the city for violating her rights, the woman’s attorney told AOL News. “We are trying to vindicate her [and] establish [that] what was done to her [...

DC cops accused of heavy handed security guard operations www.privateofficer.com

Posted on August 05, 2010
Washington DC Aug 5 2010 By Rend Smith By all accounts, Martin Freeman was?at one point?an exemplary D.C. cop. In 15 years on the job, he was written up only once, when he says he missed a day of work without calling in after his mother died. Freeman spent most of his career on a [...

Employees of Atlanta water agency wanted for theft www.privateofficer.com

Posted on August 05, 2010
Atlanta Ga Aug 5 2010 Warrants have been issued for two employees of Atlanta’s Department of Watershed Management accused of pocketing cash. The move comes a week after four other workers were fired for ignoring city code in how they wrote purchase orders...

Armed drug dealer attacks security officer www.privateofficer.com

Posted on August 05, 2010
Seattle Wa Aug 5 2010 An off-duty Seattle police officer wrestled with and arrested an armed suspect Wednesday morning near Pike Place Market. At about 9:18 a.m., the off-duty officer was working in the Pike Place Market when he heard a call on his radio reporting a fight between a security guard and a suspect...

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Pit bulls killed afer attacking security, police officers www.privateofficer.com

Posted on August 05, 2010
Boston Ma Aug 5 2010 Two rampaging pit bulls terrorized a Chelmsford business park, attacking a security guard and threatening to attack a 68-year-old woman, until a cop stepped in their path, police said. Deputy Chief Scott Ubele said plice were called to Technology Drive about 9:30 a...

Bank robber shoots at security officer www.privateofficer.com

Posted on August 05, 2010
St. Paul, Minn.Aug 5 2010 ? Police are investigating an armed robbery at a St. Paul bank this afternoon, in which the suspect allegedly fired shots at an off-duty police officer before fleeing the scene. St. Paul police spokesman Andy Skoogman said the masked suspect entered Park Midway Bank at 2300 Como Avenue at about [...

Security officer retrived A-Rod?s 600th home run ball www.privateofficer.com

Posted on August 05, 2010
New York City NY Aug 5 2010 Frankie Babilonia, the 23-year-old Yankee Stadium security guard who retrieved A-Rod?s 600th home run, apparently never gave a second thought to what he?d do with the ball. Babilonia, who is single and lives on the Lower East Side, is about to become an instant celebrity...

Oklahoma police chief commits suicide www.privateofficer.com

Posted on August 05, 2010
PAULS VALLEY, Okla. Aug 5 2010 (AP) – The state Medical Examiner’s office has ruled that the death of the interim police chief of Pauls Valley was a suicide. The Oklahoma State Bureau of Investigation said Wednesday an autopsy found that 42-year-old Scott Robbins died of a penetrating gunshot wound to the head...

Orlando teacher arrested for sexual assault of student www.privateofficer.com

Posted on August 05, 2010
Orlando Fla Aug 5 2010 A teacher and soccer coach in the Orange County school system was arrested this afternoon on charges of having sexual contact with a student, Orlando police said. Agostinho Loiola Mar Rodrigues, 50, was arrested by the U.S. Marshals Service at his home about 2 p...

Former Illinois teacher charged with student sex crimes www.privateofficer.com

Posted on August 05, 2010
Salem IL Aug 5 2010 An Odin High School teacher let go at the end of the school year for financial reasons has been arrested for allegedly having sex with one of his former students. 41-year-old Kelly Dale Ebmeyer of Birg Road will be charged in Marion County Court Tuesday afternoon with three counts of [...

Fight brewing bewtween Daytona Beach police-fire departments www.privateofficer.com

Posted on August 05, 2010
DAYTONA BEACH, Fla. Aug 5 2010 – A strange battle is brewing in Daytona Beach involving the city’s finest versus the city’s bravest. Police officers allege that, during the rescue attempt of an elderly woman trapped in her home on Wednesday, paramedics were anything but professional...

Miami guard charged with murder www.privateofficer.com

Posted on August 05, 2010
Miami Fla Aug 5 2010 The 38-year-old man who was shot multiple times Tuesday on a Flagami street has died. Authorities have charged Yankier Crespo, 28, of Miami with the second-degree murder in the fatal shooting of Odin T. Hernandez. Witnesses told police that Hernandez and Crespo were arguing Tuesday morning inside a black Toyota [...

Detroit man faces death penalty in armored car guard deasth www.privateofficer.com

Posted on August 05, 2010
Detroit MI Aug 5 2010 A Detroit man is facing the death penalty after a jury found him guilty of federal murder charges for a fatal 2001 armored car robbery. The jury deliberated less than four hours Tuesday before finding Timothy O’Reilly, 37, guilty on three counts, including murder, for the robbery that left Total [...

TSA admits saving scan images www.privateofficer.com

Posted on August 05, 2010
New York NY Aug 5 2010 You travel to London, you travel to France. And the feds have saved records of X-raying your underpants. A government agency admitted this week that they’ve stored more than 35,000 controversial body scanning images, despite the federal Transportation Security Administration previously stating the images can not be saved or [...

Fla security officer attacked, knocked unconscious www.privateofficer.com

Posted on August 05, 2010
North Escambia Fla Aug 5 2010 Authorities are investigating an early morning attack on a security guard near Solutia Park. According to an Escambia County Sheriff?s Office incident report, the 26-year old female security guard employed by Securitus was attacked while making routine rounds at Ascend Performance Materials on Old Chemstrand Road in Cantonment...

Seattle parking enforcement issues ticket to dead man, www.privateofficer.com

Posted on August 05, 2010
Seattle Wa Aug 5 2010 A Seattle parking enforcement officer ticketed a man Tuesday who authorities say was likely dead hours before the ticket was issued. About 9:30 a.m. Tuesday, the parking enforcement officer marked the man’s car in a 2-hour parking zone...

John Hopkins University professor charged with assault on security www.privateofficer.com

Posted on August 04, 2010
Cape Cod MA Aug 4 2010 A Johns Hopkins University engineering professor was arrested early Sunday morning in Cape Cod, Mass., and charged with assaulting a 61-year-old security guard who said she was attempting to break up a party. Noah J. Cowan, 38, was charged with assault and battery on a person over 60, said [...

Wal-Mart security goes green! www.privateofficer.com

Posted on August 04, 2010
BENTONVILLE, Ark.Aug 4 2010?In the retail environment, security departments are not the largest generators of waste. They do not consume the most energy. But, in the effort to become a more sustainable company, every bit matters for the nation?s largest retailer...

Robbery suspect commits suicide on I-10 www.privateofficer.com

Posted on August 04, 2010
SLIDELL, LA Aug 4 2010 – Slidell police say a 24-year-old man apparently shot and killed himself on Interstate 10 in Mississippi after trying to hold up a fast-food restaurant in Slidell. Capt. Kevin Foltz says the man’s name is being withheld until his family is notified...

Former Surfside Beach police chief sues town www.privateofficer.com

Posted on August 04, 2010
� Surfside City SC Aug 4 2010 The former Surfside Beach police chief has sued the town, its mayor and a councilman alleging he was wrongfully fired, according to the lawsuit. Andy Christenson filed the lawsuit Friday against the Town of Surfside Beach, Mayor Allen Deaton and Councilman Doug Samples in Horry County Common Pleas [...

Shoplifter leaves her baby behind www.privateofficer.com

Posted on August 04, 2010
WEST PALM BEACH, Fla. Aug 4 2010 Police said a woman who stole from a Palm Beach Mall department store was caught after she left her 10-month-old daughter behind. Crystal Whitaker, 23, was arrested on shoplifting and child neglect charges. West Palm Beach police said Whitaker and a 16-year-old girl went into a JC Penney [...

Former Henrico police officer gets prison in ponzi scheme www.privateofficer.com

Posted on August 04, 2010
RICHMOND, VA Aug 4 2010 ? Donald Lacey was a Henrico County police officer for 10 years before switching to real estate. He promised investors big returns on a house flipping business, but instead ran a ponzi scheme that bilked more than 170 people out of millions...

Man arrested after squirting semen on shopper www.privateofficer.com

Posted on August 04, 2010
Gaithersburg MD Aug 4 2010 A Gaithersburg man accused of squirting semen from a bottle onto a grocery shopper last month was arrested this week in a similar case and may have done the same thing at least twice before, officials said Tuesday. On July 15 at a Giant Food store in Gaithersburg, police said, [...

Va. governor wants law enforcement to enforce immigration laws www.privateofficer.com

Posted on August 04, 2010
RICHMOND VA Aug 4 2010 — Virginia Gov. Robert F. McDonnell said Tuesday that he has spent months trying to reach an agreement with the federal government to train and deputize state troopers to act as immigration and customs agents to make legal status checks and refer individuals for deportation...

Vehicle crashes loaded with money could be part of St Louis robbery

Posted on August 04, 2010
ST. LOUIS��MO Aug 4 2010��A trunkful of money found after an auto crash Tuesday morning appeared to be a major break for investigators one day after what was apparently the biggest cash heist ever in the St. Louis region. Officials believe the recovered currency ? estimated by a police source at $250,000 ? was part [...

Rudy Giuliani?s daughter arrested for theft www.privateofficer.com

Posted on August 04, 2010
NEW YORK City NY Aug 4 2010 ? Rudy Giuliani’s daughter was arrested Wednesday on a misdemeanor shoplifting charge at a beauty supplies store, police said. Caroline Giuliani, a 20-year-old Harvard University student, was seen on security cameras pocketing five items worth more than $100 at a Sephora store in Manhattan, New York Police Department [...

School security officer, coach arrested for student rape www.privateofficer.com

Posted on August 03, 2010
BOSTON MA Aug 3 2010 A Lawrence basketball coach is facing child rape charges Monday. Tyrone Farrar, 30, who is also a school security officer at the Frost School, was arraigned in Newburyport District Court on two counts of child rape and drug charges...

Saratoga Springs woman charged in theft spree www.privateofficer.com

Posted on August 03, 2010
SARATOGA SPRINGS NY Aug 3 2010– A Halfmoon woman was arrested after she allegedly went on a Sunday afternoon shoplifting spree in downtown Saratoga Springs, city police said today. Police said Donna MacDonald, 52, of Dutchess Path, stole more than $1,700 worth of clothing and jewelry from seven stores between 1:30 and 5 p...

Mobile Assistant DA charged with domestic violence www.privateofficer.com

Posted on August 03, 2010
MOBILE, Ala.Aug 3 2010 — A Mobile County assistant district attorney was arrested shortly before midnight Saturday on a misdemeanor domestic violence charge, Mobile police said. Police spokesman Officer Christopher Levy said Michael Dewitt “Mike” Hickman, 42, was charged with third-degree domestic violence after police were called to his residence on Winslow Drive about 11:45 [...

Heavily armed men storm armored car, take guards hostage www.privateofficer.com

Posted on August 03, 2010
ST. LOUIS, MO Aug 3 2010 – Police say an armored car heist was well-planned. Two ATM Solutions guards were overtaken early Monday morning at the business in the 3700 block of Grandel, in the theater district of St. Louis. http://www.fox2now.com/videobeta/bf321e82-7c65-4c40-84f2-48e53e6c8aec/News/Pre-Dawn-Armored-Car-Robbery The guards were tied up with duck tape and left inside a vault...

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