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Alabama firefighter flushes stillborn infants down toilet www.privateofficer.com

Posted on July 28, 2010
ODENVILLE AL July 28 2010 ? A member of the fire department was placed on administrative leave following an incident during which two premature stillborn infants were flushed down a toilet. ?I want to formally express my condolences to the family for their loss,? said Mayor Rodney ?Buck? Christian...

Security Officer-EMT of The Year Named www.privateofficer.com

Posted on July 28, 2010
CHARLOTTE, NC–Marketwire – July 28, 2010 – AlliedBarton Security Services, www.alliedbarton.com, the industry’s premier provider of highly trained security personnel, is proud to announce that Robert Bouldin, Emergency Medical Technician (EMT) Officer, was named EMS Rescue Educator of the Year in 2010 by Gaston County Rescue/Ambulance Association and Gaston County EMS in recognition of his [...

TSA Agent convicted of tampering with evidence www.privateofficer.com

Posted on July 28, 2010
CHARLOTTE AMALIE, U.S. Virgin Islands July 28 2010 ? A jury in the U.S. Virgin Islands has convicted an airport security screener of jury tampering in a drug trafficking trial. Assistant U.S. Attorney Nolan Paige says Transportation Security Administration screener Ikim Blackett, 31, was convicted Monday after two hours of deliberation by the U...

Cheerleader helps stop thief in his tracks www.privateofficer.com

Posted on July 28, 2010
Oklahoma City Okla July 28 2010 A would-be thief is behind bars. Police didn’t catch him and neither did mall security. They both had help from a 16-year-old girl. “If I would have thought about it, I probably wouldn’t have done it.” She traded tumbling for tackling when she brought down a thief at Penn [...

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NC fire cadet charged with rape www.privateofficer.com

Posted on July 28, 2010
SMITHFIELD NC July 28 2010 – A Raleigh fire cadet is accused of kidnapping and raping a Smithfield woman. Daniel Robert Muller, 24, of Black Angus Drive, Garner, is charged with first-degree kidnapping and first-degree sexual offense. Selma police said they found the 40-year-old rape victim walking down a street the morning of July 19...

Ventura rap concert leads to arrests, shooting, man Tasered www.privateofficer.com

Posted on July 28, 2010
Ventura CA July 28 2010 In separate incidents Sunday outside a rap concert at the Majestic Ventura Theater, a Santa Paula man was arrested on suspicion of shooting at a car and police stunned another man with a Taser after he allegedly failed to comply with orders, authorities said...

Home Depot shoplifter faces robbery charges www.privateofficer.com

Posted on July 28, 2010
Bridgeport CT July 28 2010 Four months after he allegedly punched a Home Depot security officer in the face, a 33-year-old Bridgeport man was arrested Thursday for trying to steal tools from the store. Andre Cruz Mendoza, of Cedar Street, was charged with attempted third-degree robbery and attempted fifth-degree larceny...

Man walks into hospital with shotgun-commits suicide www.privateofficer.com

Posted on July 28, 2010
TROY NY July 28 2010 ? A 22-year-old Chevy Chase, Md., man came to Samaritan Hospital this morning and killed himself with a shotgun blast to the face, police said. The suicide with a 12-gauge occurred at 9:02 a.m., Detective Sgt. David Dean, a department spokesman said...

NH teacher pleads guilty to texting nude photos www.privateofficer.com

Posted on July 28, 2010
Londonberry NH July 28 2010 New Hampshire high school teacher Melinda Dennehy has pled ‘guilty’ to charges of texting nude photos of herself to a 15-year-old male student. In the plea deal, she carries a charge of indecent exposure, and was given a suspended jail sentence on condition she remain on good behavior and have [...

Teen murderers film their violent attack www.privateofficer.com

Posted on July 28, 2010
SUMMIT, N.J.July 28 2010 ? Dusk fell around Salvadoran immigrant Abelino Mazaniego as he sat on a bench on a promenade in an upscale New York suburb after finishing his restaurant shift. As night encroached, so did a group of teenagers, including one with a cell phone videocamera at the ready...

Port Everglades considers axing deputies for private security www.privateofficer.com

Posted on July 27, 2010
Broward County Fla July 27 2010 More than 70 Broward Sheriff’s Office employees working at Port Everglades could be replaced with private guards under a cost-cutting proposal from seaport administrators that union leaders say could jeopardize security...

Man charged in death of Arizona security officer www.privateofficer.com

Posted on July 27, 2010
Surprise AZ July 27 2010 A man accused of crashing a party in February has been arrested on suspicion of negligent homicide because the security officer called to the scene died of a heart attack, Surprise police said. Surprise police arrested 42-year-old Timothy Tuggle on Thursday because of his suspected responsibility in the death of [...

SC courts uphold death penalty in security guard murder www.privateofficer.com

Posted on July 27, 2010
COLUMBIA, S.C. July 27 2010 The death sentence has been upheld for a man convicted of shooting a security guard during a robbery attempt and setting him on fire, the state’s highest court ruled on Monday. Ron O’Neal Finklea, 36, was sent to death row in September 2007 after a Lexington County jury found him [...

Police charged to enter fair to make an arrest www.privateofficer.com

Posted on July 27, 2010
LaPorte IN July 27 2010 A police officer responding to the LaPorte County Fair to make an arrest was delayed by an attendant at the gate who insisted that he pay. �It’s an incident that officials with the fair and sheriff’s office were reluctant to speak much about Monday...

Mobile police kill wanted murder suspect www.privateofficer.com

Posted on July 27, 2010
Mobile Al July 27 2010 It was just after daybreak when a police SWAT team headed to a Days Inn in Mobile, Ala. Their man was in a room on the third floor. He was a prime suspect in a car theft. But he also was wanted for questioning in the slaying of his mother [...

Security officer ran down by DUI driver www.privateofficer.com

Posted on July 27, 2010
SAN ANTONIO TX July 27 2010 — A security guard is recovering after being hit by a car over the weekend. The security guard was hit near Main and Evergreen early Sunday morning. “For whatever reason, the security guard asked the suspect to move his car, explained Officer Matt Porter of the San Antonio Police [...

Ohio parents charged in death of baby www.privateofficer.com

Posted on July 27, 2010
TROY OH July 27 2010 ? The parents of an 8-month-old found dead Monday morning have been charged with felony child endangering. Tara Durig, 27, and Jason Durig, 29, of 1251 Hilltop, are in the Miami County Jail, Troy Police Capt. Joe Long said. Police are calling the death of the infant suspicious...

Man arrested after snatching cover charges from bouncer www.privateofficer.com

Posted on July 26, 2010
Gainesville Fla July 26 2010 A Gainesville man is accused of trying to run away with the cover charges collected at a downtown night club. Gerald T. Pressley, 21, allegedly took $240 from the Studio night club, 112 S Main St. He distracted a club employee with “offensive conversation” before grabbing the money out of [...

CVS disturbance leads to arrests, injured officers www.privateofficer.com

Posted on July 26, 2010
MICHIGAN CITY IN July 26 2010 ? A Michigan City police officer was left bleeding from several deep scratches on his face after a confrontation with an unruly customer inside a CVS drug store here late Friday. Officer Robert Grant received the injuries while attempting to arrest Michael G...

Houston police charge 18 with selling fake documents www.privateofficer.com

Posted on July 26, 2010
HOUSTON TX July 26 2010 – More than a dozen people are facing charges after a raid at a flea market in northeast Harris County. The arrests were made after a months-long investigation by a task force with the Department of Homeland Security. Eighteen people went to the flea market to work Saturday and instead [...

Security officer stabs man to death during attack www.privateofficer.com

Posted on July 26, 2010
FORT WORTH TX. July 26 2010 ? A 31-year-old man was stabbed to death Friday night after he assaulted a uniformed security guard who was patrolling an apartment complex near 9000 Randol Mill and Mill Valley in east Fort Worth. Witnesses told police that the stabbing victim, Nathaniel Williams, was angry with the guard, Justin [...

OFFICER DOWN- Deputy Sheriff Samuel A. Smith

Posted on July 25, 2010
Deputy Sheriff Samuel A. Smith Franklin County Sheriff’s Office Kansas End of Watch: Friday, July 23, 2010 Biographical Info Age: 23 Tour of Duty: 9 months Badge Number: Not available Incident Details Cause of Death: Automobile accident Date of Incident: Friday, July 23, 2010 Weapon Used: Not available Suspect Info: Not available Deputy Samuel Smith [...

Police search for robber dressed as security guard www.privateofficer.com

Posted on July 25, 2010
SACRAMENTO CA July 25 2010 – An afternoon robbery near UC Davis has police searching for a security guard tonight, or at least someone dressed like a security guard. A teenage cashier at “Scrubs Stop” on Stockton Boulevard was in tears today, as she relived the horror of what happened...

FBI sends warning to churches about suspicious activity www.privateofficer.com

Posted on July 25, 2010
Oakland July 25 2010 Most churches in Oakland County have recently received a letter from the FBI warning of suspicious activity, of people asking questions about church buildings. Brett Leatherman, special agent with the FBI, said the letter was sent out after several churches in the county reported suspicious people asking odd questions...

Shoplifters Beware! You are being watched! www.privateofficer.com

Posted on July 25, 2010
Seattle WA July 25 2010 Shoplifters, Beware! If you have a notion to take something from a store without paying, don’t do it! Even if you feel that the big box, corporate store would not feel it, you will. For starters, they are watching. They have hidden cameras, security personnel dressed like shoppers, and detection [...

Wal-Mart store security agent fired for scuffling with shoplifter www.privateofficer.com

Posted on July 25, 2010
Great Falls Montana July 25 2010 Jeremy Young is looking for work after losing his job as a Walmart security guard earlier this month for scuffling with an alleged shoplifter who later took out an elderly greeter on his way to being arrested on robbery charges...

Gang members charged in shoplifting scheme www.privateofficer.com

Posted on July 25, 2010
OCEANSIDE CA JULY 25 2010 — Four members of an alleged Los Angeles-based shoplifting ring were arrested at a CVS store Friday in Oceanside, a county sheriff’s detective said Saturday. The suspects are believed to be part of a large, well-organized ring of professional shoplifters that retail chains first identified in 2008, Detective Debra Haverkost [...

Fox5 news employee alerts police to escapee www.privateofficer.com

Posted on July 25, 2010
Marietta, GA July 25 2010- A 25-year old shoplifting suspect is back in police custody after escaping from a Marietta hospital. Around 3 a.m. Saturday, police re-captured Maurice Sealy. Officers arrested Sealy Friday after they say workers caught him shoplifting at a Walmart on Cobb Parkway...

Wal-Mart using ?Radio Tags? to track merchandise www.privateofficer.com

Posted on July 25, 2010
Atlanta GA July 25 2010 Walmart will start placing removable, radio-frequency ID tags (RFID) on individual items. The electronic product code (EPC) will utilize the sophisticated RFID technology to provide real-time information about merchandise selection within each store...

Shoplifters pull gun on K-Mart LP agent www.privateofficer.com

Posted on July 25, 2010
Puyallup WA July 25 2010 Police are looking for a woman who tried to steal over $1,000 worth of items from the K-Mart on River Road and her getaway driver, who pulled a gun on a security guard as he tried to stop her. Lt. Scott Engle says that a woman entered the store around [...

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