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NJ police chief used posiiton to support his private guard company www.privateofficer.com

Posted on July 15, 2010
Hackensack NJ July 15 2010 Embattled Hackensack Police Chief Charles ?Ken? Zisa was paid $5,000 a month to provide security services to a county hospital, part of a lucrative side business that included a separate consulting deal brokered by former Democratic powerhouse and convicted felon Dennis Oury...

Police arrest 15 in silver Spring disturbance www.privateofficer.com

Posted on July 15, 2010
SILVER SPRING MD July 15 2010 Fifteen people were arrested Monday evening after a group of teenagers harassing pedestrians in downtown Silver Spring slammed one man to the ground, breaking his face and drawing the attention of several eyewitnesses. The incident occurred just after 7 p...

Teens armed with Tech-9 shoot at security officer www.privateofficer.com

Posted on July 15, 2010
Tulsa Okla July 15 2010 A security guard shot at a young man or boy after that person pointed a gun at him at a Tulsa apartment complex Tuesday night, police said. The suspect ran, and it wasn’t apparent whether he had been shot. As he ran, he dropped a “Tech-9 style submachine gun” with [...

Store security officer injured twice in a week www.privateofficer.com

Posted on July 15, 2010
Scranton PA July 15 2010 A security guard for a supermarket in Scranton was hurt Tuesday during a theft attempt. It’s the second time in a week she has been injured. Newswatch 16 has learned the guard was hurt while stopping a would-be theft at the Gerrity’s on North Keyser Avenue in Scranton...

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Chino Hills teacher arrested for sex abuse of student www.privateofficer.com

Posted on July 14, 2010
Chino CA July 14 2010 A 30-year-old band teacher at Chino Hills High School was arrested on suspicion of having sex with a 16-year-old female student, the San Bernardino County Sheriff’s Department said in a news release. Justin Wallin, an employee of the Chino Unified School District, was arrested and booked Thursday at the West [...

Armed security officers used to calm public pools www.privateofficer.com

Posted on July 14, 2010
BUFFALO NY July 14 2010 – Private armed guards appear to have calmed the atmosphere in city pools, after a lifeguard was attacked last week and suffered a concussion. “It’s unfortunate you have to take that measure (hiring private security), said Mayoral spokesman Peter Cutler...

School resource officer fired for posting nude pictures www.privateofficer.com

Posted on July 14, 2010
RABUN COUNTY, Ga.July 14 2010 — A Rabun County school resource officer accused of using a county-issued phone to post nude photos lost his job but does not yet face charges, the sheriff said Tuesday. Sheriff Frank Andrews said he asked the district attorney?s office to help investigate Kendrick Maxwell and accusations of solicitation of [...

DC man charged with five murders during 16 years www.privateofficer.com

Posted on July 14, 2010
Washington DC July 14 2010 Police officials announced Tuesday night that they have charged a 35-year-old man with five separate homicides dating back to 1994. Ronald T. Brisbon, Jr. of Southeast D.C. was charged with three counts of first degree premeditated murder while armed and two counts of Murder One while armed...

Security officer nabs burglary suspect in golf cart www.privateofficer.com

Posted on July 14, 2010
Miami Fla July 14 2010 Who says rent-a-cops are good for nothing? A Miami security guard on a golf cart chased down a biking burglar early Tuesday morning in perhaps one of the slowest chases since A.C. and O.J. hopped into a white Bronco. The scene unfolded outside a warehouse near 10th Ave...

Security guard charged with assault on disabled man www.privateofficer.com

Posted on July 14, 2010
Miami Fla July 14 2010 A Miramar man was arrested Tuesday on charges he battered a disabled man while working as a security guard at a mental health facility in Florida City. Rickardo Miller, 29, is accused of beating a resident of the South Florida Evaluation and Treatment Center, 18680 SW 376th St...

San Jose police violently arrest wrong man www.privateofficer.com

Posted on July 14, 2010
San Jose CA Jult 14 2010 Walking into his neighborhood convenience store for a $1 lottery ticket, Henry Stevens Amador hoped it would be his lucky day. But instead of walking out with three cherries and a thousand bucks, Amador was violently busted by San Jose police officers...

Atlanta officer falls into storm drain during traffic stop www.privateofficer.com

Posted on July 13, 2010
ATLANTA GA July 13 2010 — An Atlanta Police officer is recovering after falling into a storm drain. It happened late Saturday night when he was pulling over a motorcyclist. The drain’s grate cover had been stolen. The Georgia Department of Transportation says these thefts are commonplace...

Dayton security officer severely beaten www.privateofficer.com

Posted on July 13, 2010
DAYTON, Ohio July 13 2010 — Two men are wanted in connection with severely beating a security guard working the overnight shift at Dayton?s Municipal Parking garage. Police said a 20-year-old was on her second day on the job when she was attacked...

Death penalty murder trial underway in killing of guard www.privateofficer.com

Posted on July 13, 2010
Detroit MI July 13 2010 — Facing the rare possibility of the death penalty in a state that outlawed capital punishment 163 years ago, Timothy O’Reilly’s lawyers told jurors Monday he is na�ve and slow and under the control of an “abusive domineering man...

Shoplifting teen threatens to kill police www.privateofficer.com

Posted on July 13, 2010
San Jose CA July 13 2010 A 16-year-old boy with a violent history and felony warrant threatened to use his Norteno gang associations to kill four San Jose police officers who arrested him Friday night at a North San Jose Costco store, according to police...

Police investigate security guard for shooting at unarmed man www.privateofficer.com

Posted on July 13, 2010
Tulsa Okla July 13 2010 Police are investigating an unprovoked shooting by a security guard at a Tulsa Housing Authority complex Sunday night. Police say that it appears that the Wackenhut security guard opened fire on an unarmed man, shooting at him as he drove away...

Nightclub security shoots-kills knife wielding patron www.privateofficer.com

Posted on July 13, 2010
Minneapolis MN July 13 2010 By: Brett Davis/Staff PRIVATE OFFICER NEWS http://www.privateofficer.com/ �Local police confirmed� on Monday that a security�bouncer at Grumpy’s Bar was the person who fatally shot a 24-year-old man outside the bar early Sunday and that the case has been turned over to the prosecutor’s office...

Army suicides are on the rise www.privateofficer.com

Posted on July 13, 2010
Clarksville TN July 13 2010 A retired soldier’s public attempt to end his life in front of Fort Campbell was stopped by concerned citizens who came to his aid. Although unharmed, the man’s attempt again draws attention to the recent spike in U...

Arizona police arrest 440 DUI arrests www.privateofficer.com

Posted on July 13, 2010
PHOENIX AZ July 13 2010 (AP) ? Arizona’s DUI task forces made nearly 440 driving-under-the-influence arrests during the July 4 holiday weekend with nearly a fourth of the drivers cited for extreme DUI. Statistics released Tuesday by Gov. Jan Brewer’s office show that 126 of the 434 DUI arrests during the holiday period were drivers [...

Credit Union administrator convicted in embezzlement www.privateofficer.com

Posted on July 13, 2010
Chester County PA July 13 2010 A Chester County woman and former credit union administrator was convicted in Montgomery County Court of charges she stole nearly $34,000 from the Plymouth business during her tenure. A jury deliberated several hours Friday before convicting Anne L...

Two woman charged in multiple store burglaries, thefts www.privateofficer.com

Posted on July 13, 2010
Freeport ILL July 13 2010 By: Brett Davis/ Staff PRIVATE OFFICER NEWS http://www.privateofficer.com/ Two woman face numerous charges after police say�they were nabbed by loss prevention agents during a muli-store shoplifting spree. Yakeisha Lewis, 20 and Tanginique Haynes, 21 were stopped by security agents and accused of thefts from Wal-Mart, Family Dollar, K-Mart and the [...

Dollar store manager slashes suspected shoplifter www.privateofficer.com

Posted on July 13, 2010
MILWAUKEE WI July 13 2010 - A Family Dollar store manager is arrested for assaulting a suspected shoplifter. It happened July 12th at the Family Dollar near 55th and North Ave. Witnesses tell FOX6 the 23-year-old suspected shoplifter was chased out of the store, and later assaulted by a store manager using a box cutter...

Granite Run Mall security nab peeping tom www.privateofficer.com

Posted on July 12, 2010
PHILADELPHIA PA July 12 2010 An alert security guard foiled a high-tech attempt to look up girls’ skirts at Granite Run Mall Saturday afternoon. Police said the suspect had an innocent looking Gap shopping bag, except for a round hole cut in the front with a camera lens sticking through it...

Heavily armed man arrested at Ohio mall www.privateofficer.com

Posted on July 12, 2010
TOLEDO, OH July 12 2010 – Toledo Police arrested a man carrying loaded guns, drugs and lots of cash at the Westfield Franklin Park Mall Saturday evening. The suspect, 23-year-old Darek Abitua, has been charged with aggravated trafficking and other felonies...

Oil company president convicted in investor fraud case www.privateofficer.com

Posted on July 12, 2010
Louisville KY July 12 2010 The president of oil and gas companies in Danville and Albany has been convicted of defrauding investors in Kentucky and other states of $12 million. Michael D. Smith, 54, of Lancaster, president of the Target Oil and Gas Co...

Plane crash leaves three dead in Tulsa www.privateofficer.com

Posted on July 12, 2010
Tulsa Okl July 12 2010 A small plane crashed in Mohawk Park on Saturday night, killing all three men aboard. Two Oklahoma men, Chase Bales and Damian Riddoch, and a Swedish man, Mats Malmberg, died. They range in age from late 30s to early 50s, friends and other news agencies reported...

Elderly man robs two hotels, dies in police chase www.privateofficer.com

Posted on July 12, 2010
Washington County MD July 12 2010 An Alabama man, wanted in connection with two armed robberies in Washington County, Md., died early Sunday in a fatal accident following a chase by Maryland State Police. Police identified the man as Arthur Williams, 63, of Gadsden, Alabama...

Mall security officers wife killed shopping at mall www.privateofficer.com

Posted on July 12, 2010
GREELEY, Colo. July 12 2010 — A day after a truck plowed into a Greeley Mall store, loved ones remembered the two people who were killed as women who loved their families, life, and children. “She was the best mother, daughter, wife and best friend, you know, all of that...

Store security agent assaulted during shoplifting incident www.privateofficer.com

Posted on July 12, 2010
Honolulu Hi July 12 2010 A suspected shoplifter allegedly attacked a security guard who had chased him from a Kapolei store yesterday, police said. The 46-year-old man was arrested for investigation of robbery in the second degree after he allegedly shoplifted merchandise from the unidentified store at 2:30 p...

Nephew of Supreme Court Justice beat, teased by security www.privateofficer.com

Posted on July 12, 2010
Marrero LA July 12 2010 Derek Thomas, the nephew of Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas, had allegedly been beaten and tased by hospital security after being admitted and refusing to don a hospital gown. Thomas, who is an epileptic, reportedly suffered a massive seizure as a result of the incident...

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