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Arizona Electronic Crimes Task Force arrested over 30 people involved in 1.2 million shoplifting ring www.privateofficer.com

Posted on March 07, 2011
Maricopa County AZ March 7 2011 The Arizona Electronic Crimes Task Force arrested over 30 individuals it says were involved in a $1.2 million shoplifting scheme involving eBay. The Maricopa County Attorney’s office said an individual recruited others to shoplift items from retail stores such as Home Depot, Lowes and Walmart...

Woman shot at Ingram Park Mall www.privateofficer.com

Posted on March 07, 2011
SAN ANTONIO TX March 7 2011 — A woman who was shot in the parking lot of Ingram Park Mall over the weekend is back home recovering from her injuries. The suspect accused in the case, 19-year-old Jacob Lozano is in the Bexar County Jail, San Antonio Police investigators say...

KS. Wal-Mart employee stole $40,000 from store www.privateofficer.com

Posted on March 07, 2011
DODGE CITY KS March 7 2011 ? A Wal-Mart employee accused of stealing $40,000 from the store was charged last week with felony theft and sexual exploitation of a child. Dodge City resident Randall L. Wilson made his first appearance on the charges last Wednesday in Ford County District Court, according to court records...

Pearle Vision shoplifter steals $5000 eyewear www.privateofficer.com

Posted on March 07, 2011
Woodstock GA March 7 2011 A man accused of stealing $5,000 worth of merchandise from a Woodstock eye wear store a week ago allegedly tried the same thing Saturday morning. He made it out of the store with an additional $5,000 worth of items, but was caught moments later, authorities said...

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Colts Neck Mayor?s wife charged in shoplifting incident www.privateofficer.com

Posted on March 07, 2011
FREEHOLD TOWNSHIP, N.J.March 7 2011 ? The wife of the mayor of an upscale New Jersey community is accused of shoplifting at Lord & Taylor. Police arrested Colts Neck Mayor James Schatzle’s wife, Susan, after security said they spotted the 42-year-old attempting to leave the Freehold Raceway Mall store Friday...

83 year old Wal-Mart greeter robs store at gunpoint www.privateofficer.com

Posted on March 07, 2011
Statesville NC March 7 2011 Police in Statesville say an 83-year-old man who worked at a Wal-Mart store as a greeter is in jail, charged with donning a disguise and robbing the store at gunpoint Sunday night. George Plane Jr., of Mooresville, was charged with robbery with a dangerous weapon and discharging a firearm inside [...

Shoplifter subdued after assault on security www.privateofficer.com

Posted on March 06, 2011
Albany NY March 6 2011 A Rotterdam man is accused of trying to steal more than $500 worth of groceries and then getting into a fight at the Price Chopper in Malta. State police say Joshua Welch, 39, loaded up a cart with $559 worth of food and tried to leave without paying...

Midland police officer charged with sex crimes www.privateofficer.com

Posted on March 06, 2011
MIDLAND MI March 6 2011 — A Midland Police Officer has been charged in two sex crimes The Saginaw News reports 39 year old Jeffrey Doyle is accused of the crimes against an adult woman. While few details about the crimes are being released, Doyle faces up to 20 years in prison if convicted...

Man charged with theft of drugs from ambulance www.privateofficer.com

Posted on March 06, 2011
Fort Wayne IN March 6 2011 Need a place to stash $6,000 worth of drugs lifted off an ambulance? How about shoving them down some pants? That?s what an Ohio man arrested outside Parkview Hospital in Fort Wayne is accused of trying. John W. Phipps, 30, of Hicksville was formally charged Friday with felony theft [...

Tunica man dies after being shot by security guard www.privateofficer.com

Posted on March 06, 2011
Tunica MS March 6 2011 A shooting in the parking lot of the Delta Kream in the early morning hours of Saturday, Feb. 19 left one local man fighting for his life. Jimmy Keys of Tunica was hospitalized in critical condition and later died from his injuries, after being shot in the leg by a [...

Texas courthouse security finds gun www.privateofficer.com

Posted on March 06, 2011
SAN ANGELO, Texas March 6 2011? Tom Green County officials arrested a San Angelo woman after they said she tried to bring a handgun into the Tom Green County District Courthouse on Friday morning. The woman arrived at the courthouse shortly after 9 a...

Pascagoula police employee arrested for Child Porn www.privateofficer.com

Posted on March 06, 2011
PASCAGOULA, MS March 6 2011 – An employee of the Pascagoula Police Department has been arrested and charged with possession of Child Pornography. According the Jackson County Sheriff’s Department, authorities arrested 23-year old William Layne Brushaber and seized hardware relating to the child pornography possession charge from a home on Miller Street in Pascagoula Brushaber [...

Dallas nightclub security shoots man www.privateofficer.com

Posted on March 06, 2011
DALLAS TX Mar 6 2011 ? Dallas police are investigating a shooting at a nightclub early Saturday morning in the 19000 block of Harry Hines Boulevard. Police say a man was shot by a security guard at Pandora’s Men’s Club following a 2:40 a.m...

KY police officer dies during training www.privateofficer.com

Posted on March 06, 2011
Corbin KY March 6 2011 Germantown resident, former Brooksville Police Chief and former Maysville Police Officer James Sticklen died Friday, during training exercises in Corbin. Joining the Alexandria Police Department in 1992 and spending the last nine years as School Resource Officer, Sticklen, 58, was on duty and participating in training exercises when he experienced [...

Fort Wayne teacher pleads guilty to sex with student charges www.privateofficer.com

Posted on March 06, 2011
FORT WAYNE IN March 6 2011 ? Months ago, Justin M. Edwards was a teacher and middle school wrestling coach. But Friday morning he sat amid career criminals and petty thieves, waiting to plead guilty to a felony charge of sexual misconduct with a minor...

Alabama special needs teacher arrested for sex crimes www.privateofficer.com

Posted on March 06, 2011
ANDALUSIA, AL. March 6 2011 - A special needs teacher from Andalusia, Ala. has been arrested on multiple sex related charges. Amy Kathleen Caudle, 31, was charged with two counts of rape and three counts of sodomy. She is being held in the Covington County Jail under a combined bond of $1,000,000...

UW police crash injures 2 pedestrians www.privateofficer.com

Posted on March 06, 2011
Seattle WA Mar 6 2011 A University of Washington patrol car on its way to a call struck two pedestrians in the University District early Saturday morning. Both pedestrians were taken to Harborview Medical Center by ambulance. Seattle Police called their injuries non-life-threatening...

Kansas City police officer arrested for shooting nightclub security www.privateofficer.com

Posted on March 06, 2011
KANSAS CITY, Mo. Mar 6 2011– Police said they have arrested an off-duty Kansas City, Kan., police officer in connection with the shooting of a bouncer at a Kansas City nightclub late Friday. Officers said they were called to the 6902 Club on Prospect Avenue just before midnight and found the victim inside the business...

OFFICER DOWN-Willie Amos Cammon

Posted on March 05, 2011
Deputy Sheriff Willie Amos Cammon Heard County Sheriff’s Office Georgia End of Watch: Thursday, March 3, 2011 Biographical Info Age: 59 Tour of Duty: Not available Badge Number: Not available Incident Details Cause of Death: Automobile accident Date of Incident: Thursday, March 3, 2011 Weapon Used: Not available Suspect Info: Charged with vehicular homicide Deputy [...

OFFICER DOWN- SHANDON WRIGHT

Posted on March 05, 2011
Deputy Sheriff Shandon Wright Pierce County Sheriff’s Department Washington End of Watch: Thursday, March 3, 2011 Biographical Info Age: 29 Tour of Duty: 5 years Badge Number: Not available Incident Details Cause of Death: Duty related illness Date of Incident: Wednesday, March 2, 2011 Weapon Used: Not available Suspect Info: Not available Deputy Shandon Wright [...

Elberta Alabama police chief arrested after faking shooting incident www.privateofficer.com

Posted on March 05, 2011
ELBERTA, Alabama March 5 2011– Chief Mickey L. Pledger of the Elberta Police Department has been arrested on charges of firing a gun into an occupied building, filing a false police report and tampering with evidence, Baldwin County Sheriff Hoss Mack announced in a media statement this evening...

Store security agent let shoplifters go in exchange for drugs www.privateofficer.com

Posted on March 05, 2011
Minneapolis MN March 5 2011 A security guard at Cub Foods bartered with shoplifters to get prescription drugs, according to felony drug possession charges filed Friday in Hennepin County District Court. An investigation found that Nicholas Craig Foster, 27, of Andover, swapped freedom for drugs from shoplifters, the complaint said...

Target shoplifter points gun at LP agents privateofficer.com

Posted on March 05, 2011
Chicago IL March�5 2011 Bond has been at $750,000 for a man who allegedly pointed a loaded handgun at security personnel detaining him for shoplifting at a Logan Square neighborhood Target store last month. Rikki Rodriguez, 26, of the 1800 block of North Humboldt Boulevard, was charged Tuesday with attempted armed robbery, unlawful use of [...

Security takes armed college student at LCCC taken into custody www.privateofficer.com

Posted on March 05, 2011
Wilkes Barre PA March 5 2011 The student found in possession of a loaded handgun at Luzerne County Community College this morning had placed a scalpel to his throat in anatomy class, prompting the teacher to call campus security, school officials said...

Fresno police turn to volunteers to beef up force www.privateoficer.com

Posted on March 05, 2011
FRESNO, Calif.March�5 2011 – Roman Sarkisian easily passes for your average Fresno police officer: crew cut, tight-set jaw and “just-the-facts” demeanor. “I like to do law enforcement stuff,” said Mr. Sarkisian, 23, an immigrant from the republic of Georgia who is studying criminology at the city college here...

Fla. school security pepper sprays students www.privateofficer.com

Posted on March 05, 2011
Quincy Fla March�5 2011 A group of 20 to 25 students were pepper-sprayed Thursday morning around 8 a.m. in the James A. Shanks Middle School gymnasium, according to Shaia Beckwith-James, public information officer for Gadsden County Schools. The students were running toward a fight that had broken out between two other students when the school [...

Retired Cleveland police officer gets 52 year prison term for child porn www.privateofficer.com

Posted on March 05, 2011
CLEVELAND, Ohio March 5 2011 — Retired Cleveland police officer Robert Bonness described his collection of nearly 100 videos and photos of child pornography as a curiosity — an interest that he now knows he was wrong to indulge. But the 23-year veteran of the force used his police training in pursuit of his hobby, [...

Prison security officer arrested for bringing drugs into facility www.privateofficer.com

Posted on March 05, 2011
ANGOLA, La. March 5 2011? A security officer at the Louisiana State Penitentiary has been accused of trying to bring marijuana and alcohol into the prison. West Felciana Parish sheriff’s Maj. Archer Lee says 21-year-old Darius Montgomery, of Woodville, Miss...

Alabama man caught having sex with dog www.privateofficer.com

Posted on March 05, 2011
Tuscaloosa AL March 5 2011 A Coker man charged with animal cruelty admitted that he sexually abused a dog, Sheriff Ted Sexton said today. Three witnesses told deputies that they saw Samuel Earl Sims, 56, abusing the mixed-breed dog at a home on Hillview Lane around midnight Sunday...

Portland teacher?s aide charged with sex crimes www.privateofficer.com

Posted on March 05, 2011
Portland Oregon March�5 2011 A teacher?s aide at Aloha High School was arrested last week for having sexual contact with a student. The man was turned in by a another staff member on February 16th. This prompted an investigation that included interviewing both the suspect and the student...

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