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Muscle Shoals court magistrate accused of theft www.privateofficer.com

Posted on February 25, 2011
Muscle Shoals AL Feb 25 2011 Linda Stanley, former Muscle Shoals court magistrate, is free on bond after her arrest Wednesday on theft of property and use of an office for personal gain. Stanley was indicted by the February session of the Colbert County grand jury...

17 Baltimore police officers arrested in towing kickback scheme www.privateofficer.com

Posted on February 24, 2011
Baltimore MD Feb 24 2011 Seventeen Baltimore police officers were charged Wednesday ? and more than a dozen others suspended ? in an extortion scheme in which officers are accused of receiving thousands of dollars in kickbacks for steering accident victims to a towing company that was not authorized to do business with the city...

Doctor, best selling author commits suicide www.privateofficer.com

Posted on February 24, 2011
Boston MA Feb 24 2011 Dr. Melvin D. Levine, a former Children?s Hospital Boston physician and best-selling author, left a suicide note before he was found dead last week ? a day after a Boston lawyer sued him for allegedly sexually abusing thousands of pediatric patients...

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

Posted on February 24, 2011
LAFAYETTE LA Feb 24 2011 ? A police officer who has been on assignment as a school resource officer at Broussard Middle School has been placed on unpaid administrative leave after he was arrested on sexual abuse charges. Henry Samuel Bates was booked Tuesday with four counts of molestation of a juvenile and one count [...

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Security guard instructor killed by student www.privateofficer.com

Posted on February 24, 2011
Los Angeles CA Feb 24 2011 An instructor who was teaching�a c;ass on�how to be a security guard was fatally shot by one of his students at Coast Career Institute vocational school downtown, according to reports. The shooting at 1354 S. Hill St. was reported shortly after 4 p...

Security guard reports burglary in progress www.privateofficer.com

Posted on February 24, 2011
LAKEPORT CA Feb 24 2011 — The Lake County Sheriff’s Office (LCSO) arrested two Nice residents in connection with an alleged burglary of Ag Unlimited on Finley East Road late Monday morning, according to Capt. James Bauman of the LCSO. The LCSO received a call from a security guard at the store around 7:20 a...

Alert security officer leads police to theft suspects www.privateofficer.com

Posted on February 24, 2011
Lexington KY Feb 24 2011 A quick thinking security guard alerted Lexington police to a suspicious vehicle, leading to two arrests early Monday morning. And police say the suspects may be connected to a shoplifting scam. The security guard called police, concerned the people in the van were trying to steal copper from a construction [...

Store security nab shoplifters with drugs-weapons www.privateofficer.com

Posted on February 24, 2011
Fairfield CT Feb 24 2011 A Stratford man was arrested Friday on drug charges after security officers at Super Stop & Shop on Kings Highway Cutoff in Fairfield reported two suspicious people in the store. Security notified police about the suspicious men at 12:30 p...

NC may bring back automated speed cameras www.privateofficer.com

Posted on February 24, 2011
RALEIGH NC Feb 24 2011 Automated speed cameras had a brief history in North Carolina, but they might have a big future. The state would start using cameras to nab speeders around schools and road construction sites under new legislation filed by Rep. Rick Glazier, a Fayetteville Democrat...

US House votes to transfer $298 million away from NASA and spend it on police www.privateofficer.com

Posted on February 24, 2011
WASHINGTON DC Feb 24 2011 ? The House voted Wednesday to take $298 million away from NASA and spend it on local policing. The vote was 228-203. Reps. Bill Posey, R-Rockledge, and Sandy Adams, R-Orlando, opposed the switch, an amendment to a stopgap spending bill that would keep the government running for the rest of [...

Philly rapper turned cop after suing police www.privateofficer.com

Posted on February 24, 2011
PHILADELPHIA PA Feb 24 2011 ? Three years ago, Roberto Acevedo Jr. received an out-of-court settlement from a civil suit against the Police Department in which he alleged that he had been beaten by cops, according to a source and court records. As recently as two years ago, Acevedo, under his stage name “Young Reek,” [...

Two Memphis police officers guilty of taking bribes www.privateofficer.com

Posted on February 24, 2011
MEMPHIS, Tenn. Feb 24 2011(AP) – Two Memphis police officers have pleaded guilty to taking bribes from a nightclub owner to alert the club about raids. Court documents state that in 2009 and 2010, 37-year-old Michael Young accepted payoffs totaling $2,650...

TN. man indicted for pulling knife on security officer www.privateofficer.com

Posted on February 24, 2011
BLOUNTVILLE TN Feb 24 2011 ? A Lebanon man has been indicted for allegedly speeding through a Bristol park, then pulling a knife on a security guard and nearly running over two bystanders in an attempt to flee the scene. A Sullivan County grand jury indicted Michael Karl Turner Haytaian, 28, 402 Amarillo Drive, Lebanon, [...

Car thief shot by police after pointing gun at guard www.privateofficer.com

Posted on February 24, 2011
Kalihi Hi. Feb 24 2011 A Kalihi clothing business was the scene of an exchange of gunfire yesterday when a suspected car thief dashed into Surf Line Hawaii and allegedly fired at police before an officer critically wounded him. The man was shot about four feet from where a receptionist sat at her desk, said [...

Omaha police sergeant arrested in casino disturbance www.privateofficercom

Posted on February 24, 2011
COUNCIL BLUFFS NE Feb 24 2011 ? An Omaha police sergeant remains on active duty after he was arrested and briefly jailed following a disturbance at a Horseshoe Casino craps table. Council Bluffs police arrested Sgt. William Dropinski, a supervisor in the Omaha department’s traffic unit and former public information officer, on suspicion of public [...

Rooms to go security directors charged with receiving kickbacks-fraud www.privateofficer.com

Posted on February 24, 2011
Tampa Fla Feb 24 2011 Federal authorities have charged a former security officer with mail fraud and conspiracy in connection with a scheme at Rooms-To-Go Furniture. Brian Ouellette, who lives in Valrico, and James Loftus Jr. of Lilburn, Ga., were employed by Rooms-To-Go as directors of security when the fraud occurred, according to a press [...

Man pleads guilty in murder of armored car guard www.privateofficer.com

Posted on February 24, 2011
TACOMA, Wash. Feb 24 2011 A 21-year-old man who has pleaded guilty to first-degree murder in the fatal 2009 robbery of a Washington state armored car guard faces a maximum 51 years in prison at sentencing. The News Tribune of Tacoma says Marshawn Turpin also pleaded guilty Tuesday to assault and conspiracy to commit first-degree [...

Prisoner escapes from security at Miami hospital www.privateofficer.com

Posted on February 24, 2011
SOUTH MIAMI, Fla. Feb 24 2011 Police are searching for a jail inmate who stole an SUV and escaped after being transported to a South Miami hospital for an injury. According to police, Elie Bensimon, 46, a Miami-Dade County Jail inmate, was transported to Larkin Community Hospital at about 4:45 p...

Brazen Apple store robber nabbed during traffic stop www.privateofficer.com

Posted on February 24, 2011
EVESHAM, N.J. – February 24, 2011 — A man has been arrested for the burglary of an Apple store in New Jersey that was caught on tape. Delroy D. Parham, 25, of Meribrook Circle in Willingboro, was arrested earlier this week. The burglary occurred on September 2, 2009...

Police Officer David S. Crawford killed

Posted on February 23, 2011
Police Officer David S. Crawford St. Petersburg Police Department Florida End of Watch: Monday, February 21, 2011 Biographical Info Age: 46 Tour of Duty: 25 years Badge Number: Not available Incident Details Cause of Death: Gunfire Date of Incident: Monday, February 21, 2011 Weapon Used: Gun; Unknown type Suspect Info: At large Police Officer David [...

OFFICER DOWN -Park Ranger Chris Nickel

Posted on February 23, 2011
Park Ranger Chris Nickel United States Department of the Interior – National Park Service U.S. Government End of Watch: Saturday, January 29, 2011 Biographical Info Age: 54 Tour of Duty: 16 years Badge Number: Not available Incident Details Cause of Death: Heart attack Date of Incident: Saturday, January 29, 2011 Incident Location: Utah Weapon Used: [...

Gulfport boy killed by school bus www.privateofficer.com

Posted on February 23, 2011
GULFPORT, MS Feb 23 2011 – Gulfport Police were called to Beverly Drive at 6:50 Tuesday morning. When they arrived, they found 10-year old Kendrell McDonald lying in the road and bleeding badly. Andrea Camp, who’s son had just gotten on the bus, saw everything unfold...

Alabama woman had sex with numerous neighborhood children www.privateofficer.com

Posted on February 23, 2011
Tuscaloosa AL Feb 23 2011 A 47-year-old Tuscaloosa woman has been accused of raping four known teenage victims. Marilyn Orange was arrested Friday after one of the victims confessed having a sexual relationship with Orange to his mother. Investigators say the victim’s mother then called the families of other boys involved in various incidents with [...

Madison KY school secretary charged with having student sex www.privateofficer.com

Posted on February 23, 2011
Madison County KY Feb 23 2011 A Madison Central High School secretary in a wheelchair charged for engaging in sexual acts with a 15-year-old boy pleaded not guilty in Madison County district court Monday morning. Police say they charged Lynda K. Chase, 37, with third degree rape and four counts of third degree sodomy after [...

US Security Associates performance questioned in Washington DC schools www.privateofficer.com

Posted on February 23, 2011
Washington DC Feb 23 2011 The performance of U.S. Security Associates (USSA), one of the security contractors hired to provide guard services to schools in Washington D.C., has come under scrutiny recently by city officials and a union. According to a press release issued by Service Employees International Union 32BJ, which represents property service workers [...

Security comes to aid of Seattle officer under attack www.privateofficer.com

Posted on February 23, 2011
SEATTLE WA Feb 23 2011 — Seattle police arrested a man Monday after he attacked an officer who was responding to a report of a car prowl, the Seattle Police Department said on its blog. The officer showed up to a parking garage in the 1500 block of Western Avenue at about 9 a...

San Francisco police may open substation at busy Westfield SF Centre www.privateofficer.com

Posted on February 23, 2011
San Francisco CA Feb 23 2011 Rampant shoplifting at Westfield San Francisco Centre is straining police resources and has top brass considering adding a substation at the mall. Cops respond to San Francisco?s central mall up to three times a day and as many as five times on a Saturday to cite or arrest thieves [...

Former KS. police chief gets prison for sex crimes www.privateofficer.com

Posted on February 23, 2011
Mcpherson County KS Feb 23 2011 A former central Kansas police chief convicted on 15 sex-related charges involving children has been sentenced to life plus life plus 59 months in prison. The sentences are to be served consecutively, the judge ruled. Mike Akins Jr...

Alabama legislators may repeal small town speed law www.privateofficer.com

Posted on February 23, 2011
MONTGOMERY, Alabama Feb 23 2011 – A Republican state senator says he will try to repeal a state law that keeps small town police departments from enforcing speeding laws on interstate highways. Senator Gerald Dial of Lineville said he and other legislators made a mistake in 1996 when they passed the law...

CANADA GUARD COMPANY GUILTY OF NOT PROTECTING EMPLOYEE

Posted on February 23, 2011
CANADA Feb 23 2011 A national security company has admitted under the Occupational Health and Safety Act to failing to protect the safety of a female security guard who was raped on the job early on the morning of Nov. 1, 2006. Garda Canada Security Corp...

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