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College security officer injured during DUI incident www.privateofficer.com

Posted on September 29, 2010
Fulton MO Sept 29 2010 An unexpected late-night chase for a Westminster College security guard led to the arrest of a Fulton man after the guard was the victim of a hit and run early Sunday morning. At approximately 1:24 a.m., the Fulton Police Department received a report of an accident on West Chestnut and [...

Teen sues Virginia mall after sexual assault www.privateofficer.com

Posted on September 29, 2010
Roanoke, Va. Sept 29 2010 One million dollars. That’s how much a teenager is asking for in a civil suit against Valley View Mall in Roanoke. The teen was sexually assaulted two years ago inside a dressing room. In the suit, filed in Roanoke Circuit Court, the teen, who’s from Georgia, says she’s been traumatized [...

Prosecutor joins in shoplifter chase www.privateofficer.com

Posted on September 29, 2010
FRANKLIN TN Sept 29 2010 ? A Williamson County assistant district attorney had a run in with a suspect, but this time before they made it to court. Dustin Hise, 25 of Spring Hill, is accused of stealing a $71 bottle of cologne from Macy?s in Cool Springs Galleria...

Dayton women nabbed in shoplifting spree www.privateofficer.com

Posted on September 29, 2010
MONROE OH Sept 29 2010 ? Three Dayton women are facing theft and other charges for their alleged shoplifting activities at several stores at Cincinnati Premium Outlets. Tequila Gaines, 18, is charged with receiving stolen property and theft. Isis Morrell, 19, is charged with theft, criminal tools and receiving stolen property and Danette Postell, 18, [...

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Deliveryman kills armed Pizza Hut robbers www.privateofficer.com

Posted on September 29, 2010
Charlotte NC Sept 29 2010 A pizza deliveryman who shot two would-be robbers to death in east Charlotte said Tuesday that he didn?t draw his concealed pistol until the last possible second, when he thought he would be killed. Throughout the robbery attempt, as the men hit and pistol-whipped him inside a cooler at an [...

School system security director salary questioned www.privateofficer.com

Posted on September 28, 2010
MEMPHIS, TN September 28 2010 – School leaders from all over the country are in New York this week to discuss what is and is not working within our schools, and with taxpayers paying nearly one billion dollars a year for Memphis City Schools, the Action News Five Investigators are watching very closely...

Security officer called hero for stopping rape www.privateofficer.com

Posted on September 28, 2010
MEMPHIS, Tenn. Sept 28 2010 – A 45-year old man is still behind bars after Memphis police say he tried to rape a woman downtown. Now, the security guard who heard the girl’s screams is being called a hero. The man who rushed to a 24-year old girl rescue does not want to be identified...

Ohio man charged with setting fire at mall www.privateofficer.com

Posted on September 28, 2010
ELYRIA OH Sept 28 2010 ? A Lorain man had to be rescued from a cliff over the Black River yesterday by firefighters, and then he was arrested for setting a fire in the mall parking lot. Daniel Rosemark, 22, of Lorain, was charged with two counts of arson and was taken to the Lorain [...

Casino security assist in arrest of bank robber www.privateofficer.com

Posted on September 28, 2010
VICKSBURG, Miss. Sept 28 2010 – Vicksburg police say a suspect in a bank robbery was spotted at three casinos spending cash marked with red security dye. Police Chief Walter Armstrong tells the Vicksburg Post that 25-year-old Christopher Marcel Johnson was charged Monday with bank robbery...

Missing California teacher found dead of suicide www.privateofficer.com

Posted on September 27, 2010
Pasedena CA Sept 27 2010 A missing schoolteacher from South Gate apparently committed suicide in the Angeles National Forest, it was reported Sunday. Rigoberto Ruelas, 39, a teacher at Miramonte Elementary School, was last seen last Sunday dropping off a present for his sister’s birthday, according to the South Gate Police Department...

Wal-Mart shopper dies in drive-by shooting www.privateofficer.com

Posted on September 27, 2010
Colorado Springs CO Sept 27 2010 A man walking outside the Wal-Mart on East Platte Avenue was shot and killed Sunday just after midnight, Colorado Springs police reported. No information about the victim has been released and no arrests have been made...

Meijer shoplifter pulls gun on security www.privateofficer.com

Posted on September 27, 2010
VAN BUREN TOWNSHIP, Mich. Sept 27 2010 – Surveillance video inside the Van Buren Township Meijer shows a man pulling a gun on a loss prevention officer and then escaping from a holding room. It happened Saturday as a man and a woman on the tape were detained after allegedly being caught stealing printer ink [...

Walton County deputy found dead at home www.privateofficer.com

Posted on September 27, 2010
Walton County Fla Sept 27 2010 The Walton County Sheriff?s Office was investigating the death of one of its own Sunday night. Sheriff?s Deputy Todd McQuillan was found dead in his home. At the present time the cause of death is unknown, however there appears to be no signs of foul play...

Teacher charged with rape of student www.privateofficer.com

Posted on September 27, 2010
Memphis TN Sept 27 2010 Officers found a Raleigh man with his 17-year-old student at his home Friday at about 11 a.m. after the girl’s mother reported to police she believed the two were having a relationship. The juvenile victim, who was found hiding in her biology teacher’s bedroom closet, told officers she has been [...

Security aid in capture of rape suspect www.privateofficer.com

Posted on September 27, 2010
Memphis TN Sept 27 2010 A South Memphis man is in jail without bond after he allegedly tried to rape a 24-year-old woman in a Downtown parking garage early Saturday morning. It’s the second sexual assault in that garage in less than two weeks. Bernard Richmond, 45, was arrested at 2:48 a...

NJ mall security officers catch counterfeiters www.privateofficer.com

Posted on September 27, 2010
PARAMUS NJ Sept 27 2010 ? Two Queens men were arrested yesterday after a $2,000 shopping spree at the Garden State Plaza funded entirely by counterfeit bills. Police said that the men bought clothing, DVDs, and other items from Victoria?s Secret, Macy?s and other stores before finally getting caught around 4:30 p...

Woman sues WV hospital-security for injuries-intimidation www.privateofficer.com

Posted on September 27, 2010
HUNTINGTON WV Sept 27 2010 — A woman is suing St. Mary’s Medical Center after she claims she was intimidated by a security guard and caused to fall. On Aug. 28, 2008, Judy A. Doss was outside of the defendant’s old emergency entrance when she was approached by a security guard, according to a complaint [...

School security attacked-11 arrested in Georgia www.privateofficer.com

Posted on September 27, 2010
CUTHBERT, GA�Sept 27 2010�? Nearly a dozen Randolph-Clay High school students were arrested after a fight and likely will be kicked out of school. Officials say 11 students beat up a school system security guard, but a school board member thinks that employee is at least partly to blame...

High ranking Wackenhut executives charged with bilking Miami-Dade www.privateofficer.com

Posted on September 26, 2010
Miami Fla Sept 26 2010 Two high-level executives for the security firm Wackenhut surrendered to police Friday to face accusations of overbilling Miami-Dade taxpayers, after former company underlings provided damning testimony to investigators. According to court documents released Friday, former Wackenhut supervisor Robert Alvarado told police that he met with executives Rene J...

Armored car robbers sentenced to prison www.privateofficer.com

Posted on September 26, 2010
Davenport IA Sept 26 2010 His father raised him in a strict home and taught him to live a law-abiding, family-centered life. But James T. Hohlfeld, 26, convicted of stealing a quarter-million dollars from a parked armored car in Davenport, was exposed to a different lifestyle when he would stay at his mother?s home on [...

Campus trespasser takes police on wild chase while handcuffed www.privateofficer.com

Posted on September 26, 2010
PORT ARTHUR, TEXAS Sept 26 2010 – A woman slipped through a 12-inch opening in the back of a cop car and stole the vehicle, leading police on a chase that reached speeds of 100 miles per hour. And she did it all while handcuffed. According to a news release from Port Arthur police, Candace [...

LP agents bust major theft ring at Wal-Mart www.privateofficer.com

Posted on September 26, 2010
Hempfield Township PA Sept 26 2010 Police in Mercer County made six arrests Friday in what appears to be a major theft ring. The suspects are accused of stealing tens of thousands of dollars in merchandise from Wal-Mart. Police say the group was arrested after being caught in the act at a Hempfield Township Wal-Mart...

Mall security nab car burglars after chase www.privateofficer.com

Posted on September 26, 2010
Riverside CA Sept 26 2010 On Saturday, Sept. 18 at 11:20 a.m., deputies from the Cabazon Station of the Riverside County Sheriff?s Department responded to the Desert Hills Premium Outlet Mall regarding an attempt vehicle theft and burglary that just occurred...

Massachussetts trooper charged in chaotic DUI crash www.privateofficer.com

Posted on September 26, 2010
Boston MA Sept 26 2010 A Massachusetts State Police trooper and Army war hero was arrested after a chaotic scene unfolded early yesterday morning when he allegedly drove drunk and crashed his car on his Dorchester street, pointed a gun at an off-duty Boston police officer, and then ran into his house and fired his [...

Prescription drugs killing many Georgia citizens www.privateofficer.com

Posted on September 26, 2010
DECATUR, GA Sept 26 2010– Drugs you find in your medicine cabinet are killing more Georgians that drugs you find on the street. More and more people are dying every day from overdoses of prescription drugs. It has become such a big problem that police agencies throughout Metro Atlanta are holding prescription drug take backs [...

Conroe Texas police officer sentenced to prison for bank robbery www.privateofficer.com

Posted on September 26, 2010
CONROE, Texas Sept 26 2010 ?A former sergeant with the Conroe Police Department was sentenced Friday to 87 months in federal prison without parole on bank robbery charges. Michael E. Tindall was convicted in March of 2010 for the 2008 robbery of the First Bank of Conroe...

Casino officers nab man with drugs, possible bomb www.privateofficer.com

Posted on September 24, 2010
TEMECULA CA Sept 24 2010 – A man allegedly caught carrying methamphetamine today outside the Pechanga Resort Casino in Temecula was also briefly suspected of possessing a bomb until authorities verified it was only fireworks. Edwin Jay Clausen, 30, was arrested on suspicion of being in possession of a controlled substance and possessing illegal fireworks, [...

Mall security take down organized shoplifting gang www.privateofficer.com

Posted on September 24, 2010
SACRAMENTO CA Sepot 24 2010 Authorities said mall security helped take down an organized, efficient shoplifting ring at Arden Fair Mall, and have been relying on new tactics to catch other suspects. A group of female suspects arrived to the mall in a stolen car, according to Arden Fair Mall security director Steve Reed, and [...

Security officer nabs purse snatcher www.privateofficer.com

Posted on September 24, 2010
Seattle Wa Sept 24 2010 The 37-year-old woman was walking home from her bus stop when the thief surprised her from behind and grabbed her purse off shoulder, then ran off. Lynnwood Today reader Daniel S. saw the whole thing go down. ?I heard a female screeching repeatedly...

Berkeley police officer charged with molesting teen www.privateofficer.com

Posted on September 24, 2010
Berkley CA Sept 24 2010 A police officer is out of a job and has now been arrested amid allegations that he sexually molested a 15-year-old girl. News 4 first told you about the accusations against Dan Peterson Wednesday, but on Thursday he was released from jail until prosecutors review the case...

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