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LODD- Shelton CT SGT. killed by DUI driver www.privateofficer.com

Posted on July 07, 2010
SHELTON CT July 7 2010 ? ? A 39-year veteran of the Shelton Police Department died as a result of internal injuries he received when he was hit by a drunk driver late Saturday night, according to police. Sgt. Orville Smith was on duty directing traffic at a private fireworks event when he was hit [...

Man gets prison for DUI in parked car www.privateofficer.com

Posted on July 07, 2010
St. Paul MN. July 7 2010 It seems like it could be a storyline out Steven Spielberg’s 2002 movie, Minority Report: a Minnesota man was convicted of a DUI offense in a car that wasn’t moving. What’s even more surprising: the car wouldn’t start at all...

Metro Nashville police closed down nuisance hotel www.privateofficer.com

Posted on July 07, 2010
NASHVILLE, Tenn.July 7 2010 — Metro police and the district attorney?s office are shutting down a south Nashville motel Wednesday that they said has become a hangout for prostitutes and drug dealers. The Harding Inn, located at 350 Harding Place, was declared a public nuisance and shut down by a Nashville court...

Teen security guard sent to prison for arson ww.privateofficer.com

Posted on July 07, 2010
CLARKSVILLE, Tenn.July 7 2010 — A former security guard has been given a four-year prison sentence on his guilty plea to setting fires in an old Clarksville hospital building. Thomas Jerry Sexton — who is 19 years old — was sentenced Tuesday in Clarksville...

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Man arrested inside Kenner Wal-Mart maturbating www.privateofficer.com

Posted on July 06, 2010
KENNER, La. July 6 2010 A Kenner man on parole and with a long history of obscenity arrests and convictions was arrested again on Sunday, police said. Ricky Scott, 55, of Kenner, was arrested and charged with obscenity after an incident at the Walmart on Veterans Boulevard...

Wrigley Field security subdue man who ran onto field www.privateofficer.com

Posted on July 06, 2010
Chicago IL July 6 2010 A Downers Grove man who ran onto Wrigley Field during a Chicago Cubs game was arrested Sunday afternoon. Thomas Berkowitz, 23, of the 5800 block of Walnut Avenue, Downers Grove, was arrested at 4:02 p.m. Sunday and cited for violating a city ordinance for illegal conduct within a sports facility, [...

Houston nightclub security shoot-kill unruly man www.privateofficer.com

Posted on July 06, 2010
HOUSTON TX July 6 2010 — A man’s decision to return to a bar where he had been kicked out to start firing shots cost him his life. The man was killed and a woman was wounded after a security guard returned fire outside El Antro on Ogden near the Gulf Freeway...

Prominent Manhattan doctor dies in plane wreck www.privateofficer.com

Posted on July 06, 2010
New Jersey July 6 2010 A prominent Manhattan doctor and two relatives died Monday when the private plane she was piloting crashed in flames after an aborted landing at a New Jersey airport, authorities said. Rheumatologist Margaret Smith, 70, a licensed pilot, was at the controls of a single-engine Cirrus SR22 when it went down [...

Police arrest two for violent attacks on police agency www.privateofficer.com

Posted on July 06, 2010
Hemet CA July 6 2010 Ppolice arrested two suspects, one a convicted felon, for seven violent attacks against the police agency that have put this small Riverside County city on edge for months, authorities announced Saturday. Nicholas John Smit, 40, of Hemet, was charged with attempted murder of a police officer and building a potentially [...

Detroit parents could face jail for missied meetings www.privateofficer.com

Posted on July 06, 2010
DETROIT MI July 6 2010 ? The night Demarco Harris shot and killed a woman during a robbery on a Detroit street, his parents told police knocking on their door at 2 a.m. they didn’t know where their 12-year-old was. Wayne County Prosecutor Kym Worthy said that’s indicative of a larger issue in Detroit, where [...

Roseburg Oregon teacher faces 500 sex crime charges www.privateofficer.com

Posted on July 06, 2010
ROSEBURG, Ore. July 6 2010- Police arrested a third-grade teacher on 500 criminal counts stemming from child porn officers said they found on his computer. Steven Derlacki, 28, of Roseburg was arrested Sunday afternoon after officers investigated information that he may have had child pornography on his computer...

Security guard helps woman on fire www.privateofficer.com

Posted on July 06, 2010
GREENSBORO N.C. July 6 2010 (WGHP) – An 85-year-old woman suffered serious burns over nearly 50 percent of her body Tuesday when her clothes caught fire inside her room at a retirement community. Maxine Hall, a resident at Wellspring Retirement Community, was heating water for coffee when her clothes came in contact with the burner [...

Ga. teacher charged with trying to entice child www.privateofficer.com

Posted on July 06, 2010
RINGGOLD, Ga.July 6 2010 – A former teacher is in custody for allegedly attempting to have sex with a child. FBI officials say Richard Williams — 47-years-old — was arrested Monday after he allegedly traveled to Ringgold in an effort to have sex with a minor child...

Nightclub security injured during fracas www.privateofficer.com

Posted on July 05, 2010
PORT ST. LUCIE FLA July 5 2010 ? A 25-year-old Port St. Lucie man was charged with aggravated battery early Friday morning after city police officers were told he hit a nightclub bouncer on the head with a champagne bottle after being told he couldn?t smoke a cigarette in the club?s VIP room...

Funny money no joke for small businesses www.privateofficer.com

Posted on July 05, 2010
Los Angeles CA July 5 2010 Funny money is no joke for small-business owners. Counterfeit cash cuts into profits at firms, many of which are already struggling in the tight economy, and puts pressure on prices. The fake bills can be hard to spot with an untrained eye, and sophisticated digital printers have made it [...

Racetrack security officer ran over by hit-run driver www.privateofficer.com

Posted on July 05, 2010
Arlington Heights IL July 5 2010 By: Brett Davis/STaff PRIVATE OFFICER NEWS http://www.privateofficer.com/��City police and Arlington Heights and Rolling Meadows firefighter/paramedics responded about 11:10 p.m. Saturday to a hit-and-run personal injury accident at Gate 1 at Arlington Park Racetrack...

5 Dead in Texas air ambulance crash www.privateofficer.com

Posted on July 05, 2010
ALPINE, Texas July 5 2010 – A patient and his wife were among the dead when an air ambulance crashed shortly after takeoff from a West Texas airport, killing all 5 people on board. The crash happened about 12:15 a.m. Sunday about a mile east of Alpine-Casparis Municipal Airport, around 200 miles southeast of El [...

Police, store security injured making shoplifting arrest www.privateofficer.com

Posted on July 04, 2010
BRISTOL CT July 4 2010 – A police officer was injured Saturday capturing a Plainville man suspected of the mid-day robbery at the local Home Depot. At 12:02 p.m., officers were detailed to the Home Depot, 1149 Farmington Ave., on a complaint of a robbery in progress...

K-Mart shoplifter shoots 2 police officers www.privateofficer.com

Posted on July 04, 2010
Burbank CA July 4 2010 The routine arrest of a shoplifting suspect at a Kmart in Burbank went badly awry Friday when the man grabbed a gun and shot two police officers, bouncing three shots off one officer?s bullet-proof vest before being subdued, authorities said...

Cleveland Browns Robaire Smith arrested for gun at airport

Posted on July 04, 2010
Flint MI July 4 2010 Browns defensive lineman Robaire Smith was charged this week with having a loaded gun last year at a Michigan airport, according to a newspaper report. The Flint Journal reported that Smith had a loaded gun in his carry-on bag at Bishop Airport in November...

Boca Raton Resort security?s actions stops fire www.privateofficer.com

Posted on July 04, 2010
BOCA RATON FLA July 4 2010 Firefighters extinguished a fire in the second-floor store room early Saturday morning at the Boca Raton Resort. Security officers saw smoke around 4:30 a.m. and called 911, according to Boca Raton Fire-Rescue. Firefighters extinguished the blaze quickly with help from the building’s fire sprinkler system...

Atlanta Post Office Robbed www.privateofficer.com

Posted on July 04, 2010
Atlanta GA July 4 2010 By: Brett Davis/Staff PRIVATE OFFICER NEWS http://www.privateofficer.com/ It’s not often that someone is brazen enough to hold up a post office but it happened in Atlanta Georgia. Police say that a man walked into the Lakewood post office in southwest Atlanta on Friday and pointed a gun at the clerk’s [...

Orlando police officer, wife charged in ticket scheme www.privateofficer.com

Posted on July 04, 2010
Orlando FLA July 4 2010 An Orlando police Officer Wendell Robey was a high-school resource officer who moonlighted at Universal Orlando. Investigators said he had another side business: illegal Universal and Walt Disney World ticket sales on the classified advertising website craigslist...

Mn. security firm sees new demands for K-9 unit www.privateofficer.com

Posted on July 03, 2010
Rochester Mn. July 3 2010 Premier Security, a Rochester security firm, has been providing protective services for VIPs for years, but within the last year and a half, a new demand has emerged: The ability to conduct searches of private property for explosives and thus prevent an assassination attempt on a high-level official...

Az. teacher caught in sex act with teenager www.privateofficer.com

Posted on July 03, 2010
STANFIELD, AZ July 3 2010- Authorities say a Stanfield teacher was arrested Wednesday night for allegedly having sex with a 14-year-old former student. According to the Pinal County Sheriff’s Office, 26-year-old Andrea Martinez was expected to be booked into jail Thursday afternoon, and charged with child molestation and sexual conduct with a minor...

Rite-Aid security officer assaulted by shoplifter www.privateofficer.com

Posted on July 03, 2010
Bridgeton NJ July 3 2010 By: Brett Davis/Staff PRIVATE OFFICER NEWS http://www.privateofficer.com/ �A security officer attempting to detain Jerome L. Young, 29, of Port Norris, was assaulted and Young arrested early Friday on the charge of robbery. Police say that Young had been caught by the security guard at the East Broad Street Rite Aid [...

Rite-Aid pharmacist charged in drug thefts www.privateofficer.com

Posted on July 03, 2010
MODESTO, Calif. July 3 2010 A Modesto pharmacist has been arrested after he was caught stealing hundreds of prescription pills and drinking on the job, according to police. Police arrested 61-year-old Dennis Zetter of Stockton after being called to a Rite Aid Pharmacy on Oakdale Road in Modesto on Wednesday to investigate a theft...

Security guard murder suspect acquitted of charges www.privateofficer.com

Posted on July 03, 2010
Palm Springs CA July 3 2010 A reputed gang member was acquitted today of charges stemming from the robbery and beating death of a 66-year-old security guard in Palm Springs. Darius Lee, 21, was found not guilty of first-degree murder and other charges stemming from the June 9, 2007, attack on Bower Security Co...

Alert security officers tip leads to burglary arrests

Posted on July 03, 2010
Laguna Beach CA July 3 2010 Four men were arrested at 7:45 a.m. today on suspicion of stealing items from unlocked vehicles at the Montage Resort Laguna, Laguna Beach Police Lt. Jason Kravetz said. At 7:30 a.m., security officers at Montage reported a suspicious-looking Honda Civic on the property, which drove away when the security [...

Suicidal man shoots self at Ohio hospital www.privateofficer.com

Posted on July 03, 2010
WARRENSVILLE HEIGHTS OH July 3 2010 — Police Chief Frank Bova said the department is investigating an incident where a man shot himself outside the emergency room at South Pointe Hospital, a Cleveland Clinic hospital, about 9:30 a.m. Friday. Police say Michael Allen, 41, of Shaker Heights, arrived at the hospital where he announced he [...

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