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Harrison County deputy charged with extortion www.privateofficer.com

Posted on May 22, 2010
HARRISON COUNTY, MS May 22 2010 (WLOX) – A Harrison County Sheriff’s deputy has been charged with extortion. Sheriff Melvin Brisolara said Thursday 34-year-old Ronald Roach of Pass Christian was arrested on a felony charge of extortion and hindrance of prosecution...

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

Posted on May 22, 2010
Nicholasville KY May 22 2010 Police in Nicholasville arrested two men after a search initiated thanks to a sharp-eyed security guard early Friday morning. Police say the two suspects stole some equipment from the yard of the Bluegrass Energy complex. Officers have not said exactly what the men stole...

Security officer injured during robbery www.privateofficer.com

Posted on May 22, 2010
Wichita KS May 22 2010 By: Brett Davis/Staff PRIVATE OFFICER NEWS http://www.privateofficer.com/ Wichita police are investigating an attempted robbery of the Al Noor Grocery & Biryani House where a security officer was injured. Police say around five o’clock Wednesday afternoon, two suspects entered the store and tried to rob the store owner...

Harrington Raceway security help nab attempted murder suspect www.privateofficer.com

Posted on May 22, 2010
Harrington DE May 22 2010 By: Rick McCann/Staff PRIVATE OFFICER NEWS http://www.privateofficer.com/ Authorities have made an arrest of a man wanted in a shooting in Seaford last month. According to police, Harrington Raceway security personnel spotted Leondre Williams and notified police...

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JetBlue pilot threatens suicide at Boston airport www.privateofficer.com

Posted on May 22, 2010
BOSTON MA May 22 2010 (CBS) ? A JetBlue pilot was pulled from a flight Thursday night after claiming he wanted to commit suicide “in spectacular fashion.” A JetBlue pilot was pulled from a flight Thursday night after claiming he wanted to commit suicide “in spectacular fashion...

Columbus reserve officer dies www.privateofficer.com

Posted on May 22, 2010
Columbus OH May 22 2010 source”columbus dispatch Whenever Blendon Township held its annual spring park cleanup, Township Trustee Jerry Ward would always be there. And he wouldn’t be sitting on the sidelines supervising. Ward would wear a “big sloppy hat” and get his hands dirty spreading mulch or driving a tractor, said fellow Trustee Stew [...

Former security officers sue for wrongful termination www.privateofficer.com

Posted on May 22, 2010
Brownsville TX May 22 2010 Ten former security guards at Willacy County Regional Detention Facility have filed a wrongful termination lawsuit against Management & Training Corp. of Centerville, Utah, and two company officials claiming they were fired for refusing to make false statements...

Police honor security officer for aiding carjacking victim www.privateofficer.com

Posted on May 22, 2010
Salt Lake City Ut May 22 2010 Chad Butterfield was working his routine shift as a security guard at the Foothill Place Apartments in Salt Lake City when he heard a scream. Butterfield traced the source of the noise on June 24, 2009, to a parking stall at the apartment complex, where he found a [...

Facebook,MySpace caught giving out personal data www.privateofficer.com

Posted on May 22, 2010
Atlanta GA May 22 2010 In a seemingly never-ending string of damaging disclosures about its users’ privacy concerns, Facebook has reportedly been releasing user data to ad companies that hadn’t even asked for the info. Facebook isn’t alone this time: rival social-media site MySpace has also been called out in Friday’s Wall Street Journal report [...

Police charge twin girls with killing mother www.privateofficer.com

Posted on May 22, 2010
CONYERS, Ga.May 22 2010 — Police said they have made two arrests four months after a mother was found stabbed to death at her home in Conyers. Authorities announced Friday that they have charged the victim’s twin daughters, Jasmiyah and Tasmiyah Whitehead, and said that the 16-year-olds will be tried as adults...

Pastor admits to killing deacon in love triangle www.privateofficer.com

Posted on May 22, 2010
ROME, Ga.May 22 2010 source:wsbtv — Former pastor Richard Scott Harper pleaded guilty to the 2004 killing of church deacon Thad John Reynolds Wednesday. Harper killed Thad Reynolds in a deadly love triangle, police said. As part of the plea deal, Harper will testify against his former lover and Thad Reynolds’ widow, Michelle Sullins Reynolds, [...

Ga. court orders woman to write 2500 sentences as punishment for passing school bus www.privateofficer.com

Posted on May 22, 2010
FOREST PARK, Ga.May 22 2010 — Nancy Nguyen, 19, stares at the blank pages in her composition book but can’t bring herself to begin writing. The college student isn’t at a loss for words for an English assignment. She’s refusing to write 2,500 sentences she said the Forest Park solicitor ordered her to write after [...

Jail escapee caught at Wal-Mart shopping for clothes www.privateofficer.com

Posted on May 22, 2010
FORSYTH COUNTY, Ga.May 22 2010 – A Forsyth County Jail escapee was captured at a Walmart in Cumming Thursday afternoon, according to a statement from the Forsyth County Sheriff?s Office. Authorities said Timothy Eric Gibson, 34, escaped from the adult detention center Wednesday afternoon...

Former Wal-Mart employee arrested in robbery www.privateofficer.com

Posted on May 21, 2010
CEDAR CITY Utah May 21 2010 – Off-duty Cedar City police officer on a Walmart shopping trip ended up arresting a man after he allegedly tried to rob the store Friday. Christian Robison-Han-chett, 20, 1368 W. 4200 South, Taylorsville, reportedly pretended to shop at the store...

Customer accidentally shot at Bass Pro Store www.privateofficer.com

Posted on May 21, 2010
RANCHO CUCAMONGA, Calif.May 21 2010 (AP) – A man checking in weapons at the Bass Pro Shops store in Rancho Cucamonga accidentally shot a woman shopping nearby. San Bernardino County sheriff’s spokeswoman Tracy Dorsey says the 52-year-old Chino Hills man, whose name wasn’t released, brought six guns to test fire Sunday afternoon when the ...

Ohio police, mall security team up in shoplifting busts www.privateofficer.com

Posted on May 21, 2010
MONROE OH May 21 2010 ? Thieves considering stealing items from stores at Cincinnati Premium Outlets should reconsider, one Monroe police detective is saying. That?s because the Monroe Police Department is being proactive in arresting criminals at the mall near Interstate 75 off Ohio 63 in Warren County, said Detective Ken Parson...

Teenage shoplifter stabs Wal-Mart manager www.privateofficer.com

Posted on May 21, 2010
FOLSOM, CA May 21 2010- A 13-year-old boy was arrested late Thursday night in the robbery and stabbing of a Wal-Mart store manager earlier in the day, according to police. Folsom police spokesman Jason Browning said the boy confessed to his parents who then told police around 10 p...

Alabama bail bonds employee arrested for drug trafficking www.privateofficer.com

Posted on May 21, 2010
TUSCALOOSA AL May 21 2010 — Police in Tuscaloosa said narcotics investigators have arrested a bail bondswoman accused of trafficking Oxycontin. Tuscaloosa police spokesman Officer Brent Blankley said 28-year-old Rose Mary Talton was the subject of a two-month investigation...

Port Chester police officer commits suicide www.privateofficer.com

Posted on May 21, 2010
PORT CHESTER NY May 21 2010 ? A 35-year active member of the Port Chester police department was found dead in his home this morning in an apparent suicide, police chief Joseph Krzeminski said. Detective Michael Gaj, 58, a Port Chester resident, was found at his North Regent Street home by police sent to check [...

Balloon with white powder closes Philly mall www.privateofficer.com

Posted on May 21, 2010
Philadelphia PA May 21 2010 A section of Independence Mall was evacuated for more than three hours Thursday after a security guard found a deflated balloon filled with white powder near the entrance to the Liberty Bell. Preliminary tests have determined the powder was not explosive or radiological, and there was no indication that it [...

School security officers hidden talent to shine at concert

Posted on May 21, 2010
North Jersey May 21 2010 source:northjersey.com Steve Bell, the artistic director of the Teaneck Community Chorus, is also the vocal music teacher at Teaneck High School. When he met the high school’s security guard, Caroline Ramirez, he realized he found the perfect percussion player for the chorus’ forthcoming concert based on Latin-American music...

Gang related stabbing at Ventura mall, 3 arrested www.privateofficer.com

Posted on May 21, 2010
Ventura CA May 21 2010 A stabbing at a local mall is being blamed on rival gang members. It happened just before closing at the Pacific View Mall in Ventura Wednesday night. Mall Security broke up a fight on the second floor and then escorted the groups to the door...

New Orleans school security officer fired for handcuffing child www.privateofficer.com

Posted on May 21, 2010
New Orleans LA May 21 2010 A security officer at Sarah T. Reed Elementary was fired this week for handcuffing a 6-year-old student to a chair, a Recovery School District spokesman said on Thursday. Sarah T. Reed Elementary SchoolAn internal investigation determined that the officer handcuffed the boy at the eastern New Orleans school on [...

Man convicted in Texas security officer slaying www.privateofficer.com

Posted on May 21, 2010
FORT WORTH TX May 21 2010 source:star-telegram — A 25-year-old Dallas man was convicted of capital murder and sentenced to life in prison Thursday in the 2008 shooting death of a security guard at a game room in east Arlington. Jurors deliberated less than two hours before finding Kerry Michael Dronso guilty of killing Ali [...

Former DeKalb County police chief indicted for taking bribes

Posted on May 21, 2010
Atlanta GA May 21 2010 A DeKalb County police officer who was once a Deputy Chief has been indicted by a federal grand jury for taking bribes during the time he held the rank of Deputy Chief. Donald E. Frank of Monroe, Ga. was arraigned Wednesday, accused of soliciting and “accepting bribes to influence the [...

Florida man arrested after hotel robbery, rape www.privateofficer.com

Posted on May 21, 2010
ST. PETE BEACH Fla May 21 2010 – A transient’s crime spree began with a robbery at the Don CeSar Beach Resort and ended with the rape of a woman sunbathing on the beach, authorities said. Travis Emmett Wiley, 29, was charged with sexual battery, strong-arm robbery, home invasion, driving with a revoked or suspended [...

Bouncers charged with murder after beating man www.privateofficer.com

Posted on May 21, 2010
Queensland AU May 21 2010 The first police officer on the scene of a fatal alleged bashing by three Gold Coast bouncers did not check whether the victim was alive before he handcuffed him. Senior Constable Benjamin Tonges told Brisbane Supreme Court yesterday he never touched Terii Tararo when he arrived at Fisherman’s Wharf Tavern [...

Wachovia VP charged with stealing $11 million from bank www.privateofficer.com

Posted on May 21, 2010
Chalotte NC May 21 2010 source:charlotte observor Terry Scott Welch led what seemed like a charmed life: a vice president position at Wachovia, a big house on Lake Norman with a pier, and glowing reviews from co-workers on his online resume. But the image was built on years of criminal acts, at least according to [...

FBI agent arrested in fraud scheme www.privateofficer.com

Posted on May 21, 2010
Nashville TN May 21 2010 An FBI special agent based in Nashville has been charged with fraud in connection with a mortgage scheme. Darin Lee McAllister, 44, of Brentwood, faces a total of 19 counts, including wire fraud and bank fraud, according to a news release from the U...

Fire chief suffers fatal heart attack on the way to fire

Posted on May 21, 2010
Oklahoma May 21 2010 The chief of the Crow Roost Fire Department suffered a fatal heart attack while en route to a structure fire yesterday, according to the USFA. Chief Paul Johnson, 63, was operating the department’s pumper when he became ill and asked Capt...

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