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Baptist Hospital employee receives prison term in identity theft cases www.privateofficer.com

Posted on May 08, 2010
Montgomery AL May 8 2010 Adrienne Denise Stovall, 30, a former employee of a Montgomery area hospital, has been sentenced to 24 months and 1 day in federal prison for wire fraud and stealing the identities of patients, according to a press release from U...

Edmond Okl teacher charged with grand larceny www.privateofficer.com

Posted on May 08, 2010
Edmond, Okla. May 8 2010 Source:KSBI– A teacher with the Edmond Public School District has been arrested for shoplifting. Police say Edmond Santa Fe teacher Michelle Hostler, 40, was taken into custody after attempting to steal several items from the Walmart at 2200 W...

Mother arrested for leaving 3 yr old at Wal-Mart www.privateofficer.com

Posted on May 08, 2010
Cincinnati OH May 8 2010 Police charged a Northside woman with endangering children after she left her 3-year-old in a Walmart store Thursday night and didn?t realize the girl was missing until Friday morning, when a relative told her she had seen the child on the news, according to the official complaint filed Friday in [...

Georgia deputy killed during drug raid www.privateofficer.com

Posted on May 08, 2010
ROCKDALE COUNTY, Ga.May 8 2010 — Authorities have identified a sheriff’s deputy who was shot and killed in Rockdale County Saturday afternoon during an exchange of gunfire. The shooting happened in the 3400 block of Sand Hill Lane, south of Conyers, the Conyers police chief said...

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OFFICER DOWN CALIFORNIA

Posted on May 08, 2010
Pilot Officer Danny Benavides California Highway Patrol California End of Watch: Friday, May 7, 2010 Biographical Info Age: 39 Tour of Duty: 13 years Badge Number: Not available Incident Details Cause of Death: Aircraft accident Date of Incident: Friday, May 7, 2010 Weapon Used: Not available Suspect Info: Not available Officer Danny Benavides was killed [...

Columbus GA teacher charged with sexual battery www.privateofficer.com

Posted on May 08, 2010
Columbus GA May 8 2010 A Central High School teacher has been arrested and charged with sexual battery, according to Columbus police. Corey Abercrombie, an English teacher at Central High in Phenix City, turned himself in to police on a warrant today at around 2 p...

Phoenix teacher arrested with child porn on computer www.privateofficer.com

Posted on May 08, 2010
PHOENIX AZ May 8 2010 Source:ABC15.com — A Phoenix elementary school teacher has been arrested on charges of receiving and possessing child pornography. Federal officials say Tyler A. Townley, 30, a fifth grade teacher at Sun Canyon Elementary School near 83rd Avenue and Buckeye Road, was arrested at his home on Thursday...

San Antonio guard charged with thefts www.privateofficer.com

Posted on May 08, 2010
San Antonio TX May 8 2010 A security officer was charged Wednesday with taking cash from night deposits from several Victoria stores. Arturo Militon Rodriguez of San Antonio was charged with theft of property between $20,000 and $100,000. The 21-year-old had worked for the security company that picked up the night deposits since December...

Containment chamber lowered over leaking Gulf oil rig www.privateofficer.com

Posted on May 07, 2010
Gulf of Mexico May 7 2010 Source:Advocate News Sixteen days after an explosion on a rig caused an estimated 210,000 gallons of oil to spew into the Gulf of Mexico each day, oil reached the beaches of the Chandeleur Islands, and BP officials lowered a containment chamber into the water to capture the leaking oil...

Parkridge police lay off officers www.privateofficer.com

Posted on May 07, 2010
Parkridge IL May 7 2010 parkridge advocate A reduction in traffic enforcement, fewer officers on the street and longer response times for some nonemergency calls could be the new reality for the city of Park Ridge following the layoffs of six members of the Police Department...

Mall brawl ends with 5 arrests www.privateofficer.com

Posted on May 07, 2010
MONROEVILLE, Pa.May 7 2010 — Police have charged five people with disorderly conduct after a fight broke out inside the Monroeville Mall. http://www.wpxi.com/news/23476619/detail.html One of the women in the fight is Lissa Walls,38, a mother of two...

Orlando school resource officer charged with money laundering

Posted on May 07, 2010
ORLANDO, Fla. May 7 2010 WESH.com A school resource officer for the Orlando Police Department was accused of money laundering Wednesday. Police said Officer Amy Bretches, who has received several honors and commendations for her service, stole $200,000 worth of FEMA money...

LA security officer shoots robbery suspect www.privateofficer.com

Posted on May 07, 2010
PASADENA CA May 7 2010 — A man showed up at Huntington Hospital in Pasadena after apparently being shot by a security guard during a failed robbery in Los Angeles, authorities said. Hospital officials reported a gunshot wound victim had arrived in the emergency room about 12:06 p...

Redstone Arsenal explosion kills two

Posted on May 07, 2010
HUNTSVILLE, AL May 7 2010– Redstone Arsenal officials have identified the two men killed in an explosion yesterday as Jerry A. Grimes of Hartselle and James R. Hawke Jr. of Hazel Green. Grimes, 58, and Hawke, 53, died Wednesday night at the University of Alabama at Birmingham Burn Center...

TSA officer charged with assaulting co-worker www.privateofficer.com

Posted on May 07, 2010
Miami Fla May 7 2010 A Miami International Airport federal security screener has been arrested for allegedly using an expandable police baton to beat up a co-worker. The source of their conflict, police say: daily ribbing about the size of the screener’s genitalia...

Methane gas caused Deepwater oil rig exposion

Posted on May 07, 2010
ON THE GULF OF MEXICO MAY 7 2010 �(AP) ? The deadly blowout of an oil rig in the Gulf of Mexico was triggered by a bubble of methane gas that escaped from the well and shot up the drill column, expanding quickly as it burst through several seals and barriers before exploding, according to [...

Wal-Mart employees nabbed stealing $24,000 of tires www.privateofficer.com

Posted on May 07, 2010
Hanover, Md.May 7 2010 By: Rick McCann/Staff PRIVATE OFFICER NEWS http://www.privateofficer.com/ Authorities are investigating a case of retail grand larceny after five employees of Wal-Mart were nabbed by loss prevention agents taking $240,000 of tires and other merchandise from a Walmart store in the city...

NYPD officer charged in drug robberies www.privateofficer.com

Posted on May 07, 2010
New York City NY May 7 2010 A New York police officer has been arrested on federal charges for his role in helping a violent robbery crew impersonate police officers so they could rob drug traffickers during bogus raids. The officer, Emannuel Tavarez, supplied the crew with raid jackets that bore the ?N...

Store security captures Texas fugitive www.privateofficer.com

Posted on May 07, 2010
LINDEN NJ May 7 2010 ? A man wanted on a drug-related charge in Texas was arrested Wednesday night after he was caught shoplifting at a ShopRite in Linden, police said. Officers responded at 10:19 p.m. to the store at 637 West Edgar Road, where a security guard had a shoplifting suspect in custody, police [...

Taggers nabbed at San Antonio mall www.privateofficer.com

Posted on May 07, 2010
SAN ANTONIO TX May 7 2010 — Two men are in jail after they were arrested for tagging at Rivercenter Mall. Police say it was early Friday morning when mall security caught the two men on surveillance video. According to police, the two men, in their 20?s, were caught on camera spray painting bathrooms, pillars [...

Five arrested in death of Nashville girl www.privateofficer.com

Posted on May 07, 2010
NASHVILLE, Tenn.May 7 2010 Source:News5 �- Police said they have charged five men in the death of a 12-year-old girl. Mikia Woodland was shot during a home invasion in July of 2009. The men arrested were Ralphael Turner, 20, Justin Howard, 22, Jeffrey Dale Foxx, 20, and Cedric Peppers, 26...

Bored Fla man calls California police claiming he?s raping boy www.privateofficer.com

Posted on May 07, 2010
BOYNTON BEACH, Fla.May 7 2010 — A Boynton Beach man has been charged with prank calling California police and telling them he was raping a 15-year-old boy at a nearby hotel. Redding Police searched local hotels Thursday but couldn’t find the caller...

Pastor Jinwright, wife found guilty on fraud,tax evasion

Posted on May 06, 2010
CHARLOTTE, N.C. — A federal jury has found Charlotte pastors Anthony and Harriet Jinwright guilty on numerous charges in their four-week trial on fraud and tax evasion charges. Anthony Jinwright was found guilty on 17 of 18 counts. His wife was found guilty on four of 13 charges...

Birmingham nightclub guard shot www.privateofficer.com

Posted on May 06, 2010
BIRMINGHAM, AL May 6 2010 (WBRC) – After a double shooting at Sensations strip club over the weekend, Birmingham City Councilors are saying ?I told you so.? Back when the club originally applied for its business license, councilors denied it after getting dozens of complaints from citizens and mayors from 2 other cities...

Kenosha teacher charged with sex assault of student www.privateofficer.com

Posted on May 06, 2010
KENOSHA WI May 6 2010 – A physical education teacher from Indian Trail High School was charged Tuesday with having a sexual relationship with a 17-year-old student. According to court records, 46-year-old Gregory D. Nelson, of Kenosha, began a personal relationship with the girl, whom he said was depressed and had problems at home and [...

Nye County DA charged with embezzlement www.privateofficer.com

Posted on May 06, 2010
PAHRUMP, Nev.May 6 2010 — Nye County District Attorney Robert Beckett was arrested Wednesday morning on numerous counts. The Nye County Sheriff’s Office says 49-year-old Beckett is facing 20 counts of fraudulent appropriation of funds, 20 counts of misconduct, as well one count of embezzlement and one count of malfeasance...

Guard charged with falsely reporting robbery www.privateofficer.com

Posted on May 06, 2010
PASCAGOULA MS May 6 2010 — Charles Tyler White, 19, of Monaco Lake Drive, was arrested and charged with falsely reporting a burglary of the Rolls Royce Company’s shop building on Industrial Road Sunday night, according to the city Police Department...

Mall security officers charged in burglaries www.privateofficer.com

Posted on May 06, 2010
Wheaton MD May 6 2010 Montgomery County Police arrested two security guards who worked at Westfield Wheaton Shopping Center and one Takoma Park man Wednesday morning for stealing more than $50,000 worth of jewelry and cash from a store inside the downtown Wheaton mall, said Cpl...

Mo. police arrest wanted GA murder suspect www.privateofficer.com

Posted on May 06, 2010
Frontenac MO May 6 2010 Walking through one of metro St. Louis’ wealthiest communities proved the undoing of a Georgia murder suspect. Police in Griffin had been looking for Devarryl J. Batten, 23, since an April 11 killing in which he’s accused of shooting and stabbing a man over money...

CT State Police pull out of school policing www.privateofficer.com

Posted on May 06, 2010
Hartford CT May 6 2010 Source: Hartford Courant The state police are suspending their school resource officer program, removing 19 troopers from schools and assigning them to patrol duty, to save $1.2 million. The suspension, effective July 1, may be lifted when the state’s financial woes improve or after a new trooper cadet class graduates, [...

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