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Police charge man for fighting security www.privateofficer.com

Posted on April 14, 2010
SHIPPENSBURG,PA Tuesday, April 14 2010 – A man who allegedly tried to fight a Sheetz security guard was later charged with DUI and possession of marijuana. Shippensburg Police were called to the store after Jeremy Cressy, 33, of Greenleaf Road, Chambersburg, refused to leave and tried to fight a security guard...

Housing security shooting causes school lockdown www.privateofficer.com

Posted on April 14, 2010
San Francisco Ca april 14 2010 A suspect was arrested Tuesday for allegedly shooting at two public-housing security guards near an elementary school in San Francisco’s Bayview neighborhood, which forced a campus lockdown for more than two hours, police said...

Police arrest suspect in security officer shooting www.privateofficer.com

Posted on April 14, 2010
MEMPHIS, Tenn. April 14 2010- Memphis Police arrested a suspect in the April 2 shooting at the Crystal Palace skate rink in South Memphis where two security guards were injured. 20-year old Andrianne Kiser is charged with two counts Attempted Second Degree Murder, as well as Reckless Endangerment with a Deadly Weapon and Employment of a [...

1 Dead, 3 shot in Philly bar shooting www.privateofficer.com

Posted on April 14, 2010
PHILADELPHIA PA APRIL 14 2010 – One person is dead and three injured after a quadruple shooting inside a Philadelphia bar overnight. The shooting happened around 2 a.m. Wednesday at “Lid’s Bar” at 15th and Wingohocking streets in the city’s Logan section...

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Tacoma court officer wins national award www.privateofficer.com

Posted on April 14, 2010
Tacoma WA April 14 2010 For the past decade, it?s been Terri Wallace?s job to protect judicial officials at the Tacoma Federal Courthouse. And while she?s kept judges and other people safe, it?s what she did on her way home from work that has her receiving the Harry Belluomoni Court Security Officer of the Year Award...

NY teacher arrested for stealing student lunches www.privateofficer.com

Posted on April 14, 2010
Auburn, N.Y.April 14 2010 Source:WHAM.com�? A third grade teacher at Genesee Elementary School has been arrested for eating lunches provided by the school without paying for them. The teacher, Alan Robinson, would have students use their personal ID number to buy a school lunch, and then have them bring the lunch to his class for him, having [...

Courthouse guard in trouble for taking X-Ray of child www.privateofficer.com

Posted on April 13, 2010
Valencia County NM April 12 2010 Source: KOB. com�Eyewitness News 4 has learned a security officer at the Valencia County District Courthouse is in big trouble after putting a small boy on the conveyer belt and scanning him through the X-ray machine. Like all X-ray machines at courthouses, the machine at the courthouse is meant for scanning [...

Security guard charged with beach murders www.privateofficer.com

Posted on April 13, 2010
VENTURA, Calif.April 12 2010 AP�? Authorities say DNA evidence ties a man to the slaying of a pregnant woman and her husband at their beachfront home in Southern California while their two young children were home. Ventura County sheriff’s investigators said Monday they used a DNA database to link Joshua Packer to the May 2009 murders [...

Calvin College students face bomb charges www.privateofficer.com

Posted on April 13, 2010
GRAND RAPIDS MI April 12 2010 MLive.com�– Police have issued felony bomb-related warrants against three Calvin College students who allegedly threw several pop bottle bombs into a courtyard Friday. The students — Don Mpindi, 18; Drew Sikkema, 19; and Nathaniel VanEck, 18 — all face charges of placing an offensive substance with an intent to alarm, a [...

Nightclub adds security charge to patrons tab www.privateofficer.com

Posted on April 13, 2010
San Antonio TX April 13 2010 A nightclub hot spot plagued with car burglaries and crime is now charging patrons for their own safety. They’re increasing security but who should be paying the tab? On a busy night, more than 2,000 people head to the area near San Antonio College...

Deputy sheriff killed in rollover crash www.privateofficer.com

Posted on April 13, 2010
REEVES COUNTY, Texas April 13 2010– A Reeves County deputy was killed in a rollover early Sunday morning. Pecos resident and deputy Jacob Rene Rayos, 32, was attempting to locate a suspect vehicle around 3 a.m. He was traveling west on the south service road of Interstate 20 about a quarter mile east of Highway 17 in [...

NAS plane crashes in GA. 3 dead, 1 missing www.privateofficer.com

Posted on April 13, 2010
Fanin County GA April 13 2010 Source:pnj.com Three people were killed Monday after a military jet that took off from Pensacola Naval Air Station crashed and burned in a wooded area in the north Georgia mountains. A fourth crew member remained missing late Monday...

Security officer shoots would-be mall burglars www.privateofficer.com

Posted on April 12, 2010
COLUMBUS,Ohio April 12 2010?Deputies are looking for two male suspects who allegedly attempted to break into a firearms show early Sunday morning. Two male suspects broke into a service door at the loading dock of the vacant J.C. Penney building at Westland Mall early Sunday, according to detectives...

Security officer justified in shooting man www.privateofficer.com

Posted on April 12, 2010
DAYTON OH April 12 2010? A security guard who shot a man at Summit Square apartments on Sunday, April 11, had no choice but to fire at the man, Dayton police said Monday. Police said the man attempted to run his sport utility vehicle over the security guard ? a moment the security guard captured with [...

Student teacher arrested on multiple charges www.privateofficer.com

Posted on April 12, 2010
Quincy, IL April 12 2010? A student teacher has been arrested on multiple charges after a complaint by a teenage boy. Thirty-six-year-old Darrold Wayne Frisbie Jr. is accused of delivery of a controlled substance, aggravated criminal sexual abuse and possession of drug paraphernalia...

Fla. teacher awaits trial for sexual batttery of students www.privateofficer.com

Posted on April 12, 2010
HILLSBOROUGH COUNTY Fla April 12 2010– Former teacher Stephanie Ragusa, who was accused of having sex with middle school students, pleaded guilty Monday morning before the start of her trial. Ragusa pleaded guilty to three counts of lewd and lascivious battery and two counts of unlawful sexual activity with a minor...

Six shot 1 dead at Oklahoma mall www.privateofficer.com

Posted on April 11, 2010
MUSKOGEE, Okla. April 11 2010 (CBS/AP) Six people are hospitalized and one person is dead after a shooting inside a Muskogee, Oklahoma mall. Shoppers inside the mall were told by a public-address announcement to leave as quickly as possible, and gathered outside the mall...

Off-Duty Alabama deputy shot by son www.privateofficer.com

Posted on April 11, 2010
Birmingham Al April 11 2010 By: RICK MCCANN/Staff PRIVATE OFFICER NEWS www.privateofficer.com Police are investigating the shooting of an off-duty Jefferson County sheriff’s deputy that happened on Saturday. Randy Christian, chief deputy for the sheriff’s department, identified the injured deputy as Lee Prather...

CrimeStoppers employee leaks tip to wanted suspect www.privateofficer.com

Posted on April 10, 2010
Memphis TN april 10 2010 A City of Memphis employee, once on track to become a police officer, took a CrimeStoppers tip about the location of a murder suspect on Wednesday and then helped tip the fugitive to flee. His unprecedented actions landed Travis Shantell Williams, 28, in Shelby County Jail by Wednesday night, charged with [...

Gang member guilty in guard?s death www.privateofficer.com

Posted on April 10, 2010
Palm Springs Ca April 10 2010 A Palm Springs gang member was convicted Wednesday of robbing and murdering a 66-year-old security guard who was dragged out of his van and attacked. Jamar Thomas, 21, was found guilty of first-degree murder in the June 9, 2007, attack on Bower Security Co...

Deputy sues Chicago White Sox, security over arrest www.privateofficer.com

Posted on April 10, 2010
Chicago IL April 10 2010 A Cook County Sheriff’s deputy filed a lawsuit today against the White Sox, saying security guards at U.S. Cellular field dragged him down across rows of seats when another fan mistakenly identified him as an unruly spectator...

Suspect in armor car heist pleads guilty www.privateofficer.com

Posted on April 10, 2010
� SANTA ROSA CA April 10 2010 KTVU– One of two men who was facing a trial Friday for the robberies of armored cars at banks in Sonoma and Marin counties has pleaded guilty to conspiracy and will testify against his co-defendant, a former Santa Rosa police officer...

Former KC officer awarded $6.5 million judgement www.privateofficer.com

Posted on April 10, 2010
KANSAS CITY, Mo. April 10 2010 A former Kansas City Police Department officer was awarded a judgment of $6.5 million Wednesday in his lawsuit against Kansas City and the Police Department. Danny Holmes’ attorneys argued that he was the victim of race discrimination, whistle blowing and breach of contract...

Ohio cop facing child sex crime charges www.privateofficer.com

Posted on April 10, 2010
Aurora OH April 10 2010 The Dearborn County Prosecutors say an Aurora City Police officer of soliciting sex from a child online will likely face additional charges in another jurisdiction for the same kind of crime. Prosecutor Aaron Negangard says 52 year old Dennis Lewis, the city’s former assistant police chief, has been accused by another [...

Museum president backs guard union www.privateofficer.com

Posted on April 10, 2010
Philadelphia PA April 10 2010 The president of the Philadelphia Museum of Art has indicated his support for a security guard labor union at his institution. Most of the 130 security guards voted themselves into a union last year. But so far they have not been recognized by their employer, Allied Barton, which contracts with the [...

Security guard arrested after leading police on chase www.privateofficer.com

Posted on April 10, 2010
CHELSEA, Mass.April 10 2010 news 7 — A driver faced a judge Friday after allegedly taunting police and leading them on a wild chase while driving drunk. Ezeguiel Cardoso, 29, pled guilty to charges of driving under the influence and assault with a dangerous weapon...

Teacher assistant arrested for sex crimes against students www.privateofficer.com

Posted on April 10, 2010
GRETNA, La. April 10 2010 An emlpoyee at the Algiers Technology Academy was arrested Monday after police said he had a sexual encounter with two students at a Westbank hotel. Investigators said that on March 28, Leonard Welch Jr., 30, and an unknown man picked up two female students in the Ninth Ward and took them to [...

Off-duty security officer shot to death www.privateofficer.com

Posted on April 10, 2010
CONCORD Ca April 10 2010 ? A lot of people who saw Carlton Ross every day didn’t know his first name. They knew him simply as Ross. He was Ross the grandfather, father and husband. Or Ross, the quick-witted security guard whom store owners and employees at the Clayton Valley Shopping Center came to rely on for [...

Casino security aids in drug arrest www.privateofficer.com

Posted on April 10, 2010
RichfieldMn April 10 2010 A 44-year-old Richfield man was arrested for possessing a large amount of heroin, marijuana and cash last week after Mystic Lake Casino security allegedly saw him smoking cocaine from a pipe in his vehicle. Lorenzo Roberson was charged with third-degree possession of a controlled substance by the Scott County Attorney?s Office on [...

Senior citizens charged in robbery scheme www.privateofficer.com

Posted on April 10, 2010
Chicago IL April 10 2010 Source: Chicago Tribune The three senior citizens were still wearing dark burglary clothes when they stood before a federal judge Friday charged in their latest alleged caper: watching a suburban bank for months in preparation for a robbery as the branch took a delivery of cash from an armored car...

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