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Rickards Middle School teacher faces sex charges www.privateofficer.com

Posted on April 10, 2010
FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla.April 10 2010 (WSVN) — Police have arrested a Rickards Middle School science teacher for allegedly having sex with one of his students. Police said, 36-year-old Orville Edwards admitted to them that he carried on a consensual sexual relationship with an eighth grade student...

TN. cops quit after K-9 dies www.privateofficer.com

Posted on April 10, 2010
DECHERD, Tenn. April 10 2010- Two mid-state police officers have resigned following the death of a police dog. Decherd officers Ryan Albaugh and Jeremy Legan stepped down after being placed on unpaid suspension Thursday. Franklin County’s sheriff said the K-9 officer was found dead in a crate in the back of a police pick-up truck Wednesday afternoon...

Mobile Ala. minister guilty of rape and murder www.privateofficer.com

Posted on April 10, 2010
MOBILE, Ala.April 10 2010 A Mobile preacher has been found guilty of murdering his wife and raping his step-daughter. Anthony Hopkins, a part-time south Alabama evangelist was found guilty Friday, April 9, 2010, of murdering his wife in 2004.After deliberating for 1-1/2 hours, the six-man, six-woman panel convicted him of murder, second-degree rape, second-degree sex abuse, second-degree [...

Off- duty security officer shot coming to aid of students www.privateofficer.com

Posted on April 09, 2010
Suffolk County NY April 9 2010 A former U.S. amateur heavyweight boxing champion was shot in the chest and critically injured during a confrontation at a suburban shopping center, according to the Suffolk County Police. Adam Willett, 28, was shot once about 5 p...

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Rock Hill SC security firm awarded Navy contracts www.privateofficer.com

Posted on April 09, 2010
Rock Hill SC April 9 2010 Rock Hill based Southeastern Protective Services has been awarded a $52.7 million contract to provide security for the U.S. Navy at various places along the Eastern Seaboard. The company is now the primary contractor for armed security guard services at naval bases from Rhode Island to Virginia, according to a [...

9 Year old girl hit by school bus dies

Posted on April 09, 2010
FLORALA AL April 9 2010 ? A 9-year-old girl is dead after being hit by a school bus in south Alabama. Florala police chief Sonny Bedsole said the accident happened about 3 p.m. Thursday. He said the girl run over as she walked in front of the school bus...

Drunk driver arrested in armored car crash www.privateofficer.com

Posted on April 08, 2010
Pasco County, Florida April 7 2010– A drunk driver caused a crash that left an armored car overturned in Pasco County Tuesday afternoon, the Florida Highway Patrol said. The crash happened at Dale Mabry Highway and US 41. Investigators say the armored car flipped over several times after getting hit by a sedan...

Police, family of security officer killed ask for public?s help www.privateofficer.com

Posted on April 08, 2010
Miami Fla April 7 2010 The family of a 39-year-old security guard shot and killed last month outside a Miami nightclub is joining Miami police department officials on Wednesday in pleading for the public’s help in finding the suspected killer. Relatives of Luis Diaz, along with Miami homicide detectives, are urging the public to help find [...

Calif. police officers arrested for kidnapping, rape www.privateofficer.com

Posted on April 08, 2010
ONTARIO, Calif. April 7 2010 (CBS/AP) Westminster Police Officer Anthony Nicholas Orban swore to protect his community and defend the rights of citizens, but he allegedly failed to uphold that oath. He is accused of abducting a 24-year-old woman from a mall parking lot in Ontario, Calif...

FBI uses billboards to track down wanted felons www.privateofficer.com

Posted on April 08, 2010
Washington DC April 8 2010 Crime fighting doesn’t get much simpler than this: When Virginia drug suspect Edward Myricks eyed his photo on a giant digital billboard, he knew his run from the authorities was over. “We posted his photo on billboards in Newark (after learning the suspect had traveled there), and when he saw the [...

Nightclub owner kills security guard www.privateofficer.com

Posted on April 08, 2010
PROVO Utah April 8 2010 ? A hearing has been set to determine whether a young Utah County entrepreneur prominent in the local Hispanic community should go on trial for murder. The preliminary hearing for Ramon Somoza, 29, is scheduled for June 25 in 4th District Court...

Bystanders, mall security detain stabbing suspect www.privateofficer.com

Posted on April 08, 2010
WEST DUNDEE IL April 8 2010 ? A 20-year-old Algonquin man appeared in court Thursday wearing paper clothing because he was on suicide watch after police said he stabbed his ex-girlfriend in the back with a bayonet. William R. Clark III told a Kane County Judge that he should have gotten help for his mental problems [...

Fort Detrick security sues for back pay www.privateofficer.com

Posted on April 08, 2010
FREDERICK MD April 8 2010 A dozen current and former security guards at Fort Detrick are suing their employer, Eagle Technologies of Lanham, for more than $5 million, alleging they were cheated out of pay. The workers filed the class action suit in March in Prince George’s County Circuit Court...

Parents sue school and security after shooting www.privateofficer.com

Posted on April 08, 2010
Detroit MI April 8 2010 The parents of four students who were wounded — one fatally — in a shooting at Detroit’s Ford High School in 2008 have sued the school district and two security guards for failing to prevent the incident. The parents also have sued the three men who were charged in the incident...

Military to hire 2500 civilian guards www.privateofficer.com

Posted on April 08, 2010
SAN ANTONIO, Texas April 8 2010- The Army is converting approximately 2,500 installation access control point security guard positions from contractor to federal employee status at nearly 50 stateside locations. Overall, Installation Management Command will be announcing 3,076 openings for guards that will be needed at every garrison, except those aligned under Base Realignment and Closure [...

Baltimore security officer killed during robbery www.privateofficer.com

Posted on April 08, 2010
Baltimore MD April 8 2010 The 72-year-old man who was shot inside an Asian carryout on Greenmount Avenue in North Baltimore early this morning was a security guard at the Afro-American newspaper who had just ordered food before starting his night shift...

Light and Life Christian Academy teacher charged with sex crimes www.privateofficer.com

Posted on April 08, 2010
MONTICELLO NY April 8 2010 ? A 20-year-old physical education teacher at the Light and Life Christian Academy in Liberty has been arrested and charged with sexually abusing children. Sullivan County Sheriff?s officials said Joshua DiMeo was arrested on April 1 when he went to the home of a 13-year-old female victim with the intention of [...

MEN MACE SECURITY-ROB JEWELRY STORE

Posted on April 08, 2010
CORAL GABLES FL April 8�2010�(CBS4) ? � � � Coral Gables police released surveillance video Thursday of a jewelry store heist that involved a ruse in which one of the thieves appeared to be wheelchair bound. The release of the surveillance video comes nearly two weeks after the March 27th incident...

Fleeing shoplifter charged with murder www.privateofficer.com

Posted on April 07, 2010
BIRMINGHAM, AL April 6 2010(WBRC) – A man suspected of shoplifting and leading police on a high-speed chase that ended with a deadly car crash was charged Tuesday with murder. Birmingham Police, in a statement to FOX6 News, said Christopher Mitchell, 21, of Hayden, had been charged with the murder of Pamela Cupps, 51, of Birmingham...

Virginia Beach security officer shot www.privateofficer.com

Posted on April 07, 2010
VIRGINIA BEACH VA April 7 2010 A security guard was injured Monday morning when a gunman opened fire in the parking lot of a Haygood nightclub, police said Tuesday. The shooting was the second in the past week near Hartz Cafe, at 1049 Independence Blvd...

Security officer shoots at car thief www.privateofficer.com

Posted on April 07, 2010
Dallas TX April 7 2010 A private security guard shot at a man stealing her pickup outside the Dallas municipal courts building this afternoon, police said. Guard shoots at car thief The shooting occurred about 2 p.m. in the 2000 block of Main Street when the woman saw the robber driving away in her blue 2002 [...

SC firefighters arrested for arson www.privateofficer.com

Posted on April 07, 2010
COWPENS, S.C. April 7 2010 (AP) ? Three volunteer firefighters in South Carolina have been charged with setting a mobile home on fire last month. Spartanburg County deputies told the Herald-Journal of Spartanburg that 21-year-old William Dustin Crisp and two 16-year-old men were arrested late Monday on second-degree arson charges...

Former teacher charged with sexual contact with students www.privateofficer.com

Posted on April 07, 2010
GREEN BAY WI APRIL 7 2010 Police say inappropriate text messages between former teacher Ryan Zellner and his victims date back to 2007 and Zellner had sexual contact with multiple female students…sometimes right on school grounds. Zellner is behind bars in Manitowoc County jail, accused of sexually assaulting multiple female students at Kiel High School...

Police arrest man in Blue Ridge Parkway shooting www.privateofficer.com

Posted on April 07, 2010
Augusta County VA April 7 2010 Source: Associated Press A phone tipster led authorities to the man charged in Monday’s shotgun attack on two Blue Ridge Parkway sunset gazers. The suspect was arrested today by Augusta County Sheriff’s Office SWAT team officers, authorities said...

Police charge two with murder of security officer www.privateofficer.com

Posted on April 07, 2010
Houston TX April 7 2010 Two men have been arrested and accused in the slaying last month of an off-duty security guard outside a restaurant in southwest Houston. Andres Morales, 24, and Eduardo Ramirez Cortez, 28, are charged with capital murder in the fatal shooting of Manuel Rangel Aguirre, 47, in the 8000 block of S...

Two women held after robbing Wal-Mart www.privateofficer.com

Posted on April 06, 2010
SAN ANGELO, Texas April 6 2010? Two women are accused of robbing the Sherwood Way Walmart on Saturday after a run-in with Walmart security personnel, San Angelo police said. According to a police news release, a store security officer saw a woman put items in her purse and then leave without paying for them...

TN teen charged with arson at K-Mart www.privateofficer.com

Posted on April 06, 2010
Clarksville TN April 6 2010 Clarksville police arrested a 17 -year-old teen today after their investigation revealed he set fire to toilet paper in the aisle K-mart. According to a news release from Officer Jim Knoll, spokesman for Clarksville Police, the 17-year-old was charged with aggravated arson for starting the fire at K-mart located at 2780 Wilma [...

Armored car guard shot in robbery www.privateofficer.com

Posted on April 06, 2010
Riverside CA April 6 2010 Local police were looking for at least two men who wounded an armored-car guard Monday outside a Bank of America branch in the Canyon Crest area and fled with an undisclosed amount of cash. Police were called at 12:51 p.m. to the Town Centre shopping complex after shots were fired, said [...

Man arrested for making bomb threat at Tulsa airport www.privateofficer.com

Posted on April 06, 2010
Tulsa OK April 6 2010 – A man is in jail after officials say he threatened to detonate a bomb inside Tulsa International Airport Sunday evening. Timothy Harlow Hathaway was booked into the Tulsa County Jail on a complaint of threatening a violent act with an explosive...

Fire Chief Paul Barth arrested for embezzlement www.privateofficer.com

Posted on April 06, 2010
Louisville KY April 6 2010 Source:Courier-Journal.com Paul Barth, the longtime McMahan Fire chief who chaired the Crusade for Children?s board of directors, has been indicted on federal charges of embezzling at least $189,000 in Crusade funds. Barth, 53, faces 16 charges accusing him of taking the money from a fire district account earmarked for the Crusade for [...

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