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Florida teacher arrested for stealing computers www.privateofficer.com

Posted on March 01, 2011
Orlando Fla March 1 2011 An Orange County special-education teacher has been arrested on charges of stealing two laptop computers from the school where he works. Phillip Hadsell, 49, turned himself in Monday afternoon at the Orange County Jail. He was wanted on a warrant charging him with two counts of grand theft, tampering with [...

OFFICER DOWN

Posted on March 01, 2011
Park Ranger Julie Weir United States Department of the Interior – National Park Service U.S. Government End of Watch: Thursday, February 24, 2011 Biographical Info Age: 39 Tour of Duty: 11 years Badge Number: Not available Incident Details Cause of Death: Automobile accident Date of Incident: Thursday, February 24, 2011 Incident Location: Nebraska Weapon Used: [...

Ct. mall security officers-bystanders save heart attack victim www.privateofficer.com

Posted on February 28, 2011
MILFORD CT Feb 28 2011 — A man who went into cardiac arrest while dining at a mall restaurant was saved by quick-thinking bystanders and security guards using a portable defibrillator, officials said Friday. The 35 year-old man was eating lunch at the Red Robin restaurant in the Westfield Connecticut Post mall last Saturday when [...

Arizona police shut down major shoplifting ring www.privateofficer.com

Posted on February 28, 2011
PHOENIX AZ Feb 28 2011 – The Scottsdale Police Department and the Maricopa County Attorney’s Office along with fraud investigators from eBay, Home Depot and Walmart helped shut down a major retail crime syndicate. More than 30 individuals have been arrested and indicted for the alleged involvement in a major organized retail theft syndicate...

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LaPorte hospital employee charged with theft of equipment www.privateofficer.com

Posted on February 28, 2011
LaPorte IN Feb 28 2011 An employee at a LaPorte hospital has been charged after police say she was caught stealing hospital equipment to fund a gambling addiction. According to our reporting partners at the Herald Argus, Cheryl Pender, 44, has been charged with theft...

Best Buy employee charged in felony thefts www.privateofficer.com

Posted on February 28, 2011
VINELAND NJ Feb 28 2011 — Police arrested a 24-year-old Best Buy employee who allegedly stole at least $3,500 after months of making fraudulent returns and pocketing the cash, authorities said. Tiffany S. Holmes, of the first block of South Ladow Avenue in Millville, told police she created duplicate receipts of mobile phones and entered [...

Friends with benefits flocking to Facebook www.privateofficer.com

Posted on February 28, 2011
New York City NY Feb 28 2011 It’s a friend request with benefits – but it isn’t for free. New York hookers are flocking to Facebook to advertise their services, a Columbia University sociologist says. After studying the habits of 290 sex workers, Sudhir Venkatesh found that 83% rely on Facebook to lure johns...

California man made more than 18,000 false calls to 911 www.privateofficer.com

Posted on February 28, 2011
EAST LOS ANGELES CA Feb 28 2011 — An East Los Angeles man is accused of making more than 18,000 crank calls to 911 over the course of six months. California Highway Patrol officers arrested 43-year-old Maurice Cruz and booked him for misusing the 911 emergency line...

Navy police shoot suspected DUI driver www.privateofficer.com

Posted on February 28, 2011
San Diego CA Feb 28 2011 Navy police shot a sailor attempting to ram his car into a police vehicle in an early-morning incident Saturday at San Diego Naval Base, officials said. Police were attempting to apprehend the sailor on suspicion of drunk driving when the incident occurred, officials said...

2 Hospital security officers injured by board member www.privateofficer.com

Posted on February 28, 2011
OCEANSIDE, Calif.Feb 28 2011 — Witnesses said a controversial North County hospital board member stormed into the board’s monthly meeting on Thursday night and injured two security guards. Tri-City Healthcare Board of Director member Charlene Anderson told 10News when fellow board member Kathleen Sterling came into the room where the meeting was held, security immediately [...

Tn. teen who killed grandparents commits suicide www.privateofficer.com

Posted on February 28, 2011
KNOXVILLE TN Feb 28 2011 ? A Hawkins County teen accused of murdering his grandparents nearly a year ago apparently committed suicide in his jail cell in a Knox County juvenile detention facility around 11:40 p.m. Saturday. Brandon Charles Fannin, 17, formerly of 3210 Stanley Valley Road, Surgoinsville, was indicted by the Hawkins County grand [...

Arkansas nightclub security stabbed www.privateofficer.com

Posted on February 28, 2011
FORT SMITH, Ark. Feb 28 2011– One man is in the hospital with a collapsed lung, after being stabbed in the back. It happened at the Firefox Nightclub on Towson Avenue in Fort Smith just before 3 o’clock Sunday morning. Police say Kyle Sosebee, a bouncer at the club, was trying to escort 32-year-old Jayson [...

Houston security officer shoots bar patron www.privateofficer.com

Posted on February 28, 2011
HOUSTON TX Feb 28 2011 ? A shooting inside a southeast Houston nightclub landed a woman in the hospital early Sunday. Police said a female in the El Antro nightclub near the intersection of Ogden and Gulf Freeway was causing a disturbance around 2:00 a...

OFFICER DOWN-FRED THORNTON

Posted on February 27, 2011
Police Officer Fred Thornton Charlotte-Mecklenburg Police Department North Carolina End of Watch: Friday, February 25, 2011 Biographical Info Age: 50 Tour of Duty: 28 years Badge Number: Not available Incident Details Cause of Death: Explosion Date of Incident: Friday, February 25, 2011 Weapon Used: Not available Suspect Info: Not available Officer Fred Thornton was killed [...

College starts security guard training program www.privateofficer.com

Posted on February 27, 2011
New York Feb 27 2011 With the ever growing need for tighter security and more personnel, Mohawk Valley Community College?s Center for Corporate and Community Education is providing the required training needed to become a security guard. These programs are: 8 Hour Security Guard: MVCC will be hosting two 8-hour Security Guard Training programs, which [...

Disturbance at pot dispensary lands man in jail www.privateofficer.com

Posted on February 27, 2011
LAKE FOREST CA Feb 27 2011 ? A 29-year-old man was arrested after assaulting a police officer following a disturbance at a medical marijuana dispensary, police said. Michael James Ellis was arrested at 7:45 p.m. Thursday on suspicion of resisting and obstructing a peace officer, and assault and battery of a peace officer after deputies [...

Nigeria man passes heroin pellets at Philadelphia airport www.privateofficer.com

Posted on February 27, 2011
PHILADELPHIA PA – February 27, 2011 — A man from Nigeria is under arrest after officers say he passed 67 pellets filled with heroin at Philadelphia International Airport. Clement Agbapu, 36, was arrested after the incident this past weekend...

Man fights security-police trying to escape courthouse www.privateofficer.com

Posted on February 27, 2011
Ottawa IL Feb 27 2011 A man who was served a warrant Friday while at the courthouse in Ottawa fled and fought with deputies before being subdued and jailed, according to La Salle County Sheriff?s Office. Robert J. Matlock, 28, was being picked up on a warrant for domestic battery and as he was escorted [...

Victorville CA. nightclub security officer killed www.privateofficer.com

Posted on February 27, 2011
VICTORVILLE, Calif. Feb 27 2011 — Victorville police are searching for a male suspect who shot and killed a security guard at a nightclub. Police said on Thursday night, Sean Thrift was working as security at the front entrance of Teazers nightclub on Seventh Street in Victorville...

Veteran Montgomery police officer arrested for identity theft www.privateofficer.com

Posted on February 27, 2011
MONTGOMERY, AL Feb 27 2011 – A veteran Montgomery police officer is under arrest and charged with two counts of identity theft. Bradley Howard Pemberton, 41, a sergeant with the Montgomery Police Department, is facing federal wire fraud and identity theft charges said Leura G...

BWI Airport shuts down checkpoints becuase of improper screening www.privateofficer.com

Posted on February 27, 2011
Baltimore MD Feb 27 2011 Two security checkpoints at Baltimore-Washington International Thurgood Marshall Airport were shut down for more than a half hour Saturday morning because of improper screening of passengers, a Transportation Security Administration spokesman said...

Former Greenfiled teacher failed to register as sex offender www.privateofficer.com

Posted on February 27, 2011
SPRINGFIELD MO FEB 27 2011 Alison Peck, the former Greenfield teacher who in 2009 pleaded guilty to statutory rape of a 16-year-old male student, was taken into custody Friday when she came to court for a hearing about violating her probation, on-line court records show...

Phoenix teacher arrested for arranging sex with dog www.privateofficer.com

Posted on February 27, 2011
PHOENIX AZ Feb 27 2011 – A middle school teacher is one of two Valley men arrested for using a popular Internet website to connect with people offering their dogs for sexual acts with humans. Twenty-five-year-old Patrick Stephen Trejo’s students at Raul Castro Middle School knew him as a good music teacher...

11 year old NC girl killed in accidental shooting www.privateofficer.com

Posted on February 27, 2011
MORVEN, N.C. Feb 27 2011– An 11-year-old girl is dead after her 10-year-old brother accidentally shot her. The Anson County Sheriff’s Office says deputies were called out to Sandy Ridge Church Road shortly before 10 p.m. Friday night. When they arrived on scene, the girl was found unresponsive and deputies began CPR...

Rapper Waka Flocka Flame security team shoot it out with robbers www.privateofficer.com

Posted on February 27, 2011
CHARLOTTE, N.C. Feb 27 2011– Parents of the men charged in connection with a shooting involving Waka Flocka Flame say they want charges filed against the rapper’s security guards. Six men were arrested for allegedly trying to rob the rapper of his jewelry, which ended in a shootout in the parking lot of Car Stereo [...

Alert NM security agent aids police arrest in burlary arrest www.privateofficer.com

Posted on February 27, 2011
Alamorgordo NM Feb 27 2011 The astute observation by an Alamo Security guard while he was doing his early morning rounds on Feb. 18 at a local storage unit facility helped members of the Alamogordo Department of Public Safety arrest a 29-year-old man for a string of break-ins and burglaries in town, an ADPS spokesman [...

Springield court security officer charged with sex crimes www.privateofficer.com

Posted on February 27, 2011
Springfield MA Feb 27 2011 A court officer is facing charges of indecent assault and battery for allegedly accosting a teenage boy in a shower, according to police and court records ? making him one of several court officers to run afoul of the law in recent years...

Man caught after crashing through Texas bank www.privateofficer.com

Posted on February 26, 2011
SAN MARCOS, Texas Feb 26 2011 – A San Marcos man wreaked havoc inside a bank with his car Friday morning, but left behind a license plate that police used to track and find him. Police said Elias Mercado, 25, crashed his car into the Bank of America, circled through the lobby area, struck a [...

Richmond council aide charged with sexual assault www.privateofficer.com

Posted on February 26, 2011
RICHMOND, VA Feb 26 2011 – Richmond Police served two misdemeanor warrants on City Council Aide David R. Hathcock today stemming from an incident last year. Hathcock, 64, of the 7100 block of Shawnee Road, has been charged with one count of simple assault and one count of sexual assault relating to an incident that [...

Nightclub security uses beanbag weapon to break up fight www.privateofficer.com

Posted on February 26, 2011
Charlotte NC Feb 26 2011 Charlotte-Mecklenburg police still have questions about exactly what happened during an overnight fight at a south Charlotte club that left one person injured. The injured man is among those that police would like to question...

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