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Church security capture arsonist www.privateofficer.com

Posted on March 09, 2010
Eugene OR March 9 2010 (KMTR) ? After a string of arson fires in west Eugene police have made an arrest. Eugene officers say a trespasser was at the Eugene Faith Center on West 13th Avenue and arrested Monday night. Two suspicious fires were discovered at the church Monday morning, following a fire on Saturday...

Bank robbery suspect nabbed by hospital security www.privateofficer.com

Posted on March 09, 2010
Raritan Township NJ March 9 2010 A 44-year-old Basking Ridge man arrested in the Hunterdon Medical Center parking lot is charged with robbing the PNC Bank near the Route 202/31 circle in Flemington today. Police believe he went to the Medical Center because hours earlier his girlfriend had apparently intentionally cut herself in the Ramada Inn room [...

Michigan officer killed by gunfire www.privateofficer.com

Posted on March 09, 2010
Jackson City MI March 9 2010 A Jackson City police officer was fatally shot early this morning, according to The Detroit Free Press. Officer James Bonneau and Blackman Township Officer Darrin McIntosh were shot by 63-year-old Elvin Potts at approximately 12:20 a...

Security officer shot in the head, critical www.privateofficer.com

Posted on March 08, 2010
Hempstead NY March 8 2010 A security officer who was shot in the head while working at a Hempstead bar Saturday night was fighting for his life Sunday, authorities said. Security guard David Mareno, 22, opened the door of El Rancho Bar and Grill about 11:20 p...

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Off-duty security officer murdered in Chicago www.privateofficer.com

Posted on March 08, 2010
Chicago IL March 8 2010 A young father was found murdered in a Washington Park street on the South Side early Sunday morning. Police discovered Jovan Kelly, 22, shot in the face on the first block of East Garfield Boulevard at 2 a.m., Chicago Police spokesman John Mirabelli said...

Memphis security officer charged with murder www.privateofficer.com

Posted on March 08, 2010
Memphis TN March 8 2010 Shelby County Sheriff’s deputies have charged a security guard in the shooting death of a man outside a nightclub on Covington Pike early Saturday. Justin Smith, 25, was charged with second-degree murder in the death of Douglas Smith, 30, of Bartlett...

Police kill armed shoplifter www.privateofficer.com

Posted on March 08, 2010
Columbus OH March 8 2010 A police chase from Franklin Township into Columbus today ended with a 33-year-old man dead after a township officer shot him multiple times, Columbus police said. “This was a very violent struggle,” said Sgt. Jim Gilbert, president of the local police union...

Appeals court allows life sentence for shoplifting www.privateofficer.com

Posted on March 08, 2010
Oklahoma City Okla March 8 2010 A woman serving life in prison for shoplifting lost an appeal of her punishment. Last month, a divided Oklahoma Court of Criminal Appeals refused to reduce her time. Cecilia Cathleen Rodriguez, 57, of Oklahoma City, was sentenced a year ago after pleading guilty to grand larceny...

Pair shoplifts $10,000 worth of merchandise www.privateofficer.com

Posted on March 08, 2010
HOWARD WI March 8 2010 ? A husband and wife from Wilmette, Ill., are accused of going on a multicounty shoplifting spree that ended at Fleet Farm in Howard after they allegedly stole more than $10,000 worth of stuff. Police say they recovered 13 iPod Nanos, three game cameras, two electric razors and $85 worth of [...

Injured Pentagon officers details of shooting www.privateofficer.com

Posted on March 08, 2010
Washington DC March 8 2010 (CNN) — Pentagon security officer Marvin L. Carraway Jr. saw the man walking toward him. A split second later, he saw the man’s gun. “When I looked at the shooter, he looked at me and I recognized a certain look on his face,” said Carraway...

TN. 3 yr old child accidentally shot and killed www.privateofficer.com

Posted on March 08, 2010
LEBANON, Tenn. March 8 2010 Source: WSMV.com — A 3-year-old Wilson County girl accidentally shot and killed herself Sunday night, said local police. The incident happened at about 6:15 p.m. at a home of located off of Cainsville Road. The girl was identified as Cheyenne Alexis McKeehan...

OFFICER DOWN US FOREST SERVICE

Posted on March 08, 2010
Officer Christopher Arby Upton United States Department of Agriculture – Forest Service Law Enforcement and Investigations U.S. Government End of Watch: Friday, March 5, 2010 Biographical Info Age: 37 Tour of Duty: 4 years Badge Number: Not available Incident Details Cause of Death: Gunfire Date of Incident: Friday, March 5, 2010 Incident Location: Georgia Weapon Used: Rifle Suspect Info: Not available Officer Chris Upton was shot and killed by [...

OFFICER DOWN

Posted on March 08, 2010
Corporal J. R. Searcy Ouachita Parish Sheriff’s Office Louisiana End of Watch: Saturday, March 6, 2010 Biographical Info Age: 33 Tour of Duty: 8 years Badge Number: Not available Incident Details Cause of Death: Gunfire Date of Incident: Thursday, March 4, 2010 Weapon Used: Handgun Suspect Info: Shot and killed Corporal J...

US Forest Service officer killed by hunter www.privateofficer.com

Posted on March 08, 2010
JASPER COUNTY, Ga. March 8 2010 A hunter shot and killed a U.S. Forest Service officer in Jasper County, according to Forest Service officials. Investigators said two men were hunting for coyotes using high-powered rifles and night scopes at the Ocmulgee Bluff Equestrian Recreation Area on the Oconee Ranger District of the Chattahoochee-Oconee National Forest in Jasper [...

Paramedic dies chasing mentally ill man www.privateofficer.com

Posted on March 08, 2010
Bensalem PA March 8 2010 A paramedic who died chasing after a mentally ill man in Bensalem last night suffered a head injury, police said this morning. They said it is not clear if he fell or suffered a medical problem. Investigators are awaiting an autopsy to establish the cause of death, police said...

Boise cop arrested for having sex with infants www.privateofficer.com

Posted on March 07, 2010
Boise ID March 7 2010 Source: AP A police officer who just retired within the past few weeks has been arrested on numerous sexual charges. Stephen R. Young, 58, of Eagle, was arrested Friday and booked into the Ada County Jail on five counts of lewd conduct with a child under the age of 16...

Early morning fire kills 5 in Alabama www.privateofficer.com

Posted on March 07, 2010
MARION JUNCTION AL March 7 2010? Authorities do not yet know the identities of five people, including three children, who have died in a fire in a rural area near here. Dallas County Coroner Alan Dailey said Saturday the remains of the man, woman and three children are at the state forensics lab for identification...

Judge gives man prison for shooting at security officer www.privateofficer.com

Posted on March 07, 2010
Baltimore MD March 7 2010 By: Brett Davis/Staff PRIVATE OFFICER NEWS http://www.privateofficer.com/ A security officer still remembers that night as clear as day. The night he ran for his life as a man fired numerous shots at him at a Columbia apartment complex...

Man sues Dunbar Security after assault www.privateofficer.com

Posted on March 07, 2010
Chicago IL March 7 2010 A man filed a lawsuit Thursday against Dunbar Armored Inc. alleging an employee assaulted him at an Uptown business. Carlos Palacios was a patron at Delgado Travel at 4552 N. Broadway on Feb. 20, 2008, when a Dunbar Armored employee beat him using the pistol grip of his gun, according to [...

Security officer given prison in shooting incident www.privateofficer.com

Posted on March 06, 2010
Nashville TN. March 6 2010 A former security guard who shot and killed a South Nashville bar patron will serve at least two years behind bars for the shooting. Jeremy Holmes was arrested in the May 2008 shooting death of Adam Villegas, 34. Holmes was working for SecurityWise as an armed security guard at Marathon Sports [...

Man charged after scuffle with court officers www.privateofficer.com

Posted on March 06, 2010
KANSAS CITY, Mo.Mar 6 2010 (AP) – A 28-year-old Kansas City man faces firearms charges after being arrested at the federal courthouse with a knife and several rounds of bullets. The Kansas City Star reports that Wendell C. Woods made his first appearance in federal court Friday and was charged with being an illegal drug user [...

NYPD officers arrested for $1 million perfume robbery www.privateofficer.com

Posted on March 06, 2010
NEWARK, N.J.March 6 2010 AP ? Two New York City police officers are among eight people charged with robbing about $1 million of perfume from a New Jersey warehouse. Officers Richard LeBlanca and Brian Checo and the others are scheduled to appear in federal court in Newark on Friday...

Serial bank robber taken down by security, customers www.privateofficer.com

Posted on March 06, 2010
LONG BEACH, Calif.March 6 2010 (KABC) — An armed man and two customers were shot during an attempted bank robbery in Long Beach on Friday. Authorities responded to the Farmers and Merchants Bank on the 2300 block of Bellflower Boulevard at about 10:30 a...

Women charged in vast student visa scheme www.privateofficer.com

Posted on March 06, 2010
Miami FLA March 6 2010 The Florida Language Institute occupies two small rooms in a corner of the second floor of a strip mall near a corner of West Miami-Dade. But federal officials say the intensive English-as-a-second-language courses that the school offered to foreign students were not the only service for sale...

Teachers suspended over security breach www.privateofficer.com

Posted on March 06, 2010
NASHVILLE, Tenn. March 6 2010– Two teachers are out of the classroom because of a security breach during a student test. The Tennessee Comprehensive Assessment Program is taken by students across the state, but the work done by dozens of students is no longer valid...

Providence police arrest 3 of their own in drug sting www.privateofficer.com

Posted on March 05, 2010
SCITUATE, R.I.March 5 2010 Source: ProJo.com ? A four-month undercover cocaine investigation by the state police and the FBI led to the arrests of three Providence police officers Thursday, including one who was a school resource officer, another who worked with a federal agency investigating narcotics and one who once served as a driver for the [...

Rapper?s guard opens fire in Atlanta store www.privateofficer.com

Posted on March 05, 2010
Atlanta GA March 5 2010 AJC.com Shots were fired, though no one was hit, during an altercation between groups affiliated with local rappers Gucci Mane and Young Jeezy that closed Walter’s Clothing in downtown Atlanta for about 30 minutes. The fight started around 4 p...

Shopping spree lands three in jail www.privateofficer.com

Posted on March 05, 2010
PEABODY MA March 5 2010 Salemnewsonline.com ? Three men went on a shopping spree at the Northshore Mall that might have turned heads by the amount of merchandise involved. But the only heads that turned were those of security guards, who said they watched the men stuff under their jackets bundles of clothes and electronics that ended [...

Lebanon IN. teacher arrested for student seduction www.privateofficer.com

Posted on March 05, 2010
LEBANON, Ind. March 5 2010– A Lebanon Middle School teacher was arrested Wednesday, accused of having inappropriate contact with a 16-year-old girl. Robert Willhite Jr., 53, faces two counts of child seduction. Police said the case involves a former student who is now in high school...

NH teacher arrested-sent nude pics to student www.privateofficer.com

Posted on March 05, 2010
LONDONDERRY, N.H. March 5 2010 Source:WMUR– Police in Londonderry said a teacher accused of sending a student nude photos of herself was arrested Friday. Melinda Dennehy, 41, an sophomore English teacher at Londonderry High School, turned herself in to police Friday morning...

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