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Man charged with theft of money bag www.privateofficer.com

Posted on February 23, 2010
Charlottesville VA Feb 23 2010 A Ruckersville man has been arrested in connection with the theft of a bank bag filled with cash from a Fashion Square mall moon bounce business. The date of the incident could not be determined Sunday. Albemarle County police said Christopher Herring grabbed the bag containing the contents of Charlottesville Inflatables? cash register [...

SC officer shot, suspect commits suicide www.privateofficer.com

Posted on February 23, 2010
CHERAW, SC Feb 23 2010(WIS) – A Cheraw police officer is in stable condition after being shot during a routine traffic stop. The suspect, however, killed himself after being cornered by police. Authorities say Maurice Merritt, a six-year veteran officer, was shot around 5:15pm after a chase with 27-year-old Travis Keyon Quick...

Security nabs rape suspect at hospital www.privateofficer.com

Posted on February 23, 2010
Salina KS Feb 23 2010 By: Brett Davis/Staff PRIVATE OFFICER NEWS http://www.privateofficer.com/ Authorities have a Salina man in custody after security officers at a local hospital charged him with attacking a woman. On Sunday, the man was nabbed and accused of raping a woman who is in her 90s in a Salina Regional Health Center hospital room...

Cross dressing shoplifters lead police on chase www.privateofficer.com

Posted on February 23, 2010
Asheville, NC Feb 23 2010 — Police have charged three men in connection to a series of store robberies in Asheville. Officers arrested the suspects Friday morning after a chase and crash in Travelers Rest. Police pulled over a car that was believed to be involved in a shoplifting incident at a Walmart...

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Woman sent to prison in $3 million embezzlement www.privateofficer.com

Posted on February 23, 2010
Houston TX Feb 23 2010 A Sugar Land woman was sentenced to five years in federal prison today for stealing more than $3.6 million from the Houston offices of chemical company Kaneka Texas and spending it on luxury items, jewelry and gambling. Diana Simon, 50, was sentenced by U...

DWI driver assaults park security www.privateofficer.com

Posted on February 23, 2010
SALEM NH Feb 23 2010 ? A Derry woman faces multiple charges after attacking a Canobie Lake Park security guard early yesterday morning, police said. The security guard was at his post near the amusement park’s service gate at 12:02 p.m. when a man ran up to the guard shack and handed over a set of [...

Security finds homicide victim on college campus www.privateofficer.com

Posted on February 23, 2010
HARRISON, N.Y. Feb 23 2010 (WPIX) – A Manhattanville student was found dead in faculty housing Monday morning, according to reports. Harrison police have ruled the death a homicide. The female – described as a student athlete – lived on campus with her parents...

Three arrested in gas theft caper www.privateofficer.com

Posted on February 23, 2010
PHOENIX AZ Feb 23 2010 – Phoenix police officers have arrested three men accused of stealing hundreds of gallons of gasoline from local Circle K Stores, authorities said. Early Monday morning, officers responded to a theft call from a Circle K on Union Hills Drive, police said...

Security spots burglary-4 arrested www.privateofficer.com

Posted on February 23, 2010
BOCA RATON Fla Feb 23 2010 (CBS4) ? A break in at a Boca Raton high school was caught on camera; now four former students of the school have been arrested and charged with burglary and trespassing. The break-in occurred just after midnight on Monday at the Olympic Heights Community High School...

Air Force officers shoot, kill suspect www.privateofficer.com

Posted on February 23, 2010
GLENDALE, AZ Feb 23 2010 ? One person was killed and a second injured late Monday after a stolen vehicle was apparently shot at while driving through a gate at Luke Air Force Base. Deputy Lindsey Smith with the Maricopa County Sheriff’s Office said authorities received a 911 call about the first of two stolen vehicles [...

TN. teacher charged with murder www.privateofficer.com

Posted on February 22, 2010
MOUNT PLEASANT, Tenn.Feb 22 2010 (metro Nashville) wsmv.com — A first-grade teacher in Columbia, Tenn., is in jail and accused of killing her estranged husband. Shawn Armstrong, 38, fatally shot her husband Maury Armstrong, 42, on Saturday afternoon, according to the Tennessee Bureau of Investigation...

TN. Capitol police undergo diversity training www.privateofficer.com

Posted on February 22, 2010
Nashville TN Feb 22 2010 Tennessee Safety Department officers who provide Capitol Hill security began diversity training Monday after a state trooper accidentally sent an e-mail proclaiming white pride to 787 state employees. The training is being provided pro bono by Democratic Rep...

Security officer stabbed at Grand Rapids arena www.privateofficer.com

Posted on February 22, 2010
GRAND RAPIDS MI Feb 22 2010 By: Brett Davis/Staff PRIVATE OFFICER NEWS www.privateofficer.com Authorities are still investigating the stabbing of a security officer that occurred at the Van Andel Arena over the week-end. Police said that the security officer, whose name has not been released was taken to the hospital after being stabbed by a person he kicked out [...

Armed gunman arrested at Colorado hospital www.privateofficer.com

Posted on February 22, 2010
HUGO CO Feb 22 2010 – An armed gunman who went into a hospital’s emergency room Monday morning has been taken into custody. The suspect went into the Lincoln Community Hospital in Hugo, a small town about 100 miles southeast of Denver, before 5 a...

Club patron killed, security officer shot www.privateofficer.com

Posted on February 22, 2010
Columbus OH Feb 22 2010 By: Brett Davis/Staff PRIVATE OFFICER NEWS http://www.privateofficer.com/ A nightclub security officer has been shot in the back and a patron shot in the head and police are searching tonight for a 19-year-old man they say is responsible...

Sacramento school officer faces gunfire www.privateofficer.com

Posted on February 22, 2010
Sacramento CA Feb 22 2010 By: Brett Davis/Staff PRIVATE OFFICER NEWS www.privateofficer.com Police reported that a Sacramento school security officer had a close call overnight and had to run for cover as shots rang out near an elementary school campus...

Florence SC officer shot-killed at home www.privateofficer.com

Posted on February 22, 2010
FLORENCE, SC Feb 21 2010 (WMBF) -A Florence County man was in court Sunday for a bond hearing on charges of voluntary manslaughter after investigators say he shot and killed a Florence Police officer. Brady Johnson, 22, of Effingham, is accused of killing Matthew H...

Mall fight leaves teen stabbed www.privateofficer.com

Posted on February 22, 2010
ROSEVILLE, Minn. Feb 22 2010 source: (WCCO) Police locked down Rosedale Mall around 8 p.m. Saturday after multiple fights broke out between roughly a dozen teenagers. Police said a 16-year-old was stabbed outside the indoor entrance to Ruby Tuesday’s...

Armed man robs NJ K-Mart www.privateofficer.com

Posted on February 21, 2010
GLOUCESTER TWP. NJ Feb 21 2010 ? An unidentified man robbed the Kmart store in Clementon at about 9:30 a.m. Thursday. View full sizeStore security photo of armed robber, provided by Gloucester Township police. The man displayed an unspecified weapon, demanded money and fled with an undisclosed amount of cash, police said...

Miami businessmen face terrorism charges www.privateofficer.com

Posted on February 21, 2010
Miami Fla Feb 21 2010 Three Miami-Dade businessmen face terrorism-related smuggling charges alleging they secretly exported video-game players to a shopping center in Paraguay that U.S. authorities say served as a front for financing the Middle East terrorist group, Hezbollah...

Police, security nab bank robbery suspect www.privateofficer.com

Posted on February 21, 2010
GARDEN GROVE CA Feb 21 2010 Police arrested a 56-year-old transient in connection with a robbery that occurred at a local bank on Saturday morning. Daniel Luther Campbell was arrested on suspicion of bank robbery after bank security officers assisted police in tracking the suspected robber to a local hotel...

Auburn Adventist teacher arrested for molestation www.privateofficer.com

Posted on February 21, 2010
Auburn WA Feb 21 2010 Auburn police arrested a teacher at Auburn Adventist Academy Tuesday on suspicion of having sex with a female teenage student, KOMO News 4 reported Saturday. Police Spokesman Sgt. David Colglazier told KOMO that Scott A. Spies, 49, was subsequently booked into the Norm Maleng Regional Justice Center in Kent, Spies is being [...

Mall kidnapping,robbery suspect captured www.privateofficer.com

Posted on February 20, 2010
Oklahoma City Oklahoma Feb 20 2010 Police said a man jailed in a kidnapping and robbery of a woman at Quail Springs Mall followed the victim from a store to her car and robbed her of jewelry, money, expensive accessories and her sport utility vehicle...

Shoplifting elevated to robbery www.privateofficer.com

Posted on February 20, 2010
Clifton NJ Feb 20 2010 By: Rick McCann/Staff PRIVATE OFFICER NEWS www.privateofficer.com Sometimes when a shoplifter is approached by store security agents, instead of surrendering peacefully, they just freak out. Such was the case in the theft involving suspect Orlando Pena, 34, of Clifton, who was stopped at a local Pathmark store after he allegedly concealed some merchandise...

Campus visitors arrested in disturbance www.privateofficer.com

Posted on February 20, 2010
Oklahoma City Okla. Feb 20 2010 Pioneeronline.com Two campus visitors at the Oklahoma Community College caused a disturbance that led to both of them being arrested and taken to the Oklahoma County jail Feb. 11. Campus Safety and Security Officer Chad Clingman and Sgt...

Texas police officer arrested for arson www.privateofficer.com

Posted on February 20, 2010
Mineral Wells TX Feb 20 2010 By: Rick McCann/Staff PRIVATE OFFICER NEWS www.privateofficer.com Mineral Wells police have arrested one of their own officers after a string of arsons. Police said that off-duty officer John Clifford Gore, 26, was early Tuesday morning...

Security impersonator arrested for assault www.privateofficer.com

Posted on February 20, 2010
STAFFORD VA Feb 20 2010 Source: Stafford County Sun ? A former candidate for the Fredericksburg City Council was charged with misdemeanor assault and battery on Monday after informing a woman he was a security officer and manhandling her in the Eagle Village Shopping Center, said Fredericksburg Police spokeswoman Natatia Bledsoe...

NJ teacher charged in sex sting www.privateofficer.com

Posted on February 20, 2010
HUNTERDON COUNTY NJ Feb 20 2010 — A Hunterdon Central Regional High School teacher was arrested today on charges of giving sexually explicit directions in an online chat room to someone he believed was a 13-year-old girl, authorities said. Michael Seiler, 34, of Holland, was charged with second-degree attempted sexual assault of a minor and third-degree [...

Alert LP Agent nabs drug suspects www.privateofficer.com

Posted on February 20, 2010
� � � � Sand Springs OKL. Feb 20 2010 By: Brett Davis/Staff PRIVATE OFFICER NEWS www.privateofficer.com A loss prevention agent looking for shoplifters was alert enough to spot something potentially worse which quickly led to felony drug charges for three customers...

Bank of America security officer shot dead www.privateofficer.com

Posted on February 20, 2010
Baltimore MD Feb 20 2010 A 38-year-old Bank of America security guard was fatally shot early today outside the bank’s main downtown Baltimore headquarters on Light Street after he tried to intervene in a dispute shortly after nightclubs closed, according to a city police spokesman...

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