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School security guard impersonated police www.privateofficer.com

Posted on February 17, 2010
KANSAS CITY, Mo. Feb 17 2010 — A security guard at Hope Academy was arrested last week after Kansas City police said he was impersonating an officer by trying to wear a Kansas City Police Department uniform. It was last week when a Kansas City police captain noticed something wasn’t quite right with the security guard, [...

Teens in mall melee claim abuse by security www.privateofficer.com

Posted on February 17, 2010
TOLEDO, OH Feb 17 2010 Source: (WTOL) – Two teens arrested last weekend during the fights at Westfield Franklin Park Mall are making claims against security guards and officers. Both say they had just left the movie and gone down the escalator when they saw the fighting...

Wackenhut Security agrees to pay back $7.5 million to Miami-Dade

Posted on February 16, 2010
Miami Fla Feb 16 2010 Source: NBC News After an intense five-year battle, the Wackenhut security company is agreeing to pay out $7.5 million to settle allegations that company executives overbilled Miami-Dade taxpayers for years. But despite the payout and admission of guilt, Wackenhut will be able to keep doing business with Miami-Dade County...

Dance teacher arrested for rape of student www.privateofficer.com

Posted on February 16, 2010
MIAMI, Fla Feb. 16 (UPI) — A Florida dance teacher who taught pop star Britney Spears before she became famous has been arrested for allegedly having sex with an underage student. Dawhone Perry, who runs the popular New Dimensions Dance Academy, has been charged with rape but was released from police custody on bond, WFTV, Orlando, [...

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GA. OFFICER AMBUSHED AND KILLED www.privateofficer.com

Posted on February 16, 2010
CHATTAHOOCHEE HILLS, Ga.Feb 16 2010 ? People come to Chattahoochee Hills to escape the urban encroachment and anger. Yet on Monday, even this idyllic countryside setting southwest of Atlanta couldn’t provide a safe haven for one of its own peace-keepers...

Drake University officer assaulted during burglary www.privateofficer.com

Posted on February 16, 2010
Des Moines IA Feb 16 2010 A man was arrested this morning on charges of robbery and burglary after allegedly taking a container of chemical deterrent away from a Drake University security officer and spraying him with it. Duaine Lee Field, 24, of 1415 Capitol Ave...

Macy?s LP Agent maced during theft www.privateofficer.com

Posted on February 16, 2010
Perkins OH Feb 16 2010 By: Brett Davis/Staff PRIVATE OFFICER NEWS www.privateofficer.com A loss prevention agent making a shoplifting stop at Macy?s was maced over the week-end. Lashana Y. Elliot, 31, Elyria, was charged this weekend with theft, robbery and obstructing official business after she was stopped by loss prevention officer Anthony Bath, 26...

Man stabs wife to death at Wal-Mart www.privateofficer.com

Posted on February 16, 2010
SUWANEE, Ga.Feb 16 2010 ? Police in Georgia say a man stabbed his estranged wife to death in a Walmart parking lot where they met to exchange custody of their two children. A Suwanee police news release says the couple began arguing Sunday outside of the store in the city about 30 miles northeast of Atlanta...

Lawmakers want Organized Retail Crime federal crime www.privateofficer.com

Posted on February 16, 2010
Boston MA Feb 16 2010 Lawmakers and law enforcement around the country, and here in New England, are joining forces to address the increasing issue of organized retail crime, described as when rings of thieves steal items to sell everywhere from flea markets to the internet...

Pennsylvania casinos bring jobs, money to state www.privateofficer.com

Posted on February 15, 2010
PLEASANTVILLE PA Feb 15 2010 Olawale Egunjobi recalled how he made $15,000 in four months while working as a dealer at Borgata Hotel Casino & Spa. Now, he is collecting unemployment checks. Welfare recipient Suzanne Carrier?s unemployment insurance ran out a long time ago...

Man claims self defense in assault on repo agents www.privateofficer.com

Posted on February 15, 2010
NAPLES Fla Feb 15 2010 ? Many people probably would love to whack a ?repo man,? but Craig Morris did ? and he wanted immunity from prosecution: He contended he acted in self-defense when he hit him with a bat, thinking he was an armed intruder. The 45-year-old Naples man had been hit several times by [...

Jersey plane crash kills 4, 1 missing www.privateofficer.com

Posted on February 15, 2010
WALL TOWNSHIP, N.J. Feb 15 2010 (AP) ? A small plane preparing to land broke apart and nose-dived into a snowy field alongside a runway Monday, a witness reported. Four people are dead and one is missing after the crash, which happened in an affluent section of the state, officials said...

Casino officer assaulted, brothers arrested www.privateofficer.com

Posted on February 15, 2010
MICHIGAN CITY IN Feb 15 2010 By: Brett Davis/Staff PRIVATE OFFICER NEWS http://www.privateofficer.com/ ? Police say that two brothers were arrested early Saturday after one of them punched a Blue Chip Casino security officer in the face while refusing to leave the business...

Disorderly person Tasered by security www.privateofficer.com

Posted on February 15, 2010
Springfield OH Feb 15 2010 By: Brett Davis/Staff PRIVATE OFFICER NEWS www.privateofficer.com Police responded to Victory Lanes after receiving calls that security officers fwere ighting with a person at the business. Police said that Kristopher Richard Stewart, 28, of 223 Parkway Blvd...

Security guard charged with impersonating police www.privateofficer.com

Posted on February 15, 2010
Indianapolis IN Feb 15 2010 Source: Indianapolis Star A security guard was arrested for impersonating a sheriff’s deputy Sunday, apparently to avoid paying the $1 parking fee at a hospital garage, police said. Samantha E. Miller, 41, Indianapolis, was charged with impersonating a public servant, following a disturbance in the garage at Wishard Memorial Hospital, 1001 W...

School counselor charged after drugs found www.privateofficer.com

Posted on February 15, 2010
BAY MINETTE, Ala. Feb 15 2010 Burton Cornelius Beck Jr.A Bay Minette Middle School counselor arrested Thursday on drug charges was released on $10,000 bail Friday from the Baldwin County Corrections Center after appearing in a Baldwin County District Court...

2 Security Officers Killed www.privateofficer.com

Posted on February 15, 2010
ATLANTA GA. Feb 15 2010 Security officers killed in the line of duty during 2010 is at an all time high! So far, in the past six weeks, a security officer has died every 48 hours! This week-end two more security officers have been killed in the Line of duty and a third is in crtical condition...

Californina Power employee steals almost $1 million www.privateofficer.com

Posted on February 14, 2010
Sacramento CA Feb 14 2010 sacbee.com A former contract employee at the California Power Authority pleaded guilty today to bilking the agency out of $684,000 while working there, according to a news release. Benjamin Bustamante, 32, West Sacramento, is scheduled to be sentenced April 30 in U...

Police charge man with assault on security www.privateofficer.com

Posted on February 14, 2010
Cumberland MD Feb 14 2010 By: Rick McCann/Staff PRIVATE OFFICER NEWS www.privateofficer.com On Friday at 9:16 a.m. officers from the Cumberland Police Department responded to the Western Maryland Regional Medical Center, on Willowbrook Road to assist security personnel after they were assaulted...

Mayoral candidate arrested for shoplifting www.privateofficer.com

Posted on February 14, 2010
SOCORRO, New Mexico February 14 2010 By: Brett Davis/Staff PRIVATE OFFICER NEWS www.privateofficer.com The man who wanted to be the mayor of a small New Mexico town has less of a chance of winning today after police say he was arrested. Mayoral candidate Mark Santomenna, 36, pled no contest in front of Judge Jim Naranjo at Magistrate Court Wednesday, [...

Summer police program looses ?Sworn Status? www.privateofficer.com

Posted on February 14, 2010
NANTUCKET Feb 14 2010 ? The summer special police officer program could be in for a big change this year, as chief Bill Pittman has proposed replacing the seasonal force with “community-service officers” who would be non�sworn civilian employees of the police department...

Man smashes TV?s with baseball bat www.privateofficer.com

Posted on February 14, 2010
Lilburn GA (Metro atlanta) Feb 14 2010 The man who attacked a row of flat-screen televisions at a Walmart in Lilburn on Wednesday told police that he was on medication for depression. Gwinnett County Jail Westley Strellis, 23, of Lawrenceville, is accused of smashing more than 24 TVs at the Walmart on Lawrenceville Highway in Lilburn...

Security officers attacked, 3 arrested www.privateofficer.com

Posted on February 14, 2010
PEBBLE BEACH, Calif. Feb 14 2010 By: Rick McCann/Staff PRIVATE OFFICER NEWS http://www.privateofficer.com/ - A security officer was attacked and another choked as they attempted to eject several intoxicated persons from a local club. Sheriff’s deputies were called and quickly responded to assist security personnel in the brawl and arrested the three men after the attack on security personnel [...

Police seeking felony shoplifting suspect www.privateofficer.com

Posted on February 14, 2010
Texas Township PA Feb 14 2010 The Pennsylvania State Police at Honesdale is investigating a Retail Theft of $4,000 worth of merchandise from Wal-Mart, Texas Township, on Sunday January 31, 2010 at 6:20 a.m. Surveillance footage shows the actor to be a black male who entered the store and removed 15 digital cameras along with other electronic [...

Man arrested for ?flashing? Wal-Mart security www.privateofficer.com

Posted on February 14, 2010
Olive Branch, MS. Feb 14 2010 It’s a big box store known for dropping its prices. Tonight a customer faces charges for dropping his pants there. It happened at the Wal-Mart store at the 7900 block of Craft Goodman Frontage Road in Olive Branch. We have new details tonight about the 41-year-old suspect, Charles Lloyd, who [...

Sophisticated fraud team busted www.privateofficer.com

Posted on February 14, 2010
Jacksonville Fla Feb 14 2010 What investigators are calling a ?sophisticated? scheme that opened dozens of fake lines of credit and racked up more than $88,000 on at least eight victims? credit cards ended Tuesday with the arrest of two Jacksonville residents...

OFFICER DOWN GEORGIA

Posted on February 14, 2010
Deputy Sheriff Davy Wayne Crawford Carroll County Sheriff’s Office Georgia End of Watch: Friday, February 12, 2010 Biographical Info Age: 55 Tour of Duty: 29 years Badge Number: Not available Incident Details Cause of Death: Automobile accident Date of Incident: Friday, February 12, 2010 Weapon Used: Not available Suspect Info: Not available Deputy Davy Crawford was killed in an automobile accident while on patrol...

Missoula police officer dies

Posted on February 14, 2010
Police Officer Robert (Bob) Heinle Missoula Police Department Montana End of Watch: Friday, February 12, 2010 Biographical Info Age: 47 Tour of Duty: 7 years Badge Number: Not available Incident Details Cause of Death: Gunfire Date of Incident: Wednesday, October 21, 1998 Weapon Used: Gun; Unknown type Suspect Info: Sentenced to life Officer Bob Heinle succumbed to complications from a gunshot wound suffered 11 years earlier...

Dead body found at Macon Wal-Mart www.privateofficer.com

Posted on February 14, 2010
Macon GA Feb 14 2010 A Macon man was found dead in his SUV at the Walmart parking lot on Gray highway Saturday night, Bibb County Coroner Leon Jones said. That’s in East Macon near Shurling Drive. Arthur Williams, 69, was found dead in a black Ford Explorer with his engine running and the heater on, around 5 [...

Substitute teacher charged with molesting children www.privateofficer.com

Posted on February 14, 2010
Lexington County SC Feb 14 2010 As a result of a joint investigation by the Lexington County Sheriff?s Department, Cayce Department of Public Safety and South Carolina Law Enforcement Division, detectives charged a 32-year-old West Columbia man with sexually abusing four boys over a seven-year period that ended in 2007...

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