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Salem Oregon deputy kills wife, self

Posted on February 14, 2010
SALEM, Ore Feb 14 2010 By: Rick McCann/Staff PRIVATE OFFICER NEWS http://www.privateofficer.com/ - Authorities released information today that a veteran Clackamas Sheriffs sergeant was the gunman who shot two people to death and wounded a third in a restaurant Friday night, before turning the weapon on himself and committing suicide...

Shooting at Alabama University leaves 3 dead www.privateofficer.com

Posted on February 13, 2010
HUNTSVILLE, Ala. Feb 13 2010- Officials said three people were killed and three hurt when someone opened fire in a University of Alabama-Huntsville faculty meeting. University spokesman Ray Garner said Friday night the three killed were Gopi K. Podila, the chairman of the Department of Biological Sciences, and two other faculty members, Maria Ragland Davis and [...

Teens take stolen car on shoplifting trip www.privateofficer.com

Posted on February 13, 2010
Reno NV Feb 13 2010 Police arrested a 13 and 14-year-old boy on charges they drove a stolen Lexus to Meadowood Mall, where they were arrested for allegedly stealing jeans from Macy?s department store. A relative of the stolen Lexus owner spotted the vehicle Thursday afternoon in the Meadowood Mall parking lot and called police...

ROTC instructer charged with rape of teen www.privateofficer.com

Posted on February 13, 2010
Chattanooga TN Feb 13 2010 A former ROTC instructor at Brainerd High School has been arrested and accused of having sex with a student. Steven Hughley was arrested Friday on three counts of statutory rape by an authority figure. Hamilton County Sheriff’s Office detectives, along with investigators from the Chattanooga Police Department, conducted a joint investigation into [...

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Fire Police Officer Killed In Crash www.privateofficer.com

Posted on February 13, 2010
Clinton Coutny, Pa. Feb 13 2010 — A Woolrich Volunteer Fire Company fire police member was fatally hit at the scene of a crash earlier today, according to WNEP-TV. Fire Policeman Donald Mellott, 62, was struck by a civilian driver while directing traffic around a two-car collision at approximately 12:45 p...

Winsted officer possible suicide victim www.privateofficer.com

Posted on February 13, 2010
WINSTED CT Feb 13 2010 Source: The Winsted Register ? State police trooper Karen O?Connor confirmed that state police are handling the investigation into an ?untimely death? in Winsted, but said the investigation is not criminal and the community has no reason to be concerned about safey...

School resource officer dies in wreck www.privateofficer.com

Posted on February 12, 2010
HOLYOKE, Mass. Feb 12 2010 Holyoke Police and members of the school community are mourning the death of school resource officer. Officer David Zolendziewski died Thursday morning from complications of an car accident he suffered in late December. On December 28, Officer Zolendziewski, while on duty, lost control of his car after hitting a patch of [...

Off-duty security officer dies helping neighbor www.privateofficer.com

Posted on February 12, 2010
WASHINGTON COURT HOUSE, Ohio Feb 12 2010 ? In the Fayette County village of Good Hope, a helping hand is never far away, and village resident Nicky Sexton died Monday while living up to that ideal. With winter weather hitting residents hard, Sexton was there to help neighbors dig out, 10TV’s Glenn McEntyre reported...

Security officer aids in burglary arrests www.privateofficer.com

Posted on February 12, 2010
SUTTON MA Feb 12 2010 Source: newstelegram.com ? Four Southbridge men were arrested near the center of town after fleeing an Oxford apartment complex when caught trying to break into vehicles, police said. Police said the men had a semi-automatic handgun...

Former Napa teacher charged with child molestation www.privateofficer.com

Posted on February 12, 2010
Monterey CA Feb 12 2010 By: Rick McCann/Staff PRIVATE OFFICER NEWS http://www.privateofficer.com/ A former Napa County teacher was arrested in Monterey Thursday on suspicion of child molestation following an investigation by the sheriff’s office...

Armed robbery suspect killed by Houston security officer www.privateofficer.com

Posted on February 12, 2010
HOUSTON TX Feb 12 2010 By: Brett Davis/Staff PRIVATE OFFICER NEWS http://www.privateofficer.com/ – One robbery suspect is dead another one still on the run after an attempted robbery and shooting at a game room last night. Police said it happened at around 10:30PM at the Fun and Gift game room on West Little York near Chateau Forest...

Shoplifter confesses to other thefts www.privateofficer.com

Posted on February 12, 2010
DEFUNIAK SPRINGS Fla Feb 12 2010 – A Freeport man’s arrest closed three retail theft cases in DeFuniak Springs, police said. DeFuniak Springs Police arrested Philip Anthony Morgan of Freeport Sunday after Walmart employees caught him shoplifting, according to a news release...

Mother arrested for pimping grown daughter www.privateofficer.com

Posted on February 12, 2010
CEDAR RAPIDS, Iowa Feb 12 2010 ? A Cedar Rapids woman was accused of arranging her daughter’s effort at prostitution. Mary J. Doolin, 60, was arrested Wednesday in connection with a Sept. 29 incident in Coralville. Police said the woman sent her daughter, Debra Voshell, to meet an undercover officer who had contacted her during a prostitution [...

Mesa police officer arrested for theft

Posted on February 12, 2010
MESA AZ FEB 12 2010 azcentral. com An eight-year Mesa police veteran faces an internal investigation and criminal charges after a store video apparently showed him concealing an item and leaving a store without paying for it while off duty last week. Officer Mark Cormier, who works in the department’s Homeland Security Office, is accused of shoplifting [...

Smart Cars find use in security www.privateofficer.com

Posted on February 12, 2010
GREENWICH VILLAGE Feb 12 2010 ? NYU’s security team is upgrading from three-wheeled patrol vehicles to a smarter car. The university’s campus security added two new Smart cars to its fleet, in hopes of giving officers a more practical and eco-friendly mode of transport, NYU officials said...

Dekalb County teacher charged with rape www.privateofficer.com

Posted on February 11, 2010
STONE MOUNTAIN, Ga.Feb 11 2010 Source: CBS NEWS — DeKalb County Schools didn?t know they had a teacher arrested on charges of aggravated child molestation and statutory rape until CBS Atlanta News told them. Stephenson Middle School Spanish teacher Rafer Lamar Grier is charged with four counts of aggravated child molestation and one count of statutory rape [...

Vermont teacher arrested for child porn www.privateofficer.com

Posted on February 11, 2010
Randolph VT Feb 11 2010 By: Brett Davis/Staff PRIVATE OFFICER NEWS www.privateofficer.com A popular teacher at Randolph Technical Career Center has been arrested on a charge of possession of child pornography, after an RTCC student allegedly saw an ?inappropriate? image on a flash drive given to him by the teacher...

Wanted shoplifters charged with numerous crimes www.privateofficer.com

Posted on February 11, 2010
PLAINS TWP. PA Feb 11 2010 ? A fugitive was captured by township police after a vehicle pursuit ended outside the Mohegan Sun at Pocono Downs casino early Wednesday morning. Police allege Raymond M. Roeber, 23, of Tompkins Street, Pittston, failed to stop for a traffic violation on state Route 315 and abandoned his vehicle on [...

Parents sue school system over child?s assault www.privateofficer.com

Posted on February 11, 2010
Palm Springs CA. Feb 11 2010 mydesert.com Two parents have filed a lawsuit against the Coachella Valley Unified School District and Saul Martinez Elementary School, claiming officials did not protect their then-6-year-old son from sexual assault and sexual harassment...

Shoplifters pull gun on security www.privateofficer.com

Posted on February 11, 2010
Visalia CA Feb 11 2010 By: Brett Davis/Staff PRIVATE OFFICER NEWS http://www.privateofficer.com/ Police responded to an armed robbery after several teens pulled a gun on a security officer. Police said that they have arrested two 16-year-old boys and a 15-year-old girl Wednesday after one the boys pulled the handgun on a store security officer who was attempting to [...

Nightclub sued by shooting victim for poor security www.privateofficer.com

Posted on February 11, 2010
WINFIELD, W.Va. Feb 11 2010– A Putnam County man who was shot in the stomach within minutes of walking into a Hurricane bar, has sued the bar for negligence, and for allegedly allowing his shooter back into the establishment after being kicked out...

Trooper, hospital security injured in disturbance www.privateofficer.com

Posted on February 11, 2010
DuBois PA Feb 11 2010 Two people were injured after an altercation at the Clarion Hospital Emergency Room with Margaret C. George, 38, New Bethlehem. Clarion-based state police Trooper Patrick Berggren, 34, Clarion, and Clarion Hospital security guard John D...

Strip club owners, bouncers charged in patron?s death www.privateofficer.com

Posted on February 11, 2010
Philadelphia PA Feb 11 2010 Four employees of a Southwest Philadelphia strip club were held for trial this afternoon in connection with the fatal beating of a patron on Oct. 16 of last year. Two other employees of the Oasis Club, 6800 Essington Ave. were cleared of all charges by Municipal Court Judge Karen Y...

Chesapeake County deputy arrested fr bank robberies www.privateofficer.com

Posted on February 11, 2010
Suffolk VA. Feb 11 2010 Source:Suffolk-News Herald A sergeant with the Chesapeake Sheriff?s Department has been charged with three different bank robberies in that city, police announced on Wednesday. John Michael Keene II, of the 1100 block of Fern Lane in Suffolk, was arrested Tuesday near the BB&T Bank at 825 Volvo Parkway, which had been robbed [...

Drug suspect assaults security officer www.privateofficer.com

Posted on February 11, 2010
WEST VALLEY CITY Utah Feb 11 2010 — Police seized a large amount of drugs and arrested a man following a chase in West Valley City. The suspect faces a number of charges, including assault on a police officer and drug distribution. An officer tried to pull over a driver around 11:30 p...

School security guard pleads guilty to fraud www.privateofficer.com

Posted on February 11, 2010
ALAMEDA, Calif., Feb. 11 2010 — Randolph Olson, a security guard who was employed by the San Leandro Unified School District, has pleaded guilty to two count of workers’ compensation insurance fraud. Olson collected $8,726.09 in workers’ compensation medical benefits he was not entitled to for the period of April 30, 2009 to May 18, [...

Chicago student sues over excessive force arrest www.privateofficer.com

Posted on February 10, 2010
Chicago IL Feb 10 2010 Candice Williams was a pregnant senior at Crete-Monee High School when police allegedly dragged her from the building, knocked her to the sidewalk and kneed her in the back. According to a wrongful-death lawsuit she filed last year, Williams claims she lost her unborn fetus because of the 2008 arrest...

Flier distributed by mall security seen as racial www.privateofficer.com

Posted on February 10, 2010
Palo Alto CA Feb 10 2010 In late January, security guards at the Stanford Shopping Center in Palo Alto, California, handed out fliers to mall businesses warning them of two African-American men they suspected of casing stores with criminal intent. Luxury stores within the shopping center had previously reported two men who came into their [...

School principals shot, man arrested www.privateofficer.com

Posted on February 10, 2010
KNOXVILLE TN Feb 10 2010 (AP) — The former boss of an elementary school teacher charged with shooting two administrators at his school says the man threatened him over a work dispute in the 1990s. Police charged Mark Stephen Foster of Clinton with two counts of attempted first-degree murder...

Security guards watch, fail to respond as teen is pummeled www.privateofficer.com

Posted on February 10, 2010
Seattle WA Feb 10 2010 The beating last month of a 15-year-old girl in the transit tunnel at Westlake Center as security personnel watched without intervening is prompting a review of King County Metro’s policies for its unarmed guards. The incident ? which was partially captured on surveillance video ? happened about 7:15 p...

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