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Private police chief gets prison for child porn www.privateofficer.com

Posted on February 10, 2010
RALEIGH, NC Feb 10 2010 (WECT) – The former head of a private policy agency in Wilmington was sentenced in Federal Court Tuesday, after pleading guilty to manufacturing child pornography. In October 2008, a 17-year-old reported that Joe Guarascio had sexually assaulted her as well as a 14-year-old...

Pastor?s talk about God leads to arrest, lawsuit www.privateofficer.com

Posted on February 10, 2010
Roseville CA Feb 10 2010 Imagine getting arrested for just striking up a conversation about religion in public. That?s what happened to California resident Matthew Snatchko in 2006 when the youth pastor initiated a conversation about God with three shoppers at the Roseville Galleria mall...

Wyoming court security bill not considered www.privateofficer.com

Posted on February 10, 2010
LEGAL WATCH WYOMING By: Rick McCann/Staff PRIVATE OFFICER NEWS www.privateofficer.com A bill that would have classified some court security officers as ?peace officers? under state law failed to receive the necessary votes to be introduced in the House...

Medical center, city settle in patient death lawsuit www.privateofficer.com

Posted on February 10, 2010
LOCKPORT NY Feb 10 2010 — Niagara Falls Memorial Medical Center agreed Tuesday to pay an undisclosed settlement to the family of a psychiatric patient who was shot to death outside the hospital in 1997. The deal with the family of Jonah R. Drisdom was made during a lunch break on the first day of a [...

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DC teachers accused of more than 200 assaults

Posted on February 10, 2010
Washington DC Feb 10 2010 Source: Washington Post D.C. school officials reported more than 200 allegations of students being choked, shoved, slapped, kicked or verbally abused by teachers to impose discipline last year, according to information compiled by D...

Fatal attraction suspect nabbed by FBI after a decade www.privateofficer.com

Posted on February 10, 2010
Daphne AL Feb 10 2010 The calls and e-mails have been coming for a decade. The account offered by a Daphne woman who filed a complaint with police paints the image of a dedicated stalker: Jeremy Lee Taff, it seems, never let go of their high school romance...

Charlotte man dies struggling with security officers www.privateofficer.com

Posted on February 09, 2010
CHARLOTTE, N.C. Feb 9 2010 By: Rick McCann/Staff PRIVATE OFFICER NEWS http://www.privateofficer.com/ — Police say a man who was caught in the act of pilfering through Health Department employee purses is dead after struggling with security officers...

Police hunt men who killed security officer for doing his job www.privateofficer.com

Posted on February 09, 2010
Pasco WA Feb 9 2010– Two men accused of fatally stabbing a nightclub bouncer early Sunday are being charged today in Franklin County District Court. Arrest warrants for $1 million each are being issued for Adan Virgen-Ponce, 28, and Concepcion S...

Fake K-Mart employee arrested for thefts www.privateofficer.com

Posted on February 09, 2010
CORAOPOLIS, Pa. Feb 9 2010 By: Rick McCann/Staff PRIVATE OFFICER NEWS http://www.privateofficer.com/ Police say that he looked like just another K-Mart employee dressed in his store uniform and to the average shopper, they’d never know that he wasn’t...

Man arrested for theft of casino money www.privateofficer.com

Posted on February 09, 2010
IMMOKALEE PA Feb 9 2010 Deputies arrested an Immokalee man after he allegedly tried to take money found on the floor of the Seminole Casino. Nickolaos Maggas, 58, is charged with Grand Theft and Obstruction of Justice for the incident that happened early Sunday morning...

Security Officer Association

Posted on February 09, 2010
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Oklahoma basketball players charged with shoplifting www.privateofficer.com

Posted on February 09, 2010
NORMAN, Okla. Feb 9 2010 Two Oklahoma basketball players have been cited for allegedly shoplifting at a Sooner Mall department store in Norman. Police spokeswoman Jennifer Newell says Andrew Fitzgerald and Steven Pledger were ticketed for petty larceny Saturday night and released...

Body found in Delta plane landing gear bay www.privateofficer.com

Posted on February 09, 2010
Tokyo, Japan Feb 9 2010(CNN) — A body was found in the landing gear bay of an airplane that arrived at Tokyo’s Narita Airport Sunday, the airport announced. The dead man was not carrying a passport or personal belongings, airport police said...

Man arrested for assaulting court officer www.privateofficer.com

Posted on February 09, 2010
LOUISVILLE, Ky. Feb 9 2010 (AP) – A Louisville man has been charged with hitting a court security officer after being turned away from entering the federal building. U.S. Magistrate Judge Dave Whalin on Monday ordered 29-year-old LaPaze Brown held without bond pending a request for a psychiatric evaluation...

Former teacher gets 13 yrs prison for sex assault www.privateofficer.com

Posted on February 09, 2010
Avondale AZ Feb 9 2010 An Avondale man who sexually abused a then-13-year-old female relative will serve 13 years in prison and be placed on lifetime probation, court documents show. David Leslie, 51, a former substitute teacher, also is required to register as a sex offender and is banned from ever having contact with that relative, [...

Fort Wayne teacher arrested for sex with student www.privateofficer.com

Posted on February 09, 2010
Fort Wayne In Feb 9 2010 Source:journelgazette.com An Angola woman was arrested Friday and accused of a sex crime involving a boy who was a student at the Michigan school where she teaches, according to Indiana State Police. Dawn Schwartzengraber, 37, faces one count of sexual misconduct with a minor...

City may lay off 65 police officers www.privateofficer.com

Posted on February 09, 2010
Gilbert AZ. Feb 9 2010 More than 100 employee layoffs, including at least 65 police positions, and other service reductions or eliminations lie in wait if Gilbert cannot find another way to balance its budget by July 1, according to staff memos sent to the Town Council...

La. deputy killed in Mardi Gras crash www.privateofficer.com

Posted on February 09, 2010
Terrebonne Parish LA Feb 9 2010 A Terrebonne Parish Sheriff’s Office captain was killed when his motorcycle collided with a car yesterday while escorting a Mardi Gras float, according to The Courier. Capt. Timothy Joel Bergeron was struck at about 7 a...

Cookies land man in jail

Posted on February 09, 2010
TRAVELERS REST, S.C. Feb 9 2010 — A man who said he was just passing through Travelers Rest isn’t going anywhere after officers said they found cocaine cookies and bags of the illegal substance in his car. On Friday, an officer with a K-9 pulled over 25-year-old Tristan Spain McDaniel, of Conyers, Ga...

SPRING HILL TN OFFICER KILLED

Posted on February 09, 2010
Corporal Jeremy McLaren Spring Hill Police Department Tennessee End of Watch: Sunday, February 7, 2010 Biographical Info Age: 28 Tour of Duty: 3 years, 6 months Badge Number: 215 Incident Details Cause of Death: Automobile accident Date of Incident: Friday, February 5, 2010 Weapon Used: Not available Suspect Info: Not available Corporal Jeremy McLaren succumbed to injuries sustained in an automobile accident in Columbia two days earlier...

Deputy found dead, pinned between car and tree www.privateofficer.com

Posted on February 08, 2010
WALHALLA, S.C. Feb 8 2010 — The Oconee County coroner said a sheriff’s deputy has died after he was pinned between his patrol car and a tree. Coroner Karl E. Addis told multiple media outlets that 26-year-old William Frederick Schuck III of Rabun Gap, Ga...

Buffalo security officer opens fire on driver www.privateofficer.com

Posted on February 08, 2010
Buffalo NY Feb 8 2010 A security guard fired three shots at a car whose driver crashed into a downtown parking ramp and then drove toward the guard, Buffalo police said. The guard shot the Glock pistol at the driver’s tires to stop the car, police said...

Police nab 6 in Atlanta Macy?s robberry www.privateofficer.com

Posted on February 08, 2010
ATLANTA GA Feb 8 2010– Police have arrested six people suspected of smashing a car into a department store, causing thousands of dollars in damage before pulling out with a load of stolen clothing. Four of them were captured at a nearby Waffle House...

Security officers called heros after rescue www.privateofficer.com

Posted on February 08, 2010
Rochester NY Feb 8 2010 Source: WSEH.com Security guards at a local nightclub are being called heroes for helping rescue people from a burning apartment building. The fire started around 3:30 a.m. in a 3-story building at 121 Liberty Pole Way. Workers from “Club NV” noticed the smoke, called 911 and ran upstairs to help...

Greene County authorities will fight state bingo raids www.privateofficer.com

Posted on February 08, 2010
Greene County ALA. Feb 8 2010 The sheriff would have the authority to “deputize” men in order to stop a raid of the Greenetrack bingo operations by a state anti-gambling task force, a state legislator said in a press conference this afternoon in front of the facility...

Special police officer involved in shoot-out www.privateofficer.com

Posted on February 08, 2010
� SAN FRANCISCO CA Feb 8 2010(AP) - Police say one person is dead and four critically injured after a shooting outside a nightclub near San Francisco’s Fisherman’s Wharf. The shooting around 1:40 a.m. Sunday took place outside the Suede Nightclub and Lounge on Bay Street, according to a police spokesman...

Nightclub security officer stabbed to death www.privateofficer.com

Posted on February 08, 2010
Pasco WA Feb 8 2010 — A 41-year-old Kennewick man who worked as a bouncer and security guard for El Patron Night Club on Lewis Street in Pasco was murdered overnight. The man, whose name has not been released, was found lying in the alley near the night club with knife wounds at 2 a...

Power plant explosion centers on safety www.privateofficer.com

Posted on February 08, 2010
MIDDLETOWN CT Feb 8 2010 Source: Hartford Courant – Possible gaps in safety protocols at the Kleen Energy power plant are at the center of the investigation into Sunday’s blast that killed five and injured 12. It occurred during the always-dangerous process of purging, or cleaning, of the underground, high-pressure natural-gas pipeline that runs about 800 [...

Dallas police officer arrested for pulling gun on bouncer

Posted on February 08, 2010
Dallas TX Feb 8 2010 An off-duty veteran Dallas police sergeant was arrested early Sunday, accused of hitting and pulling a gun on a Greenville Avenue bar owner and bouncer as both tried to get him to leave at closing time early Sunday morning. Sgt. Hector Roa, 37, was being held Sunday at the Lew Sterrett [...

Churches hire guards, install alarms after fires www.privateofficer.com

Posted on February 08, 2010
TYLER TX Feb 8 2010 ? Eight Texas churches barely 150 miles apart have caught fire since New Year’s Day, putting pastors and congregations on edge and on guard, wondering whether theirs is next. Authorities determined that seven of those fires were intentionally set, and they are investigating one Thursday as a possible arson...

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