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FBI arrest man in church $3 Million embezzlement www.privateofficer.com

Posted on December 26, 2009
ORANGE CT Dec 26 2009 ? The FBI today arrested Gregory P. Loles, 50, of Easton, who is alleged to have embezzled more than $3 million from members of St. Barbara Greek Orthodox Church, and possibly millions of dollars from the church. U.S. Department of Justice spokesman Thomas Carson said Tuesday afternoon that Loles was arrested [...

Man orders coffee with knife in his chest www.privateofficer.com

Posted on December 26, 2009
WARREN, Mich. Dec 26 2009 — man who walked into a Michigan diner with a 5-inch knife stuck in his chest ordered a coffee and complained only about the cold weather. The 52-year-old man, who has not been identified, called a 911 operator in Warren on Sunday night to ask that an ambulance be sent to [...

Salvation Army Major killed during robbery www.privateofficer.com

Posted on December 25, 2009
LITTLE ROCK, Ark. Dec 25 2009? A Salvation Army worker was shot and killed Christmas Eve in front of his three young children during an attempted robbery outside the charity’s community center in North Little Rock, a Salvation Army official said Friday...

Terrorist Attack On Northwest/Delta Airlines Confirmed www.privateofficer.com

Posted on December 25, 2009
WASHINGTON Dec 25 2009? A Northwest Airlines passenger from Nigeria, who said he was acting on al-Qaida’s instructions, tried to blow up the plane Friday as it was landing in Detroit, law enforcement and national security officials said. Passengers subdued the man and may have prevented him from detonating the explosives, the officials said...

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Casino security charge man with cashing in stolen chips www.privateofficer.com

Posted on December 25, 2009
JOLIET IL Dec 25 2009 — Seeing three chips worth $500 each inadvertently left on the craps table at Harrah’s Casino, a Bolingbrook man allegedly took the chips and cashed them in. When Harrah’s casino security approached the man about the incident, Keith A...

Teacher arrested for sex with student www.privateofficer.com

Posted on December 25, 2009
ALEXANDER, NY Dec 25 2009- A Genesee County high school teacher has been arrested and is accused of having an inappropriate relationship with a student. Sheriffs deputies arrested 49-year-old Mark Hamilton Tuesday night. The suspect is a teacher at Alexander High School...

Bomb threat closes roads to casino www.privateofficer.com

Posted on December 25, 2009
EVANSVILLE, IN Dec 25 2009 (WFIE) – Evansville Police blocked off Riverside Drive near Casino Aztar late Thursday afternoon after there was trouble with a man trying to board the boat. Officers say it all started with a vague, phoned-in bomb threat around 4:30 p...

Shoplifter arrested for assaulting security officers www.privateofficer.com

Posted on December 25, 2009
MANATEE COUNTY FLA Dec 25 2009 – Jamal Barnes, 40, tried to steal two comforter sets out of Sears on Monday and then became violent with security personnel when questioned, according to a Manatee County Sheriff’s Office report. According to the report: Barnes was approached by a loss prevention specialist and a mall security guard in the [...

Casino security tip leads to drug arrest www.privateofficer.com

Posted on December 25, 2009
Woodland CA. Dec 25 2009 Yolo County sheriff’s deputies arrested two people at the Cache Creek Casino on Tuesday on suspicion of various drug violations. According to Sgt. Lance Faille, Kellie Byfield, 45, of Roseville, and James Maxey, 42, of Nevada, were charged with possession of a controlled substance, transportation of a controlled substance, drug paraphernalia, and [...

Manchester High School teacher arrested-sex assault www.privateofficer.com

Posted on December 25, 2009
MANCHESTER CT Dec 25 2009 hartford courant- ? A Manchester High School teacher who was placed on leave in November for what school officials would only describe as “a pending personnel matter” was arrested today on charges that he inappropriately touched a female student...

Officer arrested in jailbreak plan www.privateofficer.com

Posted on December 25, 2009
San Antonio TX Dec 25 2009 A Bexar County Jail detention officer was arrested Thursday afternoon after an investigation revealed he supplied inmates with a hacksaw for an attempted jailbreak late last week, officials said. Alfred Casas, 30, was arrested on the job without incident and is charged with providing implements for escape ? deadly weapon, [...

Alabama teacher arrested for sexual abuse of student www.privateofficer.com

Posted on December 25, 2009
BARBOUR COUNTY, Ala. — A Barbour County High School teacher has been arrested on accusations he had a sexual relationship with a student and authorities now looking into allegations the teacher did the same thing while employed in the Troy, Ala...

Delta passenger sets off firecrackers on plane www.privateofficer.com

Posted on December 25, 2009
ROMULUS, Mich. Dec 25 2009 AP? A passenger aboard a plane at Detroit Metropolitan Airport set off firecrackers Friday, causing a commotion and some minor injuries, a Delta official said. Delta Air Lines spokeswoman Susan Elliott said the passenger was subdued immediately...

Fundraiser turns into nightclub brawl www.privateofficer.com

Posted on December 24, 2009
Santa Rosa CA Dec 24 2009 A fundraiser Tuesday night for a Rohnert Park family enduring its second death in three months turned into a violent, emotion- and alcohol-fueled brawl at a Santa Rosa nightclub. Accounts of what happened at the club are disputed, but in the end club security personnel and then police officers had [...

Shotgun toting robber holds up armored car www.privateofficer.com

Posted on December 24, 2009
ASPEN HILL, Md.Dec 24 2009 By: Rick McCann/staff PRIVATE OFFICER NEWS NETWORK http://www.privateofficer.com/ - An late morning armored car robbery has police on the look-out for a lone suspect. According to police a man held up an armored truck outside an Aspen Hill bank Wednesday morning and then vanished...

Security-bouncer stabbed breaking up fight www.privateofficer.com

Posted on December 24, 2009
Elyria OH Dec 24 2009 A 29-year-old Elyria man was stabbed in the leg and chest yesterday morning after trying to break up a fight inside Benchwarmers Sports Bar and Grille. One man has been arrested in connection with the stabbing, while someone who fired a gun during the fight is still on the run from [...

Argument at assisted-living facility leads to murder www.privateofficer.com

Posted on December 24, 2009
New York Dec 24 2009 An argument in an assisted-living residence at 270 E. Second St. between two men in wheelchairs turned violent in the early hours of Sat., Dec. 19, and one of them stabbed the other to death, police said. The suspect, Felipe Rivera-Cruz, 51, plunged a folding knife four times into the chest of [...

Serial bank robber captured in Charlotte www.privateofficer.com

Posted on December 22, 2009
CHARLOTTE, NC Dec 22 2009(WBTV) – The ‘Bearded Bandit’ — wanted in 17 Charlotte-area bank robberies — has been arrested, authorities said Tuesday. Michael Gene Terrelonge, 41, recently admitted his involvement in a total of 17 bank robberies and indicated that he is the “Bearded Bandit,” Charlotte police said Tuesday morning...

Nashville uses ?Beet Juice? to melt snow from roads www.privateofficer.com

Posted on December 22, 2009
NASHVILLE TN. Dec 22 2009 The Tennessee Department of Transportation will begin using beet juice this winter to help remove snow and ice from state roads and interstates. TDOT said in a news release Monday that beet juice mixed with salt and salt brine will be spread at various locations across the state...

Atlanta?s Buckhead area victim of another smash-grab www.privateofficer.com

Posted on December 22, 2009
Atlanta GA. Dec 21 2009 cbsatlanta.com Earlier this week, Atlanta Police arrested six members of the 30 Deep gang. Many of the men arrested, police said, are connected to a rash of smash-and-grab burglaries across the metropolitan Atlanta area. Burglars made their own entrance into Seven Over Escape, smashing through glass to break into the store...

Firefighter arrested for making 48 hoax calls www.privateofficer.com

Posted on December 22, 2009
Weld County CO Dec 22 2009 A woman arrested Friday for making 48 phony 911 calls to county police dispatchers was a volunteer firefighter in southeast Weld County, according to court records released Monday. Caryn Sodaro, 44, lives in Lochbuie, but she was a volunteer firefighter in Hudson...

Three friends guilty in Wal-Mart employee murder www.privateofficer.com

Posted on December 22, 2009
NORTH HAVERHILL, N.H.Dec 22 2009 ? Denounced as “evil” and “despicable,” three young friends who plotted the killing of a developmentally disabled Walmart cashier who had been hitting on a co-worker drew long prison terms Monday...

Security helps nab burglar in the act www.privateofficer.com

Posted on December 22, 2009
Athens GA Dec 22 2009 A security guard at an Athens apartment complex alerted Athens Police to a possible theft on Saturday, leading to the arrest of one of the two suspects, an official said. Athens Police arrested Nicole Anne Chavez, 26, of 19260 Airfield St...

Pierce County deputies ambushed, kill gunman www.privateofficer.com

Posted on December 22, 2009
SEATTLE WA Dec 22 2009 (AP) – Two sheriff’s officers were wounded while responding to a dispute at a home between two brothers – the third shooting of law enforcement officers in Washington state in the last three months. The officers killed the gunman before they were rushed to the hospital...

UMC employee forced to resign after Tweet To Governor www.privateofficer.com

Posted on December 22, 2009
JACKSON, MS Dec 22 2009 (WLBT) – A tweet to Governor Haley Barbour ended with a University Medical Center employee resigning from her job. She said she was simply using the social networking site Twitter to exercise her right to freedom of speech...

Teacher Billy Ray Smith arrested for sexual assault www.privateofficer.com

Posted on December 22, 2009
DURANT, OK Dec 22 2009? A Coleman High School science teacher is in jail after being charged with sexually assaulting a 15-year-old boy. Durant Police say 51-year-old Billy Ray Smith was arrested last Saturday on three accounts of child sexual abuse. Officers started the investigation over a week ago after the Department of Human Services received [...

Police nab man wanted for running down security agent www.privateofficer.com

Posted on December 21, 2009
TAMPA Fla. Dec 21 2009 – A jaywalking arrest in Las Vegas led to the capture of a shoplifting suspect accused of running over a security officer at a Brandon Walmart, deputies said today. Algernon Maurice West, 26, of Lakeland, was arrested Friday and is being held without bail in Clark County, Nev...

Muscle Shoals teacher arrested for sex with teen www.privateofficer.com

Posted on December 21, 2009
MUSCLE SHOALS AL Dec 21 2009- Muscle Shoals Police arrested a Sheffield Junior High Teacher on Saturday on the suspicion she was engaged in inappropriate sexual behavior with a teenager. Amanda Watkins has been charged with second-degree rape and second-degree sodomy...

Ohio school employee arrested-inappropriate student relationships www.privateofficer.com

Posted on December 21, 2009
Windham OH Dec 21 2009 By: Rick McCann-Staff PRIVATE OFFICER NEWS NETWORK http://www.privateofficer.com/ The sheriff’s department has announced the arrest of a school employee after allegations came to light that he was involved in numerous relationships with students...

Houston security officer injured during robbery www.privateofficer.com

Posted on December 21, 2009
HOUSTON TX Dec 21 2009 Brett Davis-Staff PRIVATE OFFICER NEWS NETWORK http://www.privateofficer.com/ Police are reporting that a security officer has been injured during an armed robbery at a game room in southwest Houston overnight. Police say three gunmen entered Bellaire Gifts and Games just before 3am, tied up the customers and security officer and then broke into 20 slot machines, [...

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