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Shoplifter dies in struggle with Wal-Mart security www.privateofficer.com

Posted on December 21, 2009
Dunwoody GA (metro Atlanta) Dec 21 2009 Police are investigating the death Saturday of an alleged shoplifter after he was forcibly apprehended by Wal-Mart loss prevention officers. Marty Bridges, 38, was attempting to flee the store, at 4725 Ashford Dunwoody Rd...

Bloody week-end leaves 2 security officers dead, 4 others injured www.privateofficer.com

Posted on December 20, 2009
ATLANTA GA. Dec 20 2009 By: Rick McCann PRIVATE OFFICER NEWS NETWORK http://www.privateofficer.com/ A deadly week-end for private security officers has left two officers dead, one other shot and two more with stab wounds. While all of the incidents occurred at different businesses and in different states, they all had the same underlying tones to the attacks; disregard for human [...

Indy teacher, coach charged with sexual misconduct www.privateofficer.com

Posted on December 20, 2009
INDIANAPOLIS IN Dec 20 2009 — A teacher and basketball coach at Pike High School has been arrested on charges of child seduction. Sara L. Strahm, 28, was arrested on Friday in connection with an incident involving a 17-year-old girl, said Sgt. Paul Thompson...

Oakland security officer shot-killed www.privateofficer.com

Posted on December 20, 2009
OAKLAND CA Dec 20 2009? A 59-year-old security guard was shot to death Saturday night at an East Oakland auto parts store on what was supposed to be a day off for him, police said. Police are also investigating the death of another man who was either thrown from a vehicle or hit by one...

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Man gets jail for attack on court officer www.privateofficer.com

Posted on December 20, 2009
YAKIMA, Wash. Dec 20 2009 — A Grandview man was sentenced Friday to a year in jail for an assault on a courthouse security officer that ended with the officer’s left leg severely broken. Joel Martinez, 32, was found guilty by a Superior Court jury Thursday of fourth-degree assault on Jessie Switzer, a courthouse security officer [...

Dayton security officer shot and killed www.privateofficer.com

Posted on December 19, 2009
DAYTON OH DEC 19 2009 By: Rick McCann PRIVATE OFFICER NEWS NETWORK www.privateofficer.com Police say that they responded to a shooting call at the United Foods located at 2141N. Main St Friday night and found that a security officer had been shot. Police say that they have little information on the shooting but it appears that the security officer was [...

Security officer injured, students arrested www.privateofficer.com

Posted on December 19, 2009
ROCKFORD IL Dec 19 2009 ? A female security officer at the Rockford Environmental Science Academy lost a tooth Friday and possibly suffered a broken jaw while attempting to break up a fight between two students. Rockford School District spokesman Mark Bonne said the after-school fight started between two eighth-grade boys while they were waiting to [...

Security officer shot in Chattanooga www.privateofficer.com

Posted on December 19, 2009
Chattanooga TN Dec 19 2009 By: Rick McCann Private Officer News Network www.privateofficer.com Police officers were called to a shooting late Friday night and found that a security officer had been shot in a drive-by shooting incident. According to city police,this happened while the guard, Robert Underwood, was on duty at the city gas pumps at the corner of Park [...

School security guard gets prison for rape of student www.privateofficer.com

Posted on December 19, 2009
Kenosha WI. Dec 19 2009 A former Indian Trail Academy security guard convicted of sexually assaulting a student must spend 10 years in prison, a judge decided Thursday. John R. Clark, 47, also must register as a sex offender for the rest of his life and have 10 years supervision once he is released from prison...

College student comes to the aid of fallen officer www.privateofficer.com

Posted on December 19, 2009
Bellevue WA Dec 19 2009 Taylor Kowalski was running late to class. The Eastlake senior and Running Start student at Bellevue College had overset her alarm clock and was hustling to her early morning English class. Kowalski was kicking herself for being late for the first time in over five weeks, an accomplishment a non-morning person [...

Police issue summons to apartments for no security www.privateofficer.com

Posted on December 19, 2009
Jersey City NJ Dec 19 2009 Jersey City police have issued Paulus Hook Towers a summons carrying a fine of up to $1,200, alleging there was no security guard at the site when Jacqueline Reyes, 27, was killed and her 9-month-old infant was stabbed multiple times on Dec...

Security officer helps police nab bank robber www.privateofficer.com

Posted on December 19, 2009
Colorado Springs CO Dec 19 2009 By: Rick McCann Private Officer News Network www.privateofficer.com A man was arrested Thursday afternoon on suspicion of robbing a bank located inside a grocery store in the Broadmoor area. Police were notified that a man, later identified as Stephen Templeton, 36, allegedly robbed U...

Mall security raids kiosk, confiscates t-shirts www.privateofficer.com

Posted on December 19, 2009
Dallas TX Dec 19 2009 A short-sleeved squabble ended suddenly Thursday when Town East Mall security raided a kiosk and seized a stash of T-shirts that had southeast Dallas business owners up in arms. The design was one of three on T-shirts that were confiscated from a kiosk in Town East Mall after complaints...

Former security guard guilty in murder trial www.privateofficer.com

Posted on December 19, 2009
Los Angeles CA Dec 19 2009 A former security guard accused of fatally shooting an 18-year-old college student at a Palmdale park-and-ride lot nearly a decade ago was convicted today of second-degree murder, authorities said. The verdict caps a lengthy legal saga that began when Raymond Lee Jennings first reported finding Michelle O’Keefe’s body during a [...

Police arrest three for mansion burglary www.privateofficer.com

Posted on December 18, 2009
CHANDLER, Ariz. Dec 18 2009– Officials at a security company said they watched three burglars with flashlights rummage through a Chandler mansion and helped police catch them, officers said. The home is on 10 acres. It has at least 20 rooms, a 20-car garage, diving pool and tennis courts...

Kohl?s Loss Prevention agent stabbed by shoplifter www.privateofficer.com

Posted on December 18, 2009
EL PASO, Texas Dec 18 2009– El Paso police are looking for a man who they said stabbed a security guard at Kohl?s in West El Paso around 11 a.m. Tuesday. Officers said a man was in Kohl?s shopping for a watch, other jewelry and cologne, but he left the store without paying for the items...

UPS employee nabbed by security for thefts www.privateofficer.com

Posted on December 18, 2009
Parsippany NJ Dec 18 2009 Officers responded to the UPS facility located on Jefferson Rd. Dec. 8, at 3:54 p.m. to investigate a report of a theft. Security officers of UPS had stopped one of their employees during a routine inspection of a backpack he was wearing and discovered $1,200 worth of iPods and an electronic video [...

Man disarms armored car guard, steals deposit www.privateofficer.com

Posted on December 18, 2009
Dallas TX Dec 18 2009 Police are searching for a man who robbed an armored car guard at gunpoint this afternoon as she picked up a bank deposit in southern Dallas. Officers were called to the Family Dollar store along Cedar Crest Boulevard near East Kiest Boulevard about 1:20 p...

Men rip off people attending funerals www.privateofficer.com

Posted on December 18, 2009
CHATTANOOGA TN Dec 18 2009(WRCB) — Police say two men ripped off people attending a funeral. On Monday night, off duty officers and mall security took Justin Clutts and James Bragg into custody, charging them with three counts of Burglary, three counts of Theft under $500 and two counts of Vandalism...

TX. deputy shot while working security www.privateofficer.com

Posted on December 18, 2009
CORPUS CHRISTI TX Dec 18 2009? A Nueces County Sheriff?s Department deputy was shot in the wrist during a confrontation Thursday night in a parking garage at American Bank Center. An American Bank Center security guard kicked the gun away from the gunman...

OFFICER DOWN

Posted on December 18, 2009
Officer Chris Marano Arizona Department of Public Safety Arizona End of Watch: Thursday, December 17, 2009 Biographical Info Age: 28 Tour of Duty: 2 years Badge Number: Not available Incident Details Cause of Death: Vehicle pursuit Date of Incident: Thursday, December 17, 2009 Weapon Used: Not available Suspect Info: Apprehended Officer Chris Marano was struck and killed by a patrol car involved in a vehicle pursuit as [...

US Border Patrol Agent collapses, dies at checkpoint www.privateofficer.com

Posted on December 18, 2009
Yuma AZ Dec. 17 2009 –A Yuma Sector Border Patrol agent died early Thursday morning after collapsing at an immigration checkpoint. The agent has been identified as 40-year-old John Hoag III, a six-year veteran of the U.S. Border Patrol, according to a news statement released Thursday by Yuma Sector Border Patrol...

Security officer tied up during warehouse robbery www.privateofficer.com

Posted on December 17, 2009
LAMONT, Calif. Dec 17 2009– Three men tied up a security guard and robbed a shoe distribution center. On Dec. 12 at 9:40 p.m., deputies from the Lamont and Frazier Park Substations responded to a report of an armed robbery that occurred at the Famous Footwear Distribution Center along I-5 north of the base of the [...

Luggage with $200,000 stamps stolen at Chicago airport www.privateofficer.com

Posted on December 17, 2009
Chicago IL Dec 17 2009 A man police say has a history of hanging out at Midway Airport and stealing luggage was arrested after he allegedly swiped the luggage of a postage stamp collector from Austin, Texas, that contained $200,000 worth of rare stamps...

Alabama man arrested for paying teens for sex www.privateofficer.com

Posted on December 17, 2009
HENRY COUNTY, Ala. Dec 17 2009– Henry County Sheriff’s investigators recently arrested an Abbeville man known as “Big Mike” on charges he paid 2 teenagers for sex and gave the boys marijuana while they were with him performing the sex acts, the Dothan Eagle reports...

Student arrested for masturbating in class www.privateofficer.com

Posted on December 17, 2009
Dallas TX Dec 17 2009 A teacher at W.T. White High School in northwest Dallas approached a student’s desk yesterday to check on his art project when she noticed him staring off into space. As the teacher tried to get his attention, the student pulled up his shirt and exposed himself...

Teacher arrested for stalking, enticing student www.privateofficer.com

Posted on December 17, 2009
OKLAHOMA CITY OKL Dec 17 2009 ? A substitute teacher was arrested for attempting to entice a 14-year-old student at a local park. Wednesday evening Oklahoma City police responded to a possible child abuse incident at a park in the 9600 block of S. Shartel Avenue...

Pregnant US Customs Officer slain by estranged husband www.privateofficer.com

Posted on December 17, 2009
SAN DIEGO CA Dec 17 2009 — A rookie U.S. Customs agent slain last week at her South Bay apartment — allegedly by her estranged husband, who’s believed to be hiding out in Mexico — will be laid to rest this weekend, officials announced Wednesday...

Chris Hentry dies from injuries from domestic dispute www.privateofficer.com

Posted on December 17, 2009
CHARLOTTE, N.C.Dec 17 2009 — Charlotte-Mecklenburg police said Cincinnati Bengals receiver Chris Henry has died, one day after suffering serious injuries upon falling out of the back of a pickup truck in what authorities describe as a domestic dispute with his fianc�e...

DC cop charged with murder, possible gang enforcer www.privateofficer.com

Posted on December 17, 2009
Washington DC Dec 17 2009 A veteran D.C. police officer swept the streets of drug dealers so his friends could more easily rob one of their street rivals, authorities alleged. The robbery went bad, and now authorities have charged the officer, 40-year-old Reggie Jones, with felony murder in the Dec...

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