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Woman 98 charged with roommate?s murder www.privateofficer.com

Posted on December 12, 2009
NEW BEDFORD, Mass. Dec 12 2009- A 98-year-old woman was indicted Friday on a second-degree murder charge that alleges she strangled her 100-year-old nursing home roommate after making the victim’s life “a living hell” because she thought the woman was “taking over the room...

St Paul teacher arrested for student molestation www.privateofficer.com

Posted on December 12, 2009
SAINT PAUL, Minn. Dec 12 2009- Cretin Derham Hall teacher Gail Gagne turned herself in Thursday on accusations of having sexual relations with a 17-year-old student. Gagne was wanted by St. Paul police on two counts of criminal sexual conduct. Investigators say Gagne, who was hired as an assistant basketball coach and substitute teacher two years ago, [...

Armored car guard guilty in theft of cash www.privateofficer.com

Posted on December 12, 2009
Ada Okl Dec 12 2009? A local armored car security guard pleaded guilty Thursday in federal court to embezzling a large sum of money from a bag full of cash. Keith Wayne Billie, 40, Konawa, pleaded guilty to embezzlement and theft from an Indian tribal organization, according to Sheldon J...

Man guilty in movie theater attack www.privateofficer.com

Posted on December 12, 2009
Fullerton CA Dec 12 2009 Steven Walter Robinson Jr., 26, was found guilty Sept. 29, 2009, of multiple felony counts, including attempted murder. Robinson did not know the two men. According to the Orange County District Attorney’s Office, at 6 p...

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Security agency owner, employees arrested for theft of gun www.privateofficer.com

Posted on December 12, 2009
San Antonio TX Dec 12 2009 Police arrested one man and have an arrest warrant for another man for impersonating police officers. Taylor Patterson, 19, is an employee for Metro City Security and was arrested for an incident that happened in July. That was when a family says three men posing as officers aggressively and illegally [...

Security guard?s pepper spray causes wreck www.privateofficer.com

Posted on December 12, 2009
Tulsa Okl Dec 12 2009 – Police say an overnight crash resulted from a passenger being sprayed with pepper spray. It happened near 11th and Yale. Officers say the driver and four friends were sitting in the parking lot of Club Corrall when security asked them to leave...

Man charged with attempted murder of police at casino www.privateofficer.com

Posted on December 12, 2009
Riverside CA Dec 11 2009 A San Diego man who allegedly knocked down a sheriff?s deputy down and tried to grab his gun while threatening to kill him outside the Pechanga Casino pleaded not guilty today to attempted murder on a peace officer and other felonies...

Man charged with assault on security, police www.privateofficer.com

Posted on December 10, 2009
Elgin IL Dec 910 2009 An Elgin man was arrested Tuesday on multiple felony charges after he pushed and kicked security guards and allegedly threatened to kill two Carpentersville police officers on Monday during an incident at Fox View Apartments, according to police reports...

Retired NJ cop commits suicide at police HQ www.privateofficer.com

Posted on December 10, 2009
ROCHELLE PARK NJ Dec 10 2009?A 66-year-old township man committed suicide on the front steps of the police headquarters last night, police said today. Rochelle Park police said a 66-year-old man killed himself on the steps of their police station Wednesday night...

Casino patron claims robbery to avoid telling wife of loss www.privateofficer.com

Posted on December 10, 2009
MESQUITE, Nev. Dec 9 2009– A Mesquite man who claimed he was robbed at an ATM lied to officers because he didn?t want to tell his wife he lost his money gambling, police said Wednesday. In his arrest report, 43-year-old Lynell Hunter claimed he was approached by two Hispanic men who robbed him of $300 while [...

Thugs beat up NYC guard over parking violation www.privateofficer.com

Posted on December 10, 2009
NYC Dec 10 2009 Three thugs were busted for giving a security guard a beat-down after they were told to move their car at the Atlantic Terminal Mall, authorities said yesterday. Driver Israel Rodriguez Jr., 21, and passengers Luc Vincent, 19, and Robersto Valle, 27, were parked in a Honda near Atlantic and Fifth avenues at 7:30 [...

Hartford police officer not guilty of manslaughter www.privateofficer.com

Posted on December 09, 2009
HARTFORD CT Dec 9 2009 – Former Hartford police officer Robert Lawlor was found not guilty today of manslaughter for shooting and killing one man and wounding another in 2005. The jury returned the verdict in Hartford Superior Court around 1 p.m...

Security guard arrested for aggravated assault during druken incident www.privateofficer.com

Posted on December 09, 2009
TAMPA Fla Dec 9 2009? A police officer stopping to fill up at a gas station early Monday disarmed a 58-year-old man who was dressed as a security guard and threatening people with a handgun. Just after midnight, officer Regina Ziegler stopped at the Circle K and Shell Gas station at 1451 E Fowler Ave...

Student fires rifle at teacher in Virginia www.privateofficer.com

Posted on December 09, 2009
WOODBRIDGE, Va.Dec 9 2009 ? An upset student was arrested Tuesday after pointing a high-powered rifle at a teacher and firing two shots in a classroom at a Virginia community college, police said. No injuries were reported. “The teacher hit the floor when she saw a gun come up,” said Sgt...

Toronto questions off-duty cops pay www.privateofficer.com

Posted on December 09, 2009
Toronto CA. Dec 9 2009 Call it Cops, Inc. Profits are soaring. Work orders stream through the fax at headquarters on Eglinton Ave. W. Employees are on the job across the city and easy to spot. They wear reflective yellow jackets and navy caps and holstered handguns...

Security guard awarded $150,000 for illegal termination www.privateofficer.com

Posted on December 09, 2009
Miami Fla Dec 9 2009 A Miami-Dade jury, sworn to exercise its civic duty, awarded security guard Jackalyn P. Strachan $150,000 in damages — for exercising her same civic duty. The six-person jury last week found that Miami security firm Hall Investigation Service wrongfully denied wages and fired Strachan for serving as a juror in a [...

Facebook upgrades security and privacy settings

Posted on December 09, 2009
NEW YORK Dec 9 2009 — Facebook is changing its privacy settings to give users more control over who sees the information they post on their personal pages. Beginning Wednesday, the networking Web site is taking the rare step of requiring its more than 350 million users to review and update their privacy settings...

OFFICER DOWN

Posted on December 09, 2009
Deputy Sheriff Charles Douglas (Charlie) Brown Jr. Martin County Sheriff’s Office North Carolina End of Watch: Tuesday, December 8, 2009 Biographical Info Age: 38 Tour of Duty: 15 years Badge Number: 809 Incident Details Cause of Death: Gunfire Date of Incident: Tuesday, December 8, 2009 Weapon Used: Gun; Unknown type Suspect Info: Shot and killed Deputy Charlie Brown was shot and killed during a confrontation with a suspect [...

NC Deputy shot and killed during 911 call www.privateofficer.com

Posted on December 09, 2009
WILLIAMSTON, N.C. Dec 9 2009 A North Carolina sheriff’s deputy responding to a 911 call has been shot to death by an armed suspect. The suspect was also killed Tuesday when he refused to obey instructions from law officers. Police say 38-year-old deputy Charlie Brown was responding to a call about an armed suspect in Williamston, about [...

Ga. officer fired over Facebook posting www.privateofficer.com

Posted on December 09, 2009
SANDY SPRINGS, Ga. Dec 9 2009 A former Sandy Springs police sergeant wants his job back after he said he was fired for comments he posted on his Facebook page. O.J. Concepcion said he was fired for posting an anti-backstabbing cartoon and said it wound up in the wrong officer’s mailbox...

Paramedic arrested for stealing patient?s medications www.privateofficer.com

Posted on December 09, 2009
Morgan Hill CA Dec 9 2009 A Morgan Hill paramedic has been arrested and charged in connection with theft of prescription pain pills from the home of a patient he helped transport to the hospital. Paul Alexander, 46, is being held in Santa Clara County jail on two counts of burglary...

Security association adds online training www.privateofficer.com

Posted on December 08, 2009
Atlanta GA. Dec 8 2009 � Private Officer International, a professional organization of private security and law enforcement officers has announced this week that they have added a new component to their extensive training division; On-Line Security Courses...

Fort Campbell soldier, father dead, possible murder-suicide www.privateofficer.com

Posted on December 08, 2009
Clarksville TN Dec 8 2009 Police are now saying that two men found shot to death in a Clarksville apartment were a Fort Campbell soldier and his father and they are investigating the deaths as a murder-suicide. Clarksville police found the bodies Sunday inside an apartment near the gates of the post on the Tennessee-Kentucky state line...

Check fraud at Wal-Mart leads to attempted murder charges www.privateofficer.com

Posted on December 08, 2009
BRANDON Fla Dec 8 2009 ? Deputies are searching for a Lakeland man accused of running over a Brandon Walmart employee after attempting to steal from the store. On Friday afternoon, deputies say Eunessa Lawson, 32, and Algernon West, 26, entered the Walmart on Causeway Boulevard and tried to buy an $898 laptop with checks stolen [...

Casino security charge women with leaving children alone www.privateofficer.com

Posted on December 08, 2009
Montville CT Dec 8 2009 – Two New Jersey women were arrested Saturday night at Mohegan Sun after casino security found one of their young children wandering the halls of the casino hotel and the other in a room by herself. Casino security contacted State Police detectives saying they had found the 3-year-old boy wandering alone [...

Security firm is OC?s top company www.privateofficer.com

Posted on December 08, 2009
Santa Ana CA. Dec 8 2009 Something unusual is happening on the sixth floor of an otherwise ordinary Santa Ana office tower. Doors are closed. Plastic sheets cover the carpet. In the midst of the most grinding economic recession in years, in the face of grim headlines and sour forecasts, the company headquartered there is…...

Police find Ohio high school students dead, possible suicide www.privateofficer.com

Posted on December 08, 2009
YOUNGSTOWN, Ohio Dec 8 2009 (AP) – Two high school seniors were shot to death in an Ohio cemetery and police are trying to determine if it was a murder-suicide or double suicide. Seventeen-year-old Jamie Serich and 18-year-old Colin Hart were seniors at Youngstown’s Cardinal Mooney High School and lived in Boardman...

Nurse arrested for sex assault of prison inmate www.privateofficer.com

Posted on December 08, 2009
Sheboygan WI Dec 8 2009 A prison nurse was charged Monday for allegedly having a sexual relationship with an inmate The relationship included six instances of sexual contact in an exam room and was found out after the nurse, Laurie A. Blum, 43, of Fond du Lac, called the inmate?s cellblock to say good night, according to [...

Louisville security officer shot during robbery www.privateofficer.com

Posted on December 08, 2009
Louisville Ky Dec 8 2009 � A man with a gun entered a Family Dollar Store at 1419 W. Jefferson St. shortly before 5 p.m. Monday, demanded cash, then shot a security guard once in the leg, police said. Louisville Metro Police spokesman Dwight Mitchell said the guard was taken to University Hospital...

Retired Birmingham police officer dies in wreck www.privateofficer.com

Posted on December 07, 2009
Birmingham AL Dec 7 2009 A retired Birmingham police officer was killed in a wreck on Riverview Road, just off U.S. 280, this evening. In what Deputy Chief Ray Tubbs called a catastrophic accident, Capt. Gary Childs was driving a van that left the roadway, flipped and landed in a wooded area...

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