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Off-duty Wisconsin police officer murdered www.privateofficer.com

Posted on December 07, 2009
JEFFERSON, Wisc.Dec 7 2009 ? Police late Sunday continued to investigate a shooting outside a downtown Jefferson tavern that killed a Town of Oconomowoc police officer and a male friend. Police officials announced that they had arrested a male suspect in the double shooting but provided few other details of the incident, which occurred early Sunday...

Nightclub security shoot-kill armed patron www.privateofficer.com

Posted on December 07, 2009
Atlanta GA Dec 7 2009 Security guards shot and killed an unruly patron at a College Park nightclub, police said. The shooting occurred at Oceans 66 at 5058 Old National Highway early Sunday, College Park Police Sgt. Eddie Atkins told the AJC. Jeffrey Bing, 27, died from a gunshot wound, the Fulton County Medical Examiner said...

Nightclub security officer stabbed more than a dozen times www.privateofficer.com

Posted on December 07, 2009
PATCHOGUE, N.Y.Dec 7 2009 ? A nightclub security guard is in stable condition after being stabbed more than a dozen times in a group attack outside the Long Island club. Suffolk County police say witnesses recounted seeing guards attacked by at least five men as they kicked out an unruly patron from 620 Lounge in Patchogue [...

U.S. Coast Guard crashes into tour boat in Charleston www.privateofficer.com

Posted on December 07, 2009
CHARLESTON, SC Dec 7 2009 ? Federal investigators are on their way to the Lowcountry to investigate a boat crash. Four people are out of the hospital after they were injured in a boat accident involving a small 25-foot Coast Guard boat and the Thriller, a 43-passenger tour boat...

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Alabama police chief arrested for DUI www.privateofficer.com

Posted on December 07, 2009
FLORENCE, AL Dec 7 2009 WHNT.com – One North Alabama town’s top cop is in trouble with the law. Tuscumbia’s police chief was arrested and charged with driving under the influence. Chief Tony Logan was arrested Saturday afternoon. Documents given to WHNT NEWS 19 from police in Florence suggest the chief was taken into custody after [...

OFFICER DOWN

Posted on December 07, 2009
PENN HILLS, Pennsylvania Dec 7 2009 – A Pittsburgh police officer was shot and killed Sunday night just before 9 p.m. The officer was reportedly responding to a domestic disturbance or a shots-fired call in Penn Hills. The officer, Michael Crawshaw, 31, was taken to UPMC Presbyterian Hospital, where he was pronounced dead...

Security officer nabs burglars in the act www.privateofficer.com

Posted on December 05, 2009
Oklahoma City Okla Dec 5 2009 Two people were arrested near NW 122nd and Quail Creek Road early this week, after a baby girl was found in a car underneath items police suspect might have been stolen. Cory Ray Hall, 22, and Amy Ann Owen, 27, were arrested on complaints of receiving and concealing stolen property...

Mall security aids in burglary arrests www.privateofficer.com

Posted on December 05, 2009
Clarksville In Dec 5 2009 Threesuspects were arrested Thursday and charged in an overnight burglary at Green Tree Mall in Clarksville. Police said a mall security guard called in the report about 2:20 a.m. after hearing loud banging and glass shatter...

Club fined in security guard?s excessive force case www.privateofficer.com

Posted on December 05, 2009
ARLINGTON TX Dec 5 2009 ? An administrative law judge has ruled that Cowboys Concert Hall should close for 45 days or pay a $6,750 fine because of what the judge described as a “knockdown, drag-out fight” last year. Judge Monica Garza?s recommendation, which was signed Tuesday, concluded that a security guard for the nightclub used [...

Police charge man with assault on security www.privateofficer.com

Posted on December 05, 2009
Waco Tx Dec 5 2009 Anton Dubois Jones, 45, was arrested on two charges of assaulting a security guard after an altercation at the Villages Apartments, 1100 N. Sixth St. One guard was punched and another was choked during the scuffle, Waco police spokesman Steve Anderson said...

Security guard arrested in theft of wallet www.privateofficer.com

Posted on December 05, 2009
McAllen TX Dec 5 2009 A security guard who worked at the McAllen Bus Station along Business 83 has been charged with theft. Court documents show 26-year-old Jose Antonio Carmona was arrested December 1st and jailed on a $5,000.00 dollar bond. Carmona is accused of stealing a 59-year-old man’s wallet that was left behind at an outdoor [...

Linn County teacher charged in sex with student case www.privateofficer.com

Posted on December 05, 2009
Albany Or Dec 5 2009 A preschool teacher in Linn County has been arrested on suspicion of sex abuse with a 14-year-old boy. Jenifer Stitzel, 34, faces two counts of third-degree sex abuse following a complaint from the boy’s parents last Saturday, according to the Linn County Sheriff’s Office...

Inmate attempts escape from hospital security www.privateofficer.com

Posted on December 05, 2009
HAGERSTOWN MD Dec 5 2009 ? Law enforcement officers twice had to use a Taser on a prisoner who tried to escape from them Wednesday night in the emergency room at Washington County Hospital. The prisoner didn?t resist during the initial four hours he was at the hospital receiving treatment for self-inflicted injuries, Washington County Sheriff [...

OFFICER DOWN

Posted on December 04, 2009
Deputy Sheriff Adam Michael Mehagan Osage County Sheriff’s Office Oklahoma End of Watch: Thursday, December 3, 2009 Biographical Info Age: 26 Tour of Duty: 3 years Badge Number: 126 Incident Details Cause of Death: Automobile accident Date of Incident: Thursday, December 3, 2009 Weapon Used: Not available Suspect Info: Not available Deputy Adam Mehagan was killed in an automobile accident on Peach Orchard Road shortly after midnight...

Security officer sues employer over termination www.privateofficer.com

Posted on December 04, 2009
EBENSBURG PA. Dec 4 2009 ? A woman who formerly worked as a security officer at St. Francis University in Loretto is suing the school in county court. Debra Deering, of Flinton, alleges in the lawsuit that she was wrongfully dismissed because of her medical condition and her complaints about sexual harassment on the job...

Officer kills wife, commits suicide www.privateofficer.com

Posted on December 04, 2009
OLD ORCHARD BEACH NH Dec 4 2009�? The Nov. 16 murder-suicide of an Old Orchard Beach couple who had ties to Wells is “another sad case of domestic violence,” according to police. Bruce Savoy, 55, a Wells assistant code enforcement officer, and wife Stacey Savoy, 50, were found dead in their kitchen on the morning of [...

Man charged with trying to run down security officer www.privateofficer.com

Posted on December 04, 2009
LAS CRUCES NM Dec 4 2009 — A 24-year-old Las Cruces man was arrested after allegedly trying to run over a Graham Central Station security guard and then swinging a steel jack handle at him. Ryne Yoder was charged Friday with two felony counts of aggravated assault with a deadly weapon, according to documents filed in [...

Court security nabs woman holding meth www.privateofficer.com

Posted on December 04, 2009
FORT PAYNE, AL Dec 4 2009 – A woman was arrested on drug charges after a security officer found meth and a pipe inside her purse in the X-ray machine at the DeKalb County Courthouse. On Tuesday, the officer was running the security X-ray machine when Lori Shannon Burton, 31, of Section had her purse run [...

SC teacher charged with sex assault on student www.privateofficer.com

Posted on December 04, 2009
MURRELLS INLET SC Dec 4 2009 -A St. James Middle School teacher was arrested Wednesday by Horry County Police officers. Norbert Richard Ryan, 32, is charged with 2nd degree criminal sexual conduct with a minor. These allegations stem from a reported sexual relationship between Ryan and a student, according to Horry County police...

Man dies after stunned by hospital security officer www.privateofficer.com

Posted on December 04, 2009
CHATTANOOGA, Tenn. Dec 4 2009 (AP) ? The TBI is investigating a Chattanooga hospital security officer in the use of a stun device on a mental patient, who later died. The Chattanooga Times Free Press reported the officer, Matthew Shane Webb, was fired from the Chattanooga Police Department in 2004 after being accused of using a [...

Pelham Alabama police officer gunned down during traffic stop

Posted on December 04, 2009
Pelham Al Dec 4 2009� A Pelham police officer was shot and killed at approximately 11:50 p.m. Thursday night following a traffic stop on Interstate 65 near the 243 mile marker. Philip Davis, 33, became the first officer to die in the line of duty for the city of Pelham...

Former teacher charged with sexual assault on student www.privateofficer.com

Posted on December 03, 2009
COLEBROOK NH Dec 3 2009? A former Pittsburg teacher was arraigned on Monday, Nov. 30, on the charge of aggravated felonious sexual assault. He is accused of assaulting a teenage girl under the age of 16. Matthew Brooks, 31, of Caanan Vt., is currently under house arrest, cannot contact or be within 100 yards of the [...

TN. school band director charged in student rape www.privateofficer.com

Posted on December 03, 2009
SUMMERTOWN, Tenn. Dec 3 2009- Police arrested a Summertown High School band director Wednesday for sexual misconduct by an authority figure. 47-year-old James Edward Tucker is accused of having a sexual relationship with a 15-year-old girl at the school in Lawrence County...

Ex-employee ties up guard, steals safe www.privateofficer.com

Posted on December 03, 2009
COLONIE, N.Y. Dec 3 2009 — Colonie police have arrested a 75 year-old man who, they say, tied up a security guard and made off with a safe. According to police, the guard spotted Kenneth Zeller during his rounds at the Blue Shield building on Century Hill Drive late Tuesday night...

Man hides in closed Wal-Mart, steals $54,000 www.privateofficer.com

Posted on December 03, 2009
Fairfield AL Dec 3 2009 A Mississippi man took holiday shopping to a whole new level last week, police in Fairfield said. Police said James Jefferson Jr. hid inside the Walmart on Aaron Aronov Drive on Nov. 25 shortly after the store closed at 11 p.m...

Police chiefs turning in badges www.privateofficer.com

Posted on December 03, 2009
Los Angeles CA Dec 3 2009 USAToday .comWhen Atlanta Police Chief Richard Pennington announced he would resign at the end of the year, his decision wasn’t entirely a surprise. Both candidates for mayor in this week’s runoff election had vowed to overhaul the police department, saying high-profile crimes in the city jeopardized public safety...

Fresno police arrest 5 persons for security officer murder www.privateofficer.com

Posted on December 03, 2009
FRESNO, Calif. Dec�3 2009 (KFSN) — Fresno Police believe they’ve caught the people responsible for killing a security guard in Central Fresno. Albert Rodriguez was found dead nearly two weeks ago at the Summerset Village apartment complex on Weldon near Fresno Street...

Carolina Panthers linebacker Jon Beason sued for assault www.privateofficer.com

Posted on December 02, 2009
Charlotte NC Dec 2 2009 Carolina Panthers linebacker Jon Beason was sued Tuesday by a team fan who claims Beason beat him last month at the Uptown Cabaret. Gregory C. Frye claims in his lawsuit the Nov. 15 attack occurred after he told another Panthers player that he had seen Beason “up at the lake doing [...

N.C. Trooper fired at the drop of a hat?literally www.privateofficer.com

Posted on December 02, 2009
Raleigh, N.C. Dec 2 2009 ? If you?re a state trooper, losing your hat can get you in trouble. Lying about how you lost your hat, however, can get you fired. Thomas C. Wetherington, 22, says he was treated unfairly when the North Carolina Highway Patrol dismissed him in August over a lost hat ? especially [...

Man pulls grenade during traffic stop www.privateofficer.com

Posted on December 02, 2009
Wickenburg AZ Dec 2 2009 An early-morning traffic stop Saturday on U.S. 60 near Wickenburg placed a police officer within inches of a man with a ?pineapple-type grenade,? according to authorities. The traffic stop made about 7 a.m. after a blue Dodge Intrepid was spotted ?driving erratically westbound on U...

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