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Steel Mill security officer wants investigation of police www.privateofficer.com

Posted on June 23, 2009
BURNS HARBOR IN June 23 2009 A steel mill security officer has asked the FBI and Porter County police to look further into a June 3 altercation between him and a Burns Harbor police officer. In addition, The Times has obtained a video showing the run-in between the Burns Harbor police officer and the security officer [...

Security officers shoot at driver www.privateofficer.com

Posted on June 23, 2009
Charleston SC June 23 2009 A security guard at a Savannah Highway nightclub fired three shots at a suspect’s car after it struck another security guard and several parked cars early Sunday. Charleston County sheriff’s deputies said the suspect was in handcuffs when they arrived about 2 a...

Vandal pulls knife on security officers www.privateofficer.com

Posted on June 23, 2009
Sandy Utah June 23 2009 Sandy police arrested a 32-year-old man Saturday after he threatened a security guard with a knife and then maced him. A bouncer at Club Allure, near 8900 South and Harrison Street, saw the man slashing tires around 1 a.m. and confronted him in the club’s parking lot...

Wanted fugitive steals car during shoplifting www.privateofficer.com

Posted on June 23, 2009
Boston MA June 23 2009 Brian Hilario is accused of stealing more than $400 worth of merchandise with 25-year-old Michael Couto while Couto’s father waited in the parking lot. Police say Couto’s father knew nothing of the robbery and thought he was just giving the men a ride to the grocery store...

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Mother goes shopping, leaves 4mth old twins in car www.privateofficer.com

Posted on June 22, 2009
ELLENWOOD, Ga. June 22 2009– A Marietta mother is accused of leaving her 4-month-old infant twins in a car while she shopped at a local Wal-Mart. Police said it happened Saturday at the Wal-Mart on Anvil Block Road in Ellenwood. Authorities said a passer-by noticed the kids alone in the car and called police...

PGA player Chris Smith?s wife killed in crash www.privateofficer.com

Posted on June 22, 2009
ANGOLA, Ind. June 22 2009 — A newspaper is reporting that the wife of a professional golfer from Indiana was killed in a car crash. Beth Smith, of Peru, Ind., wife of PGA Tour player Chris Smith, was killed Sunday when the sport utility vehicle she was traveling in collided with a Greyhound bus transporting a [...

Four arrested in Fla. shoplifting spree www.privateofficer.com

Posted on June 22, 2009
SEBRING FLA June 22 2009 — A group of Polk County women saw more of Highlands County than they were hoping Thursday after being arrested following an alleged shoplifting spree and a chase through The Bluffs condominiums complex. According to a Highlands County Sheriff’s Office report Angelina Lynn Cook, 29, of Bartow; Kiela Tanika Crews, 23, [...

Police investigate assault on K-Mart security agent www.privateofficer.com

Posted on June 22, 2009
Rock Hill SC June 22 2209 An employee in Kmart’s loss prevention department who helped retrieve stolen merchandise Wednesday was attacked by the accused shoplifters’ friends that night, police reports said. The employee was the complainant in a report that led to the arrests of Richard Allman and Andy Cook of Rock Hill and Kathleen Williams of [...

NYPD officer arrested in shoplifting incident www.privateofficer.com

Posted on June 22, 2009
New York City June 22 2009 An off-duty NYPD officer was arrested for shoplifting from a Queens athletics store, The Post has learned. Thirelle Taffe, 38, was picked up for swiping sandals from a Sports Authority on Northern Boulevard in Long Island City around 6:30 p...

South Dakota teacher charged with sex crimes with students www.privateofficer.com

Posted on June 22, 2009
RAPID CITY, S.D.June 22 2009 (AP) A former high school music teacher in the Rapid City area is accused of sexual misconduct with students. Thirty-one-year-old Sommar Chaffee is charged with solicitation of a minor and exploitation of a minor. She was arrested in Sioux Falls over the weekend and released on a $1,500 bond...

Parents sue shopping center for lack of security in death of son www.privateofficer.com

Posted on June 21, 2009
DADE CITY FLA June 21 2009- The 750 calls for service from 2001 to 2005 should have been a grim warning to the owners of the shopping center at 2400 Land O’ Lakes Blvd., a plaintiffs’ witness testified Friday. In questioning alcohol expert Donald Schultz, attorney Paul McKenna took jurors through dozens of the calls...

NJ teacher arrested for showing porn to student www.privateofficer.com

Posted on June 21, 2009
TRENTON NJ June 21 2009 — A Hightstown High School art teacher has been arrested for allegedly showing a pornographic cell phone video to two students. Shawn D. Cier, 34, of Parkside Road, Bedminster, was charged with knowingly exhibiting obscene material to a minor, child abuse and harassment...

SC man charged with fondling himself at Belk?s www.privateofficer.com

Posted on June 21, 2009
UNION, S.C. June 21 2009 — A man is facing charges after he was caught on camera following a woman in a store and then exposing and fondling himself, according to police. A security guard at the Belk store in Union was watching the video from surveillance cameras and noticed the man walking back and forth [...

Police charge two with assault on police, security www.privateofficer.com

Posted on June 21, 2009
Myrtle Beach SC June 21 2009 A Myrtle Beach couple were arrested after they fought with each other, security guards and police at Broadway at the Beach, according to a police report. Amber Christine Quick, 23, of 4326 Pine Way, was charged with throwing bodily fluids, resisting arrest, public intoxication and breach of peace while Mark William [...

1 Dead, 3 injured in NC chicken plant ammonia leak www.privateofficer.com

Posted on June 21, 2009
LUMBER BRIDGE, N.C. JUNE 22 2009? An ammonia leak at a poultry processing plant in Lumber Bridge killed one man and sent three others to hospitals Saturday morning, Robeson County Manager Kenneth Windley said. Fire officials said preliminary investigations show that a high-pressure ammonia line ruptured at Mountaire Farms Inc...

Mall security detain man with meat cleaver www.privateofficer.com

Posted on June 21, 2009
NORTH ATTLEBORO MA June 21 2009 – A disgruntled subcontractor is accused of brandishing a foot-long meat cleaver and threatening the owners of a restaurant before hacking at wood cabinets he installed in a dispute about payment. Jian Sheng Gao, 52, of Quincy, was arrested Thursday night at the Ruby Thai Kitchen at Emerald Square mall, [...

Bank robber surrenders to police minutes after heist www.privateofficer.com

Posted on June 21, 2009
CHARLOTTE, N.C. June 21 2009 — Police said the suspect in a bank robbery Friday didn?t get very far. According to Charlotte-Mecklenburg police, Herbert Bines, 52, robbed the Wachovia Bank at 4111 N. Tryon St. at 9:30 a.m. He allegedly slipped the bank teller a note, took the money and fled...

Armored truck robbery under investigation www.privateofficer.com

Posted on June 21, 2009
NACOGDOCHES, TX June 21 2009(KTRE) – Nacogdoches say they still have not made any arrest in robbery on Friday afternoon, however, Police and the FBI are investigating the robbery of a Loomis Armored truck in downtown Nacogdoches. No injuries were reported, according to FBI...

KY. teacher charged with having sex with student www.privateofficer.com

Posted on June 21, 2009
UNION, Ky.June 21 2009 — A Union, Ky. teacher and coach was arrested Friday on accusations that he had sex with a student. Jason Collins-Baker, 31, is charged with two counts of first-degree sexual abuse. The Boone Co. Sheriff’s Department said Collins-Baker, a teacher and head track coach at Cooper High School, had a sexual relationship with [...

St. Louis police secondary employment questioned www.privateofficer.com

Posted on June 20, 2009
ST Louis MO June 20 2009 It’s no secret that many, if not most, police officers “moonlight.” Officers depend on overtime or off-duty jobs to supplement their family incomes. It’s also no secret that this can pose serious questions about conflict of interest...

Church youth leader charged with rape of teenager www.privateofficer.com

Posted on June 20, 2009
TROY OH June 20 2009? A Tipp City area man charged this week with rape and gross sexual imposition for alleged acts against a girl under age 13 served as a youth leader and director of children?s church at Vandalia Baptist Temple, a Miami County sheriff?s detective said...

Former VA. cop, wife arrested for bank robbery www.privateofficer.com

Posted on June 20, 2009
Bend OR June 20 2009 A former Henrico County police officer who pleaded guilty in 2006 to stealing marijuana from the evidence room has been arrested and charged with holding up a bank in Bend, Ore., a television station there is reporting on its Web site...

Retired LAPD no longer to wear uniforms on security details www.privateofficer.com

Posted on June 20, 2009
Los Angeles CA June 20 2009 To the casual observer they look like the real thing: Uniformed Los Angeles police officers on motorcycles controlling traffic around action-packed chase scenes and sprawling film sets on the streets of L.A. Gawkers and paparazzi who get up close, however, might realize something is a bit off...

Tybee Island police make arrests at Miley Cyrus filming www.privateofficer.com

Posted on June 20, 2009
Tybee Island GA June 20 2009 Filming of the Miley Cyrus movie, ?The Last Song,? on Tybee Island is drawing some big attention. Three paparazzi were arrested Wednesday for being on private property and violating a secure area. Tybee Island Police tell me that they told the three not to go in the secure area and warned [...

Norridge Shoplifting Arrests www.privateofficer.com

Posted on June 20, 2009
Norridge IL June 20 2009 RECENT RETAIL THEFT ARRESTS Janusz Moranski, 56, of 7404 W. Belmont Ave. in Chicago, was taken into custody June 7 and charged with retail theft. Police said Moranski was seen selecting two items valued at $23.99 about 3:30 p...

Macy shoplifter threatens security with shears www.privateofficer.com

Posted on June 20, 2009
TOWN OF WALLKILL NY June 20 2009 – State police said a Port Jervis man stole merchandise from Macy?s at the Galleria at Crystal Run Wednesday evening, then threatened a security guard with a pair of metal cutting shears before fleeing. Police said the security guard wrote down the license plate of the vehicle the man, [...

Hunter pleads guilty in shooting death of baby www.privateofficer.com

Posted on June 20, 2009
MONTICELLO NY June 20 2009 ? Queens hunter Edward Taibi pleaded guilty to second-degree manslaughter on Friday in the shooting death of 16-month-old Charly Ann Skala. Taibi agreed to a plea deal whereby he will be sentenced to two to eight years in prison for the Nov...

14 Year old girl who killed mother in custody www.privateofficer.com

Posted on June 19, 2009
El Dorado County CA June 19 2009 The 14-year-old El Dorado Hills girl accused of killing her mother, then fleeing to the Bay Area with her boyfriend, has been booked into the El Dorado County Juvenile Detention Facility, according to sheriff’s officials...

Tallahassee teacher charged with felony porn with student www.privateofficer.com

Posted on June 19, 2009
Tallahassee FL June 19 2009 A former Lincoln High School teacher and a 17-year-old student exchanged thousands of text messages, including 30 that mentioned “love,” according to court documents. Karolyn Nagel, 24, was arrested and Wednesday night and later released on felony charges of computer pornography and traveling to meet a minor...

TSA sued over passenger detention www.privateofficer.com

Posted on June 19, 2009
ST. LOUIS MO June 19 2009(AP) ? A lawsuit has been filed against the Transportation Security Administration on behalf of a Ron Paul supporter who was detained at the St. Louis airport because he was carrying about $4,700 in cash. The lawsuit was filed Thursday by the American Civil Liberties Union on behalf of Steven Bierfeldt [...

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