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Memphis Red Cross worker suspected in embezzlement www.privateofficer.com

Posted on June 12, 2009
Memphis, TN June 12 2009 – A former Red Cross employee is suspected of embezzling more than $10,000, meant for fire victims. Organizers with the Midsouth Chapter of the American Red Cross are now calling for a full-on police investigation. The Executive Director of the Red Cross says the employee was a volunteer for years and was [...

$160,000 missing after money falls from armored truck www.privateofficer.com

Posted on June 12, 2009
Detroit MI June 12 2009 They searched high and low for their lost money after it tumbled from the back of an armored car Thursday, but security company officials still netted a hefty loss along one of Metro Detroit’s busiest roadways — and are calling on local people to help recover the missing $160,000...

NM Trooper killed in helicoper crash www.privateofficer.com

Posted on June 11, 2009
ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. June 11 2009 State police have confirmed that hiker Megumi Yamamoto and pilot Sgt. Andy Tingwall have been found dead. Officials said earlier Thursday that they feared university student Yamamoto did not survive the crash Tuesday night...

Armored car robbed in Phoenix www.privateofficer.com

Posted on June 11, 2009
PHOENIX AZ June 11 2009 — Police searched for a man who reportedly robbed an armored car guard at a central Phoenix Wal-Mart Tuesday. According to Phoenix Police Det. James Holmes, the robbery occurred at a Wal-Mart near 35th Avenue and Bethany Home Road just before noon...

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2 Milwaukee police officers shot www.privateofficer.com

Posted on June 11, 2009
Milwaukee WI June 11 2009 jsonline.com Two Milwaukee police officers were shot Tuesday afternoon on the near south side by a bicyclist whom they had stopped, police said. A suspect was arrested a short time later. Both officers were shot more than once and were taken to Froedtert Hospital in Wauwatosa...

Yuma cop charged with stealing from department www.privateofficer.com

Posted on June 11, 2009
YUMA, Ariz. June 11 2009 Yuma police’s officer of the year in 2008 has been arrested on suspicion of stealing more than $11,000 in cash from seized evidence to support an addition to prescription drugs. The Yuma Police Department placed Officer George Presco on administrative leave after a detective discovered Presco didn’t return evidence – including [...

Austin construction accident kills three www.privateofficer.com

Posted on June 11, 2009
Austin TX June 11 2009 statesman.com Three people died Wednesday after falling from a high-rise condominium being built near the University of Texas. Four construction workers, whose names were not released, were working on a scaffold outside the building at 21st and Rio Grande streets when part of it collapsed for unknown reasons about 2:30 p...

Off-duty officer?s DUI crash kills four www.privateofficer.com

Posted on June 11, 2009
St. Louis County MO. June 11 2009 (KTVI-FOX2now.com) – A Sunset Hills police officer’s blood alcohol level was twice Missouri’s legal limit hours after the crash she is accused of causing that killed four people, say prosecutors. Chrissy Miller is now charged with four counts of manslaughter and one count of assault...

Michigan police chief commits suicide www.privateofficer.com

Posted on June 11, 2009
DELTON, Mich. June 11 2009 (NEWSCHANNEL 3) – A West Michigan community is in shock after a law enforcement leader took his own life. The body of Barry Township Police Chief Marshal ‘Mark’ Kik was found behind police headquarters in Delton Wednesday morning...

North Carolina teacher faces 40 sex crime charges www.privateofficer.com

Posted on June 11, 2009
SPENCER NC June 11 2009 ? Police have charged a North Rowan High School teacher with having sex with a student. Bobby Eric Sharpe, 32, of 1022 Fourth Creek Landing Drive, Statesville, is charged with 28 counts of sexual activity with a student and 12 counts of statutory sexual offense...

Home Depot employee charged with $40,000 theft www.privateofficer.com

Posted on June 11, 2009
Mobile AL June 11 2009 A Home Depot employee was arrested amid accusations that he stole more than $40,000 worth of merchandise from the store over the last year, Mobile police said. Police arrested 51-year-old Paul Gwin of Semmes on Tuesday, after Home Depot loss prevention agents detained him, police spokesman Cpl...

U.S. Holocaust Memorial Museum officer killed in gunbattle www.privateofficer.com

Posted on June 10, 2009
WASHINGTON DC June 10 2009 ? An 88-year-old gunman with a violent and virulently anti-Semitic past opened fire with a rifle inside the crowded U.S. Holocaust Memorial Museum on Wednesday, fatally wounding a security guard before being shot himself by other officers, authorities said...

Family sues Knoxville mall over wrongful death www.privateofficer.com

Posted on June 10, 2009
KNOXVILLE, Tenn June 10 2009 (WVLT) — A five million dollar wrongful death lawsuit has been filed against Simon Malls, the owner of Reno Men’s Wear, and a security firm in connection to a fatal shooting inside the Knoxville Center Mall on October 8, 2008...

Professional shoplifters nabbed in Auburn www.privateofficer.com

Posted on June 10, 2009
Auburn NY June 10 2009 Two Auburn women are accused of using their large purses to steal almost $1,150 in merchandise from four stores at the Waterloo Premium Outlets mall Friday, state police said Monday. Troopers said Frances Copes, 24, of 54 Parker St...

Security officer opens fire on burglar www.privateofficer.com

Posted on June 10, 2009
Fontana CA June 10 2009 An armed security guard opened fire on a would-be thief who was trying to break into a Fontana building materials business Sunday, police said. The guard was working at Thompson’s Building Materials at 11027 Cherry Avenue at 12:51 a...

Police say security intefered with duties www.privateofficer.com

Posted on June 10, 2009
Chesterton, IN June 10 2009 Chesterton Tribune Burns Harbor Town Marshal Jerry Price was scheduled to meet today with the firm which provides security at the Burns Harbor facility of ArcelorMittal USA following an incident on June 3 at the East Gate. According to the report filed by Officer K...

Woman gunned down at Fla hospital www.privateofficer.com

Posted on June 10, 2009
TITUSVILLE Fla June 10 2009 ? A 30-year-old woman gunned down this morning outside Parrish Medical Center was afraid her husband, Jeremiah Williams, would kill her if she tried to leave him, court records said. In the documents filed May 5, Yolanda Garvin-Williams wrote: ?I told him I that I was leaving...

Woman sues hospital for inadequate security www.privateofficer.com

Posted on June 10, 2009
Las Vegas NV June 10 2009 One of the two women sexually assaulted by a man in the parking lot of a Las Vegas hospital last year says security was inadequate there and has filed a lawsuit over the incident. The woman, identified as Jane Doe in court papers, filed the suit last week in Clark County [...

3 Killed in NC Slim Jim plant explosion www.privateofficer.com

Posted on June 10, 2009
GARNER, N.C.June 10 2009 ? Authorities say they have found a third body inside a Slim Jim factory in North Carolina a day after an explosion wrecked the building. Garner Police Sgt. Chris Clayton said crews found the remains of a missing worker Wednesday morning...

PA. trooper killed in shoot-out www.privateofficer.com

Posted on June 08, 2009
Scranton PA June 8 2009 One trooper is dead and another remains hospitalized this morning following a shoot-out on Route 611 in the Poconos last night that also resulted in the death of the suspect, a man who had fled with his 9-year-old son in Nazareth...

Grandfather shoots wife, kills grandson www.privateofficer.com

Posted on June 08, 2009
COMMERCE GA June 8 2009 — Commerce Police say a Jackson County man has shot and killed his 6-year-old grandson and wounded his wife before being shot by police. Police said Sunday they shot 55-year-old Robert L. Clark after he opened fire on police...

Casino patron arrested for threatening security www.privateofficer.com

Posted on June 08, 2009
PLAINS TWP PA June 8 2009 ? State police reported the following incidents: Denise A. Dreisbach, 49, of Saylorsburg, was charged at 2:40 a.m. Saturday with criminal trespass and public drunkenness after telling a security officer at Mohegan Sun at Pocono Downs Casino she was going to cut him...

OFFICER DOWN?VIRGINIA www.privateofficer.com

Posted on June 07, 2009
OFFICER DOWN Investigator Chadwick Alan (Chad) Carr Greene County Sheriff’s Office Virginia End of Watch: Thursday, June 4, 2009 Biographical Info Age: 31 Tour of Duty: 7 years, 6 months Badge Number: Not available Incident Details Cause of Death: Automobile accident Date of Incident: Thursday, June 4, 2009 Weapon Used: Not available Suspect Info: Not available Investigator Chad Carr was killed in an automobile accident on Route 631, near [...

Off-duty Providence officer dies in wreck www.privateofficer.com

Posted on June 07, 2009
Providence RI June 7 2009 abc6news.com ABC 6 News has learned that an off-duty Providence police officer was killed in an accident early Saturday morning. Authorities have confirmed that Officer Peter Rocchio died of injuries sustained in the crash. The accident took place shortly after 1 a...

Four arrested in armored car guard murder www.privateofficer.com

Posted on June 07, 2009
MIAMI FL JUNE 7 2009 – The four men charged in connection with last December’s fatal shooting of an armored car guard at Dadeland Mall are scheduled to go before a federal judge today, WFOR-Ch. 4 reports. Dwight Carter, 23, Emmanuel Maxime, 23, Nikkia Thomas, 21, and Erskaneshia Ritchie, 21, will be arraigned before U...

BrandsMart USA employees steal 188 televisions www.privateofficer.com

Posted on June 07, 2009
Atlanta GA June 7 2009 ajc.com Some customers apparently got more than they paid for when they shopped at the BrandsMart USA in Stockbridge. Six employees of the store have been arrested for stealing 188 televisions and two computer monitors valued at nearly $100,000, according to police...

Sex offender exposes self at KMart www.privateofficer.com

Posted on June 07, 2009
MISHAWAKA IN June 7 2009 ? Imagine you’re at the store with your young child when a man unzips his pants and exposes himself. Police say that’s what happened at the K-Mart on McKinley in Mishawaka. The 75-year-old suspect, Larry Hostetler, admitted he?s a sex offender right after police arrested him...

Mesa police flush fetus down toilet www.privateofficer.com

Posted on June 07, 2009
MESA, Ariz. June 7 2009 Police in Arizona say five officers have been placed on paid leave after one allegedly flushed a fetus down a toilet. Mesa Police Chief George Gascon (gas-KOHN’) says four officers responding to a call about a possible miscarriage at a motel on Monday discovered a woman who apparently lost a fetus estimated [...

Security guard fights back when robbed www.privateofficer.com

Posted on June 06, 2009
Daytona Fla June 6 2009 Cordera Bracy, 22, targeted the wrong person when she chose to follow security guard Michael Page, 50, from a Sanford Amscot business to his DeBary home. “She had her face covered and made her voice sound like a guy’s,” said Page...

Texas teacher arrested for being drunk in class www.privateofficer.com

Posted on June 06, 2009
Brazoria County TX June 6 2009 On Monday, June 1, Cesar Flores, 34, a Spanish teacher at Manvel High School was taken into custody and charged with Public Intoxication and Assault by Contact after he came to the campus intoxicated and allegedly attempted to kiss a female student...

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