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Mall security officer critical after being stabbed www.privateofficer.com

Posted on May 27, 2009
Toronto Canada May 27 2009 A security guard in her forties is in serious condition after being stabbed Tuesday at North York’s Sheridan Mall, according to Toronto Emergency Medical Services. The woman’s kidney was punctured in the stabbing, which took place shortly before 6 p...

Tufts Medical Center security saves man from suicide www.privateofficer.com

Posted on May 27, 2009
BOSTON MA May 27 2009 — A security officer from Tufts Medical Center who had been on the job for a little more than one year rushed to the aid of a man Friday night who was trying to jump off an eight-story parking garage. Officer Rommel Clarke said that around 7 p...

Teacher found in sexual position with student www.privateofficer.com

Posted on May 27, 2009
Wilmington NC May 27 2009 An elementary school teacher from Pitt County has resigned after her arrest this weekend in Wilmington. Wilmington police say Jessica Wishnask has been charged with indecent liberties with a minor. Police say early Saturday morning a patrol officer spotted a suspicious vehicle on North 5th Avenue...

New Mexico guard charged in 3 murders www.privateofficer.com

Posted on May 27, 2009
SANTA FE NM May 27 2009 (KRQE) – A Santa Fe man accused of killing his pregnant girlfriend and her father pleaded not guilty in a Santa Fe courtroom Tuesday amid questions about whether he will be charged with two murders or three. For now Marino Leyba Jr...

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12 year old found with bomb at Denver Airport www.privateofficer.com

Posted on May 27, 2009
DENVER CO May 27 2009 – Police in Denver say a 12-year-old boy tried to take an incendiary device through security at Denver International Airport Wednesday morning. They took him into custody and detained him for possession of an incendiary device...

Defunct funeral home leaves behind 4 bodies www.privateofficer.com

Posted on May 27, 2009
GARY, Ind.May 27 2009 (AP) – Church leaders who bought a defunct Indiana funeral home in a tax sale have stumbled upon four bodies that had been left behind in the vacant building. Lake County Coroner David J. Pastrick calls the situation in the former Serenity Gardens Funeral Home in Gary “unbelievable...

Bar fight, assault on security leads to arrest www.privateofficer.com

Posted on May 27, 2009
Gilroy CA May 27 2009 Police officers chased and tried to stun a man with an electric charge after he ran from El Rio Nilo, 7474 Monterey St., late Sunday night, police said. Enrique Leyva, 31, got into a fight with a security guard outside the downtown bar near Monterey and Martin streets about 11:51 p...

Tn child,8, found hanging in tree www.privateofficer.com

Posted on May 27, 2009
MURFREESBORO, Tenn. May 27 2009 — A foster child who was being raised by a Rutherford County deputy and his family was found dead on Monday night hanging from a tree. Police said Alex Cotten, 8, was found hanging from a tree during a fishing incident while his two brothers, foster father — who’s a reserve [...

Security use excessive force on Greyhound Bus patron www.privateofficer.com

Posted on May 27, 2009
Minneapolis MN May 27 2009 A father trying to get to work says security at the Greyhound Bus Station in downtown Minneapolis beat, tased, and maced him Monday night. Minneapolis Police are backing up Troy Cooper?s story, saying private security may have gone too far...

Oceanside police captain forced to shoot son www.privateofficer.com

Posted on May 27, 2009
FALLBROOK, Calif. May 27 2009?Officials say an Oceanside police captain has shot and wounded his grown son after the younger man attacked his own mother. San Diego County Sheriff?s Lt. Dennis Brugos says Capt. Reginald Grimsby reported the shooting at his Fallbrook home early Saturday morning...

Delaware trooper commits suicide www.privateofficer.com

Posted on May 27, 2009
SMYRNA, DEL. ?May 27 2009 Delaware State Police Cpl. Joshua A. Giddings, 32, apparently committed suicide at his Smyrna home Tuesday, May 26. Giddings was arrested May 11 after an investigation revealed he engaged in sexual relations with a woman he had arrested in exchange for not taking her to court...

Security officer shoots, kills armed man www.privateofficer.com

Posted on May 26, 2009
Birmingham AL May 26 2009 By: Rick McCann Private Officer News Network http://www.privateofficer.com/ Police are investigating an incident in which a man was shot and killed Sunday night by a security officer after crashing his vehicle at a car dealership and reportedly threatening people with a gun...

8 Charged in Columbus mall melee www.privateofficer.com

Posted on May 26, 2009
Columbus GA May 26 2009 Eight people were detained by Columbus police after a Saturday night fight in the Peachtree Mall parking lot, reports state. Officers met with mall security and took five women into custody when called to the scene around 8 p.m...

Police charge woman with defrauding 19 Target stores www.privateofficer.com

Posted on May 26, 2009
Scottsdale AZ May 26 2009 Scottsdale police arrested a Nevada woman Wednesday in connection with a fraudulent scheme that affected 19 Arizona Target stores, officials said. Seira Saili, 38, is accused of shoplifting items from Target stores on 25 occasions since May 1 and then attempting to return the items that she stole, police said...

Security and police capture school burglars www.privateofficer.com

Posted on May 26, 2009
TULSA, OK May 26 2009 By: Brett Davis Private Officer News Network http://www.privateofficer.com/– Police say quick reaction led to the arrest of two men in relation to a Tulsa school break-in overnight Monday. A Tulsa Public School security officer went to Sequoyah Elementary at 3441 East Archer Street to check out an alarm call...

Shoplifting/Retail Security News www.privateofficer.com

Posted on May 26, 2009
Atlanta GA May 26 2009 Rockingham NC Two recent shoplifting incidents and one arrest have been reported by the Rockingham Police Department. At a store at Falling Creek Plaza Shopping Center, Rockingham, suspects stole $65.12 worth of items in one incident and $57...

School system ripe with sexual predators www.privateofficer.com

Posted on May 25, 2009
LITITZ, Pa.May 25 2009 – Bill Flickinger can understand one or two bad apples in a school district the size of Warwick, which serves the storybook-cute hamlet of Lititz. But the school board president has a hard time explaining how so many faculty members have strayed into forbidden territory and had sexual relationships with students...

One injured resisting security, police www.privateofficer.com

Posted on May 25, 2009
WILDWOOD NJ May 25 2009– A Union City man identified as 20 year-old Christopher Oyola is hospitalized following an altercation with private security and Wildwood Police that accrued here at the Brittany Motel on Saturday, May 23, 2009 at 3:52 a...

Private security supervisor killed in crash www.privateofficer.com

Posted on May 25, 2009
SARASOTA COUNTY FLA May 25 2009- Two people were killed early Sunday in a wreck near the intersection of State Road 72 and High-Hat Boulevard. According to the Florida Highway Patrol, Caitlyn Smith, 21, of Sarasota, lost control of her SUV and slammed into the Dodge Nitro driven by Delmiro Da Costa, 59, of Sarasota...

Miami Dolphins player charged with felony assault on police www.privateofficer.com

Posted on May 25, 2009
Miami Fla May 25 2009 A Miami Dolphins player was arrested early Sunday morning after he allegedly struck a police officer with a truck on Ocean Drive in Miami Beach. Defensive end Randy Starks, 25, has been charged with aggravated battery on a law enforcement officer...

Security officer in gunbattle with burglars www.privateofficer.com

Posted on May 25, 2009
Reno NV May 25 2009 Reno Police are seeking help in identifying two suspects in an early morning shooting and vehicle burglary on Wedekind Road. About 3:35 a.m. today, officers responded to the 1600 block of Wedekind Road, where a security officer with Martin and Ross Security told police a suspect fired several shots at him as [...

Armored car guard shot during robbery www.privateofficer.com

Posted on May 24, 2009
Charleston SC May 24 2009 An armored security car employee narrowly escaped a bullet to the head Saturdaymorning after he made a money pickup at Citadel Mall in West Ashley. The Brink’s Inc. employee was leaving the building about 11:30 a.m. when a gunman approached him, robbed him and fired one shot at him, police said...

Nightclub security injured in Nashville www.privateofficer.com

Posted on May 24, 2009
NASHVILLE, Tenn May 24 2009 – Two security guards were attempting to remove the man from the club for violating the dress code when they say the man attacked them. The incident happened just before 1 a.m. on Saturday at the Graham Central Station night-club on Second Avenue North...

Memphis guard charged in shooting incident www.privateofficer.com

Posted on May 24, 2009
Memphis TN May 24 2009 Memphis Police have charged an apartment security guard with aggravated assault for shooting a man in the ankle. The shooting occurred around 11:30 p.m. Friday at the New Horizon Apartments. According to a police affidavit, Jerome Johnson, 23, and another security guard tried to stop a man who was walking through the apartments...

Arrest made in security guard murder after 11 yrs www.privateofficer.com

Posted on May 24, 2009
CANTON, Miss. May 24 2009(AP) – After nearly 11 years, police have made an arrest in the slaying of a security guard at a Canton apartment complex. The cold case unit of the Canton Police Department reopened the 1998 case and a Madison County grand jury indicted 29-year-old Marcus Reed on a murder charge in the [...

Atlanta security guard arrested for bomb threat www.privateofficer.com

Posted on May 24, 2009
ATLANTA GA May 24 2009 — The FBI says a 50-year-old security guard has been charged in connection with a bomb threat at the Georgia Department of Labor building in Atlanta. FBI special agent Gregory Jones says Robert Lamar Thompson of Covington faces charges involving the false report of a bomb last Friday...

Chicago police officer charged in DUI hit and run death www.privateofficer.com

Posted on May 24, 2009
Chicago IL May 24 2009 chicagotribune.com A veteran Chicago police officer was charged Saturday in the fatal hit-and-run that killed a 13-year-old boy who had sneaked outside to ride his bike with friends on the South Side Friday. Richard Bolling, 39, of the 8600 block of South Wolcott Avenue was charged Saturday with aggravated driving under the influence, [...

4 Killed in Fallon plane crash www.privateofficer.com

Posted on May 24, 2009
Fallon CA May 24 2009 A small twin-engine aircraft crashed just east of the Fallon Municipal Airport at approximately 7:30 on Friday evening, killing all four occupants. Dead are Commander Luther H. Hook, III, the Executive Officer of Naval Air Station Fallon, and three of his daughters: Kaitlyn Elizabeth Hook, age 15, Rachel Katherine Hook, age 12, [...

Police pursuit of shoplifters ends in death www.privateofficer.com

Posted on May 23, 2009
CHARLOTTE, NC May 23 2009 (WBTV) – A police chase resulted in fatal vehicle crash in northeast Mecklenburg County Friday afternoon. According to a spokeswoman with the Charlotte-Mecklenburg Police Department (CMPD), officers with the Concord Police Department were pursuing a vehicle involved in a theft from the Concord Mills mall into Mecklenburg County...

Wal-Mart employee shot by unknown person www.privateofficer.com

Posted on May 23, 2009
LILBURN, Ga May 23 2009 By: Brett Davis Private Officer News Network http://www.privateofficer.com/ — An employee was shot and wounded Thursday night outside a Gwinnett County Wal-Mart. The victim told police he was behind the store on Lawrenceville Highway in Lilburn with another employee when he heard a pop and felt something hit his leg...

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