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100 Years prison for father who poisoned children www.privateofficer.com

Posted on May 23, 2009
CLAYTON COUNTY, Ga. May 23 2009 — A father was sentenced to 100 years in prison for poisoning his children Thursday. A Clayton County jury found William Cunningham guilty on all seven counts of aggravated assault and cruelty to children. Cunningham spiked his children?s soup with prescription drugs and lighter fluid in a plot to get money [...

Sherwood teacher charged with sexual assault of student www.privateofficer.com

Posted on May 23, 2009
Sherwood AR May 23 2009 A Sylvan Hills Middle School teacher and football coach has been arrested on two sex-related felonies following a two-week investigation by the Sherwood Police Department. According to Sherwood Police Capt. Scott McFarland, Tyson Norsworthy, 28, of Jacksonville was arrested without incident at the city police department at 6 p...

Man with assaults security, police with cane www.privateofficer.com

Posted on May 23, 2009
Canton NY May 23 2009 St. Lawrence County Sheriff?s deputies arrested a Massena man in Canton this morning after he allegedly attacked officers responding to a call for assistance from court security. According to deputies, 42-year-old Terry A. Derouchie of State Highway 56 was at the St...

McAllen TX. teacher arrested for student rape www.privateofficer.com

Posted on May 23, 2009
McAllen TX May 23 2009 A 30-year-old high school math teacher faced felony charges Thursday that he carried on a yearlong relationship with a student less than half his age. Police said the 14-year-old student told her mother of the improper relationship with the IDEA Quest Academy & College Preparatory instructor Tuesday at their McAllen home...

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Casino security officers hit during police pursuit www.privateofficer.com

Posted on May 23, 2009
Boulder City NV May 23 2009 A high-speed chase on Interstate 515 southbound this morning ended with an arrest in the buffet line of the Railroad Pass Casino. Kalani Pelekane Ahquin, 34, was booked into the Clark County Detention Center on charges of possession of a stolen vehicle, reckless driving, evading a police officer, assault with a [...

Woman charged with assault on store security www.privateofficer.com

Posted on May 23, 2009
EVANSVILLE, IN May 23 2009 (WFIE) – A Boonville woman is arrested after police say she beat a security guard, who was trying to stop her from shoplifting. It happened Thursday evening at the Target Greatland. Evansville police say 30-year-old Amy Huey was seen trying to hide several items...

Police identify fishermen killed in Louisiana boating accident www.privateofficer.com

Posted on May 22, 2009
HOUMA, La. May 22 2009 — Five men who planned to take part in a weekend fishing tournament died when their 24-foot aluminum boat ran under one end of a barge, Louisiana officials said. Three were from the Houston area. Department of Wildlife and Fisheries Capt...

Rialto security officer fatally shot www.privateofficer.com

Posted on May 22, 2009
RIALTO CA May 22 2009 – A security guard was fatally shot early Thursday morning outside the nightclub where he worked, marking Rialto’s first homicide of the year. Ricardo Alejandro Velarde, 23, of Long Beach, was found shortly after 7:15 a...

N.C. insurance agent pleads guilty to murder, fraud www.privateofficer.com

Posted on May 22, 2009
CHARLOTTE, N.C. May 22 2009 — A Charlotte insurance agent accused of killing an insurance investigator pleaded guilty to 25 counts of embezzlement on Thursday. Michael Howell, 41, of Indian Trail ran the Dilworth Insurance Agency. Police say he killed Sallie Rohrback, a state Department of Insurance agency examiner, by hitting her in the head with [...

Multi-state fraud ring busted www.privateofficer.com

Posted on May 22, 2009
COTTONWOOD HEIGHTS UT May 22 2009 desertnews.com? A multi-state fraud ring targeting Home Depot stores came to an end in Utah. Cottonwood Heights police arrested five men Wednesday and were looking for a sixth on Thursday in connection with the complex scheme...

North Penn high school teacher arrested for sex with student www.privateofficer.com

Posted on May 22, 2009
Lansdale PA May 22 2009 CBS.com A teacher from North Penn High School has been arrested for having inappropriate sexual relations with a student. Authorities say math teacher Heather Lynne Zeo, 36, admitted to having an ongoing sexual relationship with one of her 11th grade students...

Dayton police officer indicted in vehicle impound scheme www.privateofficer.com

Posted on May 22, 2009
DAYTON OH May 22 2009 – A Montgomery County grand jury indicted 43-year-old Dayton Police officer Phillip E. Brooks Sr. today, May 21, on 22 counts related to the illegal sale of impounded vehicles. Brooks was indicted on: seven counts of forgery, eight counts of tampering with records, three counts of unauthorized use of the database, [...

California teacher arrested for string of child molestations www.privateofficer.com

Posted on May 22, 2009
Little Rock CA May 22 2009 An elementary school teacher has been arrested on suspicion of a string of child molestations in the Antelope Valley authorities said. The Los Angeles Coutny Sheriff’s Department arrested Gilberto Roca, 35, for allegedly molesting 12 students at Antelope Elementary School in the community of Little Rock, southeast of Palmdale...

Man charged after hospital security assaulted www.privateofficer.com

Posted on May 22, 2009
Garden City MI May 22 2009 Toni Anthony Private Officer News Network http://www.privateofficer.com/ Officers were called to the emergency room at Garden City Hospital, 6245 N. Inkster Road, at 7:45 a.m. May 18 about a patient fighting with security. A nurse told police that Inkster Rescue had brought the man to the hospital nearly 12 hours earlier due [...

Gadsden Al teacher arrested for sex with student www.privateofficer.com

Posted on May 22, 2009
Gadsden AL May 22 2009 A Gadsden City High School teacher and coach has been arrested on sex charges after he allegedly had a sexual relationship with a 15-year-old student. Nicholas Keith Smith, 26, Southside, was taken into custody at the school on Monday and charged about 2:30 p...

5 Louisiana fishermen killed in boating accident

Posted on May 21, 2009
Houma LA May 21 2009 By: Rick McCann Private Officer News Network Five fishermen who had entered the Houma Oilman’s Invitational Fishing Tournament which starts tomorrow are dead. The small town of LaPlace is dealing with the big loss after a boating accident killed the five people and left one survivor in critical condition...

Shoplifter throws baby at security agents www.privateofficer.com

Posted on May 21, 2009
MEMPHIS, TN May 21 2009 (WMC-TV) – A shoplifting suspect is on the run after throwing a baby at a security guard during an escape attempt. The incident happened early Wednesday afternoon at Wal-Mart on Austin Peay in Raleigh, where police say the two-month-old baby’s aunt was caught shoplifting inside the store...

Mother and daughter charged in shoplifting spree www.privateofficer.com

Posted on May 21, 2009
Reno NV May 21 2009 Reno police arrested a mother-daughter shoplifting team who said they were stealing from stores because they were broke, and learned how to do it from the men in their lives. Melissa Longo, 33, and her mother Marie Valderrama, 54, were booked Saturday into the Washoe County Jail on burglary and grand theft [...

Georgia police bust stolen goods fencing operation www.privateofficer.com

Posted on May 21, 2009
Athens GA May 21 2009 By: Rick McCann Private Officer News Network http://www.privateofficer.com/ Operators of convenience stores in one area of Georgia are out of business today after police busted them for doing more than selling cigarettes and beer...

Philadelphia school crime at record level www.privateofficer.com

Posted on May 21, 2009
Philadelphia PA May 21 2009 Crime spiked in Philadelphia schools last year, hitting a record level. Nearly 15,000 criminal incidents were reported in 2007-08, a 14 percent jump from the previous school year, according to an analysis by Philadelphia’s safe schools advocate obtained by The Inquirer...

Women charged in flat screen TV caper www.privateofficer.com

Posted on May 21, 2009
SALEM MA May 21 2009 ? Two women were arrested on shoplifting charges after allegedly trying to steal a flat-screen television from a local department store. Police were called to Target at 205 S. Broadway about 3 p.m. Thursday, after store security workers spotted the women trying to leave the store with a 32-inch LCD television, [...

Gun pulled on security during robbery www.privateofficer.com

Posted on May 21, 2009
Kissimmee FLA May 21 2009 Police are looking for two men suspected of stealing baseball hats, leather belts with rhinestones and “hip-hop-style” T-shirts from the 192 Flea Market in Kissimmee, police said today. The items were discovered missing Sunday after two men, one who pointed at back handgun, confronted a security guard at the flea market at [...

Woman faces robbery charge in shoplifting incident www.privateofficer.com

Posted on May 21, 2009
Big Spring TX May 21 2009 A simple case of shoplifting turned violent Sunday afternoon, landing a Big Spring woman and local juvenile behind bars, according to law enforcement officials. Ruthie Marie Murphree, 39, of 800 W. Marcy Apt. 22, was arrested Sunday on a charge of robbery after she and a 13-year-old suspect allegedly attempted to [...

Security officer nabs assault suspect www.privateofficer.com

Posted on May 21, 2009
Memphis TN May 21 2009 By: Brett Davis Private Officer News Network http://www.privateofficer.com/ A suspect that was wanted in the May 5 stabbing at the Cambridge Court Apartments was taken into custody by police today after being caught by a security officer...

Federal agents arrest 4 in security officer murder www.privateofficer.com

Posted on May 21, 2009
Miami FL May 21 2009 At least four people have been arrested in connection with last year’s fatal shooting of an armored car guard at Dadeland Mall, federal court records show. The four are in federal custody in Miami for the killing of Carlos Alvarado, 57, a Dunbar armored car driver...

Two arrested at Myrtle Beach airport with guns www.privateofficer.com

Posted on May 21, 2009
MYRTLE BEACH, SC May 21 2009 (WMBF) – Two men have been arrested in three days for allegedly taking firearms into Myrtle Beach International Airport. According to Horry County Police, Wayne Scott Bias, 26, of Lesage, WV, was arrested Sunday by TSA authorities after screeners found a pistol in his carry-on luggage...

Amored car robbery thwarted by guard www.privateofficer.com

Posted on May 21, 2009
Silver Springs MD May 21 2009 By: Rick McCann Private Officer News Network http://www.privateofficer.com/ Montgomery County police are looking for a suspect in yesterday?s attempted robbery of an armored truck. The suspect walked up to the guard and sprayed him with pepper spray outside a Silver Spring SunTrust Bank but the security officer was able to fend off his attacker, [...

5 Dead in Louisiana boat wreck www.privateofficer.com

Posted on May 21, 2009
BREAKING NEWS DULARGE, La May 21 2009. ? Five people were killed when their recreational fishing boat slammed into a barge sometime late Wednesday night or early Thursday morning in the Falgout Canal in Dularge, about 12 miles southwest of Houma. Captain Samuel Martin of the Louisiana Wildlife and Fisheries Department said that everyone aboard the fishing [...

OFFICER DOWN NORTH CAROLINA

Posted on May 20, 2009
RALEIGH, NC May 20 2009- Trooper Kyle P. Barber, age 46, died yesterday at Wake Forest University Hospital in Winston Salem following a medical procedure related to an on-duty injury that occurred in January 2007. Trooper Barber joined the North Carolina State Highway Patrol in May, 2005...

Mall officer captures robbery suspect www.privateofficer.com

Posted on May 20, 2009
Riverside CA May 20 2009 One of two teens who approached a young mother in a Target parking lot grabbed her toddler and demanded the woman?s wallet. According to the Riverside Police Department, the 23-year-old woman got out of her car at the Target at 3520 Magnolia Ave...

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