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Wife of 2003 robbery suspect now charged in crime www.privateofficer.com

Posted on May 13, 2009
St.Croix County WI May 13 2009 The wife of a western Wisconsin man charged in a 2003 armored car robbery drove the getaway car and deposited huge sums of money in a bank, according to charges filed in St. Croix County Circuit Court. Debra Ann Wiegand, 29, of Herbster, Wis...

Waffle House waitress shoots complaining customer www.privateofficer.com

Posted on May 13, 2009
MANNING, S.C. May 13 2009 — A waitress at a South Carolina Waffle House has been arrested and accused of shooting a customer who complained about the service. The Clarendon County Sheriff’s Office says 29-year-old Yakeisha Ward of Manning is charged with assault and battery within intent to kill...

Police officer injured by fleeing shoplifter www.privateofficer.com

Posted on May 13, 2009
Natick MA May 13 2009 A suspected shoplifter is facing more serious charges than he bargained for, including assault to kill, after allegedly striking a cop with his car while fleeing the Natick Collection mall. State police arrested Anthony Saiete, 30, of Warwick, R...

Jail inmate assaults hospital security , escapes www.privateofficer.com

Posted on May 13, 2009
Watsonville CA May 13 2009 A County Jail inmate who escaped from Dominican Hospital on Monday night after assaulting a security guard was caught with help from a police dog about 90 minutes later, the Sheriff’s Office reported Tuesday. Nathan J...

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Ohio security officer assaulted, breast biten www.privateofficer.com

Posted on May 13, 2009
Cincinnati OH May 13 2009 A husband and wife woke up Wednesday with a rap sheet after an alleged attack on a Riverbend Music Center security guard Tuesday night that included pulling her hair and biting her breast. Deputies with the Hamilton County Sheriff’s Office say the melee began around 8:45 p...

25 cars shot at on California Interstate www.privateofficer.com

Posted on May 13, 2009
Fremont CA May 13 2009 California Highway Patrol investigators say 25 people have now reported having been shot at while driving a stretch of Interstate 680 in Fremont during the last few weeks. Under the cover of darkness, someone has been using a BB gun or some sort of air rifle to target drivers in both directions [...

May Is Mental Health Awareness Month www.privateofficer.com

Posted on May 12, 2009
Atlanta GA. May 12 2009 By: Rick McCann Private Officer News Network http://www.privateofficer.com/ May is the month that mental health providers use for Mental Health Awareness and to broaden their reach within the community. Grayce Crockett, a mental health specialist in Charlotte said that workers hold seminars, speak to area employees, and make their services known around the area...

Macy shoplifters clobber security but get nabbed www.privateofficer.com

Posted on May 12, 2009
Sugar Land TX May 12 2009 Two Houston men were arrested Saturday after allegedly shoplifting items from a Macy?s store at First Colony Mall. Arrested were Lance Bobby Dike, 19, who was charged with robbery, and Chinedu Drexler Arimonyeotu, 20, who was charged with theft...

Former NYPD officer gets 10 year prison term www.privateofficer.com

Posted on May 12, 2009
PHILADELPHIA PA May 12 2009 (AP) ? A former New York City police officer who pulled a gun on three bank tellers during a bank robbery in Reading, Pa., last year, was sentenced on Monday to 10 years in prison. The former officer, Christian A. Torres, 22, still faces charges in New York in connection with [...

Shoplifters cause mall evacuation www.privateofficer.com

Posted on May 12, 2009
ORANGE COUNTY, Fla.May 12 2009 — Three shoplifters at the Florida Mall caused an evacuation during their getaway. Eyewitnesses say a security guard and two Macy’s employees followed the trio out of the department store into the mall last night...

Bouncer charged after assault incident www.privateofficer.com

Posted on May 12, 2009
BOULDER, Colo. May 12 2009? A 23-year-old bouncer at Boulder?s Shooters Bar & Grill faces second-degree assault charges after being accused of putting a drunk customer in a rear chokehold and pushing him down the stairs, causing him to pass out and break his jaw...

Man points gun at security is fatally shot www.privateofficer.com

Posted on May 12, 2009
FORT WORTH TX May 12 2009 ? A 23-year-old man who had been thrown out of an east Fort Worth club was fatally shot by one of the owners early Saturday after reportedly pointing a gun at an unarmed security guard. Police said Monday that they will consult with the Tarrant County district attorney?s office to [...

Security officer injured by shoplifters www.privateofficer.com

Posted on May 12, 2009
SCRANTON PA May 12 2009 ? A security officer at Redner?s Market, 550 N. Seventh Ave., was injured when he was assaulted by the brother of a juvenile shoplifting suspect, city police said. Mark Reilly of Scranton stopped the 16-year-old boy outside the store and was escorting him back inside when the youth?s 18-year-old brother punched [...

College student arrested after failing to clean dorm room www.privateofficer.com

Posted on May 12, 2009
Unity, ME May 12 2009 – Police say a Unity College student who failed to do a thorough cleaning of her dorm room before leaving campus faces criminal charges after security guards found several marijuana plants growing there. The Waldo County Sheriff’s Office said 19-year-old Annica McGuirk of Cabot, Ark...

Filene?s Basement security stabbed in escape attempt www.privateofficer.com

Posted on May 12, 2009
Watertown MA May 12 2009 Brett Davis Private Officer News Network http://www.privateofficer.com/ On May 8 at 3:25 p.m. police were dispatched to Filene?s Basement in the Arsenal Mall on Arsenal Street for a shoplifting report. Security agents saw Rickie Lyoms, 42, of 58 West Durham St...

Police, school security nab stabbing suspect www.privateofficer.com

Posted on May 12, 2009
WILLIMANTIC CT May 12 2009 ? – Willimantic police are investigating a stabbing today at Windham High School. A student suffered non-life threatening injuries, police said. Lt. Mary Beth Curtis said police were still actively investigating the incident and had no other information to release...

Lebanon TN police officer dies in crash www.privateofficer.com

Posted on May 11, 2009
LEBANON, Tenn. May 11 2009 — The Lebanon Police Department is mourning the death of an officer who was killed in an off-duty motorcycle wreck late Saturday night. Police said Officer Jeff Stone was killed instantly when a car pulled out in front of him at the intersection of South Cumberland Avenue and West Jennings Street...

?Five Finger Discount? alive and well www.privateofficer.com

Posted on May 11, 2009
Washington DC May 11 2009 washingtontimes.com The “five-finger discount” has a hold on the nation. Pizzas, art supplies, baby formula, diabetic test strips, fancy lingerie, perennial plants ripped from the ground – just about anything is up for grabs in a sour economy as more Americans resort to shoplifting...

Sheriff removes security from courts in dispute www.privateofficer.com

Posted on May 11, 2009
CROWN POINT IN May 11 2009 Lake County Sheriff Rogelio “Roy” Dominguez withdrew security guards from Lake County Government Center’s administrative building Monday morning in an apparent dispute with county officials over a hiring freeze...

Shoplifting pizza cutter ends in robbery charge www.privateofficer.com

Posted on May 11, 2009
CANTON OH May 11 2009 A Canton man was arrested on a robbery charge after a Wal-Mart store security officer said he fought with her as he tried to get out of the store without paying for a pizza cutter. The item sells for $18.07. Peter A. Vega Jr., 43, who lives at the Stark Regional Community Corrections [...

Shooting at Atlanta Krystals leaves one dead www.privateofficer.com

Posted on May 11, 2009
Atlanta GA May 11 2009 One person was dead and another wounded early Saturday following a workplace shooting at a Clayton County fast-food restaurant. Clayton police spokesman Tim Owens said the shooting happened about 5 a.m. at the Krystal restaurant on Ga...

NY shoplifting sprees lead to arrests www.privateofficer.com

Posted on May 10, 2009
ROCKAWAY TWP. NY May 10 2009 – People who allegedly tried to ?grab and go? nearly $6,000 worth of merchandise from Rockaway Townsquare Mall stores were arrested in two separate incidents, police said. Best Buy workers called police to the outer mall store at 2:45 p...

Fort Rucker security unhappy about physical fitness test www.privateofficer.com

Posted on May 10, 2009
Dothan AL May 10 2009 Dothaneagle.com The company which contracts the security officers at Fort Rucker recently changed and as a result the 130-plus officers will have to take an unexpected physical fitness test. Retired Command Sgt. Major Johnny Oliver, who works security at Fort Rucker, said the officers did not know they would have to take the [...

GA shoplifter leads police on three county chase www.privateofficer.com

Posted on May 10, 2009
AUGUSTA GA MAY 10 2009 An Augusta man was arrested Friday in Burke County after police said he led them on a three-county chase and nearly hit two officers with his truck. Police said they began chasing Gary Kitchens, 45, at Wal-Mart on Knox Avenue in North Augusta after he stole a CD player, according to Lt...

Three charged in shoplifting spree www.privateofficer.com

Posted on May 10, 2009
Sioux City IA May 10 2009 Three Sioux City, Iowa, women were arrested Thursday afternoon, accused of taking more than $1,700 in clothes and perfume from several Sioux Falls stores, police spokesman Sam Clemens said. A loss prevention officer at Gordman’s reported the women to police, who were then able to catch up with the women as [...

NC teacher charged with sex crimes with minors www.privateofficer.com

Posted on May 10, 2009
WILLIAMSTON NC MAY 10 2009 The police Department applied for and received a search warrant for the residence located at 409 N. Haughton Street, Williamston. Items of evidence were collected and presented to the District Attorneys Office for review. After consultation with the District Attorney?s Office Williamston Police obtained an arrest warrant for Mr...

Fraud suspect shot by police www.privateofficer.com

Posted on May 10, 2009
Chicago IL May 10 2009 abc7.com A shooting occurred on Chicago’s Magnificent Mile during a busy Saturday afternoon shopping day. Police say a woman was shot in the stomach after she struggled with an officer for his gun. Officers approached the woman after employees at a store thought she was trying to use a stolen credit card...

Retrial of security guard murder suspect underway www.privateofficer.com

Posted on May 10, 2009
Viera FL May 10 2009 Jury selection in the retrial of a Palm Bay man accused in the 2004 robbery and shooting death of a Florida Tech security guard is set to begin Monday. Anthony Johnson?s four-week trial in the slaying of 63-year-old Royce McCain ended in a hung jury in November 2006...

Retail Security/Shoplifting News www.privateofficer.com

Posted on May 10, 2009
Atlanta GA May 10 2009 Compiled By: Toni Anthony Private Officer News Network http://www.privateofficer.com/ These are the latest shoplifting arrests and retail security incidents. VALDOSTA GA Valdosta police arrested Appolonia Monique Bowen, 20, on the 1400 block of North Lee Street for charges of shoplifting and interference of an officer, according to reports...

Security Officer Killed In Crash www.privateofficer.com

Posted on May 10, 2009
Hilton Head SC May 10 2009 A 47-year-old Sea Pines security officer was killed while driving to work Friday night when his car struck a 12-foot alligator and then swerved into an oncoming Greyhound bus in Jasper County, officials said Saturday. Steven Newell of Savannah was killed instantly, Jasper County coroner Martin Sauls III said...

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