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Court officers nab woman with grenade www.privateofficer.com

Posted on April 04, 2009
Buffalo NY April 4 2009 For two hours Thursday afternoon, hundreds of Erie County Family Court workers and members of the public were kept outside the building after a Buffalo woman tried to smuggle in what turned out to be a fake grenade. The evacuation began at about 1 p...

Bank robber nabbed minutes after crime www.privateofficer.com

Posted on April 04, 2009
Bank robber nabbed minutes after crime www.privateofficer.com Boston MA April 4 2009 At about 9:10am, today, Thursday, April 2, 2009, officers form Area D-4 (South End) responded to a radio call for a bank robbery at the Sovereign Bank at 279 Massachusetts Ave...

High school coach investigated for inappropriate conduct www.privateofficer.com

Posted on April 04, 2009
MONROE, N.C. May 4 2009 ? Police say that a Monroe High School basketball coach is the subject of an investigation after a complaint was filed against him for an alleged inappropriate conduct with a student. Authorities said that Ollie Shepherd is the girls’ varsity basketball coach at Monroe High and that he has been suspended [...

Security officer shoots suspected burglar www.privateofficer.com

Posted on April 04, 2009
HOUSTON TX April 4 2009 By: Brett Davis Staff Private Officer News Network http://www.privateofficer.com A security officer was involved in a shooting of a suspected car burglar overnight. Houston police said that they responded to the parking lot of the Kings Best market on Martin Luther King near Old Spanish Trail...

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Security officer files lawsuit against Wackenhut www.privateofficer.com

Posted on April 04, 2009
Atlanta GA April 4 2009 A security guard has filed a complaint in the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Florida against Wackenhut Corporation (?Wackenhut?) for violations of the Fair Labor Standards Act (?FLSA?). In the complaint, the former employee alleges that the company violated the wage requirements of the FLSA when it paid him [...

Security officer named NYPD Auxiliary Officer of The Year www.privateofficer.com

Posted on April 04, 2009
New York City NY April 4 2009 By: Rick McCann Private Officer News Network http://www.privateofficer.com/ The New York City police department recently recognized a security officer employed at the Peninsula Hospital Center for her involvement with the NYPD Auxiliary Unit...

Food fight at Fla mall sends teens to jail www.privateofficer.com

Posted on April 04, 2009
WELLINGTON FLA April 4 2009 - Authorities arrested nine people after a fight in a food court mall in Wellington Thursday evening. Shortly before 5 p.m., Palm Beach County sheriff’s deputies were called to the Mall at Wellington Green after a group of between 15 and 20 people began fighting...

3 Pittsburgh police officers killed by gunman www.privateofficer.com

Posted on April 04, 2009
PITTSBURGH Pa April 4 2009 - A gunman wearing a bulletproof vest and “lying in wait” opened fire on officers responding to a domestic disturbance call Saturday, killing three of them and turning a quiet Pittsburgh street into a battlefield, police said...

Security officer shot by apartment trespassers www.privateofficer.com

Posted on April 03, 2009
MIRAMAR, Fla. April 2 2009 — Police are investigating a shooting involving a security guard at a Miramar apartment complex. According to investigators, the shooting happened around 2:30 Thursday morning at the Villas de Mallorca apartments on Foxcroft Road...

Casino security nab man for groping patrons www.privateofficer.com

Posted on April 03, 2009
Lake Tahoe NV April 3 2009 Douglas County Sheriff?s deputies arrested a 25-year-old man on suspicion of assault over the weekend after he allegedly groped two women during separate incidents at Harrah?s Lake Tahoe. At about 1:55 a.m. on Sunday, two women reported to casino security that the man came up from behind them and grabbed them [...

Man charged with Wal-Mart computer thefts www.privateofficer.com

Posted on April 03, 2009
WILKES-BARRE TWP. PA. April 3 2009 ? A Kingston man was charged on Thursday with harassing a security officer and stealing two computers from the Wal-Mart Supercenter. Kevin Dana Maza, 40, of Parkway Boulevard, was charged with retail theft, disorderly conduct and harassment...

Senior citizen aids police in capture of amored car robbers www.privateofficer.com

Posted on April 03, 2009
Lake Ridge VA April 3 2009 Police say a tip from a suspicious senior citizen helped lead to the arrests of three men in a daring daytime armored car heist in Lake Ridge. The older man noticed someone pacing back and forth in front of a white Cadillac on Wednesday afternoon near the Bank of America, and [...

Women nabbed during multi store thefts www.privateofficer.com

Posted on April 03, 2009
WOODBRIDGE NJ Apr 3 2009? Two Perth Amboy women were arrested Saturday after they allegedly shoplifted at a half-dozen stores at Woodbridge Center. Awilda Plasencia, 27, and Victoria Jerez-Tavera, 24, were caught at about 1:45 p.m. after trying to shoplift two pairs of jeans from Sears, police said...

American Airlines crew chief charged in thefts www.privateofficer.com

Posted on April 03, 2009
Philadelphia PA April 3 2009 philadelphiaenquirer.com An American Airlines baggage-crew chief faces two theft charges after being arrested at Philadelphia International Airport, according to Philadelphia police. Christopher Shaw, 37, of Reading, was taken into custody around 4:45 p...

Father, daughter educators arrested for stealing from school www.privateofficer.com

Posted on April 03, 2009
VINELAND NJ April 3 2009 - When the district looked at the numbers, something just didn’t seem right. An internal audit of Vineland School District personnel showed that one employee, John Sammons, was taking home more than anyone expected, authorities said...

Shoplifting ring busted in Mass. www.privateofficer.com

Posted on April 03, 2009
WRENTHAM MA April 3 2009 Police on Saturday interrupted what they believe was a shoplifting ring in action, arresting a 36-year-old South Boston woman at Wrentham Village Premium Outlet Mall after finding about $11,000 worth of stolen merchandise in her shopping bags and in her car, Det...

Shoplifter bites police officer during arrest www.privateofficer.com

Posted on April 03, 2009
DOVER, Del. April 3 2009 (AP) Dover police say a Maryland man bit an off-duty Delaware State University police officer trying to stop him for suspected shoplifting. Police say the off-duty officer was inside the Rite Aid on North DuPont Highway Thursdy night when he heard an anti-theft alarm sound as a man walked out of [...

10 Shot, 41 held hostage at NY civic agency www.privateofficer.com

Posted on April 03, 2009
BINGHAMTON, N.Y. April 3 2009 � BREAKING NEWS�? At least four people were shot and as many as 41 people taken hostage Friday morning at an immigration services center in Binghamton, according to media reports. Mayor Matthew Ryan told the Binghamton Press & Sun Bulletin that there was a hostage situation involving a gunman with a high-powered rifle...

School guard accused of assault www.privateofficer.com

Posted on April 02, 2009
NEW ROCHELLE NY April 2 2009- A female security guard under investigation in an assault on an Isaac E. Young Middle School eighth-grader has been suspended, Maggie Skau, spokeswoman for the city school system, said today. Police are investigating an accusation by a male middle school student that he was assaulted and scratched by the school [...

Wal-Mart employee, friends charged in theft scheme www.privateofficer.com

Posted on April 02, 2009
Longview TX April 2 2009 By:Rick McCann Staff Private Officer News Network www.privateofficer.com Police reportedly responded to the area Wal-Mart to assist loss prevention agents after they nabbed a group of women stealing together. Authorities arrived and investigated and said that they arrested Audreanna Roberts, 18; Dominique Taylor, 18; Lasinda Stout, 31; and Daveisha Johnson, 23, all of Marshall, who all [...

Brinks guard arrested in theft case www.privateofficer.com

Posted on April 02, 2009
NORRISTOWN PA April 2 2009 mercurynews ? A former Brinks guard is accused of stealing bags of bank deposits after picking up the money up at Montgomery County retail stores and an office building. James Edward Wilson, 24, was employed to provide protection for Brinks? armored car drivers and pick up money bags at various retail stores...

Security patrol car hit, suspects flee www.privateofficer.com

Posted on April 02, 2009
KANSAS CITY, Mo. April 2 2009 By: Brett Davis Staff Private Officer News Network http://www.privateofficer.com/ Police responding to assist private security officers after a vehicle crashed into aWestport security patrol car also crashed their police car into a pole early Tuesday morning...

Dallas crossing guard killed by DUI driver www.privaterofficer.com

Posted on April 02, 2009
Dallas TX April 2 2009 cbsnews.com A 71-year-old school crossing guard died Tuesday morning after he was struck walking to his vehicle at the end of his morning shift. According to witnesses, Franklin Lester had just helped a woman and her baby cross the street in the 1300 block of S...

Fake hotel security guards rob Fla. tourists www.privateofficer.com

Posted on April 02, 2009
CUTLER BAY Fla Apr 2 2009 - Two South Florida visitors who turned to a stranger for help in finding their hotel were later tied up and robbed, according to police. The incident happened about 8:30 p.m. Wednesday near the Florida Turnpike and U.S. 1 in south Miami-Dade County...

Mall security nabs snatch and run shoplifter www.privateofficer.com

Posted on April 02, 2009
Mall security nabs snatch and run shoplifter www.privateofficer.com SHREVEPORT, LA April 2 2009 By: Brett Davis Staff Private Officer News Network http://www.privateofficer.com/ A man accused of stealing from Mall St. Vincent tried to escape but police said that he didn’t get very far...

Security detains woman who stabbed child www.privateofficer.com

Posted on April 02, 2009
GARDNER, Mass April 2 2009 (AP) - A Gardner woman has been charged with stabbing a 2-year-old child with scissors and attempting to strangle the toddler with an electrical cord. Police say 38-year-old Susan Johnson stabbed the child in the torso, neck and head in the laundry room of an apartment complex in the city late [...

Atlanta police converge on violent neighborhoods www.privateofficer.com

Posted on April 02, 2009
ATLANTA GA April 2 2009 By: Brett Davis Staff Private Officer News Network http://www.privateofficer.com/ Atlanta city police along with several other law enforcement agencies from the metro Atlanta area geared up on Wednesday and set up a command post at Turner Field in a substantial show of force as they hit the streets looking to make arrests...

Three men take over, rob Loomis guards www.privateofficer.com

Posted on April 02, 2009
WOODBRIDGE, Va. April 2 2009 fox5.com - It looked like a scene out of a Hollywood movie, or perhaps your worst nightmare. Three armed men dressed in black and wearing Halloween masks robbed two Loomis armored car guards. It happened in the parking lot of the Bank of America on Old Bridge Road in Woodbridge, Virginia...

Teacher charged with sex abuse of students www.privateofficer.com

Posted on April 02, 2009
Milwaukie OR April 2 2009 A 29-year-old Milwaukie High School teacher was arrested Tuesday, March 31, and charged with sex abuse after having a relationship with a students at the school, according to Milwaukie police. The incident has led to a Milwaukie Police Department investigation into whether he had similar relationships with students at the school...

NYC security union threatens to strike www.privateofficer.com

Posted on April 02, 2009
New York City NY April 2 2009 The union representing 1,100 security guards at 20 city agencies is threatening to strike in a dispute over wages, health coverage and training, the Daily News has learned. The unarmed guards at Allied Barton are newly represented by SEIU Local 32BJ, which says they deserve more than their average [...

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