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Six dead, others wounded in NC nursing home shooting www.privateofficer.com

Posted on March 29, 2009
CARTHAGE, N.C. March 29 2009 ? A gunman opened fire at a North Carolina nursing home Sunday morning, killing at least six people and wounding several others, police said. The gunman was also injured before he was apprehended by police after the 10 a.m...

OFFICER DOWN MONTANA www.privateofficer.com

Posted on March 29, 2009
OFFICER DOWN MONTANA www.privateofficer.com OFFICER DOWN Trooper Mike Haynes Montana Highway Patrol Montana End of Watch: Friday, March 27, 2009 Biographical Info Age: 28 Tour of Duty: 2 years, 6 months Badge Number: 159 Incident Details Cause of Death: Vehicular assault Date of Incident: Monday, March 23, 2009 Weapon Used: Automobile; Alcohol involved Suspect Info: Killed in collision Trooper Mike Haynes succumbed to injuries sustained five days earlier when a [...

Mall security officer helps rescue child www.privateofficer.com

Posted on March 29, 2009
KINGSPORT TN March 29 2009 ? A 2-year-old child lay almost limp in J.J. Williams? arms. She wasn?t breathing well and had a burning fever. With kids of his own and previous EMT training, instinct took over. ?One of the first things that went through my mind, besides trying to save this little girl, was ?I?ve [...

Nashville teacher charged with rape www.privateofficer.com

Posted on March 29, 2009
Nashville TN Mar 29 2009 A quirk of Tennessee’s criminal background checks allowed a rape suspect to be hired as a teacher in Metro Schools. Ronald Boykin, 40, was arrested March 22 in Nashville on two counts of rape, one count of sexual battery by an authority figure and one count of attempted sexual battery by an [...

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Mobile Alabama judge arrested for kidnapping, sodomy www.privateofficer.com

Posted on March 29, 2009
Mobile AL March 29 2009 al.com Herman Thomas, while a Mobile County circuit judge, checked male inmates out of Metro Jail to exert control over them and force them into sexual activity, according to indictments released Friday. About a year after stepping down from the bench, Thomas was arrested Friday outside the same jail on charges of [...

Thousands mourn at Oakland officers funerals www.privateofficer.com

Posted on March 29, 2009
OAKLAND, Calif.Mar 29 2009 ? Thousands of mourners gathered with the families of four slain Oakland police officers for a joint funeral Friday that drew law enforcement officers from around the world. Officers Mark Dunakin, John Hege, Ervin Romans and Daniel Sakai were remembered for their dedication to their families, friends and a gritty job they [...

Casino security detain woman who plowed into crowd www.privateofficer.com

Posted on March 29, 2009
Las Vegas NV Mar 29 2009 A woman plowed her car into a group of people waiting for their cars at the Valet area of Sam’s Town Casino on Boulder Highway early Saturday morning. Four people, including one reportedly paralyzed from the crash, were transported to UMC Trauma in critical condition...

Daytona tourist falls to her death www.privateofficer.com

Posted on March 29, 2009
DAYTONA BEACH, Fla. Mar29 2009 — For the second time in week, a tourist in Daytona Beach has died after falling from a hotel balcony. Daytona Beach police said that a 30-year-old Maryland woman fell from the 8th floor of the LaPlaya Resort early Saturday morning...

Menacing man with stick arrested at mall www.privateofficer.com

Posted on March 29, 2009
Menacing man with stick arrested at mall www.privateofficer.com JACKSON TWP OH Mar 29 2009 When mall security officers and township police went to talk to a man wearing a towel on his head and carrying a stick as he walked through the mall for several hours, he assaulted them, Stark County Jail records said...

Security officer suspended for using belt on child www.privateofficer.com

Posted on March 29, 2009
Chicago IL Mar 29 2009 A security guard has been removed from Kozminski Elementary School for allegedly beating a student with a belt, Chicago Public Schools authorities said Friday. Officials are now investigating whether Reginald Lanier struck any other students with belts that were allegedly hanging in a copier room of Kozminski, at 936 E...

Vegas cops use Twitter to get word out www.privateofficer.com

Posted on March 29, 2009
Las Vegas NV Mar 29 2009 lasvegasnow.com New technologies are allowing people to connect faster and more often, but now law enforcement is using social networking sites to help them solve crimes. Twitter offers subscribers a way to communicate with others using short messages...

Shoplifting news and arrests www.privateofficer.com

Posted on March 29, 2009
Atlanta GA March 29 2009 By: Toni Anthony Staff Private Officer News Network http://www.privateofficer.com/ Retail Theft Juan Ramirez, 20, 5917 W. Cermak Road, Cicero, was charged with retail theft after he was spotted stealing four bottles of tequila from Jewel, 9424 S...

Birmingham getting ready for Mustangs 45th birthday

Posted on March 28, 2009
Birmingham AL. March 28 2009 The organizers of a 45th anniversary tribute to the Ford Mustang at the Barber Motorsports Park expect the event to draw more than 100,000 people - and Barber officials hope to land an even bigger party for the sport car’s 50th birthday...

Rapper T.I. sent to prison over gun charges www.privateofficer.com

Posted on March 28, 2009
ATLANTA GA Mar 28 2009 — Rapper T.I. has been sentenced to a year and a day in prison on federal weapons charges. In addition to his prison sentence, he received three years supervised release — which is probation in the federal system. He is expected to report to prison May 19...

Indiana trooper investigated for Facebook postings www.privateofficer.com

Posted on March 28, 2009
Indianapolis IN March 28 2009 By: Rick McCann Private officer News Network http://www.privateofficer.com/ Police in Indiana are investigating one of their own after some information was given to them about a social network page that showed anything but a professional police officer profile...

Shoplifting news and arrests www.privateofficer.com

Posted on March 28, 2009
Atlanta GA. March 28 2009 By: Toni Anthony Staff Private Officer News Network http://www.privateofficer.com/ These are some recent shoplifting incidents and arrestes reportedly from around the country. Salem NH Sunday at 7 p.m., police said they arrested two Lawrence, Mass...

Security officer stabbed subduing assault suspect www.privateofficer.com

Posted on March 28, 2009
CONCORD CA Mar 28 2009 ? A man was arrested after he got into a fight with a fellow bar patron over a woman and stabbed him, and then stabbed a security guard who tried to subdue him, police said. An argument broke out about 1:10 a.m. between a man and another patron of the Time [...

Shoplifter hit by car trying to escape www.privateofficer.com

Posted on March 28, 2009
ROSWELL, Ga. Mar 28 2009 By: Toni Anthony Private Officer News Network http://www.privateofficer.com/ — A man Roswell police say shoplifted a $10,000 bracelet from a jewelry store was struck by a car as he fled the scene on foot. Police Chief Edwin Williams identified the man on Friday as 29-year-old Daniel Ray Hufstetler of Roswell, who was listed in [...

Park ranger nabs teacher with minor www.privateofficer.com

Posted on March 28, 2009
Guntersville AL(Huntsville) Mar 28 2009 By: Rick McCann Private Officer News Network http://www.privateofficer.com/ A park ranger noticed an alcohol violation at the Guntersville State Park and arrested Brewer High School teacher William Derrick Garrison for contributing to the delinquency of a minor on Tuesday...

Philly police arrest suspect in security officer shooting www.privateofficer.com

Posted on March 28, 2009
Philadelphia PA Mar 28 2009 Investigators said 29-year-old Jermaine Goodman was taken into custody Friday in connection to the March 22 incident. Goodman was arrested without incident in the 1600 block of Christian Street in South Philadelphia. “We’re happy in two respects; one in that our victim gets some satisfaction that this male is off the street, [...

Rome high school teacher arrested for sex assault www.privateofficer.com

Posted on March 28, 2009
Rome GA Mar 28 2009 romenewswire.com A Rome Georgia High school teacher was booked into the Floyd County jail Friday on charges of aggravated sodomy, cruelty to children, sexual assault on a person in custody, and sexual battery. According to Rome Police major Elaine Snow, James Rodney Lee is accused of inappropriate contact with a male student in [...

N.H. area security have busy week nabbing shoplifters www.privateofficer.com

Posted on March 28, 2009
Salem NH March 28 2009 unionleader.com Police took five men into custody on Tuesday in connection with separate cases of shoplifting at two different stores near Route 28. Joseph Perkins and Scott Marshall, both 28 and of Nashua, face charges for shoplifting as well as possession and transportation of heroin...

NV teacher charged with pornography violations www.privateofficer.com

Posted on March 28, 2009
Boulder City NV Mar 28 2009 By: Toni Anthony Staff Reporter Private Officer News Network http://www.privateofficer.com/ Authorities took a Boulder City junior high school teacher into custody after conducting an investigation into pornography involving underage children...

Man charged with assault on police, security www.privateofficer.com

Posted on March 28, 2009
MANCHESTER NH MAR 28 2009? A West Side resident faces charges including assault on a police officer after a fight in Catholic Medical Center’s emergency room last night. According to Manchester police, officers responded to CMC’s parking lot at about 9:30 p...

Grandmother arrested using child to shoplift www.privateofficer.com

Posted on March 28, 2009
SALEM NH Mar 28 2009 ? A grandmother used her 11-year-old granddaughter to go on a shoplifting spree at The Mall at Rockingham Park, but they were nabbed by store security officials, police said. Rosa Mari Martinez, 50, of Haverhill, Mass., was pushing a cart in Sears with a TV stand, a DVD and a toothbrush [...

Woman said she learned about shoplifting on COPS www.privateofficer.com

Posted on March 28, 2009
Land O?Lakes Fla Mar 28 2009 By: Rick McCann Private Officer News Network http://www.privateofficer.com/ A 48-year-old Tampa Bay woman told police that she learned a popular shoplifting technique by watching the FOX TV show COPS. She said that on one episode she saw that if you line your handbag with tinfoil you can evade the detectors at the store entrance...

ECO-Cops pound the beat in New York City www.privateofficer.com

Posted on March 27, 2009
New York City NY Mar 27 2009 The woman at the desk of A & L Collision, an auto repair shop in Brooklyn, eyed Officer Neil R. Stevens suspiciously. You?re not from here,?? she said. ?Yes I am,? Officer Stevens replied. ?You dress differently,? she insisted...

San Juan police officer killed in struggle for gun www.privateofficer.com

Posted on March 27, 2009
SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico Mar 27 2009 A policeman in Puerto Rico died after being shot in the chest in a struggle that involved another officer, authorities said Thursday. Officer Carlos Garcia Adorno was getting dressed at the police department at the start of his shift when he apparently pressed the barrel of his gun against his [...

Police search for pellet gun attacker at mall www.privateofficer.com

Posted on March 27, 2009
Moreno Valley CA Mar 27 2009 By: Brett Davis Private Officer News Network http://www.privateofficer.com/ Moreno Valley police responded to assist security officers at an area mall when a masked man confronted shoppers and shot four people with a pellet gun...

Man commits suicide after police track him with Lojack system www.privateofficer.com

Posted on March 27, 2009
Aurora CO Mar 27 2009 Authorities used the stolen vehicle tracking system LoJack to find an Aurora man who disappeared with his two young daughters after their mother was found dead in their home. Brian Patterson shot and killed himself in front of his two young daughters in his car after police pulled him over in Thornton [...

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