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Students say they were roughed up by security www.privateofficer.com

Posted on March 27, 2009
PEORIA IL Mar 27 2009 A Manual High School senior who was arrested Tuesday alleges he was sprayed with Mace and roughed up by a security guard in a hallway of the high school. Timothy Lowe, 18, was arrested by Peoria police Tuesday night and booked on charges of aggravated battery to school personnel, criminal trespass and [...

Ohio community upset over training site www.privateofficer.com

Posted on March 27, 2009
LORE CITY, Ohio March 27 2009 By: Rick McCann Private Officer News Network http://www.privateofficer.com/ A major training facility being built to accommodate both private security and law enforcement personnel has residents of a small quiet eastern Ohio subdivision making noise and moving rapidly to stop the construction of the facility...

Shelbyville TN teacher arrested for soliciting 13yr old girl www.privateofficer.com

Posted on March 27, 2009
SHELBYVILLE, Tenn. Mar 27 2009 — A popular teacher and baseball coach is in jail, charged with soliciting sex from a 13-year-old girl who was really an undercover police officer. At the time of the arrest, Joshua Smith was out of work and hoping to get a teaching job in another county...

Wayna arrested at airport with police baton www.privateofficer.com

Posted on March 27, 2009
HOUSTON TX March 27 2009 (AP) ? Grammy-nominated singer Wayna has been arrested at a Houston airport after trying to get on a plane with a collapsible police baton that she uses while performing. Wayna, whose real name is Woyneab Miraf Wondwossen, was charged with possession of a prohibited weapon Wednesday...

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Teen with gun causes scare at NC hospital www.privateofficer.com

Posted on March 27, 2009
HENDERSON, N.C. Mar 27 2009 foxnews? Henderson police charged a man after a local hospital was put on emergency lockdown for more than an hour Thursday afternoon. John Christopher Cole, 17, of 315 Martin Luther King Jr. Drive in Greensboro, was charged with possession of a weapon on school grounds, possession of marijuana, possession of drug [...

Loomis guard arrested for theft www.privateofficer.com

Posted on March 26, 2009
Charleston SC Mar 26 2009 By: Rick McCann Private Officer News Network http://www.privateofficer.com/ Authorities have been investigating the theft of a large amount of money from the Loomis Amored Car company for several months and have made an arrest in the case...

Students robbed at gunpoint waiting for bus www.privateofficer.com

Posted on March 26, 2009
OAKLAND CA Mar 26 2009 ? Two men in their early 20s entered a classroom at Oakland Technical High School shortly after 8 a.m. Tuesday and robbed three students at gunpoint, according to police. DeJuan Lamont Davis, 22, and Deerick Minor, 20 ? who stopped at a doughnut shop across the street from the high school [...

Store customer helps subdue serial shoplifter www.privateofficer.com

Posted on March 26, 2009
Lancaster PA Mar 26 2009 A serial shoplifter accused of trying to swipe bottles of baby formula from a city store Tuesday apparently decided not to go down without a fight. With a coat packed full of the expensive formula, David Vasquez fought employees and a customer before he was subdued on the floor of Rite-Aid at [...

Louisiana teacher arrested for drugs www.privateofficer.com

Posted on March 26, 2009
Bastrop, La. Mar 26 2009 A Morehouse Parish teacher was arrested last week on a warrant for numerous drug charges in Ouachita Parish. Sonya Williamson Norman, 37, 3980 Old Sterlington Road, Monroe, was charged with 30 counts of obtaining a controlled dangerous substance, or CDS, by fraud around 5:30 p...

Indiana police officer nabbed by security for shoplifting www.privateofficer.com

Posted on March 26, 2009
Kokomo IN Mar 26 2009 By: Brett Davis Private officer News Network http://www.privateofficer.com/ A Logansport police officer is under arrest, accused of shoplifting from a Target store in Kokomo. Police charged 49-year-old Russell Bushaw with larceny after being apprehnded by store loss prevention agents...

Bounty hunters arrested after wild chase www.privateofficer.com

Posted on March 26, 2009
Wichita KS Mar 26 2009 Brett Davis Private Officer News Network http://www.privateofficer.com/ Convinced they were pursuing a fugitive, a fleet of bail bondsmen chased a tan Oldsmobile across west Wichita early this morning _ sometimes at speeds topping 100 miles an hour...

Armed stalker arrested at ?Dancing With The Stars? www.privateofficer.com

Posted on March 26, 2009
Los Angeles CA Mar 26 2009 A man claiming he was “meant to be” with Shawn Johnson was arrested early Tuesday morning after trying to sneak on to the set of “Dancing With the Stars” — and cops say he had two loaded guns and duct tape in his car...

Security officer helps nab church burglar www.privateofficer.com

Posted on March 26, 2009
PITTSBURGH PA Mar 26 2009 By: Rick McCann Private officer News Network www.privateofficer.com?Pittsburgh police say that a good samaritan who had volunteered at charity fish fries at a Catholic church several times was actually a wolf in sheeps clothing...

Man freezes mother to collect her Social Security checks www.privateofficer.com

Posted on March 26, 2009
COLCHESTER, N.Y. Mar 26 2009 - State police say a 69-year-old man is charged with grand larceny and unlawful disposal of human remains after he stashed his 98-year-old mother’s dead body in a freezer so he could keep cashing her Social Security checks...

Woman captured trying to steal baby from NJ hospital www.privateofficer.com

Posted on March 26, 2009
VINELAND NJ Mar 26 2009 — A city woman was arrested after she tried to sneak into the nursery at South Jersey Healthcare Regional Medical Center and kidnap a newborn baby, police said Wednesday night. Lisa N. Maines, 34, fled the hospital after a security guard stopped and questioned her, but was found later Wednesday morning [...

Security officer captures serial bank robber www.privateofficer.com

Posted on March 25, 2009
Dayton OH March 25 2009 By: Rick McCann Private Officer News Network http://www.privateofficer.com/ Serial bank robber Roderick Sample walked into the U.S. Bank in downtown Dayton yesterday and handed a teller a note-”this is a robbery-give me all of the hundred dollar bills, I’ve got a weapon”...

K-Mart diamond thief turns self in www.privateofficer.com

Posted on March 25, 2009
CLAYMONT, Del. Mar 25 2009 (AP) ? A Delaware county man who allegedly stole two diamond rings worth more than $3,600 from a Claymont, Del., Kmart is in police custody. Delaware State Police say Ridley Township police and Kmart security employees identified 22-year-old Nicholas Kowal of Secane, as the alleged thief...

Teacher, coach arrested for soliciting student www.privateofficer.com

Posted on March 25, 2009
YORK, SC(Charlotte NC metro) Mar 25 2009 By: Rick McCann Private Officer News Network http://www.privateofficer.com/ ? Authorities said that began an investigation into inappropriate behavior of a junior high coach and teacher after a student?s parents contacted them...

Police shoot, kill gunman at bus complex www.privateofficer.com

Posted on March 25, 2009
SAN DIEGO CA Mar 25 2009 Authorities in San Diego say police have killed a mechanic at a city bus complex after the man shot two co-workers, killing one of them. Police Sgt. Bob Dare says a report came in early Tuesday of two people shot at the Metropolitan Transit System bus complex...

Police arrest 3 in Sears theft caper www.privateofficer.com

Posted on March 25, 2009
Sumpter SC Mar 25 2009 Sumter Police said three women are facing several charges after they reportedly stole tools valued at $570 from Sears at Sumter Mall and then hit an officer with a Jeep Cherokee after being confronted. Shannon Wallace, 30, of 133 N...

Macy employee nabbed burglarizing store www.privateofficer.com

Posted on March 25, 2009
Gainesville Fl Mar 25 2009 By: Rick McCann Private officer News Network http://www.privateofficer.com/ Police sat that it was an employee of a local store, not a burglar who tried making off with hundreds of dollars of merchandise in the dark of night...

Police charge man with robbery after shoplifting incident www.privateofficer.com

Posted on March 25, 2009
CANTON OH Mar 25 2009 By: Brett Davis Private Officer News Network http://www.privateofficer.com/ Security personnel at a Wal-Mart said that they watched a 29-year-old city man shoplifting and when they tried to stop him they were assaulted. Leo J. Scarpazzi of 3229 Arbor Rd...

NC police seek suspect who ran officer down www.privateofficer.com

Posted on March 25, 2009
BELMONT, N.C. Mar 25 2009 By: Rick McCann Private Officer News Network http://www.privateofficer.com/ ? Police say that officer was injured by a shoplifter trying to make an arrest over the week-end. Belmont police are asking for the public?s help to find the pair of shoplifters who ran over a officer on Friday afternoon...

Multi-state scam ring busted www.privateofficer.com

Posted on March 25, 2009
Austin MN Mar 25 2009 An arrest at a Wal-Mart in Austin, Minn., may help break a multi-state scam wide open. Police arrested a woman who they believe tried to scam the store out of thousands of dollars. Her arrest is linked to a retail scam that stretches across several states...

Armed transient threatens security with knife www.privateofficer.com

Posted on March 25, 2009
Deland Fla Mar 25 2009 Brett Davis Private Officer News Network http://www.privateofficer.com/ A transient who was given a trespass warning at a DeLand Walmart Monday afternoon returned later in the evening, armed with two knives, and got into a struggle with a security guard at the store, police said...

Texas police officer arrested for bank robbery www.privateofficer.com

Posted on March 25, 2009
Conroe TX Mar 25 2009 AP At 1 p.m. Tuesday the FBI announced the arrest of a 23 year veteran of the Conroe Police Department for allegedly robbing the 1st Bank of Conroe, located at 2201 Westview in Conroe on Aug. 11, 2008. Sgt. Michael Tindall was arrested this morning at the FBI field office in [...

Security officer shot at Columbus Waffle House www.privateofficer.com

Posted on March 25, 2009
Columbus OH Mar 25 2009 A security guard for the Waffle House, 1050 E. Dublin-Granville Road, was shot in the leg at 2:34 a.m. March 21 while standing outside in front of the restaurant, Columbus police reported. The guard, a 21-year-old man, was shot in the right leg...

Security officer thwarts bank robbery www.privateofficer.com

Posted on March 25, 2009
NORTH MIAMI Fla Mar 25 2009 By: Rick McCann Private Officer News Network www.privateofficer.com Police reported that a security officer was approached by a gunman who tried to rob him at the Peoples Bank, 680 NE 124th St., at 7 a.m. March 9. According to authorities, the security guard parked his 2004 GMC Yukon and went to open the rear [...

Accused killer of guard gets 35 yrs in prison www.privateofficer.com

Posted on March 25, 2009
HARRISBURG, Ark. Mar 25 2009 pine bluff commercial.com- A man accused of killing a security guard at a lumber plant has been sentenced to 35 years in prison after pleading guilty to first-degree murder. Bruce Wade Pennington, 62, entered the plea Monday in the May 12 shooting death of Dorman Ray Cooper, 26...

Panama City police chase kills 2 www.privateofficer.com

Posted on March 24, 2009
PANAMA CITY BEACH, Fla. Mar 24 2009– Authorities say two spring breakers ended up dead after a suspected hit-and-run driver crashed while fleeing police. Panama City Beach Police say 20-year-old Dakota Matthews, of Birmingham, Ala., was driving early Sunday morning when his Nissan Altima left the road and hit 20-year-old Randy Nolan, of Auburn, Ala...

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