WAYNESBORO VA OCT 31 2009 — An Eastside Speedway security guard seriously injured Saturday night following an attack at the track continues to recover after suffering a series of strokes, his wife said Friday.
Troy Price, 48, of Fishersville, a guard at the track on U.S. 340 for the past five years and an employee since the 1980s, was injured after receiving a blow to the back of the head, according to Juli Price.
Price said track officials told her that her husband had broken up a fight earlier in the night, but had to use pepper spray that dusted a few individuals in the crowd. Later that night, while Troy Price stood with other security guards at the driver’s pay-out window with his hands clasped behind his back, he was approached by a group of men and a verbal altercation ensued, Mrs. Price said.
As Troy Price stood there, an unidentified man snuck up behind him and punched Price in the back of the head, according to Juli Price.
Shortly after the assault, a track official called Juli Price and told her that her husband’s speech was slurred. Troy Price was taken to Augusta Health in Fishersville and later transported to the University of Virginia Medical Center in Charlottesville.
“It caused an instant stroke,” Juli Price said of the blow. “He had five mini-strokes after that.”
Lt. A.C. Powers, an investigator with the Augusta County Sheriff’s Office, said the assault is under investigation but no arrests have been made.
Kenny Bradley, who leases the track, declined comment.
Juli Price said her husband, who stands 6 feet, 7 inches tall and weighs 270 pounds, remains partially paralyzed on his right side. He still can’t remember the incident but has regained some speech, most of it in the form of one-syllable words.
“He’s got a long way to go on his speech,” Juli Price said.
On Thursday, Mr. Price was released from U.Va. Medical Center after spending time at the hospital’s stroke unit and taken back to Augusta Health, where he will begin physical therapy.
“We’ll take it one day at a time,” Juli Price said. “I’m hoping he’ll come home in two or three weeks.”
Saturday, October 31, 2009
Officer hailed as hero www.privateofficer.com
Houston TX OCT 31 2009 chron.com A moonlighting deputy constable was hailed for cool competence Friday for his apprehension of an armed career criminal, who minutes earlier, authorities said, seriously wounded a young doctor during a robbery in a supermarket parking lot.
Injured in the 6:35 p.m. Thursday incident at the Kroger at 1990 Old Spanish Trail was Dr. Stephanie Wuest, 28. Wuest, a first-year Baylor College of Medicine resident who had been assigned to Ben Taub General Hospital, was shot in the neck. She was in stable condition at Taub on Friday.
Her alleged assailant, Anthony J. Bell, 40, was held without bail Friday on a charge of attempted capital murder. Records indicate Bell has a record of criminal convictions dating to 1989. He was released from state prison last year after serving a 15-year sentence for car theft. He also served sentences for drug offenses.
Investigators said Wuest was accosted as she returned to her car after shopping for groceries. As she and the robber struggled near the car door, several shots were fired.
Witnesses ran into the store to alert Precinct 6 Deputy Constable Vernon Matthews, who was working his off-duty job as a security guard. Directed to the scene of the crime by shoppers, Matthews drew his service revolver and ordered Bell to surrender.
“He did an outstanding job,” said Matthews' boss, Constable Victor Trevino. “We train for these situations, but no one knows how you're going to react.”
Trevino said Matthews, a former public school teacher, has worked with his office in some capacity for 16 years. He has been a full-time deputy for four years. He could not be reached for comment Friday.
Family optimistic
Speaking through family friend Shara Fryer, Wuest's relatives also congratulated the officer for his quick response. Wuest is the daughter of World Affairs Council of Houston executive director Linda Wuest and the wife of Dr. Matthew Rose, who is a Baylor College of Medicine radiology resident.
Although Wuest initially was reported to have been in critical condition, by midafternoon Friday her condition was listed as stable. She was conscious and responding to visitors. Fryer said her family was “relieved and optimistic.”
Fryer described Wuest as “young, vibrant, caring, warm, professional and strong.”
“She is filled with young people's sense of life, a desire to contribute,” Fryer said. Wuest chose family practice — the front line of medicine — because she felt it too often was bypassed for more glamorous specialties.
“She believes that medical care should be affordable and available to everyone,” Fryer said. Last summer, Wuest traveled to Guatemala and Peru to sharpen her Spanish-language skills.
Wuest graduated with high honors from Baylor College of Medicine before returning to begin her residency.
Injured in the 6:35 p.m. Thursday incident at the Kroger at 1990 Old Spanish Trail was Dr. Stephanie Wuest, 28. Wuest, a first-year Baylor College of Medicine resident who had been assigned to Ben Taub General Hospital, was shot in the neck. She was in stable condition at Taub on Friday.
Her alleged assailant, Anthony J. Bell, 40, was held without bail Friday on a charge of attempted capital murder. Records indicate Bell has a record of criminal convictions dating to 1989. He was released from state prison last year after serving a 15-year sentence for car theft. He also served sentences for drug offenses.
Investigators said Wuest was accosted as she returned to her car after shopping for groceries. As she and the robber struggled near the car door, several shots were fired.
Witnesses ran into the store to alert Precinct 6 Deputy Constable Vernon Matthews, who was working his off-duty job as a security guard. Directed to the scene of the crime by shoppers, Matthews drew his service revolver and ordered Bell to surrender.
“He did an outstanding job,” said Matthews' boss, Constable Victor Trevino. “We train for these situations, but no one knows how you're going to react.”
Trevino said Matthews, a former public school teacher, has worked with his office in some capacity for 16 years. He has been a full-time deputy for four years. He could not be reached for comment Friday.
Family optimistic
Speaking through family friend Shara Fryer, Wuest's relatives also congratulated the officer for his quick response. Wuest is the daughter of World Affairs Council of Houston executive director Linda Wuest and the wife of Dr. Matthew Rose, who is a Baylor College of Medicine radiology resident.
Although Wuest initially was reported to have been in critical condition, by midafternoon Friday her condition was listed as stable. She was conscious and responding to visitors. Fryer said her family was “relieved and optimistic.”
Fryer described Wuest as “young, vibrant, caring, warm, professional and strong.”
“She is filled with young people's sense of life, a desire to contribute,” Fryer said. Wuest chose family practice — the front line of medicine — because she felt it too often was bypassed for more glamorous specialties.
“She believes that medical care should be affordable and available to everyone,” Fryer said. Last summer, Wuest traveled to Guatemala and Peru to sharpen her Spanish-language skills.
Wuest graduated with high honors from Baylor College of Medicine before returning to begin her residency.
Man guilty of brutal attack on security officer www.privateofficer.com
Fairbanks AK OCT 31 2009
A 24-year-old man who assaulted and disarmed a security guard outside the federal building in Fairbanks has pleaded guilty to felony assault
The Fairbanks Daily News-Miner reported that Jarrid Bloom faces a minimum sentence of 10 years in federal prison for using a handgun during a violent crime.
He pleaded guilty Thursday. As part of a plea agreement, three other felony charges will be dropped.
Bloom, formerly of Reno, Nev., told U.S. District Court Judge Ralph Beistline that he had been in Fairbanks for a week before his arrest.
According to prosecutors, a security guard early July 7 spotted Bloom in the federal courthouse parking garage, suspecting that he was looking for unlocked cars.
Bloom fled on his bike but couldn't find an exit and the guard cornered him, drawing his gun and beginning a search. After the guard discovered a small cube of marijuana, a fight ensued that left the guard with a bone injury that eventually required surgery, prosecutors said.
Bloom was able to grab the security guard's gun and took his wallet. They said he also fired a shot into an empty vehicle.
Police arrested Bloom on his bike outside the courthouse with the wallet. The gun was found nearby.
Bloom was previously convicted of felony counts of auto theft and possession of a stolen vehicle in Nevada.
Beistline set sentencing for Jan. 8.
A 24-year-old man who assaulted and disarmed a security guard outside the federal building in Fairbanks has pleaded guilty to felony assault
The Fairbanks Daily News-Miner reported that Jarrid Bloom faces a minimum sentence of 10 years in federal prison for using a handgun during a violent crime.
He pleaded guilty Thursday. As part of a plea agreement, three other felony charges will be dropped.
Bloom, formerly of Reno, Nev., told U.S. District Court Judge Ralph Beistline that he had been in Fairbanks for a week before his arrest.
According to prosecutors, a security guard early July 7 spotted Bloom in the federal courthouse parking garage, suspecting that he was looking for unlocked cars.
Bloom fled on his bike but couldn't find an exit and the guard cornered him, drawing his gun and beginning a search. After the guard discovered a small cube of marijuana, a fight ensued that left the guard with a bone injury that eventually required surgery, prosecutors said.
Bloom was able to grab the security guard's gun and took his wallet. They said he also fired a shot into an empty vehicle.
Police arrested Bloom on his bike outside the courthouse with the wallet. The gun was found nearby.
Bloom was previously convicted of felony counts of auto theft and possession of a stolen vehicle in Nevada.
Beistline set sentencing for Jan. 8.
Retired police officer mulled by dog www.privateofficer.com
Minneapolis MN Oct 31 2009 Amy Klinefelter was sitting down to a night on the computer and some TV Sunday evening when thumps emanating from her basement caught her off guard. Her roommate, Jim Stewart, was downstairs with his American bulldog, watching TV as usual.
When Klinefelter went to investigate, she found the 120-pound dog, Igor, standing over a bloodied, barely conscious Stewart, 53. The retired police officer was lying on his side, the skin of his face torn off and one eyelid ripped apart. An ear had been severed.
"His face was just, I just, I mean, just gone," Klinefelter said Friday. "Just blood everywhere."
Igor stood there looking back at Klinefelter, seemingly in shock himself, she said. He didn't react aggressively when she grabbed his harness and dragged him down the hall and into the garage, where she locked him up. In fact, Klinefelter said, the dog hadn't shown any aggression or warning signs in the five months it had lived with them and Klinefelter's cat and yellow lab, Ali.
Klinefelter called 911 and Stewart was rushed to Regions Hospital in St. Paul, where he is listed in good condition.
Stewart adopted 2-year-old Igor this June after his 8-year-old American bulldog, Reggie, died of cancer in May. Igor came via an American bulldog rescue group that picked him up in Texas and placed him in a foster home in the Twin Cities. Klinefelter said she doesn't remember the group's name, although she remembers it being legitimate and thorough, running a background check on Stewart and visiting Klinefelter's Woodbury townhouse to ensure that Igor was going to a good home.
"[Stewart] was so happy," she said. "He loves Igor. He was always with him, always talking to him, walking him."
Igor wrestled and slept with Klinefelter's dog, Ali. He didn't come with any special warnings or behavioral issues, Klinefelter said, adding that she is not familiar with his history
When Klinefelter went to investigate, she found the 120-pound dog, Igor, standing over a bloodied, barely conscious Stewart, 53. The retired police officer was lying on his side, the skin of his face torn off and one eyelid ripped apart. An ear had been severed.
"His face was just, I just, I mean, just gone," Klinefelter said Friday. "Just blood everywhere."
Igor stood there looking back at Klinefelter, seemingly in shock himself, she said. He didn't react aggressively when she grabbed his harness and dragged him down the hall and into the garage, where she locked him up. In fact, Klinefelter said, the dog hadn't shown any aggression or warning signs in the five months it had lived with them and Klinefelter's cat and yellow lab, Ali.
Klinefelter called 911 and Stewart was rushed to Regions Hospital in St. Paul, where he is listed in good condition.
Stewart adopted 2-year-old Igor this June after his 8-year-old American bulldog, Reggie, died of cancer in May. Igor came via an American bulldog rescue group that picked him up in Texas and placed him in a foster home in the Twin Cities. Klinefelter said she doesn't remember the group's name, although she remembers it being legitimate and thorough, running a background check on Stewart and visiting Klinefelter's Woodbury townhouse to ensure that Igor was going to a good home.
"[Stewart] was so happy," she said. "He loves Igor. He was always with him, always talking to him, walking him."
Igor wrestled and slept with Klinefelter's dog, Ali. He didn't come with any special warnings or behavioral issues, Klinefelter said, adding that she is not familiar with his history
Friday, October 30, 2009
Security guard arrested for theft of credit cards www.privateofficer.com
ASCENSION PARISH, LA Oct 30 2009 (WAFB) - A security guard at Motiva is accused of stealing gift cards meant for plant employees.
Jake Vanner, Jr. was arrested October 15th and charged with felony theft. According to reports, the Ascension Parish offices of Motiva were burglarized and several Academy Sports gift cards were taken.
The gift cards were later used at two Academy Sports stores in Baton Rouge. Surveillance cameras captured three people using the gift cards.
Jake Vanner, Jr. was arrested October 15th and charged with felony theft. According to reports, the Ascension Parish offices of Motiva were burglarized and several Academy Sports gift cards were taken.
The gift cards were later used at two Academy Sports stores in Baton Rouge. Surveillance cameras captured three people using the gift cards.
Man arrested for "Carjacking" security guards golfcart www.privateofficer.com
WEST PALM BEACH, FL OCT 30 2009--West Palm Beach Police have arrested a man whom they say escaped from a mental facility at St. Mary's Medical Center and stole a security guard's golf cart as his getaway vehicle.
According to investigators, Timothy Gregory punched a 59-year-old female security guard in the face and 'carjacked' the security guard's golf cart, driving northbound on I-95 for two miles before he was caught.
A security officer told police that Gregory had escaped after pulling a fire alarm.
Officers were able to catch up with Gregory on I-95 where they say he swerved in and out of rush-hour traffic, endangering other drivers' lives including the officers.
Police were able to subdue Gregory and take him into custody after a struggle.
Police say Gregory admitted taking the cart saying, "I pushed an old lady out and commandeered it."
Gregory is charged with 1 count of carjacking, 2 counts of battery on a law enforcement officer, fleeing and eluding, and one count of resisting officer with violence
According to investigators, Timothy Gregory punched a 59-year-old female security guard in the face and 'carjacked' the security guard's golf cart, driving northbound on I-95 for two miles before he was caught.
A security officer told police that Gregory had escaped after pulling a fire alarm.
Officers were able to catch up with Gregory on I-95 where they say he swerved in and out of rush-hour traffic, endangering other drivers' lives including the officers.
Police were able to subdue Gregory and take him into custody after a struggle.
Police say Gregory admitted taking the cart saying, "I pushed an old lady out and commandeered it."
Gregory is charged with 1 count of carjacking, 2 counts of battery on a law enforcement officer, fleeing and eluding, and one count of resisting officer with violence
Calif. police officer investigated by FBI commits suicide www.privateofficer.com
BURBANK, Calif. Oct 30 2009 — A police sergeant who was being investigated in an FBI probe into police misconduct has committed suicide on the corner of a Southern California residential street.
The Burbank Police Department said that 50-year old Neil T. Gunn, a 22-year veteran with the department, was found dead around 11:40 a.m. Thursday.
The FBI has confirmed it is looking into possible civil rights violations by Burbank officers and the U.S. attorney's office has issued a grand jury subpoena for personnel records involving 12 members of the department, including Gunn.
The Glendale Police Department is handling the investigation into Gunn's death.
The Burbank Police Department said that 50-year old Neil T. Gunn, a 22-year veteran with the department, was found dead around 11:40 a.m. Thursday.
The FBI has confirmed it is looking into possible civil rights violations by Burbank officers and the U.S. attorney's office has issued a grand jury subpoena for personnel records involving 12 members of the department, including Gunn.
The Glendale Police Department is handling the investigation into Gunn's death.
School bus driver arrested for having sex with student www.privateofficer.com
FAIRBURN, Ga. Oct 30 2009 -- Jacqueline Connally, a former Fulton County school bus driver, remained in jail Thursday, accused of having sex with a student who rode her bus.
Police arrested Connally, 22, at her apartment in Union City on charges of misdemeanor sexual assault, but overnight the charge was upgraded to felony sexual battery.
The bus driver was 21 years old at the time of the relationship, the student was 16 years old, according to police
A spokesman for the Fulton County School System said the district acted on a tip from another student about the alleged relationship.
The victim attends 11th-grade at Langston Hughes High School in Fairburn.
“At this time, Connally has been terminated, and the criminal investigation is under way,” said Allison Toller, director of communications for Fulton County Schools.
Channel 2 Action News spoke to an attorney for the student’s mother and the attorney admitted the driver and student had a relationship for over a year, but claimed the relationship has ended
Police arrested Connally, 22, at her apartment in Union City on charges of misdemeanor sexual assault, but overnight the charge was upgraded to felony sexual battery.
The bus driver was 21 years old at the time of the relationship, the student was 16 years old, according to police
A spokesman for the Fulton County School System said the district acted on a tip from another student about the alleged relationship.
The victim attends 11th-grade at Langston Hughes High School in Fairburn.
“At this time, Connally has been terminated, and the criminal investigation is under way,” said Allison Toller, director of communications for Fulton County Schools.
Channel 2 Action News spoke to an attorney for the student’s mother and the attorney admitted the driver and student had a relationship for over a year, but claimed the relationship has ended
Teachers fight over man in classroom www.privateofficer.com
CLAYTON COUNTY, Ga. Oct 30 2009 -- Police said a love letter on the social networking web site Facebook sparked an on-campus, profanity-laced fight between two teachers at Rex Hill Middle School in Rex. The altercation allegedly got so out of hand, an officer ended up arresting both instructors.
Channel 2 Action News reporter Tom Jones spent the day in Clayton County and was able to obtain the police report that detailed the love triangle that erupted into fighting and cursing in front of students.
The school district didn’t have much to say about the altercation, but parents did.
“That’s outrageous. That’s outrageous,” said parent Robert Fisher.
Parents and students at Rex Middle School were stunned after learning that police arrested two teachers after both got into a heated fight in front of students.
“I mean, what example are you showing the kids? Because when the kids get into a fight, you’re ready to expel them,” said parent Felicia Lyons.
According to the police report, Shaka Cobb, 32, said she and a man who teaches at the school are expecting a child together. Cobb stated that she discovered a love letter from Ebony Smith, 25, on her baby’s father’s Facebook account over the weekend.
Cobb angrily responded back on Facebook, according to police, and when the two returned to school on Monday, a fight broke out on the eighth-grade hall.
There was cursing, punches were thrown and threats to put the love letter on a blackboard for all to see, according to the police report.
Children witnessed it all.
“Love triangles happen everywhere. But it shouldn’t happen at school. Not in front of the kids,” said Fisher.
The officer stated he felt compelled to arrest the teachers because the altercation happened in front of the students.
Some parents said there’s only one punishment for the teachers. “They should be terminated to be honest with you. Kids get kicked out so they should be terminated,” said Lyons.
The school district placed both teachers on administrative leave with pay pending an investigation.
Both teachers face disorderly conduct charges and Smith faces simple battery as witnesses described her as the aggressor.
Channel 2 Action News reporter Tom Jones spent the day in Clayton County and was able to obtain the police report that detailed the love triangle that erupted into fighting and cursing in front of students.
The school district didn’t have much to say about the altercation, but parents did.
“That’s outrageous. That’s outrageous,” said parent Robert Fisher.
Parents and students at Rex Middle School were stunned after learning that police arrested two teachers after both got into a heated fight in front of students.
“I mean, what example are you showing the kids? Because when the kids get into a fight, you’re ready to expel them,” said parent Felicia Lyons.
According to the police report, Shaka Cobb, 32, said she and a man who teaches at the school are expecting a child together. Cobb stated that she discovered a love letter from Ebony Smith, 25, on her baby’s father’s Facebook account over the weekend.
Cobb angrily responded back on Facebook, according to police, and when the two returned to school on Monday, a fight broke out on the eighth-grade hall.
There was cursing, punches were thrown and threats to put the love letter on a blackboard for all to see, according to the police report.
Children witnessed it all.
“Love triangles happen everywhere. But it shouldn’t happen at school. Not in front of the kids,” said Fisher.
The officer stated he felt compelled to arrest the teachers because the altercation happened in front of the students.
Some parents said there’s only one punishment for the teachers. “They should be terminated to be honest with you. Kids get kicked out so they should be terminated,” said Lyons.
The school district placed both teachers on administrative leave with pay pending an investigation.
Both teachers face disorderly conduct charges and Smith faces simple battery as witnesses described her as the aggressor.
Thursday, October 29, 2009
Nightclub security officer stabbed to death www.privateofficer.com
New York City NY Oct 29 2009
A security person who tossed troublemakers from a popular Washington Heights hangout was stabbed to death early Tuesday, police said.
Arsene Epouta was knifed in the chest after jumping in the middle of a fight at La Casa del Mofongo. "Our security guard tried to break up the fight," said Franklin Cruz, the restaurant manager.
Epouta cleared the 24-hour Dominican restaurant of the brawlers just after 3:30 a.m.
"He ejected some people from that location," said a police source.
The fight spilled onto St. Nicholas Ave. near W. 183rd St., and that's when someone repeatedly stabbed Epouta, who died at New-York Presbyterian Hospital Columbia.
"This never happens here," Cruz said of the restaurant, which attracts cops and Dominican politician and athletes.
"We feel sorry for the family of the worker."
Police were looking at surveillance video from the restaurant's cameras. Three people were being interrogated at the 34th Precinct stationhouse, but no arrests had been made.
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A security person who tossed troublemakers from a popular Washington Heights hangout was stabbed to death early Tuesday, police said.
Arsene Epouta was knifed in the chest after jumping in the middle of a fight at La Casa del Mofongo. "Our security guard tried to break up the fight," said Franklin Cruz, the restaurant manager.
Epouta cleared the 24-hour Dominican restaurant of the brawlers just after 3:30 a.m.
"He ejected some people from that location," said a police source.
The fight spilled onto St. Nicholas Ave. near W. 183rd St., and that's when someone repeatedly stabbed Epouta, who died at New-York Presbyterian Hospital Columbia.
"This never happens here," Cruz said of the restaurant, which attracts cops and Dominican politician and athletes.
"We feel sorry for the family of the worker."
Police were looking at surveillance video from the restaurant's cameras. Three people were being interrogated at the 34th Precinct stationhouse, but no arrests had been made.
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Jeffrey Bolden found guilty in security officer murder www.privateofficer.com
COLUMBIA, Mo. Oct 29 2009 -- A Boone County jury found Jeffrey Bolden guilty of second-degree murder and second-degree assault on Wednesday night. Prosecutors convinced the jury that Bolden caused the death of Cox North hospital security officer Monte Ruby of Springfield in August 2008. He also assaulted another emergency worker on the same day.
Bolden kicked Ruby in the back of the head in the emergency room. Springfield police arrested Bolden for assaulting his father and trying to set his father's home on fire. A police dog who helped with the arrest put a deep bite on Bolden's leg as Bolden hid in some bushes.
Medical examiners said Ruby died from an injured brain stem from the kick. Ruby collapsed moments after the kick, went into a coma and died a few days later.
Bolden's defense attorneys presented medical experts who refuted the medical examiners, and said Ruby could have died from a stroke. They also argued Bolden had good reason to kick Ruby because Ruby had been choking him as he lay on a gurney.
A Greene County judge moved the case from Springfield to Columbia to try to ensure a fair outcome. Boone-Callaway county Circuit Judge Kevin Crane scheduled sentencing for Dec. 14. Bolden faces a prison sentence of 10 to 30 years (life) with possibility of parole for the murder conviction, and a sentence of five to 15 years for the assault conviction.
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Bolden kicked Ruby in the back of the head in the emergency room. Springfield police arrested Bolden for assaulting his father and trying to set his father's home on fire. A police dog who helped with the arrest put a deep bite on Bolden's leg as Bolden hid in some bushes.
Medical examiners said Ruby died from an injured brain stem from the kick. Ruby collapsed moments after the kick, went into a coma and died a few days later.
Bolden's defense attorneys presented medical experts who refuted the medical examiners, and said Ruby could have died from a stroke. They also argued Bolden had good reason to kick Ruby because Ruby had been choking him as he lay on a gurney.
A Greene County judge moved the case from Springfield to Columbia to try to ensure a fair outcome. Boone-Callaway county Circuit Judge Kevin Crane scheduled sentencing for Dec. 14. Bolden faces a prison sentence of 10 to 30 years (life) with possibility of parole for the murder conviction, and a sentence of five to 15 years for the assault conviction.
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Teacher arrested for lewd behavior via the internet www.privateofficer.com
STUART, Fla Oct 29 2009 -- A former Pasco County school teacher was arrested after he showed his genitalia to an undercover sheriff's detective posing as a 14-year-old girl on an Internet chat room, the Martin County Sheriff's Office said Monday
Joel Cupp, 31, of New Port Richey, was arrested on a charge of lewd and lascivious exhibition via computer. He was being held at the Martin County Jail on $250,000 bond.
According to the complaint affidavit, Cupp sent an unsolicited instant message to the detective and began asking sexual-related questions. The affidavit stated that Cupp then used a Web camera to display his genitalia.
Detectives said the screen name and Internet protocol address were registered to Cupp.
According to the affidavit, Cupp was arrested in 2008 on charges of lewd and lascivious acts via computer and computer solicitation of a child in Pasco County, where he had been employed as a school teacher.
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Joel Cupp, 31, of New Port Richey, was arrested on a charge of lewd and lascivious exhibition via computer. He was being held at the Martin County Jail on $250,000 bond.
According to the complaint affidavit, Cupp sent an unsolicited instant message to the detective and began asking sexual-related questions. The affidavit stated that Cupp then used a Web camera to display his genitalia.
Detectives said the screen name and Internet protocol address were registered to Cupp.
According to the affidavit, Cupp was arrested in 2008 on charges of lewd and lascivious acts via computer and computer solicitation of a child in Pasco County, where he had been employed as a school teacher.
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S.C. AG's employee caught with stripper in cemetery www.privateofficer.com
COLUMBIA, SC Oct 29 2009 (WIS) - A former South Carolina legislator has been fired from the state attorney general's office after authorities say he was discovered in a cemetery with a teenage stripper during his lunch break.
Police reports released Wednesday said 66-year-old Roland Corning was stopped Monday after his car was spotted in an area police say is known for sex and drug use.
According to the report, a Columbia police officer watched Corning drive into the Elmwood Cemetery at around 3:15pm Monday. When Corning spotted the patrol car, the report says he quickly drove off.
A visitor to the cemetery saw Corning's SUV speeding through the area, and police pulled him over a few blocks away.
Police say an 18-year-old woman who works at the Platinum Plus strip club was with Corning. Corning and the woman gave police conflicting statements why they were at the cemetery, as well as to their relationship, the report said.
Police also found Viagra and sex toys that Corning said were there "just in case."
Corning, who told the officer he was on his lunch break, identified himself as a prosecutor and was not arrested. The woman was also let go.
"We received credible information about inappropriate behavior Monday afternoon," McMaster said Wednesday. "And by the close of business, he was no longer working here."
Such a trip to the cemetery "would not be appropriate at any time, for an assistant attorney general," McMaster continued.
Columbia Police Chief Tandy Carter spoke to reporters about the incident Wednesday afternoon, but answered few questions before abruptly ending the news conference. Corning has so far not commented on the situation.
Corning was a state legislator in the 1990s. He has worked in the top prosecutor's office since 2000. Plowden said Corning was hired by McMaster's predecessor, Charlie Condon.
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Police reports released Wednesday said 66-year-old Roland Corning was stopped Monday after his car was spotted in an area police say is known for sex and drug use.
According to the report, a Columbia police officer watched Corning drive into the Elmwood Cemetery at around 3:15pm Monday. When Corning spotted the patrol car, the report says he quickly drove off.
A visitor to the cemetery saw Corning's SUV speeding through the area, and police pulled him over a few blocks away.
Police say an 18-year-old woman who works at the Platinum Plus strip club was with Corning. Corning and the woman gave police conflicting statements why they were at the cemetery, as well as to their relationship, the report said.
Police also found Viagra and sex toys that Corning said were there "just in case."
Corning, who told the officer he was on his lunch break, identified himself as a prosecutor and was not arrested. The woman was also let go.
"We received credible information about inappropriate behavior Monday afternoon," McMaster said Wednesday. "And by the close of business, he was no longer working here."
Such a trip to the cemetery "would not be appropriate at any time, for an assistant attorney general," McMaster continued.
Columbia Police Chief Tandy Carter spoke to reporters about the incident Wednesday afternoon, but answered few questions before abruptly ending the news conference. Corning has so far not commented on the situation.
Corning was a state legislator in the 1990s. He has worked in the top prosecutor's office since 2000. Plowden said Corning was hired by McMaster's predecessor, Charlie Condon.
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Man poses as security guard, gropes woman www.privateofficer.com
Sioux Falls SD Oct 29 2009
A Sioux Falls man was arrested early Sunday morning after posing as a security guard at a local restaurant in order to grope a guest.
Sergio Fabian Arevalo-Velasquez, 25, met a 21-year-old at the door of El Paraiso Restaurant at 2401 E. 10th St. and told her he was working security for the Saturday night dance. He grabbed her groin during a pat-down, police spokesman Sam Clemens said.
Later on, the victim saw Arevalo-Velasquez at a house party. At about 4 a.m., the two ended up in the same car, each getting a ride home.
A Sioux Falls man was arrested early Sunday morning after posing as a security guard at a local restaurant in order to grope a guest.
Sergio Fabian Arevalo-Velasquez, 25, met a 21-year-old at the door of El Paraiso Restaurant at 2401 E. 10th St. and told her he was working security for the Saturday night dance. He grabbed her groin during a pat-down, police spokesman Sam Clemens said.
Later on, the victim saw Arevalo-Velasquez at a house party. At about 4 a.m., the two ended up in the same car, each getting a ride home.
The victim confronted Arevalo-Velasquez about the incident during the ride and decided to call police.
When they got to the victim's house, she told him to stay put until police arrived, Clemens said, and he obliged.
Arevalo-Velasquez was arrested for sexual contact without consent.
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When they got to the victim's house, she told him to stay put until police arrived, Clemens said, and he obliged.
Arevalo-Velasquez was arrested for sexual contact without consent.
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Tri-Rail security guard charged with kidnapping, sexual battery www.privateofficer.com
Palm Beach Fla Oct 29 2009
When a Tri-Rail passenger missed the last train at the Lake Worth station, a security guard offered to give her a ride to a station in Fort Lauderdale.
Instead, she told police, the guard assaulted her.
Peter Alan Crumb, 40, of The Acreage, was booked Tuesday evening into the Palm Beach County Jail on a Broward County warrant charging him with kidnapping and attempted sexual battery.
Crumb is being held without bond for transfer to Broward County, the jail said.
According to a Fort Lauderdale police report, the woman said that on Dec. 20, 2008, she'd come up to Crumb at the Lake Worth station, near Lake Worth Road and Interstate 95, and Crumb confirmed she'd missed the last train.
The report doesn't give the time, but a Tri-Rail official said today the last train that day would have been at 9:02 p.m.
Crumb then offered to give the woman a ride.
She said she agreed after he reassured her he was a former police officer, as is required of all Tri-Rail security officers, the report said.
Tri-Rail spokeswoman Bonnie Arnold today confirmed that all security officers must be former police or military.
According to the report, on the way to Fort Lauderdale, the woman said, the two talked about topics ranging from politics to personal safety.
She said Crumb offered her a business card, saying he had a side business as a bodyguard and offering to conduct a self-defense class for her and her friends.
The part of the police report that says what happened next is blacked out.
"It's part of active criminal intelligence. It's what's going to be presented in court," Fort Lauderdale police Sgt. Frank Sousa said.
The Florida Attorney General's Office said today such details are not exempt from public record laws.
The police report did say the woman told police she was attacked in a parking lot just south of the University of Phoenix, a few blocks from the Tri-Rail station near Cypress Creek Road and Interstate 95.
The woman said she did not immediately report the crime but later went to Tri-Rail Dec. 24 after she had trouble sleeping.
On Jan. 15, the report said, police searched Crumb's car, where the attack is alleged to have taken place, and took samples in an attempt to find DNA.
Crumb worked for Westmoreland Protection Agency, a Broward County firm that's a subcontractor to Wackenhut, the main security agency for Tri-Rail.
He resigned in January, not long after the two security firms and Fort Lauderdale police began their investigation, Westmoreland Vice President Pam Johnson said today.
She said Crumb cited financial reasons and the need for better health coverage.
"When we called him to speak with him, he spoke with us, and a couple of days later, he resigned," Johnson said.
She said Crumb, who joined Westmoreland in April 2007, was a former federal air marshal.
"Squeaky clean background. Everything," Johnson said. "We do a full background and testing. Nothing."
Sari Koshetz, a spokeswoman for the U.S. Transportation Security Administration said the agency does not confirm whether someone is or was an air marshal.
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When a Tri-Rail passenger missed the last train at the Lake Worth station, a security guard offered to give her a ride to a station in Fort Lauderdale.
Instead, she told police, the guard assaulted her.
Peter Alan Crumb, 40, of The Acreage, was booked Tuesday evening into the Palm Beach County Jail on a Broward County warrant charging him with kidnapping and attempted sexual battery.
Crumb is being held without bond for transfer to Broward County, the jail said.
According to a Fort Lauderdale police report, the woman said that on Dec. 20, 2008, she'd come up to Crumb at the Lake Worth station, near Lake Worth Road and Interstate 95, and Crumb confirmed she'd missed the last train.
The report doesn't give the time, but a Tri-Rail official said today the last train that day would have been at 9:02 p.m.
Crumb then offered to give the woman a ride.
She said she agreed after he reassured her he was a former police officer, as is required of all Tri-Rail security officers, the report said.
Tri-Rail spokeswoman Bonnie Arnold today confirmed that all security officers must be former police or military.
According to the report, on the way to Fort Lauderdale, the woman said, the two talked about topics ranging from politics to personal safety.
She said Crumb offered her a business card, saying he had a side business as a bodyguard and offering to conduct a self-defense class for her and her friends.
The part of the police report that says what happened next is blacked out.
"It's part of active criminal intelligence. It's what's going to be presented in court," Fort Lauderdale police Sgt. Frank Sousa said.
The Florida Attorney General's Office said today such details are not exempt from public record laws.
The police report did say the woman told police she was attacked in a parking lot just south of the University of Phoenix, a few blocks from the Tri-Rail station near Cypress Creek Road and Interstate 95.
The woman said she did not immediately report the crime but later went to Tri-Rail Dec. 24 after she had trouble sleeping.
On Jan. 15, the report said, police searched Crumb's car, where the attack is alleged to have taken place, and took samples in an attempt to find DNA.
Crumb worked for Westmoreland Protection Agency, a Broward County firm that's a subcontractor to Wackenhut, the main security agency for Tri-Rail.
He resigned in January, not long after the two security firms and Fort Lauderdale police began their investigation, Westmoreland Vice President Pam Johnson said today.
She said Crumb cited financial reasons and the need for better health coverage.
"When we called him to speak with him, he spoke with us, and a couple of days later, he resigned," Johnson said.
She said Crumb, who joined Westmoreland in April 2007, was a former federal air marshal.
"Squeaky clean background. Everything," Johnson said. "We do a full background and testing. Nothing."
Sari Koshetz, a spokeswoman for the U.S. Transportation Security Administration said the agency does not confirm whether someone is or was an air marshal.
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Utah teacher arrested for sexual abuse of students www.privateofficer.com
WEST JORDAN Utah Oct 29 2009 — A former teacher's assistant accused of having sexual intercourse with two 15-year-old students was arrested this week.
Andrea Billingsley, 31, was picked up at her home Tuesday and arrested on suspicion of forcible sexual abuse, forcible sodomy and distributing pornographic materials to minors, said West Jordan police officer Dan Roberts.
The former aide at West Jordan Middle School, 7550 S. Redwood, met the two boys while overseeing an in-school suspension class, Roberts said. Police believe the sexual encounters occurred between May and July.
The alleged sexual activity would happen on school grounds, including an undisclosed location inside the school, and off campus, he said. The three allegedly continued to meet after the last school year had ended.
On or about July 20, Billingsley picked the two boys up at the school, according to Salt Lake County Jail records, took them to an undisclosed location in West Jordan and "engaged in several sex acts with them."
It was during the current school year that reports of inappropriate behavior first surfaced after the two boys were overheard talking to other students about what happened.
We had heard that some kids were bragging about it, and someone notified the West Jordan Middle principal," said Jordan District spokeswoman Melinda Colton. "I think this situation portrays the importance of everyone being involved to protect our children."
Billingsley was also accused of showing pornographic materials to the boys near the end of the last school year, according to jail records. Roberts declined to say if the explicit materials were through e-mails, picture texts or photos, or if they included images of Billingsley.
A search warrant was served at Billingsley's residence Tuesday. Details about what evidence, if any, was collected were not available Wednesday. Robert said the investigation was continuing as detectives could not yet rule out the possibility of additional victims.
Billingsley worked about 17 hours a week and was on staff from August 2008 to May 2009. She passed a background check before being hired, Colton said. She was not asked to return this school year due to lack of funds for the position, she said.
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Andrea Billingsley, 31, was picked up at her home Tuesday and arrested on suspicion of forcible sexual abuse, forcible sodomy and distributing pornographic materials to minors, said West Jordan police officer Dan Roberts.
The former aide at West Jordan Middle School, 7550 S. Redwood, met the two boys while overseeing an in-school suspension class, Roberts said. Police believe the sexual encounters occurred between May and July.
The alleged sexual activity would happen on school grounds, including an undisclosed location inside the school, and off campus, he said. The three allegedly continued to meet after the last school year had ended.
On or about July 20, Billingsley picked the two boys up at the school, according to Salt Lake County Jail records, took them to an undisclosed location in West Jordan and "engaged in several sex acts with them."
It was during the current school year that reports of inappropriate behavior first surfaced after the two boys were overheard talking to other students about what happened.
We had heard that some kids were bragging about it, and someone notified the West Jordan Middle principal," said Jordan District spokeswoman Melinda Colton. "I think this situation portrays the importance of everyone being involved to protect our children."
Billingsley was also accused of showing pornographic materials to the boys near the end of the last school year, according to jail records. Roberts declined to say if the explicit materials were through e-mails, picture texts or photos, or if they included images of Billingsley.
A search warrant was served at Billingsley's residence Tuesday. Details about what evidence, if any, was collected were not available Wednesday. Robert said the investigation was continuing as detectives could not yet rule out the possibility of additional victims.
Billingsley worked about 17 hours a week and was on staff from August 2008 to May 2009. She passed a background check before being hired, Colton said. She was not asked to return this school year due to lack of funds for the position, she said.
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TN. police charge five in counterfeit money bust www.privateofficer.com
NEWPORT TN Oct 29 2009 (WATE) -- Five people have been arrested in a large counterfeit bust in Cocke County.
Two suspects were arrested initially:
• Charles Wayne Sprouse, 30, of Del Rio
• Joie Warren, 36, of Del Rio
Sprouse and Warren are facing a total of 374 federal counts of criminal simulation.
• Charles Wayne Sprouse, 30, of Del Rio
• Joie Warren, 36, of Del Rio
Sprouse and Warren are facing a total of 374 federal counts of criminal simulation.
Three other suspects were arrested later:
• Robert A. Webber, Jr., 26, of Newport
• Mark Anthony Evans, 28, of Newport
• Misty Lee McMahan, 34, of Cocke County
• Robert A. Webber, Jr., 26, of Newport
• Mark Anthony Evans, 28, of Newport
• Misty Lee McMahan, 34, of Cocke County
On October 24, sheriff's officers made a traffic stop in Newport involving Sprouse and Warren. When they searched the car, investigators say they found several thousand dollars worth of computer-generated counterfeit money.
They estimate there were about 160 to 165 fake bills. That stop resulted in the arrests of Sprouse and Warren.
Newport Police Chief Maurice Shults said over the past several months at least $5,149 in counterfeit money has been confiscated in the city. The bills, ranging from $1.00 to $100 denominations, have surfaced in stores, restaurants, motels and banks.
Chief Shults said if you think counterfeiting is a crime that doesn't have a victim, think again.
"Newport has been inundated with counterfeit money from ones to one hundred dollar bills at gas stops, banks, grocery stores. Every little business has been the victim of this onslaught of counterfeit money."
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They estimate there were about 160 to 165 fake bills. That stop resulted in the arrests of Sprouse and Warren.
Newport Police Chief Maurice Shults said over the past several months at least $5,149 in counterfeit money has been confiscated in the city. The bills, ranging from $1.00 to $100 denominations, have surfaced in stores, restaurants, motels and banks.
Chief Shults said if you think counterfeiting is a crime that doesn't have a victim, think again.
"Newport has been inundated with counterfeit money from ones to one hundred dollar bills at gas stops, banks, grocery stores. Every little business has been the victim of this onslaught of counterfeit money."
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KY. teacher charged with drug trafficking www.privateofficer.com
SALYERSVILLE, Ky. Oct 29 2009 (AP) -- Police say a teacher at North Magoffin Elementary School has been arrested on drug trafficking charges.
Darrell B. Patrick, 46, of Salyersville, was arrested Tuesday on six counts of first-degree trafficking in a controlled substance.
A news release from Operation UNITE, an anti-drug initiative, says investigators conducted an undercover investigation between August and October in which detectives purchased Oxycodone from Patrick at his home.
Officials say investigators have no reason to believe Patrick sold drugs on school grounds or to any children.
Additional charges are pending with the Magoffin County Grand Jury.
Patrick was lodged in the Big Sandy Regional Detention Center.
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Darrell B. Patrick, 46, of Salyersville, was arrested Tuesday on six counts of first-degree trafficking in a controlled substance.
A news release from Operation UNITE, an anti-drug initiative, says investigators conducted an undercover investigation between August and October in which detectives purchased Oxycodone from Patrick at his home.
Officials say investigators have no reason to believe Patrick sold drugs on school grounds or to any children.
Additional charges are pending with the Magoffin County Grand Jury.
Patrick was lodged in the Big Sandy Regional Detention Center.
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Security officer will let judge decide if laws were violated www.privateofficer.com
Tucson AZ Oct 29 2009
A former security guard has decided to let Pima County Superior Court Judge Christopher Browning decide if he was legally prohibited from carrying the gun he used to shoot and paralyze a suspected shoplifter.
Joshua Kosatschenko and Nicholas Kagas were working security at a south-side convenience store last June when Tucson police say four young men grabbed burritos and Cheetos, ran outside and got into a car.
Kagas fell to the ground with his feet under the car while trying to detain one of the men, and Kosatschenko shot the driver when he refused to stop, paralyzing him from the waist down.
The Pima County Attorney's Office opted not to seek an indictment against Kosatschenko pertaining to the shooting. However, prosecutors persuaded grand jurors to indict Kosatschenko on a charge of possession of a deadly weapon by a prohibited possessor, which carries a maximum sentence of 3.75 years in prison.
Because Kosatschenko has a juvenile criminal record, he no longer has a right to carry firearms.
Kosatschenko and his attorney, Brad Roach, were in court Tuesday to ask Browning to dismiss the case.
Roach argued the Arizona Department of Public Safety granted Kosatschenko a license to work as an armed and unarmed security guard.
Deputy Pima County Attorney Kellie Johnson said Kosatschenko left pertinent information off his permit application and a "reasonable" person would have investigated further if they knew about Kosatschenko's criminal history.
Browning told the attorneys he didn't believe it would be appropriate for him to dismiss the case and that a jury ought to decide if DPS' involvement in the case is an affirmative defense.
After conferring, Roach and Kosatschenko announced they wanted Browning to decide Kosatschenko's guilt or innocence.
The trial is scheduled for Nov. 30.
Court records show Kosatschenko pleaded guilty to possession of a deadly weapon on school grounds at the age of 11 and to two counts of aggravated assault with a deadly weapon at age 13. He was placed on probation both times.
Shortly after turning 18 in 2007, Kosatschenko applied to have his rights restored and his juvenile records destroyed, but his requests were denied.
He successfully obtained his weapons permit because DPS background searches only bring up adult convictions.
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A former security guard has decided to let Pima County Superior Court Judge Christopher Browning decide if he was legally prohibited from carrying the gun he used to shoot and paralyze a suspected shoplifter.
Joshua Kosatschenko and Nicholas Kagas were working security at a south-side convenience store last June when Tucson police say four young men grabbed burritos and Cheetos, ran outside and got into a car.
Kagas fell to the ground with his feet under the car while trying to detain one of the men, and Kosatschenko shot the driver when he refused to stop, paralyzing him from the waist down.
The Pima County Attorney's Office opted not to seek an indictment against Kosatschenko pertaining to the shooting. However, prosecutors persuaded grand jurors to indict Kosatschenko on a charge of possession of a deadly weapon by a prohibited possessor, which carries a maximum sentence of 3.75 years in prison.
Because Kosatschenko has a juvenile criminal record, he no longer has a right to carry firearms.
Kosatschenko and his attorney, Brad Roach, were in court Tuesday to ask Browning to dismiss the case.
Roach argued the Arizona Department of Public Safety granted Kosatschenko a license to work as an armed and unarmed security guard.
Deputy Pima County Attorney Kellie Johnson said Kosatschenko left pertinent information off his permit application and a "reasonable" person would have investigated further if they knew about Kosatschenko's criminal history.
Browning told the attorneys he didn't believe it would be appropriate for him to dismiss the case and that a jury ought to decide if DPS' involvement in the case is an affirmative defense.
After conferring, Roach and Kosatschenko announced they wanted Browning to decide Kosatschenko's guilt or innocence.
The trial is scheduled for Nov. 30.
Court records show Kosatschenko pleaded guilty to possession of a deadly weapon on school grounds at the age of 11 and to two counts of aggravated assault with a deadly weapon at age 13. He was placed on probation both times.
Shortly after turning 18 in 2007, Kosatschenko applied to have his rights restored and his juvenile records destroyed, but his requests were denied.
He successfully obtained his weapons permit because DPS background searches only bring up adult convictions.
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Off-duty officer kills attacker who beat, robbed him www.privateofficer.com
DEER PARK NY Oct 29 2009 – Suffolk County Police are investigating the shooting death of a Bay Shore man who beat and attempted to rob an off-duty police officer early Tuesday morning.
An off-duty Nassau County detective was attacked by two men who tried to rob him while he was at a 24-hour car wash on Lincoln Avenue in Deer Park.
Erik Johnson, 24, of Bay Shore, and an accomplice approached the officer from behind and started beating him with an aluminum baseball bat. The man identified himself as a police officer as Johnson continued to beat him. The officer then fired four shots, striking Johnson once.
Johnson was taken to an area hospital where he died. His accomplice was arrested several blocks away.
The injured officer was admitted to the hospital for treatment of several contusions and internal bleeding.
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An off-duty Nassau County detective was attacked by two men who tried to rob him while he was at a 24-hour car wash on Lincoln Avenue in Deer Park.
Erik Johnson, 24, of Bay Shore, and an accomplice approached the officer from behind and started beating him with an aluminum baseball bat. The man identified himself as a police officer as Johnson continued to beat him. The officer then fired four shots, striking Johnson once.
Johnson was taken to an area hospital where he died. His accomplice was arrested several blocks away.
The injured officer was admitted to the hospital for treatment of several contusions and internal bleeding.
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Security officer injured nabbing wallet thief www.privateofficer.com
Nassau NY Oct 29 2009
A Hicksville man was arrested Tuesday night after he sneaked into an employee-only area of Winthrop-University Hospital in Mineola and stole a wallet from a woman's purse, Nassau police said.
A witness saw the suspect, Frank J. Adams, 23, of 230 Nevada St., take the wallet, which held cash and credit cards, and notified hospital security, police said.
While waiting for police, Adams shouted "and began to swing his arms and struggle . . . causing a security guard to injure his shoulder."
Adams is charged with second-degree robbery and second-degree assault. He was set for arraignment Wedneday at First District Court, Hempstead.
Bail or court appearance information was not available Wednesday morning.
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A Hicksville man was arrested Tuesday night after he sneaked into an employee-only area of Winthrop-University Hospital in Mineola and stole a wallet from a woman's purse, Nassau police said.
A witness saw the suspect, Frank J. Adams, 23, of 230 Nevada St., take the wallet, which held cash and credit cards, and notified hospital security, police said.
While waiting for police, Adams shouted "and began to swing his arms and struggle . . . causing a security guard to injure his shoulder."
Adams is charged with second-degree robbery and second-degree assault. He was set for arraignment Wedneday at First District Court, Hempstead.
Bail or court appearance information was not available Wednesday morning.
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Man arrested for shooting friend in the head www.privateofficer.com
Greely CO. Oct 29 2009
Alcohol, football and a handgun apparently do not mix any better than drinking and driving.
The trio put Greeley resident Timothy Pollard, 37, behind bars under a $100,000 bond on Sunday, facing felony charges of attempted manslaughter and second-degree assault after his friend was shot in the head at his home.
Pollard, who is due to be officially charged Wednesday, told police pointing the gun at his friend was “just stupidity.”
According to a Greeley police arrest affidavit, Pollard, who lived at 298 30th Ave., had been drinking with his friend, Robert Knorr, on Sunday at a bar. The two apparently went to Pollard's house to watch football and check their fantasy football results.
Knorr told police the last thing he remembered was sitting at a computer before being shot in the head. The bullet entered the back of his skull on the left side and exited just below the lip on the right side of his face. He was taken to a Denver hospital.
Pollard, who admitted to police he had about six beers and a couple of shots of alcohol at the bar and another beer when he got home, had taken a handgun and pointed it at his friend. Pollard told police he thought the safety was on as he pulled the trigger once and it just clicked. So he pulled the trigger again, shooting Knorr.
After the shooting, he told police he called 911 immediately and did as he was instructed, putting the handgun on the front porch.
He told police he thought the gun always had the safety on, and he could not be sure if he himself had taken the safety off.
He faces attempted manslaughter and second-degree assault, both felonies that could land him in prison for roughly six years and prohibited use of a weapon, a misdemeanor.
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Alcohol, football and a handgun apparently do not mix any better than drinking and driving.
The trio put Greeley resident Timothy Pollard, 37, behind bars under a $100,000 bond on Sunday, facing felony charges of attempted manslaughter and second-degree assault after his friend was shot in the head at his home.
Pollard, who is due to be officially charged Wednesday, told police pointing the gun at his friend was “just stupidity.”
According to a Greeley police arrest affidavit, Pollard, who lived at 298 30th Ave., had been drinking with his friend, Robert Knorr, on Sunday at a bar. The two apparently went to Pollard's house to watch football and check their fantasy football results.
Knorr told police the last thing he remembered was sitting at a computer before being shot in the head. The bullet entered the back of his skull on the left side and exited just below the lip on the right side of his face. He was taken to a Denver hospital.
Pollard, who admitted to police he had about six beers and a couple of shots of alcohol at the bar and another beer when he got home, had taken a handgun and pointed it at his friend. Pollard told police he thought the safety was on as he pulled the trigger once and it just clicked. So he pulled the trigger again, shooting Knorr.
After the shooting, he told police he called 911 immediately and did as he was instructed, putting the handgun on the front porch.
He told police he thought the gun always had the safety on, and he could not be sure if he himself had taken the safety off.
He faces attempted manslaughter and second-degree assault, both felonies that could land him in prison for roughly six years and prohibited use of a weapon, a misdemeanor.
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Security officer shoots burglar hiding in his truck www.privateofficer.com
HOUSTON TX Oct 28 2009 (KTRK) -- A security guard shot a burglar hiding in the backseat of his truck in southwest Houston.
The shooting happened around 2am on Clarewood and Alder in southwest Houston.
Security guard Miguel Amaya was on his way to work overnight when he heard a noise. He slammed on the brakes and saw an 18-year-old man in the backseat. The two men began fighting.
"I noticed he had something big in his pocket so I was like, 'Stop or I'm going to shoot.' He didn't stop so I shot. I went for the legs because I didn't want to kill the dude," said Amaya
The burglar was taken to the hospital. Amaya was not hurt.
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The shooting happened around 2am on Clarewood and Alder in southwest Houston.
Security guard Miguel Amaya was on his way to work overnight when he heard a noise. He slammed on the brakes and saw an 18-year-old man in the backseat. The two men began fighting.
"I noticed he had something big in his pocket so I was like, 'Stop or I'm going to shoot.' He didn't stop so I shot. I went for the legs because I didn't want to kill the dude," said Amaya
The burglar was taken to the hospital. Amaya was not hurt.
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School security officer injured in traffic accident www.privateofficer.com
Homewood IL Oct 28 2009 A dean's assistant who works security at Homewood-Flossmoor High School is improving and due to be released from the hospital in a few days after being struck by a vehicle Friday morning in a parking lot at the high school, a high school spokesman said.
Brad Deegan, 49, of Homewood, was directing traffic in an area near the school's north building, 800 Governors Highway, in Flossmoor, when he was hit on his side and knocked hard to the pavement, said David Thieman, director of human resources at the high school.
The vehicle, a 1996 Chevrolet Blazer, was driven by an H-F student.
Deegan was taken to South Suburban Hospital in Hazel Crest, then transferred Friday afternoon to Christ Medical Center in Oak Lawn for more observation. Thieman said Deegan suffered a head injury when he fell to the pavement.
"We understand that he's doing well now and taking visitors," Thieman said Monday morning.
Thieman said the SUV was traveling along an access road between the high school's two main buildings when it struck Deegan near the north building's parking lot.
Flossmoor Deputy Police Chief Mike Pulec said the teen was alone in the car at the time of the accident.
"He said the windshield was ex- tremely foggy at the time and he didn't see the security officer," Pulec said.
Police said the 16-year-old driver was driving on a learner's permit. He was ticketed for not having a valid driver's license, driving too fast for conditions and failure to yield to a pedestrian.
The teen's mother, Shari Gray, 43, 18721 Harding Ave., Flossmoor, was charged with allowing an unauthorized person to drive.
Gray and her son are due to appear at the Markham Courthouse at 9 a.m. Dec. 14, police said.
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Brad Deegan, 49, of Homewood, was directing traffic in an area near the school's north building, 800 Governors Highway, in Flossmoor, when he was hit on his side and knocked hard to the pavement, said David Thieman, director of human resources at the high school.
The vehicle, a 1996 Chevrolet Blazer, was driven by an H-F student.
Deegan was taken to South Suburban Hospital in Hazel Crest, then transferred Friday afternoon to Christ Medical Center in Oak Lawn for more observation. Thieman said Deegan suffered a head injury when he fell to the pavement.
"We understand that he's doing well now and taking visitors," Thieman said Monday morning.
Thieman said the SUV was traveling along an access road between the high school's two main buildings when it struck Deegan near the north building's parking lot.
Flossmoor Deputy Police Chief Mike Pulec said the teen was alone in the car at the time of the accident.
"He said the windshield was ex- tremely foggy at the time and he didn't see the security officer," Pulec said.
Police said the 16-year-old driver was driving on a learner's permit. He was ticketed for not having a valid driver's license, driving too fast for conditions and failure to yield to a pedestrian.
The teen's mother, Shari Gray, 43, 18721 Harding Ave., Flossmoor, was charged with allowing an unauthorized person to drive.
Gray and her son are due to appear at the Markham Courthouse at 9 a.m. Dec. 14, police said.
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Former hospital guard sent to prison for child porn www.privateofficer.com
CHATTANOOGA, Tenn. Oct 28 2009 (AP) — A former security officer at Erlanger Medical Center has been sentenced to 10 years and five months in federal prison for using computers at the hospital's medical complex to receive images of child pornography.
Kent Preston Gilley of Trenton, Ga., a former policeman in northeast Alabama, was sentenced Monday. He pleaded guilty in June.
An FBI agent's affidavit shows Gilley used the computers in the medical complex on several occasions in 2008.
The affidavit shows that when Gilley was informed about the child porn investigation in December 2008, he told the agent he would "rather be charged with murder."
Gilley's attorney, Anthony Martinez, and hospital representatives declined comment Monday.
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Kent Preston Gilley of Trenton, Ga., a former policeman in northeast Alabama, was sentenced Monday. He pleaded guilty in June.
An FBI agent's affidavit shows Gilley used the computers in the medical complex on several occasions in 2008.
The affidavit shows that when Gilley was informed about the child porn investigation in December 2008, he told the agent he would "rather be charged with murder."
Gilley's attorney, Anthony Martinez, and hospital representatives declined comment Monday.
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Walt Disney security charge man with fondling woman in pool www.privateofficer.com
LAKE BUENA VISTA, Fla. Oct 28 2009-- A 19-year-old Fort Lauderdale man was arrested after allegedly fondling a woman in the wave pool at Walt Disney World's Typhoon Lagoon.
Investigators say the 30-year-old victim at first thought it was an accident when she felt someone grab her bikini and touch her. She began yelling and kicking after she saw Caesar Pinto approach again when the next wave came.
A park security guard watched Pinto after the Sunday incident until Orange County deputies arrived. The man was at the park with his mother.
Disney says the arrest shows that kind of behavior won't be tolerated at the park.
At least five similar arrests have been made in the past few months at Orlando water parks, including another at Typhoon Lagoon, Sea World's Aquatica and Universal's Wet 'n Wild.
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Investigators say the 30-year-old victim at first thought it was an accident when she felt someone grab her bikini and touch her. She began yelling and kicking after she saw Caesar Pinto approach again when the next wave came.
A park security guard watched Pinto after the Sunday incident until Orange County deputies arrived. The man was at the park with his mother.
Disney says the arrest shows that kind of behavior won't be tolerated at the park.
At least five similar arrests have been made in the past few months at Orlando water parks, including another at Typhoon Lagoon, Sea World's Aquatica and Universal's Wet 'n Wild.
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Alabama PTA president arrested for stealing money www.privateofficer.com
DOTHAN, Ala. Oct 28 2009 (AP) — A Midland City woman has been charged with stealing more than $4,000 from the Parent Teacher Association chapter where she was president.
The Dothan Eagle reports Tuesday that Dale County Sheriff's investigators have charged 35-year-old Brandace M. Albritton with theft of property in the first degree.
The sheriff's department released a statement on Albritton's Oct. 16 charge.
According to the statement, an investigation showed Albritton spent money belonging to the Newton Elementary School Parent-Teacher Organization for personal matters.
She was booked into the Dale County Jail and released on $5,000 bond.
Dale County Schools Superintendent Donny Bynum said he had no comment on the case.
Court records show the case is set to go before a grand jury in January.
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The Dothan Eagle reports Tuesday that Dale County Sheriff's investigators have charged 35-year-old Brandace M. Albritton with theft of property in the first degree.
The sheriff's department released a statement on Albritton's Oct. 16 charge.
According to the statement, an investigation showed Albritton spent money belonging to the Newton Elementary School Parent-Teacher Organization for personal matters.
She was booked into the Dale County Jail and released on $5,000 bond.
Dale County Schools Superintendent Donny Bynum said he had no comment on the case.
Court records show the case is set to go before a grand jury in January.
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Off-duty MGH security officer kills patient who stabbed doctor www.privateofficer.com
Boston MA Oct 28 2009 A burly mental patient bent on hacking his doctor to death was shot dead by a quick-thinking, off-duty security guard who encountered the crazed man stabbing the shrink in a gruesome attack at a Massachusetts General Hospital clinic yesterday, police said.
Police identified the attacker as Jay Carciero, 37, of Reading. He was a patient of the psychiatrist he repeatedly stabbed just after 2 p.m. yesterday at MGH’s Bipolar Clinical and Research Program, on the fifth floor of a Staniford Street medical office high-rise, police said.
The doctor was identified by a relative as Astrid Desrosiers, a licensed psychiatrist since 1993 who grew up in Haiti, where she graduated medical school in 1986.
The security guard was named as Paul Lagone of Reading by Fox 25 News. Last night, a police cruiser was parked outside his house, and the family declined comment. Lagone’s father and brother told Fox he heard the doctor’s screams and broke through her office door. He told Carciero to drop the knife, and when Carciero lunged at him, Lagone shot him. He used his sweater to stem Desrosiers’ bleeding.
Sources said Desrosiers - seriously injured and listed in stable condition yesterday - was no match for Carciero - described as 6 feet 4 inches and husky. She suffered wounds throughout her body. Her hands were slashed from trying to block the attack, sources said.
“It was gonna take a gun to bring him down,” said a first responder. Lagone, who was not officially identified, shot Carciero three times - once in the head and twice in the torso - the first responder said.
“He was certainly heroic; we’re happy he was here,” Bonnie Michelman, MGH security director, said of the guard, who police said was licensed to carry a firearm.
Police Commissioner Edward Davis said the guard interceded just in time. “He produced a weapon and ordered the suspect to drop the knife,” Davis said. “And when the suspect did not comply, he shot the suspect.”
Desrosiers, who completed her postgraduate work at the Harvard University School of Public Health, has three sisters who live in Florida and work as nurses, said Isabellie Desrosiers, who is related to the victim by marriage.
“She’s a remarkable woman. She’s very smart,” Isabellie Desrosiers told the Herald last night. “Most of her family is in Boston. I haven’t been able to speak to them. They’re all at the hospital.”
Gregg Renchkovsky, 35, of Charlestown was on his way to pick up his girlfriend at MGH when he saw “police coming from every direction.
“The first thing that goes through your mind in these days is terrorism,” he said. “I thought it was some sort of bomb threat.”
Luz Ramos, 43, of Dorchester, who works in the building next door, saw Desrosiers being taken out on a stretcher.
“She was bleeding quite badly,” Ramos said. “I’m scared. I work next door. You have to keep your doors locked because you don’t know who’s around.”
Carciero was fired from his job as manager of food and facilities for a hospital vendor, according to an online article for In These Times magazine. He was portrayed as a whistle-blower in the story, which described him as “a stocky, intense man” who “lives with his wife and three children in a small blue American flag-flying clapboard home.”
This is the second time in a week that MGH has been rocked by violence. A serial sex offender is accused to trying to rape a female hospital employee Thursday
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Police identified the attacker as Jay Carciero, 37, of Reading. He was a patient of the psychiatrist he repeatedly stabbed just after 2 p.m. yesterday at MGH’s Bipolar Clinical and Research Program, on the fifth floor of a Staniford Street medical office high-rise, police said.
The doctor was identified by a relative as Astrid Desrosiers, a licensed psychiatrist since 1993 who grew up in Haiti, where she graduated medical school in 1986.
The security guard was named as Paul Lagone of Reading by Fox 25 News. Last night, a police cruiser was parked outside his house, and the family declined comment. Lagone’s father and brother told Fox he heard the doctor’s screams and broke through her office door. He told Carciero to drop the knife, and when Carciero lunged at him, Lagone shot him. He used his sweater to stem Desrosiers’ bleeding.
Sources said Desrosiers - seriously injured and listed in stable condition yesterday - was no match for Carciero - described as 6 feet 4 inches and husky. She suffered wounds throughout her body. Her hands were slashed from trying to block the attack, sources said.
“It was gonna take a gun to bring him down,” said a first responder. Lagone, who was not officially identified, shot Carciero three times - once in the head and twice in the torso - the first responder said.
“He was certainly heroic; we’re happy he was here,” Bonnie Michelman, MGH security director, said of the guard, who police said was licensed to carry a firearm.
Police Commissioner Edward Davis said the guard interceded just in time. “He produced a weapon and ordered the suspect to drop the knife,” Davis said. “And when the suspect did not comply, he shot the suspect.”
Desrosiers, who completed her postgraduate work at the Harvard University School of Public Health, has three sisters who live in Florida and work as nurses, said Isabellie Desrosiers, who is related to the victim by marriage.
“She’s a remarkable woman. She’s very smart,” Isabellie Desrosiers told the Herald last night. “Most of her family is in Boston. I haven’t been able to speak to them. They’re all at the hospital.”
Gregg Renchkovsky, 35, of Charlestown was on his way to pick up his girlfriend at MGH when he saw “police coming from every direction.
“The first thing that goes through your mind in these days is terrorism,” he said. “I thought it was some sort of bomb threat.”
Luz Ramos, 43, of Dorchester, who works in the building next door, saw Desrosiers being taken out on a stretcher.
“She was bleeding quite badly,” Ramos said. “I’m scared. I work next door. You have to keep your doors locked because you don’t know who’s around.”
Carciero was fired from his job as manager of food and facilities for a hospital vendor, according to an online article for In These Times magazine. He was portrayed as a whistle-blower in the story, which described him as “a stocky, intense man” who “lives with his wife and three children in a small blue American flag-flying clapboard home.”
This is the second time in a week that MGH has been rocked by violence. A serial sex offender is accused to trying to rape a female hospital employee Thursday
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Baltimore officer pulls gun on haunted house employee www.privateofficer.com
ESSEX, Md. Oct 27 2009 — A Baltimore city police officer delivered the fright of a lifetime to a haunted house employee, pulling a gun on the chain-saw-wielding man at the end of his act, authorities said Monday.
Sgt. Eric Janik, 37, was charged with assault and reckless endangerment for pointing his service handgun at the worker, who was dressed as Leatherface, the killer from "The Texas Chainsaw Massacre," Baltimore County police said.
The employee, Mike Morrison, followed Janik and several other people up a staircase Sunday night at the end of the haunted house tour in a bid to get "one last scream" out of them, police said.
When the group exited into a parking lot, Janik pulled his gun and pointed it at Morrison from less than 10 feet away, according to police and Morrison, who said he dropped the chain saw, put his hands up and backed away. The saw had no chain.
Only then did Janik identify himself as a police officer, said Morrison, who retreated into the building.
"I started shaking pretty bad," he told The Associated Press.
Another employee of the House of Screams called police.
According to charging documents, Janik smelled of alcohol and told police two different stories about what he did with the gun. First, he denied drawing the weapon, but later he said he pointed it at the ground.
Morrison and two other witnesses told police that Janik pointed the gun at Morrison's chest.
Janik had no listed number and a voice mail for his attorney, Shaun Owens, was not immediately returned.
A security guard had been following Janik's group, which included his 9-year-old daughter, through the haunted house because Janik appeared to be drunk when he arrived, House of Screams owner Tony Sapanero said.
Morrison said Janik's daughter appeared to be disturbed by his act, in which he pretends to cut one woman in half and disembowel another with the chain saw.
Janik was suspended with pay after police commanders learned of what happened and could be without pay after a hearing Tuesday morning, city police spokesman Anthony Guglielmi said.
City police officers are required to carry their service weapons while off duty within city limits and can carry them at their own discretion outside the city, Guglielmi said.
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Sgt. Eric Janik, 37, was charged with assault and reckless endangerment for pointing his service handgun at the worker, who was dressed as Leatherface, the killer from "The Texas Chainsaw Massacre," Baltimore County police said.
The employee, Mike Morrison, followed Janik and several other people up a staircase Sunday night at the end of the haunted house tour in a bid to get "one last scream" out of them, police said.
When the group exited into a parking lot, Janik pulled his gun and pointed it at Morrison from less than 10 feet away, according to police and Morrison, who said he dropped the chain saw, put his hands up and backed away. The saw had no chain.
Only then did Janik identify himself as a police officer, said Morrison, who retreated into the building.
"I started shaking pretty bad," he told The Associated Press.
Another employee of the House of Screams called police.
According to charging documents, Janik smelled of alcohol and told police two different stories about what he did with the gun. First, he denied drawing the weapon, but later he said he pointed it at the ground.
Morrison and two other witnesses told police that Janik pointed the gun at Morrison's chest.
Janik had no listed number and a voice mail for his attorney, Shaun Owens, was not immediately returned.
A security guard had been following Janik's group, which included his 9-year-old daughter, through the haunted house because Janik appeared to be drunk when he arrived, House of Screams owner Tony Sapanero said.
Morrison said Janik's daughter appeared to be disturbed by his act, in which he pretends to cut one woman in half and disembowel another with the chain saw.
Janik was suspended with pay after police commanders learned of what happened and could be without pay after a hearing Tuesday morning, city police spokesman Anthony Guglielmi said.
City police officers are required to carry their service weapons while off duty within city limits and can carry them at their own discretion outside the city, Guglielmi said.
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Anaheim substitute teacher arrested for having sex with student www.privateofficer.com
Anaheim CA Oct 27 2009
An Anaheim substitute teacher has been arrested on charges of having sex with an underage student, police said today.
Marc Silberman, 27, was arrested Saturday night after a Savanna High School student told police that she had sexual contact with Silberman two days earlier, according to the Anaheim Police Department.
The girl told investigators that she had met Silberman when he was teaching at the high school, police said. Police declined to release the girl's age.
Silberman, an Anaheim resident, was booked on charges of sexual penetration with a foreign object and child annoyance, police said.
Anyone with information is asked to call investigators at (714) 765-1623.
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An Anaheim substitute teacher has been arrested on charges of having sex with an underage student, police said today.
Marc Silberman, 27, was arrested Saturday night after a Savanna High School student told police that she had sexual contact with Silberman two days earlier, according to the Anaheim Police Department.
The girl told investigators that she had met Silberman when he was teaching at the high school, police said. Police declined to release the girl's age.
Silberman, an Anaheim resident, was booked on charges of sexual penetration with a foreign object and child annoyance, police said.
Anyone with information is asked to call investigators at (714) 765-1623.
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Police charge man in murder of UCONN student www.privateofficer.com
STORRS, Conn. Oct 27 2009– Police on Tuesday charged a man with the murder in the stabbing death of a University of Connecticut football player outside a school-sanctioned dance, but his defense attorney says he was just trying to break up a fight.
Two others also were charged in the fight that led to the death of 20-year-old Jasper Howard, of Miami.
John William Lomax III, 21, of Bloomfield, was arrested Tuesday morning and charged with murder, police said. His bond was set at $2 million.
Police would not discuss evidence or a motive during a news conference Tuesday. More than 40 investigators conducted more than 200 interviews and "have not stopped working," UConn police chief Robert Hudd said.
Police charged Hakim Muhammad, 20, of Bloomfield, with conspiracy to commit assault and Jamal Todd, 21, of Hartford with pulling a fire alarm that emptied the dance early Oct. 18, triggering the fight.
Lomax, who is not a UConn student and lives 30 miles from campus, wasn't present when the argument started and doesn't know what it was about, but tried to break up the fight, said his attorney, Deron Freeman.
"He was just partying," Freeman said. "Often people from out of town go to the UConn campus to party."
Freeman said he was first told that Lomax would be charged in connection with the fight, but not with murder.
"I'm surprised," Freeman said. "I'm curious to find out what evidence they had to secure an arrest warrant for murder. ... From all the evidence I've heard, he was not involved in the stabbing."
Howard, a starting cornerback whose nickname was Jazz, was stabbed outside a university-sanctioned dance, hours after helping his team to a homecoming game win over Louisville.
The entire UConn team attended his funeral Monday in Miami, where Howard was eulogized by coach Randy Edsall as "the ultimate son, he was the ultimate brother. He was the ultimate teammate. He was the ultimate friend. They didn't come any better than Jazz."
UConn football players said they were happy that an arrest was made, but that it was of little comfort.
"It is a little closure, but the reality is my teammate's still not here with us," said running back Jordan Todman.
An athletics department spokesman said Edsall did not plan to make any public statements on the arrests Tuesday.
Lomax has had a full-time job in the information technology field for the past two years and is a graduate of Bloomfield High School, Freeman said.
A fourth man, Johnny Hood, 21, of Hartford, was arrested last week and faces charges of breach of peace and interfering with police but also is not charged in the killing
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Two others also were charged in the fight that led to the death of 20-year-old Jasper Howard, of Miami.
John William Lomax III, 21, of Bloomfield, was arrested Tuesday morning and charged with murder, police said. His bond was set at $2 million.
Police would not discuss evidence or a motive during a news conference Tuesday. More than 40 investigators conducted more than 200 interviews and "have not stopped working," UConn police chief Robert Hudd said.
Police charged Hakim Muhammad, 20, of Bloomfield, with conspiracy to commit assault and Jamal Todd, 21, of Hartford with pulling a fire alarm that emptied the dance early Oct. 18, triggering the fight.
Lomax, who is not a UConn student and lives 30 miles from campus, wasn't present when the argument started and doesn't know what it was about, but tried to break up the fight, said his attorney, Deron Freeman.
"He was just partying," Freeman said. "Often people from out of town go to the UConn campus to party."
Freeman said he was first told that Lomax would be charged in connection with the fight, but not with murder.
"I'm surprised," Freeman said. "I'm curious to find out what evidence they had to secure an arrest warrant for murder. ... From all the evidence I've heard, he was not involved in the stabbing."
Howard, a starting cornerback whose nickname was Jazz, was stabbed outside a university-sanctioned dance, hours after helping his team to a homecoming game win over Louisville.
The entire UConn team attended his funeral Monday in Miami, where Howard was eulogized by coach Randy Edsall as "the ultimate son, he was the ultimate brother. He was the ultimate teammate. He was the ultimate friend. They didn't come any better than Jazz."
UConn football players said they were happy that an arrest was made, but that it was of little comfort.
"It is a little closure, but the reality is my teammate's still not here with us," said running back Jordan Todman.
An athletics department spokesman said Edsall did not plan to make any public statements on the arrests Tuesday.
Lomax has had a full-time job in the information technology field for the past two years and is a graduate of Bloomfield High School, Freeman said.
A fourth man, Johnny Hood, 21, of Hartford, was arrested last week and faces charges of breach of peace and interfering with police but also is not charged in the killing
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Missing animal control officer found safe www.privateofficer.com
ATLANTA GA Oct 27 2009-- Atlanta police say a Fulton County Animal Control officer who went missing after responding to a stray-dog call in one of Atlanta's troubled neighborhoods has been found.
Police say Wanda Jefferies, 52, was being treated at Grady Memorial Hospital. Police did not specify the type of treatment.
Jefferies was last seen Saturday at about 3 p.m. in the 1400 block of Sharon Street.
Authorities said they located Jefferies’ animal control truck on Lindsay Street shortly after 1 a.m. Sunday in northwest Atlanta, but there was no sign of Jefferies at the time. Police said Jefferies’ personal vehicle, a 2001 red Ford Focus, was also missing.
"She put a call into her supervisor and then left," said Tracey Hill. Hill lives in the neighborhood and said he didn't notice anything suspicious. "A supervisor later came, but couldn't find the officer."
A co-worker, who didn't want to be identified, told the News that Jefferies has worked for Fulton County Animal Control for about a year and describes her as "a good person."
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Police say Wanda Jefferies, 52, was being treated at Grady Memorial Hospital. Police did not specify the type of treatment.
Jefferies was last seen Saturday at about 3 p.m. in the 1400 block of Sharon Street.
Authorities said they located Jefferies’ animal control truck on Lindsay Street shortly after 1 a.m. Sunday in northwest Atlanta, but there was no sign of Jefferies at the time. Police said Jefferies’ personal vehicle, a 2001 red Ford Focus, was also missing.
"She put a call into her supervisor and then left," said Tracey Hill. Hill lives in the neighborhood and said he didn't notice anything suspicious. "A supervisor later came, but couldn't find the officer."
A co-worker, who didn't want to be identified, told the News that Jefferies has worked for Fulton County Animal Control for about a year and describes her as "a good person."
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Samford University officer run down by shoplifter www.privateofficer.com
Homewood AL Oct 27 2009
Two men are in the Homewood City Jail after giving some students at Samford University a fright.
Just after 3pm Monday the pair were caught shoplifting inside the campus bookstore.
When confronted the men turned tail and fled to their car.
While trying to make a clean getaway the suspects hit a Samford security officer.
The officer managed to shoot out one of the cars tires and within minutes both men were taken into custody.
Campus Police Chief Mike Coppage says the suspects made some poor choices. "They were basically looking at a theft of property, but now it could be attempted murder fleeing the scene of a traffic accident with injuries and their in some serious trouble right now."
Because both men were apprehended so quickly, the campus was never placed on lock down.
The injured security officer was taken to UAB hospital, his injuries are not considered serious.
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Just after 3pm Monday the pair were caught shoplifting inside the campus bookstore.
When confronted the men turned tail and fled to their car.
While trying to make a clean getaway the suspects hit a Samford security officer.
The officer managed to shoot out one of the cars tires and within minutes both men were taken into custody.
Campus Police Chief Mike Coppage says the suspects made some poor choices. "They were basically looking at a theft of property, but now it could be attempted murder fleeing the scene of a traffic accident with injuries and their in some serious trouble right now."
Because both men were apprehended so quickly, the campus was never placed on lock down.
The injured security officer was taken to UAB hospital, his injuries are not considered serious.
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Detroit-Where private security is booming www.privateofficer.com
Detroit MI Oct 27 2009
Shortly before noon on a recent Monday, T.J. Cooper sat in his red pickup, showing off his digital camera. He clicked through pictures he had taken a few weeks earlier of a man driving a truck full of radiators stolen from a vacant home here in Indian Village, one of Detroit's last middle-class neighborhoods. No one, Cooper notes wryly, likes having his picture taken. "They try to hide their face. Or break your camera. Or," he says, driving up a tree-lined street, "break you." Minutes later, Cooper passes the same man, in the same truck, apparently scoping out another house.
Cooper, 29, is a private-security detective, one of many who patrol once prosperous enclaves like Palmer Woods, Boston-Edison and Indian Village. With the city's police force cut more than 25%, private security appears to be one of Detroit's few growth industries. Local precincts are overwhelmed with shootings and other violent crime, leaving companies that supply home protection with long customer waiting lists. "People put a premium on security when unemployment and crime go up," says Larry Dusing, founder of Dusing Security & Surveillance, which has expanded into three neighborhoods.
Crime weighs heavily on the minds of Detroit's middle class, although it's an issue few residents want to discuss. In some neighborhoods, armed guards stand watch outside houses of worship; in September a pastor shot a man trying to rob his church. In others, street barricades have been set up to help deter potential thieves.
A short, plump Michigan native, Cooper worked in store security before joining Dusing about eight years ago. Now he manages Dusing's patrols, driving around Indian Village in his truck with an orange light bar on the top. He wears a black baseball cap reading security and a bulletproof vest but travels unarmed, partly for liability reasons. He keeps his camera, equipped with a massive telephoto lens, near his lap.
An Indian Village security guard's job is much like that of any cop on the beat. That afternoon Cooper investigated a report of suspicious activity from one of the neighborhood's few markets. (The suspects, sitting in a brown minivan, turned out to be selling state-issued cards used to buy food.) He continued his patrol, eyeing the men walking up and down the street. "If you notice a guy stopping and staring" at a house, Cooper says, "he's obviously up to no good." Especially suspicious are people who walk up to homes and stuff flyers into doors. Sometimes they are testing to see whether a door is unlocked or are casing the property for valuables. "A lot of times we'll see the same car come back three or four times in a single shift."
(See more on TIME's Detroit blog.)
The community of Indian Village hired Dusing in 2003, after a rash of property crimes. An estimated 15% of the neighborhood's homes are foreclosed, a result of the national real estate crisis, which has hit Detroit particularly hard. Vacant homes are an open invitation to burglars and vandals. Neighbors install motion sensors and curtains in them and maintain the lawns to make the properties appear occupied.
Members of the Historic Indian Village Association, a local residents' group, share the cost of private security — about $30 per household each month. Association president Doug Way, 42, moved to Detroit with his wife seven years ago and fell in love with Indian Village's 19th century manors, built for the city's emerging industrial barons. Footing the bill for private security is almost like paying an extra tax, he acknowledges, but it's worth the cost. The median sale price of homes in Detroit has plunged from $59,700 in August 2005 to $8,000 just two months ago. "You could argue that one reason the homes are less expensive in the city is the level of services isn't as high," he says. "If there's some way we can make this a better place to live, these homes will actually be worth a lot more in the long term."
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Shortly before noon on a recent Monday, T.J. Cooper sat in his red pickup, showing off his digital camera. He clicked through pictures he had taken a few weeks earlier of a man driving a truck full of radiators stolen from a vacant home here in Indian Village, one of Detroit's last middle-class neighborhoods. No one, Cooper notes wryly, likes having his picture taken. "They try to hide their face. Or break your camera. Or," he says, driving up a tree-lined street, "break you." Minutes later, Cooper passes the same man, in the same truck, apparently scoping out another house.
Cooper, 29, is a private-security detective, one of many who patrol once prosperous enclaves like Palmer Woods, Boston-Edison and Indian Village. With the city's police force cut more than 25%, private security appears to be one of Detroit's few growth industries. Local precincts are overwhelmed with shootings and other violent crime, leaving companies that supply home protection with long customer waiting lists. "People put a premium on security when unemployment and crime go up," says Larry Dusing, founder of Dusing Security & Surveillance, which has expanded into three neighborhoods.
Crime weighs heavily on the minds of Detroit's middle class, although it's an issue few residents want to discuss. In some neighborhoods, armed guards stand watch outside houses of worship; in September a pastor shot a man trying to rob his church. In others, street barricades have been set up to help deter potential thieves.
A short, plump Michigan native, Cooper worked in store security before joining Dusing about eight years ago. Now he manages Dusing's patrols, driving around Indian Village in his truck with an orange light bar on the top. He wears a black baseball cap reading security and a bulletproof vest but travels unarmed, partly for liability reasons. He keeps his camera, equipped with a massive telephoto lens, near his lap.
An Indian Village security guard's job is much like that of any cop on the beat. That afternoon Cooper investigated a report of suspicious activity from one of the neighborhood's few markets. (The suspects, sitting in a brown minivan, turned out to be selling state-issued cards used to buy food.) He continued his patrol, eyeing the men walking up and down the street. "If you notice a guy stopping and staring" at a house, Cooper says, "he's obviously up to no good." Especially suspicious are people who walk up to homes and stuff flyers into doors. Sometimes they are testing to see whether a door is unlocked or are casing the property for valuables. "A lot of times we'll see the same car come back three or four times in a single shift."
(See more on TIME's Detroit blog.)
The community of Indian Village hired Dusing in 2003, after a rash of property crimes. An estimated 15% of the neighborhood's homes are foreclosed, a result of the national real estate crisis, which has hit Detroit particularly hard. Vacant homes are an open invitation to burglars and vandals. Neighbors install motion sensors and curtains in them and maintain the lawns to make the properties appear occupied.
Members of the Historic Indian Village Association, a local residents' group, share the cost of private security — about $30 per household each month. Association president Doug Way, 42, moved to Detroit with his wife seven years ago and fell in love with Indian Village's 19th century manors, built for the city's emerging industrial barons. Footing the bill for private security is almost like paying an extra tax, he acknowledges, but it's worth the cost. The median sale price of homes in Detroit has plunged from $59,700 in August 2005 to $8,000 just two months ago. "You could argue that one reason the homes are less expensive in the city is the level of services isn't as high," he says. "If there's some way we can make this a better place to live, these homes will actually be worth a lot more in the long term."
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NJ man kills 2yr old daughter, self www.privateofficer.com
CAMDEN NJ Oct 27 2009 -- A 25-year-old man killed his 2-year-old daughter before cutting his own throat and setting fire to his Northgate I apartment on Sunday night, authorities said.
Eric Banks was alone with his daughter, Enalla Banks, Sunday night inside the Camden apartment when the girl's mother returned at about 8:45 p.m. and found the door locked and heard Banks screaming inside, according to a statement by Jason Laughlin, spokesman for the Camden County Prosecutors' Office.
The mother brought relatives to the apartment and for several minutes they tried to talk with Banks through the door but his responses were incoherent, Laughlin said. Minutes later the mother called 911 and along with a building security guard and family members she tried breaking into the apartment.
When they managed to break into the apartment they found Enalla lying on the floor with her throat slashed and a fire in the kitchen, Laughlin said. The girl was rushed out the apartment by family and later pronounced dead at Cooper University Hospital.
After Camden fire officials extinguished the blaze they found Banks body, Laughlin said. He had cut his own throat and was burnt from the fire.
It is unclear at what point during the incident Banks committed suicide, Laughlin said.
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Eric Banks was alone with his daughter, Enalla Banks, Sunday night inside the Camden apartment when the girl's mother returned at about 8:45 p.m. and found the door locked and heard Banks screaming inside, according to a statement by Jason Laughlin, spokesman for the Camden County Prosecutors' Office.
The mother brought relatives to the apartment and for several minutes they tried to talk with Banks through the door but his responses were incoherent, Laughlin said. Minutes later the mother called 911 and along with a building security guard and family members she tried breaking into the apartment.
When they managed to break into the apartment they found Enalla lying on the floor with her throat slashed and a fire in the kitchen, Laughlin said. The girl was rushed out the apartment by family and later pronounced dead at Cooper University Hospital.
After Camden fire officials extinguished the blaze they found Banks body, Laughlin said. He had cut his own throat and was burnt from the fire.
It is unclear at what point during the incident Banks committed suicide, Laughlin said.
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Serial mall thief nabbed by security www.privateofficer.com
HAYWARD CA Oct 27 2009 — A man is scheduled to be arraigned today after being arrested in a string of brazen snatch-and-run shopping mall thefts in Hayward and possibly other locations along the Interstate 880 corridor, police said.
About 10:15 a.m. Thursday, a Southland Mall security guard noticed a van parked in the fire lane outside the Macy's department store. Less than a minute later, a man dashed out the store's doors carrying a load of jeans in his arms.
The guard chased the thief, who dropped the clothing and ran a few hundred yards to a pharmacy. Hayward police joined the guard and arrested 38-year-old Roderick McGill, 38, of Oakland, without incident.
Hayward police Sgt. Steve Brown said there have been eight similar thefts from the Southland Macy's since Aug. 19.
"The (method of operation) is the same," Brown said. "(The thief) parks in a fire zone and leaves the driver's door open. Within minutes, he grabs as much as possible with both arms and is out of the store and off to the races."
Brown said that on Thursday, the thief was carrying eight to 10 pairs of Levi's worth about $400.
He said they believe the man may have struck in similar fashion at stores in nearby cities.
"I would say Bay Fair, Fremont, any place with a mall," Brown said.
McGill faces charges of burglary, grand theft and being under the influence of a controlled substance. The vehicle involved is a bronze 1990 Chrysler Town and Country minivan with license plate number 4FLJ414.
Anyone with information about similar crimes may call police at 510-293-7000 .
About 10:15 a.m. Thursday, a Southland Mall security guard noticed a van parked in the fire lane outside the Macy's department store. Less than a minute later, a man dashed out the store's doors carrying a load of jeans in his arms.
The guard chased the thief, who dropped the clothing and ran a few hundred yards to a pharmacy. Hayward police joined the guard and arrested 38-year-old Roderick McGill, 38, of Oakland, without incident.
Hayward police Sgt. Steve Brown said there have been eight similar thefts from the Southland Macy's since Aug. 19.
"The (method of operation) is the same," Brown said. "(The thief) parks in a fire zone and leaves the driver's door open. Within minutes, he grabs as much as possible with both arms and is out of the store and off to the races."
Brown said that on Thursday, the thief was carrying eight to 10 pairs of Levi's worth about $400.
He said they believe the man may have struck in similar fashion at stores in nearby cities.
"I would say Bay Fair, Fremont, any place with a mall," Brown said.
McGill faces charges of burglary, grand theft and being under the influence of a controlled substance. The vehicle involved is a bronze 1990 Chrysler Town and Country minivan with license plate number 4FLJ414.
Anyone with information about similar crimes may call police at 510-293-7000 .
Monday, October 26, 2009
OFFICER DOWN MINNESOTA www.privateofficer.com
Reserve Deputy Mike Wilken
Ramsey County Sheriff's Department
Minnesota
End of Watch: Sunday, October 25, 2009
Biographical Info
Age: 56
Tour of Duty: 10 years
Badge Number: Not available
Incident Details
Cause of Death: Struck by vehicle
Date of Incident: Saturday, October 24, 2009
Weapon Used: Not available
Suspect Info: Not available
Reserve Deputy Mike Wilken succumbed to injuries sustained the previous night when he was struck by a vehicle at the intersection of White Bear Avenue and Frost Avenue. He was directing traffic at the sheriff's office's annual haunted house, which raised money for the D.A.R.E. program.
He had just spoken to a driver and was walking on a crosswalk when he was struck by a vehicle. He was transported to a local hospital where he succumbed to his injuries the following morning.
Deputy Wilken had volunteered as a reserve deputy for 10 years and also served as a civilian employee of the St. Paul Police Department. He is survived by his wife, two children, and three siblings.
Agency Contact Information
Ramsey County Sheriff's Department
425 Grove Street
St. Paul, MN 55101
Phone: (651) 266-9333
Please contact the Ramsey County Sheriff's Department for funeral arrangements or for survivor benefit fund information.
Ramsey County Sheriff's Department
Minnesota
End of Watch: Sunday, October 25, 2009
Biographical Info
Age: 56
Tour of Duty: 10 years
Badge Number: Not available
Incident Details
Cause of Death: Struck by vehicle
Date of Incident: Saturday, October 24, 2009
Weapon Used: Not available
Suspect Info: Not available
Reserve Deputy Mike Wilken succumbed to injuries sustained the previous night when he was struck by a vehicle at the intersection of White Bear Avenue and Frost Avenue. He was directing traffic at the sheriff's office's annual haunted house, which raised money for the D.A.R.E. program.
He had just spoken to a driver and was walking on a crosswalk when he was struck by a vehicle. He was transported to a local hospital where he succumbed to his injuries the following morning.
Deputy Wilken had volunteered as a reserve deputy for 10 years and also served as a civilian employee of the St. Paul Police Department. He is survived by his wife, two children, and three siblings.
Agency Contact Information
Ramsey County Sheriff's Department
425 Grove Street
St. Paul, MN 55101
Phone: (651) 266-9333
Please contact the Ramsey County Sheriff's Department for funeral arrangements or for survivor benefit fund information.
Security officer pepper-sprayed during robbery www.privateofficer.com
MOBILE, Ala. Oct 26 2009 -- Two robbers, one armed with a water gun loaded with pepper spray, overtook a 41-year-old security guard to snatch a bank deposit bag Friday outside a west Mobile store.
One of the robbers blasted the guard in the face with the liquid, blinding him long enough to take the bag from the Hudson's Treasure Hunt employee he was escorting.
Police spokesman Officer Christopher Levy said the robbery occurred about 9:40 p.m. in the parking lot after the Hillcrest Road store had closed.
One robber sprayed the guard, while the other grabbed the deposit bag, Levy said. Then the robbers took off and ran behind the store.
Levy said the men were last seen running behind Godfather's Pizza, next door to Hudson's.
The 38-year-old female employee was not injured.
Levy said that the robber not armed with the squirt gun had a handgun.
One is described as a black male in his late teens to early 20s, 5 feet 9 inches tall, weighing 130 to 150 pounds, and wearing a black jacket and blue jeans. The other robber, Levy said, is described as a black man, about 5 feet 8 inches tall, with a skinny build and wearing a blue jacket with orange stripes.
Levy said that the robber not armed with the squirt gun was armed with a handgun.
"More times than not, the bank deposit robbery ends up being an inside job," Levy said.
Anyone with information should contact Mobile police at 251-208-7211.
One of the robbers blasted the guard in the face with the liquid, blinding him long enough to take the bag from the Hudson's Treasure Hunt employee he was escorting.
Police spokesman Officer Christopher Levy said the robbery occurred about 9:40 p.m. in the parking lot after the Hillcrest Road store had closed.
One robber sprayed the guard, while the other grabbed the deposit bag, Levy said. Then the robbers took off and ran behind the store.
Levy said the men were last seen running behind Godfather's Pizza, next door to Hudson's.
The 38-year-old female employee was not injured.
Levy said that the robber not armed with the squirt gun had a handgun.
One is described as a black male in his late teens to early 20s, 5 feet 9 inches tall, weighing 130 to 150 pounds, and wearing a black jacket and blue jeans. The other robber, Levy said, is described as a black man, about 5 feet 8 inches tall, with a skinny build and wearing a blue jacket with orange stripes.
Levy said that the robber not armed with the squirt gun was armed with a handgun.
"More times than not, the bank deposit robbery ends up being an inside job," Levy said.
Anyone with information should contact Mobile police at 251-208-7211.
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KC nightclub security in shoot-out www.privateofficer.com
KANSAS CITY, Mo. Oct 26 2009-- Security guards exchanged gunfire with a drive-by shooter early Sunday morning outside of a Kansas CIty, Mo., strip club.
Around 2:30 a.m. shots were reported outside of Gerry's Silver Slipper, 4704 Independence Ave. Kansas City police said the security guards from the strip club returned fire after a vehicle had driven by and fired shots at the security officials.
Nobody was hit or injured in the exchange.
Gerry's Silver Slipper has seen its share of trouble this year. On Feb. 6 two men were shot and killed outside of the club and on Jan. 24 three people were stabbed at the club. Kansas City officials suspended the clubs liquor license for 66 days after those incidents.
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Around 2:30 a.m. shots were reported outside of Gerry's Silver Slipper, 4704 Independence Ave. Kansas City police said the security guards from the strip club returned fire after a vehicle had driven by and fired shots at the security officials.
Nobody was hit or injured in the exchange.
Gerry's Silver Slipper has seen its share of trouble this year. On Feb. 6 two men were shot and killed outside of the club and on Jan. 24 three people were stabbed at the club. Kansas City officials suspended the clubs liquor license for 66 days after those incidents.
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Teacher arrested for sending sexual content to student www.privateofficer.com
SOMERVILLE NJ Oct 26 2009– A 50-year-old Bridgewater-Raritan High School teacher was arrested Friday on charges related to his alleged exchange of text and e-mail messages containing sexually explicit images with a 15-year-old student who attends the school.
World Languages teacher George H. Friery Jr., of Oakland Drive in Whitehouse Station (Hunterdon County), was charged on October 23 with one count of second-degree endangering the welfare of a child, and fourth-degree endangering the welfare of a child, according to the Somerset County Prosecutor’s Office.
Friery was lodged in the Somerset County Jail with bail set by Somerset County Superior Court Judge Acursco at $50,000 with a condition that Friery have no contact with the student.
Bridgewater Police commanded by Chief Richard J. Borden, and the Somerset County Prosecutor’s Office Sex Crimes and Child Abuse Unit are involved in the investigation.
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World Languages teacher George H. Friery Jr., of Oakland Drive in Whitehouse Station (Hunterdon County), was charged on October 23 with one count of second-degree endangering the welfare of a child, and fourth-degree endangering the welfare of a child, according to the Somerset County Prosecutor’s Office.
Friery was lodged in the Somerset County Jail with bail set by Somerset County Superior Court Judge Acursco at $50,000 with a condition that Friery have no contact with the student.
Bridgewater Police commanded by Chief Richard J. Borden, and the Somerset County Prosecutor’s Office Sex Crimes and Child Abuse Unit are involved in the investigation.
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Costa Rica security out number police www.privateofficer.com
Costa Rica October 26 2009
Private security guards in Costa Rica almost double the number of police officers in Costa Rica. According to the Dirección del Servicio de Seguridad Privada del Ministerio de Seguridad, there are 20.000 registered security guards to 13.000 members of the Fuerza Pública (police).
A total of 803 licensed private companies offer private security services in all areas of the country, an increase of 202 over last two years. In 2007 there were 601 registered private security companies, growing to 722 in 2008.
Those numbers do not include the multitude of unlincensed and unorganized security companies and individuals who offer private protection to a few homes on a street.
Fernando Camacho, vicepresidente de la Asociación Costarricense de Empresas de Seguridad (ACES), estimates that there are at least 700 companies not registered with the Dirección, operating without any kind of permit.
Camacho added that the private security force could grow by another 6.000 in the coming year with the growth of insecurity.
And private security does not come cheap.
Camacho said that a private, armed security service on a 24 hour bases could cost as much as ¢1.6 million colones (us$2.700) a month.
A local, unarmed and unregistered private security service can cost a homeowner an average of ¢25.000 colones (us$43) a month. This type of service is quite common but comes with inherent risks as the officials are generally not trained and at best can only stand by to watch criminals do their thing.
Private security, according to Camacho, is a us$70 million dollar a year business and growing.
According to the latest poll by Unimer for the La Nación, 25% of Costa Ricans admit to insecurity being their main concern, a figure that was only 2% five years ago.
Juan Luis Sánchez, director del Servicio de Seguridad Privada del Ministerio de Seguridad, feels that private security guards perform an indispensible function in providing vigilance that, for the lack of funding, the Fuerza Pública cannot perform.
Sánchez admits that the police cannot be keeping an eye on parking lots or supermarkets or empty office buildings at night.
For Erick Lacayo, the director of the Fuerza Pública, private security is a complement to the police function with a specific objective of securing the needs of a particular client.
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Private security guards in Costa Rica almost double the number of police officers in Costa Rica. According to the Dirección del Servicio de Seguridad Privada del Ministerio de Seguridad, there are 20.000 registered security guards to 13.000 members of the Fuerza Pública (police).
A total of 803 licensed private companies offer private security services in all areas of the country, an increase of 202 over last two years. In 2007 there were 601 registered private security companies, growing to 722 in 2008.
Those numbers do not include the multitude of unlincensed and unorganized security companies and individuals who offer private protection to a few homes on a street.
Fernando Camacho, vicepresidente de la Asociación Costarricense de Empresas de Seguridad (ACES), estimates that there are at least 700 companies not registered with the Dirección, operating without any kind of permit.
Camacho added that the private security force could grow by another 6.000 in the coming year with the growth of insecurity.
And private security does not come cheap.
Camacho said that a private, armed security service on a 24 hour bases could cost as much as ¢1.6 million colones (us$2.700) a month.
A local, unarmed and unregistered private security service can cost a homeowner an average of ¢25.000 colones (us$43) a month. This type of service is quite common but comes with inherent risks as the officials are generally not trained and at best can only stand by to watch criminals do their thing.
Private security, according to Camacho, is a us$70 million dollar a year business and growing.
According to the latest poll by Unimer for the La Nación, 25% of Costa Ricans admit to insecurity being their main concern, a figure that was only 2% five years ago.
Juan Luis Sánchez, director del Servicio de Seguridad Privada del Ministerio de Seguridad, feels that private security guards perform an indispensible function in providing vigilance that, for the lack of funding, the Fuerza Pública cannot perform.
Sánchez admits that the police cannot be keeping an eye on parking lots or supermarkets or empty office buildings at night.
For Erick Lacayo, the director of the Fuerza Pública, private security is a complement to the police function with a specific objective of securing the needs of a particular client.
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Security officer aids in kidnapping arrest www.privateofficer.com
DURHAM NC Oct 26 2009 Police say that a man suspected of kidnapping a boy and his mother from Charlotte over the weekend is scheduled to appear in a Durham courtroom Monday.
Authorities arrested Samuel McCrae at a Durham gas station Saturday night after the boy alerted a security guard.
Police said that the security officer immediately notified police and kept the suspect under observation until officers could arrive.
Police were able to verify that the man forceed the woman and child into his vehicle and officers took McCrae into custody.
McCrae was wanted in Charlotte for assault with a deadly weapon with intent to kill.
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Authorities arrested Samuel McCrae at a Durham gas station Saturday night after the boy alerted a security guard.
Police said that the security officer immediately notified police and kept the suspect under observation until officers could arrive.
Police were able to verify that the man forceed the woman and child into his vehicle and officers took McCrae into custody.
McCrae was wanted in Charlotte for assault with a deadly weapon with intent to kill.
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17 Year old, 3 juveniles charged with murder in S.C. www.privateofficer.com
WINNSBORO, SC Oct 26 2009 (WIS) - The Fairfield County coroner says a 20-year-old Winnsboro man was murdered early Sunday morning.
Officials say Mahquaun Loftin was shot off College Street in the middle of the road.
Acting Winnsboro police Chief Freddie Lorick says Loftin was in a fight with several juveniles at a house party.
Lorick says 17-year-old Roderikus Adams shot Loftin in the chest.
Loftin was taken to Fairfield Memorial Hospital where he later died from a gun shot wound.
Adams and three juveniles have been charged with murder. The four have been booked at the Fairfield County Detention Center.
The four are expected to go in front of a judge on Monday.
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Officials say Mahquaun Loftin was shot off College Street in the middle of the road.
Acting Winnsboro police Chief Freddie Lorick says Loftin was in a fight with several juveniles at a house party.
Lorick says 17-year-old Roderikus Adams shot Loftin in the chest.
Loftin was taken to Fairfield Memorial Hospital where he later died from a gun shot wound.
Adams and three juveniles have been charged with murder. The four have been booked at the Fairfield County Detention Center.
The four are expected to go in front of a judge on Monday.
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15 Year old charged in murder of missing Mo. girl www.privateofficer.com
ST. MARTINS, Mo. Oct 26 2009 (AP) - Juvenile authorities said Saturday that a 15-year-old has been charged with first-degree murder for the death of a 9-year-old central Missouri girl found in the woods two days after she went missing.
Police did not release the teen's gender or name and provided few other details about the person suspected of killing Elizabeth Olten. Cole County Sheriff Greg White has said the teenage suspect is not related to Elizabeth but was acquainted with her and is from the same area just west of Jefferson City.
Several hundred people braved soaking rain and cold weather to search a heavily wooded area near Elizabeth's home after she was reported missing Wednesday evening. Police found Elizabeth's body Friday afternoon after the suspect led them to a wooded area several hundred yards from her St. Martins house, White said.
"We had been in that area - actually more than once. The body was very well concealed," said White, who would not say whether police believed Elizabeth had been killed there.
Under Missouri law, children as young as 12 can be charged as adults with first-degree murder. But the case must start in the juvenile court system while a hearing is held on whether to transfer it to an adult court. Juvenile court records generally are closed under Missouri law unless a judge grants an exception.
Cole County Juvenile Court Administrator Michael Couty said the suspect was in the custody of the juvenile justice system and would undergo a background and psychological check. Couty planned to request a hearing next week before a family court judge to determine whether the suspect should be tried as a juvenile or as an adult. That hearing would be closed to the public.
Police initially had said Elizabeth was last seen walking home from a neighbor's house on Wednesday night. White said that timeline was developed through interviews.
But on Saturday, White declined to say whether police believed Elizabeth had started walking home when she encountered the suspect. He said many details could not be released to avoid risking the prosecution's case and because the suspect is a juvenile.
An autopsy was being conducted Saturday to determine the time and cause of death.
Police would not say Saturday whether there had been a confession, nor would they describe the teen's demeanor or offer more details about written documents that led them to the suspect. White also declined to say whether calls had been made from Elizabeth's cell phone, which was found "very, very close" to her.
Police narrowed the primary search area after tracing the phone's general location, but the phone's battery had died by Thursday morning.
The Olten family has received help since Elizabeth's disappearance from Missouri Missing, a group that highlights missing-person cases and provides emergency aid to families. Group spokeswoman Ra'Vae Edwards relayed a request for comment Saturday to Elizabeth's family.
"They don't have anything to say right now other than they're working on arrangements for the funeral," Edwards said, "And they wanted to thank the community for their support and prayers."
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Police did not release the teen's gender or name and provided few other details about the person suspected of killing Elizabeth Olten. Cole County Sheriff Greg White has said the teenage suspect is not related to Elizabeth but was acquainted with her and is from the same area just west of Jefferson City.
Several hundred people braved soaking rain and cold weather to search a heavily wooded area near Elizabeth's home after she was reported missing Wednesday evening. Police found Elizabeth's body Friday afternoon after the suspect led them to a wooded area several hundred yards from her St. Martins house, White said.
"We had been in that area - actually more than once. The body was very well concealed," said White, who would not say whether police believed Elizabeth had been killed there.
Under Missouri law, children as young as 12 can be charged as adults with first-degree murder. But the case must start in the juvenile court system while a hearing is held on whether to transfer it to an adult court. Juvenile court records generally are closed under Missouri law unless a judge grants an exception.
Cole County Juvenile Court Administrator Michael Couty said the suspect was in the custody of the juvenile justice system and would undergo a background and psychological check. Couty planned to request a hearing next week before a family court judge to determine whether the suspect should be tried as a juvenile or as an adult. That hearing would be closed to the public.
Police initially had said Elizabeth was last seen walking home from a neighbor's house on Wednesday night. White said that timeline was developed through interviews.
But on Saturday, White declined to say whether police believed Elizabeth had started walking home when she encountered the suspect. He said many details could not be released to avoid risking the prosecution's case and because the suspect is a juvenile.
An autopsy was being conducted Saturday to determine the time and cause of death.
Police would not say Saturday whether there had been a confession, nor would they describe the teen's demeanor or offer more details about written documents that led them to the suspect. White also declined to say whether calls had been made from Elizabeth's cell phone, which was found "very, very close" to her.
Police narrowed the primary search area after tracing the phone's general location, but the phone's battery had died by Thursday morning.
The Olten family has received help since Elizabeth's disappearance from Missouri Missing, a group that highlights missing-person cases and provides emergency aid to families. Group spokeswoman Ra'Vae Edwards relayed a request for comment Saturday to Elizabeth's family.
"They don't have anything to say right now other than they're working on arrangements for the funeral," Edwards said, "And they wanted to thank the community for their support and prayers."
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Sunday, October 25, 2009
Security officer killed during home invasion www.privateofficer.com
ATLANTA GA Oct 25 2009-- Police are investigating the shooting death of a private security guard at The Preserves at Collier Ridge on Bankhead Highway.
Family members say Friday night around 7:30pm, 43-year-old Robbie Smith was trying to stop a home invasion when he was attacked and shot in the leg.
Family members say Friday night around 7:30pm, 43-year-old Robbie Smith was trying to stop a home invasion when he was attacked and shot in the leg.
They say he managed to call 911 but then passed out. By the time paramedics arrived, he had bled to death.
Smith's widow, Tiffani Smith, said her husband loved his job and had worked previously in law enforcement for 18 years.
"He just had a knack for helping people and would do anything for someone if they needed something," said Tiffani Smith.
Robbie Smith had worked with the small security company, Advanced Protection Services, for three months.
Smith's widow, Tiffani Smith, said her husband loved his job and had worked previously in law enforcement for 18 years.
"He just had a knack for helping people and would do anything for someone if they needed something," said Tiffani Smith.
Robbie Smith had worked with the small security company, Advanced Protection Services, for three months.
While it routinely staffs two security officers at a time, the company said sometimes those officers will stagger their start times.
Reportedly, a second security officer was en route to The Preserves when Smith was shot and killed.
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SALT LAKE CITY Utah Oct 25 2009 (ABC 4 News) – A security guard is being thanked by police for his assistance in the arrest of two suspects believed to be involved in Salt Lake City robbery Friday.
Officers say 23 year-old Randy Clark and 18 year-old Leslie Campos waited outside the Buca Di Beppo at 935 East Fort Union Boulevard for a worker to go outside.
Officers say 23 year-old Randy Clark and 18 year-old Leslie Campos waited outside the Buca Di Beppo at 935 East Fort Union Boulevard for a worker to go outside.
The suspects then forced the employee back into the restaurant and demanded money.
Authorities set up containment in the area, but didn’t find the suspects until a nearby security guard noticed two people sitting in a car with a cashbox in the back seat.
Police were then able to arrest and book the suspects into the Salt Lake County jail.
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Authorities set up containment in the area, but didn’t find the suspects until a nearby security guard noticed two people sitting in a car with a cashbox in the back seat.
Police were then able to arrest and book the suspects into the Salt Lake County jail.
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Sports bar patron killed in shooting www.privateofficer.com
SACRAMENTO, Calif. Oct 24 2009
A 22-year-old man was killed in a popular sports bar and restaurant in Sacramento.
Police said a security guard called to report a shooting in the parking lot of Center Court Restaurant on the 3600 block of N. Freeway Boulevard at about 1:52 a.m. Saturday.
Officers arrived and found a male victim who had been shot. The victim died at the scene.
"South of the nightclub, a male victim, 22 years old was walking to his vehicle with some associates when he was shot," said Sacramento police spokesman Sgt. Norm Leong.
Detectives said they believe the victim was leaving the night club and walking to his car when he was contacted by a group of subjects. One of the suspects shot and killed the victim.
The suspect is described as being a black man, light skinned, standing 5 feet 9 inches to 5 feet 11 inches tall, with a thin build and short hair. The motive for the crime is still under investigation.
Police said there were hundreds of people at Center Court on Friday night. In fact, earlier in the evening there was a retirement party for former Sacramento Kings guard Bobby Jackson.
Police said some of the guests at that party may be witnesses in this shooting. Anyone with information is asked to contact the Sacramento Police Department.
Sacramento PD said it is strongly urging any witnesses that have not been spoken with to contact the police through Crime Alert at 916-443-HELP or text in a tip to 274637 (CRIMES) then enter SACTIP followed by the tip information. Callers can remain anonymous and may be eligible for a reward up to $1,000.
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A 22-year-old man was killed in a popular sports bar and restaurant in Sacramento.
Police said a security guard called to report a shooting in the parking lot of Center Court Restaurant on the 3600 block of N. Freeway Boulevard at about 1:52 a.m. Saturday.
Officers arrived and found a male victim who had been shot. The victim died at the scene.
"South of the nightclub, a male victim, 22 years old was walking to his vehicle with some associates when he was shot," said Sacramento police spokesman Sgt. Norm Leong.
Detectives said they believe the victim was leaving the night club and walking to his car when he was contacted by a group of subjects. One of the suspects shot and killed the victim.
The suspect is described as being a black man, light skinned, standing 5 feet 9 inches to 5 feet 11 inches tall, with a thin build and short hair. The motive for the crime is still under investigation.
Police said there were hundreds of people at Center Court on Friday night. In fact, earlier in the evening there was a retirement party for former Sacramento Kings guard Bobby Jackson.
Police said some of the guests at that party may be witnesses in this shooting. Anyone with information is asked to contact the Sacramento Police Department.
Sacramento PD said it is strongly urging any witnesses that have not been spoken with to contact the police through Crime Alert at 916-443-HELP or text in a tip to 274637 (CRIMES) then enter SACTIP followed by the tip information. Callers can remain anonymous and may be eligible for a reward up to $1,000.
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Church janitor charged in murder of priest www.privateofficer.com
MORRISTOWN, N.J. Oct 25 2009 – Authorities investigating the slaying of a priest arrested the church janitor Saturday, alleging he stabbed the cleric 32 times with a kitchen knife after arguing with him in the rectory.
Morris County Prosecutor Robert Bianchi said 64-year-old Jose Feliciano was charged in the murder of the Rev. Ed Hinds, whose body was found Friday in the rectory kitchen of St. Patrick's Roman Catholic Church in Chatham.
The announcement of Feliciano's arrest was met with shock and tears at Saturday evening Mass, a double blow to the church community where the priest had served for six years and the janitor had worked for 17.
The pair got into an argument on Thursday evening, and it was during the altercation that Feliciano grabbed a knife and stabbed the 61-year-old Hinds multiple times, Bianchi said.
Feliciano, who also faces weapons charges, was arrested Saturday.
Bianchi said investigators found the priest's cell phone, bloody clothing and bloody towels at Feliciano's home in Easton, Pa., about 45 miles west of Chatham.
Bianchi said Feliciano was one of two people who looked for Hinds after the priest failed to show up for 8 a.m. Mass Friday. The pair found the body, and Bianchi said Feliciano was performing CPR on Hinds when officers arrived and his halfhearted attempts struck them as suspicious.
Bianchi said Feliciano's son graduated from the church's school, which runs from kindergarten through eighth grade, and his daughter is a student there.
The priest, dressed in his clerical robes, had wounds on his upper torso, the back of his body and his head that were created by a kitchen knife, officials said. Hinds also had defensive wounds on his hands and face, Bianchi said. An autopsy determined that the cause of death was severe trauma.
The slaying rocked the community of about 10,000 residents located 25 miles west of New York City. It was the first violent death in tiny, affluent Chatham since a 1990 manslaughter case.
Parishioner Michael Marotta, 47, said he would not have hesitated to leave his three children in the care of either Hinds or Feliciano, whom he described as caring, quiet, hardworking men. Marotta, whose 10-year-old son is enrolled at St. Patrick's School, said Feliciano lived in a home next to the church until a few years ago.
"Everyone loses in this," said Marotta, who lives down the street from the church. "The church, the broader Chatham community and the Hinds and Feliciano families. It's disheartening."
Earlier Saturday, parishioners had climbed over knee-high crime scene tape that was strung near the church, school and parking lots to attend a morning Mass. They remembered the pastor they called "Father Ed," as warm, outgoing and very community-oriented.
Police and church officials guided about 300 parishioners through a light drizzle into the school gym next to the church. Once inside, many wiped away tears as church leaders said Hinds would have wanted parishioners to go on and find strength in their faith.
"We're strong and we're hope-filled, and we know we'll get through this. We have each other, we have Christ, and we're not afraid," the Rev. Owen Moran told the Star-Ledger of Newark afterward. "The idea of Father Ed's life is that he was planting seeds here in this parish for six years. And now the seeds must grow and continue the mission of Christ in this world."
The parish's 5 p.m. Saturday Mass began about the same time Bianchi announced the arrest at the county administration building in Morristown, about 20 minutes away.
Parishioner Juliette Peros told the newspaper an announcement about the arrest was made near the end of the Saturday night service and came as a shock to those in attendance.
Peros said several people were crying and that a woman seated behind her yelled "Jose! No, Jose!" when the announcement was made.
Hinds, who was born in nearby Morristown, had been pastor at the parish since 2003, after serving at St. Michael Church in Netcong and Our Lady of Mount Carmel Church in Boonton. He was ordained in 1974.
Following an early stint at St. Patrick's, he went on to become the vice chancellor of the Roman Catholic Diocese of Paterson and secretary to the bishop from 1978 to 1985.
Joe Korkuch is not a member of St. Patrick's parish, but said he spoke with Hinds almost every night as the priest walked his dog, a cocker spaniel named Copper, through the neighborhood.
"It's so sad." said parishioner Pat Patello, 52. "I don't think this town will ever get over this."
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Morris County Prosecutor Robert Bianchi said 64-year-old Jose Feliciano was charged in the murder of the Rev. Ed Hinds, whose body was found Friday in the rectory kitchen of St. Patrick's Roman Catholic Church in Chatham.
The announcement of Feliciano's arrest was met with shock and tears at Saturday evening Mass, a double blow to the church community where the priest had served for six years and the janitor had worked for 17.
The pair got into an argument on Thursday evening, and it was during the altercation that Feliciano grabbed a knife and stabbed the 61-year-old Hinds multiple times, Bianchi said.
Feliciano, who also faces weapons charges, was arrested Saturday.
Bianchi said investigators found the priest's cell phone, bloody clothing and bloody towels at Feliciano's home in Easton, Pa., about 45 miles west of Chatham.
Bianchi said Feliciano was one of two people who looked for Hinds after the priest failed to show up for 8 a.m. Mass Friday. The pair found the body, and Bianchi said Feliciano was performing CPR on Hinds when officers arrived and his halfhearted attempts struck them as suspicious.
Bianchi said Feliciano's son graduated from the church's school, which runs from kindergarten through eighth grade, and his daughter is a student there.
The priest, dressed in his clerical robes, had wounds on his upper torso, the back of his body and his head that were created by a kitchen knife, officials said. Hinds also had defensive wounds on his hands and face, Bianchi said. An autopsy determined that the cause of death was severe trauma.
The slaying rocked the community of about 10,000 residents located 25 miles west of New York City. It was the first violent death in tiny, affluent Chatham since a 1990 manslaughter case.
Parishioner Michael Marotta, 47, said he would not have hesitated to leave his three children in the care of either Hinds or Feliciano, whom he described as caring, quiet, hardworking men. Marotta, whose 10-year-old son is enrolled at St. Patrick's School, said Feliciano lived in a home next to the church until a few years ago.
"Everyone loses in this," said Marotta, who lives down the street from the church. "The church, the broader Chatham community and the Hinds and Feliciano families. It's disheartening."
Earlier Saturday, parishioners had climbed over knee-high crime scene tape that was strung near the church, school and parking lots to attend a morning Mass. They remembered the pastor they called "Father Ed," as warm, outgoing and very community-oriented.
Police and church officials guided about 300 parishioners through a light drizzle into the school gym next to the church. Once inside, many wiped away tears as church leaders said Hinds would have wanted parishioners to go on and find strength in their faith.
"We're strong and we're hope-filled, and we know we'll get through this. We have each other, we have Christ, and we're not afraid," the Rev. Owen Moran told the Star-Ledger of Newark afterward. "The idea of Father Ed's life is that he was planting seeds here in this parish for six years. And now the seeds must grow and continue the mission of Christ in this world."
The parish's 5 p.m. Saturday Mass began about the same time Bianchi announced the arrest at the county administration building in Morristown, about 20 minutes away.
Parishioner Juliette Peros told the newspaper an announcement about the arrest was made near the end of the Saturday night service and came as a shock to those in attendance.
Peros said several people were crying and that a woman seated behind her yelled "Jose! No, Jose!" when the announcement was made.
Hinds, who was born in nearby Morristown, had been pastor at the parish since 2003, after serving at St. Michael Church in Netcong and Our Lady of Mount Carmel Church in Boonton. He was ordained in 1974.
Following an early stint at St. Patrick's, he went on to become the vice chancellor of the Roman Catholic Diocese of Paterson and secretary to the bishop from 1978 to 1985.
Joe Korkuch is not a member of St. Patrick's parish, but said he spoke with Hinds almost every night as the priest walked his dog, a cocker spaniel named Copper, through the neighborhood.
"It's so sad." said parishioner Pat Patello, 52. "I don't think this town will ever get over this."
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Florida police officer commits suicide www.privateofficer.com
Chattahoochee Fla Oct 25 2009
A Chattahoochee police officer shot himself to death Friday as police were discovering the body of his long-time mistress buried in a shallow grave near his home east of Chattahoochee, according to Chattahoochee Police Chief Vann Pullen.
Lt. Barry Moore, who is married, quickly became a suspect in the disappearance of Antoinette Ross after a witness reported she was seen voluntarily getting into Moore’s police cruiser at her home in Quincy late Wednesday night.
She was expected home that evening and never returned.
Police believe Moore killed Ross in the early morning hours Thursday, but do not yet know her exact cause of death as an autopsy in pending.
Pullen said authorities believe Moore learned that Ross had been on a date with someone else earlier Wednesday evening, and confronted her.
Gadsden County authorities, who were still searching for the missing woman, contacted Pullen around noon Thursday with information about Moore and Ross being seen in the cruiser together in Quincy.
Pullen immediately suspended Moore for taking the cruiser out of his jurisdiction and using it for personal business. Moore’s service revolver was also confiscated.
Meanwhile, one of Pullen’s officers reported something unusual that happened during Moore’s overnight shift, which began Wednesday evening.
The officer said he had pulled up next to Moore in the Florida State Hospital cemetery, and that Moore inexplicably sped away.
A search of that area turned up nothing suspicious. The search then focused on Moore’s residence. At this point, Moore was on suspension.
According to Pullen, Moore and Ross had an ongoing relationship for at least 10 years, and had a 3-year-old child together.
No further details were immediately available.
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A Chattahoochee police officer shot himself to death Friday as police were discovering the body of his long-time mistress buried in a shallow grave near his home east of Chattahoochee, according to Chattahoochee Police Chief Vann Pullen.
Lt. Barry Moore, who is married, quickly became a suspect in the disappearance of Antoinette Ross after a witness reported she was seen voluntarily getting into Moore’s police cruiser at her home in Quincy late Wednesday night.
She was expected home that evening and never returned.
Police believe Moore killed Ross in the early morning hours Thursday, but do not yet know her exact cause of death as an autopsy in pending.
Pullen said authorities believe Moore learned that Ross had been on a date with someone else earlier Wednesday evening, and confronted her.
Gadsden County authorities, who were still searching for the missing woman, contacted Pullen around noon Thursday with information about Moore and Ross being seen in the cruiser together in Quincy.
Pullen immediately suspended Moore for taking the cruiser out of his jurisdiction and using it for personal business. Moore’s service revolver was also confiscated.
Meanwhile, one of Pullen’s officers reported something unusual that happened during Moore’s overnight shift, which began Wednesday evening.
The officer said he had pulled up next to Moore in the Florida State Hospital cemetery, and that Moore inexplicably sped away.
A search of that area turned up nothing suspicious. The search then focused on Moore’s residence. At this point, Moore was on suspension.
According to Pullen, Moore and Ross had an ongoing relationship for at least 10 years, and had a 3-year-old child together.
No further details were immediately available.
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