Off-Duty Pa. Officer Electrocuted Assisting at Crash www.privateofficer.com
Wayne County PA June 25 2013 Daniel "JJ" Lomax was always willing to help.So when the off-duty police officer and volunteer firefighter came across a car crash in Wayne County early Saturday morning,...
View ArticleLouisiana Sheriff's Deputy Killed in Cruiser Crash www.privateofficer.com
Vernon Parish La. June 25 2013 A Vernon Parish Sheriff's deputy was killed in a single-vehicle wreck Monday morning.Deputy Steven G. Netherland was on duty driving his 2004 Ford Crown Victoria patrol...
View Article20 Shot-8 killed in Baltimore violence www.privateofficer.com
BALTIMORE MD June 25 2013— Twenty people shot, eight of them killed–all in one weekend. Now Baltimore City Police are battling back against the spate of violence citywide.Meghan McCorkell has more on...
View ArticleTSA finds gun at Charlotte-Douglas International Airport www.privateofficer.com
Charlotte NC June 26 2013 Transportation Security Administration officials found a handgun in a man’s bag at Charlotte-Douglas International Airport on Monday afternoon.Authorities said the man entered...
View ArticleOakland Protesters Get $1M+ Settlement www.privateofficer.com
Oakland CA June 26 2013About 150 protesters arrested by the Oakland Police Department during an Oscar Grant rally in 2010 will have their arrest records expunged and receive at least $4,500 each under...
View ArticleTorrance (Calif.) PD's Commercial Enforcement Unit www.privateofficer.com
Jack Chavdarian Police MagazineTorrance CA June 26 2013 The commercial enforcement officers of the Torrance (Calif.) Police Department rarely issue citations to interstate truckers in...
View ArticleFormer Evangel Christian School teacher charged with sexually abusing student...
Prince William County VA June 26 2013 - A former teacher at a Christian school in Prince William County has been arrested for allegedly sexually abusing a student over 30 years ago. Police say Karold...
View ArticleSecurity officer finds young children left in car while dad was at bar...
DALLAS TX June 26 2013 —Francisco Enrique Lopez, 34, of Mesquite, was in the Dallas County Jail Monday charged with five counts of child abandonment after a security guard found his five young children...
View ArticleVolunteer Chesapeake cop suing for "back pay" www.privateofficer.com
CHESAPEAKE VA June 26 2013For nine years, Wayne Bailey served as an auxiliary police officer. He wore a badge, carried a gun and was authorized to make arrests.His supervisors learned earlier this year...
View ArticleChicago Police Officer Facing Federal Charge www.privateofficer.com
PRESS RELEASEChicago IL June 26 2013 A long-serving Chicago Police Department (CPD) sergeant was arrested this morning by FBI agents for allegedly attempting to extort a local liquor store worker. The...
View ArticleFormer Bel Aire Insurance Agent Indicted For Stealing Millions From Clients...
Wichita KS June 26 2013 A former Bel Aire insurance agent has been indicted in federal court in Wichita with stealing nearly $2 million from his clients.Jason Matthew Pennington, 41, is charged with 51...
View ArticleAustin Doctor Charged with Defrauding Medicare of $2 Million in Less Than Two...
U.S. Attorney’s Office Press ReleaseHOUSTON TX June 26 2013—Dr. Dennis B. Barson, Jr., 40, and his medical clinic administrator, Dario Juarez, 53, have been charged in a 20-count indictment alleging a...
View ArticleMan arrested for Sherwood Starbucks bathroom hidden cam www.privateofficer.com
SHERWOOD, Ore. June 26 2013 -- Police arrested a man Tuesday for hiding a camera in a Sherwood Starbucks bathroom in May.Captain Ty Hanlon of the Sherwood Police Department said Richard E. Ipsen, 59,...
View ArticleSpringfield man charged with armed robbery during shoe theft...
Springfield MO June 26 2013 Confronting a man walking out of the Battlefield Mall with a pair of shoes he did not pay for, a loss prevention officer said he had a gun pushed in his face.The officer...
View ArticleLos Angeles Podiatrist Sentenced to Two Years in Federal Prison for $3...
LOS ANGELES CA June 26 2013—The founder of the Releford Foot and Ankle Institute has been sentenced to 24 months in federal prison for his conviction on federal fraud charges related to a bank fraud...
View ArticleEx-Home Depot worker convicted in $2M extortion plot www.privateofficer.com
Atlanta GA June 26 2013 A New York man has been convicted of trying to extort $2 million from Atlanta-based Home Depot by threatening to detonate a pipe bomb at stores last year.A federal jury...
View ArticleWatchung Wal-Mart theft leads to drug charges www.privateofficer.com
Watchung NJ June 26 2013 Occupants of a vehicle stopped after a report of shoplifting at Walmart have been arrested on charges ranging from drug paraphernalia to heroin possession, according to the...
View ArticleMan pleads guilty to Mall in Columbia robbery www.privateofficer.com
Columbia MD June 26 2013 A Washington man pleaded guilty Wednesday in connection with the attempted robbery of $1,817 worth of watches from the Mall in Columbia during which the man allegedly pulled a...
View Article2 dozen Tn. inmates sickened by carbon monoxide www.privateofficer.com
JONESBOROUGH, Tenn. June 26 2013 (AP) - Carbon monoxide has sickened more than two dozen inmates at an East Tennessee jail.Washington County Sheriff's Office spokeswoman Leighta Laitinen told the...
View ArticleFayetteville NC, small town with big city crime www.privateofficer.com
FAYETTEVILLE, N.C. June 26 2013 -- Fayetteville is sitting near the top of some national polls, but for Fayetteville police it is unwanted notoriety. According to published reports, 2012 FBI crime...
View Article