Alabama man pleads guilty to wire fraud www.privateofficer.com
NORFOLK, Va. Jan 11 2013(AP) An Alabama man has pleaded guilty to wire fraud and paying bribes to a Coast Guard transportation officer. Fifty-2-year-old Huffman Earl Monk of Brookwood, Ala., pleaded...
View ArticleTn. nurse's aid caught stealing from patient www.privateofficer.com
Clarksville TN Jan 11 2013 What the Clarksville family found absolutely broke their hearts. Dave Luther knew he had money missing, but what he didn't know was who would ever take it."We had to find out...
View ArticleViolent crimes bolster Myrtle Beach's 'Most Dangerous Places' rank...
MYRTLE BEACH, SC Jan 11 2013- We're only two weeks into 2013 and the Grand Strand has already experienced a large number of homicides, robberies and other serious crimes.These unfavorable crimes have...
View ArticleFake press release costs company $300 million in one day www.privateofficer.com
Australia Jan 11 2013A 24-year-old environmental activist put out a fake press release that said an Australian coal company was denied a loan from a bank. The result: the company immediately lost more...
View ArticleTn. police speak against wine sales in grocery stores www.privateofficer.com
Nashville TN Jan 11 2013 Law enforcement agencies Wednesday spoke against allowing wine sales in grocery stores. The issue is once again up for debate on Capitol Hill. Police officers, sheriffs and...
View ArticleTrotwood officer killed in crash www.privateofficer.com
Officer Dave Yaney ENGLEWOOD OH Jan 11 2013Police investigating the death of a 33-year veteran of the Trotwood Police Department in a crash Wednesday are waiting for the results of an autopsy to help...
View ArticleShoplifter threatens 'bloodbath' over cat food theft www.privateofficer.com
Daytona Beach Fla Jan 12 2013 A transient who police said tried to steal cat food and a case of soda from a Walmart threatened an employee and a customer with a 10-inch knife and a warning: "Don't turn...
View ArticlePlantation woman accused of stealing $100K from school districts across the...
(Courtesy of jailbase.com ) Broward County Fla Jan 12 2013 It was a dirty deal with her bogus cleaning supply company that police say led to a 37-year-old woman's arrest in Sunrise.Christen Rector, of...
View ArticleUniversity of North Alabama adds reserve police officers www.privateofficer.com
FLORENCE AL Jan 12 2013 — The University of North Alabama has added additional officers for the spring semester, which began this week.UNA Police Chief Bob Pastula said there are 12 more reserve police...
View ArticleNY teacher Files Lawsuit Over Religious Freedom www.privateofficer.com
TOWN OF CHEEKTOWAGA, N.Y. Jan 12 2013There is a dispute over religious rights in Cheektowaga. A Cheektowaga Central School District worker says the district is restricting her right to religious free...
View ArticleFormer St. Pete Beach police officer sues chief over firing...
Tampa Fla Jan 12 2013 The St. Pete Beach Police Department closed Sunday, quietly and without incident. Or at least it seemed that way.On Tuesday, former St. Pete Beach police officer Todd R. Brien...
View ArticleNC substitute teacher charged with having sex with child www.privateofficer.com
PITT COUNTY NC Jan 12 2013A substitute teacher committed sex crimes with a 13-year-old girl, according to the Pitt County Sheriff's Office.Christopher Brooks Rhodes, 28, was charged with statutory...
View ArticleLeague City teacher arrested, accused of improper relationship with student...
HOUSTON TX Jan 12 2013- A League City woman accused of having an improper relationship with a student was arrested Thursday. Stephanie Raleen Forbes, 40, was taken into custody in the...
View ArticleVirginia former Marine who shot at Pentagon gets 25 years in prison...
ALEXANDRIA, Va.Jan 12 2013 – A schizophrenic ex-Marine convicted of shooting at the Pentagon and other military targets has been sentenced to 25 years in prison.Twenty-five-year-old Yonathan Melaku of...
View ArticleFormer Fairfax football coach pleads guilty to dealing steroids...
Fairfax VA Jan 12 2013A former Fairfax County high school football coach and teacher pleaded guilty Thursday to dealing anabolic steroids.Jeffery Scott Reagan, 44, of Bristow, could face up to 10 years...
View ArticleD.C. police officer sentenced to 14 months for 2011 shooting and solicitation...
Washington DC Jan 12 2013 A D.C. police officer was sentenced Thursday to 14 months in prison for a 2011 incident in which the officer, who was off duty at the time, jumped onto the hood of a packed...
View ArticleBennett S. Barbour dies, 2 months after winning right to vote...
Bennett BarbourBennett BarbourALEXA WELCH EDLUNDFirst time votingBennett Barbour votes for the first time at the Charles City Social Center he was cleared of a 1978 rape conviction. Richmond VA Jan 12...
View ArticleEx-S.C. State trustee, campus police chief indicted in kickback probe...
COLUMBIA SC Jan 12 2013 — Three people have been indicted in a kickback scheme involving a former trustee at South Carolina State University who is accused of using his influence in exchange for favors...
View ArticleMO. AG files suit against Pinnacle Security www.privateofficer.com
Columbia MO Jan 12 2013 Missouri Attorney General Chris Koster yesterday filed suit against Utah-based Pinnacle Security LLC for allegedly engaging in fraudulent door-to-door sales and services.The...
View ArticleWoman who brutally beat crossing guard faces only probation...
Philadelphia PA Jan 12 2013 Alicia Carranco's 19-year tenure as a school- crossing guard came to a bloody end on Sept. 17, 2010.That's the day a motorist, furious after Carranco scolded her for nearly...
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