ANTIOCH, Calif. February 19 2024 The Antioch library will now reopen on Tuesday after the county decided to close it, starting Saturday. The county said the closure was linked to “repeated dangerous incidents.” The list of reasons were documented in an email sent to the city. ABC7 News was able to get a copy of the […]
Oklahoma City OK August 11 2023 A former private security guard who worked for the Southern Oaks Library in Oklahoma City faces nine felony charges after a victim reported sexual abuse. Peter Prieto, 40, of Oklahoma City, was charged with eight sexual abuse offenses and a pattern of criminal offenses from his time as a […]
Washington DC June 18 2023 A retired D.C. police officer indicted in the fatal shooting of a special police officer at a training session inside a public library in the Anacostia neighborhood pled guilty Friday, according to court documents. Jesse Porter, 58, was indicted on Second Degree Murder charges in May. He pled guilty to involuntary […]
Oklahoma City Oklahoma May 31, 2023 A girl was raped and impregnated by a security guard who worked at an Oklahoma library. Warning: These details are disturbing. The suspect lured the victim to his house by having his own daughter befriend her. Peter Prieto was a security guard working at the Southern Oaks Metropolitan Library […]
Spring Valley NY March 9 2023 The family of a slain security guard at Finkelstein Memorial Library in Spring Valley has reached an out-of-court settlement with the library. Sandra Wilson was fatally stabbed while working in the library in February 2020. Blanchard Glaudin was charged with murder and is awaiting trial. In their lawsuit, the […]
Memphis TN February 20th, 2023 A Memphis police officer died Saturday from wounds sustained more than two weeks ago when he was shot while responding to a confrontation at a library, authorities said. Officer Geoffrey Redd was critically wounded Feb. 2 at the Poplar-White Station Library. Redd, 49, was transported to Regional One Health, where he […]
ENGLEWOOD, Colo. Jan 16 2023 For the second time in a month, a Colorado library has closed its doors to clean up methamphetamine contamination. Officials in the Denver suburb of Englewood shut down the city library last week within a couple of hours of getting test results Wednesday showing that the contamination in the facility’s restrooms […]
Evanston IL Jan 12 2023 Police were called to investigate an assault at the library. The Evanston Police Department identified the man arrested at the public library on Orrington Ave. Monday afternoon as 31-year-old Milton D. Altamirano-Sanchez of Chicago, according to Tuesday’s crime bulletin released publicly by EPD. Altamirano-Sanchez was taken into custody Monday and […]
GARDEN CITY, NY January 2nd, 2022 The Garden City Police Department reported that a library security officer was assaulted by a woman. Officers responded to the Garden City Library where a 24-year-old woman assaulted a security guard after being advised the library was closing. The woman repeatedly punched the 26-year-old female guard and threw her onto […]
SAN DIEGO Ca Dec 15, 2022 — Concerns about suicide attempts and drug overdoses at San Diego’s downtown central library have prompted city officials to recommend additional security guards and more comprehensive training. A new plan unveiled by city officials would give the downtown library two more security guards, one to help prevent suicide attempts from […]