PROSPECT PARK NJ June 26 2019 — A time traditionally reserved for celebrating was instead spent demonstrating at the borough’s only public school. Students and staff checked off the last days of the school calendar with picket signs in their hands, as some paraded and shouted in protest over a move by the Board of Education […]
New York NY June 25, 2019, An actor who once starred alongside Brad Pitt on TV says a visit to one of the city’s top hospitals to accompany his elderly mother turned into a plot out of a horror movie when he became an unwilling patient. Evan Miranda, 54, contends staff at New York-Presbyterian’s Weill Cornell […]
CHARLOTTE, NC June 25 2019 The Charlotte Mecklenburg Schools (CMS) stopped fingerprinting new employees for about a year. CMS says it paused fingerprinting in July 2018 because it changed companies. They say that 3,533 employees were hired between July 2018 and June 2019. They weren’t fingerprinted and that thought concerns some in the community. “We got our […]
Charlotte NC June 25, 2019 Maritime security firms have seen demand soar following the attacks on oil tankers on June 13. But defending ships from allegedly involved state-backed forces such as Iran’s Revolutionary Guard may not be easy. The demand for private maritime security personnel has shot up since the attacks on oil tankers in […]
Colorado Springs CO June 24 2019 A man and a woman died in an apparent murder-suicide Saturday inside UCHealth Memorial Hospital Central, Colorado Springs police said. Police spokesman Lt. James Sokolik said the shooting in a room at the sprawling hospital complex in the 1400 block of East Boulder Street was reported about 1 p.m. […]
Charlotte NC June 25 2019 A band of 21 conspirators stole $3.9 million worth of used of cooking oil, known as “yellow grease,” from restaurants in three states and transported it across the country, according to a federal indictment unsealed in North Carolina on Thursday. The thieves targeted multiple eateries in North Carolina, Tennessee and Virginia […]
Gainesville FL June 25 2019 The University of Florida campus is about to get even safer with additional security equipment and resources. A plan to improve UF’s campus safety will cost the university about $30 million over the next five years, Vice President for Business Affairs Curtis Reynolds wrote in an email. The plan aims […]
YORK COUNTY, Pa. June 25 2019— A woman was charged with receiving stolen property after her earbuds were matched to a pair stolen from her place of work, according to police reports. Police say the suspect, Ana Luz Monegro, reported to work on May 16 at the FedEx/Genco facility in West Manchester Township and gave […]
Santa Monica CA June 25 2019 A homeless is being held on a $50,000 bond after assaulting a security officer during a theft. Santa Monica Police Department officers responded to 1551 Ocean Ave., a Subway location, regarding the theft investigation. While speaking to the restaurant owner and security guard for the building, the officer learned […]
CHESAPEAKE VA June 25 2019 A former security guard will serve three decades in prison for fatally shooting a 60-year-old man in his minivan in River Walk in 2017. Circuit Judge John Brown on Monday sentenced 24-year-old Johnathan Cromwell to 30 years behind bars, imposing the punishment jurors recommended earlier this year at Cromwell’s trial. […]