Portland OR Aug 18 2019 Thirteen people were arrested and four were injured, as over 1,000 right-wing demonstrators and counter-protesters descended on downtown Portland on Saturday, police said. There were “at least 13 arrests,” in six hours, Portland Police Lieutenant Tina Jones said in a statement. “We are aware of four individuals who have been evaluated […]
CHESTERFIELD COUNTY, Va. Aug 18 2019– A Chesterfield County Jail inmate has been charged after she was found to be in possession of a white powdery substance which led to an exposure that sent seven deputies and three nurses to the hospital. Sarah Elisabeth Moore, 34, was booked at the jail on August 14, for […]
Bethlehem PA Aug 18 2019 A man being kicked out of a concert Tuesday night at Wind Creek Event Center punched a Bethlehem police officer in the face before he could be arrested, the department said. Eric Shehu, of Waterbury, Connecticut, was sent to Northampton County Prison, after being arraigned Wednesday morning on charges including […]
Santa Monica CA Aug 18 2019 Gunfire erupted Friday morning near the Third Street Promenade in Santa Monica when a security guard carrying money from an armored truck shot at a man armed with a knife who police say tried to rob him. A Brinks security guard fired three rounds at the man near 3rd […]
Melbourne AU Aug 18 2019 Two men brandishing machetes have bound a security guard by the wrists and held up a pharmacy in Melbourne’s north-west before running off with prescription medication. Police say the assailants stormed the Ascot Vale pharmacy on Union Street about 11.10pm on Thursday with machetes and threatened two staff and a […]
ROCHESTER, N.Y. Aug 18 2019 A bizarre story from the Greater Rochester International Airport: A security worker was caught on tape passing a note with a mean message to a traveler. As a result, she lost her job. That traveler, Neal Strassner, said the worker gave him a note as he was passing through the security […]
Albuquerque NM Aug 18 2019 Albuquerque Public Schools board member Peggy Muller-Aragón thought the award amount was a typo. “We are pleased to inform you that the Public School Capital Outlay Council (PSCOC) has approved a total net state award in the amount of $0,” a letter on APS school security funding said. But it […]
PROVIDENCE, RI Aug 18 2019 A security guard employed at The Providence Center School has been arrested for soliciting a child to engage in sexual activity. State Police say Anthony Padula, 62, of West Warwick was taken into custody after he solicited whom he believed to be a 14-year-old boy to engage in sexual activity. Padula […]
SAN DIEGO CA Aug 18 2019 A man was arrested Friday afternoon after police say he tried to steal a pistol from a security guard at a trolley station in Old Town. Around 1 p.m. at the station in the 4000 block of Taylor Street, the suspect grabbed the security ofifcer’s pistol and violently pulled on […]
South Africa Aug 18 2019 Criminals are more readily arming themselves and are prepared to use their weapons, the Institute for Security Studies’ Johan Burger said. A spike in security guard killings from the beginning of this year is no surprise to security experts, who says they are an obvious target in a country with […]