Abington PA September 15, 2023 A group of students at Abington Senior High School were arrested after a fight broke out on Thursday shortly before 11:30 a.m., police said in a statement. The fight in the cafeteria ended when an Abington Police School Resource Officer, school staff and the school’s security team stepped in. The […]
Portland OR September 15, 2023 Portland police arrested a 19-year-old security guard suspected of stabbing a man in a retail parking lot in Northeast Portland’s Hazelwood neighborhood on Thursday. Police have not publicly identified the man who was stabbed around 8 a.m. at the BottleDrop Redemption Center near Northeast 122nd Avenue and Glisan Street. He […]
CHAPEL HILL, N.C. September 15, 2023 Sixteen days after a professor was shot and killed by a student, UNC-Chapel Hill went into lockdown again Wednesday following reports of an armed person on campus. The university sent an alert to students and faculty at 12:55 p.m. indicating an “armed, dangerous person” was seen on or near campus, […]
Richmond VA September 15, 2023 Healthcare leaders say there’s a rise in violent incidents at healthcare facilities. Now, a Virginia law that took effect July 1, is requiring hospitals to tighten up security. A bill passed by the Virginia General Assembly directs the Board of Health to “amend its regulations to require every hospital with an […]
Miami Florida September 15, 2023 Miami City commissioners on Thursday gave their unanimous approval to a resolution allowing the city manager to contract with a private company to manage off-duty employment of city police officers. The decision came after three years of false starts and resistance, at times from within the police department itself, and […]
Dallas TX September 14 2023 A Dallas mother says she lives with the memory of her son and the final words he told her days before his murder. Three years ago, security guard Jose Montes was shot and killed while servicing an ATM in West Dallas. His family is making an emotional plea for witnesses to […]
Washington DC September 14, 2023 The number of school shootings in the U.S. just hit a record high. Again. There were 188 shootings with casualties at public and private elementary schools during the 2021-22 school year, according to new federal data. About two-thirds of them caused injuries. Fifty-seven led to deaths. It’s the second year […]
Madison WI September 14 2023 An intoxicated man was arrested after spitting on officers and kicking a security guard at a local hospital on Sunday night, Madison police reported Wednesday. The man was at the hospital to visit a patient and became upset and aggressive after hospital security confiscated his alcohol, police spokesperson Stephanie Fryer […]
Williamsport PA September 14 2023 A man arrested Monday afternoon shortly after allegedly assaulting a Wegmans’ security officer and fleeing the supermarket at 201 William St. with a sandwich has been identified as Dario Blount, 31, of 1414 Vikings Court, city police said. After punching the officer in the face, Blount fled, but was soon […]
Warren MI September 14 2023 A preliminary examination for three men accused of robbing an alleged illegal Warren marijuana dispensary in June will continue later this month after the hearing was adjourned Tuesday following brief testimony by one witness. Rodney Terrance Robinson, 62, of Detroit; Michael Demond Graham, 48, of Eastpointe; and Lavall Elston Perkins, 63, […]