SAN ANTONIO TX September 30, 2024 — Two suspects have been arrested after a string of robberies around San Antonio Friday, police say. Austin Mendoza, 20, and Marcelo Ojeda, 19, are the two suspects arrested for aggravated robbery. At about 12 p.m., police say the suspects arrived at the Rolling Oaks Mall. They went to the […]
Milwaukee WI September 28 2024 A security guard’s gun accidentally went off at a Wisconsin Lutheran High School football game on Sept. 27, the school’s principal confirmed to WISN 12. Milwaukee police said the guard’s gun accidentally fired into his left thigh. Nobody else was injured. WISN 12 News was at the game when the gun […]
NASHVILLE, Tenn. September 28, 2024 A security guard is recovering after she was pistol whipped in the head while attempting to stop a suspected Walmart shoplifter. Police say Darnee Drinks was trying to steal $1,808 worth of items when the security guard approached her. According to the police report, Drinks then pulled a gun out of […]
Raleigh NC September 27, 2024 Starting Oct. 1, a new North Carolina law will require hospitals to have an armed law enforcement officer in emergency departments, The Carolina Journal reported Sept. 26. The new law was passed amid a trend of growing violence in healthcare settings and is seen as a response to that trend. […]
CENTENNIAL, Colo. September 27, 2024— A lawsuit alleging that four private hospital security officers used excessive force while restraining a patient who died has been settled. The terms of the agreement were not announced. The lawsuit was filed by the attorneys for Dedra Jones in November 2022, the wife of Matthew Jones who died in […]
Smith County TX September 27, 2024 When Justtice Taylor began working at Smith County Jail last year, the inmates made fun of her, and her coworkers worried she wasn’t mature enough for the job. She was, after all, still a teenager. “People were skeptical of me being so young and coming straight out of high […]
SOMERVILLE, Mass. September 26 2024 The city of Somerville is considering private security guards to keep the Central Library open after dangerous and disruptive teen behavior forced officials to close the facility for several hours during the day. The library is right next to the high school, which makes it an easy spot for teens […]
Rochester, N.Y. September 26, 2024— A security guard is hospitalized with non-life-threatening injuries, according to police, after being shot at a popular bar on Monroe Avenue early Thursday. Officers responded to reports of a shooting at J.D. Oxford’s Pub just before 1:45 a.m. They determined the 37-year-old man was breaking up a fight when a […]
MYRTLE BEACH, SC September 26 2024 Nearly a year after a deadly shooting claimed the life of 23-year-old Starquan Washington, his estate has filed a wrongful death lawsuit. On Oct. 18, 2023, Washington was outside of Barfield’s Bar and Grille and Klocker’s Tavern off of Highway 17 bypass when he was shot. Kvon Lawhorn is accused […]
TAMPA, Fla. September 25 2024 A traffic violation led to the arrest of the suspected murderer in a 14-year-old cold case after it was reactivated in Virginia, according to Florida deputies. Timothy Hickerson, 43, was arrested Tuesday after he ran a red light on Old Kings Road in Palm Coast. Once deputies pulled him over, they […]