Lynchburg VA April 5 2020 A former patient at Lynchburg General Hospital says he was severely injured when he was shocked by a security guard wielding a stun gun in 2018. Now, the patient has filed a civil rights action against the hospital owner and two of its guards. Plaintiff Anthony Smith contends he was […]
Hazel Green IL April 5 2020 A security guard at South Suburban Hospital in Hazel Crest is suing the hospital, claiming supervisors forced him to stop working after he wore a protective face mask on the clock. Marvell Moody filed the suit Thursday in Cook County Circuit Court, charging the hospital and his supervisor with violating […]
Los Angeles CA April 5 2020 A man whose 24-year-old daughter was killed in 2018 after falling onto tracks and being hit by a train at the Sylmar Metrolink station Friday sued the company he alleges was responsible for passenger safety. Gregory Smith’s Los Angeles Superior Court lawsuit alleges wrongful death and seeks unspecified damages from […]
Miami FL April 3 2020 The security company that employed and trained the Pulse nightclub shooter cannot be held liable for his actions, a Florida appeals court ruled on Wednesday. Florida’s Fourth District Court of Appeal upheld a 2018 trial court’s dismissal of a negligence lawsuit brought by more than 30 survivors and relatives of the […]
SAN ANTONIO TX March 12 2020 A 21-year-old Austin man was sentenced to nearly eight years in federal prison Tuesday for assaulting a TSA employee outside Austin-Bergstrom International Airport late last year. Federal prosecutors said the victim was driving to work on November 5, 2019 and stopped for a traffic light near the airport entrance. The victim […]
Wayne County MI March 11 2020 A Wayne County jury has acquitted one of the men previously convicted in the murder of a security guard outside a Detroit nightclub nearly eight years ago. Carl Rene Bruner II was found not guilty Friday following his second trial in connection with the shooting of Marcel Jackson, 39, […]
NEW YORK NY March 6 2020 Hundreds of thousands of dollars intended for ATMs have been stolen in heists across the city, and Wednesday, some of the people who prosecutors say pulled it off were in court. The four Brooklyn men stood in front of the judge Wednesday afternoon facing grand larceny charges. Their targets? The […]
BALTIMORE MD March 5 2020 A judge denied a new trial for Keith Davis and sentenced him Monday for his conviction during his fourth murder trial. Davis, 28, was convicted of second-degree murder for the 2015 shooting death of Pimlico security guard Kevin Jones. Baltimore City Circuit Court Judge Sylvester Cox sentenced Davis to 30 […]
Las Vegas NV Feb 12 2020 A Las Vegas security guard who allegedly plotted attacks on a synagogue and a gay bar pleaded guilty to possession of bomb-making components, federal prosecutors said Monday. Conor Climo, 23, was planning to attack a synagogue and a gay bar, the FBI said. Climo was in touch with members of […]
Toledo OH Feb 11 2020 A security guard for the Internal Revenue Service who held a uniformed Lucas County Sheriff’s deputy at gunpoint entered a plea deal Monday. Seth Eklund, 34, pleaded no contest to a reduced charge of simple assault, a first-degree misdemeanor, in Toledo Municipal Court. Judge Amy Berling found him guilty and sentenced […]