NORFOLK VA July 14 2020 Sheriff’s deputies have taken over round-the-clock security at the Norfolk courthouse after a Virginian-Pilot investigation exposed failures that plagued private security guards for years. City Manager Chip Filer is recommending the city spend $200,000 to hire four new sheriff’s deputies who would guard the courthouse on nights, weekends and holidays. Until […]
TAMPA, FL July 10 2020— The Hillsborough County Sheriff’s Office has arrested a man accused of punching three courthouse security officers Monday afternoon. According to the sheriff’s office, at 4:17 p.m. Quantez Ray Nathaniel, 25, of Nebraska Avenue, Tampa, entered the secured screening section of the Edgecomb Courthouse at 800 E. Twiggs St. in Tampa. […]
KNOX COUNTY, Ky July 9 2020 A 26-year-old Knox County man slashes himself on the courthouse lawn. Fortunately, the injuries inflicted by Aaron Self, of Barbourville, to himself were not serious, according to Knox County Sheriff’s deputies. The incident happened Monday when Self became belligerent while at the Knox County Attorneys’ Office inside the Courthouse. After […]
Hamilton County TN May 5 2020 Hamilton County deputies arrested a man after they say he assaulted a deputy and security officer at the courthouse on Monday afternoon. HCSO spokesperson Rachel Frizzell says 39-year-old Donald Scott Trivett created “a disturbance” at the Hamilton County Courthouse and was asked by a deputy to leave. Frizzell says Trivett […]
Virginia Beach VA April 3 2020 A fall suffered by a school security guard in Virginia Beach, Virginia, is not compensable because the wind that allegedly caused a door to shut, which caused her to fall, is considered an “act of God” and not within the scope of her employment, the Court of Appeals of Virginia […]
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 […]
Atlanta Ga March 19 2020 As courts across the country respond to the spread of the coronavirus by postponing jury trials and limiting who enters buildings, a federal courthouse in northern Georgia closed Tuesday after a security officer was hospitalized with symptoms consistent with COVID-19. Chief U.S. District Judge Thomas Thrash Jr. issued the two-page […]
DAYTON OH January 14 2020 A Dayton man is back in jail, facing charges after he was involved in a scuffle with police last week during his appearance in Dayton Municipal Court. Kevondae Eugene Richard, 25, was booked Monday afternoon into the Montgomery County Jail after a $50,000 bond was set during his arraignment for […]
King County WA January 4 2020 A repeat felon was charged with burglary after police say he forced his way into the King County Courthouse and fought with security guards. The incident happened shortly before 4 a.m. on December 26. The suspect, Jacob Lilton Jackson, pulled on the doors at 516 3rd Avenue hard enough […]
BARRE, Vt. January 3 2020 The state of Vermont has hired a private security company to help boost security at the Barre courthouse. Courthouse security is now provided by one Washington County sheriff’s deputy, two deputies from Lamoille County and two security guards from Securitas Security Services, which has an office in South Burlington. Gregg […]