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 […]
SAGINAW, MI September 11, 2024— A shooting in broad daylight outside a downtown Saginaw library has claimed the life of a man working security at the establishment. A suspect is in custody, one who has been wanted on a felony assault charge for two months after allegedly threatening to kill his own father. “Defendant is […]
ANTIOCH, Calif. February 19 2024 The Antioch library will now reopen on Tuesday after the county decided to close it, starting Saturday. The county said the closure was linked to “repeated dangerous incidents.” The list of reasons were documented in an email sent to the city. ABC7 News was able to get a copy of the […]
Oklahoma City OK August 11 2023 A former private security guard who worked for the Southern Oaks Library in Oklahoma City faces nine felony charges after a victim reported sexual abuse. Peter Prieto, 40, of Oklahoma City, was charged with eight sexual abuse offenses and a pattern of criminal offenses from his time as a […]
Washington DC June 18 2023 A retired D.C. police officer indicted in the fatal shooting of a special police officer at a training session inside a public library in the Anacostia neighborhood pled guilty Friday, according to court documents. Jesse Porter, 58, was indicted on Second Degree Murder charges in May. He pled guilty to involuntary […]
Oklahoma City Oklahoma May 31, 2023 A girl was raped and impregnated by a security guard who worked at an Oklahoma library. Warning: These details are disturbing. The suspect lured the victim to his house by having his own daughter befriend her. Peter Prieto was a security guard working at the Southern Oaks Metropolitan Library […]
Spring Valley NY March 9 2023 The family of a slain security guard at Finkelstein Memorial Library in Spring Valley has reached an out-of-court settlement with the library. Sandra Wilson was fatally stabbed while working in the library in February 2020. Blanchard Glaudin was charged with murder and is awaiting trial. In their lawsuit, the […]
Memphis TN February 20th, 2023 A Memphis police officer died Saturday from wounds sustained more than two weeks ago when he was shot while responding to a confrontation at a library, authorities said. Officer Geoffrey Redd was critically wounded Feb. 2 at the Poplar-White Station Library. Redd, 49, was transported to Regional One Health, where he […]
ENGLEWOOD, Colo. Jan 16 2023 For the second time in a month, a Colorado library has closed its doors to clean up methamphetamine contamination. Officials in the Denver suburb of Englewood shut down the city library last week within a couple of hours of getting test results Wednesday showing that the contamination in the facility’s restrooms […]
Evanston IL Jan 12 2023 Police were called to investigate an assault at the library. The Evanston Police Department identified the man arrested at the public library on Orrington Ave. Monday afternoon as 31-year-old Milton D. Altamirano-Sanchez of Chicago, according to Tuesday’s crime bulletin released publicly by EPD. Altamirano-Sanchez was taken into custody Monday and […]