HOUSTON TX Oct 5 2017 – Fake FEMA inspectors have been spotted in a couple of Houston neighborhoods. But they 5 2017 didn’t do their research very well. The neighborhoods they’ve hit did not even flood. That was the first red flag when a man knocked on Kathy Horner’s front door. “And he identified himself as […]
Terre Haute IN Oct 5 2017 A federal judge has sentenced a former sheriff’s deputy to 16 months after he pleaded guilty in a kickback scheme that cost a western Indiana school district more than $80,000. Frank Shahadey also must spend two years on supervised release. He pleaded guilty last month to charges of wire fraud […]
Woodstock GA Oct 5 2017 A woman accused of dragging a Woodstock police officer with her car was arrested Wednesday in Marietta, officials said. The officer responded to a shoplifting call about 2:15 p.m. at the Kohl’s department store on Highway 92 in Woodstock, police spokeswoman Brittany Duncan said. When the officer approached the woman, identified […]
It is our pleasure today to announce who the recipient of the 2017 Founder’s Award is. The Founder’s Award is annually bestowed upon a member of Private Officer International for their professionalism, dedication of service to the private security profession and support to the POI organization. This year, Hiram Libby of San Jose California has been selected […]
Houston TX Oct 4 2017 Tiffany Rogers rented a safe-deposit box nearly a decade ago, and has paid $250 each year since to store her family’s birth certificates, passports and other possessions inside a 15-by-17-inch metal box in the vault of a Bear Creek-area Chase bank. “I thought I could keep them safe if my house […]
CANTON OH Oct 4 2017 A newly released Mercy Medical Center patient is accused of stealing a car that had just been parked outside the hospital’s emergency room. Police said the accused car thief was only gone about a half an hour. He brought the car back, said Lt. John Bosley of the Canton Police Department’s […]
Winnipeg Canada Oct 4 2017 A security guard had a handgun pulled on him after he refused to let a man into a building, Winnipeg police say. The security guard was confronted by a man trying to get into a building on Kennedy Street, near Qu’Appelle Avenue, on Monday. When the man couldn’t get in, he […]
West Des Moines IA Oct 4 2017 Police in West Des Moines, Iowa are looking for a shoplifter who awkwardly shuffled out of a sporting goods store with stolen goods. The man shoved a Ruger Mini-14 .223 caliber rifle down his pants. His jeans appear to have been loose-fit. The police department posted surveillance video of […]
Richmond VA Oct 4 2017 Federal authorities are accusing the co-founder of a tobacco trade association of stealing more than $833,000 from it over a five-year period. Ronald Tully, 57, of Gilbert, Ariz., was charged with mail fraud in a five-page criminal information filed in U.S. District Court in Richmond on Monday. Tully’s lawyer, Thomas […]
Alberta Canada Oct 4 2017 A Grande Prairie man who worked as a contracted security guard at a local high school and other city facilities has been arrested on child pornography charges. The accused, 46, has been charged with possession of child pornography and making child pornography available, RCMP said in a news release on Tuesday. […]