Phoenix, Ariz July 13 2019 Allied Universal®, a leading security and facility services company in North America, has acquired Shetler Security Services, a Phoenix, Ariz.-based company offering security solutions on a national level. Terms of the deal were not disclosed. “The acquisition of Shetler Security Services aligns perfectly with our long-term strategic plan of adding […]
SALINAS CA July 2 2019 The owners of a private security business have been sentenced to three years of probation and have been ordered to pay $10,000 each in criminal penalties for running their business without workers’ compensation insurance, Monterey County District Attorney Jeannine Pacioni announced Friday. Angel Musones, 51, of Salinas, and Navid Homami, […]
Miami Fl June 6 2019 A Miami security company with roots in Caracas owes 23 workers $66,412 in back pay and liquidated damages after it got caught trying to escape paying overtime, according to the Department of Labor. That’s $2,887.48 per worker that will be paid by AWA Security, run in South Florida by Alejandro […]
MILLINGTON, Tenn. May 24 2019 — A warrant has been issued for the owner of a Millington security company after a woman claims he sexually assaulted her while she was working for him. On its website, Lonewolf Security proclaims, “your peace of mind is our concern.” But Caralie Clark says her brief time working there as […]
Baltimore MD May 14 2019 An investigation into the safety of the Baltimore Harbor by a Maryland news station has produced shocking and illegal activities by a contracted private security firm. 7 On Your Side I-Team has discovered National Harbor’s security contractor, Metropolitan Protective Services Incorporated or MPSI, hired Gerald Griffith, a convicted Tier 3 […]
LOS ANGELES, May 13, 2019 The Los Angeles labor law attorneys at Blumenthal Nordrehaug Bhowmik De Blouw LLP, filed a class action lawsuit against California Protection and Investigation Services, Inc., alleging that the company failed to provide mandatory meal and rest breaks to its security guard employees. The California Protection and Investigation Services, Inc., lawsuit, Case […]
CHARLOTTE, N.C. May 1 2019– The State of North Carolina has shut down a security company several months after a security guard opened fire on armed robbers. The security guard fired at least 16 shots, emptying the gun’s magazine, according to sources. No one was shot in the incident that happened in March at the […]
New York NY April 9 2019 The owner of a security company who is facing grand-larceny charges for allegedly overbilling the city for some $100,000 has been hired by the state despite his ongoing criminal case, The Post has learned. Abdullateef Sanni, 49, president of First Alert Security Services in Brooklyn, was arrested in September after […]
Fresno CA December 12 2018 A security firm employee pleaded guilty Monday in a scheme to supply unqualified armed guards to the IRS in Fresno. Scott T. Carlton, 49, of Visalia was an employee of E&A Protective Services, which had a government contract to supply 24-hour-a-day armed security to the IRS campus in Fresno. When […]
ST LOUIS, MO December 2 2018 A Kansas City, Kansas security contractor named Simmons Security & Protection Services, Inc. has agreed to pay $15,000 and furnish other relief to settle an employment discrimination lawsuit. The lawsuit was filed in May of 2018 by the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC), which charged Simmons Security with discrimination […]