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FEBRUARY 29 2012

SANTA CRUZ CA Feb 29 2012 - A 21-year-old Morgan Hill man was arrested on suspicion of sexual battery following reports of a disturbance early Saturday morning at the Santa Cruz Metro Center.

Officers were dispatched to the Pacific Avenue station around 1:30 a.m., police spokesman Zach Friend said. When they arrived, a Metro security guard was detaining a sexual assault suspect. The guard told police he heard a woman scream “no,” and he went to investigate. The guard said he interrupted the suspect, Kivet Mendoza, who was holding the woman against the building as he attempted to touch her inappropriately while she told him to stop.

When the security guard intervened, Mendoza allegedly refused to obey the guard’s commands and threatened to stab him, Friend said. Mendoza then reached into his front pocket and advanced on the security officer. The two struggled on the ground for a short while before the guard was able to secure Mendoza in handcuffs as Santa Cruz police officers arrived. Police found a folding knife in Mendoza’s pocket.

According to police, the victim had met Mendoza at a party and the two agreed to go to her home. They were waiting to catch a bus there when Mendoza allegedly began to force himself on the woman to her objection, Friend said.

Mendoza was arrested and booked into County Jail on suspicion of multiple charges, including sexual battery, criminal threats and assault with a deadly weapon.

FEBRUARY 28 2012

ORANGE COUNTY, Fla.

A security guard was shot in the back early Saturday after a gunman fired shots from a car outside the Oasis Club. Orange County sheriff’s deputies said the shooting happened around 1:45am. The night club is located at East Colonial and Wilmar.

A sheriff’s spokesman said a car pulled in front of the club and a man hanging out the window fired a shot at the guard. The victim, identified as 21-year-old Frederick Morgan, was hit in the back.

Morgan was transported to Orlando Regional Medical Center, where he was listed in critical condition.

The suspects sped off in the car, but were tracked by deputies to a home on Indialantic Avenue. Deputies arrested the driver right away, but the suspected shooter jumped out of the car and took off on foot.

The driver of the car was identified as 20-year-old Desiral Rodler. He is charged with being an accessory to the shooting.

SECURITY OFFICER STABBED BY SHOPLIFTER

PHILADELPHIA PA

A security officer was stabbed as he tried to stop a teen from shoplifting at

a gas station.

Police said that the guard grabbed a hold of the teen as he tried walking out of the store with a beer stuck down his pants.

The security officer is in good condition and police are still searching for the teenager.

SECURITY OFFICER ATTACKED AT HOMELESS SHELTER

BERGEN COUNTY NJ Two Bergen County Police officers snagged a violent homeless gang member moments after he beat a security guard at a Hackensack shelter, authorities said this morning.

Kimani Porter, 20, had been unruly most of the night and was finally asked to leave, officials at the The Bergen County Housing, Health, and Human Services Center said.

Police sources say Porter has ties to the Bloods street gang. Records show a string of violent crimes that include assaulting a police officer, resisting arrest and robbery. He’s been on probation since May.

Security Officer Michael Shaffer was escorting him out of the South River Street shelter Friday night when Porter began hitting him in the face and head, knocking him down, Bergen County Police Chief Brian Higgins said.

Porter then began kicking Shaffer, who hit his head against a wall, the chief said.

A judge ordered Porter held on $25,000 bail, charged with aggravated assault. Meanwhile, authorities were checking out his resident status.

Shaffer was treated at Hackensack University Medical Center for injuries to his head, face and ribs before being discharged.

FRESNO MALL SECURITY OFFICER STABBED

FRESNO CA A security officer was stabbed at the Manchester Mall in central Fresno just before 6:30 p.m. today, Fresno Police said.

The guard was attempting to apprehend a shoplifter when he was stabbed in the shoulder, Lt. Phil Cooley said.

The security officer is listed in stable condition right now.

The suspect ran out of the mall and was seen running with a juvenile, Cooley said.

No further details were immediately available.

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FEBRUARY 24 2012

PLEASANT HILL CA  – An attempt by a group of women to shoplift items from a store at the Sunvalley Mall resulted in gunfire and the arrest of four suspects, police said.

Concord police responded to the JCPenney parking lot about 5:45 p.m. after members of the store’s security team tried to detain the four women after noticing the shoplifting attempt, Corp. David Dunkley said in a news release.

But the women fought back, assaulting two of the agents and pulling out a gun and firing several shots at the security agents, Dunkley said. The loss prevention officers escaped and was not by the gunfire, but the commotion helped the four suspects escape, two of them fleeing through the parking lot on foot and the other two in a vehicle.

Police located the fleeing vehicle and ordered the suspects out of at gunpoint and arrested the women after finding evidence inside that linked them to the JCPenney robbery, Dunkley said.

The names and ages of the suspects were not immediately available late Thursday, but police said all were adults.

All four women were arrested on suspicion of robbery, assault with a deadly weapon, battery, brandishing a firearm, possession of a loaded and concealed firearm, possession of stolen property and threatening a victim/witness to a crime, Dunkley said. They were to be taken to County Jail in Martinez.

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VA. WALMART DISTRIBUTION CENTER SHOOTING LEAVES 1 DEAD

DINWIDDIE, VA -  An employee at the Wal-Mart distribution center in Dinwiddie just south of Richmond shot his manager, then shot and killed himself Wednesday afternoon, according to the Dinwiddie County Sheriffs Office.

The shooter was a 32-year-old Petersburg man who had worked in the shipping department for 9 years. He was working on the day-shift and had just returned from his lunch break when he opened-fire, according to the Sheriff’s office. He shot his manager one time in the leg. He also fired two shots at deputies responding to the shooting before turning the gun on himself. The manager’s injuries are described as non-life-threatening.

Authorities say the manager had worked at the facility for 18 years. Authorities say she’s a 40-year-old Petersburg woman, but are withholding her and the gunman’s names until their families are notified. Sheriffs say they don’t have any indication that there was any dispute between the two.

The shooting took place around Noon Wednesday at the 1.1 million square foot facility off Route 460 in Dinwiddie. Sutherland Elementary School, located nearby, was placed on lockdown during the investigation. The lockdown was lifted around 1:45 p.m.

BURGLAR SHOOTS SECURITY OFFICER

CHICAGO IL. A security officer is fighting for his life after being shot. Police say that it appears that the security guard may have interrupted a burglary at a warehouse just after 2 am.

Police say that they are checking for security camera footage and canvassing the area for leads.

The security officer is listed in critical condition at this time.

LOWES SECURITY AGENT STABBED BY SHOPLIFTER

WARNER ROBINS GA Two men face aggravated assault and felony shoplifting charges after allegedly stabbing a Lowes’ security guard in the chest.

Warner Robins police spokeswoman Tabitha Pugh says 58-year-old Alfred Thomas and 62-year-old Robert Broady, both of Macon, were arrested Friday.

According to police, security guards saw the men shoplifting from the Lowes on Watson Boulevard. When officers tried to stop them, Pugh says, one of them stabbed an officer in the chest.

She says the officer’s injuries were serious but not life threatening.

Thomas and Broady are being held in the Houston County jail without bond. Both are charged with aggravated assault and felony shoplifting. Pugh says more charges are pending.

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