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WINDSOR CA SECURITY GUARD

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Windsor CA  Masked men armed with an assault rifle shot an armored car guard outside of a Chase Bank branch in Windsor on Tuesday during a brazen daylight robbery at a busy shopping complex, sparking a massive manhunt that spilled over into Napa County and more gunfire aimed at a police officer in Calistoga, where residents were ordered on lockdown during an hourslong search that spanned the small city.
The stunning outbreak of violence took place shortly before 2 p.m. at the crowded Safeway Lakewood shopping center.
A Loomis guard who had exited the bank with bags of money was shot multiple times by an assailant with an assault rifle that initial reports indicated was an AK-47.
About 30 minutes later, after the two men fled in a vehicle, one of the two suspects was taken into custody after he opened fired on a Calistoga police officer on a residential street in the Napa County community.
The officer, who was not hit by gunfire, rammed the man with his patrol car, according to Napa County Sheriff’s Capt. Keith Behlmer.
The suspect was identified as Serge Gutsu, 24, from Antelope, Calif. The severity of his injuries was not immediately disclosed.
During the encounter, the second robbery suspect bailed out of an Chevy SUV and ran, prompting an intense search across Calistoga that included SWAT teams from Napa and Sonoma counties.
Law enforcement teams fanned out in the city with dogs and two armored vehicles while Henry 1, the Sonoma County sheriff’s helicopter, and the CHP’s helicopter hovered overhead.
The second suspect, Ivan Morales, 23, of Lakeport, was arrested about 7 p.m. after SWAT members found him in a creek bed behind the Rancho de Calistoga mobile home park. The arrest brought relief to Calistoga residents who had been ordered to shelter in place or were prevented from returning to their homes for nearly five hours.
Both men were booked into the Sonoma County Jail, arrested on suspicion of attempted murder, robbery and conspiracy. They were being held without bail.
Authorities recovered two firearms in Calistoga following the confrontation between the police officer and the suspects. They did not provide any additional details about the guns.
Sonoma County sheriff’s officials also did not provide an update on the condition of the wounded guard, who was rushed to Santa Rosa Memorial Hospital.
Sources close to the investigation said he was shot 4-5 times and may be deceased.
The armed robbery, the latest in a string of armored car heists dating back decades in Sonoma County, occurred about 1:50 p.m. at the Safeway shopping center at Brooks and Lakewood roads in Windsor. Witnesses at the center said the sound of gunfire prompted many people to run for cover or throw themselves to the ground. Well after the incident, some were still in disbelief at what occurred.
There have been numerous armored car heists in Sonoma County in the past few decades, typically involving armed, masked men, and sometimes gunfire and death.
Almost $1 million was stolen in August 2011 from Garda Armored Car Services in Santa Rosa. A year later, one of those suspects planned a follow-up heist but was arrested after police were alerted. That man was convicted and given a 32-year prison sentence.
In May 2009, an armed man held a Brink’s guard at gunpoint during a lunchtime robbery outside of a Bank of America in downtown Sebastopol, making off with an undisclosed amount of money.
In April 2008 a gunman disguised as a gardener dropped a lawn trimmer and pulled out a handgun to rob an armored truck guard parked outside of a Bank of America branch at the Montgomery Village Shopping Center in east Santa Rosa. How much was taken wasn’t disclosed but one bag apparently left behind by the robber held about $300,000.
In September 2007, a Loomis armored truck courier was robbed at gunpoint as he delivered a bag of cash to an Exchange Bank branch in west Santa Rosa.
In 1995, an armored truck heist at Sonoma’s Bank of America led to a shootout and the deaths of a guard and a robbery suspect. The guard was killed while taking money from the bank to the truck. The suspect was shot and killed by a second security officer.

Security Shoot-Out Prevents Jewelry Store Robbery

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Security Shoot-Out Prevents Jewelry
Store Robbery 
May 10 2016
POI News Desk
ROWLAND HEIGHTS CA –
Shots were fired by security officers and three heavily armed would-be robbers at around 4:30 pmMonday afternoon.
Police responded to an armed robbery and shooting at the Hing Wa Lee Jewelers at 1569 S. Fairway Drive according to Lt. David Buckner of the Los Angeles County sheriff’s Walnut Station.
Several security officers were injured and a volley of gunshots were fired between the three men and several security officers according to Buckner.
Suspects wearing all black tried to hold up the store when they were confronted by armed security officers and shots began to be fired.
Jeff Jacobs said he was in the underground parking lot below the jewelry store when he saw the trio running up the stairs, firing their guns. “I saw the security guard with a shotgun in his hand,” Jacobs said. “I hear a very loud boom, like a noise I’ve never heard before.”
Two other armed security officers were stationed outside the store and they returned fire at the men as they tried to flee. Police say that the security officers prevented the armed men from entering the store and that there was a substantial shoot-out in doing so.
Owner, David Lee, said a gunbattle outside the store scared the would-be robbers off. “I think the object was to take the guards out but they didn’t get close. The security guards were saying they heard the bullets flying close to their head.”
Five customers were in the store at the time. Fortunately, no one was hurt.
One of the security officers, who did not want to be identified, hurt his knee when he jumped a flight of steps while chasing the suspects who took off running and another security officer fell through a second story window injuring himself.
The jewelry store owner turned over to police a security video in which the men were seen removing their masks as they ran toward their getaway vehicle which was said to be a white 2000 Chevy Impala

San Bernardino Security Guard disarmed

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March 29 2016
POI News Desk Staff

SAN BERNARDINO CA A security officer at a San Bernardino marijuana dispensary was woundedMonday in a strong-arm robbery.
Around 10 a.m., a security officer had pulled up to the dispensary in the 1200 block of West Highland Avenue and was bringing some marijuana to the location when two masked men rushed him and forced him inside, said Lt. Rich Lawhead.
Once inside, the men reportedly struck the security officer in the head, took his firearm and fired one round. No one was hit by gunfire, Lawhead said.
The duo then ran off with the firearm and an undisclosed amount of marijuana, police said.
A witness said two men fled from the dispensary with a box in hand and ran about half a block to an awaiting vehicle.
The security officer appeared to be coherent and was interacting with paramedics as he was loaded into an ambulance.
Authorities did not have a description of the men nor of the fleeing vehicle.

Sacramento Security Guard Killed

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SACRAMENTO, Calif. A war veteran and security officer lost his life at the hands of a drunk driver earlyThursday during a two car traffic collision.
Brett Jones, 25, was also a Marine reservist, died Thursday morning when the black sedan he was riding in crashed on Highway 50 in Sacramento.
Officers arrested driver Alexandra Jiminez, 22, on charges of gross vehicular manslaughter while intoxicated.
Jones was remembered fondly by co-workers and friends.
At Sacramento’s Glenbrook Park, Jones’s fellow Marine brothers, fraternity brothers and his younger brother talked about the man they said was humble, respectful and courteous — someone who was always happy and is sorely missed.
“I know he had many brothers, whether you’re blood or not, you’re still his brother, thanks for coming out, that’s about all I can stomach right now,” his brother Marcus Jones said.
Jones attended Sacramento State and worked as a security guard at Harlow’s in midtown Sacramento.
“He was just so full of life, he was very happy all the time, positive, positive, positive,” his boss Robert Alvis said. “Didn’t matter what was going on at work or home or what, he was just always this positive influence.”

Violent attack on San Diego Security Guard

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SAN DIEGO – A security guard working to keep passengers on an MTS bus safe became the victim of a violent assault in downtown San Diego.

It happened when he tried to get an “unruly” woman to step off the bus that pulled to the curb at 5th and Beech.
Several transit officers are heard telling the woman to get off the bus. When she refused, one of the security personnel used pepper spray on her.

It backfired.

The woman, now identified as 42-year old Pamela Gantt, rushed toward the officer, hitting him with her cane. As he fell to the ground, she is seen in video obtained by Team 10, smacking the officer in the head.

“Blood flowed everywhere. It was crazy,” said attorney Kerry Armstrong who recorded the altercation from his second floor office.

Several passers-by stopped to help the officer, who had a six inch gash in his head. He was transported to a local hospital, but a doctor who helped stop the bleeding said he believed the officer would have a full recovery.

An MTS spokesman told Team 10 the officer is an employee of Universal Protection Services. It’s believed Universal Protection Services is one of the safety agencies that provides security on MTS buses and trolleys.

Gantt is being held at the Las Colinas Jail on two counts of assault with a deadly weapon. Bail is set at $60,000.

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Security Guard fatally shoots his attacker

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January 10 2016
POI News Desk Staff

Sacramento CA Police say a security officer shot and killed a suspected trespasserSaturday afternoon.
The security officer was called to investigate a possible trespasser loitering near the 500 block of Bercut Drive.
According to the Sacramento Police Department, when the security guard arrived in area he spotted the person believed to be the trespasser.
The security officer confronted the suspect, but the man then pulled out what police report was a large branch and started to attack. Police say the security guard pulled out his Taser, but before he could fire it the attacker knocked it out of his hands.
With the suspect continuing to attack him with the branch, the security guard then pulled out his gun and fired several rounds.
When police arrived at the scene, the suspect was unresponsive. Medics soon pronounced him dead at the scene.
Police say the security officer suffered significant injuries to his arm and had to be transported to the hospital.
The suspect’s identity has not been released. Police say that their investigation is continuing.
Note: This is the third fatal security officer involved shooting this week-end.

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Securitas Security Officer Killed in Oakland Crash privateofficerdotcom

Posted on October 13, 2015

Oakland CA Oct 13 2015 A security contractor with Union Pacific Railroad was killed in a crash near the Port of Oakland on Sunday morning, a Union Pacific spokesman said.
Securitas Security Services employee Harvey Jackson, 67, lost control of his company-issued pickup truck and crashed at 6:29 a.m. as he was patrolling an intermodal yard in the 1400 block of Middle Harbor Road, where cargo from port ships is loaded onto freight trains, Union Pacific spokesman Francisco Castillo said.

The Toyota Tacoma slammed into a row of parked chassis underframes — empty frames used to mount cargo containers for street or rail travel, Castillo said.
Jackson was pronounced dead a short time later.
Union Pacific police and the Oakland police are investigating why Jackson lost control of the truck.
No one else was injured in the accident.

Drunk man arrested in security guard stabbing

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Drunk man arrested in security guard stabbing

By Lyndsay Winkley | 5:12 p.m. Oct. 12, 2015

MISSION VALLEY — A man who was removed from a Mission Valley restaurant for being drunk Sunday night was arrested soon after on suspicion of stabbing the security guard who removed him, police said.

The guard escorted the 31-year-old man out of Dave and Buster’s on Camino Del Rio North about 9:30 p.m. Once outside, the two got into a fight, said San Diego police Officer Dino Delimitros. The drunk man pulled out a knife and sliced the security guard’s arm.

The victim was taken to a hospital with a deep laceration to his forearm.

The assailant was secured until police arrived and arrested him in the stabbing, Delimitros said.

Mall security guard arrested in series of bomb hoaxes

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Mall security guard arrested in series of bomb hoaxes

CARLSBAD, Calif. — A 21-year-old man was arrested Wednesday for allegedly orchestrating bogus bomb emergencies at his home and at two San Diego-area malls where he worked as a security guard.

Abraham Nava of Vista is suspected of making five bogus reports since 2012, according to police in Carlsbad, where the most recent in the series of false alarms occurred last month.

On Sept. 12, Nava reported finding a black plastic pipe with wires protruding from it in a public restroom at Westfield Carlsbad on El Camino Real, prompting a several-hour evacuation of the shopping center while a bomb squad investigated and destroyed the mock pipe bomb, Lt. Chris Boyd said.

During the emergency, Nava allegedly told officers he had found a similar device while working security at Horton Plaza in San Diego several months earlier.

Investigators subsequently learned that the suspect also had reported finding graffiti at the Gaslamp District shopping center indicating the presence of bombs or the possibility of a shooting there, the lieutenant said.

Additionally, detectives determined that the suspect has made three reports in as many years about finding suspicious devices outside the apartment complex where he lives, according to Boyd. And six days after the bomb scare at the Carlsbad mall, Nava allegedly reported finding graffiti on the walls of a hallway there, stating that a shooting would occur that day.

None of the threats turned out to be valid, according to police.

At the end of a lengthy interview at Carlsbad police headquarters Wednesday, the suspect complained of chest pain. Medics took him to a hospital for an evaluation, after which he was expected to be booked into county jail on various charges, including making criminal threats.

Security Guard Stabbed at Private Oceanside Park- San Diego

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Security Guard Stabbed at Private Oceanside Park
By Andie Adams and Omari Fleming
A security guard was stabbed in an altercation at a private community park in Oceanside.
A security guard was stabbed in an altercation at a private community park Friday, according to Oceanside police.
The guard, who works in a senior living facility, told officers she had contacted an man who was hanging out in the community’s private park behind a maintenance shed.
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A fight began between them, and the suspect stabbed the guard with a knife and took off, officials say.
Ruth Cowie lives nearby and heard the “blood curdling screams.”

“She was screaming, ‘Help me! Help me! I’ve been stabbed!'” Cowie said. “I just kept hearing it. So I opened the garage walked to park, couldn’t see her. She was in a hidden area.”
When she finally saw the guard, she immediately dialed 911.

“The end of the blade was just stuck right in her belly,” said Cowie’s husband Gordon. “It was awful. Just awful.”
Officers searched the area around Sundown Lane and Lake Boulevard with a tracking K-9 and the sheriff’s department helicopter.

However, they were not able to find the suspect.
The security guard was taken to the hospital for nonlife-threatening injuries, and she is in stable condition, according to Oceanside police.