VICTORIA, Texas — A man was arrested after he fired a gun in the college sports and fitness center at Victoria College on Sept. 21.Marcus Washington, 40, began an argument with a college basketball player while in the center and began using vulgar terms,...
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Frat Party Violence Results in Hospitalization, Arrests
KINGSTON, R.I. — Several students and party-goers were arrested and at least one student was taken to the South County Hospital after a fraternity party at the University of Rhode Island turned violent on Thursday.Fights broke out at the Zeta Beta Tau...
Former Professor Pleads Not Guilty of Colleagues’ Murders By Reason of Insanity
HUNTSVILLE, Ala. — Amy Bishop, who has been charged with shooting and killing three colleagues during a faculty meeting at the University of Alabama in Huntsville in Feb. 2010, pleaded not guilty of the slayings by reasons of insanity.During the...
College Cafeteria, Kitchen Shut Down After Electrical Fire
PLAINFIELD, N.J. — The kitchen and cafeteria at Union County College will be closed for an undetermined period of time after a fire gutted part of the annex on Saturday.The fire was described in the police report as probably being electrical in nature, My...
NFL Introduces Enhanced Pat-Downs Following Stun Gun Incident
NEW YORK — The National Football League (NFL) implemented enhanced pat-down security this year, which league officials say isn’t related to the Sept. 11 incident at a New Jersey stadium where a stun gun was sneaked past security.The enhanced portion...
Conn. Hospital Violates Ban on Transport of Dead Bodies
VERNON, Conn. — A Rockville General Hospital administrator violated state law to allow a dead newborn to be transported by security staff to Manchester Memorial Hospital to be with its mother.On Tuesday, police and paramedics responded to a call of a woman...
Patient Walks Into Canal, Drowns
SAFETY HARBOR, Fla. — A patient who walked out of Mease-Countryside Hospital on Sept. 16 was found dead in the Lake Tarpon Outfall Canal five hours after leaving the hospital.Terry Len Burch had left the hospital wearing a hospital gown and red socks, the...
Elderly Man Claims Hospital Security Locked Him Up
TACOMA, Wash. — A 79-year-old man alleges that he was manhandled, dragged into a room and shackled to a bed by security officers at St. Joseph Hospital.Ron Meredith claims he lay in the room unattended for seven hours before cleaning staff discovered him,...
Vancouver Hospital’s Staff Question Unrestricted Visiting Hours
VANCOUVER, BC — The Vancouver Island Health Authority (VIHA) changed visiting hours at its hospitals to allow people to see patients at all hours. Staff members are concerned that the new policies could affect safety and security in the facilities.Mike Old,...
Hospital Selects Inovonics’ Mobile Duress, Location and Mass Notification System
ORLANDO, Fla. — Inovonics announced Monday that Avera Queen of Peace Hospital in Mitchell, S.D., has selected its Radius mobile duress, location and mass notification security solution to enhance overall staff, patient and public safety at the facility.The...
Va. University Moves to Ban Firearms from Campus Buildings
NORFOLK, Va. — Old Dominion University will consider banning firearms from campus buildings after Attorney General Ken Cuccinelli said concealed-weapon permit holders may bring their guns into the buildings.Administrators have drafted a regulation that...
Serial Rapes Linked to U. of Ill. Football Player
URBANA, Ill. — Former Illinois running back Steve Feagin has been arrested and charged with the rapes of three women from 1993 to 1995.By 1995, several women had been stalked and assaulted by a serial rapist on the University of Illinois campus, the Chicago...
