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CCTV images of Edinburgh shop attack pair released

2012-02-13T06:41:00.006Z

Leicester security guard robbery and van driver attack

2012-02-07T06:10:00.002Z

A security guard has been robbed and a van driver attacked by a gang in Leicester.

At about 09:22 GMT in Queens Road, a man grabbed a cash box from the guard and fled in a dark blue Audi.

Shortly afterwards in Gartree Road, a white Mercedes van was stopped by the occupants of the Audi. The van driver was assaulted and his vehicle taken.

Neither victim was badly injured and police have appealed for any witnesses to come forward.

Det Con Kristine Howe said: "This was an extremely distressing incident for the victim and members of the public who were around the area at the time.

"We would appeal to anyone who saw any part of the incident either in Queens Road or Gartree Road to contact us. We would also urge anyone who has seen the white van since 9.30am this morning either being parked or driven to contact us immediately."

The van's registration number is SO53 OOB.

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Armed men rob cash delivery van on Anderstonstown Road

2012-01-30T10:03:00.003Z

Armed robbery on Farnborough Santander bank delivery

2012-01-23T10:11:00.002Z

Robbers hit Leicester security guard with baseball bat

2012-01-10T19:22:00.003Z

Security guard threatened in Benton Asda van robbery

2011-12-28T10:35:00.005Z

Man's jaw broken in Edinburgh store attack

2011-12-19T17:19:00.003Z

Third guilty of robbing security guard in Machynlleth

2011-12-09T11:38:00.001Z

Merseyside Police to escort cash vans by air

2011-11-28T10:54:00.003Z

College course in Fleetwood to thwart pirates

2011-11-20T06:12:00.004Z

No ship with armed guards has ever been captured”
John Matthews, Head of Fleetwod Nautical Campus

"When some skippers see pirates are coming they stop the engine - that is just about the worst thing you can do."

For Tony Dumbell, head of Maritime Operations at Fleetwood Nautical Campus, dealing with pirates is a matter of common sense, as he speaks from a virtual ship's bridge in a classroom off the Lancashire coast.

The Gulf of Aden may be a world away from the Irish Sea but this college is leading the way in preparing mariners on how to deal with pirates.

It also helps sea marshals - armed security guards based on ships - tackle the basics of managing the potentially-lethal situation.

The college, where Prince William learned how to escape from a submerged helicopter, is offering modules on dealing with piracy as part of its courses for merchant navy officer cadets.

Campus head John Matthews said the college decided to offer the courses after a former student told them about an attempted piracy attack 18 months ago.

The ship eventually repelled the attempted boarders by hurling large chunks of wood at the approaching launch.

Although students don body armour and are taught how to avoid rocket propelled grenades, much of the training offered is based on the less heroic world of protocols, procedure and risk management.

"We're not looking for Rambos," said Mr Matthews.

Sea marshals on the course are ex-servicemen drawn from security firms who have weeded out any unsuitable applicants.

It is already taken for granted they know how to handle weapons and operate in combat situations.

Students learn how to deal with emergencies using a simulated ship's bridge which can replicate any conditions at sea from storms to gunmen landing on deck. The computer generated images which can be seen on the screen are so realistic that some people even report feeling slightly seasick as they view the swell of the waves.

Ships' officers learn how to carry out risk assessments for each voyage - this will usually determine the number of marshals to keep aboard.

Once at sea, ships operate a six-mile exclusion zone - any craft encroaching into this area will force the marshal to decide whether to fire warning flares.

His next step might be to issue the crew with body armour and his last move might be to collect live ammunition from a locked cupboard.

Panic room
By this time the naval coalition patrolling the gulf will have been contacted and non-essential crew moved to the ship's citadel - a maritime panic room in the bowels of the vessel.

Normally warning shots are enough to deter pirates but if a pirate craft keeps heading to the vessel, eventually the crew will be ordered into the citadel. This is the time to cut the engines and sit tight until helicopters or ships from the naval coalition arrive.

Eleven vessels with 149 hostages are currently being held by pirates, who are mostly Somalis.

The UK Chamber of Shipping recently said the longer term solution lies with action by the international community but in the short term, measures such as sea marshals will certainly help, or as Mr Matthews put it: "No ship with armed guards has ever been captured."

And there is one basic message for all mariners, "We always tell them to look behind you - that's where the pirates are coming from," he said.

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Does anybody regulate private investigators?

2011-11-12T09:10:00.004Z

A lawyer who represents phone-hacking victims is to sue News International for damages after it was revealed the News of the World hired private investigators to spy on him and another lawyer. But who regulates private investigators?

Under the Private Security Industry Act 2001, provision was made for private investigators to be licensed.

The Act set up the Security Industry Authority which prioritised the licensing of bouncers and wheel clampers.

There are now 367,000 people in the UK with valid SIA licences to work in the security industry.

But the SIA did not get round to private detectives and last year the government announced it was scrapping the organisation and replacing it with a "phased transition to a new regulatory regime".

Legislation is expected late next year and the new body, which will probably retain the SIA name, will be independent of state control.

It will be up to the new body, which may not come into force until 2013 or 2014, to decide on its priorities and whether it has the manpower to embark on licensing private investigators.

There are a number of professional organisations which represent the industry.

One of them is the Institute of Professional Investigators (IPI) and its secretary general, Dave Pryke, said they would like a licensing scheme to be introduced immediately.

'Professionalism'

He said of the News of the World revelations: "Certain journalists have been invading people's privacy to an outlandish extent. Licensing would make it clearer for the investigator what he can and cannot do.

"A licensing structure would help the professionalism of the industry because without licensing anybody can do anything."

Mr Pryke said there were between 20,000 and 50,000 people working as private investigators in the UK.

But he said many of them were "cowboys" and estimated that if regulation was introduced only around 2,000 people would be cleared to get a licence.

Mr Pryke said private detectives' work varies but includes divorce and personal work, as well as insurance fraud, tax investigation and corporate investigations.

The IPI offers training courses which warn investigators of the legal pitfalls.

Suspension risk

One of the biggest obstacles is the Regulation of Investigatory Powers Act 2000 which made it illegal to tap phones, intercept e-mails or otherwise invade someone's privacy.

Mr Pryke said: "We would like to believe that our members are whiter than white and if any of them sail too close to the wind we'd learn about it, and if they went too far we would suspend them."

Other trade associations include the Association of British Investigators, the World Association of Professional Investigators and the World Association of Detectives.

A Home Office spokesman said: "We are currently considering whether to regulate private investigators.

"A new independent regulatory scheme will replace the Security Industry Authority, and that would cover any such regulation. In the meantime private investigators are subject to the law on intercepting communications like everyone else."

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Police marksman describes Hampshire bank robbery shooting

2011-11-04T10:44:00.002Z

A firearms officer who shot and killed an armed suspect during a bank robbery in Hampshire has described the moment he pulled the trigger.

Mark Nunes and Andrew Markland were shot by police during a security van raid in Chandlers Ford in 2007.

The Metropolitan Police rifleman told an inquest in Winchester he shot Nunes when he saw him aim a pistol at a security guard's head.

A second rifleman shot Markland when he ran towards Nunes' body.

The first rifleman, whose name has not been disclosed, said he was watching from near the HSBC Bank where police had been expecting the raid.

'Squeezed the trigger'
Describing the moment the cash van pulled up, he said: "My heart was racing. I felt like I'd just run a hundred metres. My heart was pounding.

"There was one bank robber at the bus stop, there was one in the car. I was scared.

Nunes died after being shot in the chest, while Markland was shot twice in the chest
"Members of the public were walking past. I knew that when the cash van door opened there would be some overt aggressive act towards the guard.

"Mark Nunes moved quickly with his pistol raised and put the gun to the guard's head. I believed the guard was to be shot - that there was a threat to life.

"Mark Nunes was in front of the guard. I could not shoot because the round might have hit the guard.

"I waited a few moments. Mark Nunes moved to the left. He was still a threat. He still had the gun to the guard's head. So I squeezed the trigger and fired one shot."

He said Nunes fell down and he then saw Markland run over to Nunes and crouch down. He then heard a shot fired by a second rifleman and Markland fell.

Lack of evidence
He told the inquest he then heard one more round fire by the second rifleman.

The second rifleman is due to give evidence later today.

Previously the court heard that Nunes, 35, and Markland, 36, both from London, were shot as they held up a G4S van at a branch of HSBC in December 2007.

Officers were lying in wait for the pair but had not arrested them earlier because of a lack of evidence.

The jury was shown police footage of Nunes being shot as he pointed a gun at the head of a security guard.

Central Hampshire coroner Grahame Short told jurors Markland then appeared to pick up the gun before being shot by another marksman.

Post-mortem examinations found Nunes died from a high-velocity gunshot wound to the chest which exited through the neck and Markland died from two separate high-velocity gunshot wounds to the chest.

The inquest continues.

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Armed robbers target Newcastle cash machine

2011-10-25T06:41:00.002+01:00

Royal Blackburn Hospital security guard attacked

2011-10-15T15:23:00.000+01:00

Jury sees footage of Mark Nunes and Andrew Markland shootings

2011-10-07T10:49:00.003+01:00

Footage of the moment two robbers were shot dead by police marksmen has been shown to an inquest jury.

Mark Nunes, 35, and Andrew Markland, 36, both from London, were shot as they held up a G4S van in Hampshire in 2007.

The inquest at Winchester Coroner's Court was shown police footage of Nunes being shot as he pointed a gun at the head of a security guard.

The coroner told jurors Markland then "appeared" to pick up the gun before being shot by another marksman.

Nunes and Markland were shot outside the HSBC bank in Chandler's Ford in September 2007.

Series of robberies

The families of the dead men wept as the police surveillance footage was shown at the hearing.

The Metropolitan Police had been at several locations in Hampshire after intelligence told them a gang would rob a van in the county.

Officers had been investigating a series of armed and unarmed robberies in London and the Home Counties.

An operation codenamed 'Hurlock' had identified Nunes as a suspect.

The covert surveillance footage shows Nunes get out of a Volvo estate car and walk towards the van as it made the delivery.

He was filmed pointing a handgun at the head of the guard before being shot dead by a police marksman, hidden at an observation post, opposite the bank.

Markland, who was waiting at a bus stop over the road, was seen to run over to the guard and Nunes.

Central Hampshire coroner Grahame Short told the jury that it would look at the "operational and tactical decisions that preceded those events" to consider how the men died.

Post-mortem examinations found Nunes died from a high-velocity gunshot wound to the chest which exited through the neck and Markland died from two separate high-velocity gunshot wounds to the chest.

The inquest is expected to take six weeks.

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Blaenau Gwent council in private litter warden trial

2011-09-28T09:08:00.003+01:00

A council is to use a private security firm to issue fines to people dropping litter or not cleaning up after pets.

Blaenau Gwent will use wardens employed by XFOR, which already works with four English local authorities, to issue £75 fines for a trial six-month period.

The wardens will wear body cameras to record encounters with people for health and safety and evidence reasons.

Both XFOR and the council will receive an income, with the council employing two dog mess wardens with its share.

The council said it received hundreds of complaints about street cleanliness.

XFOR currently works with local authorities in Enfield, Broxbourne, Hertfordshire and Maidstone and can issue up to 200 fixed penalty notices a month in the area it operates.

Under the Blaenau Gwent scheme its wardens, along with management and support staff, will be based in council premises at Abertillery, with workers recruited from the local area.

Households in Blaenau Gwent will receive a letter in the next few weeks.

The council said it had already taken steps to tackle the problem.

These include issuing fines via its own enforcement officers, increasing patrols and surveillance in highlighted areas, sending out letters and putting up more than 300 dog bins around the county borough.

There are also plans for a further 250 bins over the next five years.

But the council's John Hopkins said more needed to be done.

'Zero tolerance'

"Our enforcement officers are employed to carry out a number of different roles and so are unable to completely dedicate their time solely to fixed penalty notices," he explained.

"By working with XFOR we can adopt a cost neutral, high profile, zero tolerance approach to catching the people responsible for dropping litter and letting their dogs foul and sends out a strong message that this type of behaviour is just not acceptable."

XFOR's Michael Fisher said: "Littering is an expensive problem for local authorities. The money spent on street cleaning could be redirected to other schemes in the borough.

"We have developed a scheme - which is already in place with a number of local authorities - providing enforcement officers who patrol the streets issuing fixed penalty notices to offenders."

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Security guard robbery in Bothwell

2011-09-20T10:11:00.007+01:00

T-shirt clue in Eastwood Tesco shooting inquiry

2011-09-13T09:41:00.004+01:00

Police investigating the shooting of a security guard have released details of a T-shirt and sports bags which may have been used by the offenders.

The guard was shot in the leg during an armed robbery attempt outside the Tesco Express store in Nottingham Road, Eastwood, Nottinghamshire, on 22 July.

The items were recovered from a stolen car believed to have been used by the offenders

The guard was filling a cash machine at the store when the attack happened.

The items include a black French Connection T-shirt with the slogan 'lucky fcuk' printed on the front, and two drawstring sports bags.

They were recovered from a stolen black Audi Quattro S3, which was found at Kingsway Gardens in Hucknall shortly after the incident.

Police said one of the sports bags is black and grey, and has the Nike name and logo printed on it in white. The other is black and has no logo, but has a 'B Magazine' label stitched along one side.

Security firm G4S and Tesco have offered a reward of up to £10,000 for the arrest and conviction of those involved.

Police are looking for three black men in connection with the incident.

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Armed robbers target Cobham cash machine

2011-09-02T08:39:00.003+01:00

Gang hunted after £250k Warrington vodka raid

2010-08-30T13:16:00.005+01:00

The security guard was left shaken by his ordeal

Detectives are continuing to hunt an armed gang who stole five lorry loads of vodka from a Warrington warehouse.

Masked men carrying knives attacked a security guard at an industrial estate on Clayton Road, Birchwood, in the early hours of Saturday.

The supermarket and branded vodka - worth an estimated £250,000 - was then driven away in stolen curtain-sided heavy goods vehicles.

Police are urging anyone offered cut-price spirits to contact them.

The vodka was in one litre and 1.5 litre bottles and was branded for a number of supermarkets.

Stolen vodka brands

Sainsbury's
Waitrose
Tesco
Co-operative
Royal Czar
Imperial
Moskova

Det Insp Matt Durcan, of Cheshire Constabulary, said: "We believe we can trace it and identify it as being stolen items so we're unsure as to how they will market it and sell it.

"It may be broken down into small items and sold in pubs and clubs across the North West or through other outlets."

The security guard was taken to hospital and left badly shaken by his ordeal but was not badly injured.

Officers have also appealed for information about anyone acting suspiciously in the Melbury Park area of Birchwood in the day leading up to the robbery.

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Arrests after cash guard robbery in Padiham

2010-08-16T02:56:00.001+01:00

Five figure sum stolen from service station

2010-08-07T20:37:00.001+01:00

Police are appealing for witnesses to the robbery

Three people are being hunted by police following an armed robbery at a service station where a five figure sum of money was stolen.

Police said two security guards received minor injuries during an incident at about 1300 BST at the Bowhouse Service Station near Falkirk.

Two men, who had their faces covered, were described as about 5ft 5in and 5ft 7in tall with English accents.

It is believed they were driven away in a silver Audi by a third person.

A spokesman for Central Scotland Police urged anyone with information to contact them.

Det Insp Ronnie Isles said: "The two security guards were not seriously hurt but have been left shaken."

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Man in court over 1985 Cromford armed raid

2010-08-07T20:29:00.002+01:00

A man has appeared in court in connection with an armed robbery at a Derbyshire bank 25 years ago.

Three men raided the former Lloyds Bank in Cromford in 1985. A security guard was hit in the face with a shotgun.

Alan Murray, 58, from, Pilmoor, near York, is charged with causing grievous bodily harm with intent, robbery and possessing an imitation gun.

He appeared before Chesterfield magistrates and was bailed to appear at Derby Crown Court on 29 October.

The guard was treated in hospital for facial injuries.

The offenders made off with more than £7,000.

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Security guards threatened at gunpoint in Cheadle

2010-07-31T21:53:00.001+01:00

Teenager charged after Highfields bank robbery

2010-07-18T00:18:00.003+01:00

A teenager has been charged in connection with a robbery at a Leicester branch of Barclays Bank.

A security guard had entered the premises in Wood Hill, Highfields, just after 1035 BST on 27 April when a bag containing money was grabbed from him.

Leicestershire Police said the 18-year-old was arrested in the West Midlands where he was being held in custody for another unrelated offence.

He remains in custody and will appear in court at a date yet to be fixed.

There were no reports of anyone being hurt during the raid.

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Two arrested over Calow cash van robbery

2010-07-08T22:53:00.001+01:00

Guard injured in armed robbery bid at Lanarkshire shop

2010-06-14T18:03:00.005+01:00

A security guard is recovering in hospital after a struggle with armed raiders at a convenience store in Lanarkshire.

Three masked men threatened two guards with a knife at the Spar in Mansfield Road, Bellshill, at about 0715 BST.

They attempted to grab their cash box but the guards fought back and one was struck on the head with the weapon.

Police described the attack as "particularly violent".

The men, who work for G4 Security, were approached by the suspects as they guards carried out cash-in-transit duties.

Police said they believed the raiders fled empty-handed in an Audi A4.

Both security guards were taken to Monklands Hospital in Airdrie.

The 51-year-old guard who was struck over the head is in a stable condition, and the other man, aged 52, was uninjured. He is recovering at home.

Det Con Mark Cummings, from Bellshill CID, said: "This was a terrifying ordeal for the security guards to suffer, and a particularly violent attack on
both men.

"The injured man has a nasty head injury, and is naturally in a lot of pain and indeed shock at what has happened. Thankfully he wasn't more seriously
injured."

He added: "From inquiries made so far, it is believed that the suspects made their escape in a dark, possibly black, Audi A4.

"They were seen to exit and enter this car before and after the robbery. However, it isn't known in which direction they drove off afterwards.

"I would appeal to anyone who witnessed this vehicle in or around the area of the Spar in Mansfield Road between 0630 and 0715 hours this morning to contact us."

All three suspects were wearing dark clothing and balaclavas. They were thought to be between the ages of 20 and 25.

Police said the guard suffered a 'nasty' head injury

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Trespassers attack guards at Godstone Reservoir

2010-06-07T20:33:00.000+01:00

Families breaking into a disused reservoir to go swimming are endangering themselves and the lives of their children, its owners have warned.

Bolt cutters have been used to get in and police have been called after reports of assaults on security guards.

Sutton and East Surrey Water, which owns Godstone Reservoir, said the reservoir, a former quarry, was too dangerous for swimming.

It said the water was deep and cold and contained submerged trees.

Fencing smashed

Peter Stephenson, technical support manager, said they had consulted police and the Health and Safety Executive some time ago about dangers at the site and how to improve security.

Earlier this year, the fencing was substantially reinforced and a security firm also carries out daily patrols.

Mr Stephenson said, despite the increased measures, people were still breaking in and trespassing at the site, which has high security fencing and signs warning people about the dangers of entering the water.

Trespassers had used heavy objects such as tree trunks to smash the fencing down, he added.

"This is irresponsible and dangerous behaviour and it beggars belief that parents are trespassing and taking young children onto the site," he said.

Police have been called to incidents where security guards have been assaulted.

The company is now exploring the possibility of leasing the reservoir to a fishing club, in the hope that an increased presence will boost security and surveillance on the site.

Because of this plan and for safety reasons, a contractor has been hired to remove the submerged trees, Mr Stephenson said.

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Graff guard 'feared for his life' in London robbery

2010-06-05T19:23:00.003+01:00

A security guard feared for his life when an armed jewellery thief he was chasing opened fire, Woolwich Crown Court has heard.

Eitan Azulay, guard at Graff's jewellers in Mayfair, central London, said he thought "this is it" as one raider started shooting as he fled.

Aman Kassaye, 24, and Craig Calderwood, 27, are accused of entering Graff's and stealing gems at gunpoint.

A total of nine people deny conspiring to rob the store on 6 August 2009.

Mr Azulay, one of four men employed to protect the jewellers, told the court: "I was scared to death. I couldn't sleep for a month."

The security guard also hit out at suggestions that the raid, in which £40m of jewellery was taken, was an "inside job".

Under cross examination he said the claims were "ridiculous".

'Something stinks'

Mr Azulay, who was working on the door to the jewellers on the day of the raid, said he was immediately suspicious of the men who turned out to be the armed robbers.

I decided that if I was able to tackle them, or at least grab the woman and take her away from them at the price of getting wounded but not killed, it might be worth it

Eitan Azulay
"I felt something was wrong. The first thing that drew my attention was I felt they slightly had make-up on their faces," he told the court.

After the two men walked into the shop, the security guard said he turned and to his colleague outside and said: "Something stinks here, something is wrong."

The security man stayed outside the front of the shop while the armed robbery took place and next saw the armed men as they emerged from the building with a shop assistant.

He told the court that he decided to chase them to the getaway car.

"I decided that if I was able to tackle them, or at least grab the woman and take her away from them at the price of getting wounded but not killed, it might be worth it," he told the court.

But as he ran towards the two men, the one holding the shop assistant let her go, he said.

Puff of smoke

As one of the armed robbers got into the car, he turned towards Mr Azulay and fired.

"I thought, this is it"," he said.

Video footage of Mr Azulay running towards the car was shown to the jury.

A puff of smoke is seen as a gunshot is heard, prompting shoppers to run.

The nine defendants, who all deny conspiracy to rob, are:

Aman Kassaye, 24, of no fixed address

Craig Calderwood, 27, of no fixed address

Solomun Beyene, 25, of Lilestone Street, Marylebone, north-west London

Clinton Jamal Mogg, 42, of Westby Road, Bournemouth, Dorset

Courtney Lawrence, 31, of Ladbroke Grove, west London

Gregory Jones, 30, of Elgin Avenue, Maida Vale, west London

Benjamine McFarlane, 22, of Paveley Street, Marylebone, north-west London

David Joseph, 23, of Flaxman Road, Loughborough Junction, south-east London

Thomas Thomas, 45, of Penrhyn Road, Kingston upon Thames, south-west London

Mr Kassaye also denies kidnap and possession of a handgun and sawn-off shotgun.

Mr Calderwood also denies possessing a handgun and sawn-off shotgun.

The trial continues.

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Southampton Docks guards tied up in £2m cigarette raid

2010-05-31T16:36:00.009+01:00

A gang stole a haul of cigarettes worth £2m after tying up three security guards at Southampton Docks.

The robbers broke into premises at the site overnight on Sunday and stole 26 pallets of cigarettes, including Benson and Hedges and Lambert and Butler.

The haul was then loaded on to a white and blue double-decker IVECO lorry which was caught on CCTV leaving the docks area shortly after 0230 BST.

The guards escaped an hour later unhurt. Police appealed for witnesses.

'Highly-organised gang'

The vehicle had four spotlights on top of the cab and fairy lights around the front windscreen, a spokesman said.

Det Insp Simon Baker, of Hampshire Constabulary, said the three security guards managed to eventually break the "restraints" used to tie them up.

"They managed to escape after about an hour and raise the alarm," he said.

"This was a very serious crime carried out by what we suspect is a highly organised gang of criminals.

"We believe the lorry headed out of Southampton and joined the M3 northbound towards London, so we would appeal to any drivers who may have seen the vehicle in the early hours of Monday to get in touch."

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Arrest over robbery which injured security guard

2010-05-19T23:57:00.003+01:00

Gateshead Hilton security guard stabbed

2010-02-28T10:16:00.002Z

Security guard robbed of cashbox

2009-12-23T11:05:00.002Z

Guard threatened during robbery

2009-11-29T15:47:00.002Z