Posted on 12/17/2004 3:03:00 AM PST by kattracks
BALTIMORE (AP) — A security guard arrested on arson charges for a series of fires that damaged or destroyed homes under construction at an upscale housing development said he was innocent and insisted that authorities have the wrong person. Aaron L. Speed, 21, is an employee of Security Services of America, a company hired to guard the development 35 miles south of the nation's capital."They have the wrong man," he told WUSA-TV Thursday shortly before his arrest. "Everything that I'm doing, I'm doing willingly to prove to them that I am innocent. I'm taking a polygraph today that'll show them that I'm innocent."
It could not be learned if a polygraph test was administered to Speed. No motive was immediately known and a spokeswoman for the U.S. attorney's office said she did not know how many arson charges Speed faced. He was expected to appear Friday morning before a magistrate in federal court.
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Authorities searched the home of Speed's parents on Wednesday night and towed a car away, said David Jaillet, whose stepdaughter is married to the security guard. No one answered the door Thursday night at the house. A homemade "No Trespassing" sign was taped to the storm door of the ranch-style home.
Speed had suffered through several difficult family situations, including the death of a baby son this year and his own placement about 18 months ago in a foster home by an organization specializing in mental health treatment.
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< Speed had suffered through several difficult family situations, including the death of a baby son this year and his own placement about 18 months ago in a foster home by an organization specializing in mental health treatment. >
Huh? Can someone explain "his own placement ... in a foster home"?
"Speed had suffered through several difficult family situations, including...his own placement about 18 months ago in a foster home by an organization specializing in mental health treatment."
What on earth can this possibly mean? The guy is 21 years old, so 18 months ago he would have been 19 1/2. Why was he placed in foster care at that age? Yet so soon after he gets married? This is quite bizarre.
Maybe it was Juvenile Hall ???
I was betting on an ELF connection.
Rent-A-Cops gone wild.
Agree. This story doesn't make sense - at least the way it's written.
Security Services of America utilizes the most current technological advances and specially-designed employee background screening software to manage the screening process and client accounts.
…Speed had suffered through several difficult family situations, including … his own placement about 18 months ago in a foster home by an organization specializing in mental health treatment.
Hmmm….
Can someone explain how he got hired as a security guard when apparently he was incapable of providing security for himself.
I see the White House team that did the Kerik vetting has a new start-up business.
I think it's called Kerik-Ka-Sure (yeah, I know it's a stretch.)
He was committed. The men in the white coats came for him. The boy ain't right.
One of the local stations caught him outside his house last night. The footage was unbelieveable! He spent MINUTES cursing the reporter, the police, etc. The screaming went on forever in TV time (probably only a minute or two). The message was: the cops were wrong, they embarrassed his family, the reporters were wrong, etc. (dropping several choice words that were bleeped out)
The funniest part was when they went back to the studio, the anchor states, with a straight face, that "Neighbors said the suspect had some anger management issues in the past" No kidding!
The lower the quality, the cheaper the wage.
In an example of "Penny Wise, Pound Foolish", they saved several thousand dollars in security costs but lost millions of dollars in property.
Wonder if the insurance company will sue for dereliction of duty on the part of the security firm.
Just because he's a bat, it doesn't mean he's guilty.
I believe we should wait for more details, evidence. Remember Richard???? the Atlanta Olympic Games.
Something seems wrong here - just intuition. Sorry - don't start pickin' on me!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Jewell
Thank you.
Richard Jewell also had a checkered past - was a security guard.
I still believe this was an ELF group - stirred up by the local residents who wanted to keep the area "pristine" for themselfs(ha ha).
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