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April 5, 2006

Mall guard fired after exchange with TV reporter

A spokesman for Allied Barton Security Services confirmed this afternoon that the company has fired a Providence Place mall security guard accused of threatening a television reporter yesterday.

Channel 6 reporter James Hummel and cameraman John Guice filed a complaint today against the guard and a parking attendant who tried to block the news team from filming a security vehicle dangling from the mall parking garage's fourth floor.

The security guard -- whose name has not been released -- allegedly threatened the television reporter, according to Hummel's statement to police. "Sometime when I don't have this uniform on and you don't have that camera and I run into you, you're dead. I will kill you,'' the security guard said, according to Hummel.

Providence police are investigating the incident.

Posted by Steve Peoples  at 5:49 PM | Permalink

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