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Store Security Guard Arrested In Drug Sweep
5/10/08 wkrc.com Cincinnatti, Ohio

Store Security Guard Arrested In Drug Sweep
Cincinnati Police say Charles Conard, a security guard at Deveroe's clothing store at McMillan and Gilbert in Walnut Hills, was dealing drugs while on duty. Police are booking a security guard into jail, accused of dealing drugs on the job.
Cincinnati Police went after suspected dealers at McMillan and Gilbert in Walnut Hills late Friday afternoon. They say their main target was the man hired to protect customers at the Deveroe's clothing store.

If everybody knows Deveroe's clothing stores, everyone Local 12 asked in Walnut Hills recognizes a security guard named Charles Conard on duty daily at the Deveroe's at McMillian and Gilbert. But not everyone can believe what the guard is doing at the store.

"It's crazy," said Monique Smith, Walnut Hills. "I didn't know he was doing that. I thought he was just security at Deveroe's."

The shop was shut down Friday, after a Vortex drug bust in and outside of the shop.

Officers arrested Conard in his First Choice Security uniform, complete with badge.

Undercover Vortex officers say they've been watching Conard sell pot to people as he was working security. He even allegedly sold to an undercover cop posing as a Deveroe's customer.

"Here's a person who is entrusted by the public to protect people, but really what he was doing was using the gun and badge for profit," said Lt. Bruce Hoffbauer, Cincinnati Police Vortex. "In this case it was the selling of drugs."

Police say the dealer was dangerous, packing this 9mm handgun and three cartridges of ammunition.

Police say Conard even chased off competing drug dealer. They say this had the potential to turn into a turf war.

"If push came to shove, if something didn't go the way it was planned, he had a firearm at hand, it could have turned very tragic," said Lt. Hoffbauer.

A Deveroe's regional manager had no comment Friday night. First Choice Security wouldn't talk about its guard either.

The store manager, Kennisha Catlin, was also arrested for having marijuana in her purse.

Two other men were arrested in the bust. Police say they found Lovell Brown, 35, with $3,100 in cash and a scale used to weigh drugs. Police say Michael Simms, 30, had 19 baggies of crack cocaine on him.


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