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Just trying to look pretty
The Atlanta Journal-Constitution
Security officers at a store observed a man take and conceal the following items: Sixteen packs of batteries, five packs of Cover Girl makeup, three packs of Cover Girl lipstick, one bottle of Listerine mouthwash, a watch and a shirt.
He was detained and later arrested on a copy of charges. Either this guy has girlfriends or issues.
A cheesy, puffy problem
A store employee checkout person said a man came through the line with a bag of Cheetos. The price of the Cheetos came to $2.56 with tax. The man thought the Cheetos was $.99.
The man got very angry and left. The man returned a couple of minutes later and began shouting loudly at the checkout person.
The man threatened to beat the clerk and said, at one point, “I’m from New York and I don’t take this (bad word).” They refunded his money and he left. The clerk said the man was sweating profusely during his tantrum.
Apparently there’s a thing about New Yorkers and Cheetos.
Bad, bad Bob
A man walked into an “adult” store and stole three porn movies from the “Three for Thirty Dollars” rack and then ran out.
The employees chased him but did not catch up to him. They did say he ran funny. They know him as “Bob” who has been in and arrested for shoplifting before.
Move it or lose it
At about 4:30 a.m. officers observed a car in the intersection of Roswell and Northridge blocking a lane. They found a man passed out at the wheel.
They tried, several times, to awaken the man and finally on the fifth try they did.
The man, seeing the officers, immediately locked the doors and tried to go to the magical invisible place where nobody can see you. Apparently that didn’t work, so he then said he would not come out.
The officers told him the car was a street hazard and they needed to get the car moved. The man was removed from the car and apparently became angry because he was cussing and swinging his arm around. He was arrested.
Dad learns a lesson
At about 1:45 a.m. while on patrol an officer saw a car parked on the road of the subdivision called Crooked Creek.
The officer saw the driver’s door was open and discovered a male inside the car. The officer found a 12-pack of Bud and a 12-pack of Corona in the car.
The Coronas were empty and the Buds were down to three. The father of the driver was called and came to the scene. The car was towed to the father’s residence.
The driver was charged with minor in possession of alcohol and released to his father pending a juvenile hearing.
His father said the juvenile told him he was spending the night at a friend’s house. This is one of those things that mandate verification with the parents of the other party. It’s the best phone call you could possibly make.
Is that you?
A man and woman were planning to get married. The man had just been released from prison.
The mother of the man’s son, who is his ex-something, found out and called the happy couple to tell them she was going to shoot them. She said she was coming over to the house. She still thinks the man lives in Roswell so she’s over there somewhere. She later called him saying that she was outside and could see him.
She wasn’t outside of his apartment, meaning she was outside somewhere in Roswell looking in the wrong apartment. Murphy’s Law would dictate that whoever lives in that apartment, in Roswell, where she was sitting, probably resembled the victim.
Comments
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By Chick
March 9, 2005 8:44 PM | Link to this
I live in Crooked Creek. Please tell your patrol officers to visit often. Many naughty people live here and drive too fast.
By Chris Clary
March 10, 2005 4:51 PM | Link to this
This column is one of the worst pieces of “journalism” I’ve ever seen. The AJC should be ashamed to have it posted on their website.
By grant
March 10, 2005 6:01 PM | Link to this
I don’t know that Det. Rose ever claimed to be a journalist. This column is hysterical, and throws a little levity into his I’m sure hectic career of law enforcement. What’s wrong with that?
By ham
March 10, 2005 7:46 PM | Link to this
And who forced you to click on the link if you don’t like to read it?
By frank measel
March 10, 2005 8:34 PM | Link to this
Hey lighten up this column is not meant to be a jounalistic masterpiece. Det. Rose has the wit to deal with the everyday foibles of Atlanta. If you want real journalism watch Fox I sure they match your standards
By Amy
March 10, 2005 9:40 PM | Link to this
Hey Chris,
Let’s see you post regularly on here and be funnier. Yep, didn’t think so.
By Lori
March 11, 2005 12:08 AM | Link to this
I think this stuff is way better than the CL blotter. Maybe he isn’t Tom Brokaw (or the written version) but he’s entertaining and funny. I guess some people just don’t like funny.
By Lori
March 11, 2005 12:11 AM | Link to this
I also just realized how sad it was that the teenager had no friends to spend the night with and he ended up sitting in a parked car drinking all alone.
By KEN
March 11, 2005 7:21 AM | Link to this
on A cheesy, puffy problem, Our late friend, Lewis Grizzard once said about northerners who don’t like it here, “Delta is ready when you are!”
By DB
March 11, 2005 7:37 AM | Link to this
At least he can look pretty for his new cellmate.