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All the moving and grooving was outside ‘exotic’ bar
The Atlanta Journal-Constitution
A guy got beat up at what we used to call an “exotic” dance bar. The victim said he went to the bar at about 4:30 p.m. to tell the manager that he (the victim) saw three suspicious males in the area that could have been casing the place for a burglary.
The concerned man asked the (probably) big giant door guy if he could speak with the manager. The big giant door guy went to get the manager.
In the meantime, the concerned man somehow got into an argument with one of the exotic dance persons as she waited for a ride. When the big giant door guy and manager returned, the concerned man and exotic dance person were arguing and exchanging exotic words to each other.
The concerned man’s story, from that point on, does not savvy with the big giant door guy’s and the manager’s story, but the bottom line is the concerned man got beat up.
As a result, the concerned man was charged with criminal trespass, the big giant door guy was charged with simple battery and the manager was charged with battery.
The exotic dance person faded into the background, as did the suspicious guys that prompted the concerned man’s efforts. (By the way, we were never able to determine what “suspicious” criteria he used.)
Empty box caper
An employee of a store took a box that contained a $19 clock and emptied it. He then walked around and put the following in the empty box: Two T-Mobile To-Go cell phones, a Playstation video game memory card and another Playstation item, all totaling $163. He then walked up to the cashier and paid for the $19 box.
He was detained by the security person and was charged with theft by shoplifting and released on a copy of charges pending a preliminary hearing. I’m sure he was fired, also.
My name? It’s right here on this traffic ticket …
An officer pulled over a car that had a headlight out. The driver told the officer he was just riding around but thinking about going over to a friend’s house. He said he didn’t have any ID because his wallet was lost but he did have a traffic citation from Atlanta PD that he used for ID.
The officer’s report said he could see, in the passenger’s seat, plastic baggies with red and white capsules and two pink oval tablets. The driver was eventually charged with possession of crack cocaine and prescription drugs not in original container. He was arrested and taken to FC jail.
… I mean it’s right here on this pawn ticket
The officer stated in his report that while patrolling a shopping center, he observed a man wearing two pairs of pants.
The officer wrote, “I found this to be unusual and consistent with people who hide drugs in their pants.”
The officer watched the man walk over to an ice cream store. At that time, he received a prowler call from a residence in the subdivision across the street. The complainant said she saw the man walk behind a sign and undress himself into a shirt and two pairs of pants. The officer returned to the shopping center and located a man whose only piece of ID was a pawn ticket.
That name and the date of birth he gave came back not on file on the computer.
The man said the Marines erased his information. The man was arrested and taken to FC jail.
Other items:
— Someone smashed out the front window of a beauty-supply business and stole 20 hair clippers.
— A man purchased $120 in money orders with five counterfeit 20s. All of the bills have the following serial numbers: CK75792770A. The employee recognized the bills and the man ran out of the store and got into a gray car, make unknown.
— Theft from auto: laptop and bag, calculator, and an audit bag are missing. What is an audit bag? It’s the bag you take with you to your IRS audit and throw up in when you get the bad news.
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By Eric
March 30, 2005 12:31 PM | Link to this
I had a friend in high school whose father removed the door to his bedroom. Being the smart aleck he was my friend simply waited until his father had gone to work and replaced the door. The father said nothing that evening when he got home. The next day my friend came home from school and his room was in his old play house in the back yard, which was built for someone about 6 to 10 years old, and his original room became a game room for his younger brother and sister! He lived with that for about a month, fourtunately it was spring, until his father announced a yard sale to get rid of the junk from Tom’s room that would not fit in the play house and was taking up space in the garage. Tom then begged forgiveness. The door was never put back on.
By Charles
March 30, 2005 6:21 PM | Link to this
Steve, Enough with the PC bit. A dance “person” who is immediately referred to as a “she” in the same sentence. And your editors reviewed this? Unbelievable!
By Kevin
April 6, 2005 4:02 PM | Link to this
How come person was able to pawn something without an ID?