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Friday, January 13, 2006
Beware of the decoy
The Atlanta Journal-Constitution
A shopper reported that two men did a decoy while she was at the checkout lane at a Roswell Road grocery store. One man knocked over a pamphlet display, causing a distraction. The second approached her and asked if she haddropped something.
The woman said the first man ran off and the second walked away. When she got home she noticed that her wallet was gone from her purse. The thieves charged $400 to her MasterCard.
And what exactly do you do with this marijuana?
A woman found a change purse on the floor inside a business office. Inside the purse was the license of the owner as well as some marijuana. The complainant called police, who spoke to purse owner. She said the pot was hers.
Sometimes police reports are silly in and of themselves. The next sentence of the report says, “(the officer) pulled the marijuana from the change purse and asked the offender what it was. She replied it was marijuana and it was hers. I then asked her what she does with it. She replied that she smokes it.”
Beer keg and punches fly
The Wright Road victim reported that just before 2:30 a.m. he got into a fight with several other people. He said he was kicked and hit several times before he grabbed a keg of beer and swung it in self-defense. He was taken to the hospital by his sister and treated for bruises and scrapes.
Witnesses reported that the victim was acting belligerently and violently toward several people. This conduct included grabbing people in places that you’re not supposed to grab without expressed written consent, and some keg- and chair-throwing. The other parties to the fight left prior to the arrival of the police.
The mysterious Mr. “T”
A guy walks into a Old Alabama Road bank and produces a check for the amount of $6,755. The teller thought it looked suspicious, so she called police. The officer came and spoke to the customer, who said a “dude” named “T” picked him up to do some tree-branch cleaning up. “T” paid him with the check. The guy asked “T” if the check was stolen and was told no.
The officer called the company name on the check and the representative of the company said this was one of six checks stolen earlier in the day. Our 43-year-old bank customer from Indianapolis was arrested.
Friday mop-up:
— Someone entered the Leeds Garden Lane victim’s home while he was out of town. The offender took a laptop and a bottle of Absolut Vodka. No forced entry.
— A juvenile was charged with shoplifting five packs of Yu-Gi-Oh playing cards from a drug store on Abbotts Bridge Road. He was turned over to his mother. If you want to know more about Yu-Gi-Oh cards, go to www.yugioh.com and read about it. Then call Dr. Phil.
