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He says, she says and an $80,000 car
The Atlanta Journal-Constitution
See if you can follow this.
Bob said his ex-girlfriend called him and told him to bring some of her clothes to the Medlock Bridge Road bar where I assume she worked. Steve, his friend, wanted to come along so that he could confront her about some ugly rumors she was possibly spreading about him.
Bob and Tara, who I think was the ex-girlfriend, got into an argument at the bar and later, when they walked outside, they started pushing each other. Tara kicked a car belonging to Bob. Bob was upset based on the fact, he told the officer repeatedly, the car was worth $80,000. The officer didn’t understand what he was saying. (I’m just reading it and I don’t know what he was saying.)
After kicking the car, Tara left with Samuel. The report then says the suspect told the officer (now I don’t know where the suspect was when she talked to the officer) there was more verbal arguing inside and as they (at this point I don’t know who “they” were) were trying to leave when the two other guys followed them and started the argument.(?)
She said her boyfriend (is this Samuel?) got between them and then someone tried to kick someone and, well … it goes on and talks about people being mad over someone else leaving them and all this other junk that you really don’t care about anyway because you are in bed and sleeping at a time that most humans sleep.
Bottom line: Tara, 22, of Alpharetta was arrested for kicking the car that cost $80,000, according to the guy who said it over and over and over again.
Just for the heck of it, guess what time this happened?
Midnight to 1 a.m.
1 a.m. to 1:30 a.m.
1:30 to 2 a.m.
2 a.m. to 2:30 a.m.
2:30 to 3 a.m.
3 a.m. to 3:30 a.m.
— A woman came to the precinct to get her brother’s car out of impound. She was found to be wanted in Norcross on a traffic warrant. She was arrested and transferred to Norcross Police.
— The victim cashed his paycheck just after 2 p.m. He was approached on Roswell Road by a man and woman in a burgundy Ford Focus who asked him if he wanted a ride. He had never seen them before, but accepted the ride. (This, of course, is a no-no.) The man opened the back door for the victim and then pulled a gun. The man demanded money from the victim, who threw his wallet at the perp and exited the car. The suspects left the area east on Hilderbrand Drive. The good news is that the victim had not yet put the money in his wallet.
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By karen
January 23, 2006 2:14 PM | Link to this
2am to 2:30am
By Mel
January 24, 2006 9:11 AM | Link to this
I’m with Karen —- I guess 2:00 to 2:30 also. What do we win if we’re right? :-)
By Jackie
January 24, 2006 4:40 PM | Link to this
I think it’s between 2:30 to 3 a.m
By Logical Dude
January 26, 2006 5:15 PM | Link to this
I think the “discussion” started about 2 AM - 2:30 AM, and went downhill from there. They finally get outside at 2:30 AM - 3:00 AM and “bad stuff happens”. The cops get called between 3:00 - 3:30 AM, and so the unfocused discussion is discussed and the car gets kicked.
They should have kept having beer like they were before 2:00 AM. That way, they could pass out and not have to kick a car, or whatever happened.