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Sunday, February 5, 2006
Near-fatal attraction
The Atlanta Journal-Constitution
A man said he got a call from a girl he recently met. The call came in just before 2 a.m. The woman said she was in a black Dodge Intrepid, parked outside on Glen Forest Drive. She wanted to talk to him.
He opened the door and saw the car. It drove up, turned around and drove passed. The victim said he heard a loud bang, similar to a gunshot. He and a witness returned to the house and called police. The report said he has only met the suspect once and barely knows her.
This is a good example of why all of us need to make a good impression on anyone we meet.
When life imitates cartoons
A man said that around 2:15 a.m. he was in a club and was on the way to the bathroom. He opened the door and said he got caught up in a fight-in-progress that started between some guys inside the bathroom. The fight was apparently moving in a northeastern direction, through the door and out into the hall.
The victim said he got sucked into the fight and was hit. It appears to be very similar to when Popeye gets into a fight just after eating the spinach. All that can be seen is a big cloud with feet and arms sticking out.
I think it was something like that.
Other things:
— A man said that he was assaulted on Monterrey Parkway by a juvenile who was angry over being fired from his job. The juvenile was arrested. He was released to a family member pending his hearing. — An off-duty officer had to remove a man from the DJ booth of a Roswell Road nightclub. The man refused, so the officer removed him and told him that he would have to leave. The would-be music maker refused to do so. The Marietta man, 32, was arrested for criminal trespass and taken to FC jail.
