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Monday, January 22, 2007
Crime & punishment
The Atlanta Journal-Constitution
Question of the week What kind of foods do prisoners eat? I called Chamblee Police to find out: Waffle House: The vast menu at the WH offers today’s prisoner with a variety of choices for his or her in-house dining. Scattered, Covered, and Incarcerated!
Couture crime An employee of a dress store at 7732 Spalding Drive said a couple came into the store on the 11th and walked around as if to shop but to the employee, looked suspicious. After the couple left, the employee found that a St. Johns evening dress was gone. The employee said the female part of the couple came in, with another woman, about a half-hour later. She didn’t say if anything else was missing. The store had a camera system but it was not on. Now you need to shore up these mistakes if you own or operate a business. It’s always the low-tech stuff that bites you.
Car contract changes? The victim said he bought a 2003 Toyota Sequoia from a car dealer. He said that when he got his first bill, it was different than what he agreed and signed a contract to. He noted that the interest rate and the purchase amount were different than what he had agreed to. He said the contract was changed after the fact, and someone signed his name to it.
Irony strikes A man reported that someone accessed his American Express card number and spent $300 on anti-virus software.
Clean out your car The victim’s car was entered but nothing was reported missing. There were five additional thefts from auto reported from this apartment complex location at 6850 Peachtree Dunwoody Road.Obviously someone has been picking on this apartment complex. The primary method of entry was prying door locks and smashing windows during a time frame of 1 and 5 a.m. Remember: In almost all cases, the thieves will look in the car, see something they want, and then smash and grab. They rarely break in, make all that noise, and then start looking around. Take everything of value out of the car. Don’t be lazy.
Movie fan A 28-year old man was arrested and charged with Burglary and Theft by Receiving Stolen Property after police were called to a car dealer in the 7700 block of Roswell Road. They investigated and determined the man had entered the business after hours, and stayed in a certain area of the dealership watching porn all night. The man made a bed on a van seat (that probably should never be touched again) and had pulled some speakers over from the adjacent office. The downfall of porn-man was that he accidentally left his wallet in the office. An employee, upon arriving to work and finding things a bit out of place, had the wallet when the suspect returned to ask if the employee had found a wallet he left behind. The film fan was still on hand when the officers arrived. He said that he was shopping for a truck but that didn’t fly. He is also believed to be the same man who broke into an office in the 7840 block of Roswell Road and watched porn all night there.
Neither rain. nor sleet….nor crazy people The postal carrier on Colquitt Road said that he tried to pull up to an apartment mailbox area but the site was blocked by a woman and her car. The woman demanded her mail. The postal carrier asked her to move the car. She refused so he told her that he would return after he carried out his deliveries in another area of the complex. She grabbed the mail out of his hand and then knocked his phone out of his hand when he tried to call police. She then ran into the apartment complex.
Construction and Renovation SitesBurglars took copper wire valued at over $10,000 from an office area at 8601 Dunwoody Place. There have been several incidents of appliances being taken from construction and renovation sites near the Telfair Gates area. There have been eight incidents of thefts from homes under renovation primarily during the weekend. These locations are spread out and in no concentrated area. Please report any suspicious activities including cars and pesons in construction areas and homes that are undergoing renovation.
A RX for stopping crime Northside Hospital reported a $70,000 Sonosite Micromax Ultrasound machine was stolen from the ground-floor surgical area. Northside Hospital and the surrounding area is being targeted for thefts both outside and inside. This obviously includes the possibility of inside jobs especially in the case of stolen medical equipment. Persons could easily access the area posing as either staff or visitors. Employees of these office and hospital areas should contact staff security and police if they see anything that is suspicious.
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