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Crime & Punishment
The Atlanta Journal-Constitution
A man left his wallet on top of the gas pumps at Dalrymple and Roswell roads, and when he returned three hours later, the wallet was gone. Subsequently, there were a number of attempts to apply for a credit card in the name of the victim.
Someone used the victim’s name and personal information to open up an account and have checks printed. Two were cashed at a Publix in Atlanta.
Someone accessed the victim’s debit card number and used it for the amount of $1,062.
Someone accessed the victim’s online bank account number and wrote several checks on it. Checks were written to Burlington Superstores for $266 and Wal-Mart for $313. Several other checks were also written to Macy’s, T.J. Max, Marshall’s and City Sports.
Theft Someone took two paintings, valued at $500 each, from the Abernathy Arts Center.
Chrome wheels and tires valued at $10,000 were stolen from a car in the 1300 block of Hampton Drive.
A couple, who hired a secretary, said that following her resignation from their employment, several checks were missing from various accounts. One check was made out to the husband of the former secretary.
A tanning business on Mt. Vernon Hwy. reported that they suspected and then confronted a juvenile about several thefts of money from customers’ purses. He denied it and then quit.
Someone took the victim’s Nokia watch while he was a patient in the ICU department of a hospital.
That old line On several occasions, a man, in his 40’s, has approached two sisters and has asked them if they were interested in modeling. The complainant said the same man has approached them on Roswell Road, near Perimeter Mall, and near Phipps Plaza. They got the tag number.
Arrests A 34-year old male was arrested after an officer saw him leaving a Kroger store with a large red duffle bag. The officer said the man’s actions made it appear the bag was heavy. He stopped the man and asked him what he had in the bag and if he paid for it. The man said he didn’t pay for the food but had a ‘hook up’ at the store. The bag contained five boxes of frozen King Crab legs, five packs of ribeye steaks, and five packs of strip steaks. The officer stopped and questioned the suspect as he got into a car driven by another man who said he had no knowledge of this other guy’s actions. The driver was checked and showed that he was wanted for three counts of Failure to Appear. He was also arrested.
A 19-year old man was arrested for Burglary and Aggravated Assault after officers found him in an apartment complex on Cimarron Parkway following an attempted burglary. The suspect, who also lives in the complex, also cut the victim with a knife. The two knew each other. The suspect was let in the house by the small son of the victim. The suspect came into the apartment because he was mad about something the victim said about him earlier.
A 26-year old man was arrested after officers stopped the car he was driving for reckless driving inside an crowded apartment complex. The man got out of the car after being stopped and tried to walk off. The officers questioned the man who told them that he was not the owner of the car and, therefore, not responsible for any contents in the car. This is like saying “Arrest me because there is bad stuff in this car!” He was later arrested for VGCSA-Trafficking Cocaine, Possession of Crack Cocaine With Intent to Distribute (WID) and Possession of MDMA (Ecstasy) WID. Officers found over $5,900 in cash on him.
Two men were arrested after officers received a fight call around 1:30 a.m. at an apartment in the 5600 block of Roswell Road. A man answered the door and when asked about all the noise that had been reported said he didn’t know anything about it. The man later said that there was another man in the apartment. Turned out the other man was hiding. In the meantime, officers found marijuana. They continued looking for the other man because it was thought that someone had a gun. The other man finally came out of the laundry room with his hands up. The officers questioned him about the marijuana they were finding all over the house. The man said he didn’t know anything about marijuana and didn’t smoke it. This was right before the officer removed some marijuana from the man’s shirt pocket. The man said “Oh sh—I forgot about that.” One of the men appeared to have been shot in the leg. His story was that as he was exiting his apartment, a man, wearing a ski mask pulled a gun on him and forced him back inside. He tied the “victim” up with duct tape but was interrupted when someone knocked on the door. According to the “victim,” the bad guy laid the gun on the floor next to him and walked over to the door and looked through the peep-hole. The “victim” grabbed the gun and he and the bad guy wrestled over it until the gun went off twice — once into the apartment and once into his leg. The man was treated and arrested as was the other man. Several ounces of pot were seized.
A 23-year old man was arrested for threatening to cut his mother’s throat.
Three people were arrested after a police sergeant, driving on I-285, spotted two men jacking up a car on the side of the road. He stopped and talked with the two men who told him that the owner wanted them to fix the flat. They told him they were from a car-collision shop in Ellenwood, Ga., and had been asked by the man to fix the flat. The two men did not have I.D. They were in a rented Ford F-150. A female was in the truck. The officer, upon checking with the owner of the car, found that the owner didn’t know these guys and had not made a call to fix the tire. The officer found out one subject had given a false name. They began to investigate the men and woman and ended up arrested them for stealing catalytic converters from cars along the interstate. They recovered 9 of them as well as 80 hits of Ecstasy. Several other victims have been found. Their cars had broken down on I-285.
The reason the catalytic converters are a popular item to steal is that they have platinum in them. Like copper, it’s getting really expensive. Any time something spikes in price you can bet people will start stealing it. In this case, the men had a reciprocating saw that ran on batteries. The batteries were charged by a charger plugged into an inverter from the car battery. They would jack the cars up with a hydraulic jack and place jack-stands under it, crawl under and saw the converters off.
SPECIAL OLYMPICS On Saturday, members of the Sandy Springs Police will have a table set up at the Publix Shopping Center at Holcomb Bridge Road and Spalding Drive to sell T-shirts and hats. All of the funds go to the Special Olympics. If you’re in the area, drop by and spend a couple of bucks on a good cause.
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