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The Atlanta Journal-Constitution
Small World
On October 3rd, around 6:30 p.m. at the QT Store on Roswell Road, Officer Caudell spotted a man sitting in a car, drinking a can of beer. One law says you can’t have an open container in the car and another law, the law of common sense, says that if you do violate the first law, do it discreetly when a police car is nearby. The driver, Robert Ratterree, age 30, from Flowery Branch, GA violated both laws. Officer Caudell is a new officer, who came to us from Hall County Sheriff’s Department which is where Flowery Branch is located. The officer recognized Robert as the same Robert he arrested a couple of time before in Hall County for DUI. Robert, when asked, said he was not Robert but in fact Cody.
Officer Caudell then reminded Robert / Cody that he had arrested him before in Hall County. Robert finally told him he used his brother’s name because he had a couple of warrants out on him, which he did, and didn’t want to go to jail, which he did.
I stopped a guy once who dropped my name on me. He asked me if I knew Steve Rose and I said that I most certainly did and he was an outstanding guy. He said he was friends with Steve and wanted to know if I would give him a break. I said I would if he would just give Steve a call and have him get back to me. He said he misplaced his number. I told him I’d be happy to call him on the radio if he liked. He looked like he didn’t really want me to do that.
I asked him if he could read and then politely leaned over a bit so he could clearly read my name tag on my uniform. He said ‘Where do I sign?”
Signs You Need to Stop Watching ‘CSI’
An officer was called to Hollyfax Circle on a fight call resulting from dog poop. The dog pooped and the poop was scooped and then the man then walked away.
A woman came out and accused the man’s dog of pooping on her doorstep on a previous pooping occasion. She accused the man’s dog of pooping on the doorstep, and then, according to the man, poked him on the cheek with her finger and fingernail, causing an abrasion.
The woman, after poking them man, was said to have grabbed the bag of poop and walked over to the other crime scene and compared it with the poop on the doorstep. The man then regained possession of the bag of poop and walked away, calling the police a short time later.
The officer in this report used the words “poop” and “pooping” a total of nine times—beating the old record of using the word “poop” or “pooping” seven times back in 2003.
* Crime and Punishment*
A man reported that he and his girlfriend got into an argument on Summerbrook Drive. The girlfriend bit the man and then broke the bedroom door and then the bedroom window. She threw his TV onto the ground and then tried to jump through the window, which she did, but not before she injured herself. She was last seen running through the woods.
A man said that while he was in jail, his girlfriend took his living room furniture and slashed two of his tires. She then called him and laughed at him. (He was in jail for domestic violence.)
A homeowner on Huntcliff Trace reported that someone tried to enter the home by breaking the glass on the rear basement door. The burglar couldn’t get the door open due to the dead bolt being locked. Nothing was taken. Take note: Use that deadbolt!
A woman reported that someone took $1559 cash that she had hidden, in her closet. She thinks that another woman, who was staying with her on and off, may be on the short list of suspects having access to the apartment. I don’t even need to comment here.
A man on Roswell Road eported that someone set up an account with AT&T with his personal information (DOB and SSN) and then didn’t pay the $119 owed on it. He found the ID Theft after running his credit history. People: Check your credit history, at least annually. This could have been $11,119 if he hadn’t caught it in time.
A medical office on Johnson Ferry Road filed a report documenting that the office manager resigned after paying herself $10,000-$15,000 more than her salary during a six-month period. She has pledged to pay the money back.
Arrests
Virginia Ready, 72, of Sandy Springs was arrested for Aggravated Assault after a dispute with a neighbor over a no trespassing sign she had placed in the ground. The argument, over whose property the sign was on, escalated. Ms. Ready went back into her house, got a gun, walked back outside and fired a shot into the ground in front of the neighbor, causing dirt to spray onto his face and clothing. When the officers arrived, they spoke with both parties. The officer retrieved the gun and arrested Ms. Ready for Aggravated Assault. The report indicated an ongoing verbal dispute between the two.
Carlos Hernandez, age 34, from Marietta, was arrested for Shoplifting at the Target Store on Johnson Ferry Road. Carlos had taken six bottles of cologne including Tommy Girl, Adidas, and Roots Spirit. Carlos was then arrested. But he smelled fabulous.
48-year old Raul Steven Hernandez, 48, was arrested after he put a bottle of Listerine down his pants and tried to leave a store on Johnson Ferry Road.
Eric Edwin Jones, 41, of Sandy Springs was arrested for Possession of Marijuana after officers found him drinking alcohol and loitering behind the Citgo Station. This is a known drug transaction location.
Hugo Montero-Perez, age 26, from Sandy Springs, was arrested for stealing two floral arrangements from Target as his wife slipped a set of sheets under the baby in the stroller. Hugo and his wife Alicia Ayala Villa, age 21, were taken to jail. The child was turned over to a relative.
Richard Tyler Irwin, 25, from Alpharetta, was arrested for Trafficking Heroin, Possession of Marijuana, Possession of Drug Related Products, Drugs Not in Original Container, and traffic charges following a traffic stop. Matthew Robert Taylor, 25, was also arrested. He is charged with Possession of Heroin, Possession of Drug Related Objects, Drugs not in Original Container, and CCW.
Pedro Reyes, 21, of Sandy Springs was arrested for Disorderly Conduct for hitting a guy in the face when the guy opened the door that Reyes was knocking on. (Yet another reason to look through the peep-hole first.)
Scam alert
A woman reported that she was returning to her place of employment and was in the parking lot, in her car, waiting for a parking spot. A woman, described as a heavy-set Hispanic female, knocked on her driver’s door and told the victim that something was wrong with her rear tire on the passenger side. The victim got out and walked around to the passenger-side rear tire and saw the woman doing something with the tire. She saw a hole in the tire and so she told the woman she had a flat tire coming on and couldn’t do anything about it at the time. She walked around and got back into her car and discovered that her tote bag and contents were gone. The female was last seen walking away from the car. She was 5’ 5” wearing a black short-sleeve shirt with the Guess logo on it. There was no mention of another suspect who, it appears, was very fast. This occurred at the Petco parking lot at 5933 Roswell Road.
Not In This Report
John Mark Karr and or his activities including where he walks, sits, or eats. Stop calling. I can’t do anything about it.
Prunes, prune juice, related prune stories, stuffed Santa stories or theories related to the “inner” meaning of the prunes.
Beware:
Our grocery-store thieves are making a return. They have hit Kroger at 227 Sandy Springs Place and the Publix at Roswell and Abernathy recently.
Comments
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By Friendofblue
October 8, 2007 4:07 PM | Link to this
Lt. Steve, Since the comments section on the last post has gone insane, I just wanted to mention here that I appreciate all of the tips you give and stories you write. I also want to thank the other officers who comment and try to help people like me who have legit questions and understand that the good guys (and gals) are the majority, not the minority.
Thanks!
By Lex Luthor
October 9, 2007 11:05 AM | Link to this
Is Carlos Hernandez really Rico Suave?
By Fred
October 9, 2007 3:44 PM | Link to this
Gee Friendofblue, now I have to go check the comment section on the last blog entry lol. Thanks for nothing.
Oh and Steve? What is “our grocery store thiefs” referencing?
By Cubby
October 9, 2007 6:35 PM | Link to this
Come on Fred….did you just start reading Lt. Dan’s, I mean, Lt. Steve’s posts?
Grocery thieves are the nice guys who take wallets/purses from shopping carts while the patrons are looking elsewhere.
Why? Because the bags are unattended and not strapped to the carts and are open for public viewing.
By Nunna Yo Biznezz
October 10, 2007 5:36 AM | Link to this
I love to read your columns,i never heard of you till i saw your links on a website that lets you listen in on Atlanta Police radio calls..
www.scanfulton.com
P.S. The Atlanta Police are seriously short on personal,no joke people..
Lets contact our representatives and do something about putting more officers on the streets of Atlanta!!
By Politics Athwart
October 10, 2007 10:42 AM | Link to this
Fascinating blog! Trust the truth here and it’s the best reading possible. What really happens, history, always amazes me.