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Monday, December 3, 2007
Arrest report: Preying on purses
The Atlanta Journal-Constitution
These are some, but not all, incidents reported to the Sandy Springs Police over the past week.
I hate to pick on victims but doing this makes it so easy to steal:
The victim reported that someone took several items from her pocketbook that was under her desk. Wallet, credit cards and $11 cash. For those of you who work in the Perimeter Center West area, we have had two of these close together in time and location meaning an office creeper is working the area. DO NOT put your purse under the desk. Although this may come as a shock, that area is not invisible. Don’t make it easy. Don’t keep your credit cards and cash, driver’s license and other sensitive items there. Put them in your pocket.
A woman reported that while she was placing items in her car in the 6300 block of Roswell Road, she placed her purse on the bumper of her car. Another car drove by and a man grabbed the purse. The car he was in, a gold Chevrolet Malibu, drove away.
HERE ME NOW! The purse should be the FIRST thing you put in your car.
Getaway cart Howard Hunt, 30, was arrested at the Kroger Store on Sandy Springs Place, after he did a mad dash with a shopping cart full of Bic lighters, soft drink bottles, and a deli chicken. It’s hard to successfully run away with a shopping cart because they have a lousy turn radius. Their design is for low speed and cargo. Running at top end and turning presents the likelihood that it will tip. By the way, he had 32 lighters.
