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Thursday, December 27, 2007
Crime & punishment
The Atlanta Journal-Constitution
Some, but not all, incidents reported to the Sandy Springs Police over the past week.
The victim said that she was making a deposit, for her restaurant, at the drive through night drop and ATM location just after 10 a.m. A man approached her on the driver’s side and pulled a gun on her and then took the deposit bag. He was last seen running north. It seems odd that this happened at 10 a.m. but this particular Wachovia location on Sandy Springs Circle is isolated and across the street from the bank itself. During banking hours, I would definitely NOT use this location but instead use the bank itself. After dark, I wouldn’t even think of using this ATM location. It’s too isolated.
At ANY bank deposit location or ATM, carefully check the location out and look at the surrounding landscaping where someone could hide. Parked cars and any other obstructions should be looked at closely, while you’re in motion in that car. Do a lap and check it out, especially late or when no one is around. It’s well worth the extra 30 to 45 seconds! At night I like to let Roxy, my Rotweiller, out to stretch her legs. Anything hiding will soon move. Well, maybe not but you need to look at ATM visits a little differently from now on.
The victim said that he was robbed around 11 p.m. by a man whom he knows. The victim and his friend were going to visit someone when they were jumped by two men as they walked into the apartment. They handcuffed the victim and his friend who was with him, together, and then, took his house key. The perps then went to his apartment and took a laptop and $600 cash. The victim said he knows the perps because he bailed one of them out of jail. He said the other is the first suspect’s father! Sounds like the village idiots are going on a crime spree.
A man reported that his cell phone was stolen from the counter of the Waffle House on Northridge Road. He was sitting on the counter stool and when he turned his back, someone swiped the phone.
