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Monday, February 4, 2008
Crime & Punishment
The Atlanta Journal-Constitution
Some incidents reported recently to Sandy Springs police:
Open House; Open Season for Thief
A man reported that a number of expensive jewelry pieces were stolen from his jewelry box. The man’s residence is for sale and he had a number of people who have been shown the house. There was no forced entry indicating someone may have taken it during showings.
This has happened many times in the past. There are people who will attend your open house or will make an appointment with your realtor to see it and the only intention they have is to see what you have in order to steal it. Make sure that your jewelry is kept out of site and in a place that requires you to look for it when you are expecting this type of activity where strangers are coming in and walking through the home looking around. Also, those things that are in your bedroom dresser drawers like watches, guns, things that you sort of just keep handy, need to be relocated too.
This person reported a loss of over $12,000.
Burglary
Officers got a prowler, upgraded to a burglary-in-progress call at an apartment. When they got there, they did not find a suspect outside so they tried to make entry into the apartment. They could not get the door open. A woman then opened the door and the officer found a prop bar across the inside of the door preventing the door from being forced open. The woman spoke to the officers who noted the smell of alcohol and marijuana. Someone had scratched a note into the door “I whant my momey” roughly translated to “I want my money” or “I want my mommy.” (We’re going with the first one.)
The woman said that she did not owe money to anyone but she did talk about whom she bought her pot from; a man in Cobb County. She was also wanted in Florida for a probation violation on a previous Cocaine charge. (They didn’t want to extradite.) Sooooo…we’re thinking she owes some reefer money and the collector was the burglary-in-progress call. It’s too bad nobody went to jail here. The only good thing is that prop bar may be a good burglary tool for apartment dwellers since most apartment burglaries are the door-kicker variety.
Theft
A man walked into Trader Joe’s on Roswell Road and took a bottle of syrup and then walked up front and tried to return it for a refund. They refused so the man walked outside and got into a white Ford Explorer whose tag number we now have, and drove out. The tag is listed to a man in Roswell. He was described as 5-8, 150 lbs, with curly salt and pepper hair, and not too bright.
About $1500 in copper was stolen overnight from a construction area.
A woman said that someone took her wallet from her purse while she was shopping at the Kroger Store in the 8300 block of Roswell Road. (Are you sick of this scenario yet?)
The victim put seven checks in his mailbox to be mailed out. Someone took all of them before the mail person got there. He said that he has received notification of fraud as a result. If nothing else, remember this: Checks and other sensitive information going out—use a post office box and not your mailbox.
Someone stole the church sign from the parking lot of the Sandy Springs Christian Church.
A woman reported that sometime between 2 and 3 a.m. someone took her purse from her table at the Taboo Night Club. They later used the credit card to buy movie tickets from Ticketmaster for an April 18, 2008 movie at the Fox.
Arrests
Aleyn Keivin Ambrozio-Martinez, age 23, was arrested at the Target Store on Johnson Ferry Road after he put a bottle of Acqua Di Gio Cologne, valued at thirty-nine bucks, in his jacket and then left. ACQUA DI GIO cologne by GIORGIO ARMANI was introduced in 1996. This fine cologne contains; lavender, juniper, cumin and is accented with ylang-ylang, sandalwood and amber, making ACQUA DI GIO cologne perfect for casual use such as having your stupid fanny carted off to jail.
Antonieo Evans, 24, was arrested and charged with Forgery, False Name, and Obstruction, after he went to the check cashing store and tried to cash a check for $3,258 from a company in Little Rock, Ark. After it looked like this wasn’t going to work out for him, Antonio left. An officer, who had the description of the suspect, spotted him and after a short foot race, secured him. He was arrested and then taken to Fulton County Jail. One of the mistakes forgers make is they try to get too much money.
