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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.
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Comments
By Jeffrey
February 4, 2008 8:24 AM | Link to this
Thank you Steve for the humor on a Monday. That silly guy will smell better to the other prisoners. I’m sure they like their fresh meat to smell good. When are people going to learn to not leave their valuables unattended? Most criminals are so dumb that people make it easy. I heard about the couple down in Newnan County that are distracting women asking for help and then the other steals from the purse. Hello ladies, treat the purse like it’s your child. Oh wait you probably leave your child in the car with the engine running. Maybe that’s not such a good example. Keep up the good work Steve!
By Jimbo
February 4, 2008 9:47 AM | Link to this
Re: Theft of checks.
It amazes me the number of people who won’t use online billpay through their bank because “they don’t trust the internet”. The postal service is incredibly vulnerable to compromise when you use your home mailbox for sending or receiving anything. I suppose it’s the evil you know.
Thanks for the tip on the prop bar, I’ll keep that in mind for the apartment.
By Jimbo
February 4, 2008 9:52 AM | Link to this
Re: Theft of checks.
It amazes me the number of people who won’t use online billpay through their bank because “they don’t trust the internet”. The postal service is incredibly vulnerable to compromise when you use your home mailbox for sending or receiving anything. I suppose it’s the evil you know.
Thanks for the tip on the prop bar, I’ll keep that in mind for the apartment.
By Cassie
February 4, 2008 10:27 AM | Link to this
I’m with you, Jimbo. I don’t even know where my checkbook is! Never write checks, and if I mail something I mail it from the office.
So we’ve a new judge in the Nichols case. Woop te doo! I finally read the New Yorker article that got our old judge to depart…and honestly?
He’s right. We all know that Nichols did it; and I don’t care why. He’s guilty, guilty, guilty.
Best hope Fulton doesn’t call me up for jury duty! (is the trial still being held in Fulton?)
By Alex
February 4, 2008 12:32 PM | Link to this
I use Aqua Di Gio. Please don’t haul my fanny to jail. I will change to something else.
By Cindy
February 4, 2008 1:32 PM | Link to this
Jeffrey, Most criminals are so dumb that people make it easy. Yep, you’re right
I heard about the couple down in Newnan County where is that? :) that are distracting women asking for help and then the other steals from the purse. it’s a fact, womean are dumb as rocks when it comes to the purse. when I tell someone they need to watch it closer, they look at me like I’M the stupid one.
Hello ladies, treat the purse like it’s your child. Oh wait you probably leave your child in the car with the engine running. now now Jeffrey. well…on second thought…you’re right about this too. whereas I personally never did, and am plain spoken to others about doing it…there are so many idiots who leave their kids unprotected and just pure out vulnerable. Anyone who can breed can be a parent.
Maybe that’s not such a good example. Yeah, maybe you should say something like “Ladies remember your credit cards are in the purse. if you lose them, you can’t shop! Gasp. That outta do it.”
Keep up the good work Steve! yeah
By Lady B
February 4, 2008 1:57 PM | Link to this
Steve-that burglary incident was FUNNY1!!! me and my co-workers could not stop laughing. Translation (I want my money) which goes to show you that there are lots of uneducated criminal walking around.Very, very funny stuff. Thanks for bringing a laugh to our day.
By El Bubba
February 4, 2008 2:40 PM | Link to this
That poor guy that stole the cologne… Somebody should tell him about pheremones. You don’t cover up the natural scent, that’s what attracts the ladies.
El Bubba
By BexB
February 4, 2008 3:06 PM | Link to this
Are the police going to stake out the seat that was bought for the April 18th show at the Fox? Seems like a good way to catch the thief!!
By El Bubba
February 5, 2008 2:43 PM | Link to this
I’ve said this before, cops should be held accountable to the same laws as you and I. Doesn’t this sound like “agravated assault”?…
http://www.ajc.com/news/content/metro/stories/2008/02/05/jail_0205.html
By Tony
February 5, 2008 4:57 PM | Link to this
They were detention officers (jailers), not police officers. Police officers don’t work in the jails unless they are in a supervisory capacity. By the way, police officers are held accountable for their actions, both on duty and off duty.
By David
February 5, 2008 5:10 PM | Link to this
Cassie, I agree with you about Nichols. We should give him a fair trial and hang him!
By Mia
February 5, 2008 6:14 PM | Link to this
Just wondering if it is a crime to live in a blue tent in the woods in Sandy Springs on Lake Forest just past Northwood Drive?
By El Bubba
February 5, 2008 7:00 PM | Link to this
Tony,
Call them what you like; detention, police, guards, whatever. They deserve equality in our justice system. You don’t get fired for beating a person, you get arrested.
Or you get arrested and then nothing happens… http://www.ajc.com/metro/content/metro/gwinnett/stories/2008/02/04/gwinnettcop0205.html
By Tony
February 5, 2008 9:16 PM | Link to this
I agree with you. They should be prosecuted. I was just pointing out a fact. I’ve been a police officer for fifteen years and a supervisor for the last seven. I would hate to be put in the same category as someone that would do something like that.
By Glenn A.
February 18, 2008 2:53 PM | Link to this
Dahlonega, GA Reply » |Report Abuse |#740 55 min ago Little britches, when will you bring the dogs? aproximate. Email me as to time and date, please. I know that I fave ask alot of you. My patience is weaning, I guess. The timeline is excellent, yet incomplete. He was reported to the Pickens Co. Sheriff’s Dept according to people I have talked to. He was driving an older model buick or continnental while holding Meredith at the Densmore House; Afton Rd., Dawsonville, GA, 30534. He was arrested in Dekalb Co. GA. 3 counts of Arson with inhabitants in the building. Where are the Court Records? Who was the Judge, DA, Arresting Officer, Arson Investigator. The Court Records have vanished. If anyone that was involved in this travesty would come forward, it would be the honorable thing to do. Let the chips fall where they may. Hilton’s many victime and their families would be verry grateful, and maybe, just maybe, the truth will be known and Justice will be served. They are all complicit, in my opinion, and should be ashamed, as well as prosececuted to the full extent of the law…JMO
By Glenn A.
February 18, 2008 2:58 PM | Link to this
Dahlonega, GA Reply » |Report Abuse |#740 55 min ago Little britches, when will you bring the dogs? aproximate. Email me as to time and date, please. I know that I fave ask alot of you. My patience is weaning, I guess. The timeline is excellent, yet incomplete. He was reported to the Pickens Co. Sheriff’s Dept according to people I have talked to. He was driving an older model buick or continnental while holding Meredith at the Densmore House; Afton Rd., Dawsonville, GA, 30534. He was arrested in Dekalb Co. GA. 3 counts of Arson with inhabitants in the building. Where are the Court Records? Who was the Judge, DA, Arresting Officer, Arson Investigator. The Court Records have vanished. If anyone that was involved in this travesty would come forward, it would be the honorable thing to do. Let the chips fall where they may. Hilton’s many victime and their families would be verry grateful, and maybe, just maybe, the truth will be known and Justice will be served. They are all complicit, in my opinion, and should be ashamed, as well as prosececuted to the full extent of the law…JMO
By Glenn A.
February 18, 2008 2:58 PM | Link to this
Dahlonega, GA Reply » |Report Abuse |#740 55 min ago Little britches, when will you bring the dogs? aproximate. Email me as to time and date, please. I know that I fave ask alot of you. My patience is weaning, I guess. The timeline is excellent, yet incomplete. He was reported to the Pickens Co. Sheriff’s Dept according to people I have talked to. He was driving an older model buick or continnental while holding Meredith at the Densmore House; Afton Rd., Dawsonville, GA, 30534. He was arrested in Dekalb Co. GA. 3 counts of Arson with inhabitants in the building. Where are the Court Records? Who was the Judge, DA, Arresting Officer, Arson Investigator. The Court Records have vanished. If anyone that was involved in this travesty would come forward, it would be the honorable thing to do. Let the chips fall where they may. Hilton’s many victime and their families would be verry grateful, and maybe, just maybe, the truth will be known and Justice will be served. They are all complicit, in my opinion, and should be ashamed, as well as prosececuted to the full extent of the law…JMO