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Monday, February 16, 2009
Crime & punishment
The Atlanta Journal-Constitution
From the Sandy Springs police blotter:
Robbery
The clerk of Smoke 9-1-1 on Roswell Road reported an early morning robbery. A man wearing a black jacket, blue scarf and blue tennis shoes, came in and asked to see two pipes and a weight scale. While the clerk showed these items, the man pulled a handgun from his waistband; something that he was not accustomed to doing evident by the fact that the gun went off. Unfortunately he was not injured and continued with the robbery. He took a small amount of cash and a couple of pipes and a scale. (Sounds like he was hitting the pipe before the robbery too.) He left in a silver Nissan Altima driven by another male.
A man walked into a hair salon int he 200 block of Northwood Drive and pulled a gun. He told the employee to give him the money. The man forced the employee to hand over a small amount of cash. He then fled on foot.
Assault
A man reported that he left the a billards hall around 2:15 a.m. On the way to his car, someone came up and hit him in the face with a hard object, possibly a pipe. The unknown suspect fled. The victim was taken to the hospital. He said he did not have any altercations inside the bar and didn’t know why anyone would attack him.
Stolen Vehicles A man reported that someone took his silver Ford F-150 pickup truck from a parking lot in the 1100 block of Mt. Vernon Hwy. Inside the truck was the victim’s 40 caliber Glock, Model 27.
Thefts
A man reported that his roommate brought home a friend who seemed interested in his cell phone. The next day, the phone was gone. He believes the man took it.
Police were called by a man and his wife who said that while they were eating dinner, in the 1100 block of Perimeter Center West, the victim’s husband noticed a man sitting nearby, adjusting his chair as to bring him closer to her purse which was placed on another chair. (This is a No-No.) They found that her wallet was missing from the purse and later someone attempted to use the card for a $400 charge at Target. NEVER let your purse occupy the chair next to your or worse, hang it over the back of your chair so that it’s hanging on the outside of the chair behind you. Sit it on the floor between your legs with the darn thing zipped up and perhaps duct taped to the legs of the chair! Don’t make it easy for these clowns!
A man called the police after he accidentally left his phone at the Western Union office on Roswell Road. He told officers that he remembered the phone and by the time he returned to the office, an hour had passed and the phone was gone. He checked the video and saw that a black female had taken it. He called the phone and spoke to a female who said her name was Jaquita. She said she would meet him the following morning and would return the phone at the Wendy’s on Roswell Road for a $25 fee. The officer later called her and she told him that she would bring the phone back but she has yet to show.
A woman reported that while she was teaching a class, a man removed all of her cash from her purse. The man appeared to be a parent of one of the children in the class but apparently was posing as one to commit the theft.
A woman called and said she received an e-mail from Bank of America stating they had noticed unusual activity on her bank card and needed to verify it. She gave them her SSN, account number, and DOB. Later, she said she thought about it and contacted Bank of America and was told they do not solicit info that way.
Banks will NEVER solicit the customer’s personal info in this manner, especially by e-mail. Secured PIN numbers are always requested. If you receive any unsolicited e-mail from a bank or other financial institution, call that bank or company and inquire. Chances are it will save you some headaches.
