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Friday, November 7, 2008
Crime & punishment
The Atlanta Journal-Constitution
Here’s a wrap-up of items from the Sandy Springs police blotter:
Robbery
A food delivery driver received a call to deliver $150 in food to an apartment in the Celebration Apartments complex on Roswell Road. A second employee went along to help with the large order and because the driver was concerned about potential danger. That person waited at the delivery car. Once the victim knocked on the door, he was jumped by two men. The victim resisted at first but was assaulted by the two men, one of whom then pulled a gun. The second employee ran from the location while calling the police. They suspects ransacked the victim’s car but left without getting anything.
Burglary
Two men kicked in the door to an apartment in the 1100 block of Huntcliff Village Drive and removed several items including a couple of laptops, jewelry and cash. The burglary was witnessed by a neighbor who called police. Two suspects were later detained and questioned about the burglary.
A man said he cashed a college tuition check at a check-cashing store on Roswell Road. He came home and left the cash—$7,000, on his end table, and then left to go to the mall. (Huh?) He came home and found his patio door open and then discovered the cash missing. (Anyone here surprised?)
Forgery, Fraud, and I.D. Theft
The victim said someone used his personal information to obtain a Wachovia bank card and then used it for over $1,000 in transactions.
In another case, a man applying for a mortgage said he was informed that someone applied for and received two credit cards in his name. The Visa and MasterCard accounts amounted to just under $2,000.
An employee of Best Bank located inside the Kroger Store on Roswell Road said a woman came in and then tried to cash a fraudulent check from the M & T Bank in Buffalo, NY. The bank employee contacted the M & T Bank and was told the check was fraud. (The teller pretty much knew it because the check looked like it was made on a color printer.) The teller noted the woman who presented the check gave her correct driver’s license number. The woman, after being told about the check, said she sells Avon products on the Internet. She was contacted by a woman from Spellman Drive in Fayetteville, NC. She wanted to order just over $400 in Avon products. She would send a check for a little over the billing amount—the excess funds would go for a credit on her next purchase. The woman said she received the check and was surprised to find the amount was over $2,400. The instructions were to cash the check, take her cut, and then send the balance of over $1,900 to a woman in Michigan. Of course, the scam is to cash the check and then find later the check is no good—after you sent your money to the other address. Fortunately for this woman, the teller recognized this as a bad check and so it was never deposited.
Thefts
An employee of the Rite Aid Drug Store on Roswell Road said a man came in and attempted to steal hair care products. The employee followed the man out of the store and they scuffled in the parking lot until the suspect was able to get away. The employee was able to get the products back as well as the man’s jacket and Marta card.
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