Prominent Buckhead author survives home-invasion attempt
Buckhead tastemaker Danielle Rollins , author of "Soirée: Entertaining with Style" and one of "The Salonniere's" 100 best party hosts in America, survived a bold home-invasion attempt this weekend at her Buckhead house. "I'm obviously rather freaked out and tired, but I'm not going to be scared out of my own house," she told the AJC. Cops recovered weapons including a stolen gun, duct tape and rubber gloves after the suspects fled.
Thieves strike luxury Buckhead condo high-rise on Christmas Eve
She was unpacking the night after Christmas, after a holiday break, when someone tried to enter her home.
Atlanta Police Department officers recovered a cache of weapons including a stolen gun, duct tape, rubber gloves, binoculars and other items dropped by the suspects as they ran off. Officers were unable to chase down the suspects but recovered a black ski mask, glove and other items inside a backpack the suspects dropped.
Inside the backpack were a “loaded Ruger SR9c 9mm (Serial #33380289) with a 10 round capacity magazine with 7 rounds loaded,” an Atlanta police report said. “A second magazine was located that had a 17-round capacity with 13 rounds loaded and a 9mm ammo box with 4 rounds left. The gun was checked on ACIC and it came back stolen from Sandy Springs Police Department (Case # 2015015698). The gun was taken in a burglary where the victim walked in on the suspect still inside his home.”
Also recovered: 3- particulate respirators. 1-Bushnell 16×32 binoculars, 1 small roll of Duct tape, 2- small Mace brand pepper sprays, 14- black rubber gloves, and 1-verizon blackberry (no battery or backing).”
The incident occurred days after someone broke into a number of cars at the nearby 10 Terminus building at Peachtree and Piedmont and months after a violent home-invasion in Buckhead left local events planner Toni Moceri badly injured.
Moceri was robbed inside her home and held at gunpoint for more than 90 minutes as two masked men demanded jewelry and cash. At the time, Atlanta police said it had been the second such crime reported in their upscale neighborhood in less than a month.
On Sunday, Moceri posted a message supporting Rollins and urging Atlanta residents to remain alert.
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