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Police (Off)Beat | Biker can't beat nap rap
- A man riding a Harley-Davidson motorcycle fell asleep on Euclid Avenue in Little Five Points. Witnesses said the biker stopped in the road and fell over. When awoken from his slumber by a police officer, the man said he'd been awake for days. During questioning, he appeared to fall asleep while standing up. He snored heavily while being transported to jail on charges of refusing a DUI test and driving with an expired license.
- A shopper at an Alpharetta Best Buy lugged $6,200 in merchandise to the cashier and presented an American Express card. When asked for a picture ID, she fled, leaving behind a purse containing her driver's license and another stolen credit card.
- An Atlanta visitor reported using her credit card to buy a pretzel at Hartsfield-Jackson International Airport. The same day, someone with her card number spent $199 at Man Alive clothing shop.
- A naked DeKalb woman sleeping on her couch "in full view" of passersby was alarmed when a man broke a window and tried to crawl in her home. She screamed, he fled. A blood trail led police to his apartment door.
- A 25-year-old Clarkston woman remains jailed for using an AK-47 to deprive a man of $6,000 on Flat Shoals Road.
- A Cascade resident reported a gas leak, which was traced to a missing gas meter. The woman said the landlord, who lives on the other side of the duplex, has the handyman cut the gas off for a few days every month. A gas company employee found a meter in the back yard that had been stolen from a nearby home. The landlord, 72, said he was too old to go to jail and would be out in "no time." He complained about his pacemaker repeatedly while being transported.
- A man looking to score a $350 iPad on Craigslist got a knuckle sandwich instead. DeKalb police found the pugilist's cell phone number on other Craigslist items. Another victim, a woman held up at gunpoint, identified the violent seller in a police lineup.
- A Cobb County man whose wife refused to give him $5 was arrested after throwing a TV dinner tray through their living room window.
- A 55-year-old Stone Mountain woman told police she only remembers "getting in the van," not angrily driving it around the house into the back yard and running over her husband, who suffered a broken leg.
- A woman staying with her sister in Stone Mountain became enraged and swung a 10-pound dumbbell at her sister's head. She missed, creating a large hole in the wall. She then dumped the refrigerator, poured laundry detergent throughout the house and smashed picture frames. Bond for the rampage is $15,000, but I doubt her sister will solicit donations.
- An angry DeKalb woman pulled a "large rock" out of her purse and threw it at her brother's Jeep, resulting in a fight. He fled the scene, but she told police he was a drug dealer and she experiences hallucinations because someone slipped something into "her powder." She said her brother was known as "Knat" but she couldn't spell his last name, didn't know his age and did not know where he lives.
- An Atlanta man who called police to report a drive-by shooting that left his Ford pickup riddled with bullet holes was jailed for failure to appear on a DUI charge.
- A Cobb Christian Ministries van stolen from Atlanta was recovered in Orlando, Fla.
- An intoxicated man seen busting a vodka bottle in Piedmont Park told police he just needed a place to sleep.
About the Author
George Mathis has worked in the AJC newsroom since 1999 in a variety of roles including editing local news, blogger and columnist.
