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Police (Off)Beat | Femme almost fatale behind bars
- A 21-year-old Atlanta woman is in the DeKalb jail on $25,000 bond for luring men into various robbery traps. One robbery victim lured into a Johnson Road apartment "for sex" was shot by the vixen's "boyfriend" through a locked door.
- A woman using the restroom at a fast food restaurant on Ralph David Abernathy was discomfited by male "moaning and groaning" noises emanating from the adjacent stall. She told police it appeared to be coming from a man pleasuring himself.
- Of all the beer available at the Ponce de Leon Kroger, someone stole a 6-pack of Colt 45.
- Hell is hot, and so is Jones Memorial Baptist Church after someone spirited away the AC unit.
- A man repeatedly caught sleeping at Kennestone Hospital in Marietta was arrested after telling police he was there to visit a friend, but couldn't remember his friend's name or room number.
- A DeKalb woman and Nigerian man living in Douglasville face federal charges after she used another woman's Georgia ID to apply for a marriage license.
- A 43-year-old Stone Mountain man faces domestic violence charges after observing his girlfriend pleasuring his brother.
- A homeless man was eating in the alley behind Little 5 Pizza when he was beset upon by youths who tried to steal his food. He started whacking them with his cane and had "just about got the best of them" when one of the teens pepper sprayed him.
- A child's Big Wheel was stolen from a porch on Hall Street in northwest Atlanta.
- An Atlanta car wash customer told police the $1,000 in cash he'd left in his glove compartment got cleaned out.
- A Sherwood Forest woman found 17 hollow point .38 caliber bullets and, unlike Robin Hood, turned them over to police.
- A man observed slugging straight vodka on Peachtree Street told police he was trying to finish the bottle before his bus arrived.
- A Smyrna pizzeria customer was charged with public drunk and simple battery after attempting to choke a woman who refused his "aggressive" amorous advances.
- A 34-year-old Decatur man visited his girlfriend's Corner Shoals Drive home and rammed her car through a closed garage door.
- A man admitted to stealing a bottle of "Usher cologne" from a Buford Highway apartment.
- A Cumberland Mall bandit absconded with two pair of underwear.
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.
