Police (Off)Beat | Honest man arrested for needing beer

A man holding a "Why lie? I need beer" sign was arrested for darting into traffic after less-than-amused policemen approached on the Lee Street exit of I-20 in downtown Atlanta.
It's so hot in Atlanta that the cards police use to obtain fingerprints are melting on car dashboards.
What's the street price of marijuana? The price varies, according to reports by undercover police officers, who paid as much as $10 for 1.4 grams on Candler Road (enough for three joints) and as little as $25 for 8.4 grams at a South DeKalb Mall kiosk (enough for 17 joints).
A 21-year-old Stone Mountain man caught kicking in a BMW dashboard to steal a GPS unit screamed "I live for this [bleep]!" before charging a DeKalb police officer and punching him in the eye.
A man driving a 1999 Pontiac Grand Am crossed the center line on Franklin Road in Cobb County "several times" while snorting cocaine.
A Pryor Street man is having trouble getting a good night's sleep after arguing with his girlfriend and realizing she left his apartment with his 9mm.
A man pulled over in a tanning salon van was burned by the screwdriver jammed into the stolen vehicle's ignition.
A Marietta McDonald's manager is accused of punching a woman in the face who brought a service dog and autistic children into the restaurant, according to a warrant.
A 91-year-old Atlanta woman told police her grandson, a Navy seaman, called from the Dominican Republic to say he was in the island nation's jail after being involved in a traffic accident. He asked her for $3,800, which she wired via Western Union. The next day, a man claiming to be her grandson's lawyer called and told her his fees amounted to $6,800. She paid that too, but her grandson has yet to call and say thanks.
The manager of a downtown Atlanta hotel told police a woman dancing around in the lobby in a boxer's stance refused to leave. The woman screamed she wanted to see Dr. Barack Obama and that she was a lawyer and physician in town to fight the "occupancy law" of Illinois. Her purse contained a perhaps unused bottle of prescription pills.
A Marietta woman is accused of stealing beer and 17 "picnic items" from a Lower Roswell Road Kroger.
A U.S. Airways employee told a passenger wearing two neck ties he couldn't buy a ticket while intoxicated. The man became irate, screaming "I can fly whenever I want to!" He stumbled away from the ticket counter, leaving his luggage behind. The cop told the man unattended luggage is considered a security risk. The man yelled "I'm leaving it" in the cop's face. Once in handcuffs, the man fell asleep astride an airport toilet.
A 26-year-old Stone Mountain man stupid enough to flash a "gang sign" in the presence of a DeKalb police officer was asked to dump the contents of his Crown Royal bag. Inside, police found dozens of ecstasy pills and a bag of weed.
A man sipping from a large can of Miller High Life while driving down Glenco Drive was pulled over and had a pocket full of cocaine, according to DeKalb police.