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Police (Off)Beat | Pig's brother doesn't like snitches
- A Cascade woman needs to find a new place to live. She told Atlanta police she was sitting on her apartment porch when a juvenile identified only as "Pig's brother" approached and called her a "snitch." The kid began swinging a heavy chain at her. When she grabbed the chain, the boy punched her in the jaw. The boy told her he'd be back to shoot up the place. He returned minutes later with 20 youths, but the woman hid until police arrived. Neighbors say Pig's brother routinely taunts the woman, begging her to come outside.
- An Atlanta police officer reporting to work found six bags of marijuana in his car.
- A man ordered and ate a meal at the downtown Atlanta Sheraton, but refused to pay. He became verbally combative, telling the manager he thought those visiting hotel guests got free grub. The man left without paying, saying he would return to shoot the manager in the face.
- Douglas County deputies followed a trail of blood from a shattered Chick-fil-A window to a nearby apartment. A man there said he'd just dropped his son off at the hospital.
- A woman hanging out the window of a Nissan Pathfinder in the middle of Jonesboro Road was observed by police punching the driver repeatedly. She told police she was trying to stop her boyfriend from driving without a license. Now they've both got criminal records.
- A man walking home from the Hamilton E. Holmes MARTA station was robbed at knifepoint for his Breeze card and Miami Heat cap.
- A 20-year-old Jonesboro man is charged with human trafficking after trying to sell two "girls," including a minor, to an undercover police officer for $100.
- An Atlanta woman lost custody of her children after trying to discipline them at the dinner table. The 24-year-old allegedly bit her 9-year-old son and said she was going to chop his arm off and feed it to his twin.
- An employee of a DeKalb healthcare company must have been mighty thirsty when he forged a $587 paycheck and tried to cash it a Memorial Drive liquor store.
- A man found in a wrecked car with "clear head injuries" must have been dazed and confused after hitting a utility pole in Ellenwood. He told police he wrecked while trying to fight off a carjacker, but witnesses said the man was alone when he tried to illegally pass a motorcycle and lost control of his car. His driver's license was suspended for failure to pay child support, but he had a pocket full of counterfeit $10 bills the Secret Service wants to know more about.
- Saying "20 Hard" on Flat Shoals Road in DeKalb County will get you $20 of crack, according to multiple reports by undercover police officers.
- An Austell teen who'd been told by his father to not allow anyone to turn on the TV is charged with battery after beating up someone who grabbed the remote control.
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.
