Police Blotter: Entering Auto Suspects Arrested, Man Shot In Leg

SANDY SPRINGS, GA -- Editor’s note: the following incidents were taken from the Sandy Springs Police Department’s Weekly Wrap Up compiled by Capt. Steve Rose, which contains some — not all — of the incidents that occurred July 23-27:

Arrests

• An officer, working an accident at Abernathy Road and Glenridge Drive, on July 23, ran the license of one of the drivers and found he was wanted in Duluth for shoplifting and in Atlanta on failure to appear for a traffic offense. He was arrested.
• 5500 Northside Drive, 30339, 7/23: Cops were called to the ER at Northside Hospital just after midnight on a person shot in the leg. The man who was shot said that he and two others in the car, pulled into the BP at at some point, one man was shot by someone who none of the car’s occupants can describe. No shell casings were found nor was any blood. The victim’s wound had burn marks indicating that the gun was right up against him at the time it fired. The clerk at the BP said he never heard a gunshot. Detectives came in and stories began to change, recanted from the original. The two occupants of the car were arrested for making false representation to the police. The man shot in the leg was given a copy of charges and released. He was later transferred to Grady Hospital with non life-threatening injuries. Capt Steve Rose says: my guess or opinion, which is not necessarily the department’s position, (that part is called a disclaimer) is the guy probably screwed around and shot himself, or one of his buds accidentally shot him and they’re making up a story for CYA purposes. Frankly, this one didn’t pass the smell test early on.
• 500 block of North River Parkway, 30350, 7/23: Police were called just before 11 p.m. after a resident saw two juveniles breaking into cars in the area of the Sandalwood Drive apartments. An officer spotted a juvenile who matched the description of one of the suspects. He had on a backpack. He told the officer he was playing a video game requiring him to walk around. The officer noted that he was breathing hard and sweating. The witness confirmed that the juvenile was one of the suspects. Another officer located a second juvenile who was confirmed to be the second suspect. Items in the backpacks were confirmed to have been stolen from several cars. The items included GPS units and a Ryobi Drill. The juvenile was charged and taken to the Fulton County Youth Detention Center. The center did what they do best and refused to take the juvenile. He was taken home to his mother. The second suspect, old enough not be considered a juvenile, was taken to jail.
• 5570 Roswell Road, 30342, 7/24: Target employees detained a man who put two cellphone cords/chargers, down his pants and attempted to leave the store without paying. He was taken to jail for the $40 theft.
• On July 25, around 1 a.m. and man was observed near the Bank of America, standing under one of the
  exterior lights, going pee-pee in the bushes. He was given a citation.
• On July 24, cops arrested two juveniles on Northwood Drive for shooting a BB gun, hitting a man in the leg.
• 7855 Roswell Road, 30350, 7/26: Officers were called to the Elite Liquor Store regarding a complaint of street drug dealing. A description of a black male, white shirt, gym shorts, was seen selling to another person. The officer located a man who matched the description. The man said he worked at the store and was no selling drugs. The officer found no drugs on the man, but after checking him on GCIC, the man was found to be wanted in College Park for failure to appear. He was arrested and later transferred to College Park police.
• 250 Northridge Road, 30350, 7/28: Cops were called to the Waffle House regarding an intoxicated man. They located the man who was visibly intoxicated and who had two children with him. The kids were about 10 years old. The man said one child was his girlfriend’s and the other was the child’s friend. He said he drove the kids to the Waffle House in his car after his girlfriend passed out back at the crib. He was arrested. The kids were taken to the other child’s (sober) mother for custody.

Burglary

• 6600 block of Vernon Woods Drive, 30328, 7/24: Someone accessed a vacant office space, probably with a key, and then made a hole into the adjacent office space where they accessed and interior office and stole $2000 cash and several gift cards. The vacant space was not built out yet. All of the doors to the vacant office space were secure. It happened sometime between 10 p.m. and 9 a.m. the following morning.
• 5901 Peachtree Dunwoody Road, 30342 7/26: The complainant said someone came into her office and took two boxes of electronic equipment. Looks like an inside job because there was no forced entry and no alarm activation. The hallway video will be forwarded to detectives to see if anyone is on it.

Thefts

• 1000 block of Glenridge Drive, 30342, 7/24: A 36-year-old man told the cops that he was at Pappadeaux on Windy Hill Road the night before with his cousin when they met two girls. They returned to his home around 5 p.m. The two couples paired up and did what they do when they do that. Later, the victim went to bed around 10:30 p.m., leaving his cousin and the two girls in the living room. The following morning, the victim noticed his top drawer open and $2,000 cash missing. He said he keeps cash due to his job as a truck driver, transporting cars. His cousin said he fell asleep too at which time the two women, at some point, left. The victim said he had phone numbers for the girls and texted one who admitted taking $200 but not the full two grand. She told him she would bring the money back but at the time of the report, she had not done so.
• 8725 Roswell Road, 30350, 7/24: An employee of the AT&T phone store said that around 1 p.m., a woman took a phone that he placed on the store’s counter and walked out. She is described as a black female, 5’-5” and 120 lbs, wearing a gray t-shirt and black leggings.
• Harbor Pointe Parkway, 30350, 7/25: A 29-year-old woman said she allowed her boyfriend to use her Jeep that she recently purchased. She later moved away from Sandy Springs after the relationship went south and now he won’t return the Jeep. She sent a certified letter of demand for the Jeep’s return, but the letter came back not deliverable with no forwarding address. Because she sent the letter of demand with no result, she can now take a theft by conversion warrant on the ex.
• 5580 Roswell Road, 30342, 7/26 (Lifetime Fitness): A juvenile reported his wallet was stolen while he played basketball at the gym.
• 5500 block of Powers Ferry Road, 30339, 7/26: A 36-year-old woman reported that she accidentally left her keys on the counter at the Northside Drive BP station. Upon return, they were gone. They checked the video which showed that a man behind her in line, took them.
• 7000 block of Princeton Trace, 30328, 7/27: A 61-year-old man said he is in the process of moving and hired movers to do that job. He later discovered that three watches were stolen from him during the time the movers were on site. He had seen them just prior to that time.
• 1155 Mt. Vernon Highway, 30328, 7/27: A 34-year-old man said his laptop, Dell, valued at $400, was stolen at Starbucks after he briefly left his seat. This happened around 7 p.m.
• 1000 block of Brentwood Way, 30350, 7/27: The resident left his apartment just after 10 a.m. and returned around 10 p.m. The front door had been kicked in and he was missing a Sony laptop, Acer tablet, and Movado watch.

Thefts From Vehicles

• 8200 block Roswell Road, 30350, 7/23 (gas station): driver went in to pay, window open,
  wallet with $400 cash and credit cards, ID taken.
• 6545 Roswell Road, 30328, 7/24: iPhone 6+
• 8000 block of Roswell Road, 30350, 7/25: Rims
• 8025 block of Roswell Road, 30350, 7/25: Rims
• 66 Northwood Drive, 30342, 7/25: Items taken not listed
• 4600 block of Roswell Road, 30342, 7/25: Two totes with medication (2 suspects in a black
  Dodge Charger)
• 5671 Peachtree Dunwoody Road (x2), 30342, 7/25 (parking deck) nothing taken
• 5299 Roswell Road, 30328, 7/26: Items taken not listed
• 100 block Old College Way, 30328, 7/27: Keys
• 5600 Roswell Road, 30342, 7/27: MacPro laptop, personal checks were taken
• 5300 block of PDR, 30342, 7/27: iPad and Android phone; repo company repo’d it by mistake. Upon return, items were missing

Assault

• 7 Concourse Parkway, 30328, 7/23: Following a wedding at the Marriott, the happy couple and attendees of the wedding engaged in the post-wedding reception complete with music provided by a DJ. Following the reception, the groom paid the DJ the agreed price of $500, but the DJ said that he wanted more because he “did announcements and stuff.” An argument ensued and at one point the DJ punched the groom in the jaw. Days later, the groom showed up at police headquarters with his attorney wanting to file “formal” charges against the DJ.

Fraud

• We have so many reports of personal information being used to set up phone accounts, retail accounts,
  used in online services and so on, that I don’t include them anymore. All you need to know is take advantage of the annual free credit report you can obtain and keep a close eye on your accounts. I just wrapped one up with Verizon when someone used my name and info to purchase four phones. They were calling me wanting to collect $2,400. I finally convinced them it was fraud. Clearing it from the credit history take time so don’t ignore your credit reports.

Other Things

• Here’s how it all went down: A guy said another guy took his belongings from the first guy’s
  car. The first guy gave the second guy a ride and the second guy left his stuff in the car. Apparently the two guys work together and the second guy quit his job during the day and took his stuff, and the first guy’s stuff from the car.
• A 21-year-old man said that he was with is juvenile girlfriend (a juvenile is anyone under the age of 17) at
  the pool are of the Dunwoody Crossing Apartments at 700 Summit Springs Drive. This was around 11 p.m. According to him, the juvenile female’s father and cousin showed up. The cousin was angry over the dating situation and pulled a gun our and pointed it at the head of the 21-year-old man to reinforce his opinion on the pair dating.

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