Sandy Springs Blotter: Prescription Drugs, Cash Seized During Traffic Stop

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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 Sept. 19-24:

Arrests

• Winding River Drive, 30350, 9/19: Responding to a loitering call, the officer located a man in the breezeway of the apartment that matched the description given. Turns out the man was wanted in East Point on warrants. The man had also stolen clothing that had been shipped to the complainant. The clothing was wrapped in a plastic bag and had a receipt inside of the bag in the name of the complainant—something that the suspect failed to notice. He was arrested.
• 6110 PDR, 30328, 9/19: Just after 6 a.m. cops responded to a “person drunk” call in the hallway of a hotel. The man was located and indeed was hammered. He said he was out with friends, hitting several bars the night before. He somehow became separated from his friends but told the officer that he had a room at this hotel but just didn’t make it before going night-night. His room was located and he was cited for disorderly conduct and left in his room.
• Officers were dispatched to Glisten Avenue regarding teens going in and out of a home there. The caller said a vehicle would circle the neighborhood after letting out the teens. A responding officer located the car and stopped it. The driver was known to the officer as was one of the passengers, from prior contact. The officers smelled marijuana and that, plus some Xanax pills, liquid codeine, an Oxycodone pill were found in the car. All were taken to the narcotics unit and interviewed. Two were later charged after 92 additional Xanax pills were found in the car. A large amount of cash was seized for evidence from one of the suspects.
• 8300 Dunwoody Place, 30350, 9/22: Just before 10 p.m an officer noticed a man who was watering the bushes. The man said he was sorry but could not hold it in. The officer’s rather articulate report stated “After Mr. *** concluded releasing a copious amount of urine from his bladder, a made contact with him and addressed the issue.” The man was cited and released.
• A woman was arrested at the Publix, 8725 Roswell Road on September 23. She had on her hand soap, three brands of lotion, mouthwash, toothpaste, shampoo, and facial cleaning stuff.

Burglary

• 500 block of North River Pkwy, 30350, 9/19: The resident said between 9 p.m. and 5:30 a.m. someone entered his living room taking his TV and his boss’s 2010 Chevrolet Silverado 2500. He said the door was unlocked and the keys were sitting on the coffee table in the living room.
• 7000 block of Colquitt Road, 30350, 9/19 (6:24 a.m.): An officer, responding to an alarm at the leasing office of Legends at Dunwoody Apartments,found that someone punched a hole in the door from the weight room to the office by using a kettle ball. It wasn’t known if anything was missing at the time of the report.
• 6309 Roswell Road, 30328, 9/20: The Firehouse Subs Store manager reported that sometime during the night, someone accessed the store, without forced entry, and took cash from the safe. A former employee, who was terminated and who had access numbers for the safe, etc., may be a likely suspect. He was told to surrender his key but the manager said he could have made a copy. The safe did not contain a great deal of cash. Capt. Steve Rose says: Key control is a big deal folks. Keys accessing sensitive areas should be Medco or other brandsof keys that cannot be duplicated. Computerized access keys are good too. They record what times they were used. Word!
• 400 block of Mt. Vernon Hwy, 30328, 9/20: Following an alarm call, the officers spoke to the homeowner who said that he purchased several items for the home’s lighting (home is under construction) a month before the incident. Sometime between now and then, someone took the fixtures valued at $1,000.
• A man reported that on the 2nd of September, someone came into his home and then used a six-foot ladder to retrieve items from the kitchen. (Items not listed on the face sheet.) He did not report this then but did on the 21st who came in. Rose says: The technical term for finding a ladder in your kitchen that shouldn’t be there is “clue.” You should report such things then.
• 5000 block of Northside Drive, 30342, 9/21: The resident left the home around 11 a.m. and returned at about 3 p.m. He found that someone damaged a lock box attached to the door and then entered the home. Several items were taken from the home.
• 1000 block of Brentwood Way, 30350, 9/22: An apartment resident said someone came into his home sometime between 1 and 2:40 pm. There was no forced entry. Missing was a large amount of cash. He blames the maintenance staff, one of whom he argued with earlier in the day over money owed to the victim.

Thefts

• 6260 Peachtree Dunwoody Road, 30328, 9/19: A hotel guest said that someone entered the room and took his wallet.
• 2900 Dunwoody Club Drive, 30350, 9/19: A 79-year-old woman reported that while she shopped at Kroger, someone stole her wallet from her purse, netting $500 cash, personal ID, and credit cards. She said she left her purse unattended in the cart at times while shopping.
• 7736 Spalding Drive, 30350, 9/21(Publix): Employees reported that a man described as a black male, 6’0” with numerous tattoos came into the store and loaded up a shopping cart with about $300 in groceries, then raced to the exit but was intercepted by an employee who grabbed the cart. The suspect then ran to the area of the Derby Restaurant where he got into a Chevy Tahoe, driven by another person, and fled the area.
• 1100 Hammond Drive, 30328, 9/20: Rite Aid employees reported that a white male, six-feet tall and about 155 pounds, entered the store and walked around. He had a hand-held container and placed several store items in it. When he arrived at the counter, he asked for a pack of Newports. The employee placed the pack on the counter. The man then grabbed the Newports and fled the location leaving behind the container and miscellaneous items therein.
• 1155 Mt. Vernon Hwy, 30328, 9/21: The management of Tropical Smoothie Café reported that they conducted an internal investigation netting an employee who is suspected of stealing some night deposit funds that were supposed to be deposited in the bank. The employee contends she did so but the bank informed the company that the night deposit bag that was deposited, was empty. She was fired. Rose says: Retail stores and restaurants always have to contend with employee theft. Most of the time the employee gets greedy and screws up thanks to video and well, dumb employees. Most employees, even theones who plan well, make a mistake.
• 8331 Roswell Road, 30350, 9/21: A woman reported that while shopping at the Kroger Store, someone took her wallet. It was later returned by a male to the manager but $142 cash was missing.
• 2090 Dunwoody Club Drive, 30350, 9/21: The manager of Kroger reported that a male and female, apparently working together, nabbed four cartons of Newports totaling just over $230. They walked to the cashier together and requested the smokes. The cashier asked if they were together and they said yes. The woman bagged the cigarettes and before payment, the male apparently blocked her view for enough time for the woman to take the cigarettes and walk out. The man then said the woman was NOT with him and refused to pay. The woman showed a Michigan ID when she got the cigarettes but the cashier did not remember the name or other info. A Kroger Card was also used. The store is retrieving that information for the detectives.

Thefts From Vehicles

• 5671 PDR, 30342, 9/21: Briefcase and items contained
• 6690 Roswell Road, 30328, 9/21: LA Fitness lot / D, credit cards, laptop
• 6309 Roswell Road, 30328, 9/21: MacBook Pro
• 4500 blk Roswell Road, 30342, 9/22: Purse and contents, cell phone, white male suspect
  
• 6350 Roswell Road, 30328, 9/23: Laptop
• 1155 Mt. Vernon Hwy, 30328, 9/23: LA Fitness lot/MacBook Pro laptop
• 400 block of Mt. Vernon, 30328, 9/23: Purse and contents
• 1155 Mt. Vernon Hwy, 30328, 9/23: LA Fitness lot /backpack and contents
• 800 Hammond Dr., 30328, 9/24: Company laptop from Sheraton Hotel lot

Assault

• A 20-year-old man said that while working on his job with a moving company, he and other employees were aggravated with another employee who he felt was working too slow. He commented to the men that the coworker was “acting like a female.” The coworker overheard this and confronted the man. They argued but took a break to drive the truck to another location. Later, the argument kicked up again and the coworker (perp) punched the victim in the face and cut him with an unknown tool on his arm. The victim, bleeding, tried to get away but the perp kept attacking him and bit him. He then walked away. Warrants are pending.

Other Things

• 5701 Roswell Road, 30342, 9/19: A 40-year-old man said he was threatened by a man named Kwamane. Kwamane said he would “beat your ass” to the man after a short argument over Kwamane pressing the horn in the complainant’s car. Kwamane left the scene on foot prior to the cop’s arrival.
• 600 block of Highland Park Trail, 30350, 9/19: A 28-year-old man said someone placed a bag of dog poop on the hood of his car. He doesn’t know why.
• Cops were called to the 600 block of Waterford Place on a firearm call. They spoke with the resident who said that he dropped his Glock 10mm gun which caused it to fire into the unarmed floor causing a hole. Now if you know anything about Glocks, it is designed with sort of a dual trigger requiring both to be depressed at the same time to fire. This means the gun won’t fire when it is dropped. The man was informed of this and changed his story some to say he dropped it and it fired when he picked it up and did in fact depress the trigger mechanism. The man was a novice and had not taken any firearms safety training. He was urged to get some. The bullet did not penetrate the floor that is connected to the ceiling of the apartment below. Rose states: We offer a firearms safety course folks. If you purchase a gun and have no prior training, please go through the basic course. It’s well worth an hour or two.
• On Sept. 17, a woman said she was walking her dog when it was attacked by a mixed Pit Bull. She incurred a $750 vet bill which prompted her to call the police on the 21st.
• 8350 Roswell Road 30350, 9/21: Someone tried to set fire to the leasing office at Pointe at Canyon Ridge Apartments. A patrol officer spotted flames at the building around 2:30 a.m. Looks like someone set fire to a small pine tree up against the building. There was fire/smoke damage to the inside of the building. Fire and arson investigators responded. A Molotov Cocktail type of device was located inside but it did not activate properly, meaning it didn’t catch fire as planned. That case is under investigation.
• 227 Sandy Springs Place, 30328, 9/21: A man reported that he was driving in the parking lot of the Kroger Store at City Walk when another car pulled out in front of him as he stopped at the stop sign in front of the store. The victim then beeped his horn. The driver of the other car got out and began yelling profanities at the victim and then told him that he would kill him. The victim then left the area and parked. He went into the Kroger. Upon return to his car, he found that it had been keyed, no doubt by the other driver.
• A man reported he received a call at home from a man with a foreign sounding voice, and who called himself “Tim Parker” with Atlanta Police. He called the victim by name and address. He told the man that he (victim) had been involved in a murder and needed to bring a bag of money to APD headquarters. The victim didn’t fall for it and told the man this was a (very poorly planned) scam and he’d do nothing of the sort. The man on the phone said he was coming to the house.
• On Sept. 23 cops were called to a home regarding a domestic situation. The female complainantsaid her soon-to-be-ex-husband had once again passed out drunk in the basement of the home and had urinated on himself. Earlier that day she arrived home from work to find him drunk, sitting on the couch, and urinating in his trousers. She said he has been drunk since April. She said he got mad and threw a punch at her—which missed. The momentum sent him past her and down to the floor, which is where he remained. He was checked by the officer but looked okay. He declined medical treatment.

Fraud

• Chemin De Vie, 30350, 9/20: Card number taken, small purchases made totaling $100.
• Heards Road, 30328, 9/21: Someone requested a new debit card in the name of the victim and victim’s bank account.
• A 62-year old woman reported on September 23rd that she had been involved in an online relationship*with a man named Mills Jennings whom she met via Facebook. She said she has never personally seen or met Jennings and only spoken to him twice in the two years of the relationship. In that two years, she has shared her SSN, personal bank account numbers and routing information, and other things. He told her he’s from Compton, CA, but was in Syria, serving in the Army. She described him as a black male, about 40 years old, 5’-8” and 180 pounds—I’m guessing from what he said since she never met him. She found out from her bank that Jennings wired $300,000 into her account. The bank caught wind of it and froze the account. The officer asked her why would he deposit that amount of money into her account when he had never met her. She said that he wanted her to have it because he was going to end his tour of duty and wanted his life-savings in her account so that they could share it when he got back. She told the officer that she has not contacted him about the frozen funds. She opened a new account, but now her funds are frozen. What the guy was trying to do was deposit a fraudulent check and then make withdrawals before the bank caught on. They bank was faster than the crook it seems.

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