Police Arrest Man Who Kept Putting a Large Log in Middle of Road

• 3/16/13 - Reckless Conduct, 3200 block of Johnson Ferry Road, 8:30 pm. Officers Sarwars and Ellestad were traveling down Johnson Ferry when they almost struck a large log in the roadway around a curve. They activated their lights, and removed the log.

After leaving the scene, Officer Ellestad turned around about a block later, returning to find the same log in the same spot, forcing traffic to swerve into the opposite lane and almost causing head on collisions.

The officer again removed the log. But this time he parked his vehicle out of sight and walked back. He observed from behind some bushes, the suspect run from a driveway and place the log in the road.

The suspect ran back to the driveway and hide behind a vehicle. Officers Sarwars and Ellestad moved through adjacent properties and arrested the suspect who didn’t know he was being watched.

• 3/16/13 - Assault, 2400 block of Cumberland Court, 12 am. Victim stated that while walking on the side walk a white van almost hit him. He said he yelled at the van about driving drunk. The van stopped and six males exited. One of the occupants ran to the victim and struck him in the face. The others attempted to break up the fight. The occupants entered the van and were seen by the victim drive to and enter a apartment. When officers arrived they found the suspect still wearing the same clothing description and the suspect admitted to striking the victim in the face. The suspect was arrested and EMS treated and released the victim on scene.

• 3/17/13 - Burglary, 3600 block of Chamblee Dunwoody Road, 12:15 am. Suspect broke through the rear wall of the location to make entry to the business, through the cinder block outer wall, then through the drywall. The suspect then damaged the outer casing and locking mechanism of the coin machine and stole approximately $450.00 in change. The suspect is a dark skinned male, approximately 40‐50 years of age, with a short afro hair style and a receding hair line, approximately 5’7,” 165 lbs, khaki pants and a light blue long sleeve button up shirt.

• 3/18/13 - Criminal Attempt Robbery, Simple Assault, Wiggins Way, 3 am. A taxi driver picked up two males from N. DeKalb Drive and dropped them off near Chamblee Dunwoody Road and Wiggins Way. One of the males got out of the taxi and started choking the driver demanding in Spanish, “Give me your money.” The driver was able to fight his way out of the choke and the suspect ran away. The suspect was described as a Hispanic male, 25‐27 years of age, short brown hair, brown eyes, green sweater, black skully, and blue jeans, last seen headed towards Wiggins Way.

• 3/19/13 - Simple Assault, Open Container, Arrest, 3100 block of Chamblee Dunwoody Road, 12:30 am. Victim was approached by the suspect who asked if the victim had any money. The victim stated that he gave him five dollars. The suspect asked if there was more, the victim said no and the suspect punched the victim in the face. When we responded the victim stated that he did not want to press charges. The officer observed the suspect with an open container of an alcoholic beverage and placed the suspect under arrest. A check of the suspect showed that he was wanted out of DeKalb County.