Crime Blotter, Sept. 3-8

Police impersonators rob man at Huntington Creek Apartments
A Huntington Creek resident was robbed at gunpoint by two suspects who falsely identified themselves as police Sept. 3, DeKalb County police said.

At about 9:00pm, the victim was approached out of the dark by two suspects, one of whom said, “We are the police,” and pointed a handgun at him as the other went through his pockets and took his wallet. The second suspect sprayed the victim in the face with pepper spray before the suspects fled on foot. The victim was delayed slightly in calling police because he had to go wash his eyes.

The first suspect was described as a black male, 5 feet 9 inches, 200 pounds, 25 to 28 years old with a muscular build, wearing a black shirt, black jean shorts and a black baseball cap. He was armed with a silver semiautomatic pistol.

The second suspect was described as a black male, 5 feet 9 inches, 200 pounds, 25 to 28 years old, wearing a white shirt with blue vertical stripes, black pants and a black baseball cap. He is armed with pepper spray.

Burglary on Georgiana Drive
A family in the 1800 block of Georgiana Drive returned from a three-day family outing Sept. 6 to discover their house had been broken into and various items had been stolen, police said.

The victim noticed that his garage window had been forced open and reported that various items, including a wedding ring, a Gucci watch, a camera, suits, shirts, a purse, shoes, a 32 inch TV and an iPod had been stolen.

House for sale burglarized
A contractor working on a vacant house that was for sale in the 2600 block of Braithwood Road discovered it had been burglarized on Sept. 7, police said.

The contractor arrived to do his work and noticed the front door was unlocked. He entered the house and saw a rear dining room door was open, and all the kitchen appliances were gone. He also saw a flat-screen TV and an outdoor air conditioning unit were missing. The alarm wiring had been cut from the outside and the alarm company hadn’t been contacted about this because the system had been disconnected by a previous owner.

The contractor said the house had been shown to potential buyers on Sept. 3, and the owner is out of the country and couldn’t be contacted.

Late-night vehicle break-in
A woman’s Infiniti luxury car was broken into in front of a house in the 1500 block of Oakridge Court on Sept. 8, police said.

Between midnight and 2am, unknown suspects broke into a gold 4-door Infiniti and took $5 worth of coins from the vehicle. The door was left open when an officer arrived in response to a theft call from the homeowner.