2 Robbed at Gunpoint In Sandy Springs: Blotter

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 Jan. 21-26:

Robbery

• 55 Northwood Drive, 30342, 1/22: A woman and man reported that around 9:15 p.m., two men described as black males, who pulled a gun and took the woman’s purse and necklace from her, approached them in the apartment parking lot. One subject was said to be in his 40’s, the other was younger. Her purse contained $2,000 in jewelry and $2,000 cash. The male victim said his iPhone was taken along with his credit cards. The suspects wore all black including a jacket and hood.

Burglary

• 201 Northwood Drive, 30342, 1/23: work shed.
• 4000 block of Riverview Road, 30342, 1/23: house under construction, two washers, two dryers, and a 40-inch TV were taken.
• 500 block Granite Ridge Place, 30350, 1/23: Sometime during the day, the victim’s home was entered by force, through a sliding glass door. Missing is a PS4 video game system, 20 games, a Nintendo 3DS and a backpack.
• 200 block Forest Hills Drive, 30342, 1/24: Responding to an alarm, two officers were in the home when they heard a crashing sound from another room, and realized that the burglar was absconding from the home. They were not able to get a look so they set up a perimeter and called in the nearest K-9 unit, who picked up a track but soon lost it. No arrest was made. No forced entry was found and nothing appears to be missing.
• 4600 Roswell Road, 30342, 1/24 (Collection Apartments): Sometime between 8 a.m. and 7:30 p.m. someone entered an apartment by kicking the door in. Some items were taken.
• 1500 block Windridge Drive, 30350, 1/26: Between Wednesday and Thursday, the victim was away from his apartment. During that time, someone came in by forcing a window and took an engagement ring, five iPhones, Apple Watch, Christian Louboutin shoes, Versache sunglasses, and Louis Vuitton Purse. A Hookah pipe is also missing.

Theft

• 6690 Roswell Road, 30328, 1/22 (LA Fitness): The victim placed his iPhone 7 inside his sweatshirt and next to the basketball court while he played. An hour later, he discovered someone took it. Capt. Steve Rose says: Sound familiar? We have a real problem with thefts at this location, specifically on the basketball court.
• Another LA Fitness theft occurred on the 25th around 6 p.m. The victim said he got a call that his
  Discover card was being used to purchase something at Target in Kennesaw for $800. He then looked in his wallet and found that the card was gone, taken when he worked out at the club earlier.
• 5675 Roswell Road, 30342, 1/22: The victim said his black 1998 Honda Civic was stolen overnight.
• 700 block Hammond Drive, 30328, 1/23: The complainant said a woman, not sure of what relation to him, stole his rented 2017 Kia Optima from the Hampton Inn.
• 9000 block Carroll Manor Drive, 30350, 1/22: A 19-year old man said that he and his now ex-girlfriend broke up but remained friends. He had his property, not described, in her car, and she won’t give it back. She denied it and refuses to answer his calls.
• 4920 Roswell Road, 30342, 1/22: A woman said that her wallet was stolen from her purse at a dance theater studio. She was an instructor and left the purse on the front desk while she taught. She was informed by a student’s mother that two women, who were not in the group, were in the studio. They said they were interested in the classes as they left. Afterwards, she noticed the theft. She said they appeared to leave in a hurry. A short time later, her AMEX card was sued at a Kroger for $1,000 and at a Dollar Store for $2,000. She’s also missing gift cards totaling $400, $140 cash, checkbook and an ID.
• 6700 Powers Ferry Road, 30339, 1/22: A man reported he accidentally left his iPhone 6 at Rays on the River sometime between 7:15 and 9 p.m. He realized it and discovered the restaurant closed for the evening. He activated the GPS where he discovered the phone’s location in Powder Springs.
• 1155 Mt. Vernon Hwy, 30328, 1/23: A man reported that sometimes between the 20th and 21st, his trailer was stolen from behind the Babies ‘R’ Us store.
• 200 block Zeblin Road, 30342, 1/24: The resident said his 2009 black Acura MDX was taken from the driveway.
• 7000 Roswell Road, 30328, 1/24: A gold Dodge Durango was taken from the parking lot of the victim’s apartment complex.

Thefts From Vehicles

• 145 Northwood Drive, 30342, 1/21: Unlocked; glasses taken
• 6345 Powers Ferry Road, 30339, 1/22: Armani glasses
• 2400 block Huntingdon Chase, 30350, 1/22: Tag
• 600 blk Natchez Trace, 30350, 1/23: Laptop bag
• 1160 Hammond Drive, 30328, 1/24: Garbage bag (clothes) and sunglasses
• 2100 Riveredge Pkwy, 30339, 1/24: Nothing taken

Assault

• Brandon Place, 30350, 1/22: Domestic; male suspect arrested

Fraud

• A resident reported that she was notified from Apple that a MacBook was purchased with
  her credit card and was being shipped to an address different than hers. The items was shipped although the card was cancelled prior to being charged for the machine. She said that on the previous night she was informed that someone deposited a $1,800 check into a business account and several unsuccessful attempts were made to withdraw funds from that account. She closed the account and put fraud alerts out. She believes her mail was stolen prior to the activity and the check and card were stolen at the same time. She went on to say she had previous activity and has been in touch with the postal inspectors.
• 5948 Roswell Road, 30328, 1/21: Mike’s Hot Dogs staff reported a man described as a black male came in and ordered two dogs, fries and a Coke. He paid with a $100 bill which the employee could not locate a watermark. She gave it to the manager who could not find a watermark and told the suspect, then gave him the counterfeit $100 bill back!! Capt. Steve Rose says: NO! Do not give it back! Are you nuts??!! You tell him the bill looks counterfeit and the police will be here soon to help us all understand what is going on. You will see the man disappear faster than a married man out the back door at a massage parlor when the cops raid it. The bad guy left in a silver sedan south on Roswell.

Other Things

• A 62-year-old woman said she was hit by a car in the 8800 block of Dunwoody Place on the
  21st around 7:45 p.m. The car’s driver stopped and asked her what happened and was informed she was hit by his car. He said that he had the green light and a woman walked in front of his car, along with her cane, placed the cane on the ground, got down on the ground in front of the car screaming for an ambulance. When the officer got there, the woman was “frantic” but had no visible injuries. The officer checked the car and the dust on the front where the woman said she was hit, was undisturbed. Her clothing was undisturbed. She demanded to go to the hospital via ambulance, which she did. The driver said he had to ask her what was wrong with her when she laid down on the pavement.
• 5501 Glenridge Drive, 30342, 1/23: Officers were contacted by Fulton County police regarding a carjacked vehicle that was possibly parked at the Nevadan Apartments. The officers found the car, unoccupied, near building 2. It was impounded for the reporting agency.
• On Jan. 23, around 8 p.m., an officer received a call of a person drunk at Kroger on Northridge Road. He approached the man who was urinating on the store’s wall. He was arrested.
• 7500 block of Roswell Road, 30350, 1/24: Cops responded to an assault call near the Publix store. They met with a 27-year-old woman who said she and her boyfriend pulled into the parking lot of the store, when her boyfriend asked her to go to the “Bluff” with her to buy some boy. She refused so he pushed her head into the steering wheel. She exited the car and he drove off. She said she didn’t want to press charges but didn’t want him to get away with hitting her. She was vague and changed her answers several times. She said the boyfriend is on probation for domestic violence. The officer noted she had no visible injuries. Capt. Steve Rose says: Look up the “Bluff” in Atlanta. Well known drug location. “Boy”is slang for heroin).
• A 31-year-old woman reported that she received a Facetime call on her iPad around 11:30 p.m. The
  image on the other side was of a man masturbating. She said she tried to talk to the man because she was upset that her daughter has frequent access to her iPad. She did find that there were not previous calls in the history file. The caller was using an e-mail address instead of a phone number. The victim’s friend called that e-mail on her iPhone and got the same treatment.
• 6650 Roswell Road, 30328, 1/24: An officer spotted a car, near a closed business, around 1:40 a.m. He questioned the two occupants and found that the female passenger had identification on her, that belonged to other people, along with her legitimate ID. The officer could not verify, at the time, any contact information for the person, who’s ID was in the possession of the person in the car. The ID’s were taken into property but the persons in the car were allowed to leave. Later, the officer located the owner of the ID who said it was stolen in July at a Goodwill Store in Lawrenceville, along with a credit cards. The officer then filed a warrant for the woman who was in possession of the ID. The arrest is pending.

Arrests

• 5500 block, PDR, 1/23: Expired Tag; 18 grams; citation (marijuana)
• 5555 Roswell Road, 1/23: Search Warrant; 2 pounds; warrant arrest (marijuana)
• 4717 Roswell Road, 1/23: Unrelated call; 4 containers (small); arrest (marijuana)
• 5580 Roswell Road, 1/24: Child related call; pipe/small amt; citation (marijuana)
• 6096 Barfield Road, 1/24: Complaint of odor; unsuccessful flush of 5.6 grams; citation (marijuana)
• GA-400 northbound at Spalding Drive, 30350, 1/24: An officer spotted a temporary paper tag on a car (Wheels Deals Auto Sales) and stopped it because it contained no numbers or dates on it as required by the law. The driver removed a fleet insurance car that was next to a grinder used to grind weed. He also had a gun on him that was stolen from Clayton County in February of 2015. The driver is a convicted felon, many times over, and as such, he was arrested for being a convicted felon in possession of a gun, a stolen one at that, possession of marijuana (less than 1 oz) and an open container violation. He was arrested.
• 8725 Roswell Road, 30350, 1/24: A woman was arrested for taking a package of seafood and walking out of the Publix store without paying for it.

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