Blotter: Robbery Suspect Strikes Victim In Head, Takes Wallet

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 Feb. 21 through March 1:

Robbery

• 100 block of Calibre Springs Way, 30342, 3/1: A 19-year old man reported that just before midnight, he was approached from behind and struck on the head, knocking him to the ground. The suspect took his wallet, containing $80, and ran. The suspect had a black mask and was wearing dark clothing.

Burglary

• 900 block Woodcliff Drive, 30350, 2/27: The resident called police saying that he saw someone inside his home via camera images on his phone. Officers arrived at the scene while the resident continued to say the man was in the home. The suspect was dressed in a white hoodie and had a white plastic garbage bag. No one was found. The officers discovered the camera had a 15-minute delay. The resident said he thinks the suspect is someone his son knows and has done this before. The suspect was not located.

Theft

• 250 Northridge Road, 30350, 3/1: Three backpacks, belonging to employees, were stolen from the back room of the Waffle House. The back door was ajar. An employee noted that a black BMW sped from the location right about that time just prior to discovery, being just after 3 a.m. The stolen items included $785 cash, ID, wallet and clothing.
• 6189 Roswell Road, 30328, 3/1: Enterprise Leasing reported a car that was rented on the 10th of February, was never returned.
• 7505 Roswell Road, 30350, 3/1 (Jiffy Lube): The manager of the store said a co-worker stole the cash register cash totaling $240. The complainant (witness) said he saw the suspect make change for a customer and the cash was in place. All other transactions from that point were credit card. Just before closing, the witness was busy on an oil change and gave his pass code for the register to the suspect to work the reception area. The suspect was soon gone, having not clocked out, and vamoosed with the cash. The witness tried to call him but was blocked.

Thefts From Vehicles

• 1125 Hammond Drive, 30328, 2/25: Nothing taken
• River Court Parkway, 30350, 2/28: Laptop

Assault

• All domestic related this week.

Fraud

• IRS fraud (again): A 54-year-old woman said a person of Indian accent called, representing herself as an IRS agent who told her that she owed $2,600 in order for warrants to be cancelled. She did so by purchasing iTunes cards to pay. She did so before learning that the call was fraudulent.
• A 28-year-old woman said someone opened a Comcast account in her name. She tried to open a new account when she learned that someone in the Richmond Hill area had already done so in her name.
• A 57-year old man was contacted by Experian and told someone attempted to open a Capital One
  account in his name. The account was declined.
• A 34-year-old woman said she was contacted by “Dhana” on her Instagram account and told that if she sent $1,000 to her, she would flip it and return the funds with interest. The woman went to Walgreens at 7530 Roswell Road and obtained two Western Union checks for $250 each, then returned on the following day, obtaining two more for the same amount. Capt. Steve Rose says: And...what do you think happened?
• 5500 Interstate North Parkway, 30339, 2/28: A company representative reported that someone within the company used the company credit card in his (complainant’s) name, to purchase an Apple iMac, 27-inch computer, totaling $2,299 plus $160 shipping.
• 5920 Roswell Road, 30328, 3/1: An employee of Tuesday Morning Store said a former employee fraudulently used another employee’s ID number to authorize a return on an item, crediting the return to her credit card. The store’s loss was $855.

Arrests

• Pitts/Colquitt roads, 30350, 2/25: traffic stop; marijuana, driver lied about his name. Rose: That’s just stupid. Don’t do that.
• Cimarron Parkway, 30350, 2/25: A woman told police she was at home doing her friend’s makeup. Her ex-boyfriend was also there and asked her to go to the movies, to which she declined. He got mad, pushed her, then pulled out her braids and in retaliation, she pulled out some dreadlocks. He then left and she did some spring-cleaning by throwing his clothes into a nearby creek. The witness said the ex-boyfriend “just spazzed out,” a term I haven’t heard since grade school. A Family Violence simple battery warrant was taken for the ex and the other party was cited for littering the creek.
• 571 Northridge Road, 30350, 2/25: Around 10:30 a.m. cops met with a woman who said a man was sleeping in the laundry room and had been using that room for several weeks. They located the man, a frequent flyer with SSPD, and found a crack pipe and a 40-ounce bottle of beer. The suspect told cops he had been arrested once; the computer showed him arrested by us 18 times including burglary, drugs and several shoplifting. He was cited and released to a friend because he had a deep cut on his forehead; something he said was the result of being robbed on Bankhead Highway.
• Spalding Drive/Pitts Road, 30350, 2/26: Around 11:30 p.m., an officer stopped a car with no taillights. The driver’s license was in suspension from Alabama. During a search, 24 Hydrocodone pills were found in his sock. He said he was prescribed the drug after he was shot in Alabama. They were in his sock, no bottle. He was arrested.
• GA-400/Spalding Drive, 30350, 2/21: A traffic officer stopped a car going 80 in the 65 zone. The driver’s license showed to be suspended and he was arrested. The car was towed. His license was suspended because he didn’t pay his child support.
• 5570 Roswell Road, 30342, 2/27 (Target): Two men were observed by security shoplifting condoms by placing them in their backpacks. One of the men had a small amount of marijuana on him as well. They were cited to appear later, and after being issued criminal trespass warnings not to come back. Rose: For those of you pursuing a shoplifting career, Target makes more shoplifting arrests than all other stores in the city combined. They are good at what they do and their cameras will capture a blemish on your foreheads. Thank you.

Image via Sandy Springs Police Department