Club Patrons Brawl Over $900 Debt Owed To Assault Victim: 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 July 14-19:

Burglary

• 2300 block of Jefferson Drive, 30350, 7/15: Between 8 p.m. and 10:15 p.m., someone forced the front apartment door open and took two Apple TV boxes, Sony PS3, Xbox, makeup, a MacBook and two rifles.
• 3500 block of Sandalwood Drive, 30350, 7/15: Between 4:30 and 8:20, someone entered the victim’s apartment through a back window. Nothing was taken.
• 6000 block of Cherry Tree Lane, 30328, 7/16: The resident left home just after 9 p.m. and returned at around 10:30 p.m. He immediately noticed some items in his garage were missing. The home is under construction and there are several subcontractors in and out. The resident said he has a suspect on the short list.
• 5000 block of Whitner Drive, 30328, 7/17: The resident said between 8:30 a.m. and just after 1 p.m., someone entered the home by force, through a back door. Missing is a 55-inch TV, Macbook, headphones, and several items of jewelry.
• 1100 block of Glenridge Place, 30342, 7/19: A 36-year-old man said between noon and 3:15 p.m., someone came into his open garage and stole a 2007 Lexus GX470. The keys were inside the car. A neighbor said she saw a dark sedan, possibly a Chrysler 300, stop in front of the victim’s home. A tall, slim black male teenager wearing a red baseball cap got out of the car and entered the garage. Seconds later, the Lexus exited.
• 8000 block of Buckhorn, 30350, 7/20: Between 10 a.m. and 12:30 p.m., someone entered the home by breaking a backdoor window with a rock. Silverware items were taken.

Thefts

• 6650 Roswell Road, 30328, 7/14: A 47-year-old man said his 1995 Mustang was stolen from the Goodwill parking lot after it sat there for several weeks following a break down. Neither business towed the car and the police did not impound it.
• 200 block of Summit Place, 30350, 7/15: A 29-year-old woman said she believes someone took her wallet from her apartment and later used her cards at Target for $497, Boost Mobile for $82, Kroger on Metropolitan Parkway for $167.
• A 26-year-old woman reported that on July 20, between 6 p.m. and 8 p.m., she was at the Concourse gym. She discovered later that someone got into her gym bag in the gym area and took several items including $400 cash, Mexican Visa and debit card.
• 5671 Peachtree Dunwoody Road, 30342, 7/17 (Emory Saint Joseph's Hospital): Security reported that around 5 a.m., a man wearing a Matt Ryan jersey, shorts and flip-flops swiped a golf cart. It was later recovered.
• A 48-year-old woman reported on July 16 that someone stole a refrigerator from her storage space next to her apartment on Morgan Falls Road.
• 300 block of Jefferson Drive, 30350, 7/16: A 23-year-old woman reported her 2007 Dodge Charger was stolen from her residence parking area. The officer noted tire drag marks from where the car had been parked. The owner said the car had been paid off.
• 7800 block of Roswell Road, 30350, 7/19: A laundromat owner said a black male, about 6’1” came into the store, took a ladder and then left.
• 5900 Raider Drive, 30328, 7/19: Riverwood High School video shows a theft in progress that occurred just before 1 p.m. A black Ford Fusion pulls into the parking lot and next to a Ford F-150 that is unlocked. A black male exits the car and goes into the truck. A second truck was also broken into. The victims are missing several items, including an iPad that was tracked to a pawnshop in Atlanta. The tag of the suspect vehicle was obtained and shows the car was stolen out of Cobb County.
• On July 19, a security guard at the Northridge Kroger said he placed his cellphone on a charger near the entrance of the store and left for ten minutes. Upon his return, the phone was gone.

Thefts From Vehicles

• 700 block of Calibre Springs Way, 30342, 7/14: Sunglasses
• 5930 Roswell Road, 30328, 7/14: Softball items in a bag
• 3200 block of River Exchange, 30350, 7/15: Notebook, later found in the woods
• 500 block of Cutwater Trail, 30328, 7/16: $12 cash, credit cards, gift cards
• 1000 block of Churchill Downs, 30342, 7/18: 30 (.40 cal) bullets/Glock magazines
• 5200 block of Roswell Road, 30342, 7/18: Briefcase, checks, iPhone
• 6300 block of Roswell Road, 30328, 7/18: Phone, $800 cash, high school ring
• 5500 block of Long Island Drive, 30328, 7/17: .45 caliber Springfield gun
• 5670 block of Roswell Road, 30342, 7/19: Various paperwork
• 600 block of Idlewood Drive, 30328, 7/19: “Skinny” black male in a white Honda Accord took hand tools from work van.

Other Things

• A 55-year-old woman said she was at the Concourse Athletic Club and inside the sauna when another sauna-goer lunged at her in what she perceived as an attempt to scare her. She said that twice in June, the same person did the same thing to her, actually balling her fist as if she were going to hit her. In addition, the same person followed the victim to the locker room, intentionally trying to step on her heels. The victim indicated there is a witness to the weirdness of these incidents.
• On July 20, a 20-year-old woman reported that she left her Jefferson Drive apartment just
  before 8 a.m. and returned just before 5 p.m. On entering her residence, she noticed that it was significantly hotter than it should be. She discovered that all of her stove burners and the oven were on. The dog was also acting out of the ordinary, indicating to her that someone was inside at one point and did this on purpose. She has possession of two of the three keys to the residence. Her ex-boyfriend in Dallas, Texas, has the other.

Assault

• 215 Northwood Drive, 30342, 7/16: A man reported that around 2:45 a.m., he was at the LaDona Club on Northwood Drive. He saw another man who owed him $900. He spoke to him about the money (first mistake). While he was speaking to him, the man’s wife attacked him physically. The victim was joined by another LaDona patron who tried to help. The woman attacked him as well. This action got all parties kicked out, which is when the victim was attacked by the guy who owed $900. The victim sustained a broken tooth and some swelling. Capt. Steve Rose says: Well, 2 a.m. in a club is not the time to ask for the money, dude. Timing is everything.
• GA-400 southbound at Abernathy Road, 30328, 7/14: A 34-year-old woman reported that she was on GA-400 in the flex lane, doing the 45 miles per hour speed limit. A car came up behind her and was riding her bumper. She exited on Abernathy and while waiting for the light, saw the driver of the car behind her exit, came to her window, called her the dreaded “C” word and spit on the window. The victim and witness both confirmed the tag. The incident is being investigated. Rose: First of all, how we haven’t had a shooting to this point is beyond me. Many moons ago, a road-rage incident on Roswell Road ended up as a shootout on I-285 west that left one dead and one wounded. The wounded man served time after that for homicide. I’m really surprised how many near misses we’ve had. Atlanta has some of the worst traffic in the nation. That is a documented fact. You need to chill out because it does you no good to get all fired up and lose your composure while driving a 3,000 pound car.
• A 77-year-old man reported that on July 15, he was walking his dog when a truck ran the stop sign at Vernon Woods and Cherry Tree Lane. The pedestrian pointed to the stop sign and yelled, “stop sign!” The driver of the truck stopped, backed up, then said, “I’ll come back for you, going to get you!” The driver was a white male with several chains around his neck and skinny. The truck was described as beat up.
• 8300 block of Roswell Road, 30350, 7/14: A 25-year-old woman reported to police that around 7 p.m., she was at the Shell station when she was approached by a man described as a black male, 5’7” and 220 pounds. The man approached and told her he was going to kill her and was doing the Lord’s work by killing gay people. He said he had a gun and would shoot her. She left in her car. He followed briefly before absconding when she pulled into police headquarters. The employee of the Shell said the argument was two-sided with both going back and forth. He said the argument was on video. For whatever reason, he refused to give the officer his name. Rose: Okay, first of all Shell guy, finding your name out is relatively, no, wait, really easy. Here’s how it goes: We call the owner and he tells us who was working. Dude, we’re trying to help.

Arrests

• 7901 Roswell Road, 30350, 7/15: Responding to a disorderly person call, the officer spoke with apartment staff who told him a man came into the employees break room and took several items, then went into the lobby and became disorderly by throwing cups at employees, throwing items off a table and generally trashing the place before walking out the door. He was located and arrested.
• 600 block Marsh Trail Circle, 30350, 7/15: Cops were called to an apartment and were told by a woman that her husband got into an argument with his father-in-law. At one point the father-in-law became disrespectful to the accused by holding his phone up to ignore the accused as he spoke. This caused the accused to grab and throw a coffee cup, that bounced off the wall and struck the father-in-law in the face, causing an abrasion and swelling. The accused was arrested.
• 5975 Roswell Road (Ship & Anchor Pub), 30328, 7/16: Officers received a call of a disturbance at the bar. They spoke to the person making the disturbance. One of the officers recognized the man from another contact a few hours earlier when the man was seen going door to door, without his shoes, in the area of Glenforest Drive. They said he seemed confused but talkative. They told him to go home and not go door to door without shoes, or with shoes for that matter. He didn’t listen to them. The accused said he had punched his roommate and asked an ambulance crew (on scene) to check on him. During the conversation, the accused grabbed and threw a pitcher of water at one of the officers, signaling the end of the night for the accused. He was taken to Northside Hospital for evaluation and eventually left there with a copy of charges.

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