Jokes Turn Violent When Employee Punches, Pulls Knife On Co-Worker: 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 Oct. 29 through Nov. 3:

Burglary

• 700 block of Heards Ferry Road, 30328, 10/29: The owner of a home under construction said a Makita drill and $3500 worth of tile were stolen sometime between Oct. 27-29.
• 5600 block Roswell Road, 30328, 10/29: Someone entered the victim’s condo by forcing a sliding glass door. Taken was a 60-inch TV as was some jewelry.
• 1000 block Hammond Drive, 30328, 11/2 (Extended Stay Hotel): The resident said someone entered his room and took $350 cash, watch, 2 RCA tablets and $1,500 in Indian currency.
• 400 block Hilderbrand Drive, 30328, 11/2: The resident reported someone forced a rear door (pushed in) and gained entry into the home. Several electronic items were taken.
• Marlow Place, 30328, 11/3: Someone stole a compressor from a residential construction site.
• 6000 block of Stone Mill Trace, 30328, 11/3: The resident said he discovered that his Giant Road Bike had been stolen from his garage. A second Giant Road Bike was taken from the 300 block sometime between 11 and 1:30 p.m.
• 1000 block of Huntcliff, 30350, 11/3: The resident said she came home around 5:15 p.m. and noticed her garage door open. It appears the home was entered through the garage (pry marks). Several items were taken.
• 300 block Highland Park Terr, 30350, 11/3: The resident said she was gone from just before 9 a.m. to 8 a.m. the next morning. During that time, someone entered the home through a bedroom screened in window.

Thefts

• A 56-year-old man reported that he pulled into the Exxon Station at 8325 Roswell Road and got
  out to get himself a cup of coffee. He left the car running and unlocked, and an opportunistic crook acquired a new Nissan Rogue, grey in color.
• 4800 block High Point Road, 30342, 10/29: Two AC units totaling $4,800 were stolen from a residential construction site.
• 200 block Hammond Drive, 30328, 10/29: An employee of Pep Boys said a customer refused to pay for a diagnostic evaluation on his 2008 Chevy Silverado. The owner of the car got upset when the employee said the car needed a more detailed diagnostic. He got in the truck and drove away without paying the $99 bill.
• 800 block Spalding Drive, 30350, 10/29: The resident said two political signs were stolen from his yard between noon and 4 p.m.
• A woman on Cedar Run (30350) said she was on her back porch of her apartment and left her phone
  while she went inside for five minutes. When she returned, the phone was gone.
• 8700 block of Roswell Road, 30350, 10/31: A Nissan Maxima was stolen.
• 1100 block Heards Ferry Road, 30328, 10/31: A Bobcat construction vehicle was taken from a school construction site.
• 4500 block Dudley Lane, 30342, 10/31: Two AC units were taken from a home construction site.
• 6 Concourse Pkwy, 30328, 11/1: An employee who was fired was told to turn in the company car. He said that he was owed compensation and would return the car at that time he was compensated. The complainant of the company was told of the procedure which involves sending a certified letter demanding the return before it can be listed as stolen.
• 6690 Roswell Road (LA Fitness), 30328, 11/3: A man reported that while he was playing basketball on the court, someone stole his phone from the pile of clothes that he left court side. In a similar incident, a woman reported her phone was missing from the Regal Cenima at 1155 Mt. Vernon Hwy, around midnight. The Find My Phone app showed it to be in the 700 block of Dunwoody Crossing. Officers went to that address but no one answered.

Thefts From Vehicles

• 1116 Glenridge Place, 30328, 10/30: Glock .40 cal
• 5501 Glenridge Drive, 30342, 10/30: Gate card and laptop
• 1000 block Crestline Pkwy, 30342, 10/31: Gun
• 5900 block of Peachtree Dunwoody Road, 30342, 10/31: Attempt; did not get in
• 415 Morgan Falls Road, 30350, 11/1: Unlocked; contents of wallet taken
• 1155 Mt. Vernon Highway, 30328, 11/1: Lock punched;nothing taken
• 500 block Northridge Road, 30350, 11/2: Nothing taken
• 4600 Roswell Road, 30342, 11/3: Items not listed
• 4600 Roswell Road, 30342, 11/3: Tires and rims
• Glenlake Pkwy, 30328, 11/3/: Nothing taken

Assault

• 111 Glenridge Point Pkwy, 30328, 10/30: Two employees, male and female, were “playing” and calling each names. The male said he didn’t want to participate anymore but the female continued to call him names. He became angry but she continued, despite his objections so they ended up face to face, screaming at each other. That turned into a physical confrontation and he punched her, then picked up a knife but other employees restrained him from anything further. He was later arrested.
• A 36-year-old man said he and his child’s mother were discussing their relationship at his apartment on the 2nd of November. When mama found out he was seeing another woman, she kicked him, then acquired a kitchen butcher’s knife and chased him around the living room with the knife before he was able to exit through the front door. He said she took a “swipe” at him with the knife as he departed the room. Prior to the police arriving, he said he did a couple of shots of Captain Morgan rum, I guess, to take the edge off. The suspect left the location prior to the officer’s arrival.

Fraud

• A 54-year-old man reported received information from Macy’s that an account was opened in his name and information. Lane Bryant and T.J. Max also contacted him. None of the accounts were opened by him. He later ordered a credit history to check it closely.
• A 33-year-old man reported that he reviewed his credit history and found several accounts that were
  not opened by him. He said someone used his information while he was out of the country working.
• A 38-year-old man said he learned on his credit report that someone used his information to take loans, rent apartments and start utilities as far back as 2001.

Other Things

• Cops went to an apartment and met with two roommates who said the following: they went to a strip
  club where one of the guys spent $200 -- designated for rent -- on booze and (stuff). They went home and to their separate bedrooms. Later, one of the roommates came into the other’s room, poking him with something demanding the $200 for rent. Fisticuffs ensued. Neither were charged and
  they both went back to bed.

Arrests

• 5610 Roswell Road (Target), 30342, 10/29: A female suspected of shoplifting was detained. The video showed a car with two black males inside, dropping off the female in front of the store. Another officer stopped that car and spoke to the two men. Inside the car was a security camera and speaker, neither identified as stolen from Target. The female, however, said they were stolen but from a South Carolina location. Her admission prompted the charge of theft by receiving stolen property in another state. The items, valued at just under $500, were placed in evidence. She was arrested.
• 8000 block Roswell Road, 30350, 10/30: A man was charged with misdemeanor possession of marijuana after he had an accident and forgot to remove the joint from behind his ear when the officer arrived. He also had some Xanax pills in non-labeled jars.
• GA-400 at Northridge Road, 30350. 10/30: A street-crimes sergeant got behind a truck and ran a tag indicating the truck stolen from Monroe County. A traffic stop was made and the driver checked. He was found to be wanted in Monroe for vehicle theft and was listed as missing. He was taken to jail pending transfer to Monroe County.
• A cab driver picked up a fare and took a woman to the 300 block of Dalrymple Road. She said she didn’t have the money to pay but would get it from inside her apartment. She didn’t show for 20 minutes so the cabbie called the cops. She answered the door and told the officer she didn’t have money. While the officer was present, she asked the others in the apartment if they would chip in—they declined. She was arrested.
• 5665 Peachtree Dunwoody Road, (Emory Saint Joseph's Hospital), 30342, 10/31: Cops were called to the hospital just before 7 a.m. after security called regarding a disorderly man. The man had been discharged from the Emergency Room, but remained and was causing a disturbance. Security was called and he ended up fighting with the security officer until a second one assisted in securing the man. The security officer declined to prosecute so all the cops could do was give the man a criminal trespass warning not to return. Capt. Steve Rose says: Well, here’s the deal. If you have to go hands on with someone like this, they need to go on downtown to the lockup.
• 6300 block of PDR, 30328, 11/3: Costco employees detained a man who stole a bottle of Ketel One vodka. He shoved it down his pants. He was charged with shoplifting and sent to jail. Ketel One is, as we all know, a brand of the Nolet Distillery in Schiedam, the Netherlands.
• 8725 Roswell Road, 30350, 11/3: Publix staff detained a woman after witnessing her shoplift items including Nexium ($22) and Blink N Clean ($9.) She was was taken to jail.
• 355 Hammond Drive, 30328, 11/3: Around 7:30 p.m., cops were called to the Inn Town Suites where they met a man who gave a graphic description of the following events: He saw a man pee on his car. The man was arrested.
• 6900 block Roswell Road, male with 9 grams of marijuana. Citations.
• 7100 block Roswell Road, female during traffic stop. Gummy bears (TCH)
• Dunwoody Place, traffic stop; plain view jar (11 ounce); bad some “Molly” too. Arrested
• 8745 Roswell Road, man on grocery store scooter yelling at people at McDonald's. Had a “joint medicine” bottle with weed in it. Citation.
• 1500 Wingate Way, small amt -- pipe in car. Citation.

You can request a home security survey by contacting officer Cory Begeal at cbegeal@sandyspringsga.gov or officer Brandon Godfrey at bgodfrey@sandyspringsga.gov.

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