Man Threatens To Kill Driver Who Yielded To Pedestrian: 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 June 14-22.

First this: In the early morning hours Thursday, officers responded to Glenforest Road on a theft from a car. They caller said he came home and found someone inside his roommate’s car. The man fled while the complainant called 9-1-1. Officers arrived within a minute and soon cornered the suspect hiding in the bushes at nearby 5730 Glenridge Drive. He was identified as the same man seen in the car earlier. Jamarl Quartez Kelly, 28, of Atlanta, was charged with entering auto as well as loitering and prowling. Our thanks to the caller who dialed 9-1-1 quickly and to Officers Blake “Opie” Zimmerman and Gabriella “Gabby” Gorham.

On June 10, officers met with a man who said his JBL speakers were missing. He said he had just seen his co-worker driving from the apartment complex. He knew the co-worker had a key to the apartment because his roommate had given him one. The complainant said although he did not see the co-worker remove the speakers, he asked his small dog if the suspect took the speakers and the dog replied “yes.”

Burglary

• 1800 block of Windridge Drive, 30350, 6/16: A leasing manager said she saw a man trying to open the office door, which was locked. Soon after, she saw him inside the office near a window that had been opened. Once inside, the man set the alarm off and then fled. He was described as a Hispanic male, about 5’11” and 170 pounds, white t-shirt and black pants.
• 6000 block of Cherry Tree Lane, 30328, 6/17: Sometime between 9 a.m. and 10 p.m., someone forced a garage door open and attempted to sabotage the resident’s car. Someone loosened the lug nuts on one of the wheels and an unknown substance had been poured down into the gas tank. The perp(s) disabled the generator that runs power to the home and the cameras. The victim noted to the officer that the suspect could be among the many people he has kicked out of the home in the past months.
• 5675 Roswell Road, 30342, 6/17: Someone unlocked a bedroom window and entered the apartment. The resident said she had just moved in and still in the transition process. She reported a bottle of liquor missing.
• 3200 block of Sandalwood Drive, 30350, 6/21: Sometime between 5 p.m. and 11 p.m., someone entered the apartment through an unlocked back door and stole a jewelry box and contents including a Michael Kors watch at $250.
• 5801 Kingsport Drive, 30342, 6/21: The complainant said someone forced a rear window to gain access to the Seventh Day Adventist Church. $1,000 cash was taken from a security box as well as two speakers.

Thefts

• 300 block of Riverhill Road, 30328 6/14: The resident reported that she purchased a refrigerator from Home Depot, subcontracted for delivery by a company called Spirit Distribution. She told the officer she became worried after overhearing one of the employees tell another, "Leave the door open so we can come back and get some of the whiskey.” She later discovered her iPhone and her American Express card were stolen from the kitchen counter. The card was later used but declined the following day. She believes the men who delivered the refrigerator took the items.
• New Northside Drive, 30339, 6/16: An Uber driver reported that he picked up a customer at SunTrust Park and at some point realized the customer in the car was not the client (the client cancelled the pickup shortly after the man got into the car). The driver pulled into the BP station to allow the man to get cash from the ATM. The man absconded across the street. He was described as a white male with reddish-blond hair, about 6 feet tall and was wearing a Atlanta Braves T-shirt.
• 1100 block of Hammond Drive, 30328, 6/22: A man reported he accidentally left his iPad in the electrical room of a building overnight. The next day, the iPad was gone.

Thefts From Vehicles

• 400 block of Forestgate Court, 30350, 6/16: Nothing taken
• 300 block of Towergate Place, 30350, 6/16: Sunglasses
• 300 block of Carpenter Drive, 30328, 6/16: Items not listed
• 6300 block of PDR, 30328, 6/16: Computer
• 1000 Johnson Ferry Road, 30342, 6/16: Backpack, Toshiba laptop, iPad
• 8300 block of Roswell Road, 30350, 6/16: $3
• 5545 New Northside Drive, 30339, 6/18: Slider crime--black male reached into the car and stole purse while victim pumped gas.
• 6390 Roswell Road, 30328, 6/18: Suspect described as a black male 6 feet tall, wearing dark cargo pants, black tank top and driving a Gold Toyota Camry.
• 5700 block of Cameron Hall Place, 30328, 6/19: Two laptops
• 300 block Long Grove Point, 30328, 6/19: Nothing taken (Long Grove Drive also
  reported a theft).
• 5000 block of DeClaire Ct., 30328, 6/19: Tennis bag and contents
• 7200 block of Village Creek Trace, 30328, 6/21: Two males, hoodies, stolen Glock 23
• 700 block of Edgewater Trail, 30328, 6/21: Items contained in two Walmart bags were stolen
• 700 block of Hammond Drive, 30328, 6/21: Holiday Inn Express, four cars entered.
• 100 block of North River Drive, 30350, 6/21: Wallet, cellphone
• 700 block of Hammond Drive, 30328, 6/21: Gun
• 5600 Roswell Road, 30342, 6/22: White van seen near the car just before 3 p.m. Purse, contents taken.

Other Things

• 6200 block of Mt. Vernon Hwy, 30328, 6/16: A 64-year-old woman reported that she was contacted by phone, from a company called Albion Solutions. The caller, “Mark,” said the company was going out of business and clients were eligible for a refund. She spoke to Mark, who said she would receive the refund faster if he could access her computer. She allowed it, and then noticed that Mark went to her bank website supposedly to wire the money to her account. He requested her security information, which she declined to give him, saying the refund should be mailed to her home. At that point, Mark went off the chain, cursing and screaming at the victim. He then locked her out of the computer and hung up.
• Roswell Road ramp from I-285 westbound, 30328, 6/16: A 47-year-old man reported that a motorist pulled a gun on him and threatened to kill him after being detained on the exit ramp due to the victim allowing a pedestrian in front of his car to cross the roadway. The suspect was in a black Mercedes (tag obtained) and the driver was described as “Italian” looking with a mustache and dark hair. He was about 5’9” with short hair. The suspect was last seen on Cliftwood Drive.
• A 16-year-old female told police that she received a message on Snapchat from whom she
  assumed was a friend of hers. The friend requested and she provided her password to the person. Moments later, the person threatened to publicly post her personal information if she did not provide the code to her “For My Eyes Only” portion of the application. The victim found that her password and reset questions had been changed. She sent a request to have the account deleted.
• 800 Hammond Drive, 30328, 6/18: A patrol officer stopped a Kia Sportage after running the tag which came back registered to a Mazda CX-9. The officer detained the 16-year-old juvenile driver after checking the VIN and discovering the car had been stolen in the upscale Roswell community. The officer found a credit card and a check for $367 in the juvenile’s pocket. Neither the card nor check had his name on it. The juvenile said he found the check in the parking lot of a gas station and the car had a stack of credit cards. He said he helped himself to one of the cards. As far as the car, he told the officer he borrowed it from a friend who lives on Roberts Drive. He was arrested for theft, theft by receiving, forgery in the fourth degree and acquiring a license plate for concealing.
• A 24-year-old woman posted her resume with Indeed.com. She was contacted by a company
  in India, offering her a job. They sent her a check for $4,820 from a Mark George in Stevenson, Maryland. The instructions were to deposit the check and immediately send $3,500 to one location and $1,000 to another, in the names of Samantha Lira and Jamel Richard, who was in Texas. Of course, later, the bank called and said the checks were fake.
• Just after 3 a.m., an officer spotted a car on GA-400 driving more than 90 miles an hour, given the conditions (rain) and being within a construction area. Three miles later, when he caught up, he stopped the car and interviewed the driver who explained, “I really had to pee and was trying to get to the Waffle House at Exit 7.” Capt. Steve Rose says: Now I know we’ve all been in this position when nature rings the doorbell at the bladder residence but just in case it does, please know that there is a Waffle House at Exit 6. Speaking of Waffle House, cops responded to the Waffle House in the 6000 block of Roswell Road and spoke to an employee who said another employee asked him if he had a problem with him and then tried to choke him. Other employees separated the two, but the man attacked him again before once again, being restrained. Still, all in all, it’s a pretty solid place to use the restroom.
• Grogan’s Lake Point, 30350, 6/22: A 46-year-old woman reported that she received a call from a 219 area code, telling her she owed $7,985 in taxes and would be arrested. She told him to send a formal letter requesting the funds and, of course, the man refused. She told the officer that moments later, she got a call from someone claiming to be a Sandy Springs police officer, from the main city number. The caller then ended the call.

Arrests

• 6000 Glenridge Drive, 30342, 6/16: Traffic stop; small amount of marijuana found in the cigarette box of the driver.
• Dunwoody Place, 30350, 6/16: Following a suspicious car 911 call, officers located a small amount of marijuana in the car.
• 8725 Roswell Road, 30350, 6/22: Publix staff detained a woman who stole a pack of Mucinex DM cough suppressant pills. She was cited and released.

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