Man Wanted On Child Molestation Charge Arrested in Sandy Springs

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 8-13:

Arrests

• 32-year old Calib Allen Dickson was arrested after detectives, working an unrelated case, ran a
  vehicle tag showing that he was wanted for failing to appear on charges of aggravated child molestation in Muscogee County (Columbus). He was taken into custody and transferred to Muscogee County Sheriff’s Department.
• A handgun stolen from a car in June 2015 was one of 19 guns, eight of which were stolen,
  recovered during a search warrant in Atlanta, which was carried out by Atlanta police, Department of Homeland Security and ATF. One ballistic vest was also recovered. APD arrested one person in the case.
• 6681 Roswell Road, 30328, 7/8: A woman was arrested after three teens found her on the floor at the Subway throwing up. They offered to help. The woman, intoxicated, accused the men of stealing her phone and slapped the nearest one, then tried to punch him. The man, actually a 17-year-old kid, said he was in “fear of his life” and took a defensive stance. In response, and apparently not phased by the defensive stance, she took an offensive one, slapping one of the other guys (kids.) The guy in the defensive stance, transferred said stance to a mobile defensive stance, and moved rapidly to his car and along with the others, attempted to leave. The woman followed, jumped into the car, and probably took another offensive stance, but soon exited as (I assume) the kid took another defensive stance from the driver’s seat. The woman was walking back to her car when the officers arrived (Her phone was found in the back seat of her car by the way). She told the officers that she had no idea how she got to that location from the “Tavern” where she had been drinking. The officer arrested the woman. The kids, teens, were actually trying to do good with the drunken woman and should be commended.
• 5675 Roswell Road, 30342, 7/11 (Mosaic Apartments): A resident reported that a woman who lives in the complex and who does babysitting for her, abruptly entered her apartment just after noon, and informed the resident that the devil was in the apartment. The woman pushed herself in and proceeded towards the daughter’s bedroom where she again discovered the presence of the devil — specifically in the child’s iPad. The woman proclaimed, “The devil is in this thing!” and began smashing it. She then left. Officers went to her apartment and she told them the “devil was chasing the kids into the iPad and needed to destroy it.” After breaking the iPad, she threw it into the dumpster. She said the Holy Spirit told her to do it. At the time of the report, the victim did not want to prosecute. She hopes the woman will pay her for the damages.
• 5570 Roswell Road, 30342, 7/9: A woman was detained and later arrested for stealing Biore skin mask and pore strips, valued at just over $12.
• 5975 Roswell Road, 30328, 7/9: A woman was arrested for beating her fiancé with her fists and the stiletto heels of her shoes. She was angry that he was cheating on her by way of Internet porn. The couple were in a car parked outside a bar. She said she lost control due to her anger, but stopped hitting him when the cops arrived. The report said the man’s dress shirt was ripped up pretty bad and he had visible red marks on his neck and arms. Alcohol was involved.
• On July 10, a security guard at the Waffle House on Northridge called police after observing what
  he interpreted as people smoking marijuana in a car parked in the lot. The man later told officers that he found it on the ground and as a joke, he would roll it into a blunt wrapper to see how well he could do it. He was given a ticket to appear in court on disorderly conduct charges.
• 4000 block of Jolyn Place, 30342, 7/11: Just after noon, an alert neighbor observed a Chrysler 300 cruising slowly by a home, then stopped and backed up. A man got out of the car, walked to the carport of the home, and took a Callaway golf clubs, then walked back to the car and drove towards Meadowbrook. The witness, while this was going on, called 9-1-1 and the call was dispatched. The patrol officer, Scott Ellis, was close by when he got the call and located the car on Meadowbrook. He stopped the car and secured the driver while he looked in the car. He found the clubs and a mower, plus yard equipment and a tool that may have been used as a pry tool. Dwayne Mathews was arrested on burglary charges. It is likely there is at least one other victim given the lawn equipment. Given the close proximity to the Atlanta city limits, they were requested to check for a possible victim. Mathews was taken to Northside Hospital because when you screw up and get caught breaking the law, somehow it’s a medical issue, but it did him no good and he was later taken to the Fulton County Jail.
• 3000 River Exchange Drive, 30350, 7/13: A patrol officer spotted a car and did a random tag check on the car. The return information showed that the owner of the car was wanted in Atlanta for failure to appear on traffic charges and wanted in DeKalb County for burglary. The officer stopped the car and confirmed the driver was the owner. He was arrested.

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Robbery

• 6100 block of Peachtree Dunwoody Road, 30328, 7/10: A landscape crew member, doing work at a location, observed a white SUV pull up and a Hispanic male exit and begin stealing lawn equipment. The complainant approached the man who pulled a gun and told him, “don’t look at me.” The man fled in a white Tahoe or Expedition. A female accompanied the suspect. Male suspect: Hispanic, short, 5’-5”, 30’s, black hair brown eyes, slim build. Female: Hispanic, short, 20’s, black hair, brown eyes, slim build. No clothing descriptions were given for either suspect.

Burglary

• 5555 Roswell Road, 30342, 7/11: The resident returned home to her apartment at the Falls Apartments and discovered someone had entered her home and took a laptop and $700 from a dresser drawer. She was told earlier in the afternoon, a Hispanic male in a black pickup truck was at her residence. She told the officer that she called her ex-husband to pick up her children, because she was tied up getting her boyfriend out of jail (It’s complicated....). Incidentally, her ex drives a black pickup truck, so...this should be interesting.
• 6500 Vernon Woods Drive, 30328, 7/11 (Dorthy Benson Center): The complainant said someone stole $600 from a safe — along with the safe. Capt. Steve Rose says: safes are a great way to secure valuables but if the safe isn’t secure, then nothing inside the safe is either. There are ways to ensure it will stay put. Do some homework on it and you’ll see there are several options depending on what kind of safe you have.
• 5675 Roswell Road, 30342, 7/11 (Mosaic Apartments): The resident said he was gone overnight between the 10th and 11th, and upon return, discovered his door was unsecured and his television was gone.
• 5555 Roswell Road, 30342, 7/11: The resident said that about 1 p.m., she and her children were eating in the apartment, then walked out to the parking lot to get something from the car. Upon returning to the apartment, they confronted a man who was in the bedroom. The man was described as a black male, about 6 feet, short hair, black shirt, blue pants and was either holding a gun or one was on his belt. The man fled to the rear, then changed directions and fled through the front door.
• 1900 block of Cimarron Parkway, 30350, 7/11: A 29-year-old man said he was gone from his apartment overnight and on return found what appeared to be forced entry to his front door. Nothing was taken.
• 9000 block of Gables Lane, 30350, 7/13: Forced entry, ransacked, items not listed yet.
• 6900 block of Roswell Road, 30328, 7/13: Someone entered through a front window and stole an X-Box video game system.
• 2800 block of Spring Creek Lane, 30350, 7/13: The resident said someone pried open the front door to his apartment. Nothing was reported missing.

Thefts

• A 26-year-old woman reported that she had $1,050 in cash in her wallet, which she placed in her
  purse and -- specifically -- the bottom of the purse. She left the purse in a hospital room and upon return, the wallet had been taken from the purse. She said she left the room every three hours for an hour at a time.
• 200 block of Skyridge Drive, 30350, 7/11: The resident reported that a small change purse containing her driver's license was taken from her purse inside her home. She said several contractors had been in the home recently.
• 8975 Roswell Road, 30350, 7/13: A landscaping employee said he and another employee were working in this area but were not near their truck. Someone stole a Husqvarna backpack blower from the ground next to the truck. The employee said that when he discovered the theft, he saw a pickup truck nearby. He walked to the truck to ask if they saw anything and the driver turned and drove the truck in the other direction. There was no evidence to show the truck was involved but the employee thought it was suspicious that he suddenly departed. Rose: Landscape equipment thefts are BIG in the summertime. Theives cruise the ‘burbs looking for the landscape trucks and as you know, nobody in Sandy Springs actually cuts their own yard so there are tons of landscaping trucks all over during the day. Easy pickings if you leave that stuff lying around.

Thefts From Vehicles

• 8400 block of Roswell Road, 30350, 7/8: wallet
• 900 block Crestline Parkway, 30342, 7/9: blood pressure medication, purse belts, microwave
• 200 block of Somerset Court, 30350, 7/10: unlocked/Nothing taken
• 1155 Mt. Vernon Highway, 30328, 7/10: purse and hair products
• 5580 Roswell Road, 30342, 7/10: travel overnight bag and documents
• 5920 Roswell Road, 30328, 7/10: purse, contents, sunglasses
• 200 Morgan Falls Road, 30350, 7/10: work access card
• 6200 block of Peachtree Dunwoody Road, 30328, 7/12: pistol; victim suspects a friend
• 4600 Roswell Road, 30342, 7/12: travel bag, $100 cash, tax forms
• 5800 block of Roswell Road, 30328, 7/12: iPad/iPhone taken from under driver’s seat **
• 300 block of Carpenter Drive, 30328, 7/13: tag decal
• Roswell/Cliftwood, 30328, 7/13: iPad lying on the seat
• 6345 Powers Ferry Road, 30339: 7/13: baseball equipment
• 700 block of Willow Creek Drive, 30328, 7/13: Wallet, driver's license, debit card, social security number
• Rose: Just a head’s up here -- the above iPhone and iPad taken from under the driver’s seat is an area that is not invisible. Thieves actually look there. That’s not a good hiding place — in fact, it’s a bad one. Don’t do that.

Assault

• 7200 block of Roswell Road, 30328, 7/8: A 66-year-old man said a former employee came into his restaurant and wanted money he said was owed him. The man went to the register to get his money at which time the victim got into a shoving match with him. The suspect hit the victim, knocking him to the ground. He then left with the victim’s car keys. The victim was taken to St. Joseph's for treatment. He is planning to prosecute.

Fraud

• A 60-year-old man said someone called his bank and ordered new debit cards and then used them at
  two separate Target locations in Suwanee and Alpharetta, racking up $2,400 in purchases.

Other Things

• A 19-year-old woman was closing up shop at the Insurrection store around midnight when she noticed a
  man who was staring at her and casually following her. At one point she told the man that the store was closing and he needed to leave. She then saw that he had exposed himself to her. She yelled at him and grabbed a box cutter. The man fled, got into a tan SUV and left. He is a black male, 5’-9” and 180 pounds, white shirt, gray shorts and a blue baseball cap.
• 6500 block Roswell Road, 30328, 7/12: A restaurant employee said a woman called her wanting a refund for a salad she bought several weeks earlier — yes, several WEEKS earlier. She was told that the salad in question would need to be returned in order to get the refund. The woman was angry and cursed at the employee. Later, the woman called back, this time speaking to another employee, telling her to tell the employee in question, to “watch her back when she walks to her car.”

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