Patron Assaulted Outside Sandy Springs Bar: Blotter

Editor's note: the following incidents were taken from the Sandy Springs Police Department's Weekly Wrap Up compiled by Capt. Steve Rose. This week's wrap up contains some of the incidents that occurred March 10-19

Burglary

• 700 Brookwoods Trc, 30342, 3/10: After officers responded to an alarm call, they found a kitchen window shattered by way of a baseball-size rock, found inside. The burglar pulled the alarm panel out but the wires remained intact and working. The residents were out of town so an exact count of any missing items was not taken. The home was secured and being watched by neighbors while the victim returns.
• 200 block of Franklin Road, 30342, 3/16: Someone attempted to pry a sliding glass door open in order to enter the caller’s apartment. It appears they were unable to get in.
• 8805 Dunwoody Place, 30350, 3/16: The caller said he had a female friend stay with him for three days. He told the officer that she was not allowed in the apartment while he was at work during the daytime hours. Well, it didn’t work out. He is missing his PS4 game system, controllers and 10 games. Her stuff was gone too. The caller said he found a window and screen open. He suspects the woman and her boyfriend, whom he knows. He went to his house and talked with the boyfriend’s mother. The boyfriend was there but refused to talk to the caller (victim). Capt. Steve Rose: Well that’s enough for me.
• 400 block of Berkley Run, 30342, 3/18: The resident said sometime between March 17-18, someone entered her apartment and took an Apple MacBook Air and charger. No forced entry was located.

Thefts

• 6345 Powers Ferry Road, 30339, 3/10: The victim said while he was working at the Wyndham Hotel, someone stole $1,000 cash from his bag sometime in the overnight hours of March 7-8. Ironically, the victim is a security officer at the hotel.
• 8610 Roswell Road, 30350, 3/11 (Tony’s Sports Bar and Grill): A woman reported she was inside the club and at some point, someone took her phone and wallet. She said her purse was next to her in a chair. She told officers several persons were dancing next to her and she noticed a “skinny black male with a Gucci hat got close to me and possibly took my phone and wallet.” The wallet contained personal info, $350 cash, and three credit cards. The iPhone serial number was recorded and logged on the system.
• 7736 Spalding Drive, 30350, 3/11 (Publix): The store manager said three men came inside the store just after 8 p.m. They left with three boxes of chicken valued at $11 each. One of the men dropped a debit card, which was later given to the officer.
• 8529 Roswell Road, 30350, 3/12 (Dan’s Package Store): Officers were called just before 8 p.m. regarding a man who stole a bottle of liquor from the store. The man fit the description of the same suspect who shoplifted there the previous night. The man was described as a black male, 6’ tall and about 165 pounds. He was clean shaven and wore a blue sweatshirt and jeans. Paul Masson Apple Brandy, around $9, was the drink of choice for the crook.
• 2500 block of Spring Creek Lane, 30350, 3/16: The caller said she loaned her 1996 Mercedes E-320 to her friend so he could drive it to Marietta to meet with his probation officer. Two days later she is still waiting for the car. She believes that he has relapsed and could have returned to his former stomping grounds of Fulton Industrial Boulevard. Capt. Steve Rose: There are several situations where one should consider when a friend or acquaintance asks to borrow your car. They include: former cellmates; ex-anything; drug buddies; or those you know only from street names like “Snake” or “Satan.”
• 4800 block of Lake Forrest Drive, 30342, 3/19: The caller said someone took his 2008 Land Rover LR3 SE from his driveway overnight. The car is described as having a Rhino Guard on the front bumper, a roof rack and ladder on the rear of the car. A neighbor said he saw a green sedan in the area around 8 p.m. the previous night. The victim’s car was unlocked and the keys were in it.

Thefts From Vehicles

• 5075 Roswell Road, 30342, 3/12
• 200 block of Morgan Falls Road, 30350, 3/12
• 6300 block of Peachtree Dunwoody Road, 30328, 3/16
• 5580 Roswell Road, 30342, 3/16 (Lifetime Fitness)
• 350 Carpenter Drive, 30328, 3/17
• 9100 block of Carroll Manor, 30350, 3/18
• 1160 Hammond Drive, 30328, 3/18
• 4800 block of Lake Forrest Drive, 30342, 3/19
• 650 Mt Vernon Highway, 30328, 3/19

Fraud

• 900 block of Crestline Parkway, 30328, 3/10 (Extended Stay): Cops were called by a man from New York who said his credit card had been used fraudulently at the hotel to book a room. The officers located the room number booked by the card, and spoke to a man and woman. The man said a friend, named Simone, whom he had known for a month, offered to book the room for him at a $50 fee. He did this because the man (in the hotel room) didn’t get paid until next week. The room was booked in the name of the victim. The victim had not yet reported the crime locally so the officers took the information on the pair in the room and turned it over to detectives. The couple was told they had to check out. The case is being investigated.
• 6925 Roswell Road, 30328, 3/12: The caller said someone used her Discover credit card to make a $1,286 purchase at IKEA. The delivery of the items bought with the card went to the 6900 block of Roswell Road. The case is under investigation by CID.
• 5555 New Northside Drive, 30339, 3/12: Wells Fargo Bank contacted police regarding a fraud in progress. A woman in Forsyth County previously reported her checks were stolen from the mail. One such check was being presented to the teller at the bank. Since the theft report, an alert was in place on her checks so the teller was aware of the fraud. The person was unsuccessful in the attempt but left prior to the arrival of the officers. In order to cash the check, he had to present ID in two forms, which he did. The ID is as a 37-year-old man in Morrow. Investigators will follow up on that man, compare to video and photos, to see if it is the same person.
• 1600 block of Summit Springs Drive, 30350, 3/13: The caller said when he tried to open an account with Bank of America, he was told someone was using his Social Security number in Alexandria, Virginia, and had been for two years. The victim was directed to check his credit history and to report the identity theft.
• Brookside Walk, 30342, 3/16 (IRS Scam): The 56-year-old complainant received a call from a 202 area code (Maryland/Virginia area) and was told she owed $9,000 in taxes over the past five years and that if not paid in four hours, she would be arrested. The caller provided the suspect with her bank account information and her driver’s license information. Capt. Steve Rose: You have only four hours to pay this? Don’t you think this should make you suspicious? I hate to see victims get duped like this but the clues were all over this call.

Assault

• 6000 block of Sandy Springs Circle, 30328, 3/10 (Three Sheets Bar): The caller is a 41-year-old man who told cops that he was sitting in the bar when he was asked by a man to come outside to talk. Outside, the man confronted the victim about something that happened six months ago. The suspect was joined by two other men who then assaulted him. The bartender told the officers that the victim is a regular and told him, after being beaten up, that he didn’t want to involve the police. The man went home but returned later to report the assault at the insistence of his wife. The man suffered black eyes, lacerations and bruises to the face.

Arrests

• I-285 at New Northside Drive, 30328, 3/10: DUI
• 800 Lake Placid, 30342, 3/10: No insurance
• I-285 at Northside Drive, 30328, 3/10: Suspended license
• I-285 at Roswell Road, 30328, 3/10: DUI
• 6800 block of PDR, 30328, 3/10: DUI
• I-285 at Riverside Drive, 30328, 3/10: disorderly conduct
• 1000 Johnson Ferry (Northside Hospital), 30342, 3/10: disorderly conduct
• 200 block of Morgan Falls, 30350, 3/10: disorderly conduct
• I-285 at New Northside Drive, 30328, 3/10: disorderly conduct
• 6400 block of Roswell Road, 30328, 3/10: DUI
• Tahoma Drive at Roswell Road, 30350, 3/10: No insurance
• 8700 block of Roswell Road, 30350, 3/11: disorderly while under the influence
• I-285 at Northside Drive, 30328, 3/11: wanted person
• Roswell Road at Abernathy Road, 30328, 3/11: no driver’s license
• 7800 block of Roswell Road, 30350, 3/11: wanted person
• 6300 block of PDR, 30328, 3/12: disorderly conduct
• 900 block of Crestline Parkway, 30328, 3/12: disorderly conduct
• 5300 block of Roswell Road, 30342, 3/12: disorderly conduct
• Spalding Drive at PDR, 30328, 3/13: narcotics
• 5300 block of Mt. Vernon Parkway, 30328, 3/13: Investigation into theft from vehicle
  tied into a Cobb County case with warrants forthcoming on the person suspected of the thefts.
• 689 and 835 Glenairy Drive and Marchand Court, 30328, 3/13: Auto theft suspect in jail in Cobb County admitted to stealing a Range Rover from Glenairy Drive and an Audi S4 from Marchand Drive. Charges are being drawn up.

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