Police Blotter: Driver Slaps Pedestrian, Man Shoots Himself in Leg

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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 Nov. 13-18:

Burglary

• North Island Drive, 30342, 11/18: The resident said that upon returning home from an overnight stay, he found both garage doors open as well as the door leading to his house. Entry point was apparently a window forced open on the rear side of the home. Several items including a TV and documents were taken.

Thefts

• 5570 Roswell Road, 30342, 11/14: Target employees reported that a white male, 20-25 years old, six feet and slender with sandy colored hair, has stolen from the store several times. He seems to prefer cologne.
• 100 block of Spalding Creek Ct. 30350 11/6: A man reported his 2001 Ford F-150 was stolen while he was behind a home he was landscaping. Attached to the truck was a trailer.
• 1000 Johnson Ferry Road, 30342, 11/17: A woman reported that photography equipment was stolen from the Women’s Center of Northside Hospital sometime between Nov. 4-5. Missing is a camera and accessories.
• On 11/17/2015, a woman reported that she was in Barberitos restaurant for lunch. She left but forgot her purse. The following day she contacted the restaurant and was told the purse was recovered however $250 cash in her wallet was gone. Later, officers discovered that one of the employees took the money before calling the victim to say they found the purse. He was arrested and, of course, fired.
  
• 5500 block of Lake Forrest, 30342, 11/17: The contractor of a home under construction said two air conditioning units were taken from the home.
• 8767 Roswell Road, 30350, 11/17: A 35-year-old woman said she was inside the Stars and Strikes entertainment complex and apparently left her iPhone on top of an arcade machine and forgot it. She returned later but it was gone.

Thefts From Vehicles

• 6300 block of Roswell Road, 30328, 11/13: $350 worth of barber equipment/backpack.
• 300 block of Hammond Drive, 30328, 11/13: Catalytic Converter Honda Element (2 men seen at and under the car during the time -- 4 a.m. -- the theft occurred.
• 300 block Carpenter Drive, 30328, 11/13: truck tailgate from Ford F-150
• 7200 block of Peachtree Dunwoody Road, 30328, 11/13: Construction equipment
• 1600 block of Summer Way, 30350, 11/13: Catalytic Converter (Honda Element)
• 8725 Roswell Road, 30350, 11/13: Tag
• 4 Concourse Pkwy, 30328, 11/14: Landscaping equipment
• 400 SB at Abernathy, 30328, 11/14: Tag
• 1000 block Old Hammond Chase: Rims and tires
• 7100 block of Glenridge Drive, 30342, 11/14: Nothing missing (man in green hoodie left in a black Nissan Maxima bearing Alabama tag)
• 6075 Roswell Road, 30328, 11/16, Stolen items were not listed on the face sheet
• 8800 block of Roswell Road, 30350, 11/17, Backpack, college books valued at $200
• 1300 block of Natchez Trace, 30350, 11/18: Catalytic Converter from a 2001 Honda Accord
• 800 block of Vicksburg Place, 30350, 11/18: Catalytic Converter
• 300 block of Summer Xing, 30350, 11/18: Catalytic Converter

Assault

• 8700 block of Roswell Road, 30350, 11/14: A man reported that around 1:30 p.m. he was walking across the parking lot when a white Ford Explorer passed him closely. He yelled something to the driver who stopped, exited, and then slapped the man across the face before re-entering the car and driving north on Roswell Road. The driver was a male in his 20’s. Capt. Steve Rose says: This brings up a good point. Right or wrong, you may yell something that will cause that person to do what this guy did. Don’t think that a verbal shot across the bow won’t solicit a violent response. Of course some of you may recall my rule on men slapping other men. Unless you’re challenging him to a duel, you should not slap another man.

Other Things

• A 35-year-old woman told officers that her mother sent her a threatening e-mail that read: “Bitch, I will f—you up in whatever way possible. I will ruin your life. I will f--- you up!”
• A woman on River Vista Drive said her dog was attacked by two other dogs while she walked hers. The neighbor, who owned the dogs, said they were not unleashed and did not attack the other woman’s dogs. There were no witnesses.
• Officers were called to the Serrano Condos on Abernathy and Barfield regarding a car that had a shattered window. They checked the car and found that it was stolen in Alpharetta some time earlier. It was impounded and the owner contacted.
• A resident on Willow Creek said that on Nov 18., just before 10 p.m., he saw a male who wore a hoodie, peeking into his apartment from the patio door, through a small section not covered by blinds. He said that he thinks the same man did the same thing days earlier.

Fraud

• A man reported that someone used his personal information to request a money transfer of just over $400 from his bank for a T-Mobile account.
• An 18-year-old woman said someone used her personal information when stopped and issued a citation from the police. She was informed after the court sent her a letter informing her she missed her October court date.
• A 41-year-old woman reported that she signed a vehicle purchase agreement to buy a 2013 Lexus RX-350 from a man named William Brown and his girlfriend Yolanda White. The cost of the car was $2,000 — yes, only $2,000, a SCREAMING CLUE that something was amiss. She paid $1,800 to him and later the balance of $200 to Ms. White. They told her the car was ordered from out of state and would be delivered. Since that time when she paid, she has not been able to contact either Brown or white. Rose: okay here’s the deal, $2,000 bucks for a Lexus RX-350? I found one online, 25,000 miles for just over $32,000. Let’s say you can do much better, maybe around $25,000 or so but $2,000? Don’t buy something from some yahoo offering up a deal way too good to be true. Research, compare, and just do your homework on any purchase taking your hard-earned money from you.
• A 23-year-old man on North River Parkway called police and said he had been shot in a drive-by. He said a car, a black Honda, occupied by four males, drove past. One of the men yelled at him to get out of the road and then shot him in the leg. The victim’s friend and witness confirmed his story. Detectives were called and the detective began talking with the victim at North Fulton Hospital, but the story was not very convincing. The victim finally admitted that he shot himself in the leg while putting the pistol in the back of his pants. He showed the detective where he had discarded the gun and a K-9 soon found it. He is facing charges as is his friend. Advice from Rose: Listen up, gun owners and cool guys. The reason Charlton Heston invented gun holsters is to put guns in them instead of in your pants. I know television and movies have taught us that it’s much cooler to stuff that pistol in your pants but the fact is, this very thing has happened more than once. Many years ago, one of my former compadres shot himself in the right cheek doing that very same thing. Besides, the gun takes longer coming out from your Dockers than a good holster.

Arrests

• Roswell and Abernathy Roads, 30328, 11/13: An officer found, after running the tag, that the owner of the car was wanted in Houston County for a probation violation. To boot, the driver had just over four grams of marijuana on him. He was arrested on the warrant as well as the marijuana.
• 1100 block of Hammond Drive, 30328, 11/14: Officers responded to a noise complaint and at the time they were there, they smelled marijuana. The resident was cited for the noise complaint and a misdemeanor marijuana charge.
• 1150 Hammond Drive, 30328, 11/13: One man was arrested after a security guard observed him riding an elevator up and down for no apparent reason at around 2 a.m. He told the man to leave. He refused at first but later ran from the location. Officers located him and eventually arrested him for loitering.
• 6000 block of Roswell Road, 30328. 11/15: An officer observed a car driving on Roswell Road just after midnight. The car had only its parking lights. The officer stopped the car and spoke to the driver at which time he smelled the marijuana and as a result, the driver handed over the small amount plus the pipe. She was cited for disorderly/minor possession.
• 7800 block of Roswell Road, 30350, 11/16: Officers made a traffic stop just after 8 p.m. When the driver opened he window, the odor of marijuana was immediately apparent. The driver left a grinder, pipe, and plastic container on the console. The officers spoke with the man who ate the marijuana to conceal it. He was later charged with disorderly conduct/possession.
• Cedar Run, 30328, 11/13: Officers responded to a burglary call just after noon and when they pulled up they saw two men walking from the location carrying book bags. The two were detained and explained that a burglary had just occurred. The victim was upstairs and heard a bang sound. He later went downstairs and discovered that a window had been broken and several electronic items had been stolen including a PS4 game system as well as other items. Those items were found to be inside the backpacks the two men were carrying. One of the men had an active warrant from DeKalb County police. Both men were turned over to detectives and later charged with stealing the items.
• 6100 block of PDR, 30328, 11/15: An officer saw a car sitting in the parking lot of the Hilton Hotel around 3 a.m. This is an area where previous thefts from cars have occurred. He checked out the four occupants of the car, one of whom said he did not have identification. The officer let the man know he had a portable fingerprint scanner on him and could easily find out. The man gave his real name which came back as a hit on the computer. He was wanted by the Ottumwa, Iowa, police for domestic abuse and child endangerment from Nov. 2. He was arrested.
• 6300 Roswell Road, 30328, 11/17: One man was arrested after Wells Fargo investigators discovered that an employee was till-tapping to the tune of just over $600 over the period of several days. The man admitted the theft and he was arrested.

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