Police Blotter: Driver Who Crashed Into Utility Pole Charged With DUI

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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 Oct. 24-28:

Arrests

• Around 2:30 a.m., in an area recently known for thefts, Christopher was in his car, outside his hotel room, smoking some weed. Christopher was wanted in Cobb County for a (not mentioned) felony. Also on him at the time was a knife with methamphetamine residue.
• 6330 block of Roswell Road, 30328, 10/24: Cops responded to a fight call between a woman and man, girlfriend/boyfriend thing, and during the intervention, the officers determined that the male was wanted for a burglary that occurred on Sept. 29. Off he went to Mr. Jail.
• Riverside /River Valley Road (accident): Driver hit a pole, snapped it off. He said he had (the traditional) two beers. The driver, Stanley Noyes Gaines of Atlanta, 23, was later charged with DUI.
• 6100 block of Powers Ferry Road: Cops arrested a woman for DUI after two sisters got into a fight over the one driving too slow on I-285.
• There were several other DUI arrests.
• 5610 Roswell Road, 30342, 10/24: Target employees called police after recognizing a suspect who was possibly wanted on previous shoplifting charges. One subject, female, was detained by officers and a second suspect, male was detained a short time later. Both are suspected of being involved in multiple shopliftings in the metro area. The female had multiple names including those with warrants pending including Cobb and Gwinnett counties, as well as Sandy Springs. The male was wanted in DeKalb County — all for larceny offenses. They were arrested.
• 7716 Spalding Drive, 30350, 10/25: Cops responded to the Derby Bar regarding a suspicious person who was banned from the bar previously. The officer noted the driver, a female, was in the car the suspect occupied and she promptly got up and walked into the bar. Turns out that wasn’t a good move since she had been banned as well. Anyway, the guy, sitting in the passenger’s seat, tossed some white powder, witnessed by the officer, that turned out to be cocaine. He was arrested. After his arrest, he said he had high blood pressure and was a diabetic. EMS was called to check him out and he told them he was neither. Shortly after, his pants caught on fire. He was arrested.

Burglary

• 5500 block of Glenridge Drive, 30342, 10/24: The victim said someone entered her apartment and took several items while she was gone for a day. She suspects the ex-boyfriend.
• A PS4 and Xbox Video game systems were taken from an apartment on Sandalwood Drive (30350) on the 25th, sometime during the day.
• 5675 Roswell Road, 30342, 10/26: An Apple desktop and Mac Air computers were taken from an apartment. There was not forced entry. This happened sometime between 7 a.m. and 9 a.m.
• Carroll Manor Drive, 30350, 10/26: The resident noted that around 1 a.m. she heard noises and later found that someone tried to force entry to her home. She told police that the previous tenant left in a hurry and left several items at the home. He later accused her of stealing his laptop and some belts. She said the former property manager actually has his stuff. She thinks that the former tenant may be the suspect.
• Mt. Paran Road, 30342, 10/26: Responding to an alarm just before noon, officers found forced entry to the home’s kitchen window. Missing is some cash and some silver flatware.

Thefts

• 5800 block Glenridge Drive, 30342, 10/24: A company representative said they fired a guy who was suspected of fraud. Afterwards, they discovered he took several items including iPhone6, two Note 4 cellphones, three Kyocera cellphones, a hot spot, and a printer.
• 5610 Roswell Road, 30342, 10/24: Target employees reported that a woman came into the store and took over $700 in merchandise and fled. She was recognized by the staff who had her arrested several days earlier for the same thing. Warrants are pending.
• Roswell Road and Tahoma Drive, 30350, 10/25: A cab driver said she was stiffed for the fare ($20) by three men who jumped and ran from the car.
• 5000 block of Glenridge Drive, 30342, 10/25: A 43-year-old man reported that he met a girl on a website and she came over to his home and they spent some time together that included some intimate moments. She abruptly got up and went to the door to leave (She was intoxicated). He offered an Uber ride but she ran off. Later she texted him saying she would pursue rape charges against him. He phoned the police. The responding officer tried several times to reach her by phone and text but she did not respond. The man said he returned to his home and discovered his Ulysse Nardin Maxi Marine watch ($5,600) and $250 cash was missing. Since that night there was no sexual assault claim made.
• 2000 block of The Valley, 30328, 10/26: A 21-year-old woman said that she had a pair of shoes she bought to give to her new boyfriend. She said that her old boyfriend took them and $400 cash from her closet when she broke up with him. He apparently admitted taking them to her but did not return them. Capt. Steve Rose says: I suggest that if the relationship is over and it is time to end it, make sure you get all your stuff out before you actually leave.
• The employee at the Shell, 5700 Roswell Road, reported a man stole several scratch-off tickets. The employee said he knows the man who is a regular customer and thief. Rose: Bad guys who steal scratch off or other lotto tickets know the numbers are cancelled out much like serial numbers so what they do is sell them half price or more so....don’t buy a five-dollar scratch off ticket for two bucks.
• A man on Summer Crossing Drive said his gun is missing from the night stand. He said that there have been delivery people in the residence and could have taken the gun. Rose: If someone is going to steal a gun, I think the VERY FIRST place to look is the night stand. Don’t leave it there when you’re gone. In fact, take the gun with you when you go. That’s what it’s for. Remember: zombies are everywhere.
• Target employees said a man came in and cut three Texas Instrument calculators from the pegs, cut them out of the packaging, and put them in his pants and then left. He was last seen in a gold Dodge Ram with a gold camper shell on it.
• 4920 Roswell Road, 30342, 10/29: A woman reported that while at work, she placed her phone on the work counter and left it unattended. She said someone reached over the cubical and took it. She saw the shadow of someone running out the door towards the stairs but could not make out the description.

Thefts From Vehicles

• 6900 block Roswell Road, 30328, 10/24: Tag
• 400 block Summerset La, 30350, 10/24: School bag and laptop
• 1000 block Island Ford Pkwy, 30350, 10/24: Purse and contents
• 300 block Johnson Ferry Rd, 30328, 10/24: iPod
• 5000 block Kingsport Drive, 30342, 10/25: Tag
• 8000 block Grogan’s Ferry, 30350, 10/25: Tools from a truck
• E. Idlewood Drive, 30328, 10/26: $1,100 set of Callaway golf clubs
• Glenlake Pkwy, 30328, 10/26: Purse and contents, ID, credit cards
• 789 Hammond Drive, 30328, 10/27: Tag
• 5300 block of Mt. Vernon Pkwy, 30328, 10/28: Purse and contents
• 395 Mt. Vernon Hwy 30328 (Sandy Springs Public Library), 10/28: Tag

Assault

• Several but they were either domestic related or really drunk guys.

Other Things

• Cops were called to the Waffle House on Northside Drive on the 24th, just before midnight, regarding a man attempting to commit a theft from a car. What they found was that the man was very drunk and instead of getting into his Jeep, he got into someone else’s Jeep by mistake (Thankfully he did not make it into his Jeep). He was with a sober friend who took him home. He was cited on copy for disorderly conduct (under the influence).
• On the 26th, Sonya reported that her cousin LaPortia was texting her accusing her of having sex with her ex-boyfriend. The 50+ text messages also include a request that the victim make an appointment with her cousin “to have that a** whipped.”
• Speaking of stupid and texting, a 36-year-old woman reported that she has received around 50 text messages from several people who used to be in her circle of friends but now are against her over a relationship breakup between her and a now former boyfriend. She believes that three of the women are texting her. One of the texted warned her that one of the girls was going to get a gun license and knows where she lives (?).
• A 25-year-old man said his ex-girlfriend said she was coming over to break his stuff. He broke up with her recently and on the previous Saturday, he told her that he didn’t want to talk to her anymore. In response, she said she would come over and break his windows and damage his belongings. He said he didn’t have hardly any belongings so she would be damaging his roommate’s belongings. Asked what car she would arrive in, he said she doesn’t drive so friends would have to give her a ride.
• A 17-year-old man said he has received several phone calls deemed threatening, one of which was a warning that if he didn’t leave Atlanta, the caller would send someone to pick him up and force him to eat his own buttocks.
• Man arrested for urinating at the Marta Station on Peachtree Dunwoody Road just after 6 p.m. His credentials said he was a taxi driver.

Fraud

• A woman reported that she and a guy named Don agreed that he would invest $500 with her on somesort of real estate deal. He deposited a check in her account and then, somehow, was able to withdraw $100 from that account, saying that it was his insurance that she would pay it back. She demanded he return the $100 to her account. He then fled in a white car driven by another person. The check of course was bad. She called the owner of the check who said it and others were stolen in August. The bank investigators are looking into it as well.

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