Police Blotter: Suspect Snatches Newport Cigarette Cartons

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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. 1-5 :

Burglary

• 400 block of Ivy Hall Drive, 30342 10/1: The resident said that sometime between 9:30 a.m. and 7:30 p.m. someone entered her home by way of a rear window (forced entry). Missing items include a 31 and 50-inch television, PS3 game system with 150 games, jewelry, and some documents.
• 8100 block of Colquitt Road, 30350, 10/2: A 59-year-old woman said that around 11:45 a.m. she was in her bedroom when she heard someone knocking on the door. She ignored it but then answered the door but no one was there. A minute or two later, she heard noises in her son’s bedroom and found two men entering the apartment through a window. They made eye contact and the two men fled south, along the wood line of the apartment area. She described them as black males, in their 20’s and slim.
• Woodcliff Drive, 30350, 10/3: The resident said that he left his home on Aug. 25 and when he returned home on Oct. 2, just about all his belongings were gone. A neighbor said that back (a few months) ago, a white and Hispanic male came to the location with a U-Haul and loaded up items from the home. The neighbor said the two men told her the victim was in jail and they were moving his stuff. He suspected his son due to his cocaine use but the witness said his son was not one of the two men.

Thefts

• A resident on Knightsridge Court reported on the 1st that sometime between Sept. 7 and Oct. 1, several pieces of jewelry were stolen from her home. She discovered the theft on Sept. 7, prior to a party. She recalled that a contractor, doing work inside the home, was discovered in the victim’s daughter’s room but he apparently had an excuse that she dismissed at the time.
• 1155 Mt. Vernon Hwy, 30328, 10/1: A 25-year-old woman said she was at LA Fitness from 6:45 p.m. until 8:30 p.m. when she discovered her keys were taken from her unlocked gym locker. She discovered her 2006 Pontiac had been stolen from the parking lot outside the gym. Inside the car were several items of personal ID and cards. Capt. Steve Rose says: almost all of our thefts from LA Fitness locations, and there are a lot, are from the men’s locker area. I haven’t seen one from the women’s locker area before.
• The folks at Jiffy Lube, 7505 Roswell Road, reported on Oct. 2 that two employees were found stealing money by way of taking receipts and refunding the money, to themselves. They admitted it and one actually returned $200. The other guy didn’t return anything.
• A server at Tony’s Sports Bar, 8610 Roswell Road, said on Oct. 4 that she was stiffed for a $40 tab by a female customer who had left a license at the beginning of the tab.
• 5930 Roswell Road, 30328, 10/4: A man reported that he accidentally left his iPhone 6 inside Whole Foods. When he returned, he could not locate it but the GPS showed the phone was in the same parking lot. He paced the direction of the phone and saw a car. He saw a woman wearing a security uniform walking to and getting into the car that was occupied by a black male. He tried to get her attention but she ignored him and drove off. The phone tracked in the same direction as the car so he followed it to 6596 Peachtree Industrial Blvd. No further information was developed from there.

Thefts From Vehicles

• 5580 Roswell Road 30342, 10/1 (Lifetime Fitness): Wallet/contents
• 500 block of Wyncourtney Dr., 30328, 10/2: Briefcase and laptop
• 6600 block of Cherry Tree La, 30328, 10/4: Apple MacBook Air ($1700) and jewelry valued at over $2,000
• 1500 block of Chaparral Place, 30350, 10/4: Tennis racket, bag, balls Gucci sunglasses, headsets
• 1200 block Sandalwood Dr., 30350, 10/4: Tag

Assault

• A 38-year old woman, employed by a moving company, was talking with a customer who was upset about something regarding the move to his Glenridge Drive residence. She told the officer that she was on her phone and the customer demanded to use it to complaint to her manager. The customer grabbed her arm with enough pressure to cause bruising. The man let go after another employee inserted himself into the incident. The victim left the location and went home where she later reported it.
• 769 Hammond Drive, 30328, 10/4: A female reported to police that while staying at the Holiday Inn Express, she was provokingly mushed by another man. Prior to the mushing, the suspect (musher) work up in a foul mood which, according to the mushee, was normal. An argument ensued leading up to the mushing. The male suspect also said he would kill her and burn down the house.

Other Things

• Rose: I don’t normally post domestic situations involving children but this little dude needs some attention: A 37-year-old woman reported she was having an issue with her son who had been kicked out of school, disobeying the home rules and bringing “shady” and unwanted people over to the house. She was arguing with him over an unwanted friend who had stayed over when the boy threatened to beat her up. Pretty sad. We always relate to situations like that by way of “What if I said that to my mother?” It would have had an ending including the statement, “When I regained consciousness.”
• A 47-year-old woman on Wingate Way said she got into an argument with a woman over a loose dog that startled her. The woman argued with her and called her a racist name.
• Newports related incident: Another incident occurred recently involving Newport cigarettes. An employee of the Publix at 1100 Peachtree Dunwoody Road said a white male came in asking for a carton of Newports. During the transaction, the man grabbed the carton with no intent of paying. The employee quickly grabbed them back. The suspect fled but was blocked by another employee so the suspect fled through the fire exit.
• Another (theft) related to Newports occurred on the 2nd at the Publix at 7525 Roswell Road. The white male, probably the same guy (above) requested a box of ten Newports ($55) from the customer service area. He grabs them and runs out. Rose: What this guy is probably doing is selling them for drugs. He’s not smoking them that fastand according to the witnesses and video, he runs fast.
• A 44-year-old woman reported on Oct. 1 that around 7:15 p.m. she and her friend were driving in a parking lot when she saw that two cars were blocking the roadway. She asked the driver to move. He pulled down his pants, mooned her, and flipped her off for good measure. The woman’s passenger recorded it on his cellphone.
• Even more Newports: 5630 Roswell Road, same guy we think, same M.O. A white male requested the carton and then snatched it and ran. Same lookout.
• A 26-year-old man, reluctantly I’m sure, called the police to report the following: He met a woman on a phone app (Skout) named Hailey. She told him to add her as a friend on Facebook, which he did. He and Hailey messaged back and forth for a time. At some point, she told him to add her on Skype, which he did. He and Hailey eventually graduated to a video chat where, he observed a naked woman who told him to touch himself, which he did. During that excitement, he noticed he was on the screen-sharing window, meaning he was being recorded. Now, Hailey told him that he needed to send her money, via MoneyGram, to the Philippines, to a “Ronnie Del a Cruz,“ or else she would post the video onto his Facebook page for everyone to see. He paid, which he did again and again before finally calling the cops.

Fraud

• A woman reported that she had her resume out there in cyberspace and received a call from Kristen Kuboyama who said she was with Kaiser Permanente. Kristen said she reviewed the resume and wanted to offer a job in data entry and customer service. She was told that Kaiser would purchase several work items for her. She later received a check for $3,650 from a company called Goodrich out of Judicial Road in Burnsville, MN. She was instructed to deposit the check which her husband did. She was told to withdraw and deposit $3,000 of it in an account at Wells Fargo for Brunswick Corporation. She was told to keep $150 for herself. Shortly thereafter, her bank notified her that she was overdrawn because the deposited check was fraudulent. Later of course she received another check, this time for $4,340 with the same instructions because the crooks thought since she fell for it once....right? She questioned Kristen who insisted she deposit the check. She finally wised up. Rose: This is a common scam with one goal: To get the victim to forward funds from their personal account to the target account before the original check is found to be fake. Hold the check until it clears or comes back fraudulent. Anytime you receive mail with this scenario, deposit our check and quickly deposit the majority of it in another account, you’re getting scammed. Don’t fall for it.