Police Blotter: Workers Catch Alleged Home Burglars

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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 July 4-9:

Burglary

• 2900 block of Spring Creek Lane, 30350, 7/6: Someone forced entry to the victim’s apartment sometime between 8 am to 3 pm. A 42-inch television was stolen.
• 4000 block of Mt. Paran Pkwy, 30342, 7/6: Cops were called to a burglary at a residence where workers found two men in the act of burglarizing the home. Denard O. Bell and an accomplice, who is still being sought, burglarized a home they thought was empty, but in fact was occupied by several workers. Bell, wearing a yellow vest (as if to be a meter reader, I guess) was also out of gas in the two-door Ford Explorer getaway car. Bell mistakenly found and stole diesel gas, which he poured into the gas tank of the getaway car, rendering it completely useless. As Bell and his accomplice sat trying in vain to start said getaway car, the workers converged on them, one with video on his phone. Bell and the accomplice fled on foot, but Bell was later arrested by detectives.
• 700 block of Windsor Pkwy, 30342, 7/8: Someone entered the home through an unlocked window and took several items including a laptop and jewelry.
• 8601 Roberts Drive, 30350, 7/9 (9:30 a.m. to 6:30 p.m.): The resident said someone entered the apartment by forcing a front door. They took a PS3 game system and a Visio sound system.

Thefts

• 8300 block of Roswell Road, 30350, 7/4: 2015 Toyota Camry, black, taken overnight. No repo.
• Royal Cigar and Tobacco reported a shoplifting of a $140 Hookah Pipe. The employee saw and then chased the man, but was unable to catch him. He was described as a black male, 6’-0” and 150, wearing a black long-sleeve shirt and grey jogging pants.
• A 20-year old woman on Summit Springs Drive said two watches, ordered on Amazon.com, were stolen from her mailbox.
• On July 6, a leaf blower was stolen from the back of a truck on Spruce Bluff Drive.
• 1100 block of Crest Valley Road, 30342, 7/6: Someone forced the lock on a Pod storage container and took several personal items from the container including four bikes.
• A man on Spring Creek Drive reported on July 7 that he met a man on Craigslist and invited the man over. After the visit, the victim noticed his iPad mini missing. The man’s name was not known by the victim, but described him as a black male, 5’-11” and 210 pounds who drove a 2007 cream colored GMC Yukon.
• A woman reported that she was at the Concourse Athletic Club on July 4 and mistakenly left an iPad mini on the bench in the women’s locker room. She returned and discovered it was gone. The GPS showed the item was at 5885 Glenridge Drive as of the 8.
• Trowgate Lane, 30350, 7/9: A 68-year-old woman reported someone stole a package containing a clothing item that was delivered to her mailbox. She noted that she received no mail for two days so she believes that they may have taken other mail as well.
• 335 Hammond Drive, 30328, 7/9: The manager of the Hammond Glen Community said one of his employees had his wallet stolen from his employee locker. They reviewed video showing another employee going into the victim’s locker, taking the wallet, and leaving. Another employee later found the wallet in a restroom. The suspect is known and will be fired and arrested, not necessarily in that order.

Thefts From Vehicles

• 8300 block Roswell Rd, 30350, 7/4: Keys
• 8300 block Roswell Rd, 30350, 7/4: DeWald Miter Saw, Husky Air Compressor
• 8100 block Colquitt Rd, 30350, 7/4: DeWald Power Tools
• 6800 block of Glenlake Pky, 30328, 7/5: Two suitcases and laptop
• 6075 Roswell Road, 30328, 7/6: 9mm pistol
• 6345 Powers Ferry Road, 30328, 7/6: .380 pistol
• 8745 Roswell Road, 30350, 7/7: Backpack and electronic items contained
• 300 block Hampton Drive, 30350, 7/9: Nothing
• Silverwood Road, 30328, 7/9: Landscaping equipment
• 4700 block Northside Drive, 30342, 7/9: $5 in change

Assault

• 400 block of Morgan Falls Road, 30350, 7/5: A man reported that around 8:15 p.m. his girlfriend assaulted him by throwing a candle at him and then came at him with a pair of scissors. This apparently started when she found out the city-sponsored fireworks show was in the area of the Concourse/Hammond Drive, rather than Morgan Falls area.
• A woman reported her former girlfriend beat her up and took her phone, ID card, credit card, and $130 cash. The fight occurred on July 6, just before 7 p.m., in the bathroom of the McDonald’s on Powers Ferry Road.

Other Things

• Abound 3 a.m. cops were called to North River Drive on a man walking in the middle of the road. The mantold them it was safer than walking on the sidewalk because if on the sidewalk, wild animals could attack him. Alcohol and/or drugs were involved.
• 5000 block of Clair Rose Lane, 30328, 7/6: Around 8 p.m. cops were dispatched to a residence regarding the following: the resident said he was watching TV in the late evening when he saw two people in his backyard, one white, and one black male. They appeared to be juveniles. They saw him and fled, getting into a 1998 Toyota 4Runner and drive off. The males had opened two gates to get into the back yard. Although nothing was stolen, the two suspects were up to something.

Fraud

• 1100 Hammond Drive, 30328, 7/6: Bank investigators reported that a man set up an account and then deposited a fake check into the account and then withdrew $9,897 before the bank could determine the check to be fraudulent. The car was traced to a rental in Florida and the information on the car’s renter and the bank photos appear to match.
• A 27-year old woman reported someone accessed her Gmail account and accessed money accounts, withdrawing funds of over $2,700. It appears they accessed the account and reset the passwords.

Arrests

• 6075 Roswell Road, 30328, 7/4: Around midnight, an officer responded to Taboo 2 nightclub on a disorderly woman. The woman was in the parking lot, intoxicated and angry about someone having her purse in their car. The officer spoke with her but she was clearly irrational, telling the officer she was in the Army and demanding that he call her general. She refused to tell him her name so after a few minutes of mindless conversation, it was clear she was disorderly and drunk. She was arrested.
• 6120 Roswell Road, 30328, 7/4: A woman called the police and identified herself as a “working girl” who was invited to a room at the Hilton and those who invited her there did not like what they saw and refused to pay her. The man said they met and he invited her to his room to “hang out” and for that, she demanded $160, which I guess is the union standard for “hanging out.” She further told the officer that if not paid, she at least wanted the $40 for the cab fare. Turns out the dispute took a strange turn due to the outstanding warrant on her behalf from Forest Park police on a probation violation. She was arrested for that. The male in the room was advised to find other jurisdictions to “hang out” with women who wanted to charge for it.
• 6400 block of Roswell Road, 30328, 7/5: Cops responded to Roswell and Vernon Woods around 2:30 a.m. on a man refusing to pay cab fare. Thesuspect, drunk, cursed the driver who, after picking up and dropping him, refused to take him to get the money. The man threw at and hit the cab with a rock. They found the man near the Taco Bell after a 911 call on a man throwing rocks. He was arrested.
• A 911 call at 5:30 a.m. sent officers to the Mosaic Apartments looking for a shirtless man looking into and trying to open car doors. They found the man in the apartment playground area. He tried to run. Drunks don’t run well. The man, who appeared hammered, said he had two beers. He was arrested. Incidentally, he was on an earlier short list of burglary suspects in that complex.
• A man walked into the QT Store on Dunwoody Place, leaving his bicycle outside. Someone took it. The man came outside and saw three men, one of whom had the bike. Argument and tug-of-war ensued, punches thrown, swelling of the eye sustained. The owner said the bike had been given to him by his boss who, on the phone, confirmed and identified the bike. The guy who stole it was arrested.
• 6560 Roswell Road, 30328, 7/4: Just before 10 p.m. officers met with a taxi driver and an intoxicated, angry man. The cabbie said she was called to a location in Roswell, by Roswell Police, to take the man to a location near Roswell Road and 285. The cabbie and the man agreed on a $20 fare. They got to the 6500 block of Roswell Road when the man became agitated and argumentative, accusing the taxi driver of working with the Roswell Police because she had a radio and microphone similar to those in police cars. He refused to pay and got out. SSPD officers arrived and the man agreed to pay with a card but it was declined. He was later arrested.

DUI, Insurance and Suspension Traffic Arrests

• 5500 Roswell Road, 30342, 7/4
• 7800 block of Roswell Road, 30350, 7/4
• GA 400/Pitts Road, 30350, 7/4
• 285-W/Riverside Drive, 30328, 7/4
• 8300 block Roswell Road, 30350, 7/4
• 285-E/400, 30328, 7/4
• Roswell/Northridge, 30350, 7/4
• Roswell/Morgan Falls Road, 30350, 7/4
• Abernathy/Glenridge, 30328, 7/4
• 1400 block of Spalding, 30350, 7/4

Capt. Steve Rose says: These traffic cases were just on July 4. There are, at any time, dozens of suspended licensed drivers all over the city. All of these cases involve the driver going to jail. This isn’t rocket science: get insurance; don’t be stupid when you drive so you won’t get tickets but if you do, pay the fine (it’s not like we forget); don’t drink and drive; and just think about it and what is the worst case scenario for you. It always includes jail.

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