Sandy Springs Blotter: Driver Pulls Gun on Bicyclist

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Editor’s note: the following incidents were taken from the Sandy Springs Police Department’s weekly Wrap Up, which contains some — not all — of the incidents that occurred Dec. 5-12:

Burglary

• 4000 block of Jett Road, 30327, Dec. 7: The resident reported that he had several work tools taken from his garage.
• 8600 Roberts Drive, 30350, Dec. 8: A resident notified an apartment maintenance employee she heard glass breaking around 8 a.m. He went to the apartment location and found a black male, 6’0” and 145 pounds, early 20’s, wearing a black jump or ski suit and black skull cap walking from the location carrying electronic items. He yelled at the man who fled after dropping the items. Cops found a broken bedroom window which was the point of entry.
• 400 block of Granite Ridge Place, 30350, Dec. 8: (6 p.m. to 7:05 p.m.) A 32-year old man reported that he took his dog out for a walk. Upon return to his home, he found a man described as a black male, 5’8” and 175 pounds, long dreadlocks, and who wore a tan jacket and light colored pants along with Nike sneakers. The man is a local homeless man named Dread. He took a third edition Samsung table and ten dollars cash.
• 8404 Roswell Road, 30350, Dec. 9: After relocating following a fire, the victim found that someone accessed his damaged apartment and took several personal items.

Thefts

• 6600 block of Brandon Mill Road, 30350, Dec. 7: The victim said he received a ride home from a cabbie working for Uber. They arrived around 2:30 a.m. He got out of the car and realized he had left his phone, possibly in the car. They called the number and heard it ringing—from the car. The driver refused to let them search and drove off. The phone was since tracked to Covington.
• A Home Depot employee reported that he watched two females, one white and one black, take LED lights, stash them in a purse, and walk out. He also watched them meet up on an aisle with another person described as a black male, before they left. The male subject had a cart with items in it but abandoned it on another aisle and then met the two women in the parking lot. They left in a Chevy Caprice (tag obtained)
  
• A resident on Mt. Vernon Oaks reported that around 5 p.m. Dec. 9, someone swiped a UPS box delivered to his address. The box contained clothing valued at $246.
• 4700 block of Powers Ferry Road, 30327, Dec. 10: The complainant said someone stole an exterior AC unit from a home he is building on Powers Ferry Road. It was one of three units and valued at $2,600.
• An employee of the Mt. Vernon Presbyterian Founder’s Campus said she left her purse in one of the classrooms and walked to another classroom to meet with students. Shortly after, she got a call from her bank’s fraud unit asking if she made a $40 charge on her credit card. She went back to the classroom and found that someone had gone into her purse.

Thefts from vehicles

• 7447 Roswell Road, 30328, Dec. 6: wallet/cash taken
  
• 6881 Roswell Road, 30328, Dec. 7: .45 caliber Tarsus Gun, work keys and five dollars
• 280 Hilderbrand Drive, 30328, Dec. 7: laptop
  
• 5600 Roswell Road, 30342, Dec. 8: Apple MacBook laptop, Go Pro Camera and bag
  
• 6390 Roswell Road, 30328, Dec. 8: LL Bean Briefcase, Dell Laptop, leather briefcase, HP laptop.
• 1155 Mt. Vernon Hwy, 30328, Dec. 8: Ruger .308 hunting rifle with scope
  
• 6558 Roswell Road, 30328, Dec. 8: Tailgate to a 2008 Ford pickup)
  
• 6317 of Roswell Road, 30328, Dec. 10: MacBook Pro, Michael Kors suitcase, clothing and makeup

Fraud

• A 33-year old woman reported someone used her personal information to open an account with Scana Energy on West View Drive in Atlanta. The victim found out when the collection call was made to her.
• A man came into the Costco on Dec. 6 and received a new membership. He then purchased two Sony PS4 game systems with an American Express card. He came back later and bought a 60-inch TV. The following day a woman came in with the same membership card and bought two PS4’s and a desktop computer. She picked up the computer but apparently got nervous and left without picking up the PS4’s. The man then came in with the receipts wanting the two PS4’s. The loss prevention employee, who found this transaction to be suspicious, ask for the American Express Card to verify the status (stolen or not.) He also asked for the man’s ID which was a fraudulent Florida ID. The man responded by refusing and then fleeing to a white Escalade and off they went. They were pulled over minutes later. The card appeared to have been cloned but the number for toll free contact to American Express said only that they were open Monday through Friday. The man was released but the card was kept until verification can be done.

Assault

• 8331 Roswell Road, 30350, Dec. 9: A fight-call was placed just after 4 p.m. in the Kroger parking lot off Northridge Road. The lookout was that on a black 2014 Dodge Charger. A victim, male, was lying in the parking lot and appeared to have been beaten. The victim, who was semi-conscious, in and out, said he remembered nothing. A witness said he saw two black males in the Charger. They went to a liquor store in the shopping center and then spoke with someone in the parking lot. He believes there was an argument before the two black males left in the Charger. He, however, did not witness the assault. The victim was taken to Northside Hospital and is expected to recover.
• Abernathy under GA 400, 30328, Dec. 10: A 50-year old man reported that he was riding his bike on Abernathy, west, under GA 400 when a bronze 2015 Toyota Tundra pickup truck cut in front of him to merge onto Abernathy. In doing so, the truck nearly hit the bicyclist. The truck stopped ahead at a red light. The bike rider rode up to the truck so that the rider “could explain bicycle rider’s rights” to the driver. The bicycle rider pulled up to the passenger side and knocked on the window. The driver, a white male in his sixties, pulled and pointed a gun at the bicycle rider who was knocking on his window. The bike rider retreated and called 9-1-1.
  **Capt. Steve Rose with Sandy Springs police advises: Regardless of how just the cause, don’t put your safety in jeopardy. That was not a smart move. The driver of the truck, although in this case he probably knew what was going on, and he was most definitely a rude driver, could have assumed he was about to get car jacked. Who knows? Grab a tag number and report it but don’t confront someone with so much road rage potential.**

Other things

• A man reported his ex-girlfriend has been calling and e-mailing despite the TPO put out on her.
• A man walked into the BP Station at 8763 Roswell Road and grabbed a 16-ounce Heineken and walked into the bathroom and started drinking the beer. The beer was recovered two-thirds full and the man was charged with shoplifting.
• 6280 Peachtree Dunwoody Road, 30328, Dec. 10: An employee of the Micro Inn and Suites called police around 8 p.m. and said a guest notified him that he had accidentally discharged his gun. The bullet went into the door’s metal plate around the handle and lodged. The guest later met with officers and said the gun, a 9mm, discharged accidentally while he was cleaning it. The guest had a firearm license and was in town for business. No charges were filed.

Arrests

• 8800 block of Dunwoody Place, 30350, Dec. 6: Officers were called to an apartment just after 1 a.m. They spoke to a man who said another man, whom he allowed to stay with him, was drunk and had threatened him. They found the man, who was indeed drunk, shirtless and staggering about the parking lot. The man said he in fact had an argument with the other man and referred to his woman as a “bitch.” He was cuffed and put in the back seat where he began to run his mouth, making specific references to the complainant in the form of the following: “I’m gonna make him pay for it.” The officer reminded the man he was being recorded and to cease making threats. He said “Oh I’m gonna make threats. I am gonna beat the sh— out of you when I get outta here.” Again he was told not to make threats and that he was being recorded. “Make sure you type that when I get out, I am gonna kill this nig—!” The arrested man was then charged with Terroristic Threats and Acts.
• I-285 West at the River, 30327, Dec. 8: Officers received a call around 3:30 a.m. of a Dodge Charger on I-285 near the river. The car, according to witnesses, was swerving and it appeared someone was shooting out on of the windows. The officers notified Cobb County Police of the incident. Later, around 4 am, they were contacted by Cobb PD who had a car matching the description on the East-West Connector. SSPD units met with them and interviewed five people in the car. The end result was that a woman in the car fired several 9mm rounds from the car. Cops determined that she acted alone and although she was not firing at a particular target (like a car) she was acting in a reckless manner. She was arrested.
• Loss prevention staff at the Publix on Trowbridge Road detained a man who took four small bottles of Moscato wine and stuff them down his pants before walking out. He was later arrested.