Sandy Springs Blotter: Man Allegedly Hits Woman With Car at Hotel

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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 May 22-28:

Assault

• 800 Hammond Drive, 30328, 5/25: Around 10:30 p.m. cops responded to the Sheraton Hotel on a person complainant she had been hit by a car. She told officers that she pulled into the hotel parking lot and intended to book a room. She was approached by a male who asked her to join him in his suite. She refused and he grabbed her keys. She exited her car and began to scream. He entered his car with her following him to retrieve her keys. He drove forward, striking her and then he left the scene. She called the police at which time he returned on foot, tossed her the keys, and ran off. She [turns out she’s known him since she was 12] obtained his name and date of birth and gave that info to the cops. She was seen and later taken to the hospital for lower back pain. Hotel staff said no one witnessed the incident and no one matching the suspect’s name had booked a room. Turns out he is the boyfriend whom she is trying to get away from due to his drug use and violent ways.

Robbery

• 8600 block of Roswell Road, 30350, 5/27: A man reported he was at Tony’s Sports Bar around 2:30 and spoke to someone he knew. The man didn’t respond so the victim said, “I see you aren’t having a good day so have a good night.” The man later punched him, knocking him down. The victim left the bar and then noticed the suspect and seven other guys were following him. They surrounded him and the aggressor told him to empty his pockets. He threw down what he had and ran. He called the police from a nearby convenient store. He described the aggressor as a black male, 6’-0” and 160-175 pounds, tattoo or scar on his face, short hair, 21-25 years old, and had gold or silver teeth. Some of the others were described as 21-25 year old black males with dreadlocks.
• 1100 block of Pitts Road (and Colquitt Road), 30350, 5/28: A 19-year-old man said he was walking near the intersection around 10:30 p.m. when he was approached by two males, one of whom pulled a gun. They took his items from his pocket including $80 cash, cellphone and bank cards. The suspects were described as #1: black male, jeans, plaid shirt, baseball cap. A witness described #2 as young black male, gray shirt and blue sweat pants.

Burglary

• 5550 Glenridge Drive, 30342, 5/23: A resident reported her apartment door had been forced open. Jewelry and a television had been taken. She had been away from about 7:30 p.m. until just after 3 a.m.
• 5610 Kingsport Drive, 30342, 5/24 (1200-0030): The complainant said he found his son’s bedroom window open and a message written on his son’s bedroom chair read: “You’ve got the power.”
• 6300 block of Peachtree Dunwoody Road, 30328, 5/25 (0400-1445): The resident said upon returning home, he saw that his front door had been forced open. Missing is an iPad and two personal Dell Laptops, and two pairs of “Beats” headphones.
• 8400 block of Roswell Road, 30350, 5/26: A 79-year-old woman said someone took her purse from a TV stand inside her bedroom. She believes that since there was no forced entry, someone had a key. Missing is personal documents and some cash.
• 5000 block of Spalding Drive, 30350, 5/27 (1800-2200): The resident found a rock that had been thrown through a back glass door. The resident found no evidence of anything missing.
• 5800 block of Glenridge Drive, 30342, 5/28: Responding to a 5 a.m. alarm, officers found a door/window shattered and an Apple keyboard hanging out the window. A rock had been used to shatter the glass. It appears that two iMac computer were taken.

Thefts

• Sports Authority (1155 Mt. Vernon Hwy), 30328, 5/23: Store staff observed a man (on camera) cutting off sensor tags on items and then leaving the store without paying for the items totaling $181. The man was described as a black male, wearing a blue Marta uniform and ID cards around his neck. He got into a Nissan Sentra and left the scene.
• Northridge Bottle Shop (8333 Roswell Road), 30350, 5/23: The employee told police that just after 9 p.m. three men came in. Two proceeded to distract the employee while a third took a bottle of vodka, slid it down his pants, and left. They are described as black males, 20-25 years old.
• A 26-year-old woman said she accidentally left her wallet on the self-checkout counter at the Publix at 8725 Roswell Road. She returned but did not find it. Store surveillance showed a woman taking the wallet but apparently did not turn it in. She was described as a black female wearing a blue top and jeans.
• A 33-year-old woman reported her 2002 Chevy Tahoe was taken from the 8000 block of Roswell Road. She said she is behind on her Titlemax loan; however, Titlemax did not have the car on an impound list.
• A 44-year-old man reported someone stole his 2007 Vespa LX150 yellow scooter from 5400 Roswell Road.
• 800 block of Mt. Vernon Hwy, 30328, 5/26 (1130-1215): The victim said that she placed her purse in a secured area only accessed by employees. The purse, lying in a chair, was taken. Someone took her iPhone4 and credit cards. The cards were later used for online purchases totaling $1,500.
• A 30-year-old woman reported that FedEx delivered a package to her door on the 22nd, but she didn’t receive it. A neighbor said they saw a man who came to her door and took the package.
• 5800 block of Glenridge Drive, 30342, 5/27: The complainant told officers that someone took three bottles of Oxycodone from his safe. He said he noticed them missing, however doesn’t know how. He added the drugs were expired.
• A 2013 Ford Explorer, black, was stolen from 2604 Harbor Pointe between 2 a.m. and 2 p.m. on the 27th .
• A 41-year-old resident of Cates Ridge said a Thoroughbred 25mm watch was stolen from the home sometime between the 15th and 18th of April.
• 8500 block of Roswell Road, 30350, 5/28: A woman called police to report that two checks were taken from her 91-year-old mother’s room at an assisted living center. One of the checks had been cashed for $600 at a Bank of America on Turner Hill Road in Lithonia.
• 6120 PDR (Hilton Suites), 30328, 5/28: A 41-year-old man reported that around 9:30 a.m. he was in the process of checking out of his room and while doing so, unloaded his luggage and small children from the elevator. Before he could get one of the luggage cart out, the doors closed and off it went. He followed on another elevator to the ground floor. The first elevator, containing luggage cart and bags, had already lifted off again. When it returned, the cart was gone. The officer viewed the video and saw a man wearing a black security type uniform. The man gets on the elevator with the luggage cart. At the time he gets on, he’s holding one laptop type bag. When he gets off at the 6th floor, he has two bags. The cart and bags were found but it appears a gun and phone charger were taken.
• 6681 Roswell Road, 30328, 5/28: A 51-year-old woman said she accidentally left her wallet at the Starbucks. The next day the bank called her, telling her that her debit card was used for $600.
• A man on Chariot Court reported that his 2010 gray Audi A6 had been stolen. There was glass on the driveway where he parked the vehicle. It was taken sometime between 9:30 p.m. and 9 a.m. the next morning.

Thefts From Vehicles

• 355 Hammond Drive, 30328, 5/23: One rim and tire from a 2001 Infiniti I30
• 5801 Kingsport Drive, 30342, 5/24: South Carolina tag
• 7555 Roswell Road, 30350, 5/27: .380 caliber pistol

Other Things

• A 28-year-old woman reported that her ex-boyfriend had been calling and texting her telling her that she needed to help him with a problem or he would make up lies to the police in order to get her in trouble. He said he would come over and kick her door down if she didn’t let him in.

Fraud

• 6000 block of Lake Forrest Drive, 30328, 5/27: A company representative said that a company check was cashed for $29,664 in Arlington, VA. The actual check remains in the office so the check was fabricated. A vendor said they too had a check stolen recently and the perp was caught. Detectives are looking to see if there is a connection as well as bank evidence where it was cashed.
• A 23-year-old woman said that she attended a pool party, during the day, in the 7700 block of Roswell Road. She placed her wallet on a pool chair and later found that her debit card and $40 cash was gone. The thief used the card at Dunkin Donuts and Kroger, both nearby, totaling just under $40.
• On May 28, a man walked into the Wells Fargo Bank at 6300 Roswell Road around 12:30 p.m. He had a check to be cashed in the amount of $725. The employee checked with the issuer of the check and found that it had not been issued to that person. Upon seeing this, the man walked out of the bank.

Arrests

• Hyatt Place Hotel (1005 Crestline Pkwy), 30328, 5/23: The hotel manager reported that someone activated a smoke bomb on the third floor of the hotel just after midnight. The hotel had to be evacuated due to the heavy smoke. The person who was responsible eventually came forward and was charged with disorderly conduct. There was some damage to the hotel property.
• Hammond Drive, 30328, 5/26: Around 2 p.m. officers got a call of a man yelling outside of an apartment complex. The man was yelling “Queens, Princes, Kings, Holy Ghosts, he will never take the throne!” as he pointed to the King and Queen Buildings at the Concourse. The 53-year-old man was located and found to have been the same kicked out of a local bar on Roswell Road after refusing to pay the tab. That officer earlier had given him a ride to the MARTA Station on PDR but he apparently hung around. He was arrested. On the way to jail he told the officer that he was “evil” and “serving the devil” and prayed to the officer’s “children to suffer.” Alcohol was involved.
• 1155 Mt. Vernon Hwy, 30328, 5/28: Sports Authority employees watched a man who removed tags from clothing items and then attempted to leave without paying for them. He was detained. Officers spoke with the man who gave a fake name. A fingerprint scanner was employed and verified his real name and a warrant already pending for FTA in Sandy Springs. He was arrested.
• Cops arrested a man after a reported assault at the Stars and Strikes Bowling Alley on Roswell Road. The man denied hitting the woman. The woman said nothing happened. A witness said they observed the man strike the woman with a closed fist. The man was arrested.

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