Sandy Springs Blotter: Mask-Wearing Suspects Rob Man At Gunpoint

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Sandy Springs, GA -- 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 Feb. Feb. 20-23:

Arrests

• A 28-year old man said his live-in boyfriend assaulted him, leaving a cut on his face from the suspect’s fingernail. The suspect was located and arrested.
• An officer, while checking a suspicious person in the 7100 block of Peachtree Dunwoody Road, discovered the man wanted in Douglas County for failure to appear on traffic charges. He was arrested and turned over to Douglas County sheriff’s deputies.

Assault

• A 30-year old woman reported that on the 22nd, while she was at the 5 Season Brewing location at the Prado, she was assaulted by her ex-boyfriend’s current girlfriend. She said she was hit, scratched, and her hair pulled. The suspect fled prior to arrival.

Larceny

• 5500 block of Glenridge Drive, 30342, 2/20: A 2016 Yamaha R6 motorcycle, yellow with black and white accents, and damage to the left rear, was reported stolen.
• 6690 Roswell Road, 30328, 2/20: A 58-year-old man reported that his belongings were in a locker inside the LA Fitness Gym. Someone cut or removed the lock and took a wallet, keys and $110 in cash.
• 5555 Roswell Road, 30342, 2/20: A 39-year-old woman said that on the 15th of this month, she told a male friend of hers that she was acquiring some money. The friend stayed at her residence that night. The following day she noticed a set of house keys missing. The following day the suspect (friend) went with her to pick up $3,000, from who and what I don’t know, and then returned to her home where she put the money inside her bedroom. The male friend suggested they go out to which they did. They went to suspect’s brother’s girlfriend’s house. The suspect said he would go out, with his friend, and get them all food. The victim was left at the home with the girlfriend. He was gone for an hour and when he showed up, he had no food. He took her home and (of course) the money was gone. She thinks that he gave her a fake name (Pharaoh) and discovered he nixed her from his Facebook page. She said he is a black male, 6’-0” and 350-400 pounds. He sometimes wears a “grill” on his upper teeth, tattoos on his arms, neck, and legs, hair that he wears as a “nappy ponytail” on his head. Capt. Steve Rose says: Okay I just can’t get past the “Pharaoh” thing. If you tell me that is your name, I’m going to have to ask for a license and perhaps do some quick fingerprints and a couple of references before I start talking about anything that I own.
• 6000 block of Roswell Road, 30328, 2/22: The manager of Wendy’s restaurant reported that a staff member had stolen just over $100 from the day’s cash money. The manager told each of the employees that the money needed to be returned. One of the employees later walked out without finishing up the day’s work and failed to show the next day. Rose: The technical term for this is called a “clue.”
• 4920 Roswell Road, 30342, 2/23: A Pepsi vendor at Kroger said he left his iPad at one of the aisles on a shelf. He soon realized it and returned but discovered it had been stolen.

Larceny from vehicles

• 5450 Glenridge Dr, 30342, 2/20: Nothing taken
• 8100 block Roswell Rd, 30350, 2/21: Wallet and three credit cards
• 5930 Roswell Rd, 30328, 2/22: $200 cash and iPhone
• 5920 Roswell Rd, 30328, 2/23: Items taken but not listed on the initial page.

Burglary

• 6000 block of Riverside Drive, 30328, 2/20: Someone gained access to a home that was not currently being lived in but occupied with personal belongings. It appears someone got inside near the carport area and used a pillow case to steal items however most items of value had already been removed by the family. The pillow case was on the ground near the carport. The complainant, family member, said they did not know if anything was taken.
• 4000 block of Stella Drive, 30342, 2/20: Sometime between the 12th and 20th, someone took two furnaces from a home construction area. Similar thefts/burglaries occurred on Mt. Vernon Parkway (2) and just inside Atlanta. The complainant said it appeared they removed the furnaces to re-use instead of recycling.
• 100 block of Northwood Drive, 30342, 2/20: Sometime around 10 p.m. a resident called police to report that while they were at home, someone come in by breaking glass. A Hispanic male, in a red hoodie and black cap came into the apartment, saw the resident, and they fled. Nothing was taken.
• 200 block of Berkley Run, 30342, 2/21: The resident said sometime over the weekend someone came into his apartment by forcing a patio door. Taken were a Ruger gun, iPad and Go Pro camera. A neighbor said they saw a white male at the door the previous day, asking about a UPS package. He was described as a white male, about 28 years old, about 5’-10”. It isn’t known if he was connected.
• 8100 block of Colquitt Road, 30350, 2/21: The resident said someone tried to kick in her door while she was at the grocery. She said a metal bar was in place preventing the suspect from kicking in the door.
• 1700 block of Spring Creek Lane, 30350, 2/23: Someone forced the front door open to the victim’s apartment, then entered, then took a 17-inch HP Laptop, $150 cash, her Social Security Number card and machete. The neighbors heard a banging sound from the apartment and then called the police. They said they saw two men run from that area to a white Toyota Camry, already running and probably containing another suspect. They did get a partial tag number.
• 700 block of Hampton Drive, 30350, 2/23: Between 8 a.m. and 6 p.m. someone entered an apartment and took several electronic items including an Acer laptop, Toshiba laptop, Samsung Galaxy tablet and a nickel 9mm Smith and Wesson pistol.

Other things

• 800 Hammond Drive, 30328, 2/20: Cops responded to the location just after midnight and spoke with a 36-year-old man, who is a hotel employee and who was calling for the victim. The man said he was expecting a friend to come by and pick him up to go out. Someone knocked on the door. The person at the door was a white male who told the victim he saw him earlier walking around, and then invited himself in. Another man, black male, immediately came in right behind the first man. They forced the victim to undress, then tied him up and took cash and cards, and two iPhones from his purse. The victim’s friend showed a short time later and untied the victim. Then, instead of calling the cops, they went to a nearby bar until about 3 a.m. when they returned. The victim was vague about the physical description of the suspects. When asked why he didn’t report the crime sooner, he said he had been in several abusive relationships before and he just wanted to forget about it.
• A 45-year-old man reported that someone opened several Cashback checking accounts in his name. A MasterCard in his name along with a company called Webbart Flooring, a company he has no relationship with.
• A 78-year-old woman said she was contacted by Citi Bank declining her MasterCard application due to multiple credit applications. She did not apply for one.
• A 30-year-old woman reported that she and her friend (suspect) shared an Uber ride in Boston, around Nov. 10 of last year. The suspect didn’t have a way to pay so the victim allowed her credit card to be swiped. She says that he has access to her card and has rung up over $200 in charges.
• 6600 block of Roswell Road, 30328, 2/22: A 45-year-old man said he went to his bank to get some personal documents from his safety deposit box. He placed the documents in a bag and stashed them under some shirts. He then went to a restaurant for lunch, leaving the location around 12:30 p.m. As he got back into his car, a black male wearing dark clothing and face mask, came up to the driver’s door demanding “everything” while pointing a gun at him. A second suspect, black male, also wearing a face mask and also armed, got into the car and took the items that the victim had obtained from the bank. (No money was involved.) The suspects also took some personal items from the victim. Later, some of the documents were found on Brandon Mill Road, not far from the robbery location.
• A woman on Northridge Road called police and told the officer a neighbor was putting manure on her apartmentas well as intentionally stomping on the floor. She told the officer that she was “familiar” with the law and would cite the officer if he did not take action! The woman then told the officer that if she had a gun, she would kill the person upstairs — which is not smart to say in front of the officer. She was arrested and charged with making threats.

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