Police Blotter: Former Co-Worker With Gun Hops In Woman's Car, Demands Money

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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 18-23:

Homicide

• Azalea Park Apartments, Cedar Run, Dunwoody Place: Late Thursday afternoon, we responded to the apartments on a “shots fired” call. The witnesses said they heard several gunshots. Arriving officers found a Hispanic male in the parking lot near one of the buildings. He was dead at the scene. The suspect, another Hispanic male, was seen running from that scene -- north -- within the complex. Perimeter canvassing did not produce anything. Detectives and street crimes detectives will be in the area doing extensive follow up investigations over the next few days due to the fact that we believe the suspect is local. No motive yet and we don’t know if they knew each other.

Arrests

• A number of thefts from cars have been cleared up with the arrest of Andre Pitts. Most of the thefts occurred in or around the Children’s Hospital of Atlanta area, dating back to April.
• 19-year-old Gustavo Borges Da Silva, of 1422 Huntcliff Village Court, and 19-year-old Booker Orlandus Tarvin, of 8386 Roswell Road, were arrested July 21 just after midnight at Campbell Stone Senior Community at 350 Carpenter Drive after a witness saw them pulling on door handles and at one point, entering a vehicle. Responding officers rounded up one of the fleeing suspects at the rear of the complex. The other tried to run inside the building however the complainant, staff member, locked the entrance doors, as other officers closed in. Both were taken into custody without too much persuading and charged with theft. A stolen laptop was located from the car that was taken to police headquarters where a search warrant was executed. Capt. Steve Rose says: Moral of the story? see something suspicious, call 911; no down side to it.
• 8725 Roswell Road, 30350, 7/18 (Publix): A woman put numerous beauty products in her oversized bag and walked out. She was detained and later arrested.

Robbery

• 8200 block of Roswell Road, 30350, 7/19: Cops were called to meet a man who said he was robbed around 2:40 a.m. A man and woman told officers they left Waffle House on Northridge and walking to Windridge Apartments and were cutting through at the Dunkin Donuts (Northridge) to a trail leading through trees to the apartments. Two young black male originally approached them near the Waffle House, asking for a cigarette. They had none and the two quickly left. Unknown to the victims, the two circled around to behind the Dunkin Donuts, and to the woods behind them where they set up an ambush. The pair, walking through the woods, were accosted by the two males, who pulled a gun and took two phones, a small amount of cash and some personal things. The perps are described as: 1-black male, black shirt, dreadlocks, young, maybe 16-17. The second man was not described. Rose: Not cool. Don’t make it easy. Walking through the woods that late? Use your common sense! Stay in public areas as much as possible, take a taxi, whatever. Don’t walk through isolated areas.
• 5975 Roswell Road, 30328, 7/23: A woman said as she got in her car when she realized a black male, 5’3”, slim, who had a gun and who wore a black shirt, got in the back seat. Long story short, he told her to go to an ATM and get money. She called her brother, who spoke to the suspect and arranged to bring money. He was told to meet them at the parking lot of Whole Foods. 45-50 minutes later (yep, no 911 call) he arrived and threw five-
  hundred bucks into the back seat of the car. The woman got out. The suspect had the keys, but dropped them and then fled on foot. The female victim said she recognized the suspect and worked with him at a retail store in Smyrna. She knew his first name (Thomas) and her former supervisor would have the information on him. Rose says: call the cops!

Burglary

• 400 block of Mt. Vernon Hwy, 30328, 7/18: A home under construction was entered sometime between the 16th and 18th were taken.
• 7900 block of Colquitt Road, 30350, 7/18: Someone entered the townhome through a (forced entry-pry) back window. Not known if anything was taken.
• Tamarisk Drive, 30342, 7/19: Sometime between 7/16 and 7/19 someone entered the garage and took items not described. The only suspect is a contractor or worker with him.
• 300 block of Marsh Trail Cir, 30350, 7/19: The resident said around 1:30 a.m. he heard noises and looked thought the peep hole to see a male who appeared to be messing with the deadbolt. He could see the deadbolt moving from the inside. The resident yelled that he was calling the cops. The man ran off.
• 400 block of Marsh Trail Cir, 30350, 7/19: Rear walk-in level door was entered-missing is a 46” LG HDTV, Sony laptop, Samsung Galaxy tablet, Blu-ray player, passport and Social Security number card.
• 700 block of Highland Park Trl, 30350, 7/22: Around noon, a woman said she was awakened by a loud bang. She screamed and checked the front door of the apartment finding that the door was forced open.

Thefts

• 5610 Roswell Road, 30342, 7/18: A woman said she placed her cellphone down while she was looking at shoes inside the Target store. Someone took the phone. Video showed a Hispanic female walk by and snatch the phone while the victim was looking away. The last known GPS location on the iPhone was across the street at Mosaic Apartments.
• 4520 Roswell Road, 30342, 7/18: A man said he was in a coffee shop with a former friend whom he got into an argument with. The victim got up and left — but forgot his keys. He went back but the former friend took the keys and ran south on Roswell Road.
• 980 Hammond Drive, 30328, 7/22: The complainant said a man came into the building and took a Lenovo Laptop and iPhone from his desk. The video showed a young black male, white t-shirt, black cap, jeans, inside the building, in and out, during the time of the theft. Shortly later, another theft call was received on Barfield Road at a business, with the same suspect description.

Thefts From Vehicles

• 4000 block Old House Trl, 30342, 7/18: Two wallets overnight in unlocked car
• Kelson Drive, 30327, 7/18: Purse from unlocked car
• 200 blk Morgan Falls Rd, 30350, 7/18: iPhone, Bluetooth speakers, dress, towel.
• 8100 blk of Colquitt Rd, 30350, 7/19: Toshiba laptop, Garmin GPS, iPhone 4
• 6300 blk Roswell Rd, 30328, 7/19: Not known what is taken
• 7 Concourse Pkwy, 30328, 7/19: cellphone
• 6075 Roswell Road, 30328, 7/20: Android Tablet, cash, purse, headset
• 2000 blk Jefferson Drive, 30350, 7/20: Nothing
• 2300 blk Jefferson Drive, 30350, 7/20: Nothing
• 6690 Roswell Road, 30328, 7/20: Laptop and case
• 6075 Roswell Road, 30328, 7/20: Purse, SSN card, Cosmetology license, laptop
• Old Stratton Chase, 30328, 7/21: Wallet
• Kelson Drive, 30327, 7/21: Gun

Other Things

• A woman reported she is receiving harassing phone calls and e-mails from another woman who believes the victim was having an affair with her husband.
• A 35-year-old man said he is receiving threatening voice mail and text messages from his ex-girlfriend whom he’s been secretly seeing the past two years, something unknown to his wife and kids. He stopped responding and she left messages saying, “You’re dead! I’ve put a hit on you!” Later, she sent an apologetic text and oh, by the way, “I’m pregnant.” Apparently he told the woman he was leaving his wife for her and had not followed through.
• 8000 block of Grogan’s Ferry, 30350, 7/18: Called to an accident scene just after midnight, the officer spoke to the parties involved and noticed the distinct odor of freshly burnt marijuana coming from one of the wrecked cars. The driver was later cited for a misdemeanor amount.
• 1000 block Crestline Pkwy, 30342, 7/18: Around 1:30 a.m. an officer found a car with five guys sitting in it. That area has been hit by thieves looking to steal from cars so he checked it out. Three of the five had out-of-state ID, two had none. He found marijuana, pipes, and grinders in the car. One of the men had an envelope in his pocket that he said contained a letter. It contained more weed. The total amount was misdemeanor size so they were cited.
• Officers, responding to a domestic call on Treelodge Pkwy, were told by the couple that no physical violence occurred, only arguing. While there, the officers found marijuana, grinders, two bongs, seven pipes, and so on. They were cited.
• 2000 block of The Valley, 30328, 7/23: A 17-year-old female said her boyfriend’s sister posted something on Instagram to insult her. Several commented on the post with one comment saying “shoot her.” The sister also posted an audio clip that she and her cousin were going to beat up the victim. Screen shots of the posts were kept as evidence.

Fraud

• A 25-year-old woman said she paid just over $4,000 to a woman who identified herself as Kim Tai, who assists clients with weddings and events. She paid for a wedding and reception. The victim said she later learned that Kim Tai is an alias name of a woman and the business is a fake. She said the woman, under her real name, has a number of BBB complaints and her business, located in Johns Creek, was closed by the state. She has made numerous attempts to contact the woman with no results.
• A man on Perimeter Center West said he received multiple calls from a man who said he was with IRS and had warrants on the victim and were on the way to get him unless he wired $899 via MoneyGram from Wal-Mart to a man named Luis Collins in Chicago.

Domestic Violence Arrests

• Huntingdon Chase, 30328, 7/18: Male arrested for choking his wife after she found messages on his cellphone indicating some infidelity issues. He was arrested.
• 5555 Roswell Road, 30342, 7/22: One man was arrested after cops answered a domestic call at the apartment. The female caller said she was in bed with her ex-boyfriend (?) and they were talking and she was angry about seeing a photo of him and his ex, ex-girlfriend drinking. She said he became angry and hit her, choked her, and held her face down while he choked her. Her son then came into the room and jumped on the man’s back. The ex said she was “smarting off” to him and the photos were dated back before and his ex-ex, told him she was going to post them. Bottom line: He was arrested.

DUI, Insurance, and Suspension Traffic Arrests

• Roswell and Glenridge, 30342, 7/18
• PDR/Crestline Pkwy, 30342, 7/19
• 5300 block of Roswell Road, 30342, 7/19
• 400 / Northridge, 30350, 7/22
• PDR / Summer Drive, 30328, 7/23

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Photo credit: Sandy Springs Police