Sandy Springs Blotter: Suspect Steals Beer, Threatens To Shoot Store Clerk

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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 Nov. 22-25:

Robbery:

• 8325 Roswell Road, 30350, Nov. 22 — An 18-year old man said he was robbed after posting an ad for his gym shoes on the website Craigslist and another called Plenty of Fish. He was contacted by a man wanting to purchase the shoes. He told the man to meet him in Clarkston, GA where he lived. They met. The victim said the man asked him if he wanted to go for a ride. The guy pulled a gun and then told the victim he was just released from prison and thought that the seller (victim) was a girl, and he wanted sex. He then told the victim he wanted sex as they drove about. The victim refused and somewhere around Northridge Road the victim got out of the car. The victim eventually said the first part of the statement was a lie so we don’t really know what happened other than one guy was a getting a little froggy and the other guy is a liar.

Burglary:

• 5000 block of Rebel Trail, 30342, Nov. 22 — House under construction/the complainant said several Hispanic men in a black car came to the location, telling the complainant they were workers. The complainant called the builder and the men left in a hurry. The complainant said he looked in the home and saw that several items had been stolen including a check for $3,000 left in the permit box.
• 6370 Powers Ferry Road, 30342, Nov. 24 — Someone burglarized the Subway Store. A rear door was found forced open. The phone/alarm lines were cut (which activates the alarm) and it appears the burglar tried to get into the safe that was bolted to the floor. He was unable to. He did take a small amount of cash from a petty cash box.

Thefts:

• 500 block of Summit Springs, 30350, Nov. 22 — A 60-year-old woman ordered a turkey fryer from QVC and it was delivered and signed for in the apartment leasing office. The victim said that when she went to the office to get it, it was gone. She believes this was done by the staff in retaliation for her complaints about the ants in her apartment.

Thefts from vehicles:

• 5675 Roswell Road, 30342, Nov. 22
• 1155 Mt. Vernon Hwy, 30328, Nov. 23
• 6390 block of Roswell Road, 30328, Nov. 23
• 6090 Roswell Road, 30328, Nov. 23
  
• 567 Northridge Road, 30350, Nov. 23
  
• 5975 Roswell Road, 30328, Nov. 24
  
• 7770 Roswell Road, 30350, Nov. 25
  
• 6096 Barfield Road, 30328, Nov. 25

Fraud:

• 571 Northridge Road, 30350, Nov. 22 — A 28-year-old woman said she received a call from someone claiming to be an immigration officer. She was told that she faced deportation for a problem with her work visa unless she paid $10,000. She went to the bank, withdrew $10,000 as the “immigration” officer stayed on the phone with her the entire time. She sent ten $1,000 Green Dot cards from several different Kroger stores since each store would only allow 2 purchased. She provided the numbers from the cards thus completing the scam. She was then told by the “immigration officer” that she could hang up. She did so, called a friend, and was told she got suckered.

Assault:

• A woman contacted police and said that she was attacked by her soon-to-be-ex-husband who she allowed to stay in the apartment so that he wouldn’t be homeless. During that time, he saw a text on her phone from another man and he became enraged and tried to choke her out. She had evidence of the attack on her neck. She did not report it that night but did so the following morning at her office.

Arrests:

• Cops spoke with a man on Northwood Drive who said his girlfriend’s son beat his hood of his car with a metal pole. The son said he did it because the man threw his phone off the second story balcony so he grabbed a stick and hit the car’s hood. The boy’s mother confirmed it. Both subjects are adults and the cops have been to the residence several times before so they were arrested. One had a warrant from DeKalb County for FTA (failure to appear).
• 1155 Mt. Vernon Hwy, 30328, Nov. 22 — Sports Authority loss prevention staff called the police after two women concealed clothing in their purses and tried to leave. One tried to empty the purse in the trash can and the other was making her way to her car. Both were caught and later arrested. Both women had arrest records for theft.
• Costco, 6350 Peachtree Dunwoody Road, 30328, Nov. 24 — A man was arrested for stealing Langoustine Lobster ($26.99) and a rotisserie chicken ($13.99) by placing both in his jacket and trying to leave.
• 5675 Roswell Road, 30342, Nov. 24 — Around 4 p.m. cops were called to two apartments regarding a man throwing items from his balcony down one floor and onto another. The woman on the lower floor said the man called her a “fat bitch” and she yelled back that he was a “drug addict.” He threw a broken toy which hit her on the shoulder. The man upstairs was arrested.
• The employee of the Shell Station at 5700 Roswell Road called on Nov. 24 around 3 a.m. and said three Hispanic men stole an 18-pack of Corona and a 12-pack of Modelo beer. One man threatened to shoot the clerk as the three fled. Around an hour later, an officer, writing a report on Northwood Drive, saw an intoxicated man that looked to be the same as the one of the ones described to him by the victim. He detained him and once the store clerk identified him, he was arrested.
• 227 Sandy Springs Place, 30328, Nov. 25 — One man was arrested after placing several Kroger store items in his bag and then attempted to walk out without paying. He was detained and later arrested.