Sandy Springs Blotter: Woman Allegedly Steals Pink Hookah

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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 June 20-25:

Burglary

• 1200 block of Harbor Pointe, 30350, 6/23 (2000-0700): The resident reported someone pried the front door with a tool and took several items from his apartment.
• 8100 block of Colquitt Road, 30350, 6/24: The resident said someone entered his apartment from a rear patio door. Missing is a PS4 Game System valued at $450, and five watches totaling $600.

Thefts

• 6690 Roswell Road (LA Fitness), 30328, 6/20: iPhone 6 theft from the basketball court; no suspects were seen.
• 1155 Mt. Vernon Hwy, 30328, 6/20: A woman placed gym bag near swimming pool. She saw a black male running from the area of the bag and noticed the bag was missing. iPhone 5 is missing.
• 1150 Hammond Drive, 30328, 6/20: Construction items were taken from fenced-in site.
• 4700 block of Roswell Road, 30342, 6/21: A woman reported that her friend who is homeless and has both a drinking and drug problem, stole her Wells Fargo Card and MARTA Pass. He used it to get access to Uber and Lyft transportation services. He was temporarily staying with her at the time. She gave him opportunity to return the items but he did not.
• 5700 Roswell Road (Shell station/store), 30342, 6/21: Someone forced open one of the store’s lottery machines and took money from it. This was done overnight.
• 8879 Roswell Road, 30350, 6/22: A woman reported that while she was in the North River Tavern, someone stole her purse. They used her personal information to open an account on Match.com, QT and Walmart.
• Circa 400 Apartments at 501 Northridge Rd., 30350, 6/24: After an apartment-tenant move out, the staff found that a refrigerator was stolen.
• 1050 Hammond Drive, 30350, 6/25: A 26-year-old woman said her friend/acquaintance drove away with all her belongings in the car. She said they met on a dating website called POF and drove from Ft. Worth to Atlanta to “get away” but didn’t elaborate. She knows only that the person’s name is Kevin. He was in a rental car with Florida plates. She plans to fly home after her mother wires the money.
• 8725 Roswell Road, 30350, 6/25: A woman stole a hookah, pink in color, approximately 3 feet tall (the hookah, not her.) She is a black female, 5’-5” with shoulder length red and black hair, early 20’s, wearing all black. She tried to pay for the hookah with a debit card but it was declined. She then walked out with the hookah in hand. An adjoining business owner spoke with the complainant and said the suspect had filled out an application on the previous day. That information matched the card. The name and information will be turned over to detectives.

Thefts from vehicles

• 1000 block Brentwood Dr., 30350, 6/20: Black male wearing camo clothes (khaki/green shorts); ran
• 9100 block Carroll Manor, 30350, 6/21: gun
• 100 block N. River Drive, 30350, 6/21: Stolen sun roof
• 1005 Crestline Pkwy, 30342, 6/23: Laptop
• 1600 blk Saddle Ridge Way, 30350, 6/24: Miter Saw from truck at construction site
• 6700 blk Powers Ferry, 30339, 6/24: Laptop
• 300 blk of Barrington Hills, 30350, 6/24: Dell Laptop and $230 cash
• 2600 blk Mt. Vernon Rd, 30328, 6/25: Landscaping equipment from open truck. Suspects: Black male, bald, dark skinned, crooked teeth; second suspect: lighter complexion, full head of hair
• 6615 Roswell Road 30328, 6/25: iPhone 5

Homcide

• 1025 Brentwood Way, 30350, 6/22: 31-year-old Antonio Bemabe was found dead in an apartment at the Parc at Dunwoody Apartments after cops received a “gunshot” call. He was found on the couch of the apartment, dead of a gunshot wound to the head. The suspect made several calls including to his family claiming responsibility. The suspect is Juan Aviilez-Dominguez, 5/25/86, 5’5” and 130-150 pounds. He is currently being soughtby detectives and also believed to have left the state. The victim and suspect did know each other.

Other things

• A woman called the police June 21 and reported she got a voice mail saying: “I’m going to cut your tongue out.” She said she is not familiar with the voice but it sounded like a drunken male voice.
• 800 Spalding Drive, 30350, 6/25: Around 11 a.m. cops were called to the address regarding a man who was lying across a fence. They found the body of a man who it appears attempted to climb the fence but somehow slipped and got hung up, upside down. His leg, near the femoral artery, had been impaled by a part of the fence. CID is investigating however they have no conclusions at this point.

Fraud

• An 82-year-old woman said the following: She was on her computer when she heard a sound like a siren go off. At that time, her phone rang. The man on the other end said he was from Microsoft and could fix her computer. That person had accessed her computer. He said they could fix it for $249 and monitor it for two years. Later, she received another call stating the $249 would be refunded. They further advised they had made a typo and refunded $1,249 instead. That amount needed to be returned or the person (caller) would be fired. The victim’s bank account reflected a credit of $2,299 but it had come from her line of credit, which someone had accessed. Another call was made to her asking for the refund money to be sent to Kim Richards in India. (Finally) the victim said something to her daughter who recognized it as a fraud and placed the alerts on her accounts. The victim said when she logs onto the computer, she can tell that someone has control of it and has accessed her personal information. Capt. Steve Rose says: That’s some weird stuff, logging on and seeing someone else is at the helm. Shut that thing down and change your passwords. I think the Internet provider can issue you a new IP address, too. I’d research it because it is a problem that has happened to a lot of people. There should be some good information out there.
• An 80-year-old woman received IRS notification that they received a return altering her name to another. That person obviously used her name to file a fake return.
• A 57-year-old man said that while going through the process of buying a home, there were two accounts with Aaron Rents in his name, opened in 2005 and 2009.

Arrests

• On June 20, one man was arrested following a disturbance call on Spring Creek Drive. The officers met with a woman and man, married, who had been arguing over if or not they should engage in a sexual encounter. Both admitted drinking some wine and according to the report, were intoxicated. She retreated to the bathroom however he broke the door and reportedly drug her out causing carpet burns and bruising. He was later arrested.
• Hammond and Boylston, 30328, 6/20: Around 2:18 a.m., an officer spotted a man walking down the street pushing a shopping cart. Knowing that several businesses in the area employ shopping carts, the officer suspected something was afoot. The man said the cart was abandoned and therefore he claimed it. (The cart belonged to Lowe’s.) The man had a small amount of marijuana on him. He was arrested for disorderly conduct.
• Cedar Run, 30350, 6/20: Cops responded to Cedar Run (Azalea Park Apartments) just before 4 a.m. on a fight call. Three sisters got into it after being out for the night. The topic of the conversation was not clear but the words “baby’s daddy” were used. Blame all around and then the knife came out. Fortunately no one was cut but there was a bloody lip sustained by one of the sisters. The knife-wielding sister was arrested for aggravated assault.
• Target employees caught a woman stealing three shirts by concealing them in a bag. She explained that she stole them to help pay for her heroin habit. She said she was having withdrawal symptoms. She was taken to Northside Hospital by ambulance for medical evaluation and referral to treatment.
• 8725 Roswell Road, 30350, 6/23: A woman was arrested at the Publix after stealing Salmon Filets and Lobster Tails totaling just under $50.
• DUI Arrests: 6/20 6900 block of Roswell Road; 6/21 Northwood and Roswell Road; and 6/21 7884 Roswell Road.

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