Teens Charged With Entering Auto at Apartment Complex: Blotter

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 Nov. 26 through Dec. 1

Burglary

• 1900 block of Monterrey Pkwy, 30350, 11/26: The resident reported that she was gone for several days and during that time someone entered through a back window, possibly unlocked. Items such as a laptop and flat-screen TV were left untouched while several other items including a video game system and games were taken.
• 7000 block of Glisten Avenue, 30350, 11/26: The resident said that someone entered her home through a window. The window breach was recorded by the victim’s alarm service and she was notified while she was away from the home. Her mother was on site but upstairs sleeping. It appears her car keys were taken to a loaner car she had. A black sock was left by the burglar.
• 1000 block of Brentwood Way, 30350, 11/26 (5 p.m. to 2:26 a.m.): The resident said he returned from work and found his apartment ransacked. Outside his back window, he saw an 8-foot ladder leading to the window. Stolen was electronic items including a laptop.
• Barbara Lane, 30342, 11/29: Someone entered this unoccupied home, setting off the alarm. Someone entered through a basement door after shattering the glass with a football-size rock. It appeared that the burglars are looking for appliances to steal. It appeared the alarm scared the suspect(s) off.
• 5200 block of Green Oak Ct., 30342, 11/29: Someone removed an air conditioning unit from a home that is under construction.
• Silverwood Road, 30342, 11/29: Officers, responding to an alarm call, found evidence of attempted force entry to the back of the home, screen, and window trim. Nothing was taken.
• 300 block of Highbrook Drive, 30342, 11/29: The resident left for approximately an hour and on return found forced entry to the front door. The home had been ransacked and a number of items were taken.
• Parkgate Drive, 30328, 11/30: The resident said someone came into the apartment through an unlocked window. She said that a few items were taken.
• 100 block Nesbit Ferry Place, 30350, 12/1: The resident said he noticed his garage door slightly open when he returned home from work. The home had been ransacked but nothing was missing. The owner is in the process of moving and there was little to take.

Thefts

• Two bikes were taken from a yard in the 400 block of Hilderbrand.
• 2000 block of Spring Creek Lane. 30350, 11/27: A resident said his friend called and said he was coming to visit. The victim said the door was unlocked and to come in. A half-hour later, the victim returned home to find several items taken. The victim knows the subject only as “David” with a street name of “Red.” He contacted “Red” who denied stealing anything. Capt. Steve Rose says: Okay here’s a good tip: If you know someone by their suspicious street name but you don’t know their real last name, don’t offer up your home to them.
• 4920 Roswell Road, 30342, 11/29: A woman reported that her car was stolen from the Kroger gas pumps. When she got out to pay, a man got in and drove off. Her phone and personal items were in the car including the keys that he used to start it and drive off. Among the items in the Cherokee Jeep Latitude was $500 cash and an iPhone. The suspects attempted to use a credit card at a Chevron Station on Sylvan Road a while later but it was declined. Rose: This particular area has pumps very close to where you pay so don’t assume since it is, no one would dare risk stealing your car. Take the keys and better yet, lock it. Simple fix.
• 5700 Roswell Road, 30342, 11/29 (Shell Station): A 46-year-old man reported that a woman drove up and asked directions. He let her use his phone, then went into the store for something to write directions down for her. In the meantime, she drove off. This is actually a sad story because the victim said the phone contained photos of his daughter who is deceased. Rose: Send those digital photos off to be printed. It’s inexpensive. Everything of value on your photos file should be in print.
• 11/29: A 25-year-old man reported that when he returned home to his apartment complex on Hampton Drive, he saw a woman dragging a mattress across the lot. The mattress was in fact his, confirmed by the shipping address on the box. The woman said the mattress was her daughter’s. He reclaimed the mattress but declined to press theft charges on the woman.
• 7300 block of Cardigan Circle, 30328, 11/29: A 37-year-old woman said someone stole her car sometime around or just after 6 p.m. She said that she lost her keys, possibly in the parking lot, on the previous Sunday.
• A 32-year old man said he rented an apartment room on Northwood Drive back in June. He was supposed to live there from June to August but after five days, the landlord kicked them out for non- payment of the rent. He told the officer he actually paid $400 to a man he knew under the name of El Pissa who apparently pocketed the money but didn’t pay the rent. He confronted El Pissa and when he mentioned he was calling the cops, El Pissa took off running down Northwood towards Roswell Road. By the way, the man said “El Pissa” means friend from the same community or region.

Thefts From Vehicles

• This week we had a number of thefts from cars in the 5000 block of Roswell Road, including Round Hill Condos and other areas south of that. Several of the cars were unlocked. A car was stolen in the Southern Trace Apartments at 5320 Roswell that could have been used by the crew doing the theft from cars.
• 6420 Roswell Road, 30328, 11/29: A 39-year-old man said he was at Flasher’s and at some point he placed his wallet on the counter where he was sitting. Someone apparently snatched it and its contents including credit cards, ID, and $450 cash. This apparently happened on Nov. 3.

Assault

• 8600 block Roswell Road, 30350, 11/26: Officers met with the medical staff at the DeKalb Medical Center regarding a man said he was shot in the thigh in the parking lot of Tony’s Bar. He said he didn’t remember how he got to the hospital from there (no 9-1-1 call was made) and did not know who shot him. He thinks that it was a ricochet. He said he knows nothing else. There was no crime scene, shells found, etc.
• 201 Northwood Drive, 30342, 11/30: A 26-year-old man said he was beat up but a man who is 6’5” and 500 pounds. The victim is 5’7”. Alcohol was involved.

Arrests

• 200 block of Mt. Vernon Hwy, 30328, 8/15: The victim (employee) reported in August that he placed his Galaxy cellphone on the candy rack and someone stole it. The theft was recorded on video. A check of customers using credit cards just prior to that revealed a man whose face matched that of the person stealing the phone. Warrants have been taken for that man for theft. Rose: One of our street crimes detectives secured a warrant for a subject, who is a convicted felon and who was on social media posing with a semi-auto pistol. The Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives and the subject’s probation officers were notified. He was arrested and two guns were seized.
• 5610 Roswell Road, 30342, 11/29: Target security staff said they watched as a three juveniles walked around the store at at one point, shoplifted a phone charger, some Trojan Supra condoms, and a home pregnancy test. Cops located them and they were released to parents pending juvenile court.
• 400 block of Spring Creek Lane, 30350, 11/29: Cops were called to the apartment complex just before midnight regarding suspects going into cars in the parking lot. The officers located two juveniles who said they came to Sandy Springs to hang out with their friend who dropped them off at the complex. On one of the two teens was a GPS identified by the victim, who also identified the two boys. They were charged on warrants with entering auto and taken to the Youth Detention Center in Atlanta.

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