Two Men Shot at Sandy Springs Strip Club: 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 Feb. 1-8:

Assault

• 5275 Roswell Road, 30342, 2/6 (Coronet Club/Doll House): Around 9 p.m. officers were called to a person(s) shot at the club. Two men were shot by two other men at the main bar area. Both victims had non-life-threatening gunshot wounds to the back, legs, and ankle. No one else was injured. The investigation is underway and it appears significant progress has been made. Additional information remains undisclosed as of this report.

Robbery

• 100 block of Spalding Creek Ct., 30350, 2/5: The resident reported that around 1:30 p.m. he was leaving his home when a man came up from behind him and pulled a weapon on him, demanding money. He eventually forced the man to drive to a Mt. Vernon Highway ATM where he withdrew money. Afterwards, the suspect dropped the victim off in a subdivision off Dunwoody Club Drive, and left with his vehicle, a BMW-X5. The victim walked to a nearby gas station and called police. The suspect was described as a black male, 20’s-30’s, 5’-10” and 160 to 170 pounds. Later on, the car was recovered after the Lo-Jack activated. The suspect fled the scene but left behind a female who was taken into custody. The investigation now focuses on locating the suspect, the details of the effort are undisclosed at this time.

Burglary

• 5300 block of Peachtree Dunwoody Road, 30342, 2/4 (12:30 a.m. to 3:20 p.m.): Someone accessed the apartment through a window. Several items were taken including hard drives, laptop, watch, iPad, shoes, and cash.
• 2500 block of Huntingdon Drive, 30350, 2/5: The resident said he returned home after being gone overnight, and found his front door open. The door had no sign of forced entry. Several items were stolen.
• 700 block of Roswell Road, 30350, 2/6: The victim said someone burglarized her storage shed (Public Storage) by prying the lock. Apparently, the incident happened two years ago but when she reported it in early 2015, she was told by the staff that she did not need to file a police report.
• 1000 block of Jefferson Drive, 30350, 2/6: A man reported his $400 sunglasses are missing from his bedroom closet. He thinks the bug man took them.
• 8100 block of Colquitt Road, 30350, 2/6: The resident said between 7 a.m. and 3 p.m., someone entered the apartment, probably through the unlocked sliding door, and took several items including an X-Box video game system and some other items. The victim said she thinks the suspect is someone she knows
• 3000 block of Treelodge Pkwy, 30350, 2/6: Sometime between Feb. 2 and 6, someone entered the apartment through a window (forced). The report did not say if anything was taken.
• 700 block of Hammond Drive, 30328, 2/7: The officers were called to an office and located a broken window and damaged frame. The burglar apparently left via the back door but apparently sustained a cut, leaving some blood behind. Missing is a checkbook. An adjacent office was also burglarized, same method, and a computer was taken.
• 500 block of Northridge Road, 30350, 2/7 (8 a.m. to 4:30 p.m.): The victim said someone gained access to the apartment and took an Apple Watch, headphones, glasses, and a book bag. No signs of forced entry were found.

Theft

• 5610 Roswell Road, 30342, 2/3: Target staff reported that a man stole two Dyson vacuum cleaners valued at $1,199.
• Dunwoody Place and Northridge Road, 30350, 2/5: A patrol officer ran a car tag and received a hit notification that the tag was stolen. The car was pulled over and the officer spoke with the driver. He determined that someone had stolen the tag earlier and then placed it on her car, removing her tag, most likely to place onto a stolen car. The stolen tag also came back to the same type of car. The tag was taken and the driver filed a theft report.
• 2000 block of Huntingdon Chase, 30350, 2/6: The resident said several items of mail were taken from the condominium’s mail center.
• 6000 block of Gables Lane, 30328, 2/6: The resident said his car was stolen from the apartment parking lot. His Glock handgun was also in the car.
• 7700 block of Roswell Road, 30328, 2/7: A 20-year-old man reported he left his laptop in the classroom while he left for a few minutes. Upon return, the laptop was gone.
• Pitts Road, 30350, 2/8: Two AC units were taken from an apartment complex.
• 5000 block Riverview Road, 30342, 2/8: The resident reported mail taken from his secured mailbox. Someone used a drill and pried open. He reported a tax statement could have been taken.

Thefts From Vehicles

• 300 block of The Chace, 30328, 2/3: Wallet, contents, and pistol
• 1500 block of Misty Oaks Drive, 30350, 2/6: Lawn truck, Stihl leafblower taken
• 6390 Roswell Road, 30328, 2/6: Nothing taken
• 705 Hammond Drive, 30328, 2/6: $750 cash and shoes
• 5600 block of PDR, 30342, 2/7: suspect with skateboard, grey hoodie on video
• 8331 Roswell Road (Kroger), 30350, 2/7: Items not listed
• 5600 block of PDR, 30342, 2/8: Nothing taken; video will be obtained
• 7300 block of Hunters Branch, 30328, 2/1: Video shows male wearing grey jacket enters garage pulling on car doors around 2-2:30 a.m.

Fraud

• A 44-year-old woman reported that someone used her Macy’s card number at Macy’s in New York
  for around $1,681.
• A 63-year-old woman said someone used her Visa debit card to purchase three purchases of $50 or more at the Chick-fil-A in Carrollton and Oxford, Alabama.
• A 54-year-old woman said she ran her credit history and found several accounts she did not open. Those include Bank of America, Frost Arnet, Inter-State Credit Collections, Trans World Systems, and Optiman Outcomes. The accounts go back to 2007.
• A 58-year-old woman reported that someone used her personal information to open a
  Comcast account. When she found out, the account owed almost $900. Capt. Steve Rose says: If you get your account hacked like this person, the account holder, Comcast will require a police report to put this in their fraud department. Make sure you report the fraud to the three credit reporting agencies and pull your credit report to look for other activity.
• A resident reported that their bank contacted them to advise that an unusual amount of activity was coming from their account. Someone compromised his and her checking account. The bank said several charges totaling $3,700 was transferred from their checking to a new account via online access. The perpertrators in this case, had both victim’s (man and wife’s) social security number and information.
• A resident said she received a letter of congratulations for winning the Publishers Clearing House Sweepstakes. She contacted the person identified as the manager for the PCH and was told she needed to pay $9,000 in taxes before accepting the money. He sent a check for $9,000 to her with instructions to send $6,800, wrap it in a magazine, and send it to an address that was within the same apartment complex. She did so, via FedEx, and it was confirmed delivered. Capt. Rose: So a few things here: First, the victim is 89 years old and lives in the same complex as the suspect so he targeted her specifically, I’m guessing. He tells her she needs to pay the taxes, but sends a check to cover it with instructions to mail the majority amount, wrapped in a magazine, to an address the same as hers, only different building numbers.

Other Things

• 6300 block of Roswell Road, 30328, 2/4: A man called police and said that while on Roswell Road, he ran over a gun in the road. The man retrieved it and turned the Bruni 96, 8mm pistol over to the officer. It was not loaded nor rounds in the magazine.
• An officer was called to meet with a 23-year-old woman who said her ex-boyfriend continued to
  call and text her (over 30 times) despite her insistence that he stop. While he was there, the ex called again so at some point in the conversation, the officer spoke to him to confirm that she did not want further calls and their relationship was dead in the water. Later his mother called her to ask her to reconsider the breakup.
• A man reported that on Feb. 7 around 5 p.m., he was on the phone with a customer on a food order and according to the employee, the man on the line tried to hurry him. That didn’t go well and the employee hung up. The man called back and said, “You got to get off sometime and I’ll be waiting outside with my 'nine'.” The caller had prior orders so the cops went to his address and he said he did call in the order and the employee was rude and didn’t need to talk to him that way and on and on until the employee hung up.

Arrests

• 9020 Roswell Road, 2/8: traffic Stop; marijuana; citations issued.
• 6280 PDR (Microtel) 2/3: Not listed; Baby’s mama pimped him out after domestic.
• 9700 block of Roberts Drive, 2/4: probation violation; traffic stop
• Police headquarters, 2/6: FTA (Bartow County)
• Police headquarters, 2/6: Warrant -- Not listed (Gwinnett County)
• Municipal Court, 2/8: Warrant -- Not listed (Atlanta police)
• I-285/Northside Drive, 30339, 2/3: Around 1:30 a.m., a patrol officer spotted a car on Northside Drive with its left-turn signal on. The road that he was indicating a turn was one-way making his left turn going against traffic. The car did not move when the light turned green, causing traffic to go around him. The officer pulled up to the car, got out, and found that the driver was asleep. He woke him, spoke to him and noted that the man was very tall and very big. He also detected alcohol and marijuana smells. During the interview process, the man said he works 12-hour days, but had been bowling that night and had a few drinks. The officer called for a traffic car to assist with a DUI test at which time the big and tall guy got restless. He was sitting next to the patrol car and got up. He was ordered back down, but got up again and walked -- then ran -- from the scene. He ran down the westbound ramp that leads to 285, but slipped and fell into the bushes. He was then secured and led back to the cars. The driver had several warrants from metro counties on him and it appeared he was wanted on fraud charges and had what appeared to be fraudulent identification on him at the time. His license was suspended to boot. Even the car’s registration was suspended. It looks like he used another man’s ID when the officer stopped him.
• Mt. Paran/Long Island Drive, 30342, 2/3: A witness called in around 3:30 to say he saw a man choking a woman by the roadside. The officers arrived and found both parties. The woman had marks around her neck, but insisted nothing was wrong. The male was of the opinion that it was their personal business. The officer informed them the incident was on a public road and in fact, not personal business. He also informed them a video was taken of the incident. The male was eventually arrested for aggravated assault (family violence) and jailed.
• Madera Court, 30350, 2/4: Police received a midnight call of a suspicious person on a residential street. A caller said a man was standing in the wooded area between two homes. The officer found the man on Tahoma Drive, the adjacent street. The told the officer that he was just walking down the road but would not answer why he walked into the subdivision, between two homes at that hour. He then refused to answer further questions. He was arrested for loitering and jailed. Capt. Rose: Good job on the 9-1-1 call. This guy was up to no good, wandering into the residences after midnight. He was arrested, possibly, before he could break into some cars.
• 227 Sandy Springs Place, 30328, 2/4: Just before midnight, an officer spotted a man peeking into the window of a closed orthodontics office. The officer questioned him, receiving no good answers as to why he was out and interested in the closed office. He was asked to sit on the ground while the officer ran his license to see if there were warrants. He said it was too cold and then accused the officer of being racist, while cursing at the officer. He was charged with loitering.
• 200 block Winding River Drive, 30350, 2/6: Responding to a noise complaint, the officers, having been to the same location four times, were aware of the parties involved. They spoke to the resident from where the noise was supposed to be coming from. Although no noise was heard when they arrived, they spoke to him regarding the complaint. He referred to his female neighbor using the dreaded “C” word while raising his voice, but then entered his apartment in what appeared to be good ending. They went next door to the complainant and while there, they could hear him beating on the wall and yelling. They re-engaged with him and he told them that he would do everything he could “to make her life a living hell.” The officers eventually arrested him for disorderly conduct.
• 7884 Roswell Road, 30350, 2/6: Just before 5 a.m. a patrol officer was at QuikTrip to gas up. He noticed a car running at the adjacent pump with the driver slumped over the wheel. He finally woke the man who retrieved his ID from the glove compartment. When he did, a small bag of marijuana fell out. He also had some Clozapine pills. He said neither were his. He was arrested.

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