Woman Robbed By Man She Met Using Dating App

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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 April 2-8:

Robbery

• 4200 block of Spring Creek Lane, 30350, 4/2: A 20-year-old woman said she met a man on the dating app called Tinder. She agreed to meet him on Spring Creek Drive Apartments. The two walked towards the back of the building when he pulled a weapon and took $460 from her. He is described as a black male, 6-feet, 280 pounds and bald. The suspect had a gun with a wooden handle. He may have left in a Dodge Charger. Detectives are pulling the information on the app to see if they can find and identify a lead on the suspect. The woman was not injured.

Burglary

• 200 block of Elden Drive, 30342, 4/3: Someone entered the home by cutting door hinges. A gas stove and microwave were taken.
• 4000 block of Dudley Lane, 30342, 4/6: New construction, basement window broken, entered. Refrigerator, HVAC units as well as copper piping are missing.

Thefts

• Kenbrook Drive, 30342, 4/2: A 19-year-old said his cellphone was stolen from his home.
• Glenridge Point Parkway, 30342, 4/2: A man said he had a check, contained in an envelope, in his pocket that had been mailed to him. He said he later discovered the check and envelope fell out. He retraced his steps and found the envelope. It had been opened and the check was gone.
• 6690 Roswell Road, 30328, 4/3: Someone cut the lock from the victim’s locker at (where else?) LA Fitness. They took a 22-inch rope chain and pendant.
• A 49-year-old woman reported she was shopping at Kroger on Northridge and accidentally left her purse in a shopping cart. She returned to the store and was told someone turned it in — $50 in cash.They said the woman who turned the purse in was a white female, 5’9” and about 110 pounds with long brown hair, dark pants and a white top.
• Churchhill Drive, 30342, 4/8: A man reported his garden hose stolen. He said he saw a man in his driveway around 4:30 am but fled when the dogs began to bark.

Thefts From Vehicles

• 1300 block Huntcliff Village La, 30350, 4/2: Nothing taken
• 8500 block Roswell Road, 30350, 4/2: Laptop flash drives
• 1130 Hightower Trail, 30350, 4/3: Tote bag and documents
• 5600 block Roswell Road, 30342, 4/4 (Il Forno NY Pizza): unsuccessful attempt; suspect’s car is blue Accord; male suspect fled.
• Cedar Run, 30350, 4/5: Rock Island .45 cal gun
• 5600 block Roswell Road, 30342, 4/5: HP laptop / hard drive (external)
• 200 block Mt. Vernon Hwy (Arlington Cemetary), 30328, 4/5: Wallet, credit cards; 2 black male susepcts seen fleeing in a black Honda.

Assault

• Most resulted from domestic violence and/or drunken affairs. No need to list them as they are just apitiful bunch.

Fraud

• Tax Fraud: The victim reported on April 2 that his social security number was used to file taxes.
• On April 2, employees of Taco Bell said someone passed a counterfeit $20 at the drive up window. Cops were called. When they arrived, they spoke to the man who showed receipts that he had withdrawn $8,000 from his bank. The officers checked the money and it appeared valid. The $20 bill was placed in evidence and the man was released.
• A 29-year-old woman reported her MasterCard information had been copied and used for $504.
• A 30-year-old woman reported that while at the Stars and Strikes Bowling on Roswell Road, she used a credit card to pay for games. She believes she forgot to retrieve the card. An employee said they found one and left it on the front desk (not smart) and of course, someone absconded with it, using it at the Roswell Walmart and Dick’s Sporting Goods in Marietta a short time later.
• 6700 block of Roswell Road, 30328, 4/4: A company executive reported that an office manager used a company credit card for personal purchases including Jet’s Pizza, Target, Kroger, Metlife Auto and Home, Comcast, Georgia Power and a child-care facility. The officer manager since failed to show for work and has not been seen. The case was turned over to detectives.
• A 43-year-old woman reported that she was on the job website care.com and communicated with someone using the name Mary Roberts who offered the job. The victim received a check for $2,650 which she deposited. The bank notified her the check was fraudulent and her account was frozen. Capt. Steve Rose says: Normally the bad person wants the victim to use some of the money for office supplies and send the bulk of the money on to a third party before the bank can determine the fraud. In this case, she did not forward a check on. Remember: Any up front money that involves you sending money on to others is a sign that it may be totally bogus.

Other Things

• On April 3, a man reported he was driving on GA-400 north when a black Ford sedan cut him off. He drove around the car, then the car drove up even with his. He said he thinks he heard gunshots and thinks he saw a gun pointed from a slightly opened car window on the suspect’s car. The suspect was a black male in his 20’s.

Arrests

• A patrol officer stopped a car on Northwood Drive just after noon on the 2nd. The car was a low-rider with a suspension too low for legal requirements. The driver was too stoned for legal requirements too hence the cloud of smoke coming from the window sitting well below the officers line of sight. The driver was arrested for possession of marijuana.
• 8300 block Roswell Road, 30350, 4/2: Answering a domestic argument call, one of the parties showed to be wanted in Spalding County for felony theft by conversion. Also at the scene was a stolen car that was reported stolen last December. The woman in question was confirmed to be the one wanted and was arrested.
• 5932 Roswell Road (Marshalls): Store security detained a man who stole several clothing items and stuffed them down his pants. He was arrested.
• 4920 Roswell Road, 30342, 4/3: Around 1:30 a.m., officers received a call of several intoxicated women, all of whom were crying. Two crying women were on the scene when they arrived. One crying woman became increasingly louder as the officer summoned a taxi. She refused to get into the taxi but finally, both women, still crying,stumbled into the car. Before the taxi could leave, one woman got back out and the crying became louder with incoherent verbal rants about nothing in particular. She was arrested. The other stayed in the car and was driven home — while crying.
• The employee of a coin laundry called police to report that two men were sleeping on the floor. The cops woke them and were told they were waiting for their clothes to dry. The clothes were gone by way of the men’s friend, according to them. They were checked on the GCIC computer and one was found to be wanted on a probation violation from Fulton County. He was arrested.
• 900 block of Spring Creek Lane, 30350, 4/6: Cops were called to an apartment after someone called saying a woman was screaming help, asking someone to call the police. They found the woman and a man who were arguing in the apartment. They found that the man came home and found the woman texting another man so he took the phone from her and broke it. While the officer was in the room, the woman landed a right hook to the man’s face. The officers told both parties they were under arrest. The woman asked to put on appropriate clothing from the closet but she took off her robe, then sat down in the closet, refusing to get up. Officers found a shirt they placed on her as she kicked and berated them. Somehow they managed to get a pair of shorts on her. She was taken to Northside for evaluation. At the time of the report she was still there so if or not she went to jail is not known to me. The male was charged with criminal trespass for breaking the phone.
• 6350 Roswell Road (Costco), 30328, 4/8: Security detained a man who concealed shirts and shorts in his pants. He was detained and later arrested (The shirts and shorts can be found on the 1⁄2 price rack).

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