Saturday, December 15, 2012
Unusual police stories from Northeast Georgia.
A man made a traffic stop worse on Dec.5 in unincorporated Stone Mountain by raising his voice at police officers. After first running a check on the tag, the officer found that the owner had a suspended driver's license for controlled substance, the report states. The car was pulled over at the BP gas station on Redan Road. The owner was sitting in the front passenger seat, according to the report. The man asked, "What you pull us over for?" The officer offered to explain. The report states that the man yelled, "I want to know NOW!" "You want to see my license too?" This was also said in a loud voice. He wasn't quite finished. That outburst was followed by: "I ain't got nothing else to say!!" according to the report. The incident report …
Saturday, November 17, 2012
Strange crime stories in Northeast Georgia, as reported by local Patch sites.
Click on the links below for more on each story 1. In these economic times, who doesn’t dream of hearing, “You’ve won the Publishers Clearing House Sweepstakes?” A woman in unincorporated Stone Mountain heard those words, but there was a catch. She was told by a male phone-caller that a camera crew was on its way with the check, and all she needed to do to prepare for the big moment was to purchase $200 in prepaid cards to cover taxes and other costs. She obliged, and was called later by the man asking for more money. The camera crew never arrived. 2. More fake sweepstakes news: A man who recently moved to Snellville after being scammed out of $20,000 in New York because he supposedly won multiple sweepstakes told police the man who …
Saturday, November 10, 2012
Weird Police News: Our weekly top 10 strange police stories from Patch sites in northeast Georgia.
Click on the links below for more details 1. Some friend. A Massachusetts man told DeKalb Police that a friend set him up to have another man rob him while he stayed at a Tucker motel. The victim let the two men in when the friend asked to borrow $10. The robber apparently forced the friends into the bathroom while he took $400 in cash, a laptop and cell phone. The "friend," a Lithonia man, then left, saying he wanted to get his cell phone back, but never returned. 2. A patient of a Dacula-area medical clinic made it clear how angry she was after she was told to reschedule an appointment for which she was late. “I’m going to blow your building up,” she said during one of the many calls she made to the clinic, according to the police report…
Saturday, November 3, 2012
Weird Police News: Our weekly top 10 strange police stories from Patch sites in northeast Georgia.
Click on the links below for more details on each incident 1. A woman told Gwinnett County police that sometime between Oct.1-3 her wallet and its contents -- which she'd accidentally left in the shopping cart at the Walmart on Rockbridge Road in Stone Mountain-Gwinnett -- were lost or stolen. When she went back, the leopard-print wallet, valued at $10, and the currency inside, $480, were "nowhere to be found." 2. A stolen Twix bar led police on a pursuit on bicycle recently in Athens. The suspect took off running after police approached him about a report from a store employee, who said the man stole the candy bar earlier in the week. The officer hopped on his bike and chased the suspect, who stopped because he was tired. He was charged …
Friday, October 12, 2012
DeKalb police responded to the incident Oct. 10 in unincorporated Stone Mountain.
A man told DeKalb County police that a roommate took off with his dog without his consent after an argument. The incident happened just before noon on Oct. 10 in the 1500 block of Fieldgreen Overlook in unincorporated Stone Mountain, where the complainant told police that he and the female roommate got into an argument over who was to babysit another roommate's children. After the fight, the man said the roommate took his small dog -- a Boston terrier mix with a black coat and white belly -- and left with the animal, without his permission. The man told police that she refused to return the dog. According to the police report, the woman was not available for comment. The man was advised on warrant procedures and given a case number, the …
Saturday, October 6, 2012
Strange crime stories in Northeast Georgia, as reported on local Patch sites.
Click on the links below for more details 1. The “person down” DeKalb County police found on a recent weekday morning ended up being a half-dressed woman who was sleeping on the ground. The police report said the 46-year-old woman was wearing only a red T-shirt and brown leather boots — no pants or underwear — when she was found in the unincorporated Stone Mountain area. She didn’t wake up in a good mood, cussing out officers when they tried to cover her with a blanket; there were kids walking to school in the area. She was later placed in soft leg restraints. Disorderly conduct was just one of the charges. 2. Police said they weren’t sure if it was intentional when an argument at a job site in Norcross resulted in one man hitting the …
