Sunday, May 12, 2013
Man stole $100 from fund-raising effort, then tossed the bucket out the window.
Here are some strange activities that police encountered in Northeast Georgia recently. > Not kids play: A driver acted like he was going to donate to a youth basketball fund-raising effort in a Stone Mountain-area intersection. Instead of giving a couple of bucks to a 13-year-old team member, he snatched the donation bucket and drove away with about $100. The driver was seen throwing the bucket out of the window as he drove down the road. Related Content: > Taxi offered more than a ride: You can count on this cab driver being out of service for an extended period of time. Dunwoody Police arrested a taxi driver who was allegedly dealing marijuana from his cab. After the police stopped the driver for speeding, they found he had an …
Saturday, March 9, 2013
More of the strange stuff police officers around Gwinnett and North Georgia were up against recently.
> People really fall for this? A Snellville man, who had answered an online ad, thought it was his lucky day when he received a $1,950 check from London with these instructions: buy various paintings for a British man and keep $400 for yourself. He was arrested for third-degree forgery when he tried to cash the fake check at a gas station — after he had been told at a local bank that it was bogus. Related Content: > Blame it on a Bulldog or a Yellow Jacket? A vintage pickup truck painted in the old gold-and-black colors of a certain “North Avenue trade school” was recently stolen in Auburn, Ga. The 1967 Dodge D100 had Georgia Tech flags on each window and two bulldog stickers with lines through them on the back glass. So, whodunit? Someone…
Sunday, February 10, 2013
Here's what police officers around Northeast Georgia were up against recently.
> OK, so who had the weed? Gwinnett Police interrupted an apartment robbery in unincorporated Norcross, during which a group of armed masked intruders reportedly confronted the occupants while looking to steal a stash of weed. Most of the robbers climbed out a window when the cops knocked on the door, leaving behind a 15-year-old accomplice, who confessed to the crime. The robbers left with $200, but there was no report of there being any marijuana in the apartment, nor whether it may have left through the window with the other suspects. > Even the sidewalk isn’t safe: Failing to maintain lane was the least of the charges a Walton County man faced after he struck a pedestrian who was standing on the sidewalk and drove away. Not surprising…
Sunday, February 3, 2013
Here's what police officers around Northeast Georgia were up against recently.
> Take the beer, not my noodles: A man was caught outside a Stone Mountain-area Walmart after trying to shoplift some beer and a 12-count pack of ramen noodles. When a Gwinnett County police officer saw the items in the man’s locked vehicle in the parking lot, he gave the officer his keys and said, "Go ahead and give the beer back then." What about the noodles? > That’s a lot of chicken wings: Two men were arrested recently for trying to steal $65,000 worth of frozen chicken wings. They intended to load 10 pallets worth of chicken into a rental truck. Did they have a big Super Bowl party planned? > Nicotine fit: A burglar had one thing on his mind when he broke into a gas station in the Hamilton Mill area of Gwinnett County. The …
Sunday, January 13, 2013
Weird Police News: Here's what police officers around Northeast Georgia were up against recently.
Click on the links below for more information. > One way to get a ride: A Grayson-area man called 911 to say he was going to hang himself. When the cops arrived, he said he only wanted a ride to the hospital and didn’t intend to commit suicide. > Smells like a lie: After a recent traffic accident, a Winder man told police that the odor emanating from him wasn’t alcohol — it was hand sanitizer, he said. The man then blew a .139 on his breath test. So, does that mean he was drunk on Purell? > He got all of that one: A University of Georgia student awaken by an intruder grabbed a 7-iron golf club from his closet and teed off on the suspect’s back. The intruder got away, but the shaft of the golf club was ruined. > Horse death threat: A Winder…
Sunday, January 6, 2013
Here's what police officers around Northeast Georgia were up against recently.
Click on the links below for more information. > Eating the Evidence: A man pulled over for suspicion of DUI by a Loganville Police Department officer was seen chewing on a green leafy substance. Wonder what that was? The suspect refused to open his mouth and continually turned away from the officer's eyes, but he still got pinched for drug possession. The officer found a bundle of white pills hidden in the man’s underwear. > “Yapping” Leads to Gun Confrontation: A exchange of words outside a Dacula-area QuikTrip on Christmas Eve led to two men going to their vehicles to get their guns. Inside the convenience store, one of the men told the clerk to stop “yapping,” to which the second man, a Buford resident, replied, “Dogs yap, I’m a grown …
Sunday, December 9, 2012
Weird Police News: Our top strange police stories from Patch sites in northeast Georgia.
Click on the links below for more details A night to remember (or forget): An inebriated Dacula woman made a spectacle of herself at two local restaurants and it landed her in jail. That was after she exposed her breasts and buttocks, and licked and groped customers. After a tirade filled with expletives and ethnic epithets while in the patrol car, she then asked a female deputy at the Gwinnett County jail if the deputy wanted a girlfriend. Customer beware: Competition between used-car salesmen over a customer turned into a fight that provoked an officer to draw his weapon to stop the altercation. Two of the salesmen had Volvos for sale at Peach State Auto Auction and both had their eyes on the same prospective buyer. That spawned a fight …
Sunday, October 14, 2012
Strange crime stories in Northeast Georgia, as reported on local Patch sites.
Click on the links below for more details 1. There’s got to be a better way to get your roommate to do house chores than how a couple of Johns Creek teens played it out recently. When police responded to a report of a fight at an apartment complex, they found two 19-year-old men — cousins, as a matter of fact — arguing amid suitcases, clothes and computer equipment strewn about the yard. Witnesses say one of the teens tossed the other’s belongings outside while threatening to kill him. 2. In our stupid-criminal department comes the story of an Athens woman who tried to shoplift shoes from an Oconee County Kohl’s by having two children who weren’t hers walk out the door wearing them. And that’s only the beginning. The woman also was …
Sunday, October 7, 2012
Strange crime stories in Northeast Georgia, as reported on local Patch sites.
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Sunday, October 7, 2012
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 Stone Mountain area. She didn’t wake up in a good mood, cussing out officer when they tried to cover her with a blanket; there were kids were walking to school in the area. She was later placed in soft leg restraints. Disorderly conduct was just one of the charges she faces. 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 other…
Sunday, September 23, 2012
Strange crime stories in Northeast Georgia, as reported on local Patch sites.
Click on the links below for more details. 1. A Lilburn homeowner told police he was upset about his escalating water bills that he chose another route to fill his pool. He attached a green garden hose to a fire hydrant nearby and ran it back to the pool. He had two feet of water in the pool before police arrived. In case you don’t know, it’s against the law to do this. 2. A suspected would-be robber intended to stick up a Johns Creek Panera while an employee was working alone one early morning. The suspect became enraged when the employee refused to let him in and screamed, “Open the f#@%ing door.” With that, the suspect punched the glass door, shattering it, then ran away. 3. Somebody tried to steal an ATM machine located inside a …
Amy Jellicoe
11:25 am on Sunday, January 13, 2013
"A Barrow County Sheriff's Office deputy was told by a resident that a child was kicked in the face by a cow. The child was “rattled,” but not injured. No word on whether the cow faces charges." Put the cow to sleep. I feel like having steak for dinner. more ›