Wednesday, April 3, 2013
This edition of weird police news also includes a Peeping Tom and stolen cardboard, but not in the same story.
> No wonder they’re not partners anymore: A dispute over paint led to an assault with a knife and a death threat on the owner of a Norcross business. The owner told police that his former business partner threaten to kill him and then tried to cut him with a pocket knife in the parking lot of the company. When the owner fought back and kicked the aggressor in the face, the ex-partner said he was going to hunt down the man’s family. The business owner told police the two men had fought before. He said the main reason for the attack was because he wouldn't let other man use his Sherwin Williams account. > Blabbing on Facebook: An Alpharetta man, accused of stealing more than $3,000 from a Walmart cash register, bragged about the suspected …
Wednesday, February 20, 2013
A roundup of the strangest police news from north Georgia.
> ‘Please and thank you,’ says robber: An armed robbery suspect at least was polite when he tried to rob a Norcross-area check-cashing business of $300. He handed an employee a note that read, "I would like to withdraw $300 from your register." It wasn’t a joke, considering the large kitchen knife he was holding. However, the suspect became nervous and fled before getting any cash. He was found later with several similar notes up his sleeve — "I need about $20,000 please & thank you," "I need $20,000, would be appreciated, thank you," and "Need a key to a car that would be appreciated." Related Content: > Rob-you.com? A Villa Rica man, hoping to find a dating match he contacted via an Internet website (www.pof.com), instead met an armed …
Saturday, January 5, 2013
Here's what police officers around Northeast Georgia were up against recently.
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. Nicotine Fits: They say cigarettes are like money in jail, which is exactly where three people found themselves after a dispute over some missing smokes. A Winder man didn’t have proof that a Dacula man he knew had taken some of his cigarettes, so he did what he thought was logical — he took the man’s guitar and put it in his car just to make a point. To retaliate, …
Saturday, December 22, 2012
Strange police stories from area Patch sites.
Who takes a holiday decoration right from a neighborhood's welcome sign? The Grinch. Who breaks into a church and steals all the stuff you need to make and spread music? The Grinch. Who slithers into a gym locker room and makes off with people's wallets and iPhones while they're exercising? The Grinch. Who busts into a house, ransacks it, and runs out with a shotgun? The Grinch. (And hopefully not worse.) Who leers around a home with bad intentions, but gets noticed by an alert occupant? The Grinch. Who takes stuff without asking -- and then brings it back without being asked? The Grinch. And, who, in the end, releases his inhibitions and runs into the streets to celebrate with the masses? The Grinch. It's a magical time of year. You …
Saturday, December 15, 2012
It's all in the weekly roundup of strange crime stories in Northeast Georgia, as reported by local Patch sites.
The weird police news report might not be good for much, but it can help potentially like-minded people connect. For instance: The man in Athens accused of being a peeping tom after creeping around an apartment complex looking into windows, and the woman in Sugar Hill accused of flashing her breasts at motorists as she ran away from police. A crack pipe was found in the Athens case; methamphetamine use is suspected in the other. There are always new ideas for things and ways to steal: You can remove a Wii game and cell phone accessories from a package so the recipient gets the box in the mail, but not the stuff. You can break into someone's house and take a bunch of valuables, like a gun, jewelry and a camera -- then for good measure …
Saturday, December 1, 2012
Strange police stories from Patch sites in northeast Georgia.
Can you sink much lower than this? A 7-year-old Athens boy carrying $310 to pay the rent had the money stolen on his way to the leasing office. The boy's mother gave him the money to take to the office, but as he was en route, he was stopped by a man who was playing basketball nearby. The suspect took the money, pushed the boy to the ground and fled. The boy was not injured. Is this love? A Norcross woman bailed out her boyfriend from the Gwinnett County Jail with the stipulation that he not contact her again, since he had been charged with aggravated assault and battery against her. Wait, huh? She bailed him out because she felt sorry for him. When she received a text saying, “Can you get me a Mountain Dew and a bologna sandwich and bring…
Saturday, November 10, 2012
Our weekly top 10 weird police stories from Patch sites in northeast Georgia.
You don’t see this on a police report very often. The Walton County Sheriff’s Department was told that an armadillo was stuffed into a resident’s mailbox. 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. 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…
Saturday, August 11, 2012
A collection of some of the odd police stories from this past week in Northeast Georgia.
It’s common for someone to blame the traffic for being late to work. But a Lawrenceville woman flipped that around to explain why she had side-swiped another vehicle in a Snellville-area intersection. The woman said she was sitting in a left-turn lane during a red light, then decided she wanted to go straight through the intersection. According to the police report, she punched it when the light turned green, struck the car and continued on her way. Police caught up later and heard this explanation — she was late for work. The woman was arrested and charged with several offenses, including hit-and-run, improper lane change and no proof of insurance. She ended up being really late for work. Was it worth it? A woman was arrested for …
Saturday, June 23, 2012
Unusual police stories from Northeast Georgia.
With a slight-of-hand and some smooth talking, two women with Eastern European accents made off with $841 in cash from the Hamilton Mill Walmart near Dacula. While checking out, one woman twice took money out of till, then gave some of it back to the clerk, saying the bills were “very pretty and she wanted to look at them because money was boring looking where she came from.” The clerk didn’t suspect a thing. In Winder, a resident told a deputy with the Barrow County Sheriff's Office that she was attacked by three females after she and one of the females were “talking smack” on Facebook. The three females allegedly punched her, knocked her to the ground and kicked her in the head. The alleged attackers said the complainant had been …
Saturday, June 16, 2012
In Northeast Georgia, there are a thousand and one ways to steal.
An employee at Sally Beauty Supply in Bethlehem thought something was fishy when "Nancy" with "loss prevention" called and insisted that the employee wire some money over immediately. But Nancy was so persistent and threatening, the employee followed her instructions anyway. So the company's out $497. There's giving away your employer's money, and then there's taking it, which a Winder woman is accused of doing from Peach State Roofing in Lawrenceville. The employee is accused of creating a fake employee, then having the paychecks go into her bank account. Don't turn your back on a budding romance, either. A Bethlehem man told police that a woman he met online took off with his Cadillac el Dorado after they spent the night together. The …
