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Friday, March 22, 2013

Former Employee Posts Boss's Contact Info on Craigslist Sex Ad and Other Weird News

Here's what police officers around North Georgia were up against recently.

> The definition of disgruntled: An ex-employee is suspected to have shared his former boss’s phone number on a Craigslist sex ad. The boss told Norcross Police that he has been receiving harassing calls on his work number from people answering a personal ad offering “best [oral sex] in town,” according to the police report. The ad was removed, but the calls kept coming. Related Content: > Hair burglars! A couple of men were seen on surveillance video smashing through the glass door of a beauty supply store and stealing hair extensions. The men, who had their shirts pulled over their heads, drove up in a car in front of the Beauty & Beyond in unincorporated Stone Mountain, pulled out a cinder block and tossed it through the glass. No value…

Saturday, April 21, 2012

Strange Police Stories: Look Out Below! Elusive Base Jumpers, Failed Escapes and More

Northeast Georgia: where thefts and threats don't have to be ordinary.

  Note to escaped prisoners: Don't commit petty crimes on the lam. A Loganville man who had escaped Walton County Sheriff's officials was returned to custody last week after being stopped for tossing a cigarette butt from a car window. Another man, this one from North Carolina, ran away from Georgia State Troopers after cocaine was found in his car during a traffic stop on I-85. Other troopers caught up to him. Which story stikes you as the oddest of the week? Tell us in the comments below. There's still no clear evidence that a base jumper hopped off a radio tower in Loganville on April Fool's Day, but the person who reported seeing the jump happens to be a member of law enforcement, and a new witness emerged saying she saw somebody land…

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