nsxt2000
01-18-2011, 02:58 AM
Here are a few additional storied from the Atlanta police files:
From the Atlanta Journal-Constitution -
* Someone’s not doing their best to make Christmas bright in Cobb County, where police say a grinch beheaded a fleet of reindeer in a yard on Stone Hollow Court. The headless animals were placed in “inappropriate positions” for the holiday season, police said.
* Police figure the person who stole 300 gallons of used cooking oil from the tank behind The Whistle Stop Café on Barrett Parkway will be able to drive their alternative fuel vehicle to California and back at little or no cost.
* A woman woke up in Woodstock to find the words “meth whore” keyed on the door of her Pontiac. A more artistic swirl emblazoned a rear quarter-panel.
* If you see someone walking around with a camouflage survival knife, one brown glove and one black glove, they might have stolen them from a blue 1989 Chevy truck in Kennesaw. The original owner now has a mismatched pair of gloves too, but, unlike the criminal, wears a black glove on his right hand.
* An Atlanta man who invited a “female companion” to spend the night at his Courtland Avenue home was startled to find his wallet, Social Security card, birth certificate and state-issued ID card missing from his pants. The woman he identified only as “Janet” was last seen with a stack of credit card applications.
* Are the Braves are still looking for a slugger? A 51-year-old Dalton man armed with a baseball bat beat the windshields out of three parked police cars. He turned himself in without incident immediately after the rampage.
* It was déjà vu all over again for a Palmetto man visiting Midtown. He told police his Jeep, parked on 10th Street, was stolen during an afternoon visit to a popular eatery. Police confirmed the car had not been towed. The man said it was the second time he’d had a vehicle stolen from the area.
* A 31-year-old man dressed as a much younger woman was arrested on Joseph E. Lowery Boulevard for drinking in public. It was high-gravity beer, police said, which has been known to lead to all sorts of trouble.
* A woman with two children in the checkout line of a Cascade Kroger was arrested after trying to use a counterfeit $100 bill to buy $55.17 worth of groceries. The 20-year-old, whom police learned was wanted for outstanding warrants, blamed her ex-boyfriend for the counterfeit bill. Her current boyfriend picked up the kids before she went to jail.
* A 38-year-old woman living on Martin Luther King Drive in Atlanta paid her rent with a forged church check, police said. The pastor of a Baker Road church said the woman applied for church assistance; she needed $1,200 to stay in her apartment, she claimed. The church gave her a check for $50, but Bank of America said the check was altered to read $642. When apprehended, she will be given free housing at the Fulton County Jail.
* A 51-year-old Edgewood Kroger shopper stuffed Bactine, deodorant and cashews in his underwear, police said, and tried to leave without paying. Not sure what that means, but those nuts scare me.
* Multiple wrongs don’t make a right: An Athens man called police and said he saw three teens at his home loading his motorcycle into the back of a pickup truck. Responding police pulled the lads over on College Avenue. They were arrested for driving without a license, bald tires, possession of “numerous bags of leafy green substance” and motorcycle theft.
And so life in Atlanta goes on...
-Mike S.
From the Atlanta Journal-Constitution -
* Someone’s not doing their best to make Christmas bright in Cobb County, where police say a grinch beheaded a fleet of reindeer in a yard on Stone Hollow Court. The headless animals were placed in “inappropriate positions” for the holiday season, police said.
* Police figure the person who stole 300 gallons of used cooking oil from the tank behind The Whistle Stop Café on Barrett Parkway will be able to drive their alternative fuel vehicle to California and back at little or no cost.
* A woman woke up in Woodstock to find the words “meth whore” keyed on the door of her Pontiac. A more artistic swirl emblazoned a rear quarter-panel.
* If you see someone walking around with a camouflage survival knife, one brown glove and one black glove, they might have stolen them from a blue 1989 Chevy truck in Kennesaw. The original owner now has a mismatched pair of gloves too, but, unlike the criminal, wears a black glove on his right hand.
* An Atlanta man who invited a “female companion” to spend the night at his Courtland Avenue home was startled to find his wallet, Social Security card, birth certificate and state-issued ID card missing from his pants. The woman he identified only as “Janet” was last seen with a stack of credit card applications.
* Are the Braves are still looking for a slugger? A 51-year-old Dalton man armed with a baseball bat beat the windshields out of three parked police cars. He turned himself in without incident immediately after the rampage.
* It was déjà vu all over again for a Palmetto man visiting Midtown. He told police his Jeep, parked on 10th Street, was stolen during an afternoon visit to a popular eatery. Police confirmed the car had not been towed. The man said it was the second time he’d had a vehicle stolen from the area.
* A 31-year-old man dressed as a much younger woman was arrested on Joseph E. Lowery Boulevard for drinking in public. It was high-gravity beer, police said, which has been known to lead to all sorts of trouble.
* A woman with two children in the checkout line of a Cascade Kroger was arrested after trying to use a counterfeit $100 bill to buy $55.17 worth of groceries. The 20-year-old, whom police learned was wanted for outstanding warrants, blamed her ex-boyfriend for the counterfeit bill. Her current boyfriend picked up the kids before she went to jail.
* A 38-year-old woman living on Martin Luther King Drive in Atlanta paid her rent with a forged church check, police said. The pastor of a Baker Road church said the woman applied for church assistance; she needed $1,200 to stay in her apartment, she claimed. The church gave her a check for $50, but Bank of America said the check was altered to read $642. When apprehended, she will be given free housing at the Fulton County Jail.
* A 51-year-old Edgewood Kroger shopper stuffed Bactine, deodorant and cashews in his underwear, police said, and tried to leave without paying. Not sure what that means, but those nuts scare me.
* Multiple wrongs don’t make a right: An Athens man called police and said he saw three teens at his home loading his motorcycle into the back of a pickup truck. Responding police pulled the lads over on College Avenue. They were arrested for driving without a license, bald tires, possession of “numerous bags of leafy green substance” and motorcycle theft.
And so life in Atlanta goes on...
-Mike S.