Buckhead Police Blotter – dated through March 9

From police reports dated through March 9.

The following information was provided to the Buckhead Reporter by the Zone 2 precinct of the Atlanta Police Department from its records and is presumed to be accurate.

Assault

3000 block of Piedmont Road, NE – An aggravated assault was reported on March 2.  A woman’s sister struck her with a vehicle.  She refused to give any information as it related to her sister. The victim said they had an argument. She refused medical treatment. The victim was arrested on a warrant for a probation violation.

2300 block of Parkland Drive, NE – An aggravated assault was reported on March 4.  A woman’s roommate punched her in the face because the victim did not pick her up from work.

900 block of Canterbury Road, NE – An aggravated assault was reported on March 9.  A man chased his live-in girlfriend with a large kitchen knife. He did this two times within 30 minutes.

Robbery

2400 block of Camellia Lane, NE – A residential robbery was reported on Feb. 24. A woman said she was in bed when she heard scratching at the door. She got up out of bed, looked out the peephole and saw two men outside the door. The men said they were Atlanta police. She knew they were not, so while she pretended to call the police, the men forced their way into her apartment and pushed her into the corner, one placing his foot on her face. The men were looking for her boyfriend’s jewelry. They took a Rolex watch and a rose gold chain. The crow bar that the suspects had was left behind. The victim’s keys to her Range Rover also were taken.

1200 block of Chattahoochee Avenue, NE – A pedestrian robbery was reported on Feb. 27. Two men robbed a man while he was at a bank ATM. The suspects pointed a black handgun at him. The suspects left the scene in a burgundy Dodge Charger. $700 in cash, a wallet with two debit cards and one credit card were stolen. The man’s white iPhone 4S was also stolen.

2000 block of Peachtree Road, NE – A pedestrian robbery was reported on March 1. A woman said she was walking through a parking lot when she heard footsteps running toward her, and when she turned around, all she saw was a gun pointing at her head. She said the suspect told her to give him everything, so she gave him her purse, and he took off running.

500 block of Main Street, NE – A pedestrian robbery was reported on March 4. Three men, one wearing a red bandana, one wearing a blue bandana, and the third wearing a black beanie cap, approached two women who were getting out of their vehicle and demanded they give up their purses. The suspects were all armed with handguns. Two clutch bags were taken with keys in both, along with an iPhone.

2900 block of Peachtree Road, NW – A pedestrian robbery in a parking lot was reported on March 7.  A woman said a man with a gun approached her and took her purse as she was getting her kids out the car. She said the suspect showed her what looked like a plastic gun, but she wasn’t sure. She said the suspect reached onto the front passenger seat and took her purse, and the gun fell to the ground. The suspect grabbed her purse and her wallet fell out.  Nothing of value was in the purse.

3200 block of Peachtree Road, NE – A commercial robbery at a drug store was reported on March 7. A store employee said she was approached by a man who asked for assistance locating shoe polish. Upon assisting the customer, she saw another man behind the counter placing cigarettes inside a bag. When the employee attempted to approach, the man yelled “Get back” and reached inside his waistband as to suggest he was reaching for a weapon. The suspects fled the scene in what witnesses described as a sedan with a sunroof.

3300 block of Peachtree Road, NE – A pedestrian robbery was reported on March 8. The victim was unsure if the suspect had a gun or not, but the suspect did place something in the victim’s back. The victim did not get a good look at the suspect, but he wore a black hooded sweat shirt.  A wallet, credit card and $500 in cash were stolen. No witnesses.

Burglary

300 block of Pine Tree Drive, NE – A commercial burglary was reported on Feb. 27.  An unknown suspect entered and discharged a fire extinguisher all over the inside of the location.

2100 block of Cheshire Bridge Road, NE – A residential burglary was reported on March 3. A woman said she was awakened by the sound of her bedroom fan. When she rolled over she saw a dark figure in her driveway. Upon further investigation, she found her roommate’s laptop was taken from the closet.

2300 block of Cheshire Bridge Road, NE – A commercial burglary was reported on March 8.  The store’s bottom window of a rear bay door was kicked in. The safe was damaged by a sledge hammer and $731 in cash was taken from the safe. Prints were recovered from the safe’s combination dial.

Larceny

1800 block of Howell Mill Road, NW –A larceny from a discount store was reported on Feb. 24. A man was attempting to return a TV to the store.  He left the TV at the Customer Service desk and went to the back of the store for about 45 minutes. Suspects came up to the Customer Service desk, picked up the TV, placed it in a cart and walked out of the store with it. The man said he had placed his wallet in the box with the TV.

200 block of Peachtree Road, NW –A larceny at a restaurant was reported on Feb. 25. A woman said she went to buy food and sat down to eat.  She placed her purse on the back of her chair. She saw a man sit next to her, and then bumped her when he left. She later noticed her wallet was gone.

2000 block of Peachtree Road, NW – A larceny at a medical facility was reported on Feb. 26. A woman said that the suspect took $100 from her bra while she was sleeping.  The victim is a patient at the medical facility.

1200 block of W. Paces Ferry Road, NW – A larceny from a grocery store was reported on Feb. 26. Two suspects ran out of the Publix carrying two grocery baskets of meat worth approximately $150. The suspects got into a car and drove off.

3200 block of Peachtree Road, NE –A larceny from a department store was reported on March 2.  The suspect entered Marshalls and passed all points of sale with three baby shirts and five Polo shirts, and also put on a pair of shoes in the store before leaving with the items. The suspect ran on foot, away from a loss prevention representative and a security officer saw the suspect run into a grocery store. The suspect was confronted by another APD officer who attempted to detain the suspect. The suspect continued to resist arrest but was subsequently arrested in the parking lot. The suspect caused damage to a vehicle in the parking lot.

3300 block of Peachtree Road, NE – A larceny from a hotel was reported on March 2. A woman said that items were missing from her purse. She laid the purse down in a corner of a ballroom of the hotel and returned to find her money and two licenses missing from the purse. The hotel manager said there is no available video footage inside the ballroom.

3300 block of Peachtree Road, NE – A larceny from a hotel was reported on March 2.  A woman left her purse, iPad and wallet unattended in the ladies’ fitting room at a hotel while she went upstairs. Her daughter said that a bald man, wearing a brown jacket and brown shoes, was sitting in the fitting room.  After hearing this information, the woman went to retrieve her belongings and found her iPad, wedding ring and $60 stolen from her purse.

900 block of Sidney Marcus Boulevard, NE – A larceny from a residence was reported on March 3. A woman left her ex-boyfriend alone in the apartment after he became belligerent.  When she returned, her iPad2, juicer and desktop computer were missing.

2300 block of Marietta Boulevard, NW – A larceny from a convenience store was reported on March 3. An unknown subject stole two cans of beer, totaling $2, and then fled.  The tag provided by the manager came back to a vehicle different than she described.

3300 block of Peachtree Road, NE – A larceny from a department store was reported on March 5.  A woman was seen selecting items valued at $512, then attempting to leave without paying. While being transported, she escaped from the officer and tried to get away; she was later charged with fleeing from the officer. It was later found the she was lying about her age and had an outstanding warrant from DeKalb County.

3100 block of Peachtree Road, NE – A larceny from a specialty store was reported on March 6. 100 pairs of shoes totaling $5,000 were taken, as well as $157 in cash.

100 block of Bennett Street, NW – A larceny was reported on March 7.                  An unidentified man entered the location, asked a woman, “What type of building was this?” He then grabbed her iPhone and laptop, and attempted to run away. She was able to take back the laptop but the suspect ran away with her phone.

2100 block of Bolton Drive, NW – A larceny was reported on March 9. An unknown suspect stole ice cream from an ice cream truck. The victim found the right door slightly open. When the victim went to investigate he found a box of ice that had fallen out of the vehicle.

Larceny from Auto

3300 block of Peachtree Road, NE – A larceny from an auto was reported on Feb. 24.  The victim came back to the vehicle and noticed that the door lock was slightly bent. A cellphone and a shiny, plastic leopard print purse were missing.

1200 block of Marietta Boulevard, NW – A larceny from an auto was reported on Feb. 28. A man used a valet to park his vehicle at a nightclub.  When he picked up his vehicle, he noticed that $1,000 in cash had been taken from a drawer beneath the passenger seat.  T he manager did not know which valet parked the vehicle.

4200 block of Roswell Road, NE – A larceny from an auto was reported on March 1. An unknown suspect smashed the window on the victim’s vehicle and stole his tax papers.

500 block of Deering Road, NW – A larceny from an auto was reported on March 4. The victim’s 1996 GMC Jimmy was entered and the in-dash radio was taken along with a gym bag containing his driver’s license and clothes, while parked in the driveway. The vehicle was unlocked to due to the locks being non-functional.

Auto Theft

2500 block of Chantilly Drive, NE – An auto theft from a hotel was reported on Feb. 26.                A man said he parked the car and when he returned he noticed the car was gone.  There were no signs of forced entry.  He said he left his wife’s keys at the hotel and searched for them, and they were missing along with the vehicle.  A credit card was used online for $182.35.

1900 block of Defoor Avenue, NW – An auto theft was reported on March 4. A man was warming up his 2006 grey Ford F-150 when suspects jumped inside the vehicle.

700 block of Holmes Street, NW – An auto theft was reported on the evening of March 6.  An unknown suspect abandoned the victim’s vehicle on the street with it still running and unsecured. The vehicle was never reported stolen because the owner was not aware of the vehicle being missing until she was contacted by an officer.