The Snellville Police Blotter

The following is a listing of reported Snellville Police and Gwinnett County Police activity from Feb. 22-27, in addition to a police report obtained from the Gwinnett PD. (Note: Listing is based on reports from www.crimemapping.com  and incident report lists for Gwinnett PD and reports submitted directly from Snellville PD).

Outside city limits, in unincorporated county area:

Feb. 27: Furnishing alcohol to minors was reported on the 4000 block of Stone Mountain Highway.

Feb. 27: DUI arrests were made on Bethany Church Road and Stone Mountain Highway.

Feb. 27: Burglary (force entry, business) was reported on the 3300 block of Stone Mountain Highway.

Feb. 24: Simple battery was reported on the 4500 block of James Wade Drive.

Feb. 23: Simple assault was reported on the 4200 block of Wrexham Court.

Feb. 23: Burglary (forced entry, business) was reported on the 3000 block of Centerville Highway.

Feb. 23: Burglary (forced entry, residence) was reported on the 3100 block of Revere Circle.

Feb. 23: Attempted burglary (residence) was reported on the 3200 block of Inez Drive.

Feb. 22: Burglary (forced entry, residence) was reported on the 3500 block of Tree View Drive.

Feb. 22: DUI arrest (narcotics) was reported on Centerville Highway and Egypt Road.

Feb. 22: FTC Fraud was reported on the 3500 block of Millers Pond Way.

Feb. 22: A wanted person was located on Annistown Road and Centerville Highway.

Feb. 22: Larceny (lost/misland property) was reported on the 3400 block of Centerville Highway. 

Feb. 22: Criminal trespass was reported on the 3200 block of Village Glen Trail.

Feb. 22: Identity theft was reported on the 3700 block of Sweetbriar Trace.

Feb. 22: Recovered motor vehicle was reported on Porchester Way and Ross Road.

Feb. 22: Robbery (by gun, business) was reported on the 3200 block of Centerville Highway.

-An Odd Kidnapping and Robbery, by a Snellville Man and three others in a Norcross Home: Gwinnett County Police arrived at a burglary call in Norcross on Feb. 24 to the home of couple with a 2-year-old child. The husband, 25, told police that a friend and three of his friends he'd never met before came over to his house that evening.

After smoking marijuana on his porch for 30 minutes, one of the unknown men stuck a gun in his face while the other three, including the friend, emptied his pockets and took his jewelry. With three of the suspects armed, they demanded that he tell them where his money is. He told them he didn't have any money, so then they demanded that he tell them of a friend they can rob. After giving out a friend's name, they forced him into their car and drove to his house. The victim told police he had two guns to his neck and his friend was laughing the whole time. 

No one answered the door at his friend's home, which frustrated the suspects, so they drove back to his house to get his debit card. When they arrived, they ordered the victim to unplug his TV while they did the same to his PlayStation. His wife and daughter were home, and his wife called 911 from her upstairs bedroom. She hid it as her husband's friend asked for her cell phone (who didn't see that she had it), and she told them that she left it in a friend's car. When he went back downstairs, she redialed 911.  

Her husband got the debit card and the suspects loaded the stolen items in the car. After the victim was seated in the car, one of the suspects "changed [his] mind" and told the husband to get out. 

They drove off, but officers initiated a stop of the vehicle on Singleton Road in Norcross. The suspects exited their vehicle to make a run for it on foot, but officers were able to arrest three of the four suspects: Reginald Kater, 18; Harold Laster, 20; and Harry Bailey, 18. A day later, police also arrested Troy Baker, 20, of Snellville.

 All are charged with kidnapping and armed robbery, among other things.