Sunday, March 17, 2013
Weird Police News: Man who was listed as a "top pawner" on an online watchlist admits he stole numerous items and cashed them in at pawn shops.
Click on the links below for the rest of each story. More of the strange stuff police officers around North Georgia were up against recently. > Pawn star? A Lawrenceville man admitted to stealing and pawning a number of items he stole from various places. Police worked on a tip from an online “top pawners” watchlist that showed he had pawned 29 items in January. He said he didn’t steal them all, but did admit to stealing three fire pits from a Kroger in Lilburn, tools from Ace Hardware in Lawrenceville, a DVD player from the Walmart in Lilburn and four cameras from a CVS in Lilburn. In case fans of the TV reality show “Pawn Stars” are wondering, his name isn’t Chumlee. > Horse cruelty: A Lilburn man was out of the country for two months …
Friday, March 8, 2013
More of the strange stuff police officers around North Georgia were up against recently.
Click on the links below for more info on each story People really fall for this? A Snellville man, who had answered an online ad, thought it was his lucky day when he received a $1,950 check from London with these instructions: buy various paintings for a British man and keep $400 for yourself. He was arrested for third-degree forgery when he tried to cash the fake check at a gas station — after he had been told at a local bank that it was bogus. Related Content: Blame it on a Bulldog or a Yellow Jacket? A vintage pickup truck painted in the old gold-and-black colors of a certain “North Avenue trade school” was recently stolen in Auburn, Ga. The 1967 Dodge D100 had Georgia Tech flags on each window and two bulldog stickers with lines …
Saturday, March 2, 2013
Weird Police News: More of the strange stuff police officers around North Georgia were up against recently.
Click on the links below for more info on each story > He also didn’t leave a tip: A man at a Stone Mountain Waffle House used the old create-a-distraction ploy to skip out on his check. Unprovoked, the man stood up and began cursing at a woman customer. “I got mine in the car,” he said, according to the police report, believed to be a threat that he was going to get a gun. He left the restaurant, got into his car and drove away. He left an unpaid bill of $12.51. > Another case of ‘not my drugs’: It seems pretty common when somebody gets caught with drugs, the explanation is that the drugs are somebody else’s. After a makeup bag containing amphetamine and diazepam pills was found by police in her car, a Buford woman who was stopped for …
Friday, February 22, 2013
More of the strange stuff police officers around North Georgia were up against recently.
Click on the links below for more info on each story > Can you start the car we’re stealing? A Snellville man, who was cleaning out his deceased father’s home in unincorporated Stone Mountain, was robbed and carjacked by armed men in the driveway. But the car wouldn't start without help from the victim, so the men made him get it running before they drove away. With the help of a witness, DeKalb County Police apprehended the suspects a short time later. > ‘Dumb thing,’ for sure: A convicted felon who served 13 years in jail for armed robbery found himself back behind bars after he accidentally shot himself in the leg. The man, from Buford, admitted to police that he had done a “dumb thing” after a pistol he had tucked it in his waistband …
Monday, February 18, 2013
More of what police officers around North Georgia were up against recently.
Click on the links below for more info on each story > Next time, use the front door: A Loganville woman reportedly fired warning gunshots into the air after a man mistakenly knocked on her back door. She told police she became concerned after hearing the knock and then the sound of the door knob being turned. She ran to the bedroom to get her piece and fired the shots when the man was backing out of the driveway. Later, the man told Walton County Sheriff’s deputies he was getting directions over the phone to a friend’s house in the neighborhood. He said the friend told him to come in the back door. He likely won't do that again. > Rumble at the mall: Two women have been banned for a year from the Mall of Georgia near Buford after security…
Saturday, February 9, 2013
Here's what police officers around Northeast Georgia were up against recently.
Click on the links below for more info on each story > OK, so who had the weed? Gwinnett Police interrupted an apartment robbery in unincorporated Norcross, during which a group of armed masked intruders reportedly confronted the occupants while looking to steal a stash of weed. Most of the robbers climbed out a window when the cops knocked on the door, leaving behind a 15-year-old accomplice, who confessed to the crime. The robbers left with $200, but there was no report of there being any marijuana in the apartment, nor whether it may have left through the window with the other suspects. > Even the sidewalk isn’t safe: Failing to maintain lane was the least of the charges a Walton County man faced after he struck a pedestrian who was …
Sunday, February 3, 2013
Here's what police officers around Northeast Georgia were up against recently.
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Click on the links below for more info on each story >Take the beer, not my noodles: A man was caught outside a Stone Mountain-area Walmart after trying to shoplift some beer and a 12-count pack of ramen noodles. When a Gwinnett County police officer saw the items in the man’s locked vehicle in the parking lot, he gave the officer his keys and said, "Go ahead and give the beer back then." What about the noodles? > That’s a lot of chicken wings: Two men were arrested recently for trying to steal $65,000 worth of frozen chicken wings. They intended to load 10 pallets worth of chicken into a rental truck. Did they have a big Super Bowl party planned? > Nicotine fit: A burglar had one thing on his mind when he broke into a gas station in the …
Saturday, January 26, 2013
Weird Police News: Here's what police officers around Northeast Georgia were up against recently.
Click on the links below for more info > You don’t see this often: The Walton County Sheriff’s Department reported that people dressed up in gorilla suits were throwing debris on a roadway. They were told to stop monkeying around and clean up the mess, > Oh yeah … the fence: After crashing his vehicle through a street sign and a wooden fence, and then fleeing on foot in Barrow County, a Stone Mountain man under the influence asked police why he was chased. > At least it wasn’t Monopoly money: A man tried to make a purchase at a Stone Mountain Big Lots with a $5 bill disguised as a $100 bill. > Can I have my fake money back? Two suspects trying to spend five counterfeit $20 bills at an Oconee County Walmart tried to snatch the bills back …
Thursday, January 17, 2013
Weird Police News: Here's what police officers around Northeast Georgia were up against recently.
Click on the links below for more information. Smells like a lie: After a recent traffic accident, a Winder man told police that the odor emanating from him wasn’t alcohol — it was hand sanitizer, he said. The man then blew a .139 on his breath test. So, does that mean he was drunk on Purell? Related Content: He got all of that one: A University of Georgia student awaken by an intruder grabbed a 7-iron golf club from his closet and teed off on the suspect’s back. The intruder got away, but the shaft of the golf club was ruined. Horse death threat: A Winder woman said her neighbor threatened to kill her horses, while the neighbor accused the woman of shooting his dog. Kicked by a cow: A Barrow County Sheriff's Office deputy was told by a …
Friday, January 4, 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, …
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12:10 pm on Saturday, March 2, 2013
That is awful about the brownies. Kids could lose their after school jobs if they do random drug testing. more ›