Saturday, January 12, 2013
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 awakened 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 …
Sunday, October 21, 2012
Strange crime news powered by the police reporting from Patch sites in northeast Georgia.
Click on the links to get details on each story 1 It’s campaign-sign-stealing season. A Johns Creek told police her Mitt Romney/Paul Ryan sign was taken from her yard. And not only that, another campaign sign was lifted from a nearby intersection. In Athens, numerous campaign signs were reported stolen in the Five Points area of town. Athens-Clarke County Police also were told car-magnet signs for State House candidate Carter Kessler were stolen while campaigners were soliciting votes. 2. Perhaps not wanting to wait in line for an iPhone, a robber took three of them from a Norcross man who had advertised the phones on Craigslist. The suspect responded to the ad, which offered the iPhones for $350 each, and agreed to meet the man in …
Friday, October 5, 2012
Strange crime stories in Northeast Georgia, as reported on local Patch sites.
Click on the links below for more details 1. The “person down” DeKalb County police found on a recent weekday morning ended up being a half-dressed woman who was sleeping on the ground. The police report said the 46-year-old woman was wearing only a red T-shirt and brown leather boots — no pants or underwear — when she was found in the Stone Mountain area. She didn’t wake up in a good mood, cussing out officers when they tried to cover her with a blanket; there were kids walking to school in the area. She was later placed in soft leg restraints. Disorderly conduct was just one of the charges. 2. Police said they weren’t sure if it was intentional when an argument at a job site in Norcross resulted in one man hitting the other with the …
Saturday, September 15, 2012
Unusual police reports from Patch sites in Northeast Georgia.
Click on the links below for more details. 1. Usually when rock hits glass, the rock is the winner. But a couple of burglary suspects found that wasn’t the case when they tried to smash through a window at a Stone Mountain-area veterinary clinic. Surveillance video showed the men used a boulder they brought with them to break the glass. "However they had no luck," according to the police report. The rock only broke one pane of the double-paned window. The video showed them give up and drive away. 2. Winder Police say one of two women suspected of shoplifting at two stores admitted that she hid a stolen toothbrush in her bra. Further investigation found the women had shoplifted around $50 worth of goods from Dollar General and Fred’s. They …
