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Police are searching for a man believed to be responsible for a series of muggings in the past three weeks near the corner of 10th Street and Piedmont Avenue.
According to police, a well-dressed man has been approaching men walking alone in Midtown and threatening them for money. While described as “polite,” he has assaulted one victim and is armed with a handgun.
Last week, Atlanta police arrested five, suspiciously dressed men as part of a crackdown on transvestite prostitutes, AJC.com reports today.
The wording in the police report that chronicled the incident is pretty hilarious.
It lists one of the suspects’ occupations as “Lady of the Night.” It then describes how the man, Randy Collins, flagged down a motorist in Midtown while wearing a black nightgown and high heels.
Another man who hailed a ride an hour later was forced out of the car after police pulled it over. According to the AJC:
Green was wearing a pink halter top and “booty shorts,” the report said.
(UPDATE) The fundraiser has been canceled because of neighborhood response and the boycott has been lifted. See this post for details.
The Midtown Ponce Security Alliance, a vigilant homeowners group whose stance on crime teeters between neighborhood watch and Batman, has called for a boycott of Whole Foods today because the high-end grocery store is donating a share of today’s sales to the Metro Atlanta Task Force for the Homeless. (Whole Foods has a nearby location across the street from City Hall East.)
In an e-mail sent to members today and forwarded along to CL, the alliance says “In all likelihood, Whole Foods will furnish several thousand dollars to this “task force” so that crime and disorder in our community can continue.”
The group says nearby Peachtree Pine homeless shelter, which last year lost state and federal funding and would benefit from the donations, does not help the city’s homeless population and merely allows “crime and disorder” to flourish in the gentrifying area. The e-mail points to two specific events — the recent killing of a Florida resident at a Midtown gas station and a resident who was assaulted with a brick.
Quite strange when you think of all the other good Whole Foods accomplishes, as well as the larger issue of what can be done to help break the cycle in which many homeless people find themselves.
The full e-mail to alliance members is pasted after the jump.
Be on the lookout if you live, work or plan on going anywhere near Midtown.
From the DOT:
LANE CLOSURES ON 14th STREET BETWEEN WILLIAMS AND SPRING STREETS
WHEN: Immediately today, Tuesday April 22
WHERE: Metro Atlanta on 14th Street between Williams and Spring streets.
WHAT: Georgia DOT work crews will close one lane in each direction on 14th Street between Williams and Spring streets for emergency pavement repairs. This work will be conducted during afternoon rush hour and possibly into Wednesday morning rush hour. Significant congestion is expected and motorists are encouraged to avoid the area and use alternate routes.
Plan your Monday commute accordingly, peeps. From our friends at Atlanta’s Department of Watershed Management
Traffic Advisory: Sewer rehab and gas line work
to affect Midtown at Piedmont and JuniperEffective Date: Beginning Monday, October 22
Where: Juniper and 13th streets; Juniper Street and Piedmont Road; 12th to 14th streets; 14th Street and Piedmont Road
Comments: The City of Atlanta and Atlanta Gas Light have coordinated sewer rehabilitation and gas main replacement in Midtown. Beginning Monday, Oct. 22, Atlanta Gas Light will be working on 13th Street between Piedmont Road and Juniper Street and from 12th Street to just north of 14th Street to install a new gas main and related connections. At the same time, the City will be conducting sewer rehabilitation in the area around 13th Street and Piedmont Road. Permitted work hours are from 7 am to 10 pm; however work in heavily traveled areas will be limited to the hours between 9 am and 4 pm. In approximately two weeks, Atlanta Gas Light and the City will begin work at the intersection of 14th Street and Piedmont Road. Changeable message signs will inform motorists of traffic detours and delays, and Atlanta Police officers will be on hand to direct traffic. Access to all buildings will be maintained by officers. Motorists are urged to use Monroe Drive, West Peachtree Street and Spring Street as north- and south-bound alternates.
