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Tuesday, November 11th, 2008

WEIRD WEB: A woman said she got into an argument with her ex-boyfriend, nicknamed “Spiderman.” She said her ex-boyfriend got mad because she wouldn’t give him any more of her pain pills. She said he pushed her out of her wheelchair, twisted her arm, and slapped her face. The incident reportedly happened in a parking lot on Decatur Street. Apparently, her ex-boyfriend fled before police arrived. She said “Spiderman” wore a black shirt and dark-colored jeans with spider designs. (He is 30 years old.) Medics took her to Grady Memorial Hospital.

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Tuesday, November 4th, 2008

PLEASED TO MEAT YOU: At a grocery store on Martin Luther King Jr. Drive, an employee said a man put several sausages in his handbag. Police searched the 57-year-old man and allegedly found 11 smoked sausages (worth $40). He was arrested for shoplifting.

Also, at a grocery store on Metropolitan Parkway, the manager said a man dressed entirely in black put several packages of sliced ham into his bag and tried to leave the store. Police allegedly found $13 worth of Carolina ham in his bag. He was arrested for shoplifting.

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Wednesday, October 29th, 2008

HAUNTED HEAD? At a cell phone store on Peachtree Street, the manager called police and said a strange man refused to leave and demanded a replacement phone, but he had no ID. Police officers found the man down the street. The man “apologized and thanked us several times, but continued to back away,” the officer wrote. Police eventually caught him and pepper-sprayed him. “As we were trying to apply restraints [the man] tried to bite our hands …” an officer wrote. “[The man] made several rambling statements about being a minister, playing for the Cowboys, being friends with [Dallas Cowboys quarterback] Tony Romo, and stated he was going to bring us lobsters.” Police found three small baggies of suspected marijuana in his pockets. The man, age 22, went to jail.

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Tuesday, October 21st, 2008

THE SKY IS FALLING: At Hartsfield-Jackson Atlanta International Airport, a California man said he was looking at an arrival/departure screen on Concourse B, when something struck him in the forehead. An officer investigated and determined that the object that hit the man was a small, white, round object. It apparently fell from a light fixture above him. The man complained of a forehead injury and medics treated him. He refused to go to a hospital because he had a flight to catch.

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Saturday, October 18th, 2008

OLD-SCHOOL BRAWL: At an elementary school on Fair Street, a crossing guard said he was walking some students across the street when a parent threatened him. The crossing guard said the parent grabbed some tree limbs and threw them at him — so the crossing guard threw his stop sign at the parent, hitting him in the back. According to the crossing guard, the parent threw the stop sign back at him, hitting his arm and head as he tried to catch the sign. Then, the crossing guard stopped cooperating with police and answering questions. At Grady Memorial Hospital, he refused medical treatment for his head injuries.

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Tuesday, October 14th, 2008

SUSPICIOUS MINDS, PART 1: A 69-year-old woman hosted a bridge game at her home on Beaver Falls Place. She said a bridge club partner threatened to slap her face, among other verbal threats. According to the police report, the suspect apparently believes the 69-year-old woman is having an affair with her ex-husband. While police were there, the suspect and her ex-husband showed up. The suspect, a 68-year-old woman, “appeared upset but not violent.” They had come from a doctor’s appointment where the doctor recommended that the 68-year-old get psychological help. Police advised the suspect not to return to the woman’s home on Beaver Falls Place and to make an appointment for her anger issues.

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Wednesday, October 8th, 2008

PET PEEVES: An officer responded to a 911 hang-up call on Woodland Avenue. A man said when he returned to his apartment around 3 a.m., his door was unlocked and someone had been inside. He said his red parrots were outside his front door, and someone had opened the birdcage, allowing the red parrots to go free. But nothing was missing from his apartment, he said. The man, age 40, smelled strongly of alcohol, the officer noted.

Later the same day, another officer responded to a call from the same apartment on Woodland Avenue. The 40-year-old man said when he returned to his apartment later, his tank of pet fish had been thrown on the ground. (Five pet fish were dead, the officer noted.). Also, the man said, another birdcage was broken, releasing two finch birds inside. (The finches apparently flew away, according to the police report.) The man kept his fish tank and birdcages on his patio. The man said he suspects the owners of his apartment complex are trying to intimidate him — because he reported dangerous mold at his former apartment complex, which is owned by the same company.

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Tuesday, September 30th, 2008

THE INCARCERATION OF MIMI: Police got a tip that a woman with the street name “Mimi” might be selling drugs from a motel room on Metropolitan Parkway. So police went to the motel room and knocked on the door. A woman opened the door, and she was holding a suspected crack pipe in one hand and a vibrator in the other hand, an officer noted. The woman “was naked except for a bra.” The officer asked if she was Mimi and she said yes. The officer asked her to hand over the suspected crack pipe. Apparently, Mimi tried to slam the door, but the officer stuck his foot in the door before it closed. After police searched the motel room, Mimi allegedly admitted she had bought $100 worth of crack earlier that day and sold some of it because she ran out of money. According to the police report, Mimi is a 31-year-old prostitute with a scar on her forehead. She was arrested for drug possession.

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Tuesday, September 23rd, 2008

bad_blotter1-1_21.jpgRIVERDANCE REJECT? Around 4 p.m., a middle-aged man was allegedly waving a wooden cross at passing cars at the intersection of Freedom Parkway and Boulevard. Police ordered him to leave. So he left. Apparently, this wannabe performer was not to be stifled. About three hours later, the man returned to the same spot but this time, he allegedly danced and made gestures at passing cars. This time, police arrested the 49-year-old man for disorderly conduct and “pedestrian in the roadway.”

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Saturday, September 20th, 2008

DETERMINED BOOZE HOUND: At a nightclub on Alco Street, the manager said someone knocked a hole in the roof, dropped down through the hole and stole $4,200 worth of alcohol during the night. “It appeared the suspects used a cinder block, knife, fiberglass-handled hammer (this item broke during the incident) to knock the hole in the roof,” the officer wrote. “Once down on the ground, the suspects stole a trash can from the business next door to carry away the alcohol.” Some tools were found in another trash can. The nightclub does not have a surveillance system or an alarm. But apparently, the Waffle House across the street has a surveillance camera pointed at the nightclub. The Waffle House manager said he would have to contact the main office to pull the video.

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Tuesday, September 16th, 2008

bad_blotter1-1_20.jpgPARTY GIRL: An officer dealt with a 23-year-old woman passed out in the back of a car at Collier and Peachtree roads. The woman’s friend said they had been drinking at a concert venue on West Peachtree Street and at some point, the 23-year-old woman got very sick, so they called a friend to pick them up. On the way home, the 23-year-old woman reportedly vomited and defecated on herself, so her friend stopped at a gas station to check on her and call for help. Medics took her to Piedmont Hospital.

Later, the officer followed up with Piedmont Hospital. The officer said he talked to the 23-year-old woman’s father, who said she was OK now and she had been sick before going out drinking. She was awake at the hospital and laughing with friends, according to the police report. No visible injuries reported.

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Saturday, September 13th, 2008

STORAGE CHEST: Around 9:30 a.m., an officer talked to two women on Pine Street. The officer asked one woman for her name. “When she started speaking, she bent over to fix her shoes and when she did, I could clearly see a clear bag with a lot of suspected crack cocaine between her breast[s],” the officer wrote. The other woman said, “You got my baby’s candy in your shirt,” and reached between the woman’s breasts. “[She] was trying to push the bag down deeper in the woman’s shirt,” the officer wrote. Both women were arrested and taken to jail. Both are age 24.

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Tuesday, September 9th, 2008

bad_blotter1-1_19.jpgNOT SO PRETTY IN PINK: One afternoon, a 34-year-old New Orleans woman was arrested for DUI and other charges after a car accident on Ponce de Leon Avenue. Inside the patrol car, the woman repeatedly kicked the door and said she badly needed to go to the bathroom. An officer wrote, “[She] said she had some kind of infection and she was close to urinating on herself.” The officer took her to a nearby restroom. After that, the woman reportedly asked the officer to just drop her off in Decatur because the car she was driving belonged to her “sugar daddy.” En route to jail, she promised she would not drive in Atlanta anymore. “At one point, the female became very upset and said she could not go to jail because she was wearing pink underwear, and that going to jail in pink underwear was the same as going to jail in dirty underwear.”

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Tuesday, September 2nd, 2008

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“E” AIN’T SO EASY
: At an apartment complex on Dixie Hills Circle, a woman apparently had a run-in with a man called “E.” According to the officer’s written report, the woman said he “wanted to conversate [sic] with her about a plant … which she told him she had no interest in.” The woman said “E” got upset, picked up a beer bottle and struck her mouth. She had minor injuries but refused medical treatment. “E” reportedly wore denim shorts, a blue hat and a white T-shirt. And he lives two apartments away from the woman.

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Tuesday, August 26th, 2008

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MARSUPIAL MANEUVERS: At a grocery store on Joseph E. Boone Boulevard, the owner said a customer came in and threatened to harm his merchandise. According to the police report, a clerk said the customer “put a dead animal [a possum] on the countertop in front of the cash register and then walked off.” The clerk said the man is a frequent customer who has some mental health issues. The clerk put the dead possum in a black bag and threw it in the trash outside. The officer wrote, “I observed the dead possum outside of the store.” The officer searched for the alleged possum-leaving customer but no luck. According to the police report, the suspect wore black jeans and a black shirt.

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Tuesday, August 19th, 2008

bad_blotter1-1_16.jpgHABIT MORE INTERESTING THAN MAHJONG? At a grocery store on West Paces Ferry Road, an elderly woman allegedly stole some wine. The 77-year-old blond woman agreed to let police search her purse. The officer allegedly found two bottles of wine and two packets of napkins in the woman’s purse. According to the police report, the same woman was previously arrested for shoplifting at Nordstrom at Perimeter Mall. The 77-year-old woman has blue eyes, blond hair and wore a pink shirt and white shorts.

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Tuesday, August 12th, 2008

bad_blotter1-1_15.jpgGEORGIA BULLDOG WOOFED? A 60-year-old man said he left his car with the valet service at Phipps Plaza and went inside to eat at a restaurant. He said he left his key chain, which has a silver-and-jeweled bulldog on it, in his car. After the meal, the man said he picked up his car and drove home, and then he realized the silver-and-jeweled bulldog was missing from his key chain. (The bulldog is worth about $2,000.)

 

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Abbott and Costello on Creative Loafing

Monday, July 7th, 2008

I don’t think Abbott and Costello were Creative Loafing employ