Crime & Safety

Thief Returns to Costco With Gun in Backpack, Arrested

Recent arrests in Sandy Springs.

 

The following arrests were provided by Sandy Springs Police Capt. Steve Rose.

  • A woman on Idlewood Drive was arrested after she hired two men to put pine straw in the yard. They agreed on a price of $800. They worked from about 6 until 9 pm. When they finished, she refused to pay. She said her husband came home and called the two “scam artists” and refused to pay. The officer noted that the person was intoxicated when they arrived. They advised her she could dispute the issue in civil court but the men had completed the work as agreed and then had not been paid. She was later arrested for Theft of Services.
  • Last Thursday, a man walked into Costco whom the security person recognized as someone who came in the week before and stole something. The suspect picked up a Bluetooth headset and Phillips Norelco Electric Razor and put them in the backpack he had and left the store without paying. He was detained, the cops called. The man also had a gun in the backpack. He was arrested for the theft of the two items that totaled $250 and the concealed weapon. He was taken to jail.
  • Also on Thursday, a man was standing in front of the QT Store on Roswell Road. The man was standing and “spitting profusely” in front of the store and “clearly disturbing customers and staff.” The officer told the man that since he was not a customer and since he chose to be openly gross to the public at large, he needed to move on. He did. A short time later, the same man, doing the same thing, was back at the front of the store. The officer reminded him that he was told to leave. The man said: “I did and I came right back.” Translated, this means: “I need to be locked up.” He was arrested.

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