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Monday, February 4, 2013

Surveillance Video from Chevron Robbery in Little 5 Points

Atlanta Police have released video footage from the weekend robbery at Chevron.

LITTLE FIVE POINTS — The Atlanta Police Department needs your help in identifying the suspect from the Chevron Gas Station robbery that occurred Feb. 3 at 372 Moreland Avenue NE. According to the detailed police report, Officer Thompson along with Officer Hall responded to the call in which a store clerk was robbed at gunpoint. In the report, the clerk statede he "saw the gun pointed at him. He took about $10 to $200 in cash and gave it to the gunman. The suspect then told him to give him some lottery tickets and the clerk pulled out 22 Millionaire Jinge lottery tickets and handed them over. The suspect then left the store.  According to the store clerk and the video footage, the weapon used appeared to be a black revolver and the suspect …

Joey Byden

3:38 pm on Friday, February 8, 2013

they all look alike to me, black criminlas   more ›

Thursday, January 17, 2013

Police Seek Waffle House Robber

The Waffle House located on Cheshire Bridge Rd was robbed by an armed man Jan. 7. Police have released a video of the suspect.

  Atlanta Police are asking for help identifying a man who robbed the Waffle House at 2264 Cheshire Bridge Rd. earlier this month. The man entered the restaurant at 2:40 a.m. on Jan. 7, apparently speaking on a cell phone, according to an APD report. The report says the robber showed a handgun to an employee on duty and damanded cash. The robber fled with about $400. A witness told police that the suspect drove away in a silver Chevy Malibu with the license plate number TCK430 (though the state is unknown). Police ask that anyone with information about this suspect call 911 or Crime Stoppers Atlanta at 404-577-TIPS (8477). You can also text a tip to CRIMES (274637).  

Tuesday, September 25, 2012

Gunman Confronts Couple on Drewry Street

The husband and wife were headed out on their morning walk.

  The Morningside Lenox Park Neighborhood Association sent out a safety alert to residents Tuesday morning after a Virginia Highland couple was confronted at gunpoint around 6:30 a.m. The couple was headed out on their morning walk in the 700 block of Drewry Street when the incident happened. The following narrative is taken from the incident report shared in the Neighborhood Association's alert: The victims told Atlanta police that three males approached the couple’s residence as the couple walked away. The husband told police he initially thought the group was following him and his wife, and the two decided to double back to their house, where their young daughters had remained by themselves. The husband said he found one of the trio …

John Wolfinger

5:15 am on Wednesday, September 26, 2012

There was a well-presented story by Drewry Street Captain, Deborah Schwarz, and her neighbors on channel 5. http://www.myfoxatlanta.com/story/19639786/virginia-highland-residents-uniting-to-battle-crime Thanx to all who represented our neighborhood in a very positive light and let the rest of the metro area know that we have a plan in place to stay well-connected and informed.   more ›

Friday, July 13, 2012

Two Robbed at Gunpoint in Poncey-Highland Kroger P-Lot

Trio of suspects left in orange Honda Passport.

Atlanta police are looking for a trio of gunmen who robbed two men in the parking lot of the Kroger at 725 Ponce de Leon Ave. late Thursday evening. The victims, who were with two witnesses, told police they parked in the lot around 11 p.m. They were walking to the Masquerade at 695 North Ave. when they were approached by two gunmen in the rear of the Kroger parking lot, nearer to the North Avenue entrance by the truck loading docks. One of the gunmen approached the two victims and began asking a series of questions according to the report. They asked the victims where they were from and if they had any money. As the victims began walking away, the two gunmen — each armed with a handgun — pulled their revolvers, grabbed one of the female …

Schede Franka

9:13 am on Friday, August 17, 2012

I live less than a block from the Kroger, and shop there regularly, with my small children. The worse thing that has happened to us, at Murder Kroger, in the five years we've lived in the area is being asked if I'm holding, as I got in my car. I had my seven yr old with me....and we look like the typical middle class white people. The person who asked was a dirty hippie looking guy and his even …   more ›

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