posted May 15, 2007
A man said he was standing behind a Shallowford Road motel using his cell phone when he was knocked out and robbed.
Neander Oliveria said two black males walked toward him, then one hit him in the side of the head.
He said he slumped to the ground, then awakened about 10 minutes later. His cell phone and motel room key were gone.
They were described as between 5'10"-6' and about 20 years old.
David Johnson said he was walking up E. 17th Street when he saw three black males sitting by the street.
He said he asked if they had seen his wife. They asked if he had any money, and he said he didn't.
He said the trio then began punching him in the face and knocked him to the ground. They took his wallet and ran off.
Thomas Whatley was found lying in the middle of West Avenue. Police said he appeared to be very intoxicated.
He said two black males had jumped out of a vehicle, punched him and took his wallet.
A witness said he saw the pair get out of a blue Oldsmobile, knock the man down and then rifle through his wallet.
A chase that led across two barbed wire fences sent a police officer and two suspects to the hospital.
Officer B. Wood said he started the pursuit after seeing two men get out of a stolen vehicle.
They ran through woods and then over the first barbed wire fence. The officer followed them over the fence.
The pair came to another fence and scaled it. This time the officer did not follow. But he did capture them in the 1600 block of Dodds Avenue.
The officer required 10 stitches to repair a laceration to his arm.
One suspect had a severe laceration to his left hand, and the other had lacerations to his mouth and left hand.
Kathy Hyter of Ocoee Street said Deondria Poole - her granddaughter's mother - came in "raising cane" and they began fighting.
She said Ms. Poole broke a lamp and began throwing items around, breaking them. She said she threw a glass ash tray at her and then got a butcher knife from the kitchen and came after her.
She said a man intervened and kept her from getting cut.
Ms. Poole was charged with aggravated assault and vandalism.
Darnnelle Ellison came home to Bailey Avenue to find the front glass window shattered and a number of clothing items missing.
Police said an intoxicated female neighbor said a man offered to sell her a brown suitcase for $5. Mr. Ellison identified it as his.
June Wells said burglars took thousands of dollars worth of electronic equipment from a residence he had just moved into on Duncan Avenue.
He said he came home, found the back door kicked in, and the place ransacked.
Items missing include rings and other jewelry, $600 worth of gold teeth, 500 DVDs valued at $7,500, four small TVs and a 42" TV worth $900, several CD players, including one valued at $1,000, a $3,500 digital mixer and about $4,500 of other electronic studio equipment.
John Noseworthy of Dunwoody Drive said he came home and found a package. He said it was an intake manifold for a Jetta. The bill was $571.
He said he contacted German Performance and found that someone was apparently using his information and ordering other items as well.
Carl Duncan of Canton, Ga., said he left his billfold at the Kangaroo Express on Browns Ferry Road.
It was gone when he returned - along with the $1,000 in cash that was inside.
A female said she was inside the downtown YMCA when someone knocked a window out of her Toyota 4Runner.
Her laptop computer was taken.
Lawanda Graves of Wheeler Avenue found her front door kicked in.
Her computer and her son's PDA were taken.
The intruder made his way out back by knocking out a window air conditioning unit.
At Capital Toyota, all four wheels were taken from a 2004 Chevrolet Silverado parked on the lot.
The vehicle was left on blocks.
A Montview Drive man said he had his Aussie barbeque grill cabled to the fence in his backyard. The fence was locked.
But a thief got it anyway.
Robert Hilliard said he was driving near Terry Wolfe on I-75 when Wolfe threw a bottle that damaged his 2006 Mercedes coupe. Wolfe denies throwing the bottle, but acknowleged they were engaging in "hand signal communication."
An officer said the two men were "exchanging singular finger communication."
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