posted August 24, 2008
A Pine Ridge Road man told police he was burglarized, then the next day a blonde woman asked to use his phone and wound up hitting him in the head with a piece of wood.
Paul Leeper said he came home and found the door to the kitchen had been forced open. Apparently, the burglar initially got in through the garage door.
Items taken included a computer, monitor, printer and cable modem.
The next day, Mr. Leeper said he was playing cards with a guest, Marie Carringer, when the blonde woman asked to use the phone. The woman said her vehicle was broken down.
He directed her to the kitchen, then resumed the card game in another room.
He looked up to see the woman coming after him with a piece of wood. He said he asked her, "You're kidding, aren't you?"
The woman replied, "No, I'm robbing you. Now empty your pockets."
Mr. Leeper said he refused, and the woman began hitting him in the head.
He said he began struggling with her, and he took her to the floor. They became locked on the floor, then "agreed they would let one another go."
He said the blonde ran out without getting anything from him.
Police said he had lacerations to his head and marks on his left forearm where he had tried to ward off the blows from the stick.
Mrs. Carringer said she knew the woman as "Angel."
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At 1010 Georgia Ave., a black male was seen rolling up an alley in a wheelchair, rising up, then urinating.
Police advised several men in wheelchairs against urinating in public, and they agreed they would not do it again.
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At DeSales Avenue at Memorial Hospital, a worker returned to his vehicle and found it had been ransacked.
A cellphone, stereo and checkbook were taken.
The dashboard was ripped open.
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A Hixson woman said her ex-boyfriend stole her Playstation II after they broke up.
She said she only knew him as "Terry."
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Richard Lambert said he went to a few bars downtown and wound up at the City Cafe on Carter Street.
He said a man outside approached him and asked for a light for a cigarette. He said the man later went in and out of the cafe.
He said when he left, the man started to follow him. In the 1200 block of Market Street, he asked him "if he wanted a boyfriend."
He said the man then demanded money and reached in his pocket. He also hit him in the left temple with his fist.
The man took his wallet, removed $75 from it, then threw the wallet down. He left walking south on Market Street.
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