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Community Update
Dunwoody Georgia
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Keep up to date on Community Crime by visiting the Dunwoody Police Dept Site
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9/25/09
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DEKALB LAUNCHES CodeRED EMERGENCY COMMUNICATIONS- System Will
Allow County to Communicate With Citizens during Disasters. To sign up for
CodeRED, individuals and businesses should log onto DeKalb County’s website at
www.yourdekalb.com or www.DeKalbCountyGA.GOV and follow the link to the
"CodeRED Community Notification Enrollment" page.
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9/22/09
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Police officer Espinoza from Dunwoody PD came by the neighborhood on Sunday.
He said there has been a rash of break in on both sides of Happy Hollow - simple
stuff - someone taking things from open cars and any doors open in houses. No
breaking of glass, etc - but definitely stolen items. Bottom line - lock car doors when
on the street and lock doors and windows at home.
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7/23/09
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Provided by the Dunwoody PD via Neighborhood Watch
Wednesday, Jul 22 email (3:00pm)
An attempted burglary today at the 4800 block of Ashford Club Drive. The lookout is
as follows: Two black males- We only have a description of one. He is in his early
20’s, approximately 6’00”, medium build, and medium complexion. He was wearing
a white t-shirt and khaki pants. There was a tattoo of a name on the right side of his
neck. They were last seen driving a late 90’s champagne minivan. The male
attempted to kick in the back door, but the resident was home and the alarm
sounded. They fled the area. If you see anyone matching this description, call 911
immediately.
Wednesday, July 22 email (8:30pm)
We had another burglary reported, possibly same individuals. This burglary
occurred on Sirron Court off of Chamblee Dunwoody Road. I had a resident call in
possibly seeing the van entering the area of Ashford Club Drive with the burglary I
reported earlier. Of course, these incidents are in the same vicinity. A flat screen T.
V. was taken from this residence. Please call in if you see anything suspicious,
especially this van driving around your neighborhood that is occupied with multiple
black males.
Late 90’s model minivan(possibly champagne colored).
Thursday, Jul 23 email (7:38am)
Ladies and Gentlemen,
Just a follow up on yesterday’s burglaries. They occurred between 7AM to 2PM.
The suspect(s) initially knocked on a resident’s door and asked if they could
landscape her yard. She became suspicious when they did not have any landscape
equipment. They were obviously casing the house. All of them had pry marks on the
back doors, and once again, flat screen T.V’s were the item of choice. Please keep
a look out for the vehicle description I gave out yesterday. Call 911 if you see it riding
around your neighborhood.
NW Coordinators- All of you are doing a fantastic job with disseminating information
to your communities. On a side note, I am receiving a ton of e-mails from individuals
inside your communities. Please express the importance of going through the
coordinators so I can get timely information back to you. I will keep you informed if
we locate anything!!
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7/23/09
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Date: Tue, Jul 21, 2009 at 7:53 AM
Last night, one of our officers arrested an individual breaking into cars at one of our
apartment complexes. These individuals were professionals with the equipment
they were in possession with. Anyway, it was a good bust for our night shift officers!
This is still under investigation, so I am releasing limited information.
The American flag and flag holder at the Redfield subdivision has been stolen
several times. A ladder is needed to take this flag…If you have any information
about this theft, please notify the Dunwoody Police.
An entering auto was reported in the parking deck behind Taco Mac. Another laptop
was taken along with misc. items.
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6/30/09
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There was a break in on 6/29/09 at 1 pm on the 2800 block of Fontainebleau Dr.
Even though the resident has a sign by the mailbox indicating they have a Burgler
Alarm service the perpetrators entered thru the front door using a tool of some type,
probably a Pry Bar. The alarm went off and the individuals were still bold enough to
enter the bedroom and do a brief search for valuables. They left quickly only taking
(as far as we know now) a non working lawn mower from the garage. The
Dunwoody Police responded within minutes of the alarm. There are many of our
neighbors out of town this week so let's all up the ante on reporting any suspicious
activity or vehicles. Make notes about what you see, record vehicle descriptions.
Even better (this is what I do) take a picture of these vehicles with your digital
camera, keep them a few months, look for a reported crime where your picture might
link a suspect to the crime committed.
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6/10/09
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Ladies and Gentlemen,
As some of you are aware, we have had a recent "rash" of burglaries in the
Dunwoody North area. Let me assure you that we are using all available resources
to locate these individuals. The Dunwoody Police are taking these crimes very
seriously and will not rest until they are caught. The burglaries are mostly occurring
during the day and the suspects are using forced entry. The main products that are
taken are flat screen televisions and laptop computers. Please review the following
suspect information to pass along:
Green van w/windows around (not paneled). `Bondo' left front fender, unknown
drive-out tag, a dead tail light "maybe left side' driven by a young black female in her
20's.
A white 4-door Ford (possibly Focus) or Mercury equivalent, with a tall thin B/F, and
up to 3 B/M's, one being 6 foot plus, 230-240 lbs. and the other two being medium
height and weight.
The detectives are following a few leads now. If I have any more information, I will
pass it along. We have received some calls from several residents (thank you for
keeping an eye out). If any of these vehicles are seen in the area, call 911
immediately and request a Dunwoody officer to come out. Please do not call the
front desk. Once again, thank you for the e-mails and concerns for our community.
Together we can catch these individuals committing these awful crimes.
On another note, we are trying to update our www.crimereports.com web site as
quickly as we can. Please understand that our "report management system" has not
been installed. This causes a delay with retrieving, reviewing, and disseminating
reports. We will have it up and running shortly.
Thank you!
Sgt. Mike Carlson - Dunwoody PD
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3/27/09
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Car Stolen: On Fontainebleau Dr in Waterford. Out of the Alvis' driveway on 3/24 or
morning of 3/25.
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PURSE SNATCHER: Reports of women's wallets being stolen out of their purses at
grocery carts are constantly reported. Ladies, please hold onto your purse and do
not leave it unattended in the cart. more info here
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Dunwoody Home Invasion: more info here
All of the police activity with helicopters and cars and policemen on foot going on
1/16/09 and for more than an hour is a search for armed men after a home invasion
near Lakeland Woods Court. It was reported that the residence were okay. Police
said it was three black males and that if we saw anyone not from our neighborhood
to call the police.
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This was reported to FSTC:
A fellow Dunwoody Resident wanted to share with you what happened to her
yesterday after at 5:15pm. She was shopping at Sports Authority in Dunwoody/Sandy
Springs, it is the shopping center on the corner of Mt Vernon Hwy and Abernathy.
Shops such as Babe-R-Us, Stein Mart, Office Max, Michael's, Movie Theater,
Chic-fil-a, etc.
She walked out to her car, and saw her car door wide open, and someone sitting in
the driver's seat. It was a black male about 48 or so old, going through her car. He
slit her convertible top & unlocked the door.
Her first reaction was, to confront him, asking what he was doing and how got into
her car, etc.; He quickly ran away towards the Marta Station which is connected to
that particular shopping center.
She consulted with the Sandy Springs police after the incident; they confirmed the
fact that, that particular area has a high rate of crime with the Marta Station being so
convenient. The police did tell her that confronting him was not the right decision.
They advised her that she should have walked away from the car, and called 911
(and if possible know the physical address of where you are, that was one of the
question 911 wanted to know).
These incidents are happening in Dunwoody. Here are 2 more incidents that
happened right here in Dunwoody this week-end according to her Insurance Agent.
A lady was held at gun point, while demanding her pocket book; another resident
had his car stolen out of his garage.
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A neighbor on the Waterford side of Fontainebleau had her white car spray-painted
black on the passenger's side Wednesday, Nov 12th around the hours of 5:30 and
9:30pm. It was parked in front of her house, but on the street.
The police and the Neighborhood Watch representative for Waterford have been
contacted.
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Neighborhood Watch information, click here to start yours.
More information coming soon:
Fontainebleau Forest Watch Coordinator - new coordinator needed
Waterford Watch Coordinator - waterfordcrimewatch@yahoo.com
Dekalb County Police Programs Dunwoody North Neighborhood Watch
Dunwoody Forest Neighborhood Watch
Dekalb Crime Watch
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I received this message from Rosemary, who lives next door to the victim in the
Ashford Trace neighborhood (off Valley view):
Friday, Sept 26th, between 10:30 and 11:30am an intruder entered her next door
neighbor's house while she was alone sleeping.
There were no visible signs of forced entry but he may have found an unlocked
window. He went to her room with a mask on and tied her arms with plastic bands
and had her undress. She gave him money and he fled. Because he was wearing a
mask she could not identify him.
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FSTC Members on Fontainebleau Dr (Waterford side), were ticketed last night at
10:30pm for having a vehicle parked on the side street that leads to a cul-de-sac. As
you recall, the Colliers were robbed last November with barely a response from the
Dekalb County Police Department regarding the robbery.
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Break-in on N. Peachtree on 9/20/08 at 2:30pm. Vehicle - White Mini Van, Suspect
was white male, young, thin with short hair (wearing jeans and a t-shirt), Suspect
rang the front door bell - son was home and didn't answer the door, they didn't try to
get inside. Suspect went around to back of the house and proceeded to steal all
lawn equipment and drove away
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Reported by: The Redfield Neighborhood Watch Coordinator:
Redfield is located about 4 miles from Fontainebleau.
While taking out the trash around 11:00 pm on 9/31 at the Redfield tennis courts, a
teenage boy was assaulted by a stranger with a gun. The assailant was described
as an armed, young black male. The injured young man was hit with a gun after
turning on the court lights. The assailant demanded his wallet, and when told he
was not carrying one, beat the boy with the gun, and then took his Iphone before
fleeing.
The teenager in question was taken to the emergency room where he was
diagnosed with facial fractures, skull & facial lacerations. He's resting at home now
while he, his parents, siblings, and neighbors try to comprehend this senseless
attack.
The mother of this young man said that the police arrived about five minutes after the
911 call was placed, and I am sure many neighbors noted that there was a very
visible police presence in Redfield today.
Please keep this boy and his family in your thoughts and prayers.
A Redfield Road resident has also reported that his car was broken into on
Thursday night. His cellphone was taken, broken in half, and placed in another
neighbor's mailbox.
Neighbors, please remember to lock up everything. Use your home security system
if you have one. If you are walking at night, don't go out alone. Take a spouse, kid,
dog, friend - or all of the above - and a cell phone.
Please call 911 IMMEDIATELY if you see ANYTHING suspicious.
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It was reported by a Dunwoody Resident that she was at the Panera Bread on July
30, 2008 on Mt. Vernon Road in Dunwoody and witnessed a purse snatching. She
was sitting in her car finishing a phone conversation and was parked in a parking
spot that overlooked the outdoor patio, this was at 10:30 am. While she was talking
on the phone she witnessed a white 6'2 male come from the right side of Panera
(near the Scientology building) and run across the patio grabbing two women's
purses. There were two sets of women who were eating outside at Panera and the
two victims had their purses either on the chair next to them or on the ground next to
their feet. After he grabbed the purses he ran to a getaway car on the other side of
the big hedges on the left side of the Panera building. A few women followed him
and got his license plate number. All of this happened in a matter of 10-15 seconds
and there was no stopping him. The police came and they filed a report.
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June 27th a Dunwoody neighbor was at the Publix on Chamblee-Dunwoody and
had her wallet stolen from her cart (which was sitting beside her 18 month old son)
while she had her back turned in the vegetable section. Three police officers
showed up said that there are a group of thieves that are in the area particularly
preying on women with children. The thief proceeded to Perimeter Mall within 15
minutes and began making charges. Do not leave your purse in your cart!
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Dunwoody Community Church vandalized again, windows shot out. DCC needs our
help to get the word out to about the vandalism that has been occurring at their
Church. See attached flyer and distribute them please pass them out at your
community pool or put them in mailboxes as you take a walk. Flyer
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Purse Snatching: Reported by a resident of Dunwoody:
I thought I would share what happened to me on 4/29/08. I had a lovely meal with 6
girlfriends at a Park Place restaurant last night. We had paid the check (with a
credit card which I then put back in my wallet). We finished our coffees and I reached
for my purse as we said goodnight to each other and discovered it was gone. There
were 6 of us and my purse was at my feet between 2 of us. The restaurant and
Police reviewed the security tapes and this is what happened. One 40 ish well
dressed gentleman kicked my purse away from my feet, the next guy stepped over it ,
a lady behind kicked it to the side and then the 4th person, another female stopped
to pick it up and they were gone. I realized pretty quickly and called my husband to
stop all the cards. They had already charged $800 at Wal-mart and $1000 at Target.
This happened well within 30 mins. There was 6 of us and not one of us saw it
happen, the couple facing me saw nothing and the restaurant staff couldn't believe it.
Please be aware of your surroundings, I know we hear it all the time, but it really
does matter!
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Take a home security quiz
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A house was broken into Friday Feb 1 at 9:00am in the Dunwoody North subdivision
at the corner of Brookhurst and E. Kings Point. It was reported that 2 black males
between the ages of 18-20 were confronted by the homeowner but they got away
with a gun stolen from the nightstand and other items. They sped off in a light blue
station wagon.
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FSTC Clubhouse broken into.
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Please be alerted that there have been 2 break-ins during the day in Deerfield
within the last 10 days and of another break-in around the corner from Deerfield in
the Waterford neighborhood that happened only a few weeks ago.
Here are the Deerfield details:
Break-in 1: Cannady Court. Around 7:30 am Saturday December 29th. A ladder was
used to enter the home on the second floor. Items were stolen from the home. A
Hispanic woman was seen leaving the area running with the items. The home
owner was out of town at the time.
Break-in 2: Redbourne Drive. Around 1:30 pm Saturday January 5th. The front door
was kicked in and items were stolen from the house. The homeowner was out at the
time but not out of town. They do own a dog but he was with them at the time. It
seems that this homeowner was watched for when they were leaving. The
description of the person, who was seen by a neighbor, was a large built
African-American man wearing dark clothes and driving a dark sedan.
The Waterford break-in was during weekday morning hours. The front door was also
kicked in. Items were taken. The homeowners were at work and they do have a dog.
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Georgia's Water Crisis and Pools this summer: Read AJC Story
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Phony Meter Reader in Dekalb County - Read AJC story
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12/15 a break-in was reported in Dunwoody North on the Tilly Mill side. It happened
at 10:00 am and the door was kicked in and the phone lines were cut.
12/17 at 4:00pm another house was broken into in Dunwoody North again, this time
on Vintage Lane. The back door was kicked in. All of their Christmas presents were
taken along with electronics and two guns. There was a witness that saw the car
which was a white 4 door with a dealership tag.
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11/16/07
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House burglarized on Waterford side of Fontainebleau Dr during the morning
between 7:30-10:30am
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An older model white 4 door sedan (larger car, possibly a Chevrolet?) driven by a
Hispanic male with curly dark hair got out of his vehicle in front of a neighbor with
children and began performing a vulgar act. Please call the police if you see this
man.
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A couple on Fleur de Lis informed some other neighbors that a house in the
cul-de-sac was burglarized last week while the family was out of town. A truck
backed up and took everything.
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Dunwoody Community Church was vandalized again; two of the church's
custom-made windows were shot out, click for Crier story.
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Several mailboxes are vandalized overnight on Happy Hollow and Peeler.
Mailboxes are Federal property.
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The Dekalb County Police need help, read the August 8th, article in The Dunwoody
Crier, click here
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A neighbor on W Fontainebleau had their mailbox pulled out of the post.
A neighbor on Fontainebleau Dr in Waterford had their driveway rolled.
At 2:15am a neighbor witnessed 2 Teen/Adults in a white convertible Sebring driving
around with loud music off and on until about 4:00am.
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Dear Neighborhood Watch coordinators and friends,
Be aware that automobiles are being entered with and without force in our area. In
the last few weeks and days occurrences have occurred in the Brook Farm,
Lakesprings, Kingsland, Fontainebleau Drive and Dunwoody Hollow area.
Please keep your cars locked and empty at all times (even in your locked garage).
CALL 911 , whenever you feel unsafe and observe suspicious behavior.
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Several cars were broken into on July 30th in the Fontainbleau/Waterford
subdivision. Small electronics were taken such as cameras, cell phones, laptops, &
a GPS. When the officer made it to a neighbors house at 10am he had already been
to 4 homes in Fontainebleau and Waterford and was on his way to another. The
North Precinct indicated they had numerous calls from Fontainebleau and Waterford
and were investigating. One neighbor in Foxwood witnessed a slender man wearing
all black about 5' 9" or 5' 10" going through their vehicle at 5:15am.
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Vehicle break-in's near Tilly Mill Road
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Vehicle break-in's in the Brook Farm area near Jett Ferry and Mount Vernon Road
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Dunwoody Community Church on Dunwoody Club Drive was vandalized on Sunday
night June 24th. The parking lot lights and a window was shot out with an air gun.
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DeKalb County police are investigating vandalism Tuesday night in a Dunwoody
neighborhood on Sharon Valley Court. Four vehicles in the Dunwoody North
neighborhood were spray-painted. At least two of the vehicles were spray-painted
with obscenities. AJC Story
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Fontainebleau Swim and Tennis Club is vandalized.
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Several mailboxes are vandalized in the Fontainebleau Subdivision
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