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The Blotter August 31 2005

Someone vandalized one of 54 cinder block columns that comprise a work of public art at the intersection of Highland Avenue and Glen Iris Drive. The column was painted pink. The estimated cost of removing the pink paint from the cinder block column is $5,000.

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ON PEACHTREE STREET, a restaurant manager said a naked man (wearing only socks and tennis shoes) ran up to the restaurant window and hit it so hard that he smashed the glass. Then, the man ran down the street and jumped onto a red Ford Explorer. After a few seconds, the naked man jumped off the Explorer and leapt onto a tow truck. Then, the man jumped off the tow truck and ran as fast as he could — and with as much force as he could muster — into a MARTA garbage truck. At that point, the naked man fell to the ground; he was unconscious.

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Medics said the naked man suffered a severe head injury and was possibly under the influence of drugs or alcohol. The naked man, age 26, was described as having tattoos on both arms.

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A MAN tried to enter City Hall East with a black bag containing a semi-automatic gun. A security guard said the bag must be run through the X-ray machine. The man complied, putting the bag on the conveyor belt. When the security guard spotted the gun, he said the man couldn’t enter City Hall East with the weapon. The man said the gun wasn’t loaded. Then, he grabbed the bag and left, walking toward Ponce de Leon Avenue.

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The security guard saw a man from the city engineering department and asked him to see where the armed man was going. The engineering man spotted the armed man and walked toward Ponce. Then, the engineering man saw a police officer and told him what happened. The police officer called 911 from his cell phone and saw the armed man get on a MARTA bus. The officer contacted police dispatch with the man’s description and told dispatch to inform MARTA. MARTA was informed, but did not locate the armed man on the bus.

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AN UNDERCOVER OFFICER was working in an area known for prostitution and drug activity at the intersection of Ponce de Leon and Kennesaw avenues. A 47-year-old woman got into his car. She offered to suck the officer’s dick in exchange for money to buy food from McDonald’s. She went to jail.

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A 37-YEAR-OLD MAN and some friends went to a nightclub on Amsterdam Avenue. (One friend was a woman from Lawrenceville.) The group was sitting at a table when the Lawrenceville woman asked the man if an acquaintance of theirs was married. “Not to my knowledge,” the man replied. The woman got mad and started yelling about how drunk she was. Then she started crying and screaming about how she is sick and tired of men doing her wrong.

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A second man tried to calm down the Lawrenceville woman because she was making a scene. He put his hand on her arm. She snatched herself away and flipped over a dinner table. Then, she punched the first man in the face. The first man said he instinctively swung back and hit her face. The woman, who had been drinking, left the nightclub.

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AN ELDERLY WOMAN CALLED POLICE and said she’d been looking for her handguns for two weeks and couldn’t find them. The elderly woman said she keeps the handguns in different locations throughout her house on Santa Barbara Drive. But she checked both locations, and the guns weren’t there. The elderly woman said she lives alone and no one has broken into her house.

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ON FOREST LAKES AVENUE, a woman told police that her middle-aged cousin has violent tendencies and has been convicted on involuntary manslaughter charges. The woman said her cousin made sexually explicit comments, including that he wanted to rape someone.

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An officer asked the cousin about the “rape thoughts.” The cousin started talking about the FBI. Then the cousin talked about being part of the police department. The cousin showed the officer some mail that he wants to send to the mayor, governor, and other government officials.

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The cousin seemed unstable — he shifted from a calm state to an agitated state. “He put his hands to the front and began to huff and puff, as if he was going to explode or get angry,” the officer wrote.

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Medics arrived and talked to the cousin, who said he wanted to get his pills and talk to someone so he could get help. He agreed to go to Grady Memorial Hospital’s psychiatric ward.

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AROUND NOON, a man was swinging a 20-gauge shotgun while he stumbled through the intersection of South Grand Avenue and Cross Street. There were lots of people nearby. A police officer in an unmarked car approached the armed man — slowly. “Stop and put the gun on the ground,” the officer said. The man pointed the shotgun at the officer’s car. Then, he took off running. The officer gave chase and tackled the fleeing man. The man, age 40, appeared less than sober. He went to jail.

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ONE MONDAY AROUND 10 P.M., a middle-aged man picked up three young women at a gas station on Northside Drive. The women appeared to be college students, he said. The man drove a few blocks to another gas station, so he could purchase some snacks for the girls. At that gas station, he withdrew $100 from an ATM.

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Then, the man took the three ladies to the motel that he was staying in. At the motel, he said he and one woman undressed and played around sexually. Then, the man took a shower — during which he noticed another woman going through his pants pocket.

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He got out of the shower and questioned her about rummaging in his pants. All three girls left. He said the girls took his ATM card, went back to the gas station, and started withdrawing money.

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All items in The Blotter are taken from actual Atlanta police reports. The Blotter Diva compiles them and puts them into her own words.






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