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The Blotter: Patriot games

At an Atlantic Station candy store, a very drunk man refused to leave. “I just want to get some candy,” the 25-year-old man hollered, adding that he did not have to leave because “this is America” and it was his first amendment right to say whatever he wanted to. He allegedly caused a ruckus and bothered other sweets-seeking customers. Management feared he was going to start a fight. A cop noted, “I asked [the agitated man] for his name and he refused to provide it. I asked [the man] if he was with anyone who could take care of him and he refused to answer ... [His] eyes were bloodshot and he was continuing to behave in an agitated manner.”

Two cops had to physically escort the tipsy man outside and arrested him for disorderly conduct. “While waiting for transport, [the man] repeatedly attempted to insult [the two cops] by calling us ‘batty boys’ which is Jamaican slang for a homosexual male,” the officer noted. The tipsy man “began to talk about the Freemasons and asked one officer if he was a [M]ason.” He went to jail.

Relentless nemesis

In Buckhead, a 48-year-old man called police and said his nemesis won’t stop harassing communications. The man said the suspect is “a habitual liar and a line stepper, on social media and is addicted to Facebook,” a cop noted. The 48-year-old said the suspect threatened to send a local TV news crew to his place of employment ... and was given cash for Delta buddy passes totaling $375 dollars.” Also, the 48-year-old said his nemesis promotes Wednesday nights at a beach-themed Midtown nightclub. And his nemesis reportedly has a photo of the man’s driver’s license. Nothing further to report.

Rude attitude

In Captiol View, police responded to a dispute between lovers. A 54-year-old woman said her boyfriend threatened to kill her with a knife inside her apartment. Cops found a razor blade on the boyfriend, age 62, who smelled of booze.

The woman instantly “expressed her dislike for the way” the cops were handling the investigation into her situation. “[She] rudely interrupted me and asked me: “If I am going to do my job and there’s nothing for her to say because we found the knife.” The cop said the woman needed to let him do his job and it’s important that he get both sides of the story. The woman said she and her boyfriend “had been consuming alcohol and other drugs and were having a good time,” the officer wrote. “[She] said that [he] was tired, so she allowed him to lay in the bed. She said she did not appreciate him taking off his clothes and getting naked, so she left the apartment to get a friend that lives [nearby].” Her friend reportedly walked upstairs and asked the man to leave. At this point, according to the woman, her boyfriend took out a knife and threatened to kill her.

The cop asked, “How long have you known this guy?”

The woman responded, “A couple months.”

“[The woman] continued to give me attitude because of the questions I was asking her,” the cop noted. “She continued in a loud tone to say I am not doing my job and telling me I was rude the way I was talking to her. [The woman] walked away in the direction of her building and called 911 to ask for a supervisor.”

The boyfriend’s story: He said he and the woman were drinking and consuming drugs. “Just having a good time as usual,” the cop noted. [The man] said he stayed at [the woman’s] apartment several times previously with no issues, so he was not sure what was going on. He said when the woman’s friend walked into the bedroom, he replied by saying, “What the fuck is going on?” He denied ever threatening the woman at all.

The woman followed the cop around and “Continued to be loud and rude and did not want to be respectful.” She went to jail.

Game on

Outside a crowded sporting event, a black Lexus 300 parked in a tow-away zone. “We were writing tickets for the vehicles, when a [50-year-old man] walked up to the Lexus,” an officer noted. “[The female cop] already had the ticket written out and handed it to him.” The man reportedly said he was going to leave his Lexus parked with the ticket on it. The female cop warned, “Your Lexus could get towed if you leave it parked with a ticket. You should move your Lexus.” The two cops moved on down the street to check other cars. About 15 minutes later, the two cops circled back and saw the same Lexus “pulled up further in another spot, but on the same street in the same tow-away zone.” The cops walked around, checking other cars, and then went back to the Lexus, telling the Fayetteville man, “This time, we’re very very serious. Move your Lexus now.”

“[The 50-year-old man] told us we were taking our jobs too serious and he stated, ‘Don’t you have something better to do? You want something to eat?’” A cop noted, “I asked him did he have $150 for a tow, and why was he being smart. He stated, ‘I am not being smart by asking you if you want something to eat.’”

Apparently, that was the final straw. The cop demanded the 50-year-old’s driver’s license. He just stood there. “I asked him a few more times, and he stated he did not have to give me his license upon my demand ... He stated to me and his female friend – who was standing there witnessing everything – that he did not have to give me his driver’s license.”

Oh, but you do, the cop noted, adding, “I then went to remove my handcuffs as I made a request for a caged vehicle over the radio. I told him he was going to take a ride today, but as I was saying that, several units pulled up and that’s when he gave me his license.” The girlfriend then reached in his pocket and removed a set of keys, saying, “Officer I will move the car.” “Leave the Lexus exactly where it is,” the officer replied. The 50-year-old man demanded a police supervisor. The cop started to put him inside a “Caged vehicle” but his lieutenant showed up and the lieutenant advised me to give him a ticket, not jail. The man and his girlfriend attempted to apologize to the cop “but I made no comment,” the officer noted.

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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