The Blotter October 02 2002

A cook at a restaurant on Martin Luther King Jr. Drive said a man in sports attire got angry about his order of eggs. The man said he didn’t want the eggs that the cook prepared. The cook said the man could get a refund. The man walked behind the counter and struggled with the cook. The man was removed from the cook’s area and given a refund. Then, the man threw several packages of cream at the cook. He left the restaurant on foot.

A 23-year-old woman works as a dancer at a specialty store on Peachtree Street. She saw a cross-dresser walking through the store. Another dancer left the secured dressing room/stage area. The cross-dresser slipped into the dressing room before the door closed. The cross-dresser (a thin man with missing teeth, wearing green pants, a green halter top and white dress shoes) grabbed $100 from a dressing table and ran. The $100 belonged to the first dancer.

A male store employee chased the cross-dresser and almost caught him. But the cross-dresser turned around and sprayed the male employee with mace. The cross-dresser escaped through a hole in a fence.

On Lakewood Avenue, a 27-year-old man and his live-in girlfriend were arguing about dogs. The dogs belong to the man, and his girlfriend said they were arguing because he refused to clean up the dog waste in the back yard. Police arrived, and the man agreed to leave the home for a few hours.

On Campbellton Road, an undercover officer was flagged down by a 31-year-old woman. The officer pulled over, and the woman hopped into the car. She then pulled up her shirt, exposing a breast. She offered to have sex with the officer for $15. She was charged with public indecency and went to jail.

On Peachtree Street, pedestrians told a police officer that a man was passed out and blocking the sidewalk. The officer approached the man and tried to wake him. After a few minutes, the man woke up but refused to move. The man pulled out his penis and urinated on the sidewalk and on himself. He was taken to jail.

A 44-year-old man who lives on Spring Street said another man, age 42, was urinating on his front porch. The 44-year-old man confronted the urinating man. The urinating man threw items at the 44-year-old and threatened him. Police arrived, and the urinating man threatened to kill the 44-year-old. “Fuck off,” said the urinating man to police. “Fuck you. I’ll kill you, you motherfuckers.” He was arrested. Somehow, the officer lost his handcuffs “somewhere in the street” as he tried to handcuff the man.

A 19-year-old woman on Pryor Road said she received threatening phone calls from two women who are related to her boyfriend. She said the women have slight mental problems and use crack. The women said, “We want a paternity test done because that baby looks nothing like my son. You better believe we will come over there and shoot your house up and jump on you and your family.”

A man on Waites Avenue said he has received mail intended for another man for the past five years. The first man said he has filed reports with the Zone 4 precinct and repeatedly contacted the Postal Service. He said he recently received a credit card and driver’s license in the other man’s name.

A man entered a gas station on Bankhead Highway and asked for a cigar. The clerk told him that he didn’t have enough money for a cigar. The man started threatening the clerk. The clerk said he would call police. The man grabbed seven bags of incense and fled. He drove away in a beat-up brown car.

A 30-year-old man went to a bank on Pharr Road to make a deposit. He exited his car, with a gray bank bag under his arm. Nearby, a bald man in a ripped white sweatshirt was working on the windshield wipers of a Chevy Aerostar van. As the 30-year-old walked by, the bald man turned around and punched him in the face. The bald man took the bank bag, which contained $1,400.

A 23-year-old man was working at the front desk of an apartment complex on Buckhead Loop. A middle-aged man with stubble on his face, who lives in the complex, approached the desk. He asked about a package. The 23-year-old said no package had arrived. The middle-aged man yelled and threatened to shoot the 23-year-old. Then, he tried to jump over the desk. “Do you want your beating now or later?” asked the middle-aged man. He then went to the lobby elevator.

At an apartment on Anderson Avenue, an 18-year-old woman said her boyfriend got mad and pushed her in the chest. He also poured jelly and baby powder on her. The boyfriend was charged with simple battery.

A 41-year-old man told police he sold a microwave to a bald man two days earlier. The bald man approached him on the street and said the microwave didn’t work. Then, the bald man threw the microwave at him. The 41-year-old said the microwave didn’t injure him.

A 28-year-old woman on Forrest Circle said the father of her five children came to her home and asked for money. She refused to give him money. He grabbed her purse and locked himself into the bathroom. He escaped through the bathroom window and left the house. When the woman checked her purse, $350 was missing.

All items in The Blotter are taken from actual Atlanta police reports and are public record.??