Monday, July 13, 2009
News Perception of Crime Watch®: 'I picked the lock'
Posted by Andisheh Nouraee on Mon, Jul 13, 2009 at 3:57 PM
The Perception of Crime in Atlanta ran circles around the Atlanta Police Department last week.
On Friday, the department called a press conference to brag it arrested many of the perceived criminals responsible for the epidemic of perceived smash-and-grab robberies at local boutiques.
Less than 24 hours later, four more perceived criminals smashed the window at Wish boutique in Little Five Points and looted the merchandise. Doh!
This latest high-profile perceived crime took place just three days after the mysterious escape from police headquarters of Matthew Wells.
Wells was arrested for participating in a perceived shoot-out with police on Clark Atlanta University's campus.
Shortly after his arrest Wednesday, Wells removed a leg iron and strolled out of police headquarters. He was on the loose for nearly 20 hours before the AJC and WSB-TV found out and informed the public. APD never directly warned the public.
The escaped perceived shooting suspect was arrested Thursday afternoon, just five blocks from Clark Atlanta's campus.
Asked Thursday by Fox 5's Morse Diggs how he escaped, Wells replied "I picked the lock." As he was being loaded into an APD prisoner transport van, Wells requested that someone tell his girlfriend that he loves hers. Very sweet.
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