Emily sends in this announcement about a free dance performance on the Square this next Sunday.  Make it a Bond weekend!  Go see Quantum of Solace and then head downtown!

Shaken, not Stirred.
Two parts James Bond. One part modern dance. With a twist.
Choreography by Emily Christianson.

Come see a special work-in-progress showing featuring members of the Atlanta modern dance community performing new work inspired by theme songs from the classic James Bond films. The event is free and open to the public.

Sunday, November 23, 2008 – 2:00 pm
Decatur Square, at Sycamore Street – Above the Decatur MARTA Station

Rain location:
Several Dancers Core Studios  – 139 Sycamore Street Decatur, GA 30030

Another recent robbery. But this one doesn’t seem to involve a weapon.  Plus the perpetrators were arrested within 5 minutes.

An avid reader pulled this off the Winnona Park message board…

From a Winnona Park neighbor:

Another head’s up…we got a note in our mailbox today that this morning [Nov. 11] at 3 am, our neighbor on Derrydown was robbed at her doorstep. The offender got away with nothing but her empty purse and was captured 5 minutes after she contacted the police. He was arrested with 2 other people, a woman and a man at the Chevron at the intersection of Columbia and Memorial Dr.

And follow-up from another Winnona Park neighbor:

The robbery of our neighbor on Derrydown on Tuesday 3 am, Nov 11, was a crime of opportunity and totally unrelated to Winnona Park itself.  The perps live in Atlanta, had run out of drugs & money, saw a woman driving alone, followed her home and parked their car down the street from her house. One got out of the car and confronted her at her door. Thankfully she was not harmed and was able to quickly telephone the police and they were able to arrest the culprits.

The Decatur Police say they see more incidents in a weak economy and during the holiday shopping season. They will have more patrols out in downtown Decatur along with our citizen CAPS volunteer to put more eyes on the streets.

Some suggestions from the police to ward off such attacks – be aware of your surroundings and whether someone is following you, to call the police from your cell phone or drive to a police station. Shopping center parking lots are a prime location for crime. Unfortunately too, women out alone appear more vulnerable, though, as we see from the armed robbery in downtown Decatur, either sex can be victims.

Chief Lee asked that if residents have concerns or questions, to call his work phone 678-553-6620.

Click the smaller image below to view 5th Earl’s Thanksgiving Day Menu chock full of great starters, sides, “accompaniments” and desserts.

Lots of delicious complements to go with your Ashley Farms Turkey (which can be ordered from Sawickis!).

RustyDiamond (and a whole lot of other people) forwarded me this note yesterday.  I held onto it until I received confirmation from Decatur PD that it was in fact valid.  This morning I got confirmation, so here it is…

Last night approximately 11 pm my brother-in-law was robbed at gunpoint in downtown Decatur by two teenagers. This occurred at the corner of Ponce and N. Candler street by the J. Christopher’s restaurant and Decatur Methodist. He had parallel parked on N. Candler and was walking back to his car alone from meeting friends downtown.

The perps were a “crew” of two African American males with medium skin tone. The older teen was obviously experienced and directed the younger teen holding the gun what to do. Both wore dark hoodies and one hoodie had gold lettering. They told him to throw his keys on the ground (I assume to avoid him hitting the panic button or using any pepper spray on his key chain as they did not try to take his car). They then sprayed him with pepper spray and demanded his wallet and his phone. They fled on foot toward Kroger.

I know many of us park in this area all the time so please be vigilant and if you are aware of any similar crimes with this same MO or you happen to have any idea who these guys are please let Decatur PD know.

Here’s Decatur PD’s response… “Yes, it did occur but it is an active and ongoing investigation. Inv. Karolyi was assigned the case.”