Comments on: Similar Armed Robberies Occurring Around Downtown Decatur

By: Mojo

Mojo — Thu, 21 Mar 2013 18:04:49 +0000

Doesn’t sound like blame to me. Sounds like practical advice. A few years ago some jogger on the beach was killed when a plane landed on him. Gee, you wouldn’t think you’d have to worry about something like that on the beach, but the plane had engine trouble which resulted in an oil-covered windshield so the pilot couldn’t see where he was landing. Guy wearing the ipod never heard the sputtering plane approaching and literally never knew what hit him.

Being aware of your surroundings is good advice anywhere, especially in the city.

By: Mojo

Mojo — Thu, 21 Mar 2013 17:59:38 +0000

True, except the area you describe IS Decatur, just not in the city limits. I live down that way and my mailing address is Decatur.

By: Mojo

Mojo — Thu, 21 Mar 2013 17:58:12 +0000

Lol!

By: Steve

Steve — Thu, 21 Mar 2013 15:30:12 +0000

I think the PD believes that at least some, if not all of them are related, based on description of the perp. All the more reason to call when anything seems amiss.

By: At Home in Decatur

At Home in Decatur — Thu, 21 Mar 2013 15:10:15 +0000

This is number six for armed robberies in City of Decatur since early February, right? The four evening robberies reported in the AJC, one on Tuesday afternoon on Agnes Scott campus, and now another evening one in Oakhurst. All women victims. All a short distance from a MARTA station. All but one in the evening; none during school/work hours. Two near CVS, one at Kroger, two near/at Agnes Scott, one in NW Oakhurst near the underpass. So every quadrant of Decatur has been hit. It’s a blessing that no shots have been fired so far but the longer this goes on, the greater the chances that someone will be hurt or killed.

Definitely a real blip in armed robberies. Are folks thinking the six are probably all related?

Free range children warned; one had nightmare last night.