Comments on: Decatur Police Alert: Another Likely Related Burglary Attempt This Morning

By: Daydreamer

Daydreamer — Thu, 27 Jun 2013 11:20:40 +0000

Really good information and thank you for posting. It’s starting to sound like everything we’ve read over the past couple of months indicates these are more than the sporadic burglaries here and there, but more like a burglary ring of some sort. Obviously the cars will change because they are stolen. Kind of scary because lots of kids are probably hanging out at home for the summer.

By: Bicycle Commuter

Bicycle Commuter — Thu, 27 Jun 2013 01:58:02 +0000

This was posted on the East Atlanta Patch Facebook Page today. Just something else to look for that may be out of the ordinary.

East Atlanta Patch
CRIME ALERT: We’ve said it before so we’ll say it again…If someone knocks on your door asking for some random person, it’s likely a scam so CALL 911. EVERY TIME. NO EXCEPTIONS. If we want more police patrols in SE ATL, Maj. Meadows has to have the calls for service logs to justify the additional personell.

To wit:

In Ormewood Park today: At about 6pm, an AA male around 17 years old with braids knocked on a homeowner’s door asking for someone named “Ashley.” Homeowner told him he had the wrong house. (With mobiles as ubiquitous as they are, the “I’m looking for so-and-so’s house scam shouldn’t fool anyone.)

He got in a waiting gray Dodge Ram Quad Cab that had backed into the homeowner’s driveway. Homeowner watched another AA male also get into the truck who had walked from a different location. The truck then drove north on Woodland towards Eden.

That same truck That truck was involved in a break in at 6:15 PM, today, at the corner of Eden and Eastwood. Owners were not at home.

Another home on McPherson avenue involving a gray pickup truck was burglarized in East Atlanta

APD didn’t catch them: NO CALLS RECEIVED IN ADVANCE to indicate potential problem, until the burglaries happened.

Please: 9-1-1.

By: Al

Al — Wed, 26 Jun 2013 21:01:02 +0000

Our neoghbor’s dog has escaped a few times in the last week, and I have helped look for him by driving slowly around the neighborhood. At one point, I thought that it might look to some folks like I was casing houses. If the police had pulled me over, I would not have been surprised or offended. Tey probably would have helped me find the dog.

By: Al

Al — Wed, 26 Jun 2013 20:37:11 +0000

The description of this person was not of someone who was merely out of place, it was a person who fit the description–however vaguely-and who was acting strangely; burglars/robbers case houses, and the described behavior fits. Of course, it fits all kinds of innocent behavior as well, but when there are burglaries and home invasions in the area, it is better to err on the side of caution and let DPD do their job. If the description of the perpetrators was “a group of teenage white guys” or “a rabbi, a priest, and an imam,” that is what people would be looking for, and if anyone saw that trio, I would hope that they would call DPD.

This person was right to call the police, and suggesting that what they did was wrong and that such behavior is in any way akin to the Zimmerman case is unwarranted. Leave it up to the police to decide if they need to do anything or not.

If you call DPD on something and want to find out if anything came of it, you can probably call at a later time and ask.

By: Iteral, not literal

Iteral, not literal — Wed, 26 Jun 2013 01:09:09 +0000

Yes, we have a Truth Cam 35 that I got from Amazon (!) after reading many reviews. It has been great – very easy to use and to upload photos. We have loaned it out to, ahem, less than tech savvy, relatives who had no trouble getting pictures of nocturnal visitors under their house. I think we paid less than $150.