Tuesday, September 25, 2012
The following information was supplied by the Milton police department. Where arrests or charges are mentioned, it does not indicate a conviction.
An Atlanta woman who bought two $425 iPhones (4s models) for a man she barely knows lost the phones and the money it cost to purchase them from the Sprint store on Windward Parkway in Milton. The victim rode to the local store on the night of Sept. 23 with the man and two other people she didn't know. After buying the phones, she put them in the SUV they drove to Milton, and then went back into the store. But "at some point she realized that the subjects who had brought her there had left the location," according to the Milton police officer's report. After spending her money, the man left without paying her back for the phones. She only had a name for the man who asked her to buy the iPhones, and knew that he lived somewhere on Fairburn …
Wednesday, September 12, 2012
The following information was supplied by the Milton police department. Where arrests or charges are mentioned, it does not indicate a conviction.
A caller from somewhere in New York started by making a bomb threat to a local Verizon Wireless building if he wasn't given all of the company's money. But on later calls he changed his request to free minutes, and then to buy the company. During the first call at 6:09 a.m. on Sept. 2, the caller told the call taker, says: "I need you to transfer all the money in your company to my phone. If you don't, I will detonate an EMT in your building." After getting the caller to repeat his request, the wireless company employee asked for the caller's phone number. The caller responded by cursing at her and hanging up. The person called a second time at 6:51 a.m. and said he was going to blow up a building if he wasn't given free minutes. The …
Wednesday, September 5, 2012
The following arrest information was supplied by the Alpharetta Department of Public Safety. It does not indicate a conviction.
Alpharetta police arrested a 19-year-old Alpharetta resident and 14-year-old juvenile after someone broke into Reds Wine & Beer and stole some alcohol. Police were dispatched to the South Main Street business on Aug. 28 at 10:32 p.m. on an alarm call. They met with a key holder f the business, and looked at surveillance video. The video showed two males – one masked, the other not wearing a mask – walk up to the drive-up window and try to enter the building. The unmasked male stood next to the window and appeared to be acting as a lookout. The masked male went to the back of the building to grab a rock, and used it to break the window. He was seen in the video grabbing several bottles of alcohol before walking to the back of the store. One…
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Red's Package Store
270 S Main St, Alpharetta, GA
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Thursday, August 30, 2012
Check out these Patch headlines from communities not far from Alpharetta and Milton.
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Thursday, August 30, 2012
Elderly Woman Struck in Great Sky – Canton Patch A woman who appears to be in her late 60s was flown to Grady Hospital in Atlanta after a SUV struck her today in Canton's Great Sky subdivision. Cherokee County Fire and Emergency Services spokesman Tim Cavender said the agency, along with the Canton Fire Department, found the woman in the middle of 215 Towering Peaks. "She had apparently been struck by a Jeep Liberty SUV," he said. For more on this story, see Canton Patch. Suwanee Lowers Key Tax Rate Again – Suwanee Patch As expected, Suwanee city leaders voted Tuesday (Aug. 28) to set the 2012 millage rate, which is used to set property taxes, to 4.93. It represents the third straight year that the city has lowered the benchmark rate. …
Tuesday, August 28, 2012
The following information was supplied by the Milton police department. Where arrests or charges are mentioned, it does not indicate a conviction.
A nanny at a North Bethany Creek Drive home returned to the home with the family's children after being out the morning of Aug. 20. During that time, a thief apparently stole computers, an iPad, a couple of iTouches, a Blu-ray player and a couple of Xboxes. The nanny told police she did not set the alarm when she left at 8:25 a.m. When she returned at 12:45 p.m., she saw a TV on the couch and called the children's mother to ask her about it. The mother asked her to check the basement, and that's when the nanny saw a TV was missing. That's when the mother called 911 to report a burglary. Investigating officers found a window off the back deck open, and evidence that someone scaled the deck to gain access. More than $4,500 worth of …
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N Bethany Creek Dr & S Bethany Creek Dr, Milton, GA
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Thursday, August 16, 2012
The following information was supplied by the Milton police department. Where arrests or charges are mentioned, it does not indicate a conviction.
TVs, Laptops Stolen from Milton Home A Deerfield Point resident who left her home for just two hours found that two TVs and two laptops were missing. The Milton woman called police on Aug. 8 at 6:59 p.m. to report the burglary. According to an incident report, her 50-inch Panasonic LCD TV was missing from the living room. She also discovered that a 32-inch TV, a 15-inch HP laptop and a 15-inch Acer laptop were missing. The four items were valued at more than $1,600. Officers checked the apartment for intruders. They saw the front door of the apartment had been pried open, damaging the door and doorframe. The deadbolt was locked. Milton Landscaper Loses Tools, Lawn Equipment in Theft Outside Home A Milton small businessman reported the …
Tuesday, July 3, 2012
The following information was supplied by the Milton police department. Where arrests or charges are mentioned, it does not indicate a conviction.
Major home appliances were reported as stolen from a foreclosed home on Canonero Court in Milton. The real estate agent reported to Milton police on July 1 that the kitchen floor and deck were heavily damaged when the oven, gas range and dishwasher were dragged out of the home. Along with a microwave, the appliances were valued at $7,000. Floor repairs will cost another $2,000. Burglar Steals $13,000 in Jewelry from Home Almost $13,000 in jewelry was reported stolen from a Blue Heron Way home on June 25. Milton police reported that the husband told them he returned home at 3:30 p.m., three hours after his wife left the home, to find the side door was forced open. After police checked inside the home, the couple entered the home and …
Wednesday, May 9, 2012
The following arrest information was supplied by the Milton police department. It does not indicate a conviction.
An Alpharetta man faces not only burglary charges, but also a citation for fleeing and attempting to elude after Milton police say he tried to escape a traffic stop. And his passenger was cited on drug charges. The Milton officer was heading to a Mountain Road address on April 30 to help Alpharetta's Criminal Investigation Division with a search warrant and an arrest warrant on several burglary counts. The suspect wasn't at that address, but the officer saw a car matching the description of the suspect driving west on Mountain Road at 6:21 p.m. He chased after the suspect, who appeared to accelerate after the officer turned on his emergency lights and siren. The officer caught up with the suspect at the intersection of Mountain Road and …
The following information was supplied by the Milton police department. Where arrests or charges are mentioned, it does not indicate a conviction.
A Milton woman who put her iPad up for sale on Craigslist tried her best to protect herself from potential problems, but she still lost her iPad to a thief and had nothing of value to show for it. The woman first told a man interested in the iPad that she wouldn't talk with him until he called back from a number not blocked on caller ID. Next she set up a meeting in a public place, the Exxon station on Morris Road. But then things got a little strange. The man wouldn't come out of his car, asking her to come to the window. But she refused to come near his car. Rather than get out of the car, he sent a 9 or 10-year-old boy to check out the iPad. She showed the boy that it turned on and worked, and the boy returned to the car to get the $200…
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Food Mart
13020 Morris Rd, Alpharetta, GA
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Tuesday, April 17, 2012
The following information was supplied by the Milton police department. Where arrests or charges are mentioned, it does not indicate a conviction.
A juvenile returned to his family's Deerfield Trail home to find someone had broken in and ransacked the apartment. After calling his mother, she called police. Milton police noticed pry marks on the door. Reported missing was a TV, Sony PS3 gaming unit, camcorder, iPad, laptop and jewelry, all worth an estimated $8,110. The family's upstairs neighbor said he heard dragging sounds and doors opening and closing at around noon that day. At 5 p.m., another resident reported to Milton police that someone had broken into his apartment. When police arrived they discovered pry marks on the front door. Entering the home, it was clear that electronics were missing. Once they cleared the home, the victim was allowed to enter. Missing were two flat …
