Post by Peteetongman on May 27, 2013 11:28:16 GMT -5
Near Atlantic Station, a 30-year-old woman said that a young couple knocked on the door of her apartment on 15th Street. "They said they were with Georgia State University and looking for donations to buy books for St. Jude's," the woman recalled. The woman didn't have any cash. That's OK, the couple said, explaining that they only take checks. The man asked her to write a $2 check made out to Georgia State. The woman got her checkbook and wrote the couple a $2 check. According to the police report, the couple had another request: They said they're on a scavenger hunt and asked the woman for a "Q-tip and a cotton ball." Repeatedly. Eventually, the woman agreed, went to her bathroom, rummaged around, and found a Q-tip and cotton ball. When she returned, the couple said the last thing on their list was a black sock and wanted to know if she could round one up. The woman retrieved a black sock as well. Then the young couple left — with the $2 check, Q-tip, cotton ball, and a single black sock.
The next day, the woman's bank called stating that a man tried to cash a fraudulent check from her account. The woman looked at her checkbook and realized the couple must have stolen a few blank checks while she was walking around her apartment looking for their scavenger hunt items.
Police arrested the man trying to cash a $380 check at a Peachtree Center bank. At first, the man said he got the check by selling books. The cop asked: "What books do you sell?" He simply replied, "I don't sell books." He went to jail on forgery charges.
Unruly mom: One morning before classes began, a 39-year-old parent was irate, belligerent, and cursing up a storm on the front lawn of an APS middle school. No one could figure out why the mother was so outraged. The school's principal called the cops. When police arrived, the angry mother was still cursing loudly in front of several students. Cops quickly cuffed the mother and dragged her off to jail for disorderly conduct.
APS intelligence test: Police responded to a call from a local public high school. "A teacher at the school reported to me while testing was going on Monday May 6 ... between the hours of (2pm and 3pm) an Apple Macbook computer that was being used for testing was stolen by an unknown person," the reporting officer wrote. "[The teacher] stated [surveillance] cameras are in the area where the theft occurred, but were not in working order. The principal said the serial number for the stolen computer could not be located." No suspects. We're so glad to see testing security is being taken so seriously after that cheating scandal rocked the Atlanta Public Schools system.
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The next day, the woman's bank called stating that a man tried to cash a fraudulent check from her account. The woman looked at her checkbook and realized the couple must have stolen a few blank checks while she was walking around her apartment looking for their scavenger hunt items.
Police arrested the man trying to cash a $380 check at a Peachtree Center bank. At first, the man said he got the check by selling books. The cop asked: "What books do you sell?" He simply replied, "I don't sell books." He went to jail on forgery charges.
Unruly mom: One morning before classes began, a 39-year-old parent was irate, belligerent, and cursing up a storm on the front lawn of an APS middle school. No one could figure out why the mother was so outraged. The school's principal called the cops. When police arrived, the angry mother was still cursing loudly in front of several students. Cops quickly cuffed the mother and dragged her off to jail for disorderly conduct.
APS intelligence test: Police responded to a call from a local public high school. "A teacher at the school reported to me while testing was going on Monday May 6 ... between the hours of (2pm and 3pm) an Apple Macbook computer that was being used for testing was stolen by an unknown person," the reporting officer wrote. "[The teacher] stated [surveillance] cameras are in the area where the theft occurred, but were not in working order. The principal said the serial number for the stolen computer could not be located." No suspects. We're so glad to see testing security is being taken so seriously after that cheating scandal rocked the Atlanta Public Schools system.
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