Crime & Safety

Crime Blotter, Jan. 3-10

A selection of crimes in the North Druid Hills-Briarcliff area reported to DeKalb County police over the last week.

Expensive outdoor power equipment stolen from Henderson Mill home
Thousands of dollars worth of outdoor power equipment and other tools was stolen from a Henderson Mill home last week, DeKalb County police said.

The owner of the home in the 2600 block of Henderson Mill Road said someone broke in between 9:30 p.m on Jan. 5 and 11:30 a.m. the next day and stole a pressure washer, a leaf blower, three drills, an electrical saw and three rolls of copper wire.

A responding officer noted damage to the steel door frame of the home's rear sliding door.

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Man offers to be woman's pimp
A woman called DeKalb County police after a man offered to prostitute her on the Internet on Tuesday evening.

The 40-year-old woman said she was walking home from the bus stop at the intersection of Lawrenceville Highway and Montreal Road when two men approached her at about 6:30 p.m., the police report said.

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"Hey, baby," one of the men said. "Want to make some money? I can hook you up."

"What do you mean, 'Hook me up?'" the woman said.

"You know. Get you some dates. Put you on the Internet."

"I would never sell my body!" the woman screamed. "I don't solicit for sex or anything else! I am too expensive! I would never sell my body for sex!"

The woman walked to her room at the Knight's Inn at 2942 Lawrenceville Highway and called police.

Tucker woman claims boyfriend stole car
A Tucker woman told DeKalb County police her boyfriend stole her car last week.

The 48-year-old woman said she let her boyfriend borrow her 2013 Honda Accord at 1570 Clairmont Road at about 1 p.m. Jan. 4, the police report said. Her boyfriend was supposed to pick her up from the same location at about 4 p.m. but never showed.

The woman told police she hasn't been able to reach her boyfriend on his cell phone. He has been in a drug rehabilitation center, and she said she believes he may have taken the car to his old neighborhood in College Park.


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