Police Respond to Five Burglaries Feb. 2 Along DeKalb Industrial

Five homes were burgled along DeKalb Industrial Way on Feb. 2, DeKalb County police said.

The first burglary occurred shortly after midnight, and the crimes continued into the afternoon, several police reports show.

A group of residents were watching TV in a back room in an apartment in the complex in the 900 block of Carriage Place Court at about 12:30am, the police report said. One of the victims heard a noise in the front of the apartment, and when he checked it out, he noticed several laptop computers missing and the patio door was open.

Another victim in the apartment told police she saw two men she knew walking away with the laptops. The woman sent a text message to one of the suspects who denied being involved in the crime. After that, the suspects stopped responding to calls or texts, the report said. The woman told police she knew where one of the suspects works. Police are investigating.

A 47-year-old woman told police she left her Jefferson Square apartment in the 2200 bock of Jefferson Square Court at about 8am, the police report said. She returned home at 7pm and noticed her front door was cracked open. She did not go inside and dialed 911.

After an officer arrived, the woman discovered her bedroom and bathroom had been ransacked and check books, jewelry and purses were stolen.

A 40-year-old woman also told police she left her home in the 2800 block of Lincoln Drive at about 9am and returned at about 11:30pm to discover her large TV and several other items – together worth more than $5,000 – had been stolen.

A 29-year-old man told police his brother left their home in the 4300 block of Stratford Commons at about 10:30am, and he returned home at about 8:10pm, the police report said. The front door had been forced open. Two TVs, a computer, CDs and $40 in coins were stolen, totaling more than $2,000 worth of items.

And, finally, a man at home in the 4200 block of Stratford Commons told police his dog started barking and he heard a strange noise next door shortly after 2pm, the police report said. He looked through his peephole and watched three men leave the area via a stairwell until one of the men covered a peephole on his door. The man called the police and the neighboring homeowner.

When the the neighbor, an 84-year-old woman, arrived, she told police many items, including a flatscreen TV had been stolen. Jewlery, including a high school and college ring and a wedding band, were also gone. The stolen items were worth nearly $5,000.