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2008-05-01  CRIME | Police Blotter
All Crime Reports are compiled from public records. Neither the law enforcement agencies nor this newspaper implies any guilt by publishing these names. None of the persons listed has been convicted of the alleged crimes.
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May 05, 2008
Helicopter call likely due to angry customer
Forsyth County deputies were called to the Lanier Commons shopping center on Keith Bridge Road April 22 after someone complained about a helicopter landing in the parking lot.
The owner of the helicopter said he had permission to land from the property manager and previously had done so a few times. The caller who complained about the helicopter couldn't be found or reached by police.
The owner of the helicopter -- who also owns a company named Corporate Auto Brokers -- said it was likely just someone who had their car repossessed and was trying to get even.
What a horrible birthday present
A Gainesville woman called Forsyth deputies April 24 to report her ex-boyfriend had stolen her car.
The victim said her ex-boyfriend had been staying with her for the last four days and wasn't planning to leave until after April 25 -- her birthday. But she woke up from a nap that day and alleged he'd left with her 1990 Honda Accord.
The victim told police the ex-boyfriend has no driver's license and is on probation in Barrow County.
He was scheduled to pay $109 in probation fees the next day, but told her if he couldn't come up with the money he'd run.
Bad night just gets worse
Forsyth County Sheriff's deputies found a small passenger car burning out of control on Ga. 400 at the Buford Dam overpass April 24 just after 2:30 a.m.
Fire crews were called and the car was put out.
According to the incident report the driver of that car was found walking to Northside Forsyth Hospital on Ga. 20 at Marketplace Boulevard, where he was going to receive treatment for a broken finger.
He said he'd had mechanical problems with the car "and couldn't drive it any further," so he walked the rest of the way.
The report does not say whether he knew it had burst into flames.
`Tis the season for vandalism
A Longlake subdivision woman called Forsyth deputies April 25 after someone dented her car, flattened one of its tires and put dead fish all over the car and in her driveway.
The woman said it is likely neighborhood kids, with whom she has been in a fight about using her yard as a cut-through to a popular fishing spot.
She wasn't alone, though. A Greenwood acres woman called deputies the next day to report someone had rolled her house with toilet paper, stuck a rotten potato in the tailpipe of her car, placed molded food on her doorstep and impaled the remnants of an Italian sub on her car's antenna.
The victim said she's been having problems with her neighbors over stray dogs. She also said the toilet paper was from Walgreens because of a sticker left on one of the packages.
Strange thefts pile up last week
Week after week all manner of goods big and small are stolen from all over Forsyth County. Here is a list of but a few:
• $110,000 bulldozer stolen from a job site on Commerce Boulevard in Alpharetta.
• A $30,000 classic 1971 Z28 Chevrolet Camaro from the parking lot of the Golden Corral on Marketplace Boulevard in Cumming.
• A Chevrolet 350 engine ($500), a Chevrolet 454 engine ($1,000), four aluminum Toyota wheels ($400) and a wagon ($150), all stolen from a home on Dawsonville Highway. The engines were complete and sitting under a tarp.
• Nearly $26,000 in tools, golf clubs, beer and an antique, handmade, silver-lined shotgun set from a home on Bethel Road April 27.
• A family dog named "Freckles" from a house on Polo Club Drive April 26. A neighbor said she saw a little girl simply walk off with the dog and assumed she was the owner.
• A $500 Cub Cadet riding lawn mower from the storage shed of Lifepoint Christian Church on McGinnis Ferry Road. The crime happened sometime between April 12 and 26, when it was reported.
• Six forklift propane tanks — four full and two empty — worth about $800 from a Castleberry Road business April 21.
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