The Blotter: Terminal meltdown

At Hartsfield-Jackson International Airport, a 40-year-old man walked up to a cop and said he wanted to fly home on United Airlines. “I asked him whether he had a ticket. [The man] became increasingly loud in an otherwise empty terminal,” the cop noted, adding that it was 4 a.m. “I advised him that the United Airlines ticket counter was straight ahead and I left.”

Ten minutes later, same Loud Guy triggered brouhaha at the Spirit Airlines counter. “The male was agitated, irritated and he was yelling to the point that everyone in the terminal was focused on him,” the cop says. “The man ranted about his Social Security check, outraged because there’s only $66 in his bank account.” “Calm down now,” the cop demanded. The calming request only prompted Loud Guy to crank up his voice volume and “make accusations at me in an even louder tone,” the cop noted “[He] said I wanted to kill him. The male screamed at me that he wasn’t a ‘bum’ and that he wants to be a productive member of society. The male was seated on the floor, with his legs spread and his hands waving in the air as he yelled.”

“He sat at the front of the Spirit Airlines line, blocking the use of the counters,” the cop noted. “Let it be understood that [Loud Guy] wanted to use the United Airlines ticket counters.”

Other passengers were obviously scared of Loud Guy. He yelled that his “mother was arrested on federal charges in 1994 and that he was involved ... and he had a schedule 4 felony on his record, which prevented him from being a productive member of society.”

“Lower your voice right now,” the cop ordered. Loud Guy’s howls then hit earsplitting levels. Game over, time for arrest. Two cops tried to handcuff Loud Guy. During the struggle, police realized Loud Guy is “extremely strong.” The first cop suffered a small injury. “While attempting to escort [Loud Guy] to the office, he thrusted his body back, pushing my right small finger back,” the cop said. The cop’s pinky finger swelled up fast.

Loud Guy reached for even more bizarre heights. “He could not be reasoned with, he would not listen, and he ranted Bible verses while making accusations that he would be murdered. He screamed that he was HIV positive, that he had hepatitis B and C,” the cop noted.

At the airport police precinct, Loud Guy accused medics of plotting to murder him. Then, he blended religion and drugs for an incoherent grand finale. “He recited Bible verses, asking us to kill him,” a cop wrote.  ”He stated he was smart with his IQ at 140. He also advised he used crystal meth 105 times in the past four years – along with once yesterday. He even asked if he was murdered.”

Loud Guy’s meth voyage ended at Grady Hospital, with a lengthy mental evaluation.

Bottled up desire

An Atlanta artist/sculptor locked up his art studio on Cheshire Bridge Road and went to New York for six days. Upon his return from the Big Apple, the artist entered his studio – now a huge mess. “His skylight was broken and a ladder propped up near it. He also discovered his tools missing and his studio ransacked,” a cop noted. “It appears as if the suspect had climbed up a tree ... and got on the roof of the studio that way.”

Apparently, the thief had zero interest in the valuable metal sculptures. “The only things missing were screwdrivers, sockets, clamps, and some empty vodka bottles.” Wait, EMPTY vodka bottles? Perhaps the thief is a dedicated recycler.

There are no alarm or surveillance cameras in the artist’s studio, located near a spa.

Unstable cable dude

On the Westside, a 47-year-old man called police with concerns about his recent interaction with a Comcast cable repair technician in his neighborhood. The 47-year-old said the cable guy was rude, and he balked and refused to repair a damaged cable line. The clash escalated, and the cable repairman walked toward the 47-year-old, yelling, “You need to treat your cable guys better. I know where you live and I will be back.”

Apparently, the outraged cable guy did not offer specifics about what might happen when he returned. Nothing further.

Purse curse

In West Atlanta near I-285, an electrician was installing stuff at a vacant home on Mango Drive, when he stumbled across an unexpected item: “a handbag” belonging to a sheriff’s deputy in Muscogee County, Columbus, Ga. Concerned, the electrician called police. When a cop arrived, the electrician pointed out a 2014 gray Nissan sedan parked near the vacant home. The electrician said he’d never seen the car there before — and he’s been working on the vacant home for a while. A police computer check revealed the gray sedan was stolen in DeKalb County in November. Police towed the stolen sedan, and called the sheriff’s deputy about his handbag. The sheriff’s deputy, a guy who has worked for 30 years in Muscogee County Sheriff’s Office, said he’d drive up to ATL to get his handbag ASAP.

Items in the Blotter are taken from actual Atlanta police reports. The Blotter Diva compiles them and puts them into her own words.