The Blotter August 05 2000

A man on Glenwood Avenue said he received an obscene phone call from a telemarketer with a local cable company. The man said the telemarketer called and said, “No this isn’t a fucking bullshit motherfucker and so is your mama.” ?
?About two hours later, the telemarketer called again and said, “You’re still a motherfucker.” ?
?The man did admit that he initiated the verbal bout with the telemarketer. He said during the original call, he had cursed at the telemarketer. The man said he then called the telemarketer’s supervisor and apologized for his role in the cursing, but he also felt that the telemarketer shouldn’t have called him back twice, and cursed further.

An employee of a convenience store on Bankhead Highway said a man, age 19 to 21, with strawberry-blond hair and blue eyes, came into the store. The man attempted to walk behind the cash register, which was encased in bulletproof glass. The employee scared the man away from the register. The man became enraged and then tried to take some beer without paying for it. ?
?The employee activated the electronic lock on the front door, which meant the man couldn’t leave the store with the beer. ?
?The man put the beer down. Then, he kicked the glass front door, breaking the lock. ?
?Determined to leave with something, he then grabbed two bottles of Gatorade (worth $5) and ran out of the store.

A 34-year-old woman on Grant Way said she had a friend over. When the 34-year-old saw her male neighbor had arrived home, she asked him if her friend’s car was in his way. The neighbor became upset and replied, “You don’t think I can drive. You don’t think I have a license.”?
?The neighbor went into his house and came back outside with a handgun. He shouted at the 34-year-old and fired two shots in an undetermined direction. ?
?No one was injured. Police were unable to locate the neighbor.

A 20-year-old woman called to report a burglary at her apartment on Walden Street, where she lives with her mother. Both the daughter and mother said that a 46-year-old man, who also lives on Walden Street, climbed a wall and entered their apartment via a second-story window.?
?Once inside, the man took some food, clothes and an air-conditioning unit. ?
?An officer was dispatched to the apartment. When the officer arrived, the daughter, who was chasing the suspect, flagged him down. ?
?The daughter gave a full description of the suspect, and stated that the suspect was currently “wearing her mother’s boxer shorts and her nylon sweat pants,” according to the police report. ?
?The officer caught the suspect, charged him with burglary and took him to jail.

A 34-year-old man from Cumming, Ga., said someone broke into his car and stole an IBM laptop (valued at $3,500), a computer tote bag ($50), and a Palm Pilot ($200). Later, the Cumming man received a phone call from a 55-year-old man from Newnan, Ga. The caller said he had the Cumming man’s belongings, which he had purchased for $20 with the intent of returning it to its rightful owner. ?
?The Cumming man called police. Then, he arranged to meet the caller. The Cum-ming man — along with a police sergeant — went to the designated location. ?
?At the meeting, the caller asked that the Cumming man pay him $20, so he could recover the money he gave the man who originally had the computer equipment. ?
?The caller was charged with theft by receiving stolen property. The computer and accessories were returned to the Cumming man.