The Blotter June 20 2007

YOU SWEET-TALKING SUGAR MOUTH: An 82-year-old woman said she was in the cereal aisle at a grocery store on Howell Mill Road when a man asked whether she could read the amount of sugar on a box for him. He said he has diabetes and he can’t read too well, the elderly woman recalled. She said when she got to the check-out aisle, her wallet was missing from her purse.

??
ROCK ON, GOLD DUST WOMAN: At a recent Stevie Nicks concert at Chastain Park, a 44-year-old woman was sitting in a “no seating” area, according to Chastain’s director of security. He asked the woman to move — but she refused. A police officer showed up, and asked her to move to an approved seating area. “[The woman] became enraged with anger and began screaming and yelling in [the security guard’s] face, who was forced to take several steps back,” the officer wrote. Then, the security guard said the woman had to leave the concert because of her behavior. The woman pushed the security guard and hit him, the officer noted. The officer said he grabbed the woman’s arm, and she hit him, so he tried to handcuff her. She resisted by “pulling away, pushing off a nearby tree and refused to walk when told,” the officer wrote. The woman said she was injured, but refused to say what body part was hurt, the officer added. Medics arrived, but the woman refused treatment. The 44-year-old woman was charged with simple assault/battery and went to jail. (Proving you’re never too old to get tossed from a concert. Stevie, maybe you can send her a signed T-shirt in the slammer. ...)

??
MOMMIE DEAREST? On Simpson Road, a 39-year-old woman said her husband was upset with her because she is pregnant by another man. The husband allegedly slapped her face and threw her to the ground. Also, the pregnant woman was intoxicated, a police officer noted. Medics said she had a small cut on her right hand. No other injuries were visible. The officer gave the woman a police report number. No further information.

??
MOM’S FREE CONDOMS: A 56-year-old woman said her daughter’s ex-boyfriend is making harassing calls and cursing her. She said he called 12 times. Also, she said, some condoms were left on her door. The ex-boyfriend is described as a 38-year-old man who weighs about 350 pounds.

??
SMOKED OUT: On Hampton Street, a 21-year-old woman said she had an altercation with an 18-year-old man. Apparently, she smoked his last cigarette in retaliation. The teen admitted that he “pushed her head” before she smoked his last cigarette. The teen was arrested for simple battery and taken to jail. The woman refused medical treatment.

??
SHOULDA STAYED AT THE PINK PONY: A police officer was writing a ticket at I-75 North near Deering Road when he heard a loud crash. The officer turned around and saw a car go up a dirt hill and into some trees. The car then rolled down the hill backward and crashed into a ditch, the officer noted. “Upon arrival, I noticed the driver had moved over to the passenger seat and was attempting to get out of the car.” Both air bags had deployed and the driver’s-side air bag had blood all over it. A man had blood all over his face and a cut on his head, the officer noted. The officer asked, “Are you OK?” The man replied, “I’m DUI.” The officer asked, “Were you driving the car?” The man said no, it was his car, but another guy was driving. The officer asked, “Where is this other driver?” The man said he didn’t know. “He did not even know his name or what he was wearing,” the officer wrote. “He did say the car was his and he was coming from the Pink Pony. I noticed [the man] had a lot of money in his pockets. I took it all out and counted it in front of him.” The cash totaled $412. Eventually, the man admitted that he was the driver and it was all his fault, the officer noted. The man, a 28-year-old from Decatur, was arrested for numerous charges.

??
CATCHING A COOL BREEZE? Around 10 p.m., an officer drove into the parking lot of a location on Boulevard. He wrote, “[A 47-year-old woman] was sitting, wearing a short skirt, with her knees up. [She] was not wearing panties,” the officer wrote, adding that her genitals were in plain view. She was arrested for indecency and went to jail.

??
MIDDLE-AGED POT FIGHT: An officer responded to a fight call on Beryl Street. A 43-year-old woman said she and a 47-year-old man argued over some missing marijuana that belonged to him. She said he hit her, choked her and bit her arm. A witness (another middle-aged woman) corroborated her story. The man fled before police arrived.

??
TROUBLE AT THE GOLDEN ARCHES: A police officer dealt with a 41-year-old woman reporting harassing phone calls and threats. She said she met the suspect a few months ago, but they were not having a relationship. She said she went to a McDonald’s earlier that evening, and the suspect (a 50-year-old man) was there. Then, she said, the suspect showed up outside her house and said, “Bitch, I saw you at McDonald’s, if I find out you have been seeing someone else I’m gonna kill your ass. I just did 26 years in prison for killing someone.” She added that she’s received phone threats from this man and a female suspect. No further information.

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