November 15, 2015 through December
30, 2015
The activity report is a summary of what our FBAC Patrol
Officers do on their shifts
Directed
Patrols: 18
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Drop
ins/Park and Walks: 22
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Suspicious
person: 7
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Alarm
Response: 6
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Suspicious
Vehicle: 5
|
Parking
Complaints: 7
|
Noise
Complaints: 2
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Out
of town Checks: 19
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Abandoned
Auto: 0
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FBAC
member Contact: 5
|
Lost
Person: 0
|
Street
Obstruction: 0
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Wanted
Persons: 0
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Intoxicated
Persons: 0
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Found
Property: 0
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Criminal
Trespass: 1
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Info
for Officers: 2
|
Shots
Fired: 0
|
Calls
for service (cell Phone): 4
|
News and Notes
Robbery 712 Maiden Lane from Officers Narrative:
On December 6, 2015 at 2:40 am, Officer Thompson was
dispatched to 712 Maiden Lane, NE for a pedestrian robbery. The victim advised
that she had parked her vehicle near 712 Maiden Ln NE. She left it and walked
to the El Bar. Her friends dropped her off back at the car. A black car pulled
up right after her friends left her and two males got out. One of the males
told her to give him everything. She told the suspect no. The suspect hit her
on her left side of her face with a handgun. The suspect then took her purse
and they left in their car. Victim advised the male that struck her in the face
was a black male with ''baby dreads" and a black t-shirt. She could not
give any more description than this. All she could advise of the second male
was that he was a black male. It is a very dark area where Victim was robbed at
this time of the night. All she could describe of the vehicle was that it was a
black vehicle. Victim advised that they left east bound on Maiden Ln. Victim’s
purse was tan and gray with chevron stripes and tassels. It is made out of
woven fabric. Inside her purse were her identification, a credit card, and her
Apple iPhone. Victim gave us her login information for her Find My iPhone app.
We tried to track the phone, but it was not tracking at that time.
Larceny from Vehicle/Aggravated Assault from Officers Narrative:
On December 23, 2015, Officer J. T. Thompson was dispatched
to 1170 Virginia Ave NE to a larceny from vehicle that involved gun fire.
Victim one advised he was walking out of his apartment with his friend Victim
two. Victim one saw a black male in Victim two’s vehicle. Victim one saw the
male turn and run with Victim two’s backpack. Victim one ran after the male.
When he got to the side walk he saw a second black male. He believes the second
male fired one shot out of a handgun in his direction. Victim one stopped
giving chase. The males ran towards Briarcliff Rd NE. Neither Victim one nor two
got a good look at the males. They could only describe suspects as black males
wearing dark clothing. Victim one then found Victim two’s backpack. It had been
dropped about 20 yards from the apartment driveway. Victim two advised that he
parked his vehicle in the driveway of Victim one’s apartment building. He was
inside the apartment for 5-10 minutes just to get his dog. Victim two advised
that when they came out of the apartment he saw a black male in his vehicle
stealing his black backpack. Victim two yelled at the suspect and the suspect
ran. Victim two advised when Victim one rounded the driveway just out of his
sight he heard one gun shot. Victim two did not see the second suspect and did
not see the gunshot being fired, he only heard it. Victim two advised that he
must have left his vehicle unlocked, because there was no forced entry to it. Nothing
else was stolen out of the vehicle. He looked through his backpack and all of
his belongings were still in the backpack. The backpack was a Swiss Army Mohawk
back pack. Inside it was an Apple Macbook, his work computer, and $200 in cash.
There were no complaints of injury. Several FIT units checked the area, but
could not find any suspects. There are no cameras in the area and the inside of
the vehicle was dusted for prints, but was none were found.
Larceny from
Vehicle 816 N. Highland Av- From Officers Narrative (Arrest Made):
On December 30, 2015 at 12:25 am, Officer J. T. Thompson was
dispatched to the area of N Highland Ave Ne and Los Angeles Ave NE on a
suspicious vehicle. The witness advised that there was a white Ford Explorer
circling the area. He advised he saw the vehicle drive through the area at
least 3 times while he was parked at 1033 N Highland Ave NE (Hardware store at
the corner of N Highland Ave Ne and Los Angeles Ave NE). Witness advised that
there were 2 black males in the vehicle and that the vehicle was an older model
Explorer with only one working headlight. Witness advised that he felt like the
men were casing the area and were watching people walk to their cars.
When I was driving around the area looking out for this
Explorer. I drove behind the bars at 816 N Highland Ave NE (Dark Horse Tavern).
In the parking lot behind the Dark Horse on the opposite side of the parking
lot, I saw a white Explorer with tan on the bottom backed in to a spot. The
Explorer only had one working headlight. I saw a black male standing behind the
Explorer (arrestee Mr. CAMPBELL, Justin). Mr. CAMPBELL was behind the Explorer,
then went behind a white Suburban parked next to it then back behind the
Explorer again.
There was a black male sitting in the passenger side of the
Explorer. I saw him communicate to Mr. CAMPBELL. He then got out of the
Explorer and walked to the rear of the Suburban. The two men then ducked down
and walked South behind the other parked vehicles towards Greenwood Ave NE. I
saw them stand back up at the corner and turn to walk West down Greenwood Ave
NE. I pulled out onto the street and got out of the patrol vehicle. I told the
men to stop. Mr. CAMPBELL stopped and walked back towards me. The other male
kept walking. By the time I got close to Mr. CAMPBELL I lost sight of the other
male.
Mr. CAMPBELL asked why I was stopping him. I told him I saw
him behind a white Explorer and then saw him duck behind another vehicle. Mr.
CAMPBELL advises that he was not ducking behind any vehicles. He advised he was
looking for a place to eat. He advise when he got out of his vehicle a man in a
white van told him that people's vehicles had been getting broken into so he
should lock up. Mr. CAMPBELL advised he decided to put his hover board in the
back of his SUV so nobody would see it. I told Mr. CAMPBELL I saw him standing
behind a white Explorer. He advised that is the vehicle he was in, it belonged
to his brother. I asked him why he left the headlights on when he left it (one
was on when I saw it). He advised that they are automatic and they were
probably already turned off. He advised we could go check it out if I wanted.
We walked back to his Explorer. When we got there I noticed
that one of the windows had been busted out of the white Suburban parked next
to his Explorer. The same one I saw Mr. CAMPBELL standing behind. I then
detained Mr. CAMPBELL to further the investigation. He was detained at 12:39 am.
Mr. Campbell's Explorer had Georgia tag QFD3295 and was 1997 model registered
to Deonte Campbell, Arrestee Justin Campbell's brother. I noticed that even
though Mr. Campbell had said he was trying to secure his hover board in the
rear of the Explorer, the Explorer was left unlocked and the rear passenger
side window was left down. I smelled the smell of raw Marijuana in the open
window of the Explorer. The Suburban was white in color with Georgia tag
CDA4796. It was also backed in to its parking spot so that the driver side of
the Suburban was right next to the passenger side of Mr. CAMPBELL's Explorer.
The glass that was broken on the Suburban was the driver side rear door window.
The Suburban belonged to victim who came back to his truck
while we were still conducting our investigation. Victim advised that his
luggage was missing from his Suburban and had a tag with his Father's name on
it. He advised that the luggage was in the Explorer in question. I asked Victim
to describe what was in his luggage. He advised his dress clothing that he
wears when he played for his band and his black wingtip shoes. There were dress
clothes in the luggage. The tag on the luggage had the name on it and there
were wing tip dress shoes also in the Explorer like the ones that Victim
described. I returned Victim’s property to him and he filled out a victim
statement.
I called the original caller Witness and asked him if he
could come to the location and see if this was the Explorer he had seen. He did
return to the location and pointed out the Explorer in question and advised it
looked just like the one he saw. He asked if it only had one working headlight,
and it did. He showed me a picture of the Explorer that he had seen when he
called 911. It shows the back of an Explorer, white with tan bottom just like
Mr. CAMPBELL's truck. Witness advised he would email me the picture and then he
filled out a witness statement.
I searched the Explorer looking for the source of the
Marijuana smell. There was a black and grey MCM backpack in the backseat of the
Explorer. Inside the backpack was some black NIKE shoes, Mr. CAMPBELL's Georgia
identification card, and raw marijuana in a baggy that would later be weighed
at 3.5 grams. The backpack was entered into property as property and Marijuana
was entered in as evidence.
There was a David's Bridal box addressed to another
potential victim. I had no way of
contacting individual. Inside the box was a dress labeled as "strpls stn
alne drop". It was placed in property as evidence. There was a blue
"Smart" hover board. There were no serial number or UPC codes on it.
It was entered in as evidence. There was a black backpack with no brand on it.
It had clothing inside. It was entered into evidence. There was a black OGIO
backpack with an XBOX ONE inside it. It was entered into evidence. All of these
things were entered in as evidence since we did not know who they belonged to.
The only things Mr. Campbell could describe as being in the
back of his truck was a Hover board and his MCM backpack. He admitted under
Miranda that he knew the MCM backpack had his identification and some Marijuana
in it. Everything else was entered as evidence since he could not describe it
and other stolen property was found in the rear of the truck.
Sgt. Skeens unit 4307x came to the incident location and
helped with the investigation. He read Miranda rights to Mr. CAMPBELL he would
later question Campbell at the zone 6 precinct. Mr. Campbell advised that the
other black male that walked away was a Mr. Ken or Kenny with last name Harris
or Harold. He advised Ken was 22 or 23 years old. He advised that Ken is always
at the West End Mall on a hover board. He described Ken as being around 6'00''
tall with a high right low left hair style with a part in the middle. He
advised that Ken's phone number is in his phone, but we did not have permission
to get it out of his phone, we would have to get a warrant to do so. Mr.
CAMPBELL's phone was entered as evidence. Mr. CAMPBELL advised that he himself
had nothing to do with the stolen luggage found in his truck. He advised he had
nothing to do with the broken glass on the Suburban. He would not however
directly indicate "Ken".
Mr. Campbell was charged with Entering Auto 16-8-18; Theft
by Taking 16-8-2; Possession of Marijuana less than an ounce 16-13-30J2;
Criminal Trespass 16-7-21 (for breaking the window); Prowling 16-11-36 (for the
suspicious behavior behind the vehicles in the parking lot). Mr. Campbell also
had a warrant confirmed by ACIC. It was for probation violation in relation to
charges of Marijuana possession and possession of firearm during commission of
a felony. The warrant was out of Fulton County with warrant number 12SC114018
and date of warrant 12/9/15.
W
hen I searched Mr. Campbell's pockets incident to arrest on
scene he was found to have the keys to the Explorer and $195.00 on his person.
His girlfriend came to the location to take possession of the money with Mr.
CAMPBELL's permission. While there she kept asking to take possession of the
items in the Explorer. I asked if she could describe anything in the Explorer.
She advised only a hover board. I told her the contents were a part of the
investigation and she could not take possession of the contents or the vehicle
since it was not registered to anyone on scene. While the wrecker was on scene
it separated me and the Girlfriend. She went to the explorer while I was trying
to walk around the wrecker. She opened the door and started trying to grab
things. I walked up to her and took a phone charger out of her hand and advised
her if she did not leave the Explorer alone she would be arrested for
obstructing our investigation. She then decided to leave the location.
NOTE: This case is the perfect example of “see something,
say something” in action. Mr. Campbell would not have been arrested except for
the call from an observant individual who saw suspicious behavior and alert
police via a 911 call.
Replacing and Removing FBAC Signs
During January FBAC volunteers will be touring the
neighborhood to replace old style VH Patrol signs with the newer FBAC red and
black signs. Also, in a few cases members have moved and left signs behind
where new residents have not joined. These signs will be removed. Patrols in
other neighborhoods police their signs quite rigorously, but we have not done
so in the past. However, it does assist the patrol to see the signs and know
which homes participate in the program and are current. Please do not be
alarmed if you see someone in your yard changing signs, and if you are a member
but have not picked up a yard sign, please stop by John Wolfinger’s front porch
and get one. John is at 1054 Vance Avenue.
New City of Atlanta Mass Notification System
The city has launched NotifyATL, a new mass notification
system to keep residents and visitors safe and informed in the event of an
emergency. Find more information and register at this link. www.atlantaga.gov/notifyatl
Reminders:
All members call 911 first if you see a crime in progress or
a suspicious person or activity, and then call the FBAC Phone. The phone number
is (770) 310-0871 and is also on the schedule that is emailed to you monthly.
If you see someone or something suspicious please report it
to the police. When driving or out walking keep an eye out in the
neighborhood, what you see and report just might prevent a crime.
Note: Part one crime statistics from the Atlanta Police
Department are available online and will be distributed via the VaHi Safety
Team Reports which are distributed by Neighborhood Watch approximately twice
per month. These statistics will no longer be duplicated here. If you have
questions about this change, please send a message to vahisafety@gmail.com. If
you do not know who your street captain is, please send a message to ebarrsafety@gmail.com with your name
and street address, and Eleanor Barrineau will connect you.
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