Housing board pursues route to resuscitate Grove Way

By DELANEY TARR delaney@appenmedia.com

ROSWELL, Ga. — Nearly one year after the residents of 199 Grove Way were displaced from their public housing units, the Roswell Housing Authority has a $30 million plan to redevelop the complex.

The Roswell Housing Authority owns the 40-unit complex in the Pelfrey Pines public housing development, designated for seniors and people with disabilities that make less than 80 percent of the area’s median income.

In July 2022 the residents were told the property had been condemned and everyone needed to find another place to live. At the April 11 board meeting, the Roswell Housing Authority announced the last remaining tenant had been relocated.

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It’s a step that moves the housing authority closer to demolishing the existing building and increasing the number of units to 102. The residents who left the property would have “first right of refusal” according to officials with See HOUSING, Page 19

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Wire, materials stolen from downtown building

ALPHARETTA, Ga. — Alpharetta police reports said more than $7,000 worth of copper wire and other building materials were stolen in late March from a building in downtown Alpharetta.

Police responded to 100 North Main Street in Alpharetta at 7 a.m. March 31, after victims reported the commercial building had been burglarized and items had been stolen, sometime between March 30 and March 31.

Officers were told that unidentified suspects entered the building’s parking deck and forced entry into several closets to steal copper wire and other building materials. A door and deadbolt in the building were destroyed in the burglary. Reports estimate the value of items stolen was $7,025.

At the time of the report, no suspects had been identified by police.

Roswell man arrested for alleged armed threat

ROSWELL, Ga. — Police arrested a 28-year-old Roswell man for aggravated assault with a firearm on April 9 after a resident reported he had pointed a gun at him and made threats.

The resident called Roswell police to an apartment on Old Holcomb Bridge Road, where he showed footage from his ring camera. The resident was sitting on his balcony for about five minutes when his Ring camera sent out an alert that someone was nearby. Then, a man approached the resident and started talking.

The resident said the man couldn’t be in the area, and he responded by pulling out a gun with a flashlight and saying words to the effect that he would harm him. The man then walked away from the building.

The apartment resident told police he had seen the man around the building about three times but did not know if he lived in the area.

Police later found the man from the ring camera unarmed and took him into custody.

Atlanta man arrested after road rage incident

ALPHARETTA, Ga. — Alpharetta police arrested an Atlanta man who was allegedly involved in a road rage incident on Old Milton Parkway in April.

Police reports said an officer helping a vehicle stopped on the shoulder of Old Milton Parkway and Haynes Bridge Road at about 4 p.m. April 4, witnessed a truck slowing down, speeding up and changing lanes, while preventing another driver in a sedan from changing lanes.

When the truck was stopped on Haynes Bridge Road, the 45-year-old driver told police the sedan “almost hit him,” and he was harassing the vehicle because “he had a bad day at work.”

The driver was arrested for aggressive driving and transported to the North Fulton County Jail in Alpharetta.

Man pays $120,000 in sweepstakes scam

ROSWELL, Ga. — A Roswell man told police on April 10 he lost approximately $80,000 in a sweepstakes scam that claimed he had won $10.5 million and a car.

The scammer, claiming to be a representative of Publisher’s Clearing House contacted the man in early February to say he had won a prize. The scammer asked the man to send a check to cover taxes and other expenses associated with the win.

The Roswell man sent the scammers money, but they continued to ask for more. He sent about $120,000 to six individuals before he figured out what was going on. According to the victim, so far $80,000 had been cashed. He cancelled the last $40,000 worth of checks.

The man kept records of all the names and addresses he sent checks to, which he turned over to the officers.

Fake immigration agent scams man out of cash

ALPHARETTA, Ga. — An Alpharetta man reported being victimized by scammers pretending to be ICE agents, police reports said.

At about 3 p.m. on April 7, an Alpharetta man was contacted by someone claiming to be an agent with U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement and was told there were issues with his immigration status.

Reports said the man would be arrested unless he purchased as many gift cards as he could afford.

The victim later bought $2,900 in gift cards from a local Target store and sent pictures of them to the scammers. He later realized that he had been scammed.

Police have reported no suspects in the case.

The Alpharetta City Council votes to approve a formal agreement April 17 allowing Fulton County to conduct municipal elections this fall. The city received a cost estimate of $379,408 for the service.