PUBLIC SAFETY Teens charged with 23 felonies in Dunwoody car burglary spree

By ALEXANDER POPP alex@appenmedia.com

DUNWOODY, Ga. — Five teenagers arrested by Dunwoody police in connection with a spree of local vehicle burglaries have each been charged with more than two dozen felony counts.

Authorities announced Jan. 31 that four 17-year-old suspects from Conyers, Norcross, Stockbridge, and an unidentified 15-year-old, have been charged with multiple felony counts for allegedly burglarizing 23 vehicles at Peachford Hospital and a Dunwoody apartment complex.

Police were called to 2300 Peachford

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Road at about 12:30 a.m. Jan. 26 after receiving reports a vehicle burglary was in process at the Sterling Apartments. Police located several suspects “actively” breaking into cars, Sgt. Michael Cheek of the Dunwoody Police Department said.

All five suspects were taken into custody after a brief police chase, Cheek said.

In total, police located 23 burglarized vehicles at the Sterling Apartments and Peachford Hospital and identified three other vehicles the suspects attempted to burglarize. Cheek said officers recovered a stolen vehicle, two stolen handguns and other stolen items during the incident.

off by the other driver while trying to turn right onto Ashford Dunwoody Road, which led to the wreck. She said after the wreck, the occupants of the other vehicle began yelling at her, so she walked the children away and was picked up elsewhere.

Atlanta woman arrested in hit and run incident

DUNWOODY, Ga. — Dunwoody police have arrested a 23-year-old Atlanta woman who allegedly fled the scene of a wreck on Ashford Dunwoody Road Jan. 21.

Incident reports said the wreck occurred at Ashford Dunwoody Road and Lake Hearn Drive at about 9 p.m. Jan. 21, when a driver attempted to make a U-turn and rear-ended another vehicle at the intersection.

The victim said after the wreck the suspect parked her vehicle on the side of the road and walked away from the scene northbound on Ashford Dunwoody Road with three juvenile passengers.

Police were able to identify the suspect from her vehicle’s registration but were unable to contact her until the next day when she visited the Dunwoody Police Department to make a statement about the wreck.

The suspect told police that she was cut

After the suspect’s statement, police placed her under arrest for leaving the scene of an accident and following too closely. She was taken to the DeKalb County Jail.

Nordstrom reports theft by former employee

DUNWOODY, Ga. — An employee of the Nordstrom store at Perimeter Mall in Dunwoody, who was allegedly hired using a fake name, is suspected of stealing more than $2,000 from the store through fraud in January and December.

Dunwoody police reports said between Dec. 29 and Jan. 13, a Nordstrom employee was captured on camera performing multiple fraudulent returns and transactions, which amounted to $2,069.92.

Police were told that an hour after the suspect’s last fraudulent transaction, the man quit, left the store and has not returned.

While searching for more information about the suspect, police discovered the man’s name and description did not match the information available in police databases. And when they attempted to locate the address provided to the Nordstrom store when the suspect was hired, they learned it was a vacant property.

Each of the 17-year-old suspects have been charged with 23 counts of theft entering auto, theft by receiving, possession of tools for the commission of a crime, possession of a firearm during a felony, criminal trespass, obstruction of police and possession of marijuana.

They are being held at the DeKalb County Jail without bond, jail records show.

The 15-year-old suspect arrested in the incident has also been charged with 23 counts of theft entering auto, theft by receiving and obstruction. Cheek said the juvenile suspect was transported to a regional youth detention center.

At the time of the report, police had not identified a suspect.

Columbus woman faces public indecency charge

DUNWOODY, Ga. — A woman who exposed herself at a Dunwoody strip mall Jan. 21 has been arrested for public indecency.

Police reports said officers were called to 4733 Ashford Dunwoody Road at 11:42 a.m. after reports said a woman had exposed herself in front of a nearby store.

An employee for Cost Plus, who witnessed the incident, told police he stepped outside the store, saw a woman relieving herself in the bushes in full view of the public, and called the police.

Once on scene, police located the suspect, a 28-year-old woman from Columbus, Ga., who said she had just woke up and needed to use the bathroom.

Officers arrested the woman for public indecency and transported her to the DeKalb County Jail.