PUBLIC SAFETY Decatur man arrested for Dunwoody restaurant shooting

By ALEXANDER POPP alex@appenmedia.com

DUNWOODY, Ga. — Police have arrested a 25-year-old Decatur man who allegedly shot and seriously injured a security guard at the Sage Woodfire Tavern in Dunwoody last month.

Anthony Bernard Jones was arrested March 5 after a month-long hunt by DeKalb County authorities for a pair of suspects who allegedly left the restaurant near Perimeter Mall without paying for their meal and then shot a security guard when he attempted to prevent them from leaving.

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Car reported stolen recovered in Dunwoody

DUNWOODY, Ga. — Dunwoody police have arrested a Jonesboro woman allegedly found driving a stolen car last week.

Police reports said officers were contacted at about 3 p.m., March 6, by a person who was tracking his stolen car on GPS as it traveled through Dunwoody. With the victim’s help, officers located the car at a maintenance shop on Chamblee Dunwoody Road, being looked at by a mechanic.

Police arrested the vehicle’s driver, identified as a 43-year-old Jonesboro woman. The suspect first told police she had taken the car from her father, but she later admitted she stole the vehicle from a truck lot in Forest Park that morning.

The woman was charged with theft by receiving and was transported to the DeKalb County Jail.

A police report from the incident said the 29-year-old guard suffered three wounds from the attack, one in the hand, forearm and shoulder, by a man and woman who fled in a black sedan.

The security guard was transported to Grady Memorial Hospital in stable condition. There has since been no update on his condition.

Jones was later identified as the shooter by witnesses at the scene and was arrested by the DeKalb County Police Department when his license plate triggered an alert on a FLOCK license plate camera.

Woman reports threat in road rage incident

DUNWOODY, Ga. — Police said a woman was threatened with a gun by another driver during a road rage incident on Perimeter Center in Dunwoody March 3.

The woman told police the incident occurred after she made a U-turn from Ashford Dunwoody Road into the parking lot of an Exxon station at about 9 a.m. and she was approached by a man driving a white BMW.

The BMW driver allegedly followed the victim as she left the gas station and continued down Ashford Dunwoody Road. When they pulled up to a stoplight, the BMW pulled alongside her, and the driver allegedly pointed a gun at her while calling her names.

After an investigation of FLOCK traffic cameras in the area, police were able to identify the vehicle, but noted that the registered owner did not match the victim’s description of the suspect.

No suspect was identified at the time of the report.

DeKalb County Jail records show that he was charged with aggravated assault with a weapon, aggravated battery disfigurement, reckless conduct, possession of a firearm during the commission of a felony, discharging a firearm near a public highway and theft of services.

He was released from DeKalb County Sheriff’s Office custody on bond March 8, records said.

Another individual, Jailyn Reese, 22, of Atlanta was also charged with theft of services in connection with the incident and has also been released from DeKalb County Sheriff’s Office custody.

Dunwoody police arrest armed robbery suspect

DUNWOODY, Ga. — A man wanted for carjacking, burglary and armed robbery in Johns Creek has been arrested in Dunwoody.

Dunwoody police said the 20-yearold McDonough man was arrested March 3 after officers were alerted he had been seen in the city driving a white Chevrolet Silverado.

Officers located the suspect near Peachtree Industrial Boulevard and Tilly Mill Road and began following him, waiting for backup. When the suspect turned into the Carter Hills apartments near Peachtree Industrial Road, he fled at high speeds and officers began pursuit.

The suspect was taken into custody after his vehicle rolled into a ditch in the apartment complex.

Police said the suspect was found carrying a handgun reported stolen to Atlanta police and was charged with attempting to elude a law enforcement officer. He was transported to the DeKalb County Jail but will also face multiple felony charges in Fulton County.