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ROSWELL, Ga. — A woman called Roswell Police after she said a former coworker chased her in her vehicle March 8, followed her to Garrard Landing Park and stopped behind her vehicle so she could not leave.

When police arrived on the scene, the former coworker had already left. Police said the woman was shaking and visibly scared. She told police the other woman was fired in October but kept returning to her former workplace.

The woman told police she started to leave the office earlier that day when her former coworker arrived. She said the

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Burglars take appliances from unfinished home

DUNWOODY, Ga. — Police are investigating the theft of more than $15,000 in appliances from a home under construction on Chamblee Dunwoody Road.

Police were dispatched to a home at 10:30 a.m. March 13 after a major burglary occurred sometime between the evening of March 11 and that morning.

Reports said burglars stole an entire package of appliances worth $15,700 from the home, including the refrigerator, gas stove, dishwasher, hood vent, mirrors faucet and moving dolly.

The homeowner told police the house was completely secure when they left it, but a lockbox with keys had been attached to the front door for their contractors’ access. Homeowners said one of their contractors could be responsible for the burglary, but they did not identify any suspects.

Police were unable to find any evidence or witnesses to the burglary.

coworker chased after her car, tailgated her and pulled up behind her at Garrard Landing Park. Once the police were called, the coworker revved her engine and left the parking lot.

A witness said he saw a lady in distress calling out for help, and watched another car pull in behind her. As the witness approach, he heard the woman say she called the police and watched the other car speed off. The woman told police she does not know why her former coworker is fixated on her. Officers told her how to get a temporary protection order against her

Police investigate report of assault near mall

DUNWOODY, Ga. — Dunwoody police reports said a woman was attacked and sexually assaulted by two men during an incident near Perimeter Mall.

Officers were dispatched to Northside Hospital at about 7 p.m. March 9, after it was reported a deaf woman was sexually assaulted at a bench on Perimeter Center Parkway near the Dunwoody MARTA Station and Perimeter mall the day prior.

The woman fought back when they grabbed her and was able to fight her way free, the report said.

She eventually found Northside Hospital and was able to contact law enforcement officers. However, she was unable to provide the police with a description of her attackers.

No suspect was identified at the time of the report.

Woman’s missing check leads to forged duplicates

DUNWOODY, Ga. — A check allegedly stolen after being mailed through the Dunwoody Village Post Office in February was used to steal more than $1,800, police reports said.

A Dunwoody resident told police March 8 that a check she had mailed in February had never been cashed, but she recently coworker and left the scene to search for the other woman. discovered several unfamiliar checks for $997 had been cashed by two individuals.

Once officers found the former coworker, they took her into custody. As she was led to the patrol car, the woman began trying to fall to the ground, kicking and wrapping her legs around stair railings. Police took her to North Fulton Hospital because she was hyperventilating, and she was released.

The woman asked to be returned to the hospital later to receive medication. She was returned and released again, then taken to Fulton County Jail.

The woman said she did not create either of the forged checks and didn’t know either of the individuals listed. She said she thinks her original check was used to create the fraudulent checks.

No suspect was identified at the time of the report.

Personal checks altered for different amounts

JOHNS CREEK, Ga. — A woman reported to Johns Creek Police March 6 that on Feb. 27 someone wrote a check on her account for $1,100.25.

The check was written to her bank, Navigant Credit Union, at a branch in Florida.

A second transaction occurred March 6 in the amount of $7,500. The woman said the second check was a check she wrote. However, it was originally made out for $40 and mailed through the U.S. Postal Service Feb. 11. The check was dropped off at the Publix mail drop off on State Bridge Road with another person’s name on the check. The check number was not valid, the police report said.

It appeared the check had been “cleaned,” the report said, and the thief wrote their information on it.

The woman said she did not authorize the amounts, and the checks had been altered.