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Man arrested at Gilly’s following bar fight
DUNWOODY, Ga. — Dunwoody police responded to an alleged assault at Gilly’s Sports Bar on Dunwoody Park around 2 a.m. April 9.
Police arrived and saw the bar manager yelling at the suspect who was sitting on the curb. The manager told police the man had struck another bar patron. The man told police he didn’t like the way another patron was looking at him, so he pushed him.
After police placed the man in handcuffs, he “lunged at the bar manager in an aggressive manner.” When an officer attempted to search the man before putting him in a patrol vehicle, he yelled lewd remarks to the officer.
Stephen Lindstrom, 52, of Doraville, was transported to the DeKalb County Jail and was charged with disorderly conduct. He yelled at the officer transporting him for most of the journey, according to the report.
Police arrest man for attempted fraud
DUNWOODY, Ga. — Dunwoody police arrested a man April 7 who had been interviewed then released during an investigation for fraud in late January.
The case stemmed from an incident Jan. 27 when police responded to a report of a fraud in progress around 10 p.m. at Taki Japanese Steakhouse. The victim told police that he had received notification of a declined charge of about $70 at the steakhouse hours after he lost his wallet at his sister’s apartment.
During the interview, police questioned a customer who had been making his way for the exit, but he was released after showing a receipt for $70 from his own credit card. The customer, Alan Johnson, 33, of Dunwoody lived in the same apartment complex as the victim’s sister.
The restaurant hostess later told police that Johnson had tried to pay for his meal with one card but had to use another after the first was declined.
Police went to Johnson’s residence, but he was not home. Police obtained warrants for Johnson and arrested him more than two months later on charges of larceny and failure to appear.
Dunwoody day care owner indicted in death of 4-month-old boy
By CHAMIAN CRUZ chamian@appenmedia.com DUNWOODY, Ga. — A 46-year-old Dunwoody woman and former day care owner was indicted April 19 on 20 counts in connection to the death of a 4-monthold left in her care and other evidence of child abuse, officials said.
According to the DeKalb County District Attorney’s Office, Amanda Hickey was indicted on charges of second-degree murder, seven counts of first-degree cruelty to children, two counts of second-degree cruelty to children, three counts of simple battery and seven counts of reckless conduct.
Officials said the charges stem from the Feb. 2, 2021, death of a 4-month-old boy, who was found unresponsive in his crib at Hickey’s “Little Lovey” home day care center on Leisure Lane in Dunwoody.
Video evidence indicated the baby had been placed on his stomach to sleep and was left unattended for more than two hours before he was found. Officials said further investigation revealed alleged abuses against six other children in the
day care center ranging from 6 months to 16 months old. Investigators also noted that the day care center was licensed to care for a maximum of six children, but on the date of the alleged incidents, it was at nearly double capacity. Following the baby’s death, the state ordered an emergency closure of Hickey’s facility. It is not longer in operation. Hickey’s case will now be assigned to a DeKalb County Superior Court Judge and later set for trial. The case is being prosecuted by the District Attorney’s Sexual HICKEY Exploitation and Crimes Against Children Unit.
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By CHAMIAN CRUZ chamian@appenmedia.com DUNWOODY, Ga. — Dunwoody police are searching for a suspect who allegedly kidnapped a 51-year-old Norcross woman at gunpoint in early March.
The incident report states the woman, a lead nurse at Peachford Hospital in Atlanta, was on her way to work March 10, when she stopped at a red light on Cotillion Drive and North Shallowford Road and an unidentified black male jumped into her vehicle.
In the report, the woman alleges the suspect pointed a firearm at her and
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