Friday, August 24, 2012
Police: Man in pick-up truck tried to snatch a 7-year-old girl.
- PUBLIC SAFETY
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Friday, August 24, 2012
The Atlanta Police Department issued the following alert: On Aug. 22 at about 7:45 p.m., a black male driving a black pick-up truck attempted to kidnap a 7 year-old girl from the corner of Parkway Drive NE and Angier Avenue NE. The victim and two of her friends, ages 9 and 12, were walking on Parkway when a man in a black pick-up truck slowed down and asked the girls where they were going. The girls ignored the man and continued walking, and the man exited his truck, grabbed the 7 year-old girl, covered her mouth so that she couldn’t scream and began dragging her toward his truck. The other two girls grabbed the victim and attempted to pull her away from the suspect, who then released the girl and fled the scene in his vehicle. The girls …
Monday, April 23, 2012
Atlanta Police Department opens mini-precinct at Medical Center to concentrate on Boulevard corridor.
The long-awaited Atlanta Police Department mini-precinct on Boulevard opened Monday at the Atlanta Medical Center, serving as a key cornerstone of a multi-layered initiative designed to clean up crime on the Boulevard corridor in Old Fourth Ward. Part of the Atlanta City Councilman Kwanza Hall's "Year of Boulevard" initiative, the effort is just one part of wide ranging plans to bring positive change Boulevard which has been tagged as a problem thoroughfare drawing crime, drug dealers and serving as the escape conduit for crimes committed in adjoining neighborhoods. The stretch of Boulevard between Freedom Parkway and Ponce de Leon Avenue has been an eyesore for decades. That part of the Boulevard corridor has long been a source of …
Tuesday, March 6, 2012
The Midtown Ponce Security Alliance urges motorists to be careful when driving on the corridor that has long been a source of complaints for residents.
According to the Midtown Ponce Security Alliance (MPSA), a concerned local resident this past weekend reported a “large rock’’ being tossed at a car traveling along Boulevard that broke the vehicle’s windshield. This incident allegedly occurred about a block south of North Avenue and the MPSA confirmed that it, too, had heard similar stories of rocks being thrown at cars. “Be careful driving on Boulevard, particularly on weekends according to what a police officer told a Midtown resident,’’ the MPSA said through an email this week. Atlanta's Boulevard links a string of neighborhoods from Benteen to Old Fourth Ward to the borders of Virginia-Highland and Midtown. The stretch of Boulevard between Freedom Parkway and Ponce de Leon Avenue has …
Wednesday, January 4, 2012
Incident happened early Wednesday morning.
- POLICE & FIRE
- Amy Wenk
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Wednesday, January 4, 2012
Atlanta police are looking for a man who allegedly shot and killed a woman early Wednesday morning just outside Midtown. The shooting happened around midnight on Angier Avenue near Boulevard, according to WSB-TV. “It appears the victim and shooter know each other and were involved in some type of verbal altercation,” Atlanta police Lt. Paul Guerrucci told the television news channel. The suspect was last seen driving a white SUV, police said.
gregory gray
11:58 am on Saturday, August 25, 2012
Impressed with the way the girls fought back and the detailed descriptions of perp and vehicle. more ›