http://www.scanfulton.com ScanFulton en-us hourly 1 1970-01-01T00:00+00:00 Sun, 11 May 2008 09:28:03 -0400 http://www.ScanFulton.com/modules.php?name=News&file=article&sid=804 http://www.ScanFulton.com/modules.php?name=News&file=article&sid=804 The incident report:<br><br>Robbery<br><br>A cab driver reported that he was robbed by a woman, who hailed his cab in Roswell, following what appeared to be a domestic argument between the woman and another man. She walked to his cab and asked him to take her downtown. The driver said that when he reached Central Parkway, the woman pulled a gun on him, made him pull over near a parking deck, and robbed him. The officer, after speaking with the man, advised him that the parking deck area had cameras... Sun, 11 May 2008 09:25:59 -0400 http://www.ScanFulton.com/modules.php?name=News&file=article&sid=803 http://www.ScanFulton.com/modules.php?name=News&file=article&sid=803 It\'s been kind of slow here.<br><br>With the exception of the two Llamas who fell out of the trailer on I-285 Friday, not much has been going on.<br><br>By the way, the Llamas are doing well. One had a bloody lip and the other a swollen eye. Some of you may remember about 20 years ago a cattle truck wrecked on I-285 and Roswell Road. Several cattle were killed but a number of them escaped and for weeks ran amok in the Golden Ghetto.<br><br>... Fri, 09 May 2008 15:15:23 -0400 http://www.ScanFulton.com/modules.php?name=News&file=article&sid=802 http://www.ScanFulton.com/modules.php?name=News&file=article&sid=802 A man shot and killed a teenage boy Friday after the youth and some other juveniles tried to break into the man\'s northwest Atlanta home, police said.<br><br>The shooting occurred around 1:15 p.m. at 1426 Hawkins Street, off Chappell Road, police said.<br><br>The victim is 15 or 16 years old, said Lt. Keith Meadows, commander of the Atlanta Police Department homicide unit. He said several juveniles tried break into the back door of a house.<br><br>... Fri, 09 May 2008 14:02:46 -0400 http://www.ScanFulton.com/modules.php?name=News&file=article&sid=801 http://www.ScanFulton.com/modules.php?name=News&file=article&sid=801 Atlanta police Friday were investigating the death of a man who plunged from a high-rise condominium building.<br><br>The man, whose identity had not been determined, apparently fell or jumped from the 11th floor of the Plaza Midtown complex about 11:30 a.m., Atlanta police spokesman Ronald Campbell said.<br><br>The man\'s body landed on the sidewalk in front of a restaurant in the building, which is in on West Peachtree Street north of 8th Street.<br><br>... Fri, 09 May 2008 08:38:03 -0400 http://www.ScanFulton.com/modules.php?name=News&file=article&sid=800 http://www.ScanFulton.com/modules.php?name=News&file=article&sid=800 Smash-and-grab burglars hit another Atlanta retail store early Friday, but this time, instead of stealing high-dollar blue jeans, they took designer eyeglasses and sunglasses.<br><br>The thieves shattered the front door of the Pearle Vision store on Lenox Road in Buckhead shortly before 3 a.m. Atlanta police Sgt. J.A. Branum said.<br><br>Store employees estimated that the thieves made off with about $150,000 in merchandise.<br><br>... Thu, 08 May 2008 21:56:41 -0400 http://www.ScanFulton.com/modules.php?name=News&file=article&sid=799 http://www.ScanFulton.com/modules.php?name=News&file=article&sid=799 The wedding and engagement rings Katherine Armstrong designed for herself symbolized her pact with a man who was gone much of the time.<br><br>Her husband flew Navy fighter jets, and for most of their dozen years together, even at the birth of their first son, he was serving overseas. On her left hand, the antique-meets-modern rings signaled he would be coming home.<br><br>Last week, it was Katherine, 35, who was suddenly gone — the victim of an April 30 car wreck — and so was her $5,000 set of rings.<br><br>... Thu, 08 May 2008 13:48:33 -0400 http://www.ScanFulton.com/modules.php?name=News&file=article&sid=798 http://www.ScanFulton.com/modules.php?name=News&file=article&sid=798 In the continuing drama (or comedy, which appears to be the emerging reaction from the public) the Lithonia City Council, police and the mayor are still at it I think.<br><br>I\'m not sure. I mean, every once in a while the mayor gets on TV and shows off her new bruise and claims a bunch of new stuff-dramatically delivering a very emotional but, sadly, boring view of whatever she was talking about.<br><br>This comes as no surprise to the people of Lithonia. Apparently there is a history. An April 25th... Thu, 08 May 2008 10:05:25 -0400 http://www.ScanFulton.com/modules.php?name=News&file=article&sid=797 http://www.ScanFulton.com/modules.php?name=News&file=article&sid=797 A gas main break shut down Buford Highway in northeast Atlanta Thursday morning.<br><br>Atlanta fire Capt. Bill May said a backhoe punctured a gas main in the 2500 block of Lenox Road at Buford Highway at about 8:15 a.m.<br><br>Buford Highway remained closed between Lenox Road and Sidney Marcus Boulevard at 9:45 a.m., and officials with the state Department of Transportation estimated it would be around 10:30 before the road reopened.<br><br>... Wed, 07 May 2008 21:11:10 -0400 http://www.ScanFulton.com/modules.php?name=News&file=article&sid=796 http://www.ScanFulton.com/modules.php?name=News&file=article&sid=796 A bomb threat during a northwest Atlanta bank robbery attempt Wednesday turned out to be a ruse.<br><br>\"It did prove to be a hoax,\" FBI spokesman Stephen Emmett said.<br><br>Police and FBI agents arrested Thomas Bradley, 47, of Palmetto, for attempting to rob the Bank of America on Howell Mill Road.<br><br>... Tue, 06 May 2008 07:07:47 -0400 http://www.ScanFulton.com/modules.php?name=News&file=article&sid=795 http://www.ScanFulton.com/modules.php?name=News&file=article&sid=795 No injuries were reported Tuesday in an early morning fire at a Southwest Atlanta apartment complex. Atlanta fire Capt. Bill May said about 6-8 families were displaced by the fire, in a two-story brick building at the Cascade Colony apartments.<br><br>The complex is on Mount Gilead Road next to I-285 south of Cascade Road. May said the cause of the fire, which broke out around 5 a.m., had not been determined.<br><br>... Sun, 04 May 2008 13:54:18 -0400 http://www.ScanFulton.com/modules.php?name=News&file=article&sid=794 http://www.ScanFulton.com/modules.php?name=News&file=article&sid=794 Atlanta police officers shot and killed a gun-wielding man in Buckhead early Sunday after he refused orders to drop the weapon, police said. In a separate incident, a security guard was shot.<br><br>Police were called to the 4700 block of Peachtree Road just before 1 a.m., where officers confirmed citizen reports of a man walking down the street waving a gun, said Atlanta police spokesman James Polite.<br><br>When officers ordered the man to drop the weapon, the suspect instead turned and pointed the... Fri, 02 May 2008 20:09:02 -0400 http://www.ScanFulton.com/modules.php?name=News&file=article&sid=793 http://www.ScanFulton.com/modules.php?name=News&file=article&sid=793 Have you heard all of the radio ads for collection agencies? Sign of the times folks. We\'ve actually had a good couple of weeks on theft and burglary numbers but the economic times will account for more thefts metro wide. It\'s very important not to assume your GPS is okay in that car when it\'s stuck to the window. If you take it out, wipe that little circle smudge left on the window by the suction cup. Believe me, it\'s much less work than having to replace the GPS. The going rate:<br><br>$40... Fri, 02 May 2008 12:58:31 -0400 http://www.ScanFulton.com/modules.php?name=News&file=article&sid=792 http://www.ScanFulton.com/modules.php?name=News&file=article&sid=792 A person threatening to jump from an interstate bridge had I-20 shut down near downtown Atlanta Friday morning.<br><br>Atlanta police dispatchers were able to talk down the person threatening to jump from the McDaniel Street overpass about 7:15 a.m.<br><br>All eastbound lanes of I-20 were still blocked at 7:30 a.m. as police worked to remove safety equipment.<br><br>... Thu, 01 May 2008 09:44:35 -0400 http://www.ScanFulton.com/modules.php?name=News&file=article&sid=791 http://www.ScanFulton.com/modules.php?name=News&file=article&sid=791 Barricades and police officers stood outside an Atlanta elementary school Thursday morning as parents waited to register their children for a highly regarded pre-k program.<br><br>About 30 families camped out for three days and three nights to make sure their kids get a spot in the class at Mary Lin Elementary in Candler Park. The overcrowded school has room for 20 students and awards the spots first-come, first-served.<br><br>The camp-out line has been an annual occurrence at Mary Lin for at least... Wed, 30 Apr 2008 22:05:32 -0400 http://www.ScanFulton.com/modules.php?name=News&file=article&sid=790 http://www.ScanFulton.com/modules.php?name=News&file=article&sid=790 A woman involved in a murder-suicide outside a Midtown skyscraper last week was shot in the right eye and neck by the co-worker she had been dating, according to a police report.<br><br>Jermaine Acevedo, 30, used a .45-caliber Kahr handgun to shoot Raven Buckley before fatally shooting himself in the head Friday afternoon in a courtyard outside the Bank of America Plaza high-rise building, according to the Atlanta police report.<br><br>Buckley and Acevedo were employees of the Paul, Hastings, Janofsky &...