Sections of this report are provided by the Cumming Police Department, the Forsyth County Sheriff's Office and/or the Forsyth County Fire Department.

The Cumming Crime Corner and Fire is a public service to the community and is not a complete listing of all crime and fire activity. This report does not indicate a conviction.

Home Burglary

Oct. 3, a home invasion occurred on Pilgrim Mill Road where forced entry was made through a basement door. The homeowner arrived at his residence at approximately 5:15 p.m. when he noticed one of his garage doors were open. Upon canvassing his home he reported that an Xbox 360, a 42” Samsung flat screen TV, a 15” laptop computer, and a 17” HP Pavillion laptop were stolen.

Rollover Single Accident Results in DUI

Oct. 2, a deputy from the South Precinct was dispatched to GA 400 and McFarland Road in response to a rollover accident. Upon arrival the deputy met with an Alpharetta policeman who was already on the scene along with the Med 2 team and Fire Engine 14. They all made reference to the driver smelling of alcohol and that he was out of his vehicle when they arrived.

Apparently the 34-year-old man was not aware of what had just happened but stated “he was just driving along and the road fell out from underneath him.” The man had some injuries and was transported to North Fulton Hospital. He was later charged with DUI, failure to maintain lane and suspended registration.

Big Creek Greenway Autos Entered

Sept. 30 and Oct. 1, two vehicles were entered on the Big Creek Greenway on McFarland Road. One vehicle reported forced entry in which the driver’s side window was broken and her purse containing her driver’s license, social security card, debit card along with other miscellaneous credit cards were stolen.

The other vehicle which may have been unlocked was missing a debit card and a credit card. Both victims had charges made to their cards within a short period of time after the theft occurred. The transactions were made at various business in the Alpharetta area.

Illegal Courthouse Parking Gets Driver In More Trouble

Sept. 30, a 24-year-old Hispanic man who decided not to move his vehicle ends up arrested. The man was attempting to go to court for previous citations and parked in a restricted lot reserved for judges at the Cumming Courthouse. 

He was asked by the judge escort officer to move his vehicle because he was in a restricted lot. The driver refused to move his vehicle and told the officer he needed to be in court for driving without a seatbelt and for driving without a license.

The escort officer determined the offender was at this time still driving without a proper license and had him arrested. He was then escorted to the courthouse inmate holding area.

BOLO Alert Finds Suspect With Heroin

Sept. 29, a North Precinct deputy stopped a vehicle for a seatbelt violation. In turn the stop yielded a BOLO (Be on Lookout) report of a suspect that was caught in possession of heroin. The driver was released on a citation and the passenger was transported to jail.

Felony Shoplifter Caught

Sept. 28, a Cumming police officer was dispatched to Kohl's on Marketplace Boulevard in reference to a shoplifter. The officer spoke with the loss prevention manager who reported he had caught the suspected woman trying to leave the store with approximately $900 worth of merchandise. She was arrested and charged with felony shoplifting.

Three Arrested In Burglary Attempt

Sept. 27, deputies were dispatched to a burglary in progress at a commercial office building on Pendley Road. Two deputies were making entry at the rear door when the first suspect tried to exit the building. Other deputies and K-9 units were dispatched to set up a perimeter around the building to catch the perpetrators. Three suspects were caught, arrested and charged with three felony counts of burglary-non residence-force.

Good Samaritan Gets Carjacked

Sept. 26, a victim of a good deed gone wrong reported to a deputy at the South Precint that he had been carjacked. He explained to the deputy that he stopped by the Publix Midway Plaza on Atlanta Highway and noticed a red Chevy Cavalier broken down with the hood raised and asked if he could help.

He went on to explain that one of the suspects raised his shirt showing off a pistol and stated “your giving me a ride” and jumped into the back of his car. The black man, 5’10”, 240 lbs., with a short afro, and a tear drop tattoo over his left eye told him to drive towards I-75. The victim stated that the other two suspects got into the supposedly broken down vehicle and began to follow him.

They continued to travel towards Macon when the victim tried to exceed the speed limit in order to be pulled over. When this attempt failed he decided to drive into the median. After exiting his vehicle he ran into the woods to hide. He told the deputy after several hours he came out and his vehicle was gone. He flagged down a Macon County deputy who gave him a ride to a friend’s home in the area.

A description of the other suspects were black men, one wearing a blue bandana and the other having shoulder length dreadlocks. The stolen vehicle is a white four door Kia Sephia with Georgia tag #BWS5809. Several businesses in the vicinity with possible video surveillance will be viewed.

For an updated list of Forsyth County's "Most Wanted" click here: Forsyth County Sheriff's Most Wanted.

Fire

For the week of Sept. 26 – Oct. 3, the Forsyth County Fire Department responded to 245 incident calls. Capt. Jason Shivers reported that the county had one structure fire with no injuries, two stovetop cooking fires, one vehicle fire, seven brush fires, 151 medical emergencies, one gasoline spill, one carbon monoxide emergency, three downed power lines, three unauthorized burns, one authorized burn, 21 cancelled in route calls, nine no incidents found, two smoke scares and 15 false alarms.

Captain Shivers advised that the county burn ban has been lifted but that there are certain weather conditions that would cause the ban to be in affect. Citizens can check the Forsyth County Government Web site in order to comply with county burn days. More information can be found in a Cumming Patch article "Use Caution When Burning Leaves, Other Debris."

For questions about this blotter, e-mail Liz Kennedy, Editor, Cumming Patch.