Friday, March 1, 2013
Charges are pending against two ninth-graders.
A lunchtime brawl between two students at Tucker High School left a trail of blood in the cafeteria as both ninth-graders were taken away by police. The melee occurred late Thursday morning, according to a THS parent who did not wish to be identified. "Two students got into a fist fight, there was bleeding, police were called and both were put in handcuffs, arrested and left in police cars," the parent told Patch. "It was quite a bloody mess, according to a student who has the same lunch period," she said, adding that the cause of the fight is not known. A similar incident at the school last September left a teacher with a broken leg. "Apparently the fighting is more frequent than we're aware of," she said. "They have the principal and …
Friday, February 22, 2013
The incident occurred Monday morning.
A man robbed a Family Dollar store in Tucker at gunpoint Monday morning, DeKalb County police said. A witness told police she was waiting in line at the Brockett Square location to buy something when she saw the suspect pull out a black gun, point it at the cashier and demand the store's cash at about 11:15 a.m., the police report said. The cashier backed up and said she couldn't open the register, so the witness told the suspect to calm down and she would open it for him. She opened the register, placed the till on the counter and the suspect emptied it, taking $100. He fled the store toward Brockett Road. The suspect was described as a black male about 5 feet 10 inches, 150-165 pounds with a slim build. He wore a red Atlanta Falcons hat…
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Tuesday, February 19, 2013
The girl's parents told police that the suspect attended their church.
A man has been arrested on suspicion of sending explicit messages via cell phone last summer to a girl from Tucker. According to Gwinnett County Police, Jose Rocha-Mata of Norcross was arrested Feb. 7 on charges of child molestation, and terroristic threats and acts. Police are also looking into his immigration status. The parents of the 14-year-old girl reported to police that Rocha-Mata had sent multiple sexual text messages and a photo of his penis that were intended for their daughter, a student at Meadowcreek High School. The messages were in Spanish and sent to the girl via her mother's cell phone. The girl had been using the phone during the day and evening when the communication started. She didn't reply to the man and instead …
Wednesday, February 13, 2013
Two police officers in the case are part of the Tucker Precinct.
Updated Sunday, Feb. 17, 7:05 p.m. Two DeKalb County Police Officers based at the Tucker Precinct are among 10 metro Atlanta law enforcement officers arrested by Federal Agents on Feb. 12 for protecting drug dealers during a drug trafficking sting, according to an official statement released Wednesday. Officers Dennis Duren and Dorian Williams, both assigned to the Uniform Division at the Tucker Precinct, have been placed on administrative leave with pay, pending investigation results. Duren has been employed by the Department since Dec. 9, 2002 and Williams since Dec. 31, 2007. “It is incomprehensible why these officers chose to aid and abet these criminals when they are sworn to protect our community from such offenders. These officers…
Monday, February 11, 2013
Beware, there's a scam going on in Tucker neighborhoods.
By Chris Wood I’m sure you’ve seen the hand posted, sharpie scribbled signs on telephone poles. They say “I Buy Houses” or “No Credit, Foreclosures OK.” They also might say “Easy Terms, No Money Down!” or a variation on the concept. It’s attractive, seems easy, and a quick solution to a distressed homeowners situation. But not so quick. “Crystal & Kevin” (not their real names) are a couple who have found a clever way here in Tucker and nearby Stone Mountain to target potential victims. Well known and much liked, long time Tucker resident and senior citizen “Della” had lost her job and was concerned that she would lose her house. She felt alone and worried, discreetly sharing her fears with her neighbor across the street. One day Crystal …
Thursday, February 7, 2013
Almarcus Thomas will spend two thirds of his sentence in custody.
Almarcus Dewayne Thomas, the Tucker math teacher convicted of multiple sex crimes, was sentenced this week to 30 years, 20 of which he will spend behind bars. Thomas, 43, was arrested a year ago after the Internet Crimes Against Children (ICAC) Unit investigated him for alleged sexual activity with a 15-year-old female student at Tucker Middle School. He pleaded guilty to multiple counts, including child molestation, statutory rape, sexual battery and invasion of privacy. "These alleged crimes involve a man who preyed on a minor while in a position of authority and respect as an educator," DeKalb County District Attorney Robert James said in a statement. "This plea reflects the acts of a monster who molested, abuse and took advantage of …
Tuesday, January 29, 2013
Two employees of Nordic Cold Storage are accused of stealing the frozen goods.
Two men have been arrested in connection with stealing $65,000 worth of frozen chicken wings in Gwinnett County, according to police. Renaldo Jackson, of Tucker, and Dewayne Patterson, of Lithonia, were both employees of Nordic Cold Storage off Pleasantdale Road in nearby Doraville, from where the chicken was reportedly taken. Earlier this month, the manager of Nordic reported to police that she saw surveillance tape of Patterson, Jackson and an unknown man backing up an Enterprise truck to one of the company's bay doors. They loaded 10 pallets Tyson frozen chicken wings onto the truck, according to the Gwinnett Police report. The two men were arrested Jan. 23 on charges of theft by taking and released the same day on a $2,950 bond each. …
Pot, cocaine, and Hydrocodone found in fleeing man's vehicle.
A man was taken into custody after leading police on a chase through Tucker that ended in a wreck. DeKalb officers in a patrol unit near Peters Park observed two cars blocking a street and "impeding the flow of traffic," according to an incident report dated Jan. 8, which stated that the park is "a well known area for major narcotics violations." Both cars sped away as the police got closer, and a pursuit began of one of them, a black Dodge Charger. The chase continued down Elmdale Drive to Fellowship Road, crossing Idlewood Road "through the red light without stopping." The Dodge turned left on Smithfield Drive, right on Brownlee Drive and then right on Brockett Road, crashing and flipping over into a ditch at the corner of Pine …
Monday, January 21, 2013
Young Hispanic male flashed a knife and took a car.
A man who stopped at a Tucker liquor store had his car taken from him at knife-point. Floy Smith, of Doraville, told police he pulled up in front of Happy's Package Store and as he got out of his car, a man holding a cigarette asked him for a light. "Mr. Smith stated he leaned back into the vehicle through the open door to retrieve a lighter," a DeKalb Police incident report revealed. As he did so, he observed the man standing directly behind him opening a 'butterfly style knife' and stated the suspect pointed the knife at him. The suspect entered the vehicle, which still had the keys in the ignition, and sped away traveling west on Pleasantdale Road. The vehicle is a gray 2001 Toyota Camry with Georgia tag number AFU9198. The incident …
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Sunday, January 20, 2013
Here's what police officers around Northeast Georgia were up against recently.
Click on the links below for more information- A raw deal: A Norcross man told police that his iPhone was stolen while he was dealing a hand of poker at Stars and Strikes in Dacula. When he looked away from the table, he saw the phone was gone. But he’s pretty sure he knows who swiped it. Someone tried to sell the phone to one of the man’s friends, saying he found it at Stars and Stripes. Woman bites man: A Tucker-area woman suspected of injecting the drug oxycodone argued with her husband while he drove, so she bit him on the arm. When he jerked his arm away, the force yanked out one of her teeth. She was found with syringes and hypodermic needles, and told police she was an addict. Littering, the gateway crime: A Gwinnett County Police …
monique
3:18 pm on Wednesday, March 20, 2013
There are so many fights at tucker this week there was several fights so what fight are you talking about also if it was the one on youtube that was posted on youtube well actually only one was place in handcuff and was not taken to the precient and as ar as I no Know one nose was broken so yes clearly if you are a reporter you would need to get your facts together more ›