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Around the Region: Suwanee Bank Robbery, Rooftop Knife Fight and Indecent Exposure

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– Suwanee Patch

are seeking a suspect who allegedly robbed the RBC Centura Bank on Peachtree Industrial Boulevard on Wednesday.

The suspect is described as a white male in his late 20s or early 30s, about 6 feet tall, and dressed in business attire.

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Anyone with information about the suspect is asked to contact Detective Joe Carter of Suwanee Police at 770-945-8995, or jcarter@suwanee.com.

 

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– Norcross Patch

Roofers of two construction companies were engaged in a knife fight on a roof, according to a Gwinnett County police report, and each is blaming the other company for starting it.

Two employees from a Stockbridge construction company, 40 and 33, were on the roof of a Shackleford Court building to do some work during the afternoon of Oct. 27, according to the report. They found a 54-year-old man from a Forest Park construction company already there, who started yelling and cursing at them, accusing them of putting holes in the roof, the men said in the report. 

The Forest Park construction company employee is accused of pushing the 40-year-old and allegedly threatening to cut the throat of one of the other roofers. He is also accused of swinging the knife and causing a cut on the hand of one of the roofers.

Later that day, the suspect called Gwinnett County police and said the injured man actually assaulted and pulled a knife on him instead of vice versa, and that he cut himself with the knife.

No one has been arrested.

 

– Dallas-Hiram Patch

A registered sexual predator in Hiram was arrested Thursday and charged with public indecency and simple assault.

Anthony Sims, 42, of Settlers Ridge Lane is suspected in three cases of indecent exposure reported in the area of South Davis Mill Road and Hiram Sudie Road since Sept. 16. In each incident, a man exposed his genitals outside a home.

Recognizing that one of Paulding County’s four high-risk registered sexual predators lived close to the crime sites, detectives worked with Sims’ probation officer to check the GPS tracking on his ankle monitor.

The data showed that Sims was at the right place at the right time in all three cases, sheriff’s Sgt. Brandon Gurley said in a news release.

“We are fortunate that technology such as GPS exists, and we will continue to use it in order to keep our communities safe,” Sheriff Gary Gulledge said.


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