In The Crosshairs

The "Police Blotter" is one of the best features of the Blue Bag Rag, but it could do with a layout change. Since the Wally Whirled Freak Show folded tent and left town, Shoplift Nation has targeted, well, Target. And they're hitting them up multiple times a week. Just recently they got hit on December 19, December 21 and December 26 (Happy Boxing Day). Maybe there should be a section in the Police Blotter dedicated to "shrinkage" at Target. This need not be permanent as Target is likely to follow the trail blazed by Wally despite having superior Loss Prevention personnel and procedures. 

And these perps do bring entertainment to the community. First, they ain't from around here. Not sure if that is a comfort (your neighbors aren't thieves) or a concern (we're being attacked from without). We're talking Marietta, Clarkston, Lawrenceville and Duluth. What, do these places have no Target? And before you get all "It's MARTA" about it, in at least one of the cases the perps drove cars, a Genesis G70. How may Targets did they drive past to get here? Or, did they stop at every one?

Then, it is somewhat interesting that, at least in these three cases, all the perps are women. In a couple of cases they didn't act alone. One woman brought her kid, a four year old boy. Never too young to learn. The perp was hauled off to jail but not before granny came for the kid and the perp's personal effects. 

Lady Genesis had a crew of three (all women) of which two were arrested. This crew was particularly interesting in that the car was searched, drugs were found as were checkbooks, credit cards and IDs belonging to someone other than these three ladies. Oh, and a handgun on the front seat. Here's the kicker: the driver claimed complete ignorance of the contraband saying it wasn't even her car. You gotta wonder if the car was stolen, and if so, why the Flock didn't descend upon it. With all this, only two of the three were arrested because the third woman wasn't on the Target security footage, but she probably had to Uber home because the car was impounded as the driver had no license. 

Stepping back a bit, you really have to wonder what it is about Dunwoody that attracts thieves. They ARE making quite the trip to get to a Dunwoody Wally Whirled or Target. Do they know something we don't? Maybe Loss Prevention should be a bit more introspective.