Decatur Couple Says Jewelry Stolen From House

The following information comes from Decatur Police Department reports.

A couple told police somebody stole about $6,000 in jewelry from their house the afternoon of Nov. 22 while they talked in the back yard to a man who told them he was a local government employee.

The couple said they were planting flowers in front of their house in the 100 block of Ridley Circle when a black, four-door pickup truck with tinted windows pulled in front of their home.

A young man, described as thin, 5-foot-7 and Hispanic, got out of the truck and told them he was Tom Thompson and worked with the “City of DeKalb” development department.

He said he needed to show them some trees in their backyard that would be taken down during upcoming construction, and the couple accompanied him to the backyard. When they returned to the front yard, the man who lived in the house noticed that the truck seemed to be parked differently.

Later that afternoon, the couple discovered that a pillowcase in an upstairs bedroom and jewelry, including the woman’s wedding ring, was missing from a dresser drawer. They believed a second person in the truck went upstairs while they were in the backyard.

A man told Decatur police that two men stole his iPod Touch worth $150 the night of Nov. 26 while he sat on a curb next to city fire station No. 2.

The victim said two males, both black and looking between 15 and 17, were walking near him when one grabbed the iPod from his hand. The two men ran away.

The victim reported the theft to police, described the suspects and said he would recognize them again if he saw them. A few hours later, an officer spotted and detained two young men who fit the description of the thieves.

Police put the theft victim into the back of a patrol car and slowly drove by the two young men.  The victim said he could not say with certainty that those two men were the robbers.

The theft victim described said one man who took his iPod was wearing a black jacket with various emblems on it and a dark colored toboggan.  He said the other male was wearing a red jacket and a dark colored toboggan. 

An employee of Taste on Church Street told police her iPhone was stolen the afternoon of Nov. 27. The woman said she placed the phone on the counter to help a customer and realized it was missing about 20 minutes later. She didn’t notice anybody suspicious in the store. She valued the phone at $650.

Decatur police are investigating a burglary that occurred Nov. 21 at an apartment in the 400 block of Clairemont Avenue.

The resident said her daughter left to walk the dog between 4:15 and 5 p.m. and returned to find the sliding glass door ajar.

Listed as missing were a 27-inch flat screen television valued at $400, a Wii console valued at $150, a Wii game valued at $20, a Dell laptop valued at $400 and a Dell XPS 14Z valued at $500.