The Blotter

Milton's police blotter, mapped

Where the calls were. The police and fire calls The Roundabout has printed, placed on a map of Milton, Georgia. Each circle is about half a mile across and sits near the call, never on it. A dispatch call is a report, not a finding, and that is how we write it.

Ryan Hall · latest call Oct. 25

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Circles show an area, not an address. We print streets, not house numbers, and no names. The calls come from dispatch radio traffic and are checked before they run. Tap a circle, or an item below, to see what we printed.

Sunday, Oct. 25

South Vineyard Way, 3:54 p.m. Police were sent to a report of a man screaming threats, with a woman also at the scene. Issue #77

Saturday, Oct. 24

Near King Lake, 10:02 p.m. Police were sent after two callers reported hearing gunshots across King Lake. Issue #77

Friday, Oct. 23

New Providence Road at Birmingham Highway, 7:15 a.m. Police were sent to a reported three-car crash in which a 40-year-old man was hurt; a silver Hyundai Kona, driven by a woman, was reported to have left the scene with damage to its rear driver's side. Issue #77

Tuesday, Oct. 20

Meadow King Way, 2:06 p.m. Police were sent to a reported garage entry. Issue #77

Saturday, Oct. 17

Henderson Road at Henderson Place, 7:02 p.m. Officers were sent to a report of a collapsed tree obstructing the road. Issue #74

Friday, Oct. 16

Highway 9, 2:19 p.m. Firefighters were sent to a report of a natural gas odor inside an urgent care. Issue #74

Thursday, Oct. 15

Hamby Road near Watson's Bend, 7:22 p.m. Officers were sent to a report of a Hummer that went off the road into a tree. Issue #74

Tuesday, Oct. 13

Landrum Road near Freemanville Road, 10:13 a.m. Officers were sent to a report of an electrical hazard and a possible trapped person. Issue #74

Tuesday, Sept. 29

Birmingham Highway near Dorris Road, 9:51 p.m. Officers were sent to a report of a suspected burglary. Issue #67

Saturday, Sept. 26

Freemanville Road bridge, north of Phillips Circle, 10:54 p.m. Firefighters were called to shut off water because of flooding. Issue #64
Arnold Mill Road at the Little River bridge, Cherokee County line, 6:27 a.m. Cherokee County called in a death at the bridge and asked Milton police to help with traffic, according to radio traffic. We have asked both agencies for their reports. Issue #64
Morris Road near Webb Road, 12:01 a.m. Police were sent to a report of a road race. Issue #64

Thursday, Sept. 24

Bethany Bend near Bethany Road, 4:56 p.m. Police were sent to a complaint about underage tobacco sales. Issue #64

Friday, Sept. 18

Highway 9 at Milton Tavern, 4:54 p.m. Police were sent to a reported injury involving a motorcycle. Issue #61
Thompson Road, 10:43 a.m. Police were called for a reported burglary. Issue #61

Wednesday, Sept. 16

Crabapple Road near Broadwell Road, 6:26 p.m. A customer at Peace Love and Pizza, angry that his order had taken more than an hour, threatened the staff, left, and kept it up by phone. Police were called. Our publisher was in line for a pizza and saw it. Issue #59
Rucker Road near Charlotte Drive, Alpharetta, 5:54 p.m. Police were sent to a home for a reported attempted break-in, with glass broken. The caller described a bearded man with a backpack. Issue #59
Providence Road near Freemanville Road, 2:53 p.m. Police were called to The Union after a woman of about 80 was found outside, lost, in a flowered blouse. Issue #59

How The Blotter works

The Blotter runs every Tuesday in The Roundabout. We listen to the same dispatch traffic anyone with a scanner can hear, sort it, check what needs checking, and print the calls worth knowing about in plain sentences. Some calls fall just over the line in Alpharetta, and we say so when they do.

Something on your street we should look into? Reply to any issue; a person reads every one. The numbers behind Milton's arrests live on Safety Watch.