Gwinnett Daily Post

Man disrupts church service

STONE MOUNTAIN - Police are looking for a Stone Mountain man who disrupted a worship service Friday at Jubilee Christian Church at 1640 E. Park Place.

Church officials told police the suspect had recently been released from treatment for mental illness when he had an outburst while attending the service. He became irate and started screaming, according to police reports. The man then kicked open a door to the pastor's office because he wanted to see him, damaging the door.

The man left before police could arrive. No arrest was made.

Stone Mountain man shot

STONE MOUNTAIN - A Stone Mountain man was shot in the abdomen Sunday by an acquaintance who was dropping him off at Highland Grove Apartments.

Police found 22-year-old Reginald Millard Storey about 12:30 a.m. lying in the parking lot and holding a towel over the wound. Storey said he and his friend Laron had gone to a bar earlier that evening, according to police reports. When Laron dropped him off at the apartment complex, he reportedly shot Storey because he thought Storey had stolen something from him.

When asked what was stolen, Storey was evasive and would only say "stuff." He was transported to DeKalb Medical Center for treatment.

Wachovia Bank robbed

DULUTH - A robber sprung from the bushes in front of Wachovia Bank at 700 Hampton Green on Friday as employees were arriving and made off with an undisclosed amount of money from the vault.

The suspect was hiding in the bushes about 8 a.m. when one employee opened the door. He came out carrying a handgun and ordered the employees to let him inside. The suspect then forced the employees to open the vault, where he placed cash into a bag before leading the employees back to a bathroom.

The robber made one of the employees let him out a side door and stole one of the female employees' white and black Plymouth Voyager minivan.

The suspect is described as a black man with a beard and dreadlocks, 5 foot 8 inches tall and 140 pounds, wearing camouflage military-style clothing, black shoes, gloves, a knit cap and a stocking over his face.

Would-be carjackers flee after woman honks horn

DULUTH - Two unidentified women attempted to hijack a woman's car last week at Circuit City parking lot at 3850 Venture Drive.

The victim, a Lawrenceville woman, had just gotten into her van and locked the doors when two women who were parked next to her in a truck got out and approached. The driver of the truck, whose nose and mouth were partially covered, held a handgun to the victim's windshield and tried to wrench open the door, according to police reports. The suspect shouted at her several times to "open the door, get out," according to police reports, but the victim began honking her horn.

The would-be carjackers then ran back to their pickup truck and fled. No one was able to get a tag number because the license plate on the truck had been covered with black electrical tape.

- From staff reports