Thieves steal thousands in lawn equipment from Atlanta front yard

ATLANTA, Ga. (CBS46) – Greater than $10,000 in yard gear was stolen from an Atlanta girl’s entrance yard in broad daylight.

Elizabeth Tatum, a Buckhead resident, stated her Ring video reveals an odd man working throughout her entrance yard with a leaf blower that wasn’t his.

“It was so daring, so brazen,” stated Tatum. “It scares me for the neighborhood.”

Tatum stated in a matter of minutes, two males grabbed half a dozen leaf blowers owned by the landscaping firm engaged on her property. The units price about $1,200 every. A 3rd man driving a white Honda acted because the getaway driver.

The theft occurred round 11 a.m. Monday, whereas the landscaping crew was engaged on the opposite facet of her dwelling.

“They didn’t – nor did I – think about somebody can be daring sufficient to return into our property with six or seven guys working,” she stated.

Regardless of watchful neighbors and safety patrol, Tatum stated she had heard comparable tales from others in the neighborhood.

“You’ll be able to’t go away your truck out on the street as a result of when you go away it on the market somebody will steal from it,” she defined. “It’s taking place in every single place, particularly within the spring. They’re waiting for landscaping corporations.”

A landscaping worker stated thefts concentrating on landscaping corporations had elevated inside the final 5 years, significantly within the Buckhead space.

Householders and landscaping corporations ought to work collectively to verify their instruments and crews are secure.

Tools needs to be locked up when obligatory and positioned in direct sight of cameras on the property. Landscapers ought to take into account putting in GPS monitoring units on instruments.

Don’t chase after suspects.

“These guys shall be armed and do absolutely anything to not get caught – even shoot at police,” stated Tatum. “Save your life and don’t go after them.”

Atlanta police are investigating.

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