{"165001":{"#nid":"165001","#data":{"type":"news","title":"Police Apprehend Multiple Campus Criminals","body":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003EAfter months of investigations and what Captain Mickey Hembree of the Georgia Tech Police Department (GTPD) simply calls \u201cgood police work,\u201d several criminals who posed a threat to the Tech community have been apprehended and are behind bars.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EThe first recent success came with the apprehension of Terrance Watley (also known as \u0022Boo Boo\u0022), the second suspect sought in the July armed robbery in the North Avenue Apartments. Working with \u003Ca href=\u0022http:\/\/crimestoppersatlanta.org\u0022\u003ECrime Stoppers\u003C\/a\u003E, the service that provides rewards for information leading to arrests, GTPD received tips that Watley was in the Decatur area. GTPD then contacted the DeKalb County Fugitive Squad, and, about 27 hours later, Watley was located outside an apartment complex in the southwest part of the county.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u201cThis was one of the first times we\u2019ve used Crime Stoppers, and it was very beneficial in this case,\u201d said Hembree, who serves as commander of GTPD\u2019s Criminal Investigation Division (CID). Five other officers work in CID, and all had a hand in this particular case. \u201cWe did a lot of good police work and a lot of video review. It was truly a team effort.\u201d\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EDuring the investigation, GTPD also worked with the Atlanta Police Department, College Park Police Department and the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u201cWe want the criminal element to know we will exhaust all our means in investigations,\u201d Hembree said. \u201cWe take it personally when someone goes after our students.\u201d\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EIn another investigation, Dennis Barry, Thaddeus Howard and Darryl McCrary were arrested for involvement in various incidents of stolen belongings from the Campus Recreation Center (CRC) and its neighboring fields. McCrary is what Lieutenant Carla Cook calls a \u201ccareer criminal\u201d and has a history of theft in workout facilities and universities. Police used video footage and undercover patrols to catch McCrary in the act and tracked purchases he made with stolen credit cards to the Target at Atlantic Station.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EDespite getting a few of Georgia Tech\u2019s most wanted off the streets, police continue to urge students not to give criminals the chance to commit crimes of opportunity.\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u201cIf you go to the CRC, please use the lockers and lock your stuff up so these guys can\u2019t pick it up,\u201d Hembree said. Most instances of belongings stolen around campus have occurred when items have been left either unattended or in an unsecured locker. Those using the CRC facilities can rent a locker for the semester that comes with a combination lock or may bring their own lock for one-day locker use. Locks are also available for purchase in CRC vending machines.\u003C\/p\u003E","summary":null,"format":"limited_html"}],"field_subtitle":"","field_summary":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003EGTPD made arrests in cases in a July robbery in North Avenue Apartments and in incidents at the Campus Recreation Center.\u003C\/p\u003E","format":"limited_html"}],"field_summary_sentence":[{"value":"GTPD made arrests in cases in a July robbery in North Avenue Apartments and in incidents at the Campus Recreation Center."}],"uid":"27469","created_gmt":"2012-10-24 17:05:14","changed_gmt":"2016-10-08 03:13:02","author":"Kristen Bailey","boilerplate_text":"","field_publication":"","field_article_url":"","dateline":{"date":"2012-10-25T00:00:00-04:00","iso_date":"2012-10-25T00:00:00-04:00","tz":"America\/New_York"},"extras":[],"hg_media":{"165071":{"id":"165071","type":"image","title":"Darryl McCrary","body":null,"created":"1449178920","gmt_created":"2015-12-03 21:42:00","changed":"1475894801","gmt_changed":"2016-10-08 02:46:41","alt":"Darryl McCrary","file":{"fid":"195519","name":"darryl_mccrary.jpg","image_path":"\/sites\/default\/files\/images\/darryl_mccrary_0.jpg","image_full_path":"http:\/\/tlwarc.hg.gatech.edu\/\/sites\/default\/files\/images\/darryl_mccrary_0.jpg","mime":"image\/jpeg","size":6366,"path_740":"http:\/\/tlwarc.hg.gatech.edu\/sites\/default\/files\/styles\/740xx_scale\/public\/images\/darryl_mccrary_0.jpg?itok=uGFVQT1m"}},"165061":{"id":"165061","type":"image","title":"Terrance Watley","body":null,"created":"1449178920","gmt_created":"2015-12-03 21:42:00","changed":"1475894801","gmt_changed":"2016-10-08 02:46:41","alt":"Terrance Watley","file":{"fid":"195518","name":"terrance_watley_0.jpg","image_path":"\/sites\/default\/files\/images\/terrance_watley_0_0.jpg","image_full_path":"http:\/\/tlwarc.hg.gatech.edu\/\/sites\/default\/files\/images\/terrance_watley_0_0.jpg","mime":"image\/jpeg","size":8736,"path_740":"http:\/\/tlwarc.hg.gatech.edu\/sites\/default\/files\/styles\/740xx_scale\/public\/images\/terrance_watley_0_0.jpg?itok=Ka0pVEnR"}},"152001":{"id":"152001","type":"image","title":"Steven Terry","body":null,"created":"1449178848","gmt_created":"2015-12-03 21:40:48","changed":"1475894787","gmt_changed":"2016-10-08 02:46:27","alt":"Steven Terry","file":{"fid":"195212","name":"steven_terry.jpg","image_path":"\/sites\/default\/files\/images\/steven_terry_0.jpg","image_full_path":"http:\/\/tlwarc.hg.gatech.edu\/\/sites\/default\/files\/images\/steven_terry_0.jpg","mime":"image\/jpeg","size":56955,"path_740":"http:\/\/tlwarc.hg.gatech.edu\/sites\/default\/files\/styles\/740xx_scale\/public\/images\/steven_terry_0.jpg?itok=TdQyu-nJ"}}},"media_ids":["165071","165061","152001"],"related_links":[{"url":"http:\/\/police.gatech.edu\/","title":"GTPD"},{"url":"http:\/\/www.gatech.edu\/newsroom\/release.html?nid=152021","title":"Police Make Arrest for Robbery (Sept. 2012)"},{"url":"http:\/\/crimestoppersatlanta.org\/","title":"Crime Stoppers Atlanta"}],"groups":[{"id":"1214","name":"News Room"}],"categories":[],"keywords":[{"id":"2408","name":"campus safety"},{"id":"1772","name":"crime"},{"id":"2543","name":"GTPD"},{"id":"1773","name":"police"}],"core_research_areas":[],"news_room_topics":[],"event_categories":[],"invited_audience":[],"affiliations":[],"classification":[],"areas_of_expertise":[],"news_and_recent_appearances":[],"phone":[],"contact":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003E\u003Ca href=\u0022mailto:kristen.bailey@comm.gatech.edu\u0022\u003EKristen Bailey\u003C\/a\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003EInstitute Communications\u003C\/p\u003E","format":"limited_html"}],"email":[],"slides":[],"orientation":[],"userdata":""}}}