Regional Roundup: Police Searching for Armed Carjackers, Man Charged With Rape, and Report of UFO Sighting

– East Atlanta Patch

DeKalb County Police are searching for two armed gunmen following a carjacking Thursday night in the 2700 block of Hatfield Circle SE.

The victim, 49, told police he had just arrived home and was parking his Toyota RAV4 in his driveway when a man in a hooded sweatshirt and mask approached the driver's side window armed with a gun.

The gunman pointed the black-colored gun at the victim's head and told him to get out of the vehicle. The victim tried to leave via the passenger's side door, but was met with another masked gunman on that side.

The gunman struck the victim in the head with the gun, lacerating his left temple.

One of the gunmen left in a newer model gray Dodge Charger, while the other left in the victim's Toyota, a witness told police.

 

– Douglasville Patch

Lithia Springs resident Bobby Lee Dickerson is in a Tennessee jail on statutory rape and other charges after being caught Sunday with four teenage boys.

Deputies found a slurring, stumbling Dickerson with four 16-year-old boys who appeared nervous next to a 2001 maroon Chevrolet van with the keys locked inside.

According to the deputies’ report, all five smelled strongly of alcohol, and a red cap from a bottle of Smirnoff vodka was found on the ground, the Douglas County Sentinel said.

Dickerson admitted supplying alcohol to the boys but said he thought they were 21. One of the boys reported a sexual relationship with the Lithia Springs man, who deputies said acknowledged having sex with the boy at Harrison Bay State Park.

Dickerson faces charges of public intoxication, contributing to the delinquency of a minor and aggravated statutory rape.

 

-- Barrow Patch

A bright, orange ball with a pulsing light and no engine noise that disappeared suddenly.

A UFO? 

A report posted on UFO Stalker, a website that tracks reported UFO sightings throughout the country, indicated a recent sighting in Winder. 

The following information was submitted on April 17, 2012.  

15 miles west of Athens GA, walking our dog around 9-9:15 pm, we noticed a bright orange ball that had a mild pulsing light similar to an airplane in the south sky traveling north towards us; I initially thought it was an airplane but as it got closer, there was no engine noise, nor did it have the blinking lights of an airplane, it was a barely notoceable pulsing light. It appeared to be ascending but it was not on a normal flight path in this area. We stood still watching it fly overhead, northbound, and within three seconds of passing over us, it completely dissapeard to the north,(Just above Highway 316 between Collins Hill and Carl Bethlehem Rd in Barrow County, GA.).