WSB News

Another Robbery Near Georgia Tech

By
Jon Lewis
@ June 24, 2009 5:35 AM
Permalink | Comments (14)

(WSB Radio) Despite an increased police presence, armed robbers have struck again near the Georgia Tech campus.

This time it was at the Centennial Place Apartments, at Honeycutt and Lovejoy.  And this time the victim lost his college bookbag containing his laptop.

Eric Mills, a University of Phoenix student, was walking home early Wednesday morning when he noticed an SUV that made him suspicious.

"I continued walking and i'm on my cellphone, talking," Mills says.  "All of a sudden, I felt a presence behind me."

Mills says he turned around and saw two men approaching him in "an aggressive manner."

Both were dressed in black.  One of the two men had a gun.

"The asked me for my phone," Mills says, "and I threw my bookbag down thinking that my bookbag was more valuable."

Mills then tried running, using a car as a shield as he attempted to elude the two robbers.

"I was kind of dancing around the car as the guy is coming closer to me.  The other guy with the gun is saying he's going to shoot me," he says.

Mills says all the robbers seem to want was his cellphone.

"I take off running, because this other guy is just coming at me.  The other guy is coming at me, chases after me.  I trip and I fall and he falls on my leg.  We're both on the ground in the middle of the street.  I cut my hand.  I'm all cut up," Mills says.

Mills says he got up to run, but the second suspect, the one with the gun, was closer to him, pointing the gun at him and telling him to stop.

"He said 'I'm going to shoot you.  Stop.  What are you thinking?'"

Mills decided to run, again.

"As I take off in the middle of the street the guy that was on the floor, he gets up and he takes a couple of steps forward, to me.

"There were cars in the middle of the road, coming at me.  I stopped the cars.  No one came to help me," says Mills.  "As I turned around, I saw them jumping in their car, with my bookbag and they take off."

Mills described the suspects as two black men, about 6'1 with light skin.  He says the robbers were both wearing masks.

He believes the robbers were waiting for him, following him as he walked home.  He also believes they were out looking for a college student and spotted him.

He also wonders why, just one day after another armed robbery, there was not a larger police presence in the area.

"I don't want to say anything about the police, because they've been kind to me," Mills says, "but why aren't the police roaming around and looking into cars or seeing people hanging around?

"These guys were waiting for me," he says.  "They were waiting for someone.  They're looking for college students.  I'm as college student.  So, college students beware."

Categories:



Avg. rating: N/A

What others are saying

  • Protection
    To hell with...the school rules. I'd be packing heat if I were down there at night.
  • Robbery
    Why do they pick college students for victims? Could it be because it is illegal to carry a gun to class? We must hold our state legislators responsible for this outrage on election day. Time for VOTER RAGE again!
  • Another Robbery @ GT
    The people in that area will have to rise up & take care of this problem themselves. It's obivious the police & elected officials have no interest in trying to protect innocent people. Also it may be time to start racial profiling afterall how many of these tech robberies have been commited by whites?
  • Georgia Tech Crime
    What a wonderful city.The homeless are allowed to live in a tax payer supported
    facility but Mayor Franklin cannot find
    the funds in her budget to hire police
    officers to protect the citizens.Gosh maybe the next time a crime is committed
    I need to call a homeless wrong advocate
    to catch the street thugs.
  • Where is Bernie Goetz?
    GT needs it own version of Bernie to show up and show how you handle situation like this. Damn the authorities for not possessing the sense to realize they can't fix this without the citizens stepping up and setting the precedent.
  • So What Is New
    Black guys stealing something they probably can't even turn on. What a surprise. The time is coming when even the Liberal bunch will get tired of this stuff and never go out without being armed. Killing thieves on the spot is the only answer as the so called Government seems to do all it can to protect the criminals. You do not have to let yourself be a victim...
  • Pack heat
    If this kid was armed, he would have had several opportunities to rid Georgia of this scum.
  • Robbery
    Armed robbery for a phone? Pathetic.
    Too bad Mills didn't have a gun to shoot the thugs. He would have saved society $500,000.00 in (((overhead)))
  • Crime
    If people were armed this crap would stop. There is plenty of evidence to back this.
  • Another Robbery Near Georgia Tech
    You are reading the benefits of gun control. Any Ga Tech student that goes armed will get thrown out because the administrators evidently feel that the more helpless you are the safer you are. I'll bet none of said administrators live near GA Tech. More of the elitist "do as I say . . ." routine.
    Just remember, as you're getting mugged, "When seconds count, the police are just minutes away".
  • Armed Robbers
    It looks like all the problems started
    to happen after GSU moved out of the
    village dorms and GT moved in.I see
    more GSU Police than APD or GT Police!
  • Gun Free Zone
    If the police can't protect students themselves, the law needs to be changed to give students the ability to defend themselves with firearms. Clearly criminals don't pay attention to Gun Free Zone laws.
  • robberys
    what will it take to let the students arm themselves ? how many deaths before they are safe?

    right now the criminals are safe as they see the collage is a free fire/robbery zone!
  • No witnesses? For some reason, this story sounds made up...
send to a friend  view as printer-friendly  get widgets  RSS feeds
advertisement
advertisement

Marketplace

Georgia Cancer Specialists
WSB COLON CANCER COALITION.
CLICK HERE to learn about prevention & treatment options.
Medical Minute
Get the latest Medical Minute report presented by Atlanta Health Experts.
RCOG - Prostate Cancer and Treatments
Get information about Prostate Cancer and its Treatments. View the online seminar.
powered by AutoTrader.com Shop for cars, find a dealer, and get the latest automotive news in our Local Car Buying Guide powered by AutoTrader.com
powered by Kudzu From fast food to fine dining, find it all in our Local Business Directory .
advertisement
AM 750 and Now 95.5 FM WSB Mobile Access
AM 750 and Now 95.5 FM WSB wants to make sure you can access our website anytime you want from any device. Click here to find out how.
Going Green
Help do your part to save water, reduce air pollution & greenhouse emissions. Go Green!
Stay ahead of the storm. Find evacuation routes, safety tips and more in the Hurricane Guide.
Your online connection to the Georgia Bulldogs Radio Network team!
Read the AJC and stay on top of everything in Atlanta! Get 2 months home delivery for the price of 1!
Join Channel 2 Action News anchors John Pruitt and Monica Pearson at 5, 6, and 11pm.