Police have limited information in their investigation of a “shots fired” call that happened Tuesday evening on Castleberry Avenue.
According to a police report, officers were dispatched to the 1700 block of Castleberry Avenue just after 8 p.m. When officers arrived they spoke to a man who told them that he was outside his home near Castleberry and State Line Road when he saw a gray or silver two-door sedan traveling east on State Line. As the vehicle passed his home, the witness told officers that the driver of the car began shooting a pistol out the driver side door into the air. The witness reported four or five shots fired.
The report states that the driver of the car was described as a white male in his late 20s or early 30s. The witness was unable to give police a clothing description or a tag number of the vehicle.
According to the report, police searched the area and were unable to find any shell casings or any bullet holes in nearby houses. No further suspect information at this time, the report states.
_ 1500 block of McBrien Road: Police responded to calls of a suspicious person in the area on Tuesday morning at about 6 a.m.. According to a police report, callers told dispatchers they reported seeing a white woman knocking on the front door of a residence. One caller said that the woman tried to enter a residence through the back door. A search of the area revealed no suspects.
The report states that at about 9:30 a.m., police were dispatched to 1601 McBrien Road on a white female knocking on the front and rear door of the house. Police found the woman in the garage at this location and she was “soaking wet.” The woman claimed that people were after her over “indictments,”however she changed her story multiple times, the report states.
The woman was identified as Amanda C. Rakestraw, 35, of a Resacca, Ga. address. According to the report, she admitted to police that she entered the garage and helped herself to a jacket belonging to the homeowners.
The report states that the homeowners were “extremely alarmed” by the woman being on their property. Rakestraw was arrested on a charge of Aggravated Criminal Trespass.
_ 6015 Indian Trail: Police were dispatched to the address, Monday morning, to investigate a theft from a car According to a police report, the victim told police that someone had gone through he and his wife’s car sometime Saturday morning. The victim told police that he had several expensive items in the vehicle, as well as a $700 check. The victim told police that the only items missing were two board games – “Code Name” and “Fuse,” valued at about $25 each. The report states that the victim also reported that the gas door on his car was open.
_ Alert the Secret Service: Police were recently notified by a man who called 911 that he had a friend who wanted to blow up the Trump White House. According to a police report, the helpful citizen’s last known address was in an apartment complex on Fountain Avenue. When police went to the address, they spoke with a woman who said the man used to live with her but moved out some months earlier. The woman told officers that the last she heard he was living somewhere in Rossville. The woman had no phone contact information for the man.
According to the report, dispatch was advised to provide this information to the Secret Service, which had already been contacted about the situation.
