Young men in Atlanta have reported being drugged and robbed while out in Atlanta’s affluent Buckhead neighborhood between 2021 and February of this year, according to police records and national reports.
Now, police are warning people who spend time out in Atlanta to take precautions, such as staying together with friends, paying “close attention” to drinks, reporting any tampering to drinks, being aware of one’s surroundings, protecting banking apps with passwords and so on.
“The Atlanta Police Department is aware of these cases and is investigating each. Investigators routinely look for connections to similar, nearby cases as well as for any possible connection to potential cases throughout our jurisdiction and in surrounding areas,” Atlanta Police Department (APD) spokesperson Teralyn Griffin told Fox News Digital in a statement.
Griffin added that while the department is “not at a point of releasing details on each of these investigations,” authorities take the allegations “seriously,” and “investigators are committed to finding who is responsible and apprehending them.”
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Four Atlanta Police Department reports obtained by Fox News Digital detail victims’ accounts of losing their memory, possibly due to spiked drinks, before being robbed.
Most recently, on Feb. 8, a robbery victim told police that on Feb. 4, he “was hanging out at Bar Thirty with his brother and his friend,” when they left and he “decided to stay a…
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