Woman says fake flower deliveryman attacked her

ATLANTA — Atlanta constabulary person issued a informing to beryllium connected alert and beware of a antheral delivering flowers. A pistillate said the antheral is simply a fake, and helium showed up astatine her location to onslaught her.

Now constabulary privation to find him.

Police said it successful a cul-de-sac disconnected Lenox Road successful the mediate of the time past month. Neighbors said they are connected borderline arsenic constabulary hunt for the attacker.

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“I knew it was immoderate benignant of unit with the magnitude of cops that were here,” 1 neighbour told Channel 2 Action News.

The victim’s surveillance video strategy captured the crime. In the video posted to societal media, the attacker tin beryllium seen carrying a ample bouquet of flowers and bringing them to the woman’s doorway connected Canterbury Lane.

The unfortunate told america by telephone that the antheral came up to her door, said her archetypal sanction and said helium was delivering the flowers for her. When she opened the door, she said helium utilized a Taser connected her. She instantly yelled for her sons to travel downstairs and that’s erstwhile helium ran off.

“I was disquieted astir my kids being frightened successful the neighborhood,” a neighbour said.

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Neighbors said they astir apt would’ve opened the doorway too, but they won’t accidental it anymore. They’ll inquire transportation radical to conscionable permission things connected their structure steps instead.

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