Update: In light of this new development in the case, the vigil in memory of Rusty Sneiderman is being postponed.
Dunwoody Police Department – 41 Perimeter Center East, Suite 100 – Dunwoody, GA 30346
P: 678-382-6900 – F: 770-396-4655 – www.dunwoodyga.gov
DUNWOODY POLICE DEPARTMENT
41 PERIMETER CENTER EAST, SUITE 100, DUNWOODY, GA 30346
CHIEF OF POLICE
BILLY GROGAN
(678) 382-6900
PUBLIC INFORMATION OFFICER
SGT. MIKE CARLSON
(678) 382-6907
***********For Immediate Release********** Incident: Murder Arrest (Press Conference) Date: 01/04/2011 @ 2130 Location: Dunwoody Police Department The Dunwoody Police have arrested 48 year old Hemy Zvi Neuman for the Murder of Russell (Rusty) Sneiderman. The Buckhead resident has been charged with Murder (F), and is being held at the DeKalb County Jail without bond. On November 18th, Rusty Sneiderman was shot multiple times in the parking lot of his child’s daycare located at 5493 Chamblee Dunwoody Road. The investigation of this case is still ongoing. Additional information will be given at a later time. If you have any information in reference to this Homicide, please contact Detective Andrew Thompson at (678)382-6921, or if you wish to remain anonymous, please use “TipSoft”. ###
Dunwoody Police Department – 41 Perimeter Center East, Suite 100 – Dunwoody, GA 30346
P: 678-382-6900 – F: 770-396-4655 – www.dunwoodyga.gov
DUNWOODY POLICE DEPARTMENT
41 PERIMETER CENTER EAST, SUITE 100, DUNWOODY, GA 30346
CHIEF OF POLICE
BILLY GROGAN
(678) 382-6900
PUBLIC INFORMATION OFFICER
SGT. MIKE CARLSON
(678) 382-6907
Photo Below of Hemy Zvi Neuman
Buckhead suspect arrested in Dunwoody daycare killing
The Atlanta Journal-Constitution
9:08 p.m. Tuesday, January 4, 2011
Police have arrested the man accused of gunning down a Dunwoody father at a daycare center.
Hemy Zvi Neuman, 48, has been charged with murder for the death of Russell “Rusty” Sneiderman, Dunwoody police said Tuesday night. Neuman is being held at the DeKalb County jail without bond.
Sneiderman was shot multiple times Nov. 18 at his child’s daycare center moments after dropping off his 2-year-old son. Dunwoody police said Sneiderman, 36, was getting into this car when a man approached and shot him several times.
Later that week, police released a sketch of the suspect based on eyewitness accounts. Witnesses told police the suspect left the preschool in a silver Dodge Minivan and was last seen traveling west on Mount Vernon Road, Sgt. Mike Carlson with Dunwoody police previously said.
Sneiderman, an ambitious entreprenuer with a MBA from Harvard, was a most unlikely victim. He married his college sweetheart and the couple had two small children.
The son of an accountant, Sneiderman studied business at Indiana University and became a certified public accountant himself. After graduation, Sneiderman worked in the Chicago offices of a major accounting firm, then he and his new wife Andrea moved to Boston so he could get a masters in business administration at Harvard University.
A crime expert said the slaying had the hallmarks of “an organized hit.”
From the shooter’s nondescript attire and getaway vehicle, to the firing of multiple shots and the fact that the victim’s car was left on the scene, it seems like a planned murder rather than a carjacking or robbery, the expert, Casey Jordan, told reporter Pete Combs of AM 750 and now 95.5FM News/Talk WSB in November.
Ken Finkel, a former board president of the OI Foundation, remembered Sneiderman as a kind, quiet and professional director of the foundation.
Finkel said Sneiderman was one of the leading voices on the board during its strategic planning sessions, helping to keep directors focused on the best allocation of the foundation’s resources and on fundraising opportunities.
“He was very thoughtful,” said Finkel. “Some people walk into a room and carry themselves in such a manner that you know they are well-educated, sharp, attuned and soak up information quickly.
“That was Rusty,” Finkel said.
A press conference is scheduled for 9:30 p.m.
Return to ajc.com for updates.
– Staff writers Christian Boone and Ty Tagami contributed to this report.
