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Bizarre crime from Charlotte police files (July 23) 

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Soiled: A 47-year-old man came home to his apartment recently to find that his roommate had soured on their relationship, to say the least. The man told officers his roommate kicked a hole through the front of his $4,500 flat-screen television. But wait, there's more! The victim also had a bin of laundry sitting near the front door, and the roommate urinated in the bin, ruining $400 worth of clothing. To wrap up his fit of destruction, the roommate tore up $350 worth of gold chains belonging to the victim.

Cliffhanger: Police responded to a call in south Charlotte after a man's attempt to get into his own home backfired. A 65-year-old woman living on the first floor of a condominium complex called to report that a man climbed up her air conditioning unit to get to his second-floor balcony. The problem came for both parties soon after when the man lost his grip, falling back down onto the A/C unit and doing $2,000 in damage. The report did not mention whether the man was hurt.

Tagged and Bagged: Management at the Forest Hills Townhomes called police and hoped it didn't rain after some kids who presumably couldn't get any spray paint left gang graffiti on a condominum with white chalk. The practicing taggers wrote SUR 13, short for Surenos 13, a group of different Latino gangs that pay tribute to the Mexican Mafia in the U.S. In an unrelated incident, police responded to a vandalism call at Martin Luther King Park after someone spray-painted "Wasted Youth" on a sidewalk. No word on if this is a new gang or just old fans of the '80s punk band.

Stop Snitching: A 16-year-old victim of an apparent kidnapping in southeast Charlotte last week got quiet once police got involved. The reporting person called police at 1:30 a.m. and said he had received numerous texts from the victim and multiple other people stating that the young girl was kidnapped. When the girl was located by family members, the girl refused to speak with police at all, so "the incident could not be confirmed as happening or not."

Transparency: A 45-year-old man filed a non-criminal complaint with the police last week after dating someone since November and never being made aware of his partner's STD.

Ghost Slap: A 27-year-old woman called police after she was allegedly slapped during a road rage incident in the Elizabeth neighborhood. The woman told police she was stopped at a red light with her window down when the suspect approached her and slapped her in the face before returning to his own car and driving away. The police contacted a traffic camera company that has cameras at the intersection, however, and were informed that there wasn't traffic stoppage at that light during the reported time of the incident.

Dude, Where's My Car?: A 67-year-old woman called police after leaving an appointment Uptown and forgetting where she parked her car. She said she believed she parked the car on the fifth or sixth level of a parking deck near College Street, but wasn't sure which one. Police helped the woman by searching 10 Uptown parking decks but still couldn't find the vehicle.

Blotter items are chosen from the files of the Charlotte-Mecklenburg Police Department. All suspects are innocent until proven guilty.

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