Hero: Police responded to an attempted break-in after a woman called saying someone was trying to kick in her door. When police arrived, they found a man beating against the side door of the house with a rake handle. When they told him to stop, he yelled, “You’ve got the wrong guy. I’m a firefighter, and someone is trapped in that house.” The suspect then dropped to the ground and was detained. He was clearly intoxicated and demanded to know why they weren’t saving the person in the house. Witnesses told police the man approached the house and identified himself as a firefighter before starting to throw rocks through the windows. The 19-year-old told police he left a concert and was walking around until he heard screaming and tried to save the woman inside. Police believed while questioning him that he acted as if he was under the influence of a narcotic. And you know what? I think I agree with the cops.
Thrown Out: A 39-year-old man called police after his ex-girlfriend got even with him by getting rid of some of his stuff. He told officers that the two shared a storage unit and after the breakup, he told her to get some of his clothes out of the unit so he could pick them up. He later found out that she did retrieve the clothes, only to report right to a dumpster and throw them in. By the time he heard of this, Waste Management had already taken the trash from the dumpster. Would it have made a difference if they hadn’t?
Grounded: A woman called police after her son proved to be one hard kid to punish. She told officers that her 12-year-old son was told to stay in his room and had obeyed the order for a little while. She then heard him climbing out of his first-floor window and ran outside to see him leaving. When told to come back to the apartment he said he was going to the park. I say, go to the park and choose a parenting style: embarrassment or violence.
Sabotaged: A 27-year-old woman called police after her car was broken into in front of a nightclub. She told officers that the suspect(s) broke her front window and stole her purse out of the front seat while she was inside of Club Skandalos. She was upset because the purse held the makeup she needed for a drag queen contest that night. Are you even familiar with the term drag queen? Maybe it’s time to start thinking about your credit cards and driver’s license.
Malt Assault: An employee at a local Circle K called police after she was threatened by one of her customers. She told officers that she had kicked an unruly man out of the store, but he returned. The man went to the alcohol section of the station, opened a bottle of Earthquake Malt Liquor and began drinking it. He then told her he would get her where she waits for the bus before walking out. Thank God for taxis.
Kickin’ It: Police responded to a domestic disturbance call to find a man who had been beaten up by his girlfriend. The 26-year-old man told officers that the woman had kicked him in his side and then threw his Playstation 3 against the wall, shattering it. The suspect then threw a liquor bottle at the man, and it shattered on his left ankle. She effectively ruined any chance of you having a good night before she got dragged off.
Internet Connection: A 23-year-old woman called police after someone she knew stole from her. She told officers that a man was a guest at her home and stole 16 nude pictures of her from her room without her knowing it. She figured it out the next day when she checked her Facebook page and she had been tagged in all of them. I will help you through this; just find me on Facebook and be my friend … please.
Threat of the Week: A 23-year-old woman called police after being threatened by a known suspect. She told officers that the suspect threatened her sometime between June 3 and Sept. 20 by saying, “I can’t wait to see you. I have a bottle of acid for your face.” The woman must have been taking other forms of acid if she can’t remember when this happened in the span of three months.
Blotter items are chosen from the files of the Charlotte-Mecklenburg Police Department.
This article appears in Oct 12-18, 2010.
