Panties In A Bunch: A woman seemed distressed when a transformer in her neighborhood was struck by lightning and the disturbance made her run outside pantless. In an odd turn of events, as firefighters and cops were responding to the resulting electrical box fire, she told them that a man was chasing her with a gun. When police tried investigating the matter, she jumped into a police cruiser and sped off, only to quickly crash into a retainer wall.
Dude Where's My Car?: A woman was confused when she realized her car wasn't where she left it, but wasn't quite stolen, either. She reported her car had been moved from its parking space to another spot within the apartment complex, while the unknown valet driver left $250 in damage in scratches to the driver's side door frame.
Sunday Funday: Two suspects took a beer run to the next level on Sunday after allegedly stealing eleven 24 packs of Budweiser from a north Charlotte Food Lion.Ironically the suspects obeyed ABC laws by waiting until noon before loading the huge cache into a getaway car before successfully driving away.
Acting Trashy: Things escalated quickly when a man outside of a Shell gas station on Sunset Road decided to confront another man about littering and quickly regretted it. After telling the person to put their trash in the trash can, the litterbug pulled a gun out on the victim and threatened him.
Blotter items are chosen from the files of the Charlotte-Mecklenburg Police Department. All suspects are innocent until proven guilty.