Technicolor A customer in a Benjamin Moore paint store on South Boulevard recently decided he would test the colors in the store by splashing them everywhere, and ended up doing thousands of dollars in damage. According to a 21-year-old woman working in the store, the suspect began purposefully picking up paint cans and smashing them on the ground, splashing colors onto the floor, walls and other products. Not only that, but the reporting victim ended up in the path of the vandal, with paint landing on her face and arm, according to the report. All in all, the abstract artist did $2,500 in damage to the store.
It's An Art The paintball wars are not over. We reported last month that CMPD was baffled by a string of paintball incidents throughout the city that began early in the year, and last week, shit just got worse. Two victims reported being shot at on the same day by unknown suspects wielding paintball guns. One man suffered bruises and scratches while the other reported $500 worth of damage to his car.
HGTV Keeping the paint theme going, an apartment in Arwen Vista in University City received an unwanted home makeover, and the Property Brothers weren't even there to soften the blow. After unknown suspects broke into the apartment, they targeted the stove, refrigerator and cabinets by painting them, resulting in more than $1,000 in damages. Bad taste in interior design isn't a crime, but vandalism certainly is.
New Phone, Who Dis? One woman was hoping for a paint job like the one described above for her car, but ended up losing the whole damn vehicle instead. It's been two years and counting since the victim has seen her '89 Chevy Caprice. In April 2016, she hired someone to paint the car and update the interior. The job was supposed to take six months, but at the end of that time frame the suspect claimed they weren't done with the job. After the car's owner requested to have her vehicle returned by April of this year, the suspect totally ghosted and stopped taking any calls or texts from the victim.
Sharing is Caring A 48-year-old woman in the Steele Creek area also lost her car after trying to do someone a favor last week. The woman told police she loaned her Mercury Sable to a friend of hers whom she trusted, but later found out that the friend then loaned it out to a complete stranger. The victim now has no idea where her car is, and has one less friend.
Have It Your Way One customer is in a real whopper of a situation after losing their cool in the Burger King drive-thru line in Elizabeth. The suspect threatened the worker at the window because there was a mix up with his order. Bruh, just get the $6 Mix and Match deal, that's why they invented it.
Go 'Round and 'Round A CATS bus driver called police last week after finally removing himself from a situation during which he was threatened and his bus damaged by an unruly passenger. The man told police that the suspect became irate while riding the bus and threatened the driver by telling him he would "slash" him. The suspect then got off the bus while yelling, but quickly realized that he had not yet reached his destination, so his grand exit was meaningless. When the suspect tried to get back on the bus, the driver refused to open the doors for him, and the suspect began striking the door, causing $800 in damage to the glass windowpane.
Thor's Hammer Another irate customer took his anger out on a work vehicle in northeast Charlotte yesterday, but this suspect wasn't content with just kicking and punching. A driver with Express Pack Service told police that he was making his rounds between 2 and 3 p.m. when the suspect suddenly struck the mirror on his delivery van with a mirror, doing $100 in damage. No one was injured in the incident.
Creative Commons A 36-year-old Target employee working on Rea Road called police last week after becoming a target himself. The man told officers that he was working at the store at around 8:30 p.m. when a male suspect, whom he had never seen before, walked in and took a picture of him. The employee said the suspect then made an inappropriate comment that "intimidated and harassed" the employee, and he and the store's management believed a report should be filed with police.
Schmucks A recently married couple learned just how much their friends value them after doing some inventory regarding money that was stolen during a recent wedding party at C3 Lab. According to the victim, an unknown suspect made off with a few cards that contained money during the party, and the victim had to call around to those whose gifts were missing to find out exactly how much money was stolen. The first wedding guest told her they had $1,000 in their card, broken up into 10 $100 bills. The second guest told her they had written out a $1,000 check. As for the third guest, they sheepishly admitted that the envelope simply held a $75 gift card for Amazon.
All stories are pulled from police reports at CMPD headquarters. Suspects are innocent until proven guilty.