Hulk Smash: A 56-year-old woman called police to her SouthPark apartment to report a few crimes. She told police that sometime in the first week of March someone took the porcelain birdbath that was propped up against the back of the residence and “smashed” it into pieces. One week later, she says that a mop bucket that was in the backyard was “smashed” against the cement base of her clothesline. One week after that, someone broke into her Jeep Cherokee and stole the handicap placard off of the dashboard. She also noticed that someone had stolen $100 worth of bird feeders from outside of her residence. And you thought you were having a bad month …
The First Step Is Admitting You Have A Problem: A suspect was witnessed stealing a $5 sweatshirt from a south Charlotte Kohls. When the suspect was detained, it was determined that this was his sixth time and now constitutes a felony habitual misdemeanor larceny.
Got Dinner?: Police were called to the north Charlotte apartment of a 59-year-old woman who reported that someone broke into her residence and stole $340, a Virgin Mobile cell phone, a Samsung Galaxy S4 and a lasagna. I guess breaking and entering leads to stress eating?
Wide Eyed Theft: Someone stole $500 worth of Botox from a University-area eye care center. Do-it-yourself wrinkle reduction is never recommended.
Like A Cartoon: Police responded to a domestic disturbance call at the east Charlotte home of a 46-year-old man. The man told officers that his stepson assaulted him by hitting him on the shoulder with a kitchen pot. The man refused medical treatment at the scene.
Blotter items are chosen from the files of the Charlotte-Mecklenburg Police Department. All suspects are innocent until proven guilty.
This article appears in Apr 8-14, 2015.
