INDECISIVE THUG: A 29-year-old man said he received several harassing and threatening phone calls from a male acquaintance. “I am going to fuck you up,” the caller threatened. The acquaintance changed his mind about being the one to beat him up and called back to say, “I’m going to have someone f*** you up.”
BROTHERLY LOVE: A 21-year-old woman and her brother got in an argument over who was going to get to sleep in a bed at their mother’s house. When the woman, who was lying in the bed, wouldn’t get up, her brother kicked her in the stomach, threw a blanket over her head and punched her several times in the face. He then fled.
YOUR CHEATING WAYS: A 46-year-old man found the phrases walked out to his 1993 Acura Legend parked in his driveway when he noticed someone had keyed his car. The phrases “Fuck you and that bitch” and “You are a damn cheater” were scratched on the hood and trunk.
WHEN ASKING POLITELY DOESN’T WORK: A man stopped by a female friend’s house and asked to borrow money. He asked nicely at first, but when the woman said no and refused to loan him any money, he went crazy. He punched the woman in the eye and tried to choke her. He then stole $20 out of her purse and fled the scene.
THE THRILL IS GONE: A 41-year-old woman said her estranged husband won’t stop harassing her. She said he sent her two letters. One was 20 pages long and, according to her, contained nothing but lies and slander about her and their relationship. He also came to her home and parked his vehicle behind her car for 30 minutes for no apparent reason other than to harass and annoy her. She said she’s sick of him constantly trying to contact her and wants it to stop because the fire in the relationship is gone.
THREAT OF THE WEEK: A 39-year-old woman was approached in the parking lot of a grocery store by a man she knew. The man told her, “I have something in the car for you … I’m going to get a gun.” The woman was shocked.
Blotter items are chosen from the files of the Charlotte-Mecklenburg Police Department.
This article appears in Jul 9-15, 2008.
