Godless: A 25-year-old man called police after he was assaulted by his soon-to-be ex-girlfriend during an argument. He told police the girl was following him through the city until he pulled over in the parking lot of a church. At this point, she got out of her car and attacked him, scratching him down his face and arms and biting him on his upper chest. Someone needs a trip to the confessional.
Flippin’ Out: Two police officers were driving around their beat when they came across a 2000 Mustang flipped over on the side of the road. There was no one in the car when they approached it, but there were pools of blood. Officers followed the blood trail but lost it in the woods. Police found the victims/suspects in a hospital two hours later with non-life threatening injuries. It is still unclear why the men ran but my guess would be some guns or drugs got tossed in those woods. I think I’ll go look.
Watch Out: A 64-year-old woman called police after she realized that a watch she had in her hotel room had been stolen. She said she left the $1,400 watch on the nightstand when she left to do errands. Some of these people are just asking for it. The maid probably doesn’t make that much money in a month – she’d be stupid not to steal it.
Party Girl: A 26-year-old woman told police that they had to do something to get her roommate out of the house. The victim told officers that the woman is an uncontrollable alcoholic who refuses to calm down through the night and won’t let her family sleep. Sounds like she is right up my alley … send her this way.
Dumb People: Two police officers were dispatched to an address where a domestic disturbance had been reported. When they arrived, the woman there told officers she fell over, which stumped the officers who were asking about the handprint and finger marks on her arm. The man then told them, without being asked, that he had hit her, but quickly recanted the statement and said he just grabbed the phone from her. The man was then arrested, during which time he dragged his feet and jolted from left to right to resist arrest.
Keep Trying: A woman, whose house had apparently been broken into, called police to have them come check out the scene. A neighbor witnessed two men trying to kick down the woman’s door the previous day. The door held up well and they could not enter. Two windows were broken yet nobody gained entry. When the officers checked the surrounding houses, they found that one screen had been removed and another house had pry marks around some windows. None of these houses had been actually broken into.
Healthy Relationship: A 43-year-old woman called police to report a domestic disturbance. She told officers that her and the suspect were arguing over some money issues when he pushed her down. The couple was arguing over how their money should be spent. She wanted to buy groceries and he wanted to buy beer. She responded to being pushed over by telling him she would call her people on him.
Mentally Challenged: A 43-year-old woman called police to report that a man who had been harassing her in the past had broken the restraining order she had against him by calling the victim. He sent the woman a text message that said, “You are a challenge.” He later left a message that said he was not going to give up. There’s a certain point in time when you have to come to terms that a girl, especially one who is placing restraining orders against you, is not playing hard to get.
Opportunity Rises: A 27-year-old woman told police that she has been harassed by an unknown man over the telephone consistently for the last week. She told police that the man keeps calling and telling her that he wants to see what she has. He then offers her money. The woman told officers she has no idea what the man is referring to. I have an idea: He’s offering you a job; just take it.
Cheap Woman: A 30-year-old woman actually thought it was necessary to call police to her house after a landscaping company’s employee hooked up a hose to the faucet on the side of her house. The employee of the company told her he needed the water for only 10 minutes so that he could pressure wash the community gazebo next to her house. She then went into a frenzy and decided that police would be needed for this heinous crime.
Threat of the Week: A 46-year-old woman filed a police report after receiving five threatening text messages and multiple harassing calls. She told police that the suspect stated, “You stupid bitch. I know that you will regret it. I have easy access to you. I know where you live. You better watch your fucking back. You never know who is under the stairs.” The stair troll is under the stairs, everybody knows that.
Blotter items are chosen from the files of the Charlotte-Mecklenburg Police Department.
This article appears in May 26 – Jun 2, 2009.
