Getting Started Early: Employees at a local Walmart called police after a kid was caught shoplifting from the store. The manager told officers that an employee spotted the juvenile pocketing seven packs of Yu-Gi-Oh cards. He was stopped and detained before he could reach the exit, and seemed shocked that Trishula, Dragon of the Ice Barrier, wouldn’t spring to his defense.
Employee of the Month: A 21-year-old woman filed a police report after being threatened by multiple people. She told officers that five known suspects had been making harassing calls to her in a two-hour span, and when one of them got a hold of her he said, “I am going to bring my gun to work on Wednesday and I’m going to shoot you. We’re going to beat your ass.” Those Laser Tag employees — they’re such a competitive bunch.
Rude Awakening: A 32-year-old woman called police after her husband threatened to kill her. She told officers that she was sleeping in her son’s room when her husband entered the room and began yelling at her and accusing her of infidelity. He said: “This is your last chance to leave the house because if you don’t leave right now I’m going to kill you.” Men often have this reaction when they catch their wives sleeping in a younger guy’s bed.
Take ‘Em To School: Police responded to an incident last week in which a parent boarded a Charlotte-Mecklenburg school bus and assaulted a 15-year-old girl who was riding the bus. And that girl will never underestimate someone again when they say, “You better not talk about my mama!”
Ms. Popular: A 48-year-old woman called police after she thought that her children’s father might have entered her home without her permission. She said she left the home with her children the day after filing a protective order against him. She purposely left some lights on in the home, and when she returned the next day, all of the lights were off. She believes the man may have entered the home with the help of someone else — because all of her own sisters and the rest of her family have sided with him during their ongoing domestic problems.
Don’t Tase Me, Bro: Law enforcement officers at a local high school faced a volatile situation when a student tried to start a riot last week. The reporting officer stated that two students got into a verbal altercation and when one of them refused to leave the cafeteria, he was hit with a Taser. Then a second suspect created a disturbance by standing on a table attempting to create a riot. So … the kid who started an argument was the one who got zapped?
Move It: A woman called police last week after becoming worried that her 1-year-old daughter was being mistreated at her church’s child development center. She told officers that when she arrived at the church to pick her daughter up, she was crying and “favoring” one arm. When the reporting person asked about the crying, she was told that someone had grabbed her by the arm to get her out of the way of the front door.
Meeting New Friends: A woman called police after finding a strange man in her kitchen. She told officers that she entered the kitchen that morning and found a man lying on his back on the floor. She then went to her son’s bedroom and woke him up, asking him who the man was on the kitchen floor because he appeared dead. The man was pronounced dead on the scene when the medics arrived. The woman then decided that she should pay more attention to the people her son hangs out with.
In Common: A 37-year-old woman filed a police report after being harassed by another woman. The victim told officers that the woman made at least 15 harassing phone calls to her during one day because the two women had been dating the same man. It sounds to me like she might be mad at the wrong person. Then again, if I was the man in the middle, I would completely support her decision to harass the innocent party.
Threat of the Week: A 33-year-old woman called police after being threatened by two different people for all sorts of different reasons. She told officers that over the course of a week, the two suspects called her a total of 69 times. The first suspect stated, “If you keep helping her, I’ll fuck you up like I fucked her up.” The second suspect told the victim, “If you fuck with my daughter, you fuck with me. When I see you I will whip your ass.” After scanning this police report for way too long, I finally came to an explanation of how these could be related — but it took 50 pages to get there and reads like an Univision soap opera. You’re on your own.
Blotter items are chosen from the files of the Charlotte-Mecklenburg Police Department.
This article appears in Apr 5-11, 2011.
