Fast and furious: A 52-year-old woman called police after experiencing a scare during her daily cardio. The woman told officers that she was walking down a road near her home in south Charlotte when she noticed a car approaching. In the driver seat was a woman she had been having problems with. As the car neared, it swerved, nearly hitting her. The car then turned around, and the woman inside rolled down her window and said, “Next time, I won’t miss.”
Dirty Boy: A 25-year-old man got a disturbing call from a former lover last week while at his home near uptown. The man told officers that he received a call from the woman near midnight and, probably expecting a booty call, he answered. That’s when the woman said, “You gave me something! If you gave me something, I swear to God, I will come to your house, and I’m going to lay you out where you stand. I will kill you, if you did.” Penicillin: A bro’s best friend.
rage against the machine: Police responded to a vandalism call in the UNC-Charlotte area last week after someone went to town on a 65-year-old man’s car. The man reported that he woke up one morning to find his Hyundai Elantra trashed by vandals. The doors, hood, windshield and driver-side windows were all scratched with key marks. The suspect(s) also left shaving cream, eggs and pieces of bologna all over the car. That must have been one bad breakup.
All talk, no walk: A 56-year-old man with severe physical disabilities became the victim of a crime at the hands of what must be a heartless — and breathless — suspect. The man told officers that at exactly 3:30 p.m., someone stole his walker, cane and breathing apparatus. He had no idea who could have committed the crime, and there are no suspects, witnesses or evidence that one was even committed. He simply stated that he no longer possessed the items and that he would know because he uses all three very regularly.
shakespeare’s wrath: A 46-year-old woman called police after receiving what she took to be a threat but what also could be seen as obscure creative writing. The woman received a text message while sitting in her north Charlotte home that read, “I got a letter, that is just another bullet in the chamber.” Suspect, suspect, wherefore art thou, suspect?
Blotter items are chosen from the files of the Charlotte-Mecklenburg Police Department.
This article appears in Mar 20-26, 2012.
