Mailbox Baseball: During the wee hours on a recent Sunday, some Beavis & Butt-Head/Jackass wannabes smashed at least eight mailboxes. The police report indicated the little hellions caused at least $1,000 in damages.
The Great Shrimp Heist: A woman walked into a grocery store and stuffed two bags of shrimp into her purse. A store employee spotted the shifty seafood lover, but she took off before he could stop her. The woman’s ill-gotten gain totaled $69.
Peculiar Threats: A 54-year-old woman reported that a male acquaintance keeps making threatening phone calls, including one in which he said, “I can’t wait for you to die so I can pee on your grave.” In another case of phone harassment, a 20-year-old woman reported that an ex-boyfriend sent her at least 26 threatening text messages, including one that said, “I break windows,” and another that threatened, “If I can’t get my stuff I’ll come take your bed.”
Deny, Deny, Deny: A 24-year-old woman invited a “friend” over to braid her hair. At one point the woman got up from her chair and left the room for a few minutes. When she came back she noticed a gold necklace that she left on a shelf was missing. When the woman asked her friend about the missing jewelry, she denied taking it. The woman told police that only she and the suspected thief had been in the house when the $1,500 necklace disappeared.
Time to Stop Smoking: A 21-year-old man stepped outside his girlfriend’s house for a smoke and accidentally locked himself out. With his girlfriend’s child inside the house alone, the young man kicked the door down to get back inside. Shortly after, the girlfriend’s older brother showed up and punched the fellow in the eye before he could explain the broken door.
Disaster Averted: A woman set fire to her mattress in an attempt to burn down her apartment. Luckily the fire department arrived and evacuated the folks who lived in the adjoining apartments — including an 8-year-old girl — and put out the blaze before it got out of control. The suspected firebug fled the scene and has yet to be seen.
Blotter items are chosen from the files of the Charlotte Police Department.
This article appears in Sep 21-27, 2005.
