READY FOR THE BIG LEAGUES: A man was struck in the face several times while playing ball. He told police a guy got mad at him because he kept taking the ball. So the guy knocked him down, got on top of him and punched him in the face several times. He wound up with a swollen left eye and nose.
TRIPPIN’: A mom was at her son’s alternative school when the 15-year-old boy got angry and tried to make her fall by kicking her in the legs.
QUAINT ADVICE: A man reported he received a threatening text message on his phone, followed by this explanation: “You are 30, and you shouldn’t be making out with broads that are 18 years old.” Broad? Who still says that?
COUNTER ENCOUNTER: A man paid for charcoal, cigarettes and cigars with a $50 bill that a supermarket cashier suspected was fake. The cashier checked it with a counterfeit marker that indicated yes, it was fake, but gave the customer his change and let him leave the store anyway.
WORKED FOR CHANGE: A woman called 911 to report her daughter had stolen money from her — between $300 and $400 in change (huh?) and sometime within the last two months.
ELDERLY ASSISTANCE: A woman told police that among other things, her Beagle, a Play Station 2, and $5 in change disappeared from her home while she was gone one day. She suspected the culprits might be the four men who had helped her grandfather earlier that day after he had fell and hit his head.
STOLEN PROMISES: A woman told police that she let a family member borrow her 1997 Kia to drive to an appointment. The relative never returned the car, despite her promises by phone to that effect.
NOLO CONTENDRE: A man was in court when someone walked up to him and said, “I will kill you.” Not the smartest move, perhaps: the two people were in court because of a previous, um, encounter.
Blotter items are chosen from the files of the Charlotte Police Department.
This article appears in Jul 4-10, 2007.
