My Shoe is Your Shoe: A larceny recently occurred at a warehouse in which 500 pairs of used, yes, used, shoes were stolen. It is unknown who took the boxes of shoes (or how they were transported) since the warehouse is occupied by several tenants with no dividers to separate the businesses.
Score! A middle-aged couple recently got into an argument, although it is not known what the debate was about. Whatever it was, it caused the wife to inflict injury to the man’s “groin area.”
Ah-Swing, Batta, Batta: A man was minding his own business, taking a walk on a path, when all of a sudden a person ran up behind him and struck him once in the leg with a baseball bat. The victim has no idea who the person was or why anyone would want to harm him; besides, it is doubtful he had any plans to skate for Olympic gold at the next Winter Games. The victim, however, was described as “uncooperative” at the scene, but then let’s remember Ms. Kerrigan’s hysterics-heard-round-the-world and imagine how cooperative that must have been.
Tired Of Vandalism: A young woman’s tires were recently slit (all four of them) while the car was parked at her home. The windshield was also hit with an unknown object, cracking the glass. The woman had no idea who the person was who committed this crime, at least not until the suspect called her up and confessed to damaging the vehicle.
Hazards of Renting: A man’s apartment was recently destroyed by another man who had access to it. The destroyer smashed holes in several of the walls, ruined the carpet in four rooms by drenching them in bleach, cut the floor tiles with a knife, and used the same knife to damage the kitchen and bathroom countertops. In addition to all the damage, the perpetrator topped off the day by stealing two pairs of gym shoes. The destroyee told police that the destroyer had been aggressive and even assaulted him in the past.
Dried Meat Larceny: A man was detained at a local gas station when a worker noticed him taking several items and leaving without paying for them. Among the stolen items were sunglasses, two cans of beer, and Slim Jims.
Wonders Never Cease: One man claimed to have been assaulted when a friend “snatched” a cell phone charger from his hand. There were no signs of apparent injury to the man, but he still wants to speak with the magistrate’s office about a possible arrest warrant against the battery snatcher.
Open Up a Can: While at work, a young woman was visited by a young man who owed her $30. The woman asked him where the money he owed her was, and he replied that she would get her $30, and in addition, he would also give her $30 of “ass whoopin.” The woman told police she believes the man would carry out this threat.
Look Before You Leap: Someone gained entrance into a young man’s car by taking a screwdriver and smashing it into the lock. The car was parked in the lot of a local restaurant, next to many other cars. The victim doesn’t know why the thief chose his car, especially since there was really nothing of value left to steal besides the car itself. If the thief had looked in the window before breaking into the car, he would have noticed wires hanging from where a stereo used to be. The man’s car was broken into days before at his townhouse complex and his stereo, CDs, and subwoofer were taken. The second thief went ahead and stole what little was left, including a charger for a cell phone that is no longer made, a checkbook for an account that was already closed, and a series of books he might be able to sell for a couple of bucks.
Blotter items are chosen from the files of the Charlotte Mecklenburg Police Department.
This article appears in Jul 17-23, 2002.
