VARIETY STORE: A man broke into a business in the middle of the night and stole a $300 hand truck, $150 in AK-47 rounds, and $500 worth of candy from the shelves.
WANT FRIES WITH THAT?: A woman met a man at a fast food restaurant to sell him her 2003 Mercedes-Benz for $50,000. He handed her a cashier’s check and she handed him the keys. Days later her bank called to inform her that the check was counterfeit.
ITTY BITTY THEFT: A man called police to report that someone had stolen his mini check card. He has no idea where it was stolen but told police that it has been used extensively since it was taken from him.
CRAPPY BIRTHDAY TO YOU!: Police responded to a call at a birthday party where an irate man pushed one person to the ground, punched a second, and assaulted a third by breaking her nose.
QUOTE OF THE WEEK: If you hang up again, bitch, I’m right outside your front door. I’ll come and kill you.
YOU MAKE ME . . BREATHLESS: A woman called police to report being threatened. She told them that a man told her on her voice mail that he would take every one of her breaths if need be.
PERSISTENT PORN: A woman filed a police report concerning a man who kept sending her harassing and perverse e-mail messages. She wrote him back and told him to stop but he continued to send her the dirty e-mails.
JACK THE RIPPER: A man walked into his apartment’s rental office and told them he was moving out. They reminded him of his rental agreement and he asked to get a copy of it. The woman helping him placed the agreement on her desk and then walked over to the copier to get it ready. At that point, he grabbed the rental agreement off her desk and ripped it in half.
LOVE HURTS: A woman called police to report being harassed. She told them that a man had called her over 50 times, telling her that if he can’t have her, no one could. He also threatened her with a major concussion.
HAVING A BLAST: The workers on the second floor of an office building had a little excitement in their day when a giant fireball blasted down through the ceiling. The blast came from the communications department on the third floor. No one was injured and there has been no word on what caused the bizarre discharge.
Blotter items are chosen from the files of the Charlotte Police Department.
This article appears in May 12-18, 2004.
