Beware of Bullies: A bully with a baseball bat stopped a 15-year-old on his bike. The baseball player asked the kid for the blue sweatshirt he was wearing. Before the kid could give the suspect the sweatshirt, the suspect whopped the kid in the face with the bat. The ball player eventually got the shirt, as well as the kid’s cell phone.
Laundry Money Thief: A family reported a change jar containing roughly $6 missing from their home. The family has a suspect targeted, a man that has access to their house and who they believe to be involved in other criminal activity. Most likely those other crimes include jaywalking and taking the penny more often than leaving one.
Stalker Files: A creepy stalker began following a woman’s fiancé, sitting outside the couple’s house in a parked car and making a shooting gun gesture with his hands. The stalker has also followed the man to work to make the same shooting gesture at him there. Other times, the stalker calls the house to say, “I’ll gonna ruin you” or “I’m gonna get you, you punk-ass motherfucker,” or the stalker tells the couple to check the backyard because something was left out there for them. The engaged couple has yet to find anything in the backyard.
Free Sex: A suspect placed two boxes of condoms under his jacket and left the store without paying. The prophylactics were valued at $17.95.
Holy Soda: An unknown person broke into the classroom building of a church. Once inside, the suspect forced entry into the a locked office. The suspect opened drawers and cabinets inside the office. The only thing reported missing was a can of Mountain Dew.
Diamonds Aren’t Forever: A woman reported her 14-karat diamond ring stolen. The last time she saw it was when she dropped it somewhere between a parking deck and a fitness center. Yeah … stolen.
In Your Face: In unrelated incidents, two 21-year-old women filed assault reports for attacks against their faces. One woman’s face was bitten by a suspect; the other one’s was squeezed.
Charlotte Douglas Terrorist alert: After repeatedly calling a woman’s cell phone, a man was told by her to quit it. He called four more times and left the following message: “I’ll come to the fucking airport. I’ll tear up the airport and kick your ass.”
Blotter items are chosen from the files of the Charlotte Police Department.
This article appears in Mar 29 – Apr 4, 2006.
