YOU MIGHT FEEL A SLIGHT PRICK: A man's wife decided there was no better time to argue with him and slap him hard in the face than while he was giving blood. The man stated that he was not going to prosecute, but did want a copy of the police report. Maybe he plans to put it up on their refrigerator as a reminder of their marital bliss.
SHOULD HAVE USED THE CLUB: When a man stepped out onto his front porch one morning, he noticed that something was missing. He immediately called police to report that his rocking chairs had been stolen. When questioned, the man stated that the chairs had not been secured to the porch.
GOING AWAY PARTY?: A bookkeeper for a local apartment complex reported that unknown persons pulled sheetrock off of the downstairs walls and ceiling of a resident's home. The vandals also broke all the windows, damaged the mini-blinds, and left the carpet littered with broken glass, sheetrock, and beer bottles. Though moved out, the tenant still had a key and rent was paid through the end of the month.
SINGLE FEMALE SEEKS ANYONE FOR ANYTHING: While searching the Internet one evening, a woman came across a very familiar face in a Yahoo profile. Remembering that she had no twin, the woman quickly called police to report that an unknown person had posted fictitious information on the web using her photo. The investigation is ongoing, and she has dates lined up until December.
A RESTRAINING ORDER MIGHT HELP: Two people have reported that over the past two years, a man has harassed them by telephone, stalked them, and threatened the lives of their children. They stated that he has called their home around 45 times. In these calls the man said that if he caught them on the street he'd run them over. The man also said that he was going to take them out. He has also been reported to have chased them about 50 times by car, attempting to run them off the road. One of the people reporting these incidents informed police that the man had attacked him with a hammer.
YOU BOUGHT NO. 3 PENCILS, MORON!: After a heated argument over their children's school supplies, a man put his hands around his wife's throat. Though she had no visible signs of assault and no photos were taken, she was advised to go to the magistrate's office to get a warrant if she wanted her husband arrested.
TALK ABOUT YOUR BAD TIMING: A man decided that he was so thirsty, he'd get some beer by any means necessary. His plan was to run right out of a local convenience store without paying. As he readied himself for the great dash to sudsy freedom, a police officer pulled up to the store for a late night break. Sad but true, the man was nabbed running across the parking lot by the officer. The man's quest for free beer will be further hampered by the fact that drug paraphernalia was found on him when arrested.
Blotter items are chosen from the files of the Charlotte Police Department.
