Police are investigating the reported theft of $20,000 worth of jewelry from an automobile belonging to a resident of the River Run neighborhood sometime in the past month. Also last week, police arrested a man on larceny charges after shoplifting incidents at the CVS pharmacy downtown and the Exit 30 Exxon station.
Also below, last week’s traffic citations, including a slew of tickets to drivers who failed to stop for a stop sign on Lorimer Road.
JEWELRY THEFT
Police were called to a home on Wooden Tee Drive in River Run on Tuesday, Nov. 17, where a 57-year-old resident reported that about 200 pieces of jewelry worth $20,000 were missing from her vehicle.
She told police someone took a bag containing the jewelry sometime between Oct. 18 and Nov. 17. Police Detective Steve Ingram said the woman had been traveling to Davidson from California during that time. “There was no sign of a break-in,” Mr. Ingram said.
He said police have no leads or suspects.
SHOPLIFTING CASE
Police arrested a 23-year-old man last Wednesday, Nov. 18, after a pair of shoplifting incidents at local stores.
Donald Debron Robinson was facing multiple charges of misdemeanor larceny as well as possession of drug paraphernalia.
In the first incident, which was reported after 9 p.m., police were called to the CVS, on South Main Street. Employees reported that between 6:30 and 8:15 p.m., a suspect left the store with alcoholic beverages, food items, and over-the-counter medications, without paying.
Later, around 8 p.m., a clerk at the Exxon station reported seeing Mr. Robinson take an unidentified item from a counter display and leave the store without paying.
Police arrested Mr. Robinson and charged him in connection with the thefts.
INCIDENT REPORTS
The following incident reports were released by police over the past week, or gathered by DavidsonNews.net.
THURSDAY, NOV. 12, Stanley McElrath Road, off N.C. 73 – A resident told them someone broke into his home and took a 46-inch flat-screen TV and 2 laptop computers. The property was later recovered at a local pawn shop. Police said they have leads and expect to make an arrest in the case.
TUESDAY, NOV. 17, 11:45 a.m., 19000 block of Wooden Tee Drive, River Run – Officers responded to a call from a 57-year-old resident, who told them that sometime between Oct. 18 and Nov. 17, a bag containing around 200 pieces of jewelry valued around $20,000 was stolen from her vehicle.
WEDNESDAY, NOV. 18, 10:14 a.m., 600 block of Griffith Street – A driver was headed around the roundabout when she slowed to yield to other vehicles on the circle. A second car, driven by Huntersville woman, failed to reduce speed and struck the first vehicle in the rear bumper. Nobody was hurt and there were no charges. The first car, a 2007 Toyota, suffered only minor damage. The second driver’s 2002 Saturn had $2,000 damage.
WEDNESDAY, NOV. 18, 4:52 p.m., 800 block of Beaty Street – Fraud report: A resident told police someone used her name and personal information without her permission to gain employment.
WEDNESDAY, NOV. 18, 8:34 p.m., Exxon station, 601 Griffith St. – Police were called to the gas station/convenience store near Exit 30, where a witness told them a 23-year-old suspect took an item worth about $1 without paying. (The same man was also charged the next day with shoplifting at the CVS downtown. See next item.)
WEDNESDAY, NOV. 18, 9:31 p.m., CVS pharmacy, 127 S. Main St. – Police received a report of shoplifting at the pharmacy. After investigation, they charged a 23-year-old man with larceny and possession of drug paraphernalia earlier in the evening. the man was alleged to have taken food, medicine alcoholic beverages worth $59.30. (It was the second case involving the man in two days. See item above).
FRIDAY, NOV. 20, Griffith Street – Police stopped a 23-year-old driver on a speeding violation, and also charged him with driving while intoxicated and possession of marijuana.
MONDAY, NOV. 23, 4:52 p.m., Boardwalk condos, 701 Southwest Drive – A caller reported a water leak. Davidson firefighters arrived and found water flowing from the ceiling fixtures in a second floor condo. They knocked on doors of two upstairs units and got no answer, so they called Davidson police. With police they forcibly entered the third-floor units and in one found that a fitting had come loose on a water line in the master bath. A valve was closed and electricity was shut off. Condo owners were advised to contact Duke Energy to check electricity.
TRAFFIC ENFORCEMENT, NOV. 15-22
- DAVIDSON GATEWAY DRIVE – 1 for driving while license revoked.
- GRIFFITH STREET – 10 for speeding, 1 for passing on the right, 1 for expired registration plate, 1 for DWI, 1 for possession of marijuana, 1 for driving while license revoked.
- LORIMER ROAD – 5 for failure to stop at a stop sign, 1 for failure to carry driver’s license.
- NORTH MAIN STREET – 1 expired registration and 1 for expired inspection.
- ROBERT WALKER DRIVE – 2 for speeding.
