Items from the Davidson Police Department’s incident and arrest reports.

Police have identified the driver who collided with another car at Concord and East Rocky River roads last Thursday as a 29-year-old Mooresville man. Also in this week’s blotter, reports of a dozen speeding citations on Griffith Street, five citations for running a stop sign on Jetton Street, and reports of auto break-ins near Exit 30 and in the Davidson Pointe neighborhood, across the Iredell County line. And we link you to our report earlier this week about a new rule barring registered sex offenders from town recreation facilities and parks.

The Concord Road crash happened around 7:15 a.m. on July 9. (See our July 9 news item, “Man hurt, charged with DWI after Concord Road crash.”) Police said Kristopher Dean Bowman, 29, of Mooresville, had been seen driving erratically while driving east on Concord Road near Kimberly Road.

According to police, Mr. Bowman failed to negotiate the curve as he turned east onto Davidson-Concord Road. He crashed into a car driven by a 55-year-old Charlotte woman who was stopped at the intersection waiting to make a left turn west onto Concord Road.

The woman was not seriously hurt. Mr. Bowman was taken to Lake Norman Regional Medical Center with elbow and chest injuries. He was charged with driving while impaired, disregarding the safety of others and failure to slow to avoid an accident.

Incident reports

SUNDAY, JULY 5 – A 22-year-old black male was stopped while driving on Beaty Street and charged with driving while license revoked and providing an officer with fictitious information.
MONDAY, JULY 6 – At 7:38, officers were dispatched to investigate the theft of a car stereo worth $500 from an SUV parked on Torrence Circle, in Davidson Landing off Exit 30.
TUESDAY, JULY 7 – Police investigated a report that a car had struck and damaged a light fixture and landscaping on Parking Oaks Lane in the River Run neighborhood. Damage was put at $650. The incident occurred between 6 p.m. July 4 and noon July 5. A landcaping crew repaired the damage.
WEDNESDAY, JULY 8 – A 33-year-old woman reported her car was broken into on Sweet Magnolia Court (in the Davidson Point neighborhood, north of town) sometime between 7 and 8 p.m. Cash and other items valued at $600, including a camera and electronic equipment, were missing.
THURSDAY, JULY 9 – Police charged a 29-year-old man with driving while impaired, disregarding the safety of others and failure to slow to avoid an accident after he ran into another car at the intersection of Davidson-Concord and East Rocky River Roads. (See our July 9 news item, “Man hurt, charged with DWI after Concord Road crash.”)

Traffic enforcement, July 5-11

Beaty Street – 1 for driving while license revoked, one for providing an officer with false information.
Catawba Avenue - 1 for no operator’s license.
Concord Road – 1 for speeding.
Davidson-Concord Road – 1 citation for driving while impaired, 1 for willful disregard of the rights and safety of others, 1 for failure to slow down to avoid an accident.
Davidson Gateway Drive – 1 for expired registration plate.
Griffith Street – 12 citations for speeding, 2 for expired registration plate, 1 for running a red light, .
Jetton Street – 5 for failure to stop at a stop sign.
Main Street – 6 for speeding, 2 for expired registration plates, 1 for driving while license revoked, 2 for expired inspection, 1 for failure to stop at a stop sign.
Robert Walker Drive – 2 for speeding.

Town bars sex offenders from parks

The Town Board this week adopted a new ordinance that bars registered sex offenders from public parks and recreation facilities. Read more in our July 15 news item.