News reports late Monday afternoon said one person was wounded in a shooting outside Northlake Mall, in north Charlotte. WCNC-TV reported the man’s injuries were not life-threatening. WBTV said the shooting was a drive-by.
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Police are investigating two instances of intimidation this week, including one case in which a 52-year-old woman reported that a 46-year-old man has been stalking her in person and via text messages/email since December. Elsewhere, a 55-year-old man was charged with trying to pass a forged check for $978 at Aquesta Bank, and a Davidson Gateway Drive resident’s vehicle window was busted out by an unknown suspect on Tuesday. Details on these stories and more (along with a tally of the week’s arrests, citations, and traffic enforcement) may be found below.  Read the full story

Firefighters over the past week assisted an occupant stuck in a stalled elevator at the Davidson College Baker Sports Complex and responded to multiple alarm activations caused by burned food on kitchen stoves. Engine 1 was canceled while responding to assist with searching for a missing 2-year-old once the child was found, and emergency personnel helped manage a car wreck on N.C. 73 at Stanley McElrath Road after fluid began to leak from one of the vehicles. Details on these incidents and others (along with a tally of the week’s medical calls) may be found below. Read the full story

Updated Feb. 2, 2012 at 2:50 p.m.

Petrona Jarvis (Huntersville PD photo)

Police on Thursday afternoon located an elderly Huntersville woman who had been missing for about 6 1/2 hours. Petrona Jarvis, 85, suffers dementia and went missing from her Huntersville home around 8 a.m. Thursday. Read the full story

CORNELIUS – Bailey Middle School was briefly put on lockdown late Friday morning while police from Cornelius and Huntersville searched for a man who lived in the area who reportedly was threatening to harm himself.

The lockdown was brief, and the man eventually was located unharmed in Huntersville, near N.C. 73 and Mayes Road. He was hospitalized, according to Huntersville police.

Parents of Bailey Middle students were alerted about the lockdown Friday afternoon in a automated telephone call from the school.

This week, firefighters assisted homeowners with fire alarm activations caused by burned food on a stove and a malfunctioning carbon monoxide detector. Units also were called to and then canceled from several minor collisions on I-77. Details on these stories and a tally of the week’s medical calls may be found below. Read the full story

Police obtained a search warrant and broke up a teen drinking party Saturday night in the River Run neighborhood. Alcoholic beverages were seized and a 17-year-old woman is now facing misdemeanor charges of aiding and abetting underage drinking, along with resisting, obstructing, and delaying.  Four other partygoers also were cited for underage drinking and resisting, obstructing, and delaying. Elsewhere, five drivers were charged with DWI on local streets over the past two weeks, and a Davidson Pointe resident reported that someone shot a BB through a side window of the home. Details on these stories and more (along with a tally of the past two weeks’ arrests, citations, and traffic enforcement) may be found below. Read the full story

A 26-year-old Charlotte woman who lost an arm after a boat backed over her during a party on Lake Norman in June has sued the boat’s operator, owner and manufacturer. Deondra Scott is seeking unspecified damages of more than $10,000 in the suit, which was filed this month at Mecklenburg Superior Court. Read the full story