Police are investigating a break-in overnight early Monday at the Monkee’s of Lake Norman store in the Harris Teeter shopping center off I-77 Exit 30. Police also responded to several automobile accidents, including one Oct. 13 in which an 18-year-old driver swerved off N.C. 73, across another road and into a ditch. Also, news about a new job for the police department’s records clerk – and a job opening. Read the full story

Several car break-ins were reported over the past week, including one in the Summer’s Walk neighborhood that netted thieves more than $2,700 in electronics and sports equipment. At another in the McConnell neighborhood, computer equipment worth $2,500 was missing. Details on those incidents, plus traffic enforcement and accidents below. Read the full story

Also, a cat dies after being shot, off South Main Street

Davidson police on Tuesday arrested a suspect in an armed robbery of two skateboarders on South Street over the weekend. In Cornelius, police have arrested one of two men wanted in connection with an armed robbery Sunday night at the Taco Bell restaurant on West Catawba Avenue, off I-77 Exit 28.

Meanwhile, someone shot a cat last weekend in a Cornelius neighborhood off South Main Street, near the Davidson line. Details about those incidents, plus Davidson traffic enforcement for last week … Read the full story

Charges follow his arrest in incident off Torrence Chapel Road

Ruben Garcia-Rosario

A kidnapping suspect in a case involving a school bus stop on Lake Norman was arrested Tuesday. Cornelius Police Chief Bence Hoyle told DavidsonNews that “the suspect was targeting a specific family.”

In a joint media announcement Thursday, the Cornelius and Char-Meck Police announced two arrests related to the case. Read the full story

Other break-ins reported; traffic tickets add up on Griffith

Davidson police on Thursday arrested a local man in connection with the theft of food from a South Main Street restaurant last month. Also in this week’s report, news of another South Main Street break-in, a report of a late-night flat-screen TV from the Summer’s Walk clubhouse in east Davidson, and our weekly traffic enforcement report. Read the full story

Items from Davidson Police Department incident and arrest reports, as well as staff reporting.

Police moved their traffic enforcement patrols back to Griffith Street last week, where they issued 14 speeding tickets and cited three drivers for running the traffic light. Over on Jetton Street, drivers rolling through stop signs are continuing to earn themselves tickets, as 7 were issued there on Sept. 15 and Sept. 18. (More in “Traffic enforcement” below.) Meanwhile, an unknown driver plowed through a fence on Davidson-Concord Road and then fled last Friday evening. And someone stole the cash box from a kiddie ride at the Harris Teeter. Read the full story

Items from Davidson Police Department incident and arrest reports, as well as staff reporting.

Monday’s knife-point robbery in the parking lot of the Cornelius Food Lion was the big news on the police beat over the past two weeks. Cornelius police had no new information Wednesday and are still looking for a black male who threatened a 21-year-old Cornelius woman with a knife and stole $14.

Meanwhile, several auto break-ins were reported in the South Street/Walnut Street neighborhood on Sept. 3. And someone stole a moped from a Delburg Street home on Sept. 5. Read the full story

An assailant with a knife robbed a shopper in the parking lot outside the Food Lion grocery store on North Main Street in Cornelius Monday morning, according to a Cornelius Police Department incident report. The unidentified suspect has not been caught. Read the full story