Davidson police are investigating several residential thefts over the past two weeks, one in which a $300 chainsaw was taken from Meadowbrook Lane home where a suspicious person had been seen earlier. In River Run, two newly-installed 25 MPH signs were missing. Meanwhile, a Summers Walk man found that someone had used his Social Security number to file taxes this year. And a woman told police her  personal information had been used to open a Dish Network account in February.  Details on these incidents (along with a tally of the week’s arrests, citations, and traffic enforcement) may be found below. Read the full story

Officer Jesse Agnew helps out at the Shred-a-Thon in March. (Christina Ritchie Rogers / DavidsonNews.net)

The Cornelius Police Department, in partnership with Cintas Corporation, will host a Shred-a-Thon event Saturday from 10 a.m. to 1 p.m. behind Town Hall, 21445 Catawba Ave. Shredding old documents containing personal information helps to prevent identity theft.

Community members are encouraged to bring documents such as obsolete tax documents, financial statements, cancelled checks, insurance documents, business records or any other records that they want safely destroyed to this free event. Read the full story

Aquesta Bank hosts a community shred event next weekend, giving citizens the opportunity to shred personal documents free of charge and helping prevent identity theft. Read the full story

Police charged a man with shoplifting Saturday afternoon after he was found wheeling a shopping cart full of stolen beer away from the Harris Teeter.

Also over the past week, Davidson police reported two more cases of identity theft, in which unknown suspects opened accounts in residents’ names and ran up charges. One involved an account with a satellite TV service. The other involved a bank.

Those and other incidents are below, along with a summary of the past week’s traffic enforcement on local streets. Read the full story

An occasional column of items from the Davidson Police Department’s incident and arrest reports and other reports.

Two residents reported last week that they were victims of identity theft or fraud. In one case, a resident of Davidson-Concord Road said someone forged documents or stole money or securities worth $556. In the other case, a woman found an unauthorized $30 charge on her credit card by an online company.
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