Dozens of people in the area got an alarming email Monday morning from a local woman’s Google mail (Gmail) account with the subject line “Bad Trip!” The email contained a supposed plea for help from the woman, a Davidson real estate agent, saying she had been mugged while on a holiday trip to London and needed money to get her family home. It turns out the email was a scam, sent by someone who hijacked the account.

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Police on Monday searched six homes in the River Run and St. Alban’s neighborhoods, on Pat Stough Lane and in Huntersville as part of their investigation into a Dec. 5 incident on Pat Stough Lane that left a local 16-year-old critically injured. They seized evidence in all but one home, mainly computers and cell phones they hope will offer clues about how the boy was hurt during a late-night party at the home.

In search warrants issued early Monday, Davidson police said there were “inconsistencies” in statements by witnesses and evidence found at the home on Dec. 5. Among investigators’ questions is whether the boy fell from a second-floor window – as witnesses reported – or whether he was hurt some other way. Read the full story

Davidson police have obtained a half-dozen search warrants as they try to piece together how a 16-year-old boy fell from a second-story window at a home on Pat Stough Lane early on Sunday, Dec. 5. Read the full story

Davidson police and Davidson and Cornelius firefighters responded to a multi-vehicle collision Saturday night near the I-77 southbound on ramp at Exit 30 that escalated into a major vehicle fire. Meanwhile, a Mooresville resident blacked out or fell asleep while driving on South Main Street on Dec. 6, and hit two trees before coming to rest on an embankment. And juvenile suspect in the Delburg Street neighborhood reportedly assaulted his father Sunday. Details on these as well as a list of this week’s traffic citations and incidents, may be found below. Read the full story

A motorist on River Ford Drive in River Run last week hit a bicyclist with his passenger side mirror, knocking the cyclist and fellow rider to the ground. In unrelated incidents, four vehicles were damaged when a driver slammed into a line of cars on N.C. 73, and major damage was reported in a two-vehicle collision off of Ramah Church Road. Nobody was hurt in those crashes or in two others where vehicles crashed into trees. Those incidents, plus a list of the week’s traffic citations, are found below. Read the full story

A South Street resident last week filed a police report after she received a surprise bill for damages in an automobile accident in Florida involving a car rented in her name.  Police also investigated a shoplifting incident a the Griffith Street Exxon station as well as vandalism on North Main Street. Drivers involved in a collision on South Main Street offered conflicting reports, and major damage was reported in a collision off of Ramah Church Road. Those incidents, plus a tally of the week’s traffic enforcement below. Read the full story

A driver lost control of his car on Grey Road Tuesday, Nov. 16, hitting several trees and then sliding sideways into another tree. Nobody was injured, but the vehicle was damaged. Police also took a report about vandalism to a sign at South Main Square. Those incidents, plus the week’s traffic enforcement statistics below. Read the full story

A 2-year-old Davidson child was hospitalized Halloween evening after he was hurt in a crash on Concord Road. The crash happened when a second driver following the car in which the child was riding took his eyes off the road and rear-ended the first vehicle. Also this week, police are investigating two cases of threatening – one in which four 18-year-old men confronted a 15-year-old boy and another. Those incidents plus the week’s traffic enforcement below.

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