Thieves continued to be a problem for local construction sites this week when an unknown suspect stole over $3,300 worth of copper tubing from inside of three houses in the Summers Walk neighborhood. Unknown suspects broke into a business on North Harbor Place and stole over $1,100 worth of cash and electronics, and someone used a Lakeview Avenue victim’s social security number to open numerous accounts with a power company in Connecticut.

Details on these incidents and more, along with a tally of the week’s arrests, citations, and traffic enforcement, may be found below. Read the full story

The 2013 Parade Charlotte home tour wraps up this weekend, with open houses Friday through Sunday at homes across the Charlotte region, including Mooresville, Huntersville, the Summers Walk and Bailey Springs neighborhoods in Davidson, and the Antiquity Cornelius and Robbins Park neighborhoods in Cornelius. We have a pair of posts today:

First, “Robin’s Picks” columnist Robbie Gibson offers her take on the event, in THE GUIDE»

Also, there’s a bit more about the houses and neighborhoods on the tour and links in REAL ESTATE & HOME»

By CHUCK McSHANE
Davidsonnews.net

Davidson commissioners on Tuesday unanimously approved scrapping the town’s Adequate Public Facilities Ordinance and also hinted at support for a zoning change that would allow an auto repair shop on Davidson Gateway Drive, near the Harris Teeter. Read the full story

Police officers responded to several traffic accidents over the past two weeks, including one Monday when a Charlotte woman rear-ended another vehicle on Main Street, then knocked over a street sign and damaged two utility poles. Elsewhere, thefts were reported at the new Carrburritos restaurant on South Main Street, where a $300 painting was taken, and at homes under construction in the Summers Walk neighborhood, where $1,200 worth of copper wiring was stolen.  Details on these stories and more may be found below along with a tally of the week’s arrests, citations, and traffic enforcement. Read the full story

Police over the past few weeks investigated a variety of thefts, including construction materials and Chevrolet Camaro, valued at $22,000, which was quickly recovered. Eight people were cited for underage drinking last week on Southwest Drive, and one person was arrested on charges of burglary, assaulting a female, and providing fictitious information to a police officer. Details on these stories and a tally of the week’s arrests, citations, and traffic enforcement may be found below. Read the full story

Police are investigating several thefts this week, including one in which a thief took a $2,100 competition bicycle from a garage in the St. Alban’s neighborhood and another involving $9,400 of jewelry stolen from a residence on Jib Court. A mother reported being assaulted by her 17-year-old son, and an unidentified driver of a 1998 Honda Accord drove over the River Run Golf Course, damaging the course and crashing into a tree. Details on these incidents and a tally of the week’s arrests, citations, and traffic enforcement may be found below. Read the full story

A Charlotte woman was surprised to learn last week that she had backed into a Davidson Elementary School employee after dropping children off at the school. Police investigated after a complaint from the school. Police also are investigating two auto break-ins where thieves stole owner’s manuals and loose change. In one incident on Magnolia Street, someone took two plastic containers of gasoline from the victim’s yard as well. Other items on the blotter this week include theft of a game system and laptop computer from a Central Park Circle home, and a Jetton Street woman’s report of credit card fraud. 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

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