Thieves still favor copper wire, catalytic converters, mo-peds

By Frank DeLoache

Kannapolis Citizen

It’s impossible to know whether the soured economy and tight job market motivates thieves.

Nonetheless, you can’t help but wonder as businesses and homeowners continue to report theft of copper wire and catalytic converters.

And people seem to be stealing more mo-peds than vehicles. Who can afford the gas?

Examples in this week’s incident reports to the Kannapolis Police Department are:

• On Aug. 22, Tessa Macrae, 28, reported the catalytic converter removed from her vehicle in Kannapolis.

• At 9:56 a.m. Aug. 25, Premier Construction reported copper wire stolen from an unfinished house at an unspecified address.

• At 9:55 a.m. Aug. 26, Joseph Council, 45, reported the catalytic converter cut off his vehicle.

The Cabarrus County Sheriff’s Office log included:

• At 1:45 p.m. Aug. 27, Watson Sartain, 56, reported a mo-ped taken from his property.

• At 10:15 a.m. Aug. 28, Orleans Home Builders reported someone stole copper wiring from a house under construction at an unspecified address.

• On Aug. 29, Rick Shell, of Orleans Homebuilders, reported $600 in copper wire stolen from a home under construction at 7218 Streamhaven Drive, Harrisburg. Deputy Fetzer. 

• On Aug. 25, Holly Schikowski, 32, 2539 N.C. 73, Concord, reported the theft of her child’s $3,000 Suzuki motorcycle from her home. Deputy Thomas.

The Rowan County Sheriff’s Office listed these:

• Terry Parham of China Grove, reported someone cut copper wiring from a house he owns at 1814 W. C St., Kannapolis, between Aug. 12 and 23. Total loss was $1,150.

• Sam L. Miller of Mooresville reported catalytic converters were removed from two Miller Carpet vehicles parked at the 1509 W. C St., Kannapolis, business between Aug. 22 and 25. Total loss was $400.

• Logan Alan Arnone of Kannapolis reported a $1,400 scooter stolen Aug. 26 from a convenience store at 2023 W. C St., Kannapolis.

• Catalytic converters were stolen off four company vehicles parked at Contaminant Control, 230 Lockhart Road, Kannapolis, the night of Aug. 25.

The Kannapolis Police Department also reported:

Arrests

• Andrew Pittmon, 19, and Kevin Dell Pittmon, 22, both of 1601 Valwood St.; both charged with larceny from a person, breaking and entering, vandalism (allegedly for kicking in a door at Donna Cobale’s home); written promise to appear in court; Aug. 23 and 24.

• De Carlos Quantel Robinson, 29, 1114 Mason St.; failure to stop at stop sign or light, fleeing to elude arrest, resisting an officer, possession of marijuana, possession with intent to sell and deliver marijuana, expired registration; $50,000 bond; Aug. 23.

• Charles Armstrong, 38, 1105 E. 11th St.; driving while impaired (.19 blood-alcohol test) and with revoked license; 2 a.m. Aug. 25.

• Sarah Branham-Bottomlee, 33, 6621 Charlie Walker Road; driving with revoked license, possession of drug paraphernalia, resisting an officer; Aug. 22.

• Gregory Thomas Allison, 22, 207 Cadillac St.; drug violations; Aug. 22.

• Kareem Rachaad Lanier, 32, 2419 Galena Lane; failure to appear on charge of secret peeping; Aug. 22.

• Adrian Kelly Griffin, 24, 32 Patton Court, Concord; failure to appear on misdemeanor probation violation; $500 bond; Aug. 23.

• Gustavo Alamaraz, 33, 1410 Village Park Road; interfering with emergency personnel, simple assault (allegedly for pushing down Elsa Martinez, 28, and grabbing her hair); Aug. 24.

• David P. Bonilla, 28, 820 Poplar Ave.; failure to appear on probation violation $1,000 bond; Aug. 23.

• Sergio Zambrano, 38, 260 Academy St.; driving while impaired; Aug. 23.

• Nicholas Alexander Fowler, 17, 9205 Wright Road; driving while impaired (.09 blood-alcohol test) and with provisional license, speeding  (60 mph in a 35-mph zone); written promise to appear in court; Aug. 23.

• Michael Timothy Battle, 23, 761 Dale Earnhardt Blvd.; violating a domestic protection order (allegedly by coming to the home of Ashley Battle, 20); $3,000 bond; Aug. 23.

• Christian Daniel Dupree Ford, 19, 144 Beaumont Ave.; assault by pointing a gun (two counts), trespassing, communicating threats; Aug. 23.

• Kelly Correll, 17, 1407 Price Ave.; driving while impaired; Aug. 24.

• William David Kiser, 49, 815 S. Main St.; assault on a female (allegedly for pulling down the pants of a 17-year-old and making vulgar comments); $500 bond; Aug. 24.

• Anthony Campbell, 26, 6014 McGregor Drive; driving while impaired, failure to use motorcycle headlights; Aug. 24.

• Anthony Deshon “Kilo” Meeks, 17, 1022 Rocky Meadows Lane, Concord; carrying a concealed weapon (a handgun), driving without a license, giving false information to an officer, stop sign violation; transferred to N.C. Department of Corrections; Aug. 24.

• Miles Larason, 28, 200 Castlewood Drive; larceny; 2:35 a.m. Aug. 26.

• Linda Gail Hendrix, 48, 313 Franklin Ave., Concord; felony larceny, resisting an officer (allegedly by giving a false name); $1,200 bond; 11:21 a.m. Aug. 25.

• Maurice King, 21, 1020 E. Lafayette St.; driving while impaired and with provisional license; Aug. 22.

• Tracey Funderburk, 38, 2897 Shady Lane Ave.; driving while impaired and with expired registration and inspection; Aug. 24.

• Jason Moody, 31, 113 Mary St.; driving while impaired; Aug. 23.

• Renee C. Culver, 46, 213 Franklin Ave., Concord; driving while impaired (.15 blood-alcohol test); $200 bond; Aug. 24.

• Samantha Clendenin, 25, 1104 Brantley Road; simple assault; 8:30 p.m. Aug. 25.

• Reginald Donnell Blackwood, 38, 2420 Greenbriar Road; felony possession of a schedule II controlled substance, failure to appear on driving with revoked license charge; $300 bond; 3:09 a.m. Aug. 26.

• Erica Nichole Jones, 20, 121 Love Road; shoplifting (allegedly putting merchandise in her purse at Family Dollar), failure to appear on earlier larceny charge; $675 bond; 12:15 p.m. Aug. 26.

• Jennifer Renee Honeycutt, 25, 73 Ashlyn Drive, Concord; shoplifting (allegedly putting merchandise in her purse at Family Dollar); $500 bond; 12:15 p.m. Aug. 26.

• Desmond Miller, 28, 525 Coopers Ridge Drive; discharging a firearm in the city; 12:20 a.m. Aug. 27.

• Mark Anthony Crawford, 36, 129 Kirk Ave.; second-degree trespassing, forgery, uttering a forged instrument; $1,400 bond; 1:30 a.m. Aug. 27.

• Michael Holmes Logan, 62, 309 Williams St.; driving on a closed road and with revoked license; 7 p.m. Aug. 26.

• John Reece, 51, 610 Buford St.; driving on a closed road and with revoked license; 7 p.m. Aug. 26.

• James Sawyer, 34, 9500 Oak Ridge Drive; driving while impaired; 2:18 a.m. Aug. 27.

• Tracey Lynn Cervantes, 33, 2405 Eagle St.; driving while impaired (refused blood-alcohol test), failure to carry license, driving left of center; $1,000 bond; 7:30 a.m. Aug. 27.

• Phillip William Kiser, 29, 217 Coggins St.; failure to register a motor vehicle, failure to report an accident; $500 bond; 11:45 a.m. Aug. 27.

• Johnny Wayne Gulledge, 44, 909 Lakeview St.; harassing phone calls; 9:30 a.m. Aug. 27. 

• Michael Warren Brooks, 44, 514 Villa Ave.; motor vehicle theft, possession of stolen property; 4:50 p.m. Aug. 27.

• Christy Denise Banks, 29, 2630 Dale Earnhardt Blvd.; simple physical assault; 4:30 p.m. Aug. 27.

• DeAngelo Raymone Collins, 25, 311 Ravendale; gambling; 11:20 a.m. Aug. 28.

• Christopher Cody Amici, Salvation Army shelter; assault on a female/domestic violation; 8:50 a.m. Aug. 28.

Nine days earlier, Amici was charged with communicating threats. He was released a written promise to appear in court.

• Jason Lane Durell Honeycutt, 26, 2540 Glenwood St.; probation violation; $5,000 bond; 2:23 p.m. Aug. 28.

• Linda Douglas, 58, 770 Chris Drive; worthless checks; 2:20 p.m. Aug. 28.

• Kerry Grayling Wilson, 43, 217 Bacon St.; felony probtion violation; $4,000 bond; 2:45 p.m. Aug. 28.

• Avan Salinas Velderrama, 18, 501 Chrysler St.; vandalism (allegedly for spray painting unspecified buildings); $500 bond; 11 p.m. Aug. 28.

Incidents

• On Aug. 22, Best Buy reported a 21-year-old man removed wrapping from a store  item and tried to hide the item.

• On Aug. 22, officers questioned a 35-year-old woman at an unspecified location about having ultracet in an unlabeled bottle.

• On Aug. 23, officers questioned two 18-year-olds and a 17-year-old at an unspecified location about underage drinking.

• On Aug. 23, David Price, 37, reported vandals spray painted the side of his vehicle.

• On Aug. 23, Palmer Ballard, 56, reported a 29-year-old man took Ballard’s automatic teller machine card without permission.

• On Aug. 23, officers questioned a 19-year-old male at an unspecified location about having marijuana and drug paraphernalia.

• On Aug. 23, Roderick Polk, 30, reported the theft of a firearm.

• On Aug. 24, Steven Artz, 31, reported a 25-year-old man broke a window at Artz’s home and stolen property.

• On Aug. 24, officers questioned a 17-year-old male at an unspecified location about possession of a plastic bong and other drug paraphernalia.

• On Aug. 24, officers learned that Debra Dixon, 29, previously reported missing, had been located.

• At 4:43 a.m. Aug. 25, Franky Perez, 26, and Paul Collins reported a break-in and the theft of money, four “long guns” and an Xbox 360.

• At 12:05 p.m. Aug. 25, Home Depot reported a 46-year-old woman tried to hide merchandise in her purse.

• At 3:37 p.m. Aug. 25, officers questioned a 24-year-old man at an unspecified location about having cocaine which he intended to sell.

• At 8:30 p.m. Aug. 25, Linda Haywood, 49, reported property stolen from her unlocked vehicle.

• At 9:14 p.m. Aug. 25, Hardees reported a 19-year-old male attempted to pay with counterfeit currency.

• At 10 p.m. Aug. 25, Christine Castor and Matthew Maione, both 21, reported a 22-year-old man fired a .12-gauge shotgun in the street in front of their home.

• At 10:44 a.m. Aug. 26, Casco Signs reported thieves cut a “gas filler neck” to steal gasoline.

• At 12:21 p.m. Aug. 26, Food Lion No. 755 reported a 37-year-old man hid merchandise and left the store.

• At 9:30 a.m. Aug. 26, police notified the Department of Social Services about a 38-year-old woman’s questionable treatment of a 16-year-old male.

• At 7:35 p.m. Aug. 26, Sue Burns, 39, reported a 16-year-old male took a tailgate without permission.

• At 7:51 p.m. Aug. 26, Leeann Wensil, 28, reported someone broke the window of her vehicle and took her pocketbook.

• At 7:55 p.m. Aug. 26, Joyce Aguilar-Flores, 51, reported someone shot a window in her home with a BB gun.

• At 10:34 a.m. Aug. 27, Jennifer Wike, 39, reported someone broke into her vehicle and stole property.

• At 10 a.m. Aug. 27, Bobby Brown, 69, reported a 19-year-old acquaintance removed the registration plate from Brown’s vehicle.

• At 10:02 a.m. Aug. 27, Judy Flores, 45, reported a 33-year-old acquaintance used Flores’ Social Security number without her permission.

• At 12:30 a.m. Aug. 28, officers investigated a report of someone passing a counterfeit $20 bill.

• At 8:48 p.m. Aug. 27, Lowe’s Food store no. 225 reported a 45-year-old woman took merchandise in the store and tried to return it for cash.

• At 8:53 a.m. Aug. 28, officers investigated a report that a 23-year-old man left a bruise on the forehead of a 4-week-old child.

• At 9:20 a.m. Aug. 28, Dale Andrews, 60, reported his vehicle taken from an unspecified parking lot without permission.

• At 3:40 p.m. Aug. 28, Vernie Rainey, 63, reported a 21-year-old woman took his debit card and used it in “various locations” in Kannapolis.

• At 4:30 p.m. Aug. 28, Dollar General store no. 10100 reported a 36-year-old woman bought items with a fraudulent check.

• At 2:51 p.m. Aug. 28, Food Lion no. 6 reported a 43-year-old man obtained property by false pretense from one store and then went to another store to exchange the items for cash.

• At 4 p.m. Aug. 28, officers questioned a 58-year-old man at an unspecified location about possession of drug paraphernalia.

• At 3:15 p.m. Aug. 28, Burke’s Outlet reported a 36-year-old woman bought items with a worthless check.

Thirty minutes earlier,  Food Lion no. 1284 reported the same woman and a 43-year-old man writing another worthless check.

• At 6:45 p.m. Aug. 28, Billy Richardson, 37, reported the theft of a gun, two guitars and a vacuum cleaner.

• At 10:24 p.m. Aug. 28, officers questioned a 25-year-old man about possessing a prescribed medicine “outside of the original container.”

• At 10:35 p.m. Aug. 28, Terrance Rucker, 22, reported several men, two of them 21 and the third 26, beat him.

Cabarrus County Sheriff’s Office

Arrests

• Deborah Paige Blackwelder, 57, 6003 Miller Road, Kannapolis; driving while impaired, misdemanor larceny; $3,500 bond; Aug. 25 and 26; Deputy Barnhardt.

• Harold James Twitty, 65, 4433 Mullis Road, Kannapolis; assault on a female; written promise to appear in court; Aug. 25; Sgt. Measimer.

• Jill Pressley Barrier, 42, 8875 Bowman Barrier Road, Mount Pleasant; worthless check; written promise to appear in court; Aug. 25; Deputy D.A. Burchett.

• Tammy Marie Bazeman, 37, Garmon Mill Road, Midland; threatening phone calls (two counts); written promise to appear in court; Aug. 25; Deputy Burchett.

• Joshua Lynn Cole, 18, 3800 Garmon Mill Road, Midland; second-degree trespassing, threatening phone call; written promise to appear in court; Aug. 25. Deputy Burchett.

• Tyrell Ganesh Ramkisson, 26, 1327 Champion Lane, Concord; assault on a female; written promise to appear in court; Aug. 25; Deputy Burchett.

• Dustin Heath Witherspoon, 21, 4790 Zion Church Road, Concord; manufacturing a schedule VI controlled substance; written promise to appear in court; Aug. 25; Deputy B.T. Hopkins.

• Robert Wayne French, 46, streets of Concord; failure to appear on charges of larceny and trespassing on railroad right of way; $2,000 bond; Aug. 29; Deputy Hale.

• Barry Gordon Richards, 46, 2201 St. John’s Church Road, Concord; harassing phone calls; written promise to appear in court; Aug. 29; Deputy Hale.

• William Lee Anderson II, 47, 802 Oakwood Drive, Mint Hill; misdemeanor larceny, possession of stolen goods, failure to appear on earlier larceny charge; $10,500 bond; Aug. 29; Deputy D. Burchett.

• Kari Lynn Andrew Alston, 32, 6004 Firetorn Lane, Concord; assault with a deadly weapon, violating domestic violence order (Guilford County); written promise to appear in court; Aug. 29; Lt. Bailey.

• Chadrick Solon Cochran, 35, 40 Pine Grove Church Road, Concord; failure to pay child support, resisting an officer; $1,700 bond; Aug. 29; Deputy Hale.

• Marlin Phillip Brown, 35, 6004 Firethorn Lane, Concord; violating Guilford County court order; written promise to appear in court; Aug. 29; Lt. Bailey.

• Roman Bautista, 29, 4287 DC Drive, Concord; driving while impaired, with open container of alcohol and uninsured; $1,000 bond; Aug. 29; Deputy R. Little.

• Wayne E. Williams, 47, 8267 Barringer St., Mount Pleasant; inspection violation, resisting an officer and failure to appear in charges of driving with revoked license (two counts); $2,000 bond; Sept. 1. Sgt. Tierney.

Incidents

• On Aug. 25, Mistie Achhambault Brown, 11099 Hickory Ridge Road, Harrisburg, reported a break-in and the theft of $100 in items. Deputy S. Staton.

• On Aug. 25, Angel Hopkins, 24, 3014 Hawick Commons Drive, Concord, reported $1,500 in vandalism to the paint of a 1993 Cadillac, owned by Timothy Best, same address, while parked in the driveway. Deputy Christie.

• On Aug. 29, Wayne Anders of Cabarrus County Schools, reported a break-ig at Mount Pleasant Elementary School, with damage and theft costing $1,950. Deputy Elliott.

• On Aug. 29, Tim Hutley, of McGee Brothers, reported a break-in to a company model home, 3261 Fairmead Drive, Concord, with $1,850 in damage. Deputy Gilmore.

• On Sept. 1, Cletus O. Hill, 27, 15901 U.S. 52, Gold Hill, reported a break-in, the theft of $12,700 in items from inside his home and a 2004 Yamaha all-terrain vehicle. Sgt. Tierney.

• On Sept. 1, Nancy Rivera Lopez, 24, 1537 Piney Church Road, Concord, reported the theft of $300 in items from and $200 in damage to her 2000 Acura Integra. Deputy Zeman.

• On Sept. 1, Christopher Wayne McDonald, 25, 4525 Carol Court, Concord, reported $630 in items stolen from her 1996 Honda Civic. Deputy Zeman.

• On Sept. 1, Daniel Heinman, 1446 Bostwood Lane Concord, reported someone stole $250 in items from his outbuilding as well as gasoline from his 2006 Hyundai Sonata, at his home.

Michael Heinman, 24, same address, reported $797 in items taken from his 1994 Saturn. Deputy Lisk.

• On Sept. 1, David Isenhour, 45, 135 N. Main St., Richfield, reported a break-in to an outbuilding at 14259 U.S. 49 N., Gold Hill, since Aug. 27. Nothinig was taken, but a $200 window was broken. Deputy Kluttz.

• On Sept. 1, Eddie Baggs, 61, 3650 U.S. 601 S., Concord, reported someone took $2,500 in currency from his 2003 Suzuki Aerio and caused $600 in damage to the ‘03 Suzuki, a 2004 Suzuki and a 2004 between Aug. 30 and Sept. 1. Deputy Lisk.

• On Sept. 1, Annette Kemp Pirkle, 43, 6712 Hickory Ridge Road, Harrisburg, reported her husband, Gary, missing. Last contact was a text message at 11:20 p.m. Aug. 22. Deputy Joyner.

• On Sept. 1, Daniel Mark Sninchak, 35, 6061 Creekview Court, Harrisburg, reported someone cut the two, passenger-side tires on his 2006 Dodge Caravan, parked at his home, causing $200 damage. Deputy Staton.