_ 1151 South Seminole Dr.: Police were called to the address on Tuesday on a suspicious person. According to a police report, a resident reported that a man was knocking on doors in the area. Police checked the area but couldn’t find anyone. The report states that Officer Eric Massengale then traveled down Bennett Road where he saw a man walking through yards carrying a gas can. Officer Massengale stopped the man and talked. The man told the officer that he had run out of gas and he was knocking on doors “with the hope someone would give him gas or a ride to a fuel station,” the report states.
The report states that Officer Massengale advised the man of the reasons it was not a good idea to walk through neighborhoods knocking on random doors. The man acknowledged the reasons the officer gave and said he would head home if he could get to a gas station. Officer Massengale then gave the man a ride to Circle K on Ringgold Road to get gas for his car. “No further police action taken,” the report states.
_ 6116 Ringgold Rd.: Police were dispatched to Mr. Zip on Sunday in regard to a vehicle theft. According to a police report, an officer spoke with a man who said he left his 2007 Ford Explorer running while he went inside the store. He told police that when he came out his car was gone. The report states that the man bought the car on Saturday and that it was registered in his girlfriend’s name.
Police went inside the store and checked out video surveillance of the incident, the report states. The video showed a white male wearing a white shirt, tan shorts and carrying a black backpack walk from behind the store and look at the Explorer. The man walked around the vehicle looking inside before opening the driver’s side door and driving off. The report states that the victim paid $8,800 for the car. It was entered into NCIC as stolen.
_ 100 block Cecil Lane: Police were dispatched to the area last week on a disorder. According to a police report, when officers arrived they spoke with a man who said that he was in bed with a female friend when his ex-girlfriend was allowed into the house by one of the man’s friends. The man told officers that he was awakened by his ex-girlfriend yelling and cursing at him.
The report states that the ex-girlfriend was asking who the “b—-” in bed with him was. She then grabbed the woman in the bed by the hair, dragged her out of the bed and began striking her. The man told officers that he separated the two women and left the house with the woman he was sleeping with. When he returned, the ex-girlfriend was outside “begging him to love her and let her in the house.”
When the man refused to allow her inside, the report states that she began banging on the windows with a knife in her hand. She eventually broke the window and told the man that she would cut her own throat if he wouldn’t talk with her.
The report states that the man went outside and spoke with his ex-girlfriend, took the knife away from her and told her to leave. The report states the ex-girlfriend was picked up by a man in a black SUV. The man told officers he did not want to pursue charges against his ex-girlfriend, but did want her to stay away from his house. No further police action taken at this time.
