Here's some text from an email I received from Providence Division of the Charlotte-Mecklenburg Police Department. It's interesting because we have records for both of the referenced incidents on EveryBlock (see links, which are my own). The narrative below expands significantly on what was published to the CMPD's Significant Event Log, which is indexed on EveryBlock Charlotte. Here's all of the recent Significant police events and Police calls for service on that block. Here's the relevant snip from the email:
There has been an email circulating about an “attempted robbery at Eddie’s (restaurant) Cotswold”. This email contains inaccurate information. We wanted to send out the facts of the case and some helpful tips for everyone to learn from.
The incident referred to in the email did not happen in the Cotswold area and actually occurred at Ed’s Tavern in Dilworth– 2200 Park Rd. It occurred at few weeks ago- Thursday 11/20/2008. We do not know how the location and date changed.
Below is a brief synopsis of the actual incident from Park Road:
“On November 20, 2008 at 9:59 PM, Officers responded to the victim’s home in reference to an attempted armed robbery that had occurred earlier at Ed's Tavern (2200 Park Rd). The victim stated a black male attempted to rob her in the parking lot at that location. The victim fled the scene and called 911 on the way to her home.
The victim stated she left Ed's Tavern around 9:45 PM and got into her vehicle and locked her doors. As the victim was starting her car, she heard a sound like someone trying to open the driver’s side door. The victim looked over and saw a black male pointing a gun at her while attempting to open her door. The victim advised she quickly ducked down and put the car in reverse and then put it in drive and sped away from the location. The suspect ran from the scene in an unknown direction.
The victim could only describe the suspect as a black male, about 25 years old wearing a green jacket that looked like an army jacket and a hood that had fur on the inside and not around the outside. She could not see his hair but stated he was clean shaven and did not have any outstanding physical features or marks that she could remember.”
The Providence Division has not had any further incidents like the one described above, since November 22nd. Park Road and the Dilworth neighborhood have received additional patrols from line officers as well as members of our Division’s Focused Mission Team.
Thanks very much to the CMPD Providence Division for such great communication to citizens.