Crime & Safety
Police Search For ‘Peeping Tom’ Who Tried To Break Into Home
The man rang the doorbell, then walked to the back of the victim's home and tried to get into an occupied bedroom, police said.
CHARLOTTE, NC — Charlotte police are asking for the public’s help identifying a suspect caught on video -- at one point without his shirt-- attempting to enter a home in northwest Charlotte shortly before midnight Tuesday.
The victim, who was described as a mother at home with two children, called 911 to report the Aug. 21 “peeping Tom” burglary incident on Dedmon Drive. She told police that a suspicious man rang her doorbell before walking into the backyard.
“While the suspect was in the backyard he looked into an occupied bedroom and attempted to make entry into the victim’s bedroom several times,” the Charlotte-Mecklenburg Police Department report said. When he was unable to gain entry, he fled the scene, the report said.
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He is described as having a medium/muscular build, a shaved head, a short beard and tattoos on his upper right arm, upper back and right forearm, police said.
CMPD asks that anyone with information about this case or the suspect call Crime Stoppers at 704-334-1600.
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Detectives with the Charlotte-Mecklenburg Police Department’s North Division are requesting the public’s assistance in identifying the suspect in the attached video and photographs who is responsible for a burglary/peeping tom case. pic.twitter.com/70NB2L5Zgf
— CMPD News (@CMPD) August 23, 2018
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Photos courtesy of Charlotte-Mecklenburg Police Department
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