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Police: Man stealing money after offering to help buy car

There is a new warning out for anyone looking to buy a car -- police are looking for a man who they said is offering to help, then taking off with people's money.

Jaylece Ramey admits that she wast totally fooled by the man who told her he could find her a great deal on an SUV at an auction if she gave him a little money up front.

"I gave him a buyer's fee for $150," Ramey said.

It wasn't long before he called to say he had her car.

"(The) only thing he needed was $1,000 and some change for taxes and tag," Ramey said.

Three months later, her driveway is still empty.

"I've never seen a car," she said.

By the time Ramey went to police, she had lost $1,400 and she isn't the only one.

Another woman, who is a friend of Ramey's, lost $1,000 to the same man and police have heard from a third woman also.

"They end up paying him various amounts of money for several different reasons in which he tells them he needs money for this or that," said Charlotte-Mecklenburg Police Detective Tara Blakeney.

Blakeney said the victims didn't pick up on a red flag that could have been right there in front of them -- the man told all of them women that his name was Tony Stark. Tony Stark is the character in the superhero movie "Iron Man."

This may a clue that he really wasn't who he seemed to be.

Blakeney hopes she finds out who Tony Stark really is, but in the meantime, she said there may well be others who fell for his sales pitch.

_{Mon, 28 May 2012 16:47:57 -0400}

Teen arrested for having sex in kid's fun park, police say

Police arrested a Shelby teen for having sex at a kid’s fun park.

Officers arrested Clayton Lutz, 16, at Bubba’s Fun Park in Forest City.

An off-duty officer caught him in a tunnel play area during a lock-in this weekend.

Lutz is charged with first-degree statutory sex offense.

_{Mon, 28 May 2012 16:40:46 -0400}

Former head of Lake Norman marine commission accused of boating while drunk

A man who used to run a group that encouraged people to stay safe while boating on Lake Norman was arrested, accused of boating while drunk.

As expected, boat traffic has been nonstop with thousands of people coming and going throughout Memorial Day weekend.

Channel 9 rode with wildlife resource officers and Sgt. Barry Rowell on Lake Norman as they looked for a number of boating violations.

Officers found operators without their registrations or broken fire extinguishers, but Rowell said every stop they look to see if a boat operator is intoxicated.

On Saturday night, Nate Davis, the former chairman of the Lake Norman Marine Commission was arrested for operating a boat while intoxicated.

The commission promotes safety and responsibility on the water.

Chanenl 9 spoke to Davis on the phone. He said he was out for a ride with some friends.  He told Channel 9 he had three to four drinks earlier in the evening but was not drinking while operating the boat and he does not believe that he was intoxicated.

He said he was exercising his right to refuse a Breathalyzer and believed there was no probable cause to stop him.

“The only time they are arrested is when we feel like we have enough evidence that we can convict them in court,” Rowell said.

Davis was previously arrested on drunken driving charges in May 2010.

It could be months before a committee recommends new safety standards for renting boats on Lake Norman.

The committee was created after a woman lost her arm in a boating accident on the lake last June.

The boat was rented by a man who had never driven one before and it raised concerns about inexperienced drivers.

One committee member told Channel 9 this weekend that he hopes to have the guidelines ready for this summer.

_{Mon, 28 May 2012 16:03:22 -0400}

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