CHARLOTTE (QUEEN CITY NEWS) — A 19-year-old is out on bond after police said he threw a flaming firework at an officer during a street takeover early Sunday morning in Charlotte.
Charlotte-Mecklenburg Police said the incident happened around 3 a.m. on Sunday, June 22, along Woodpark Boulevard. CMPD officers were responding to reports of a street takeover when an officer stopped a vehicle involved.
According to court documents, when the officer was removing a passenger from the car, another person, later identified as Dawson James Payne, allegedly threw a lit firework at the officer.
The firework narrowly missed the CMPD officer and hit the side mirror of his patrol vehicle, leaving burn marks and damaging the mirror, the police report states.
An officer in an unmarked vehicle nearby reportedly saw Payne toss the firework and then run from the scene. Later that morning, police responded to another street takeover at Cascade Pointe Boulevard. CMPD officers spotted Payne near the Hilton Garden Inn and arrested him along with two others in a fleeing vehicle.
Inside the car, officers said they found ski masks, and Payne was reportedly “drenched in sweat.” A CMPD officer was able to identify him as the person who threw the firework earlier.
Court documents state that Payne admitted to throwing the firework but claimed he did not mean to hit the officer. He was charged with assault with a deadly weapon on a government official and was taken into custody. His bond was set at $2,000 and posted on June 24.
This case is due back in court this July.
Charlotte-Mecklenburg Police continue to investigate the broader street takeover activity.
Crime & Public Safety
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