CHARLOTTE, N.C. — The former head of the Charlotte Regional Visitors Authority, who has been in trouble with the law in the past, was recently charged with misusing 911.
Channel 9 investigated Tim Newman after he stopped working for the CRVA but still got paid for several months.
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Police said the recent incident started when a woman called 911 about her ex-boyfriend.
Newman also faced a DWI charge at about that same time.
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When they arrived, they saw that someone crashed a car into the victim's garage door, but no one was around.
The victim’s ex-boyfriend, Newman, arrived at the scene.
Police said Newman crawled under a stopped police car, called 911 and told paramedics he'd been hit by a patrol car and was pinned underneath.
In addition to the charge against Newman, the victim got a restraining order against him.
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