CHARLOTTE — Police arrested a 32-year-old man Thursday after he allegedly struck two women with a traffic cone at the Circle K in Charlotte’s Dilworth neighborhood, court documents indicated.
Evin Curtis Sims faces two counts of assault on a female following the incident, according to the Charlotte-Mecklenburg Police Department.
The assault occurred Sunday at approximately 7:30 p.m. to the gas station in the 1200 block of East Boulevard. Officers responded to the scene after receiving reports of an active assault.
According to police, the suspect first approached one woman and struck her in the back with the traffic cone. He then targeted the second woman, striking her in the head with the cone and causing a laceration.
The assailant ran away on foot following the attack. The Charlotte Fire Department treated a victim at the scene. Detectives with the department’s Providence Division identified Sims as the suspect and obtained arrest warrants before locating and arresting him on Thursday.
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