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Police in Charlotte, North Carolina, arrested 32-year-old Evin Curtis Sims on Thursday, October 1, 2026, in connection with an unprovoked attack on two women at a Circle K gas station in the Dilworth neighborhood.

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The incident occurred around 7:30 p.m. on Sunday, September 27, in the 1200 block of East Boulevard. According to investigators from the Charlotte-Mecklenburg Police Department (CMPD):

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• The assailant approached the first woman outside the station and struck her in the back with a traffic cone.

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• He then targeted a second woman, throwing or striking her in the head with the cone, which caused a severe laceration and caused her to fall into a pole and onto the ground.

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• The suspect fled the scene on foot immediately after the assault.

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• Charlotte Fire Department personnel treated the victim at the scene for her injuries.

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Detectives with CMPD’s Providence Division identified Sims as the suspect, secured warrants, and took him into custody. Sims faces two counts of assault on a female and one count of communicating threats, and he was held at the Mecklenburg County Jail pending his court appearance.

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