By Shavonne Walker

shavonne.walker@salisburypost.com

Police say an intoxicated man refused to pay his bar tab at Applebee’s after racking up over $100 in charges this weekend.

Christopher Lewis, 31, of the 500 block of Geroid Street, Salisbury, was charged with misdemeanor defrauding an innkeeper and misdemeanor intoxicated and disruptive.

Officers were called to the Faith Road restaurant around 1:30 a.m. to see an intoxicated Lewis sitting at the counter. The officer asked if he had the money to pay the $186.75 bill.

Lewis reportedly told the officer he had “lots of money.” The officer asked him to pay the bill and Lewis told the officer he would “pay everybody’s bill.”

He grabbed a bag and dumped change onto the counter. He was arrested and charged.

Lewis was issued a $1,500 secured bond and has since been released from the Rowan County Detention Center.

In other police reports:

• Circle K/76 convenience store reported on Saturday someone came into the store and used counterfeit bills at 1015 E. Innes St.

• Rushco No. 16 reported on Saturday a man and woman bought $35 worth of lottery tickets using two counterfeit $20 bills at 1518 E. Innes St.

• A woman reported on Saturday she received a harassing phone call while at Lowe’s Home Improvement.

• Police responded on Saturday to an incident where a gun and drugs were found during a traffic checkpoint in the 1200 block of North Long Street.

• Police responded on Saturday and seized drugs on Bryce Avenue near North Shaver Street. A citation was issued.

• A woman reported on Saturday someone stole money from her purse in the 100 block of South Avalon Drive.

• A woman reported on Sunday someone broke into her home in the 100 block of West Henderson Street.

• A woman reported on Sunday her boyfriend moved out and took items that didn’t belong to him in the 500 block of Mahaley Avenue.

• A woman reported on Sunday an attempted burglary occurred in the 300 block of South Jackson Street.

• A man reported on Monday someone stole items from his apartment in the 200 block of Ridge Avenue.

• A man reported on Monday he was the victim of fraud that occurred sometime between May 5 and Monday in the 1900 block of South Main Street, China Grove.

• A man reported on Monday someone stole his prescriptions in the 200 block of Sunset Drive.

• A woman reported on Monday a burglary occurred at Colonial Village Apartments, 231 West D Avenue.

•  A woman reported on Tuesday she was assaulted by her ex-boyfriend at her home in the 100 block of Wilson Road.

In sheriff’s reports:

•  A man reported on Friday his property was broken into in the 6300 block of South Main Street.

• A deputy was assaulted on Friday while responding to a stolen vehicle incident in the 100 block of Pecan Lane.

• A man reported on Friday his vehicle was stolen in the 900 block of East Ridge Road.

• A man reported on Friday his property was broken into in the 400 block of Howard Street, Rockwell.

• A man reported on Saturday his tag was stolen after he saw it on his neighbor’s vehicle in the 6100 block of U.S. 601.

• A man reported on Saturday someone forged his name on a title for a vehicle in the 100 block of Larin Way.

• Car Clinic of Salisbury reported on Saturday seeing a man on surveillance video steal a battery charger from the business at 4404 Old Concord Road.

• Deputies responded on Saturday to an incident involving marijuana possession in the 3900 block of Statesville Boulevard.

• A man reported on Sunday guns and knives were stolen from his home in the 1000 block of Celestial Drive.

• Deputies responded on Sunday to attempt to serve an arrest warrant and found the person in possession of a smoking pipe and marijuana in the 200 block of George Brown Road, Gold Hill.

• A woman reported on Sunday a larceny occurred at the Webb Road Flea Market.

Contact reporter Shavonne Walker at 704-797-4253.