Woman assaulted checking on neighbor's home

Sometimes it's risky to be helpful. A couple living in the 4400 block of Southernbelle Lane in the Glen Tara subdivision recently found that out the hard way.

The female victim stepped onto her porch around 11 p.m. on Sept. 2 after hearing a commotion next door and discovered a black man trying to break into her neighbor's home. She asked him what he was doing. The suspect then walked onto her porch and punched her before walking into her home through the unlocked door. Once inside, he assaulted a male victim before fleeing the area.

Anyone with information about this crime should call police at 748-1251 or Crime Solvers at 748-0660, or text the code tip699 with the tip and send to 274637 (CRIMES).

In other crimes:

Autumn Mist Way. Sometime between 3:30 p.m. on Sept. 4 and 9 a.m. on Sept. 5, someone took copper from inside a home under construction by St. Clair Homes in the 6600 block.

Business Center Drive. Sometime between 4:30 p.m. on Aug. 29 and 9:30 a.m. on Sept. 2, someone stole the catalytic converter from a car at Enterprise Rental Car in the 11300 block.

Courthouse Road. At about 12:45 p.m. on Sept. 8, someone called in a bomb threat to the courts building in the 9500 block.

Empire Parkway. Between 6 p.m. on Sept. 1 and 6:45 a.m. on Sept. 2, someone set fire to a mailbox at a residence in the 5000 block and sprayed the resident's vehicle with a fire extinguisher.

Hamlin Creek Parkway. Sometime between 9 p.m. on Sept. 2 and 9 a.m. on Sept. 3, someone pried locks from several storage units at Ample Storage Center in the 4000 block and stole electronics and other property.

Hull Street Road. Sometime between 6 p.m. on Sept. 2 and 7 a.m. on Sept. 3, someone stole gas from two vehicles parked inside the fenced lot at Diversity Training Support Center in the 10500 block.

Jefferson Davis Highway. Between 8 a.m. on Sept. 7 and 11 a.m. on Sept. 8, someone siphoned gas from a truck at U-Haul Equipment in the 5200 block.

• At about 10:15 p.m. on Sept. 6, shots were fired in the parking lot of Cancun restaurant in the 9600 block. One round struck the window of the business.

• Between 1 a.m. and 5 a.m. on Sept. 4, someone stole the catalytic converter from a pickup truck parked in a parking lot in the 9700 block.

Lamplighter Court. At about 5:30 p.m. on Sept. 5, a man was sitting in his vehicle in the parking lot of Belmont Parkway Apartments in the 4200 block when two suspects attacked him. One suspect opened the passenger door to hold the victim, while the other reached through the open driver-side window and punched the victim in the face. The suspects took the victim's wallet from his pants pocket and then ran away.

Compiled by Gwen Sadler