Former Charlotte tourism leader arrested, charged with stalking woman

The former CEO of the Charlotte Regional Visitors Authority was arrested this week and charged with stalking a woman and violating a domestic violence protective order, according to records.

It was the second arrest in less than two weeks for Tim Newman, 54, who resigned from the CRVA in 2012 after he was demoted amid criticism of his performance, the Observer reported.

He was arrested Sept. 24 and charged with misuse of the 911 system, according to jail records.

Newman climbed under a Charlotte-Mecklenburg police car and called 911 to say he had been hit by the car, according to an arrest warrant.

Firefighters and Medic arrived to help, but Newman said he wasn’t hurt and had not been hit, according to the warrant.

That 911 call happened while he was already under investigation for a domestic disturbance at a woman’s home, according to records.

Hours later, the woman filed for a protective order against Newman, saying he had banged on her front door at “all hours of the night” and harassed her with voicemails and threatening texts. He also trespassed on her property and damaged items outside, like planters, the garage door and patio furniture, according to the filing.

In the filing, the woman said Newman had a silver revolver and asked for him to surrender it to the sheriff. He told a sheriff’s deputy he didn’t have any weapons, according to records.

Four days after she filed for the protective order, the woman left her house and drove to a gas station in her neighborhood. Newman followed her, according to an arrest warrant.

Newman was charged with misdemeanor stalking due to his “continuous presence on multiple instances,” the arrest warrant said, along with multiple violations of the protective order.

Newman was charged with driving while impaired and hit and run in 2012, and those charges were dismissed, the Observer reported.

Newman’s attorney did not immediately respond to a request for comment.

This story was originally published October 4, 2018 at 4:46 PM.