 Mary Calkins with Channel 3. The idea of rent control may be popular with apartment dwellers. In Charlotte, the average one-bedroom apartment, more than $1,500 a month. A Gastonia man behind bars after cops say he broke into a Lincolnton home. The resident said he arrived home Monday to find 46-year-old Tanu Chittimath inside his kitchen wearing the homeowner's clothes and shoes. Police say Chittimath had stolen items from the house along with another resident's.