City briefs

Carrboro man charged with failure to appear in court

Carrboro police arrested a local man Tuesday after 6:30 p.m. and charged him with one misdemeanor count of failure to appear in court for a previous charge of driving with a revoked license and one misdemeanor count of resisting arrest, police reports state.

According to reports, Mark Perry Slyvester, 41, was arrested at his Carrboro home for the charge of failing to appear in court.

When police arrived to serve an order for his arrest, Slyvester refused to answer the door and told police he would turn himself in another day, reports state.

According to reports, police then pushed open the door and took Slyvester into custody.

Slyvester was released on a $500 bond and is scheduled to appear Feb. 7 in Orange County District Criminal Court in Hillsborough.

 

Greensboro teen arrested for possession of beer

Chapel Hill police arrested a Greensboro teenager Monday at 12:45 a.m. and charged him with one misdemeanor count of underage possession of a malt beverage, police reports state.

According to reports, Zachary Reed Murray, 18, was issued a citation at the intersection of Church and West Rosemary streets for possessing a 12-ounce Busch Light can.

Murray is scheduled to appear Feb. 8 in Orange County District Criminal Court in Chapel Hill.

 

Two men charged with theft of UNC students’ television

Chapel Hill police arrested two men last Thursday at 10 p.m. and charged each man with one felony count of breaking and entering, one felony count of larceny and one misdemeanor count of larceny, police reports state.

According to reports, Elijah Davis, 42, and Antonio Leon Gattis, 40, were arrested at 440 W. Rosemary St. after police saw them pushing a trash can down the street that had a 19-inch television in it.

The television matched descriptions of a television three UNC students reported stolen from their house on Rosemary Street last Monday, reports state.

Davis and Gattis were released on a written promise to appear Friday in Orange County District Criminal Court in Hillsborough.

 

Chapel Hill High seeks used computers for tech classes

Students at Chapel Hill High School are seeking used computers for use in their repair and networking classes, according to a press release from the school.

The donated computers must meet a minimum standard of a Pentium III or Mac G3 to fit class needs.

Anyone interested in donating a computer to the technology classes should contact Anthony O’Neal, technology teacher at Chapel Hill High School, by phone at 929-2106, ext. 1106 or by e-mail at aoneal@chccs.k12.nc.us.

The release states that O’Neal will help with dropping off the computer as well as with providing a donation letter for tax purposes.