Police log for March 31

- Carrboro police arrested a homeless man and woman at 3:45 p.m. Tuesday and charged each with one misdemeanor count of shoplifting, police reports state.

According to reports, Rodney Eugene Jones, 51, and Rita Baldwin, 41, were arrested at the Food Lion at 602 Jones Ferry Road after a store employee saw them hide two bottles of wine in their coats and leave the store.

Reports state that police spotted the individuals leaving and stopped them in the parking lot. Police found one bottle of Taylor’s Cream Sherry on Baldwin and another bottle in a trash can at Burger King.

Both are scheduled to appear April 25 in Orange County District Criminal Court in Hillsborough.

 

- Carrboro police arrested a local man Tuesday and charged him with one felony count of breaking and entering, one felony count of larceny and two felony counts of possession of stolen goods, police reports state.

According to reports, Jermall Ivyance McNeil, 23, a Target employee, was arrested at the Royal Park Apartments, at 501 N.C. 54 Bypass, on a warrant for the listed charges.

McNeil was issued a $2,500 secured bond and was scheduled to appear Wednesday in Orange County District Criminal Court in Hillsborough.

 

- Chapel Hill police have issued a warrant for a local man involved in an incident of assault on a police officer and resisting arrest, police reports state.

Reports state that at 1 a.m. Wednesday, police stopped a car on Rosemary Street near Columbia Street for having fictitious tags.

When police approached the car, one officer noticed a handgun in the backseat of the car with three individuals, reports state.

When the officer leaned into the car, the driver sped away down Rosemary Street, running several red lights in the process.

Reports state that when police found the car abandoned at 719 E. Rosemary St., officers saw one person running from the vehicle but could not catch him by foot.

Warrants were then issued for the driver, Marlon Rasheem Parker, 25, under the charges of assault on an officer and speeding to elude arrest.