Crime and public safety -

Police log for April 20, 2011

By From staff and wire reports | April 19

A suspicious person approached a teen at a bus stop between 7:30 a.m. Friday and 7:30 a.m. Saturday at 2 Sheppard Lane, according to Chapel Hill police ...

Matney charged with filing false police report

By Andy Thomason | April 19

Quinn Matney, the freshman found to have lied about being victim of a hate crime, was charged Friday with filing a false police report. Matney was served ...

Police log for April 19, 2011

By From staff and wire reports | April 18

People played loud music and possessed drug paraphernalia at 1:15 a.m. Sunday at 400 W. Rosemary St., according to Chapel Hill police reports.

Police log for April 18, 2011

By From staff and wire reports | April 17

Someone entered an unlocked vehicle and took $360 between 11 p.m. Friday and 12:31 a.m. Saturday at 111 Purefoy Road, according to Chapel Hill police ...

Police log for April 15, 2011

By From staff and wire reports | April 14

Someone drew gang graffiti on a picnic shelter between 5 p.m. Saturday and 9 a.m. Tuesday at 216 N.

Police log for April 14, 2011

By From staff and wire reports | April 13

Three Durham men were arrested on misdemeanor larceny and resisting arrest charges after attempting to steal $300 worth of metal stands between 5:28 ...

Photo: Matney: Injury was self-inflicted

Quinn Matney injury was self-inflicted, father says

By Paula Seligson | April 13

Freshman Quinn Matney told a lie. But he never meant for it to snowball into a falsified police report that rallied the community around him and reached ...

Hate-crime report was falsified, UNC officials say

By Andy Thomason and Jeanna Smialek | April 12

Less than a day after Chancellor Holden Thorp publicly condemned a hate crime against freshman Quinn Matney, the Department of Public Safety determined ...

Police log for April 13, 2011

By From staff and wire reports | April 12

Someone attempted to enter an apartment through a balcony window at 3 a.m. Monday at 200 Westminster Drive, according to Chapel Hill police reports. Someone ...

UNC officials: student wasn't hate-crime victim, may face charges

April 12

The Department of Public Safety has determined that the alleged aggravated assault reported to campus Monday did not occur, officials said.

Police log for April 12, 2011

By From staff and wire reports | April 11

A 20-year-old Annapolis, Md., man was charged with possession of a false identification, injury to real property, underage possession of alcohol, being ...

Gay UNC student attacked, burned in hate crime

By Paula Seligson | April 11

UNC freshman Quinn Matney was walking on South Campus last week when a nearby man came up, grabbed him by the wrist and burned him with an unknown object. ...

Police log for April 11, 2011

By From staff and wire reports | April 10

Someone stole a cellphone, an FM tuner and tobacco products from a 2004 Ford Ranger between 4:30 a.m.

Education professor faces felonious larceny charge

By From staff and wire reports | April 7

Patrick Thomas Akos, a professor in the UNC School of Education, was charged this afternoon on one count of felonious larceny of a motor vehicle and given ...

Police log for April 8, 2011

By From staff and wire reports | April 7

A woman reported her boyfriend getting medicine using her name at 10:04 p.m. Wednesday at 456 Melanie Court, according to Chapel Hill police reports. Someone ...

Police log for April 7, 2010

April 6

A 22-year-old Carrboro man was charged with larceny by an employee at 3:34 p.m. Tuesday at 1509 E. Franklin St., according to Chapel Hill police reports. ...

Student arrested for drug charges in relation to armed robbery

By From staff reports | April 6

A student linked to the armed robbery Monday at Morrison Residence Hall was arrested Tuesday on drug and alcohol charges, police said. Dylan Michael ...

After armed robbery, student arrested on drug charges

April 6

A UNC student linked to Monday’s armed robbery at Morrison Residence Hall was arrested Tuesday on drug and alcohol charges, police said. The charges ...

Thief steals over $35,000 in property in Chapel Hill break-in

By Lindsay Pope | April 6

A thief plundered more than $35,000 worth of jewelry, antiques and electronics from a Brookview Drive home Monday.The burglar forcibly entered Irina Astrom’s ...

Police log for April 6, 2011

By From staff and wire reports | April 5

Someone was shooting at cars between 5:38 p.m. and 5:48 p.m. Monday on the 700 block of Pritchard Ave., according to Chapel Hill police reports. Someone ...