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Somebody stole $3,200 of electronics between midnight and 2:30 a.m. Sunday from an apartment at 331 W. Rosemary St., according to Chapel Hill police reports. The person stole a $2,500 laptop computer, a $200 XBox system, a $200 XBox arcade, and a $300 iPod, reports state.

Someone tried to break into a burgundy 1989 Honda Accord on Sunday at a parking lot on Umstead Drive, according to Chapel Hill police reports. The person caused $200 worth of damage while attempting to break in, reports state.

Somebody threw a rock at a window of a house at 519 Hillsborough St. on Sunday between 3 a.m. and 9 a.m., according to Chapel Hill police reports. The person caused $750 of damage to the home, reports state.

A man was charged with possession of a firearm by a felon and possession of drugs with the intent to manufacture, among other things, after police followed a tip to find him Friday, according to Carrboro police reports. The police used confidential informants to purchase marijuana from Christopher Ray McBride at 605 Oak Ave., reports state. When police entered the apartment with a search warrant, they found a shotgun next to the bed where he was sleeping and a total of about 93.8 grams of marijuana, reports state.
McBride was held at Orange County Jail in lieu of $2,750 bond.

Somebody broke into a house and stole a bowl of loose change between 10 a.m. and 2:52 p.m. Friday at 442 Old Pittsboro Road, according to Carrboro police reports.

Somebody reported that a dog in a cream-colored van parked at 100 Eugene St. in Carrboro had been barking for three hours at about 1:42 a.m. Friday, according to Carrboro police reports.
When police arrived, the dog was asleep and not in danger, reports state. Dogs on the neighboring street were barking, reports state.

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