- A Durham man was arrested at 11:50 p.m. Wednesday and charged with three counts of misdemeanor possession of stolen goods, Chapel Hill police reports state.
Reports state that he also was charged with one count of resisting arrest.
According to reports, Michael Earl Whitehurst, 26, ran from officers who were investigating a suspicious condition on Nunn Street.
Officers caught up with Whitehurst at the end of Sunset Drive, and a search revealed several items reported stolen from the UNC campus.
Stolen items included three credit cards, two wallets and a cell phone, all of which were taken from campus residents, said police spokeswoman Jane Cousins.
Whitehurst was taken to Orange County Jail to be held on a $500 secured bond.
He is scheduled to appear March 7 in Orange County District Criminal Court in Hillsborough.
- A Durham man was arrested at 2:30 a.m. Thursday and charged with four traffic-related misdemeanors.
The charges were for driving while intoxicated, failing to stop for police lights, speeding and driving without a license, Chapel Hill police reports state.
According to reports, Jorge Alvarez Ortiz, 30, was stopped while driving a 1986 Volkswagen on Fordham Boulevard near Sage Road.
An Intoxilyzer test measured his blood alcohol content at 0.12 percent, reports state.
Ortiz was taken to Orange County Jail to be held on a $300 secured bond.
He will appear March 1 in Orange County District Criminal Court in Chapel Hill.
- Two license plates were reported stolen Wednesday, including one from a UNC student, Chapel Hill police reports state.
According to reports, one of the license plates was stolen at 12:56 p.m. from a student living in Morrison Residence Hall.
The plate was taken while the resident’s 1995 Ford Explorer was parked at 321 W. Cameron St., reports state.
The other license plate was reported stolen from a 1997 Ford Taurus while it was parked at a residence at 10002 Main St., reports state.
- A break-in was reported at 2 p.m. Wednesday at 204 Cottage Lane, the home of a junior at UNC, Chapel Hill police reports state.
According to reports, an unknown suspect forced the door open and took $80 worth of property, including shirts, pants and an alcoholic beverage.
