Police log

- Chapel Hill police arrested a Durham man at 2:45 a.m. Thursday and charged him with one misdemeanor count of driving while impaired and one misdemeanor count of driving without a valid license, police reports state.

According to reports, Barton Heath Ramsey, 27, was stopped by police after striking a post at the entrance of University Square, at 143 W. Franklin St.

Ramsey blew a .22 on the Intoxilyzer 5000 and was arrested for the listed charges.

Ramsey was released on a written promise to appear March 15 in Orange County District Criminal Court in Hillsborough.

 

- Chapel Hill police arrested a local man at 7:15 p.m. Wednesday and charged him with one misdemeanor count of assault on a female and one misdemeanor count of felonious restraint, police reports state.

According to reports, Chay Gomez-Hernandez, 26, was arrested on charges of assaulting his girlfriend during an argument at her apartment.

Reports state that police also arrested the victim and charged her with one misdemeanor count of assault.

The magistrate found no probable cause for her arrest and released her from custody.

Gomez-Hernandez was scheduled to appear Thursday in Orange County District Criminal Court in Hillsborough.

 

- Carrboro police responded to a complaint of obtaining property by false pretenses at 10:20 a.m. Wednesday at Tar Heel Tobacco, at 104 N.C. 54 Bypass, police reports state.

Reports state that the subject used a counterfeit $5 bill to purchase a $2.75 pack of Marlboro Menthol cigarettes and two 69-cent White Owl cigars.

According to reports, the subject was described as a white woman in her 20s wearing a zippered jacket and sweatpants. The suspect left the store in a white car.

Police entered the bill into evidence.

 

- A local man was the victim of larceny and breaking and entering with force from his residence at 1 a.m. Thursday, Chapel Hill police reports state.

Reports state that the suspect entered the residence on Lindsay Street by forcing a plywood panel over a broken back window.

The suspect stole an $80 Panasonic television and a $40 radio, reports state.

 

- A UNC graduate student was the victim of simple assault at 12:15 a.m. Thursday, Chapel Hill police reports state.

According to reports, the victim was punched by an unknown suspect at the corner of Franklin and Columbia streets. The assault resulted in minor injury.