Police log

from staff reports

•  An at-large assailant assaulted a female jogger on the Bolin Creek Trail on Thursday afternoon, according to a Chapel Hill police release.

According to the release, the woman jogged past a man — described as a 5-foot-9-inch black man, between 200 and 230 pounds with a stocky build — who turned and followed her.

He ran up behind her and tackled her to the ground, reports state. He covered her mouth with his hand.

The victim kicked him off, and he got up and walked off, reports state. The jogger went to a residence off the trail for assistance.

The assault is not related to the three sexual assaults reported in the last six weeks.

Anyone with information related to Thursday’s assault or the other unsolved assault cases should contact the Chapel Hill Police Department at 968-2760 or Crime Stoppers at 942-7515.

 

•  A man whose identity has not yet been revealed was arrested Tuesday for peeping outside a house on East Franklin Street, Chapel Hill police reports state.

The man — known only now as John Doe and who also gave police the alias of Braima Guru — is being held in Orange County Jail until he can be identified.

He was caught peeping at 219 E. Franklin St. about 12:30 a.m. Tuesday. He was arrested shortly after the incident on the 200 block of East Rosemary Street.

He is being held on a $300 secured bond and is scheduled to appear May 30 in Orange County District Criminal Court in Hillsborough.

 

•  A UNC student was the victim of breaking and entering with force Monday morning, Chapel Hill police reports state.

According to reports, an unknown suspect entered the victim’s home at 210 Stuart St. around 8:15 a.m. by removing the window air-conditioning unit.

More than $500 in electronic equipment was taken in the incident, reports state.