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Crime

Durham Police seek suspect in armed home invasion

March 29, 2009

Two armed men broke into a home in the YE Smith neighborhood of Durham Saturday night.
The men held 11 people at gunpoint in the home, located in the 1100 block of S. Hoover Road, and assaulted several of them before fleeing with cash and other items, according to a Durham Police Department statement.
DPD is seeking [...]

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Durham Police Department releases 2008 crime statistics

March 2, 2009

The Durham Police Department released the 2008 crime statistics for the city Monday. Check Tuesday’s Chronicle for the story, or click below for the full report.
The Quick Read:
Decreases

24 murders in 2008, 1 fewer than in 2007.
19 percent fewer rapes.
3 percent fewer burglaries.
11 percent decrease in vehicle thefts.

Increases

11 percent more robberies.
5 percent rise in larcenies.

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UNC bomb threat discredited

February 16, 2009

At about 5 a.m. Monday morning, Chapel Hill’s Department of Public Safety announced that they were unable to verify the bomb threat to the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill’s Pit area, The Daily Tar Heel reported. All buildings in and surrounding the Pit were searched.
Alert Carolina, UNC’s alert system, states that the University [...]

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Bomb threat at UNC

February 15, 2009

Update: As of 5 a.m., UNC police decided that the bomb threat called in around 9 p.m. Sunday was not valid and issued an all-clear, according to the AlertCarolina Web site.
Updated 11:26 p.m.

A man called in to Orange County police and made a bomb threat against The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. [...]

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Student Injured in Minor K-Ville Accident

February 12, 2009

A student sustained minor injuries when he was run over by a car while sleeping in the walk-up line for tonight’s matchup with UNC, ABC Eyewitness News reported Wednesday.
Witnesses told ABC that driver severely bruised the student’s knees while attempting to steer around the crossbar to enter the parking lot. The driver drove away from [...]

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High school student reports assault in Gardens

February 5, 2009

A high school student alleged sexual assault Monday morning, reporting inappropriate touching from someone they knew. The incident allegedly occurred while visiting the Sarah P. Duke Gardens, Duke University Police Department Maj. Gloria Graham confirmed. Neither the high school student nor the acquaintance are Duke-affiliated, Graham said. As of Thursday night, a full police report [...]

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Arrest Made in Connection with Residential Burglaries

February 1, 2009

The Duke University Police Department arrested a man for an attempted burglary in a West Campus residence hall Saturday morning, Vice President for Student Affairs Larry Moneta wrote in an e-mail to students Saturday.
Police suspect that the individual was responsible for the “recent rash of student residence burglaries” and plan to charge him for these [...]

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