UNC Police Investigating Porthole Alley Robbery
UNC Police are investigating a reported strong-arm robbery just off Franklin Street early...
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Crime
Authorities Arrest Second Suspect in Hillsborough Shooting
Local authorities have arrested a suspect wanted in connection with a Hillsborough shooting earlier this year. The shooting in late May on Harper Street sent two men to the hospital. Records show that 19-year-old Chan Owens was...
Read MoreOrange County Sheriff’s Office Seizes Cocaine in Ongoing Drug Investigation
The Orange County Sheriff’s Office seized five kilograms of what was suspected to be cocaine HCL in Carrboro on July 6, according to authorities. During an operation with other local, state and federal agencies, the Orange...
Read MoreBond Lowered at Contentious Hearing for Accused Child Sex Offender
Tensions were high on Thursday at a hearing to review the $1.5 million bond for a Roxboro man charged with nearly two dozen child sex offenses. The offenses allegedly occurred between 1984 and 1989. And after there was initially...
Read MoreBond for Man Facing Child Sex Offenses Held at $1.5 Million
Donald Roy Smith, of North Main Street in Roxboro, made his first appearance in District Court in Hillsborough before Judge Joseph Buckner on Tuesday facing at least 17 counts of various sex offenses. Assistant District Attorney...
Read MoreHillsborough Man Charged in String of Residential Break-Ins
A Hillsborough man has been charged in connection with four residential break-ins in Orange and Durham Counties. Officials say Jonas Brian West, of 1720 Palmers Grove Church Road in Hillsborough, was arrested on June 24 and...
Read MoreOrange County Sheriff’s Office Charges Man with 17 Child Sex Offenses
Local authorities have charged a Roxboro man with sex offenses against children. A release from the Orange County Sheriff’s Office says Donald Roy Smith is facing 17 counts of various sex offenses. Smith, of North Main Street in...
Read MoreHillsborough Police Seeking Help Identifying Suspect
Hillsborough Police are asking for help in identifying a suspect. The individual pictured above is wanted in connection with a fraud case, according to police. Anyone with information in regards to the identity of the suspect is...
Read MoreHillsborough Police Seek Second Shooting Suspect
One suspect is in custody and another is being sought in connection with a shooting last month in Hillsborough. Hillsborough Police are looking for 19-year-old Chan Owens of Lakeside Drive in Hillsborough following a May...
Read MoreSuspected Drug Dealer Arrested in Orange County
An Orange County man was arrested on Friday for a series of narcotics charges. Marcus Alexander Watson was taken into custody on Friday night after police stopped a car driven by Mori Farrell Jr. for a traffic violation. Farrell...
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