**UPDATE: UNC Police have confirmed that the person of interest in the March 9 Smith Center break-in has been identified, with the suspect being taken into custody in South Carolina by a separate agency.


UNC Police are searching for an individual in connection with a break in at the Dean Smith Center earlier this month.

Vehicle connected with person of interest in Smith Center break in. Photo via UNC Police.

Authorities released little information about the incident, only saying that it occurred in the Smith Center, men’s basketball offices and locker rooms early Friday morning, March 9. The break-in took place while the men’s basketball team was in Brooklyn as part of the Atlantic Coast Conference Tournament.

Police identified the individual seen on security camera as a “person of interest.”

Anyone with any information regarding the individual or the incident is asked to contact UNC Police at (919) 962-0564.

Photo via UNC Police