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- Someone broke into McDougle Elementary School Sunday evening. According to a police report, a teacher saw someone in the school and called police, but no suspects were found. The person reportedly climbed in through a window and tore a screen, then stole items from the third-grade hall.An alarm then went off several hours later, on Monday morning at the adjacent McDougle Middle School, but nothing was reported stolen.
- Three mailboxes on Winsome Lane were damaged in varying degrees Friday night, but no suspects have been identified.
- Someone reportedly broke into a Manor Ridge Drive residence over the weekend by climbing through a window and stole a jar of quarters. An unlocked Prince Street home was also broken into and items including a video game console were taken.
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- A UNC tennis player has been charged with drunken driving in a wreck that hospitalized two fellow students early Sunday.Police said Chris Kearney, 20, veered off the road in the 200 block of Columbia Street shortly before 2:30 a.m. His vehicle hit a wall and then struck two women walking on the sidewalk.The two women were taken to the hospital and had serious but non-life-threatening injuries, UNC Athletic Director Dick Baddour said."We're very concerned about the two students who were injured. That is our focus right now," Baddour said. "Our prayers are with them and their families right now."Police charged Kearney with two counts of inflicting personal injury, felony hit-and-run causing personal injury and possessing a fake ID, along with one count each of driving while impaired and consuming alcohol under the age of 21.He was released from the Orange County Jail under a secured $50,000 bond on Monday.Kearney, of Irvine, Calif., was the Atlantic Coach Conference 2007 Freshman Player of the Year. He ranks second on the team for singles and doubles victories and was ranked third nationally among doubles in fall 2007.
- Jeremy Marsden Nord, 18, of 633 Carl Drive, was arrested Saturday morning on Ransom Street and charged with driving while impaired, possession of marijuana and possession of drug paraphernalia. According to a police report, Nord was pulled over for speeding and making an illegal right turn on red. His blood-alcohol level was 0.14 -- the state standard is 0.08. Nord was released on a written promise to appear in court.
- Leeann Michelle Clairmont-Wood, 24, of 4803 Seterra Bend in Durham, was arrested Monday morning at the intersection of Legion Road Extension and Cooper Street and charged with driving while impaired. According to a police report, Clairmont-Wood refused to take a blood-alcohol test. She was held in Orange County Jail in lieu of $1,800.
- Donald Thompson Thrower, 21, of 222 Ransom Street B, was arrested Monday morning on West Cameron Avenue and charged with driving while impaired, possession of marijuana and failure to stop his vehicle at an accident. According to a police report, Thrower's blood-alcohol level was not released but he had a special restriction on his license of 0.04 or lower. Thrower was held in Orange County Jail in lieu of $1,150.
- The return of UNC students to campus was met with a wave of underage drinking citations this weekend. Chapel Hill police cited ten people in the downtown area between the ages of 17 and 20 for underage possession of alcohol, three for carrying an open container and two for consuming alcohol under age.
- The following home break-ins were reported over the weekend in Chapel Hill: A bike was taken from a garage on South Lakeshore Drive, a back door was kicked in on Ellen Drive, a bike was stolen off the front porch of a Burlage Court home, an unsecured home on Roberson Street was entered and a lawn mower was stolen, and a Highgrove Drive residence was broken into when someone entered its unlocked garage and stole $50 worth of beer.A vehicle on Lancaster Drive was broken into when someone broke a window and stole a purse, while a license plate was taken off a parked vehicle on N.C. 54. Cars on East Franklin Street, Adelaide Walters Street, Church Street, Umstead Drive, Legion Road and West Rosemary Street were all vandalized while parked.
