Chapel Hill police are intensifying their search after two armed robberies near the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill campus stirred unease among the student population, as reported byCBS 17. The incidents, occurring in the early hours yesterday morning, involved suspects described as two men driving a white SUV who assaulted victims and seized their belongings before fleeing the scene. The first attack took place at 2:21 a.m. near Granville Towers, and the second happened mere minutes later, at 2:27 a.m., close to Crest Street and Knoll Street.
“I saw the Alert Carolina when I woke up this morning. And, it s definitely just scary, because you re so close to it,” Emery Fraser, a resident of Granville Towers, toldCBS 17; her sentiment was echoed by other students who live in the area and now carry alarms and pepper spray for safety while the suspects remain at large, police have not yet made any arrests and the community is on alert.
Adding to the distress, students at UNC voiced frustrations over the delayed Alert Carolina message, which, according to an interview byWRAL News, didn’t reach them until four hours after the robberies occurred “That was a little unsettling,” said UNC student Jess Saunders. On the other side, Kenzie Novack, who lives on Crest Drive, described the timing of the crimes as “pretty spooky,” given the coincidence of them happening while the “whole house was out at bars and parties right when it happened.”
The Chapel Hill Police have provided a hotline for those who wish to submit any information anonymously, the department’s direct line is 919-968-2760, and the UNC Police non-emergency line is 919-962-8100, for those preferring discretion, the Chapel Hill-Carrboro-UNC CrimeStoppers hotline at 919-942-7515 and their website can be used, the community is urged to report any relevant information imperative to apprehending the suspects according to details shared bychapelboro.com. Investigations are under scrutiny as both incidents are under probe and officials have yet to release additional information about these suspects or subsequent developments in the case.
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