On Oct. 25, Michael Patrick Harper, 22, of Chesley Lane, Chapel Hill, was arrested and charged with injury to real property, injury to personal property, reckless driving and hit and run.
Harper was identified as the culprit of the hit and run that occurred on Oct. 13 after residents of the Ridgefield and Briarcliff neighborhoods in Chapel Hill used their community’s email list to gather information about the accident. Through the information gathered from the emails, police were able to identify and arrest Harper.
Harper has been released on a $5,000 unsecured bond.