Arrested for Rape 15 Years Later Chapel Hill Police
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Serving UNC students and the University community since 1893 Volume 120, Issue 91 dailytarheel.com Friday, October 12, 2012 DTH PHOTO ILLUSTRATION/KATIE SWEENEY, ARIANA rodriguez-gitler AND ALLISON RUSSELL ALLISON AND rodriguez-gitler ARIANA SWEENEY, ILLUSTRATION/KATIE PHOTO DTH Piecing it all back together On University Day, 3 challenges take center stage By Megan Cassella Staff Writer New chancellor Rising tuition Student athletes n a day meant to celebrate the 1 2 3 University’s past while look- ing toward its future, the lat- For Thorp, enough was enough. In a decade wracked by economic instabil- While the University attempts to root out ter has managed to grab all of After a five-year tenure plagued with strin- ity, little has stayed constant in UNC’s budget. the origin of one of its worst academic scan- theO attention. gent budget cuts and a series of administrative Tuition hikes, however, have become the dals ever, spectators far and wide anxiously Last University Day, Chancellor Holden scandals, the man who was supposed to be norm. await any damaging discovery that could be Thorp was fighting a persistent football chancellor for 20 years announced Sept. 17 After a loss of hundreds of millions of dol- around the corner. scandal and a shrinking budget. that he plans to resign in June. lars in state support, tuition has been increas- Former Gov. Jim Martin is in the middle One year later, a focus on past missteps And members of the 21-person search com- ing steadily throughout the past several years of his cross-departmental academic review, has largely given way to widespread uncer- mittee charged with finding his replacement — most recently with a $695 increase for in- and was scheduled to report the findings of tainty about the University’s future. have said they hope to take this opportunity to state undergraduates this year. his investigation Thursday to a UNC-system With Thorp on his way out, and uncer- move beyond the turmoil. But as tuition drastically rises, Executive Board of Governors panel. tainty growing by the day, UNC is facing “Mistakes have been made, lessons have Vice Chancellor and Provost Bruce Carney But with more than a decade of information a set of challenges, all of which have the been learned,” said Wade Hargrove, chairman said the administration has tried to stay true and data, Martin said it’s taking longer than potential to determine what happens next. of the Board of Trustees, on Monday. to one thing — protecting students. anticipated. “And we hope that those mistakes will not “We’ve tried to protect the academic mis- He said no results will be released until be made moving forward.” sion of the campus as much as possible he and the consulting firm finish their work, UNIVERSITY DAY The committee is looking across the nation throughout these (budget) cuts,” he said. which he said should be by the end of October. Time: 11 a.m. for the best candidate to succeed Thorp, and “The charge we have here, in light of “By the time we get to our report, there has hired the consulting firm R. William Funk University Day, is to keep in mind how great could be some pain, but it’s better to get it out Location: Memorial Hall & Associates to find the best fit. this University is and how we can keep it great.” now,” Martin said. All classes are canceled between 10 a.m The goal is to have someone identified and Last year was the first time that students And the University is spending more than and 1 p.m. in place by July 1, he said. could feel the effects of the cuts, Carney said. $70,000 to get the truth out of this review, “This is a national institution. 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But Carney said he is hopeful that tuition the review — no matter what it reveals — will montage of selected UNC moments “That doesn’t necessarily preclude the fact will stop rising soon. help the University move on. in the spirit of University Day, visit that the best and brightest might indeed be on “We will continue to take it a year at a time, “We want you to get back to the pride you’ve dailytarheel.com. campus today,” he said. but I’m feeling a lot better about the future.” always had in your school,” he said. Arrested for rape 15 years later Chapel Hill police recently recognized by his probation Juan Salinas was A Chapel Hill man arrested officer after the officer stumbled arrested Oct. 3 and complaints on the rise in 1997 never appeared upon the old order of arrest, said charged with second Lt. Chris Atack, spokesman for the degree rape. He The department has There have been 33 complaints for his court date. Carrboro Police Department. had been arrested through September, compared to a The officer connected the old war- in 1997 but never received 33 complaints total of 39 in 2011 and 26 in 2010. By Jenny Drabble rant to Salinas, and the Chapel Hill appeared for his This year’s complaints include Police Department arrested Salinas three for excessive force, one for Staff Writer court date. through September. at his home on Martin Luther King improper arrest and 15 for improp- A Chapel Hill man was arrested Jr. Boulevard on Oct. 3. By Julia Craven er conduct. The department inves- Oct. 3 and charged with second Salinas was charged with second and dragged behind another build- Staff Writer tigates all complaints. degree rape and failure to appear in degree rape, according to the police ing,” said Atack. “She was able to Sgt. Josh Mecimore, spokes- court — 15 years overdue. report. He also faces charges for fail- break free.” Complaints of police miscon- man for the Chapel Hill Police Juan Salinas, 35, was arrested ing to appear in court. Officers in the area were able to duct are on the rise, according Department, said he couldn’t give in August 1997 and charged with “The original case will move for- detain a man fitting the woman’s to a quarterly report released details about the complaints due to attempted rape, but he never ward now that he’s been arrested,” description nearby the apart- Tuesday by the Chapel Hill Police personnel laws. appeared for his September 1997 Atack said. ments soon after the incident was Department. But he said only one of the five court date. He said the 1997 incident reported. From July through September, improper conduct allegations in When Carrboro police issued a occurred at the Old Well Atack said the victim was taken seven complaints were brought this quarter were found to be true. failure to appear in court warrant, Apartments, a Carrboro apartment to the police station and identified against the department. He said in that case, the officer Salinas disappeared — until about a complex now known as the Collins Salinas as her assailant. The report compiles internal involved received counseling. week ago. Crossing Apartment Homes. “It does not appear from what I’ve and external complaints about the Mecimore said the reports have Salinas, who was arrested about “The victim reported to us that police department from employees a year ago for a traffic violation, was she was grabbed by a Hispanic male SEE RAPE, PAGE 4 and town residents. 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