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Man charged with assaulting police at Cary bowling alley

Cary police arrested a man Thursday night who allegedly tried to strike an officer with his vehicle in the parking lot of Buffaloe Lanes bowling alley on High House Road.

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Randy Henderson, Cary bowling alley incident
CARY, N.C. — Cary police arrested a man Thursday night who allegedly tried to strike an officer with his vehicle in the parking lot of Buffaloe Lanes bowling alley on High House Road.

Randy Bernard Henderson Jr., 20, was charged with assault with a deadly weapon on a government official, possession with intent to manufacture, sell or deliver a controlled substance, felony maintaining a vehicle for controlled substances and possession up to a half-ounce of marijuana. He was being held Friday in the Wake County jail under a $30,000 bond.

Maj. Tony Godwin of the Cary Police Department said an officer fired one shot into the vehicle, but the driver was not hit.

Godwin said officers were in the area conducting an investigation prior to the incident. When they attempted to arrest the car's driver, he tried to hit an officer with his vehicle. He struck the officer's vehicle instead. 

The officer was not injured.

The details of the original investigation were not released.

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