Carrboro Alderman Charged With Assault

In a statement issued to a Carrboro radio station, Coleman said Kotecki was with a group of runners and had stopped traffic to allow them to pass.

When there was a break in the line of runners, Coleman said he wanted to go, but Kotecki didn't get out of the way. She climbed partly on the hood of his car, Coleman said.

Coleman said he called 911, but police charged him with assault with a deadly weapon. Coleman denied the charges in his statement to the radio station.