Student charged in fake assault report
A UNC-Chapel Hill freshman who claimed an unknown man burned his wrist and called him an anti-gay slur has been charged with filing a false report.
Quinn Matney, 19, of Asheville, was cited on the misdemeanor charge Friday, according to a police report.
Matney said he had been attacked outside Craige Residence Hall April 4 by a man who pressed a piece of hot metal into his wrist.