Wake Forest Police arrest & charge Raleigh police officer with assault

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October 6, 2026

WAKE FOREST, NC – Just after 2:15 a.m. on Tuesday, Oct. 6, Wake Forest Police responded to a report of an intoxicated individual at the Carolina Ale House, 11685 Northpark Dr. 

Upon their arrival, offers learned that several minutes earlier the restaurant manager had asked an intoxicated Christopher Andre Reed, Raleigh, to leave the premises due to disruptive behavior that included bothering several employees and patrons. As he exited, Reed attempted to strike two patrons on separate occasions before assaulting the manager.

A short time later, officers located Reed walking along Capital Boulevard/US 1. Reed, who had suffered cuts and abrasions after attempting to jump a barbed wire fence, proceeded to assault a Wake County emergency medical technician. Prior to that, he refused to comply with a police officer’s instructions.

A Raleigh Police officer, Reed, 32, was charged with assault causing physical injury to emergency personnel, resisting a public officer, intoxicated and disruptive, disorderly conduct, simple assault, and assault of a government official.

He was transported to the Wake County Detention Center.