A man told Salisbury Police he was robbed Wednesday afternoon when he tried to buy a cellphone from a seller off Craigslist. The man, 27, met the seller at Claymont Drive and gave the seller $400, but when he opened the box, it was empty, a report said.

The seller took off into nearby woods and the man chased him, but lost him.

When the victim looked back at the original post regarding the cellphone, it had been removed.

In other police reports:

• A man reported on Wednesday someone used his social security number with another name in the 900 block of Poplar Street.

• A woman reported on Thursday she was the victim of an animal bite in the 700 block of Klumac Road.

• Karon Tyrone Crawford, 32, was charged on Thursday with misdemeanor assault with a deadly weapon in the 1700 block of First Street.

• Mackel Hiram William Gaither, 24, was charged on Thursday with misdemeanor assault on a female by male over 18 in the 100 block of Grady Street.

• Tiffany Dominick Lyles, 23, was charged on Friday with felony motor vehicle theft in the 300 block of South Arlington Street and Freeland Drive.

In sheriff’s reports:

• A man reported on Wednesday someone took items from his vehicle in the 1100 block of Glover Road.

• A woman reported on Wednesday she was a victim of computer fraud while at the Sheriff’s Office substation in Landis.

• A man reported on Wednesday someone took his mo-ped from the 200 block of Crescent Road, Rockwell.

• A woman reported on Wednesday she was scammed out of $1,511.85 in the 100 block of Carousel Drive, Gold Hill.

• A woman reported on Wednesday she was the victim of an assault in the 100 block of Andrews Ford Road.

• Michael Stirewalt, 16, was charged on Wednesday with misdemeanor weapons violations while at the Rowan County Courthouse.

• Christie Michelle Myers, 26, was charged on Wednesday with misdemeanor simple assault in the 100 block of Andrews Ford Road.