Crime
Students safe after shooting threat in D.C.
WASHINGTON, D.C.- Twelve Elon students experienced a close call after a potentially fatal shooting on Sunday night around 11:30 at the George Washington Center Residential & Academic Facility at NoMa. According to senior Steven Armendariz, the building’s fire alarm sounded shortly after 11:30 PM. Students began walking to the main stairwell in their building. He says he was one ...Full Article
AC units stolen from Trollinger Apartments
Updated with new photograph at 8:27 PM on July 28. According to Town of Elon Police, two air conditioning units were stolen from Trollinger Apartments during the past week. ...Full Article
Elon community gathers to reflect, honor Orlando
By: Tyler Patchen Elon University held memorial services on Monday in the aftermath of the shooting at the gay nightclub Pulse Orlando. Members of the community gathered in the ...Full Article
Sophomore charged in breaking and entering
McCrae A. Wahl, 19, of Burlington, was charged with felony first degree burglary, felony larceny after breaking and entering and misdemeanor assault with a deadly weapon, according to the ...Full Article
Elon student arrested for Driving While Impaired
Elon student Grace Gaskin Shealy, 19, was arrested Sunday night after a traffic accident. According to the Town of Elon Police report, police responded to a crash on East Haggard Avenue ...Full Article
Elon student charged on multiple drug charges
Elon University freshman Lorin Myer Tobey, 19, of Fairfield, Connecticut, was charged by Elon University Campus Safety & Police on January 30 for multiple drug charges. Elon Campus Safety ...Full Article
Co-owner of Pandora’s Pies, The Fat Frogg Arrested
UPDATED: Aug. 4, 2016 The Alamance County District Attorney dismissed a breaking and entering charge against the co-owner of Pandora’s Pies and The Fat Frogg Bar and Grill. Peter ...Full Article
Elon student reports he was held at knifepoint
According to an email sent to students by Smith Jackson, Vice President of Student Life and Dean of Students, an Elon student reported that he was held at knifepoint ...Full Article
An Elon Connection to the WDBJ Shooting
“I asked her if it was hard to be a journalist and she said ‘Yeah, of course it is. It is hard. And it will be but you’ll love ...Full Article
Sheriff Terry Johnson speaks after dismissal of DOJ lawsuit
Alamance County Sheriff Terry Johnson spoke today for the first time since a judge dismissed the federal lawsuit that alleged that he and his office discriminated against and profiled Latinos within Alamance County. ...Full Article
Two dead just outside Elon
Police found a man and a woman dead inside their home on Walker Rd. in an apparent murder-suicide, Thursday afternoon July 2. According to Alamance County Sheriff, Terry Johnson, ...Full Article
Student arrested for trafficking and possession of LSD
Story Updated: Thurs. Nov. 27 9:30 a.m. The Alamance County Sheriff’s Office says first-year Elon student Tyler Heath Gammon, 17, of Flower Mound, Texas, was released from jail Tues. Nov. ...Full Article
Off-campus robbery results in missing car
A car, keys to the car and iPad were stolen from a student’s off-campus Sheridan Place apartment some time between 10:30 p.m. and 2 a.m Tuesday, according to an email ...Full Article
Update: Police Believe Armed Robbery was Falsified
An Elon store clerk has been arrested and charged with filing a false police report, larceny by employee and resisting a public officer. Steven Shane Jernigan, 24, was taken ...Full Article
Elon man arrested on rape and burglary charges
A well-known West End Terrace employee was arrested Sunday, April 27. Anthony “Gus” Giannola, 31, of 111 Bell Tower Ct., faces charges for felony second degree rape and burglary. ...Full Article
Police: Three Elon football players hurt at party.
Three Elon football players suffered injuries after fighting with non-Elon students at a party on West College Avenue early Sunday morning, according to police. The police report says quarterback Michael ...Full Article
Three Elon students arrested on drug charges
Elon Police arrested three Elon students on drug charges last week. The three arrests were unrelated. According to the Elon Police, former Elon Football Linebacker, Jake Elliott, faces a ...Full Article
Smith Jackson warns of potential indecent exposure
Elon Campus Police are investigating a potential indecent exposure incident that occurred on Tuesday, February 18 at the intersection of Haggard and O’Kelly Avenues. According to the police report, ...Full Article
Elon student charged with sexual offense
Elon senior Jeremy Jacob is pleading “not guilty” to two cases of 2nd degree sexual offense. Jacob was arrested on Jan. 27. He was released after making $40,000 bail. ...Full Article
Freshman arrested in Danieley drug bust
Orion Ezra Sires, a member of the class of 2017, was arrested Friday morning at his Danieley I apartment. Sires has been charged with multiple felonies and misdemeanors. The list ...Full Article
Mall shooting in Maryland leaves students in shock
Shoppers have returned to The Mall in Columbia today, after a gunman open fired in the Howard County, Md. mall this past weekend. Darion Marcus Aguilar shot two people ...Full Article
Elon residents arrested in drug investigation
Two Elon residents were arrested Tuesday in the Brookside Mobile Home Park as a part of a six-month-long joint drug investigation led by the Elon Police Department. Elon Police ...Full Article
United States files for extension in Alexis Gray’s trial
Federal attorneys representing the United States of America are asking a federal judge to extend their time to respond to the defense’s motion of particulars from December 9 to ...Full Article
New details on the arrest of Alexis Gray
Elon Local News has obtained the full narrative of Alexis Gray’s arrest, through federal court documents. On Nov. 25, 2012, Elon University Campus Safety and Police was alerted that ...Full Article
Alexis Gray charged in federal court
Alexis Gray, the 19-year-old who came to Elon’s campus last year with a rifle, now faces federal charges in United States District Court. According to federal court documents, Gray ...Full Article
Smith Jackson Email Reports Campus Thefts
Elon Campus Safety and Police are investigating two theft incidents. Smith Jackson sent an email at 6 p.m. Monday to the student body regarding the thefts. According to the ...Full Article
Two Suspects Arrested after Break-in
Two suspects were arrested this weekend after breaking in to an Elon home. According to the Elon Police Department, the two homeowners of 114 Elm Crest Drive in Elon ...Full Article
Alexis Gray Update
ELN first broke the news that an Alamance County Judge lifted Alexis Gray’s requirement to wear an electronic monitoring device, and Vice President of Student Life Smith Jackson has ...Full Article
Student hospitalized after hit by drunk driver
Sophomore Amanda Beland is recovering in the hospital after being hit by a drunk driver just a few feet from the Acorn Inn. Beland’s friend Mary Robins was holding ...Full Article
Former Elon Football Player Arrested On Drug Charges
Former Elon Football Defensive Back, Jerrell Armstrong was arrested Tuesday evening for felony possession of marijuana. According to the police report, Armstrong was stopped on East Haggard Avenue last ...Full Article
Man Arrested For Trespassing on Campus
A 41-year-old Spring Lake man was arrested for trespassing on Elon University’s campus late at night on Sept. 11. According to the police report, Jerry Grier Jr., 41, was ...Full Article
Drugs Found Near Mooney
A Physical Plant employee was working on an air conditioning unit on the east side of Mooney when he found drugs and paraphernalia. According to the police report, 8.9 ...Full Article
Graham Man Charged With Killing Elon Woman
A Graham man is facing second degree murder charges for a fatal wreck in June on the intersection of University Drive and Manning Avenue. William Scott, 36, is also ...Full Article
Underage Drinking Rights
Underage drinking is a common issue on college campuses and sometimes Elon students are unsure how to react when approached by a police officer, especially if they’ve been drinking ...Full Article
Graham Man Arrested on Strangulation Charges
An Alamance County man is accused of punching, biting and choking a female Elon student in the Station at Mill Point, according to police reports. Elon Campus Police arrested ...Full Article
Home Invasion at Gun Point
Police responded to a gunpoint home invasion robbery at 4 a.m. Saturday on the 200 block of Neal Street. Elon Town Police are searching for two suspects. According to ...Full Article
Championship Rings Stolen from Elon Baseball Player’s Home
Two rings, a laptop, and an XBOX were among items stolen An Elon baseball player arrived to his Jennings Berry Drive residence early Sunday morning to find his 2011 ...Full Article
Gang Activity Near Elon
Right outside the Elon bubble students might not notice a big problem taking over Burlington - gang activity. I spoke with Sergeant Brandon Jones of the Alamance City County ...Full Article
Former Elon football star stabbed
Scott Riddle, former star quarterback of the Elon football team, was stabbed in a fight outside an Asheboro night club around 2:20 Saturday morning, according to Asheboro police. Police ...Full Article
Former Elon Student Died Monday
A former Elon University student passed away Monday, according to an email from Dr. Smith Jackson, Vice President for Student Life. Melanie Manley, who was last enrolled at Elon ...Full Article
North Carolina Supreme Court Votes 3-3 in Ochsner v. Elon
The North Carolina Supreme Court voted 3-3 on Friday in the North Carolina Court of Appeals ruling of Nick Ochsner v. Elon University. This vote failed to overturn the ...Full Article
Student Hit by Car on East Haggard Avenue
A first-year, female Elon student was hit by a car on East Haggard Avenue today, at the crosswalk outside of the Powell building, according to Director of the Elon ...Full Article
New Information about Burlington Train Accident
The Burlington Police Department has provided Elon Local News with a press release on Friday’s train accident: On Friday February 22, 2013 at 1928 hrs Burlington Police, Burlington Fire ...Full Article
Arrests Made in Gunpoint Robbery
Today, two men were arrested for robbing an Elon student at gunpoint on February 1st. James Long Booker of Gibsonville and Cory Wilson of Burlington were placed under arrest ...Full Article
Elon Student Charged with Assaulting A Police Officer
Elon University third-year-student William Lounsbury was arrested Sunday after assaulting a Town of Elon Police officer. According to the incident report, Officers James Giannotti of the Elon Town Police ...Full Article
Elon Theft Update
In the last two weeks, eight separate cases of theft have occurred near Elon’s campus, and seven of the cases involved Elon students. In each incident, students had items ...Full Article
Gunpoint Robbery Follow-Up
The Elon Town Police have requested help from the NC State Bureau of Investigation with their investigation into the February 1st gunpoint robbery of an Elon student. They are ...Full Article
Student Robbed at Gunpoint
An Elon student was robbed at gunpoint early Friday morning behind building D of the Trollinger Apartments. According to the police report, a black male took the student’s wallet ...Full Article
Safe Surrender
This past weekend, Greensboro officials partnered up with community leaders to help with gun control right here in the Triad. Handguns, shotguns, rifles and ammunition were all collected at ...Full Article
DOJ files civil rights suit against Alamance County Sheriff
The United States Department of Justice filed a civil rights lawsuit against Alamance County Sheriff Terry Johnson Thursday, after he was faced with allegations of racial profiling and discrimination. ...Full Article
No-Contact Order Filed Against Alexis Gray
Elon Local News worked with The Pendulum to obtain a no-contact order for stalking or nonconsensual sexual conduct filed against Alexis Gray on December 3. Gray, the 18-year-old who ...Full Article
Gray “Uses Suicide as a Threat”
Elon Local News has obtained copies of the domestic violence protective order against Alexis Gray, taken out by her ex-boyfriend, Elon student Greg Seelagy. In the document, Gray is ...Full Article
Update: Alexis Gray Sent Back to PA
The Alamance County District Attorney charged Alexis Morgan Gray this week with felony possession of a firearm on a college campus, according to an email this morning from Dr. ...Full Article
How to look for signs of relationship violence
Senior Chrissy Pacewicz knows first hand the dangers of an unhealthy relationship. “It started off fine and it was a good relationship and then I think he just became ...Full Article
Campus Police emergency training, Chief says ‘we can always do more’
Every year the cops you see around campus go through training. Each Officer on the campus squad is certified by the State of North Carolina and completes the basic ...Full Article
Remington Rifle Seized From Alexis Gray
Elon Local News obtained the first page of the incident report for Alexis Gray’s case. According to the report Gray had a Remington-597.22 caliber rifle, a knife and 6.5 ...Full Article
Alexis Gray’s Ex-Boyfriend
ELN is able to report Alexis Gray’s ex-boyfriend is Greg Seelagy. Seelagy is listed as a first-year student in the Elon student directory. We reached out to Seelagy for ...Full Article
Alexis Gray Released From ARMC
Alexis Gray, the 18-year-old who Elon administrators say arrived armed on campus last Sunday, was released this morning from Alamance Regional Medical Center, according to an email from Dr. ...Full Article
AUDIO: Alexis Gray 911 Call
ELN has obtained part of the 911 call referenced in the recent Smith Jackson email about Alexis Gray. The call was placed at 11:48 a.m. This clip is a ...Full Article
Campus Police stop armed woman at Danieley Center
Campus security apprehended a young woman in possession of a rifle, ammunition and other weapons on Elon University’s campus Sunday, according to an email sent by Dr. Smith Jackson, ...Full Article
Asian Racial Slur
We spoke to an Elon student who said she believes that she was the subject of the Smith Jackson email below. We reached out to Dr. Jackson for comment, ...Full Article
An Assault and Robbery Near Campus
A Saturday night for one 21-year-old male ended with an unexpected trip to the hospital. According to Elon Town Police, Tyler Faucett of Mebane, who is not an Elon ...Full Article
Body of Missing Burlington Woman Located
The body of Ruzie Suggs, Burlington resident and aunt of Elon faculty member Nagatha Tonkins, was found in Halifax County, Va. early Saturday morning. Suggs, who was believed to ...Full Article
Update on ALE
Rumors have been circulating regarding the number of arrests and citations given out last weekend. After speaking with the Elon Town Police and Alcohol Law enforcement, we were able ...Full Article
DOJ: Alamance County Sheriff Targeted Latinos, Called Them ‘Taco Eaters’
From 1990 to 2010, the Latino population in Alamance County increased from 600 to over 16,000, now accounting for 11 percent of the total population, according to the 2010 ...Full Article
ALE Mythbusters: What you need to know
Police were out in full force this weekend. And with them? Alcohol Law Enforcement, or ALE. ALE is a state-wide branch of the North Carolina Department of Public Safety. ...Full Article
A Computer Hacking At Elon
Ciera Martinez was on her computer in class when her mouse started acting funny. So she shut down her computer and went to the Alpha Kappa Alpha house. “I ...Full Article
Death of UNC- Chapel Hill Student Impacts Elon Students
A university student was found dead at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill last Friday and even death at some other campus will impact any university. Faith ...Full Article
Security Cameras on Campus
Several cameras were recently added to the Station at Mill Point, but where will they be put next? Reporter Joe Bruno looked into it.Full Article
