Crime Briefs

Students harassed by masked man

Two female students reported that a man wearing a gorilla mask attempted to enter their Yearby Street apartment June 15 around 3:15 a.m. They said they heard something hit their apartment window and saw a stick under the window when they looked out the door viewer. A few minutes later, they heard a knock on the door and the jiggling of the door knob. When they looked out, they saw a black man wearing the gorilla mask, dressed in a black T-shirt with a white logo on the front neck and black baggy jeans. He motioned with his hands for them to come out of the apartment. They told him to go away.

The students reported that the person also opened the screen door of their apartment patio and tried to open the sliding glass door, and he was joined by two other men. The female students told them to leave or they would call the police, which they did, but the police could not locate the men when they arrived.

Marijuana found on driver

A Duke officer conducted a traffic stop after he observed a white Ford SUV run through the stop sign coming from Chapel Drive toward Wannamaker Drive at 11:41 p.m. June 13. As the officer was talking to the driver, he noted a faint smell of alcohol coming from inside the vehicle. Further investigation revealed the driver was in possession of a plastic bag containing marijuana. Duke employee Adrian M. Clewlow, of 3133 Patterson Ave., Richmond, Va., was charged with possessing less than half an ounce of marijuana. The court date is July 17. Clewlow could not be reached for comment.

More charges filed in break-ins

Eight more charges have been filed against James Edward Pryor, of 1307 Lancaster St. Apt. B. He was charged June 13 with two counts of breaking or entering a motor vehicle, two counts of larceny, one count of financial transaction card theft, one count of financial transaction card fraud, and forgery and uttering. These charges were in connection to two car break-ins in the Washington Duke Inn-Duke Forest area May 31 and June 4.

He was served the warrants while in jail custody for similar charges. He is being held on a $25,000 secured bond and has a court date of July 1. No property was recovered in connection with any of the arrests. Pryor could not be reached for comment.