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Four Tied Up in an Armed Home Invasion a Half-Mile From NCCU

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Confirmed Threat

On October 10, 2024, an armed home invasion occurred in the 2300 block of Fitzgerald Avenue, about a half-mile from North Carolina Central University's campus in Durham. Four victims were robbed and kidnapped during the break-in. Durham police later arrested two NCCU students — 18-year-old Demarcus Justin Coley and 19-year-old Ja'Maury Coe — charging them with first-degree burglary, four counts of robbery with a dangerous weapon, four counts of kidnapping, and conspiracy.

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Institution
North Carolina Central University
Hbcu · NC
~8,000 studentsEagle Alert
Confirmed Timeline

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Some alert texts below are approximate reconstructions from news coverage, not confirmed verbatim transcripts. Reconstructed texts are shown in italic with a dashed border. Verified verbatim texts have a solid border and are marked accordingly.

INITIAL ALERTEmail
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NCCU EAGLE ALERT — TIMELY WARNING: Durham Police are investigating an armed home invasion robbery that occurred Oct. 10 in the 2300 block of Fitzgerald Ave., near campus. Multiple victims were confronted by armed suspects, bound, and robbed. The investigation is ongoing. Lock doors and windows, do not open your door to unknown persons, and report suspicious activity to NCCU Police at 919-530-6106 or 911.

This text has been reconstructed from news coverage and may not reflect the exact original wording.

The warning describes an off-campus but near-campus crime (a half-mile away), the kind of adjacent-geography threat HBCUs and urban campuses routinely fold into timely warnings.
It emphasizes a residential-safety mitigation (lock doors, don't open to strangers) appropriate to a home-invasion pattern rather than a street robbery.
Exact Eagle Alert wording was not published verbatim; reconstruction based on local-media accounts, so marked unconfirmed.
Context

Background

North Carolina Central University is a historically Black university in Durham. On October 10, 2024, an armed home invasion in the 2300 block of Fitzgerald Avenue, about a half-mile from campus, left four people robbed and kidnapped. CBS17 reported that Durham police arrested two NCCU students, Demarcus Justin Coley (18) and Ja'Maury Coe (19), on October 19 and charged them with first-degree burglary, four counts of robbery with a dangerous weapon, four counts of kidnapping, and conspiracy. WRAL noted that a search warrant was executed on the NCCU campus in connection with the arrests. The case illustrates the Clery challenge of off-campus residential crime near an urban HBCU and the unsettling detail that the accused were themselves enrolled students.
Analysis

Key Findings

An armed home invasion a half-mile from campus left four victims bound and robbed, prompting a near-campus timely warning
Two of the university's own students were arrested and charged with burglary, multiple armed robberies, and kidnapping
A search warrant executed on campus tied the off-campus crime back to the university community
Outcome
Arrests were announced October 19, 2024; a search warrant was executed on the NCCU campus in connection with the case, and additional charges were pending.
Provenance

Sources

  1. News
    2 North Carolina Central University students arrested in connection with armed home invasion in Durham - ABC11
    abc11.com
  2. News
    2 NCCU students charged in Durham home invasion near campus, police say - CBS17
    cbs17.com
  3. News
    Durham police arrest two NCCU students for home invasion - WRAL
    wral.com
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