Volume 31, Issue 16 February 16, 2006 www.elon.edu/pendulum
Illustration by Alicia Krawczak
credit card theft
cards after they’ve been cancelled.”
Gantos added that two of three charged have been
arrested for similar crimes.
SGA has now taken their security to higher levels.
“The office is on 24 hour lock down,” said SGA
Executive Treasurer Cameron Davis. He said the office is
only unlocked when students are there and all checks are
now being handled by the Office of Student
Development.
Students and staff are reminded to use caution when
using credit cards. Never give out a credit number and do
not leave belongings like wallets or purses unattended.
Contact at Natasha Nader atpendulum@elon.edu. or at
278-7247
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CORRECTION:
As reported accurately in a story on the front page of
last week’s edition, an incident involving the appar
ent drugging of a female Elon student at a local bar
led to suspicions that some male patrons had inten
tions of date rape. No such incident occurred. The
headline for the story was inaccurate. The editors
regret the error.
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News Editor
Elon Campus Police arrested two people who were
both chargedwith three counts of financial credit cardtheft
and one count of misdemeanor larceny. A third suspect is
being sought for the thefts that occurred at Elon.
Jeremiah Johanan Salter, 30, of Winston-Salem and
Ayana Hairston Jones, 27, of Axton, Va., were arrested in
Rockingham County and placed in the Alamance County
Jail on Feb. 10. Salter was confinedunder a $35,000
secured bond and Jones was under $15,000.
According to Chuck Gantos, Director of Campus
Safety and Police, there was substantial evidence for their
arrest on two cases. One was a stolen cell phone on the
secondfloor of Koury Center on Feb. 1 and the other was
four stolen credit cards, which also occurred in Koury.
Gantos says they are the potential suspects for other cases
dating back to 2005, includingthe stolen credit cards from
the SGA office on Dec. 1.
Maggie Piggot, executive secretary of SGA, real-
izedafter a meeting on Dec. 1 that four of her credit cards
were stolen and contacted Campus Security and the credit
card companies. There is evidence for these cases, but it has
not been documented yet. After interviewing the suspects,
more information will be available.
“They are professionals,” Gantos said. “After stealing
the credit cards, they go to a store to buy cash cards and
then leave the area. They then buy more and throw away the