Two charged in vandalism spree

Duran

York

Two 20-year-olds have been charged with 13 counts of injury to personal property after authorities say they took a baseball bat to mailboxes and seven cars in a nighttime spree that ended with a traffic stop.

The Rowan County Sheriff's Office charged Corey Levi Duran, 110 Lauren Glenn Drive, China Grove, and William Nathaniel York, 237 Strawberry Lane. They remain in the Rowan County Detention Center under $7,500 bond each. York is also charged with possession of marijuana and possession of drug paraphernalia.

Capt. John Sifford said the first call came around 3 a.m. Wednesday when a resident of Maple Ridge Road reported his mailbox had been smashed. He described the vehicle as a dark colored SUV.

As the deputy was taking the report, a neighbor stopped by to report his mailbox had been smashed by someone in a dark-colored SUV. And he followed the vehicle until he lost it.

Another caller advised their mailbox had been smashed in the Grace Church Road area.

Deputy Mike Dixon spotted an SUV matching the description at the intersection of Shue Road and Grace Church Road.

Dixon pulled over the vehicle driven by York with Duran as a passenger.

Sifford said Dixon found a baseball bat in the vehicle, along with marijuana.

And then the flood of 911 calls started with reports of more damaged mailboxes and cars with windshields and windows broken out.

A report show seven vehicles were damaged an estimated $2,000 each.

In most cases, the front and back windshields were broken out, along with some or all of the side windows.

In at least one case, a vehicle owner reported that it appeared someone had jumped up and down on the top of the vehicle.

The locations include homes on Jasmine Circle, Grace Church Road, Airport Road, Miller Chapel Road, Maple Ridge Road and Strawberry Lane. The vehicles ranged from a 2006 Acura to a 1989 Jeep Cherokee, all parked in driveways or adjacent to the houses.