The Alamance County District Attorney charged Alexis Gray with felony possession of a firearm on a college campus. She will be tried on Jan. 7, 2013.
Gray, an 18-year-old student at Penn State University, entered Elon University’s campus Nov. 25 with a Remington-597.22 caliber rifle, a knife and 6.5 feet of rope in her vehicle, according to the incident report filed by Elon Campus Police. Her parents and ex-boyfriend, Greg Seelagy, an Elon student, alerted campus police that she was likely traveling to Elon, and the police apprehended her outside Danieley Center. After obtaining a search warrant, the police searched Gray’s vehicle and took her into custody.
Seelagy filed a domestic violence order of protection against Gray. In his complaint, he said Gray asked to meet him "for only five minutes" on Nov. 24.
"She progressively grew more hostile as I continued to refuse, and eventually threatened suicide if I did not show up," he wrote in the complaint.
Seelagy said Gray had threatened suicide for years, but she had never given him reason to believe she would carry out the threat.
"She uses suicide to get me to do what she wants me to do," he wrote.
Seelagy then contacted Gray's mother, who told him to cease contact with her daughter. In the complaint, he said he honored the request and returned to Elon.
The next morning, Gray's parents called Seelagy around 10 a.m. They told him Gray was last seen in Virginia buying gas with their credit card, and they advised him to seek the help of the police.
When Elon Campus Police apprehended Gray, they found multiple weapons as well as notes elaborating on her plans, according to the complaint.
On Nov. 26, Seelagy's girlfriend as of Dec. 3 filed a no-contact order for stalking or nonconsensual sexual conduct against Gray. She said Gray contacted her on four different occasions.
"She harassed me and continuously lied to me about her and Greg's relationship," she wrote in her complaint. "After asking her to leave me alone multiple times, she refused and continued contacting my phone."
She said Gray intended to harm her and Seelagy.
"I was scared for my safety and my life," she wrote.
Gray completed her evaluation at Central Regional Hospital in Raleigh yesterday and returned to the Alamance County Jail. After her parents posted the required bond, she was outfitted with an electronic monitoring device and released into their custody. She will return to Pennsylvania today, where she will be enrolled in an intensive psychological treatment program, according to an email sent by Smith Jackson, vice president and dean of Student Life.
Gray is only allowed to return to North Carolina for court appearances. She has been permanently barred from the Town of Elon and the Elon University campus.
The Pendulum and Elon Local News collaborated to obtain this information.