Alleged Underwear Thief Breaks Into California Sorority, Watches Women Shower - Beritaja

In an alleged incident complete Halloween weekend, a real-life nightmare crept into a sorority location adjacent UC Berkeley — a man successful a skis disguise who authorities said slipped done bedrooms and lurked successful showers successful the dormant of night.

One female was jolted awake by a acheronian fig adjacent her bed, according to Berkeley Police Officer Byron White. Another was naked successful the ablution erstwhile the alleged peeping Tom preyed connected her, constabulary said.

Authorities said the terrifying events unfolded from about 3 to 6:35 a.m. connected Nov. 1, hours aft overmuch of field had been engaged celebrating Halloween. The man past near the segment of the break-in pinch stolen underwear and pizza, White said.

Officers precocious arrested 45-year-old Courtney Alford of Dublin successful relationship pinch the sorority location break-in, according to the Berkeley Police Department. When they searched his home, they recovered battle firearm parts, high-capacity ammunition magazines and much than 900 rounds of ammunition.

On Thursday, Alford was charged pinch burglary, peeking, invading privacy, possession of a firearm by a felon, possession of ammunition by a felon and trespassing, according to tribunal records. He has pleaded not blameworthy to each counts revenge against him.

Alford has an extended criminal history successful Alameda County, pinch cases stretching backmost to 1998. He antecedently was recovered blameworthy of burglary, expansive theft, battle pinch a deadly weapon, making criminal threats and evading a bid officer, among different charges.

He besides pleaded not blameworthy to 2 counts of lewd acts upon a kid nether 14 revenge against him successful March 2024, according to tribunal records. That lawsuit remains open.

“He is personification that is known to the Berkeley Police Department good capable that an serviceman recognized him from 1 of the [surveillance photos],” said White.

On Nov. 1, Berkeley constabulary responded to a telephone astatine a sorority location successful the 2300 artifact of Warring Street regarding a man who was seen wrong a women’s bedroom.

“This young woman was successful her furniture asleep, on pinch her 3 different roommates, and she woke up and location was this personification wrong her room,” said White. “It’s understandably shocking and scary.”

Security footage from the location showed the fishy stepping some wrong and extracurricular of the building, astatine 1 constituent returning successful a caller group of apparel and a skis mask, constabulary said.

White said location were astatine slightest 3 victims participating successful the constabulary investigation. But he noted that location are about 65 women surviving successful the house, each of whom were apt affected by Alford’s alleged actions.

“Just the knowledge that personification had been wrong the location for illustration that,” he said, “going into bedrooms, taking underwear, watching group shower, sloppy if that was you aliases not, it does shingle your consciousness of safety.”

A UC Berkeley spokesperson said the schoolhouse was alert of the incident that occurred astatine an off-campus sorority and that the student affairs squad was providing resources to the organization.

Berkeley constabulary utilized automatic licence sheet readers to way Alford’s car successful the area earlier and aft the burglary. They located him successful Castro Valley connected Nov. 5 and arrested him.

He is presently being held astatine the Santa Rita Jail successful Dublin successful lieu of $275,000 bail and is owed backmost successful tribunal connected Nov. 18.