Gov. Cooper's office reports someone 'banging on the door' of governor's private home

In April, someone knocked very loudly on the front door of the private home of Gov. Roy Cooper and first lady Kristin Cooper, according to the governor's office.

Posted 4:22 p.m. May 3, 2023 — Updated 9:19 p.m. May 3, 2023

WRAL Staff

RALEIGH, N.C. — North Carolina first lady Kristin Cooper said in April someone knocked loudly on the door of her private home in downtown Raleigh.

Cooper wrote a detailed message about the April 23 incident in the neighborhood listserv.

"Had an intoxicated young man try to kick in my door at 3 [a.m.]," Cooper wrote.

Cooper wrote that Raleigh police responded to the scene.

“He had no record and didn’t seem to know whose house it was,” Cooper wrote. “Just a guy having ‘fun.’ Did anyone else have a disruption? I’m personally sick of these people roaming the streets of what is obviously a neighborhood, yelling and carrying on as they head to the free parking area for Glenwood South that we have become.”

"This is not what 'vibrancy' looks like to me," Cooper wrote.

Ford Porter, the communications director for the office of Gov. Roy Cooper, released a statement Wednesday morning about the late-April incident.

"People who live [near Glenwood South] have reported an uptick of ring and runs and other similar disruptive behavior when bars on Glenwood South close and patrons return to cars parked in the neighborhood, including someone banging on the door of the private home of the Coopers the other night," Porter wrote. "No damage occurred and no arrests were made."

On Wednesday, Raleigh Mayor Mary-Ann Baldwin released a statement.

“I plan to call the First Lady to get more information and also let her know about the ways we are addressing issues around Downtown South — from more police patrols to increased parking fines in neighborhoods and changes to our noise ordinance," Baldwin wrote. "I will also seek out her suggestions.”

On Tuesday, resident Woody Biggs spoke about the incident before the Raleigh City Council.

"People are parking in the neighborhood and walking to Glenwood South, and returning in the early-morning hours, waking up residents and causing a disturbance," Biggs said. "Two weekends ago, a group of young men were parked on a Cameron Park street, and at 3 a.m., one of [them] tried to kick in the front door of a house.

"The house just happens to be the personal home of Gov. and Mrs. Cooper."

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