Durham police looking for man involved in early morning carjacking

An unidentified man notified police at about 1:45 a.m. that he had pulled into a parking lot in the 1800 block of Cheek Road to check his vehicle when he was approached by a man and a woman. The pair had a gun and took his money, keys and phone before forcing him back into his car, he told police.

The pair then drove to three ATMs and forced the man to withdraw money from each before he was able to escape on Briggs Avenue and seek help, he told police.

A short time later, a Durham officer spotted the stolen vehicle and attempted to stop it. A man got out and ran, and a woman drove off down Fayetteville Street but was stopped a short time later, police said.

Cynthia Lyons, 41, of Durham, was charged with three counts of robbery with a dangerous weapon and one count each of second-degree kidnapping, larceny of a motor vehicle and possession of a stolen motor vehicle.

The man who was carjacked wasn't injured, police said.