A Princeton student said she awoke Saturday to find a person in a hooded sweatshirt in her bed.
PRINCETON - A Princeton University student awoke Saturday morning to find an unknown person with an arm around her in bed, according to a university.
A Princeton University Department of Public Safety vehicle is parked on campus in this file photo. Blair Hall is in background at left. The student told university public safety officers that she woke up in her unlocked dorm room in 1915 Hall around 5 a.m. to find the person lying in her bed.
The student could not tell whether the intruder was a man or a woman, but was wearing a black, hooded sweatshirt and had an arm around the student, the email said.
The student told officers she screamed and the person ran from her room. She couldn't give any other description of the suspect.
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Department of Public Safety officers searched the area but couldn't find anyone Saturday morning. The department sent an email out to students the same day with information about the incident and urged them to call public safety at (609) 258-1000 with any relevant information.
Campus dorms are locked and inaccessible without a keycard, Daniel Day, a spokesperson for the university said. He clarified in an email Monday that any student with a valid keycard can enter any dorm - but that their keys grant them access only to their own rooms.
In September, two students at Rider University were touched on separate occasions as they slept in their dorm rooms.
Hamilton man Jon Cannon, 24, was later charged with the crimes and was being held in jail on a $50,000 bond in early October. He has since been released from jail after posting bail.
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