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The Daily OrangeMan enters DellPlain with knife
By Melissa Daniels
Posted: 10/15/07, 11:49 PM EST Section: News
An unknown man was seen attempting to enter a student's room with a folding knife Monday in DellPlain Hall. An e-mail was sent out to alert DellPlain residents of the suspicious person.
The student encountered the suspect on the fifth floor at approximately 11:50 a.m. The suspect is a white male in his mid 50s, about 5 feet 5 inches tall, with hazel eyes, medium length white hair with a white full beard and wore black pants, a white shirt, a black jacket and a black baseball cap, according to the alert.
The student said she heard a noise in the hall and opened her dorm room door to see the suspect. She immediately shut and locked the door, and called the Department of Public Safety.
The suspect does not work for Syracuse University, wrote Resident Director Jenny Koslovsky in the e-mail. If any employee was to enter a student's room, he or she would not attempt to enter without a student's permission or without suspicion of an emergency, she wrote.
Resident advisers spoke to residents on their respective floors to explain safety procedures if the man reappeared. DPS searched all locked rooms in the building and notified residents to contact them immediately if any new information surfaced.
At the time the e-mail was sent, the suspect had not been located.
Koslovsky and Public Safety Chief Tony Callisto were not available to comment on this story.
Safety tips reminded students to report any suspicious activity in residence halls to the Public Safety immediately as well as to a resident adviser. The e-mail said students should avoid letting people follow them into the building and use the peep hole to determine who is at the door before opening it.
The student encountered the suspect on the fifth floor at approximately 11:50 a.m. The suspect is a white male in his mid 50s, about 5 feet 5 inches tall, with hazel eyes, medium length white hair with a white full beard and wore black pants, a white shirt, a black jacket and a black baseball cap, according to the alert.
The student said she heard a noise in the hall and opened her dorm room door to see the suspect. She immediately shut and locked the door, and called the Department of Public Safety.
The suspect does not work for Syracuse University, wrote Resident Director Jenny Koslovsky in the e-mail. If any employee was to enter a student's room, he or she would not attempt to enter without a student's permission or without suspicion of an emergency, she wrote.
Resident advisers spoke to residents on their respective floors to explain safety procedures if the man reappeared. DPS searched all locked rooms in the building and notified residents to contact them immediately if any new information surfaced.
At the time the e-mail was sent, the suspect had not been located.
Koslovsky and Public Safety Chief Tony Callisto were not available to comment on this story.
Safety tips reminded students to report any suspicious activity in residence halls to the Public Safety immediately as well as to a resident adviser. The e-mail said students should avoid letting people follow them into the building and use the peep hole to determine who is at the door before opening it.
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