The Daily OrangeSyracuse man arrested in DellPlain Hall
Suspect entered men's bathroom
By Sara Tracey
Posted: 11/12/09, 1:46 AM EST Section: News
Gary Morris, a Syracuse man, was arrested Wednesday morning and charged with stalking and burglary after he entered DellPlain Hall and went into the men's bathrooms on the eighth floor, said Department of Public Safety Chief Tony Callisto.
DellPlain residents had recently raised concerns about a suspicious man who hung around the hall, said DellPlain Assistant Residence Director Jennifer Anthony in an e-mail sent Monday obtained by The Daily Orange.
Some students reported that a man had entered men's bathrooms in the hall on several occasions, Callisto said. Callisto declined to comment on whether Morris was the same man on all of these occasions.
Greg MacDonald, an eighth-floor resident, said that the DellPlain incidents started at the end of September. A suspicious man took the towel of another eighth-floor resident, Max Barker, while he was in the shower, Barker said. He opened the curtain before the suspect could leave with the towel, he said.
After Barker reported the incident, MacDonald said that other students said they had seen the suspect in the building before. He said he realized that the incident was not isolated to the eighth floor.
On Monday, Morris, 23, went into DellPlain after a student had opened the hall's front door. Morris was able to make his way to the eighth floor, Callisto said.
MacDonald, a freshman aerospace engineering major, saw Morris in the men's bathroom while he was taking a shower Wednesday morning.
"I see this shadow right in front of my shower curtain, and I turned my head, and it was gone," MacDonald said. "Immediately I thought, 'This has got to be the guy.'"
MacDonald asked Morris, the suspect, if he was a SU student. Morris said he was a graduate student, according to a statement submitted to police and obtained by The Daily Orange. MacDonald asked to see the suspect's SU identification card, and Morris showed him a driver's license, the statement said.
After questioning Morris, MacDonald brought him to knock on his floormates' doors, wanting to see if they could identify him as the stalker, MacDonald told The Daily Orange.
DellPlain residents had recently raised concerns about a suspicious man who hung around the hall, said DellPlain Assistant Residence Director Jennifer Anthony in an e-mail sent Monday obtained by The Daily Orange.
Some students reported that a man had entered men's bathrooms in the hall on several occasions, Callisto said. Callisto declined to comment on whether Morris was the same man on all of these occasions.
Greg MacDonald, an eighth-floor resident, said that the DellPlain incidents started at the end of September. A suspicious man took the towel of another eighth-floor resident, Max Barker, while he was in the shower, Barker said. He opened the curtain before the suspect could leave with the towel, he said.
After Barker reported the incident, MacDonald said that other students said they had seen the suspect in the building before. He said he realized that the incident was not isolated to the eighth floor.
On Monday, Morris, 23, went into DellPlain after a student had opened the hall's front door. Morris was able to make his way to the eighth floor, Callisto said.
MacDonald, a freshman aerospace engineering major, saw Morris in the men's bathroom while he was taking a shower Wednesday morning.
"I see this shadow right in front of my shower curtain, and I turned my head, and it was gone," MacDonald said. "Immediately I thought, 'This has got to be the guy.'"
MacDonald asked Morris, the suspect, if he was a SU student. Morris said he was a graduate student, according to a statement submitted to police and obtained by The Daily Orange. MacDonald asked to see the suspect's SU identification card, and Morris showed him a driver's license, the statement said.
After questioning Morris, MacDonald brought him to knock on his floormates' doors, wanting to see if they could identify him as the stalker, MacDonald told The Daily Orange.
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Hari Iyer
posted 11/12/09 @ 4:54 AM EST
I have to hand it to the student who was bold enough to not only question Morris but also keep him in custody long enough for DPS. We could all take a lesson from you, Greg. (Continued…)
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