Current Crime Alerts
- Sexual Assault on Campus -
Monday, May 26, 2008 3:27 PM
On Saturday, May 24, 2008, a Carleton College student reported that she had experienced continual inappropriate sexual contact and harassment at about 9:30 PM on Friday, May 23, 2008. This occurred on and near the event on Mai Fete Island. The suspect is described as a male Hispanic between the ages of thirty-five and forty years old with a medium build and weighing 160 lbs. The suspect was further described as having a small patch of facial hair underneath his lower lip and a gap between his front teeth. He spoke broken English and was wearing a dark colored hoodie sweatshirt and blue jeans. The suspect was seen dancing with other students on Mai-Fete Island and was observed at the dance in Sayles-Hill later in the evening. This incident has been reported to the Northfield Police.
Security Services just received a report that an individual matching the above description walked into a campus owned house last evening and inquired about English classes. Fortunately, a male student was also present inside of the house and the suspect left. If you see anyone on or near campus that matches the suspects description please call 911 or Security Services (X4444) immediately. Security Services also recommends that you keep your house and room doors locked at all times as a precaution to unwanted visitors.
If anyone has any additional information, please contact the Northfield Police department at 645-4475 or Carleton College Security Services at X4444.
Wayne Eisenhuth
Carleton College
Director of Security Services
Intruder / Burglary Alert
Friday, Apr 4, 2008 6:55 AMOn 04/03/08 Security Services received two separate reports of burglaries from a College-owned off-campus house. In each instance, the victims reported that a person had entered their unlocked rooms as they slept during the very early morning hours of 04/03/08.
Security Services recommends that you keep your residence hall and off-campus room doors locked at all times especially while you are asleep or when leaving your room unoccupied - even for short periods of time. Residents of off-campus houses should also consider keeping the outside doors to their house locked as well.
Please report all crimes and suspicious persons to Security Services immediately by telephoning X4444.
Wayne Eisenhuth
Director of Security
Message from the Dean of Students Regarding Sexual Assault and Date Rape Drugs
Wednesday, October 11, 2006 4:44 PM
Dear Carleton Students:
As the Policies Against Sexual Misconduct state...."Carleton College will not tolerate sexual assault or sexual violence in any form, including non-stranger rape. When sexual assault or sexual violence occurs at Carleton, the standards of the community, as well as the criminal laws of the state of Minnesota are violated. The goal of this policy is to create a community free of sexual assault...."
DATE RAPE DRUG INFORMATION:
Hundreds of substances may be used to incapacitate another person. The most common substances used as date rape drugs are:
~~ Ketamine, an anesthetic which produces a dissociative mental state, loss of motor control, and occasional hallucinations;
~~ GHB, (gamma hydroxybutyrate), which acts on the central nervous system to elicit an alcohol-like high, loss of muscular coordination, and extreme sexual disinhibition; and
~~ Rohypnol ("roofies"), a central nervous system depressant which creates a sleepy, relaxed state and often pronounced retrograde amnesia.
Alone, any of these drugs are potentially lethal, particularly in a large dose. Since most are administered to an unwitting victim via an alcoholic beverage, the potential risk of death or serious side effect is increased.
*** The cardinal indicator of the presence of a date rape drug is the rapid onset of intoxication, evidenced as mental or physical impairment, that exceeds what is expected given the level of alcohol consumed. If this happens to you or someone you are with, seek medical care immediately. Call 911 and Security Services ext. 4444.***
It is extremely important that all students take safety measures to reduce the likelihood of being slipped such a drug. In that respect, please keep the following in mind:
- Never accept a drink from someone you don't know.
- Do not allow someone - even a friend - to bring you a drink from another room or area of a party.
- Do not take "just a taste" of someone's else's drink.
- If you choose to drink, it is safest to drink from a bottle you open yourself and to hold onto your drink at all times. If you are drinking from a cup, rest your hand over the top of it while socializing to minimize the risk of something being slipped into it.
- Use the buddy system. Go to the party with a! friend, leave the party with this friend, and check on the safety of this friend if you "lose" him or her during the course of the evening.
- Identify a friend among the group who serves as the sober "designated thinker" for the evening who will be better able both to identify a possible problem, and to take appropriate action to assist a student in distress.
- If you see someone who is clearly incapacitated, do not leave him or her or allow him or her to be taken to a dorm or other locale by other individuals. This could set the individual up for an assault and decreases the likelihood of them receiving medical care.
Possession, use, sale, or distribution of such drugs on campus is illegal and punishable by fines and jail terms. Additionally, any Carleton student who is found to be selling, distributing, or "slipping' these drugs into other people's beverages will be subject to expulsion from the College."
Sincerely,
Hudlin Wagner
Dean of Students
Cathy Carlson
Director of The Wellness Center
Wayne Eisenhuth
Director of Security
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