At around 8:15 p.m. on Sunday, April 13, a student posted a photo in the USFSP Know-It-All’s Guide on Facebook of a man wearing nothing but a diaper and a silver chain in a Residence Hall One elevator. Another student posted asking why police were surrounding the building.
At about 8:30 p.m., The Crow’s Nest staff saw an ambulance and a fire truck parked outside RHO.
Our reporters went inside to ask resident assistants about what was happening, but RA Caitlin Greene said they could not discuss anything. We asked if any notification had been sent to students, and RA Alex Johnson said, again, that they could not speak to us.
On a thread in the Know-It-All’s Guide, another student reported that a middle-aged man in a diaper was escorted out of the dorm and into the ambulance.
The student who originally posted the photo on Facebook, with the caption “And this is why you really don’t do drugs kids,” told The Crow’s Nest she deleted it because she was “threatened by the RA.” She said the man in the diaper lives in the room next to her on the fourth floor of RHO and appears to be in his 40s. Two other students confirmed he is an RHO resident.
Nicholas Arnold, of campus police’s communications services, said officers were aware of the situation and an investigation was underway. However, since the investigation was ongoing, he could not release any information. When asked if students were notified of an emergency, he said no, because the situation did not warrant it.
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