By Amy Diaz
For the second time in two months, police have arrested a non-student after a violent incident in Residence Hall One.
In a bulletin to the USF St. Petersburg community, university police said a former boyfriend got in an argument with an RHO resident on April 12 and “hit a student during the incident.”
The former boyfriend “fled the building,” police said, but he was arrested later in the day, taken to the Pinellas County Jail and given a warning not to trespass on campus.
In the bulletin, police did not name the person they arrested or say what he was charged with.
University spokeswoman Carrie O’Brion said on Friday that a report with more information would be available “early next week.” University Police Chief David Hendry did not respond to two calls from The Crow’s Nest.
The arrest came just two months after another violent incident in RHO.
On Feb. 13, Anthony Xavier Brown,19, followed a resident into the building to see his ex-girlfriend, whom he went on to beat and batter over the course of seven and a half hours.
The police were able to locate and arrest Brown off campus minutes after receiving a call from the victim.
The bulletin did not say whether the latest suspect sneaked into the building as Brown did.
In an email sent on March 20, Chief Hendry said the department is “working with Residential Housing to evaluate technologies and processes” regarding security.
In the meantime, the crime alert bulletin urged students to “always report suspicious persons or activities on campus immediately to the University Police,” and “stay safe, never walk alone at night and be alert to your surroundings.”
