The investigation is in its early stages and investigators are currently interviewing the suspect. The woman was understandably shaken by the incident but thankfully was not injured. The victim was able to provide a good description of the intruder and 13 minutes later police arrested a man on Carlton Street matching the description. When the suspect realized the victim was awake, he ran out of the house. this morning, police were called to the 5900 block of College Street after a 20-year-old woman woke up and discovered a man in her bedroom.
18, 2009: Halifax Regional Police has a person in custody following another break and enter in the city’s south end.Īt 4:19 a.m. Below are the posted reports of similar incidents from the past 12 months, listed in reverse chronological order. The Halifax Regional Police Department (490-5016) makes reports public on its website. And lock your doors, especially before bed.” Police reports “When you’re leaving the library or the computer science building or the SUB, keep a look out. “Dal students need to take caution and be alert,” adds Ms. He is described as a white male, five feet 11 inches in height, between 19 to 25 years of age, with an average build. There have been no cases of forced entry.”Ī police sketch was released last Thursday showing a “fairly generic guy,” says Constable Palmeter the sketch shows a clean-shaven man with a somewhat long face, high forehead, pockmarked cheeks and short, spiky hair. “The simple practice of ensuring your door is locked appears to be enough of a deterrent. “Despite all the warnings, people are still not keeping their residences secure,” he says. He also urges people to report suspicious behavior by anyone matching the description of the sleep watcher. Dalhousie has also issued six security bulletins about the crimes.Ĭonstable Brian Palmeter, public information officer for the Halifax Regional Police, expresses some frustration that the message to lock up at night is being disregarded.
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Since April 2008, police have issued several warnings about the intruder, reminding people to keep their doors and windows locked, especially at night. “It’s a creepy crime and that’s what makes students so nervous,” says Ms. In two recent cases, he touched one woman and pulled back the sheets from another. No one has been hurt in any of the reported incidents, but police expressed fears that the sleep watcher’s behaviour could escalate. Zimmerman, president of the Dal Students Union.
“This is a crime of opportunity and we need to make sure he doesn’t have that opportunity anymore,” says Ms. Most incidents have taken place in the area bordered by Coburg, Oxford, Quinpool and Robie streets. A man was arrested a short distance away, but was later released from custody. Police were called to an apartment at the corner of College and Robie streets at four in the morning after a 20-year-old woman awoke to find a man in her bedroom. The last incident occurred early Friday morning. In many cases, the intruder-alternately dubbed the “sleep watcher,” “night watcher” and the “bedroom bandit” by the Halifax media-has targeted Dalhousie students. Over the past year, police say there have been 15 reports of a man breaking into the residences of young women living in Halifax’s south end to watch them sleep. Shannon Zimmerman has some advice for her fellow students: lock your doors.
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