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February 27, 2008

Police seek information about intruders

WEST LAFAYETTE, Ind. - Purdue University police are looking for two intruders who entered two women's residence halls on Wednesday (Feb. 27).

A female student told police she saw a man exposing himself about 4:53 p.m. in the northwest stairwell of the Earhart Hall.  Two female students reported a man in a first-floor women's restroom in Owen Hall about 7:46 p.m.

Police said the intruder at Earhart Hall was a white man about 6 feet, 2 inches tall, average build, between 18 and 25 years old. He was wearing blue jeans and a black baseball cap with white script lettering.

Police said the suspect from Owen Hall was about 5 feet 9 inches tall with an average build. He is a white man between 18 and 25 years old and was wearing a black leather jacket, blue jeans, old tennis shoes and a dark baseball-style cap.


Anyone with information about the incident is asked to call the Purdue Police Department at (765) 494-8221.

Writer: J. Michael Willis, 765-494-2096, jmwillis@purdue.edu

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