Overview
- Police say the man entered a Converse University residence hall through a laundry room window before a student awoke around 6 a.m. to find him beside her bed.
- Campus safety officers located and detained the suspect, identified as Dante Ludy, and turned him over to Spartanburg police after a 7:04 a.m. call.
- Ludy was booked into the Spartanburg County Detention Center and faces charges of trespassing and assault and battery, according to jail records.
- Converse University began a coordinated review with city police and issued a campus-wide reminder emphasizing residence-hall access controls and prompt reporting of suspicious activity.
- State records reported by local media note multiple prior indecent-exposure arrests, a 2023 conviction with 30 months’ probation, and earlier imprisonment for attempted armed robbery; one student interviewed said she still feels safe on campus.