Overview
- Harvard police say a man followed or forced entry into residence buildings and tried to assault students on May 19, with one incident at Peabody Terrace and a separate assault inside Lowell House where a victim’s screams chased the suspect away.
- Authorities announced an arrest late May 27 into May 28 and say the suspect faces multiple felony counts including assault and battery, kidnapping, and breaking and entering with intent to commit a felony.
- Victims in the reported Harvard encounters did not report physical injuries and at least one person waited to report until after the university sent a campus-wide alert.
- Harvard University Police say Wakefield Police and Massachusetts State Police assisted in the arrest and that the case remains under joint investigation with Cambridge and other local agencies.
- Officials and outlets differ on whether the arrested person is the same individual tied to a similar MIT dorm warning and on whether the suspect’s name should be publicly released, with investigators saying more charges and details may follow at the suspect’s upcoming court appearance.