2008 Woodie Awards
Trespasser Arrested Over Labor Day Weekend
Chris Hickey
Issue date: 4/28/06 Section: News
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A man was arrested over Labor Day weekend for criminal trespassing and public intoxication near the Hendrix campus. The man, Kerry Hood, was first seen on Campus on Saturday, Sept. 2 at a birthday party that was being held at one of the Front Street Apartments. Eyewitnesses said that Hood entered one of the apartments without the permission of the occupants and was quickly told to leave.
"Someone told him to go outside, nobody knew who he was, that's when we called public safety," said Alicia Owen, the resident who witnessed the entry while celebrating her birthday that night.
At about midnight, a public safety officer arrived on the scene and was told that Hood had left the apartments and had headed toward the north side of Campus. Hood reportedly tried to enter buildings on the north side including some of the girls' dorms.
It was there that the public safety officer eventually caught up with him. Upon recognizing Hood due to his previous service in the Conway Police Department, he contacted the Conway P.D.
When the Conway Police eventually caught up with him on Winfield Street, Hood reportedly resisted arrest violently, revealing a knife and biting an officer. Hood, having a long and involved record, is no stranger to the Conway Police.
This was not the only incident that involved Hood at Hendrix recently. Public Safety reported that Wood was again seen attempting to trespass at the Front Street Apartments on Tuesday, Sept. 5. The Conway Police were again called. The Police arrested him again and put him under custody where he now remains.
In all of this news of arrests and pursuits, greater questions emerge. Are we indeed safe on this campus? And what can we do to prevent future break-ins and trespasses?
"The most important thing people can do is lock their doors," said Rick Sublett, Chief of Public Safety. "If [students] see someone that doesn't belong [on campus] they should call us immediately.
"I advise everyone to walk not alone, but in pairs at night."
Senior Laura Thorp, another apartments resident, claimed someone entered her apartment on Sept. 4, and left when he heard her roommate entering the apartment.
"People really need to lock their doors, you might forget one and someone could just wander into your kitchen," she said.
Owen wondered if the Hendrix community might not be very forthcoming in revealing this incident.
"It was during a Language House/Apartments cookout where they told us to lock our doors at night because someone might come in and hide in our closets or something. It was right after the break-ins and they didn't even mention it," she said. "I don't know how they expect people to be serious about this if they don't even mention that something like this actually happened."
"Someone told him to go outside, nobody knew who he was, that's when we called public safety," said Alicia Owen, the resident who witnessed the entry while celebrating her birthday that night.
At about midnight, a public safety officer arrived on the scene and was told that Hood had left the apartments and had headed toward the north side of Campus. Hood reportedly tried to enter buildings on the north side including some of the girls' dorms.
It was there that the public safety officer eventually caught up with him. Upon recognizing Hood due to his previous service in the Conway Police Department, he contacted the Conway P.D.
When the Conway Police eventually caught up with him on Winfield Street, Hood reportedly resisted arrest violently, revealing a knife and biting an officer. Hood, having a long and involved record, is no stranger to the Conway Police.
This was not the only incident that involved Hood at Hendrix recently. Public Safety reported that Wood was again seen attempting to trespass at the Front Street Apartments on Tuesday, Sept. 5. The Conway Police were again called. The Police arrested him again and put him under custody where he now remains.
In all of this news of arrests and pursuits, greater questions emerge. Are we indeed safe on this campus? And what can we do to prevent future break-ins and trespasses?
"The most important thing people can do is lock their doors," said Rick Sublett, Chief of Public Safety. "If [students] see someone that doesn't belong [on campus] they should call us immediately.
"I advise everyone to walk not alone, but in pairs at night."
Senior Laura Thorp, another apartments resident, claimed someone entered her apartment on Sept. 4, and left when he heard her roommate entering the apartment.
"People really need to lock their doors, you might forget one and someone could just wander into your kitchen," she said.
Owen wondered if the Hendrix community might not be very forthcoming in revealing this incident.
"It was during a Language House/Apartments cookout where they told us to lock our doors at night because someone might come in and hide in our closets or something. It was right after the break-ins and they didn't even mention it," she said. "I don't know how they expect people to be serious about this if they don't even mention that something like this actually happened."
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