A Carleton student was arrested and charged with possession of a narcotic after entering the fourth floor of Glengarry residence early morning Feb. 9, according to director of the department of university safety Len Boudreault.
At approximately 1 a.m., the student, whose name will not be released until he appears in court, was found suspiciously roaming the fourth floor of Glengarry residence. It is assumed a resident of Glengarry had let the student in unknowingly, but this is unconfirmed.
He took the elevator up to fourth floor, proceeded into the nearest pod lounge and entered the room of a first-year student.
“He stood at my doorway and looked like he was on something. I asked him if he was looking for someone, [I] thought he was a drug dealer, and he sternly replied no and walked back out,” said first-year journalism student Alison Hall.
About 10 minutes later, Amy Roberts, another Glengarry resident, reported to the residence reception desk that the same man had entered her suite lounge unexpectedly and left.
“His hair was short and he had a small goatee,” Roberts said, adding that he was carrying something silver, but she could not identify what it was.
The man was later caught smoking inside Residence Commons and was told to put out his cigarette. A student on duty at the reception desk immediately called the police to escort the man off campus grounds.
“We didn’t know who he was. We don’t know if he was a Carleton student, but he wasn’t from our building,” Roberts said.
“The girls came and told me what happened, that they went down to the residence desk and the police were notified. I didn’t hear anything about a mugging or a weapon involved,” said Sarah Gauthier, the residence fellow on fourth floor Glengarry.
By about 12:50 a.m., the police arrived at Carleton and assured residents of Glengarry that they would be safe. The police confirmed that the man was charged with intoxication in a public place under the Liquor License Act and was taken into custody to wear-off the effects overnight, according to Ottawa police Const. Jean Paul Vincelette.
Boudreault said university safety is doing its best to ensure that students in residence are safe, and the incident in Glengarry was no exception.
“Card-access systems and closed-circuit television systems are constantly under review to offer the best security possible to the residents of housing and this, in combination with the response by Patrol Services from safety and residence security, did address this incident in a rapid manner,” Boudreault said.