A non-student was arrested on campus early Saturday morning after allegedly vandalizing a residence of the Townhouses 8 block.
Eighteen-year-old Dante Ellis of Tarrytown, N.Y. was arrested at 12:57 a.m. and charged with criminal mischief in the second degree after being involved in a verbal argument and punching a hole in a closet door, according to Lt. James Perez of Fairfield Police.
Residents of the Townhouse reportedly met resistance when they asked two non-students to leave their house. This upset Ellis, one of the non-students, who proceeded to punch the hole in the closet door, according to John Ritchie, assistant director of the Department of Public Safety.
According to Perez, Ellis was attending a get together at the Townhouse when the incident occurred, and the damage to the closet door was valued at $250.
Ellis was released on a promise to appear in Bridgeport Geographical Area 2 Court on Nov. 28. Both Ellis and the other non-student were issued criminal trespass warnings by DPS.
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