BlinkOnCrime.com Editorial: UVA Violated The Jeanne Clery Act AND Failed To Report Another Sex Crime
Charlottesville, VA– Late Tuesday evening, prompted by questions by the Editor In Chief of blinkoncrime.com about a recent rape which occurred at the DZ sorority on Chancellor Street, The University of Virginia sent out an alert to students.
However, as required of UVA by the Clery Act, the alert was 10 days late. Charlottesville Police recorded a police report of a forcible rape on September 17, 2010.
The Jeanne Clery Act, founded by her parents, Howard and Connie Clery, is a Federal Law applicable to all Higher Learning Institutions that participate in Federal funding assistance which requires mandatory reporting for specified crimes.
Constance and Howard Clery founders of Security ON Campus, Inc. after their 19 year old daughter Jeanne was brutally raped, tortured and murdered while sleeping in her dorm on April 5, 1986.
Fellow Lehigh University co-eds propped 3 different doors open, in violation of security rules, unknowingly allowing her killer access.
The bill which became a Federal law, was based on the fact that 38 different violent offenses occurred at Lehigh U that the student body was never made aware of prior to Clery’s murder. Had they been, it is almost certain not only would the automatic locking doors have been inaccessible, but parents and students combined would have demanded security upgrades to prevent such a heinous event.
Following the email that went to 23,000 students at 11:01 PM September 28, Allen Groves, Dean of Students, and Lt. Melissa Fielding of the University Police Department, held an impromptu press conference Wednesday, as a follow up to the email alert with some additional background information.
PART 2
Time line Breakdown
9–17 1:15am UVA student attacked from behind, raped and beaten on Delta Zeta House, Chancellor Street.
9-17 Noon- Email Equivalent to “Whisper Down the Rotunda” Begins:
Received a third party email, NOT from the victim, indicating a stranger attack had occurred to a sister, as previously reported at blinkoncrime.com, at DZ House on Chancellor St. We forwarded that on to our endless list of associate deans. They called the Sorority president for more information so that we might begin “acting upon it”.
9–18 Additional Sexual Assault Occurs At Fraternity on Madison Lane 3AM
*Unreported To Students To Date*
9–18 A Robbery Occurs During the Course of Above, Same Frat 3AM
*Unreported To Students To Date*
9–19 A Breaking And Entering Occurs, Undisclosed Sorority House, Chancellor St
*Unreported To Students To Date*
9-20 Associate Dean reaches out directly to the victim to ..”get the details of the attack and also to assist the student. No contact made with victim.
9–20 Associate Deans Office receives call from a female student’s Mother that her daughter was nearly sexually assaulted in a pantry at a Fraternity party at approximately midnight, September 18. Add additionally, Groves speaks to a man claiming to be assaulted due to his sexual preference, which would be considered a hate crime, also reportable under the Clery Act. According to Groves and Fielding no police report has been filed. (Editors Note: If this took place at the same “undisclosed frat” as the 3am forcible fondling and robbery incidents– Is this the same perp? So he never fled the scene? So, we have 2 incidents that have Charlottesville PD police reports, one of a sex crime in nature, and an additional attempted sex crime reported directly to administration on 9/20 within a three hour span, at either the same fraternity, or a neighboring one, and it takes 8 days to notify anyone, and they still have not interviewed anyone at the “undisclosed” frat regarding the incidents?
9-21 Internal Meeting about the 9/17 forcible rape but to UVA, they are “unclear” sex assault occurs, still no contact with, or direct information with the victim. ( Editors Note: Groves says Charlottesville PD has still not classified the incident as a sex assault. (Editors Note: This is ludicrous and utter bs. The report specifically states “forcible rape”. I can tell you as an absolute fact, that members of the sorority AS WELL AS the other sororities on Chancellor sent emails back and forth to alert each other which specifically included details of the assault).
9-21 Associate Dean contacts Cville PD. Was told .. Yes, investigating the incident, but would not be in a position to disclose whether there had been an assault or sexual assault also, at that point. We then conferred with the university police to see if there was anything they could tell us so that we could determine whether or not a sex assault occurred in that setting.
9-23 Sorority Meeting held, without the victim, to discuss outreach opportunities.
9-27 First time Associate dean heard directly from the victim in response to the outreach efforts, first time she was in a position to come forward (out of hospital). Victim had to cancel and has rescheduled.
9-28 “.. Certainly by last evening… after conferring with Lt. Fielding and others I felt we had enough information.. Even though to my knowledge Charlottesville Police have not classified this as a sexual assault..” but we believe we had enough, even though it was not our investigation, it was Charlottesville Police responsibility to alert..” (Editors Note: Not a syllable about the email I sent to Ms. Wood, who was unaware of the incident, and very responsive to me. The alert went out at 11:01 PM, 45 minutes after our article regarding same, was published. In this editors opinion, there were no plans whatsoever to alert students until I requested a comment, specifying it was to be included in the piece we were finishing regarding the fact that the rape had not yet been disclosed as an alert, as required by the Clery Act. This was done to balance what was certain to be seen as a scandalous announcement in the wake of Morgan Harrington and Yeardley Love murders, and days after the University’s “Day of Dialogue.” I felt they should certainly be offered an opportunity to address the issue from their perspective, the email was their response to that invitation).
Clearly A Clery Violation… Again
The Articles for reporting within the Clery Act are unambiguous. While I understand the need to alert students and parents with credible and useful information, this is not for UVA officials to decide unilaterally. In fact, it is not for them to ever need to “corroborate” or interview a victim regarding the details of any crime committed against them as identified in the Clery Act for UVA to observe the requirements of them under the Federal law.
In short, they have their own police. They have their “online form”. They have Charlottesville PD police report direct feed.
In 2004, The Board of Education found that UVA violated the Clery Act by requiring a rape victim to sign a confidentiality agreement, but gave them a pass by not imposing sanctions because there was some confusion as to the reporting rules and protocol. UVA was informed they will be assessed a $27,500 sanction fee for any future violations.
As I am certain many of you are over my bloviations about the subject, and in the interest of disclosure, I have personal ties to Lehigh University.
Also in the interest of disclosure, I am embarrassed to say that I was not aware that Ms. Clery’s murder occurred there until researching the Clery Act.
Some Posts from members of your local community for consumption, I will be updating poignant comments.
Blinkoncrime.com Poster Starbucks:
Regarding the “off grounds” issue, I’m sorry but I find University’s excuses in this area ludicrous and totally disingenuous.
The Clery Act, passed in 1990, unambiguously provides that its reporting requirements are not limited to crimes occurring on campus/”Grounds.” The University has had twenty years to figure out how to comply with this law, and yet its officials act as dumbfounded as ever. One would think that UVA is the only school in the nation with a significant portion of its student body living off campus/Grounds, but in close proximity to the University. Of course, this situation is commonplace.
If UVA is having such a difficult time dealing with the “off grounds” issue, I suggest that President Sullivan get in contact with the appropriate officials at her previous institutions. Sullivan spent most of her career at the University of Texas where 80% of its undergraduate student body lives off campus, as opposed to 57% at UVA. She then spent about four years at the University of Michigan where 37% of its undergraduates live off campus. There is no need to reinvent the wheel here; if UVA officials can’t figure out how to report crimes occurring near its campus, they should go study how other universities are dealing with this perplexing problem.
The implication that there is no communication between the Charlottesville Police and the UVA police/campus officials simply stretches the bounds of credulity.
UVA is required by the Clery Act to provide:
(C) A statement of current policies concerning campus law enforcement, including—
(ii) the working relationship of campus security personnel with State and local law enforcement agencies, including whether the institution has agreements with such agencies, such as written memoranda of understanding, for the investigation of alleged criminal offenses; and
(iii) policies which encourage accurate and prompt reporting of all crimes to the campus police and the appropriate law enforcement agencies.
I can’t seem to find UVA’s policies in this area. I challenge the University to prominently publish all of the required Clery Act policy statements on its website.
UVA is on notice:
“This determination finds that the University violated the Clery Act. However, as was noted in our July 2004 Final Determination in another case, there was apparent confusion in the higher education community regarding the intersection of the disclosure requirement under the Clery Act and the strictures of FERPA. For this reason, the Department will not impose any fines or other sanctions at this time. However, UVA is advised that any subsequent violations of the Clery Act will result in a referral for the imposition of a civil penalty up to $27,500 per infraction.”
http://federalstudentaid.ed.gov/datacenter/cleryact/uva/UVAProgramReviewReport11032008.pdf
So please UVA, stop the excuses and clean up your act now.
Madeline Tanner, Elizabeth Morton, contributing editors
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See this comment from the Cavalier Daily. A PVCC student was attacked 2 weeks earlier? If true, then local news outlets, where were you? See another comment below this one, which asserts that even as early as the early 1990s, attacking a UVa student was an initiation rite for local gangs.
http://www.cavalierdaily.com/2010/09/30/series-of-attacks-rattle-community/#comment-16188
Sean says:
September 30, 2010 at 1:19 pmAs is tradition (see: Morgan Harrington’s case), the UVA administration once again kept any incidents that even might have involved one of their students as the perp(s) from being covered in any local media outlet. They likewise kept them secret from their own student body, whether or not that put those students in additional danger. It wasn’t until these assaults were posted online here
http://blinkoncrime.com/2010/09/28/harringtonlove-murders-at-uva-sorority-rape-misses-radar-to-alert-students/
..that they knew they couldn’t cover it all up any longer.
What they very carefully did NOT mention in yesterday’s email or press conference is another assault that occurred on the corner about two weeks before these incidents. A young woman was attacked walking down the sidewalk on the corner by a male who tried to drag her away from the road to rape her. She fought her attacker off, but was left with broken ribs and a black eye to show for her heroics. I saw her at school recently and she felt compelled to explain her healing, yellowed eye socket and uncharacteristic limp to me. The difference here is that while she is also student, she goes to PVCC – and her attacker MIGHT have been associated with UVA given the location of the attack. So this particular assault (the most violent of the four) goes completely unmentioned and uncovered as a result. It seems only UVA students are of any consequence, and only if they are victims at that.
This is how this place works. It’s about protecting an already damaged reputation, and keeping the applications for admissions coming. Warning students and locals of crimes and predators on the loose are very secondary considerations. The UVA cops do as they are told by their bosses in the administration – like any employees do – and nobody in the local media will dare piss off their largest advertiser. If you are new here, this may be shocking. But believe it, for your own good.
I’m sorry that Mr. Bugg was the victim of such a unwarranted and idiotic assault, but his arrogant presumptions that he is somehow safer with a UVA student buffer to protect him from Charlottesville Townies is, well, hilarious given recent history. Perhaps the victims of UVA students Andrew Alston, Alan Chang, and George Huguely would disagree with that notion, but they’re too murdered and dead now to say anything.
It seems that whenever these things happen around here, the powers that be always try and spin it politically. That is, by suggesting that the only thing that causes violent crime is “bias” or “prejudice.” Which, of course, will all be solved by having an “awareness” meeting in Clark that only about a dozen people will attend anyway. Yeah, I’m sure BMOC George would have totally changed his ways because of an awareness meeting..
How about we get real for just a second? ALL of these assaults happened very late at night, when the corner is crawling with totally plastered young people – on alcohol at the very least. Even Yeardley Love was killed at 3 am. A student dropped dead in the SERP house last April also. But isn’t it strange that nobody seems in the least bit interested in what was in his blood stream, or what was in in Mr. Huguely’s bloodstream when he kicked in Ms. Love’s door and beat her head against the wall? Talk about sticking your collective heads in the sand..
And while we’re on the subject, has it occurred to any of you that gang shootings in your neighborhood are probably a direct result in competition to control and supply your own very lucrative UVA student drug trade? You’ve already shown that you do not care in the slightest if your marijuana and cocaine use directly finances rape, torture, and murder en masse in Mexico and Colombia. I heard a gaggle of freshman UVA girls the other night outside during the fire alarm at Alderman loudly giggling and bragging about how much pot they had smoked from Thursday to Saturday last week. The same girls would probably be mortified if someone reminded them that they are; a) not environmentalists, and b) AOK with mass beheadings somewhere else as long as they can keep getting high. But it’s true. And it seems that not even a few bullets flying about Rugby Road or 14th. street can disengage them from their naivte and ignorance.
It’s a shame that the Sullivan administration is already starting to look and act just like the last administration that brought so much badness to this otherwise pleasant place.
This just part of an article about the criminal profile of a serial rapist…
POST-OFFENSE BEHAVIOR The serial rapists were also asked about changes in their behavior following their assaults. The most frequent changes after each of the crimes included feeling remorseful and guilty (44-51%), following the case in the media(28%) and an increase in alcohol/drug consumption (20-27%). Investigators should also particularly note that 12-15% of rapists reported revisiting the crime scene and 8-13% communicated with the victim after the crime. CONCLUSION The research concerning serial rapists’ behavior during and following the commission of the crimes has determined that: The majority of the rapes were premeditated The “con” approach was used most often in initiating contact with the victim A threatening presence and verbal threats were used to maintain control over the victim Minimal or no force was used in the majority of instances The victims physically, passively or verbally resisted the rapists in slightly over 50% of the offenses The most common offender reaction to resistance was to verbally threaten the victim Slightly over one-third of the offenders experienced a sexual dysfunction, and the preferred sexual acts were vaginal rape and forced fellatio Low levels of pleasure were reported by the rapists from the sexual acts The rapists tended not to be concerned with precautionary measures to protect their identities Approximately one-third of the rapists had consumed alcohol prior to the crime and slightly less reported using some other drug. The most common post-offense behavior reported by the reapists were feelings of remorse and guilt, following the case in the media and an increase in alcohol and drug consumption. These characteristics, although not generally applicable to every rapist,can be helpful in learning more about offenders, their behaviors and the heinnous crime of rape.
http://www.criminalprofiling.com/The-Criminal-Behavior-of-the-Serial-Rapist_s144.html
I hope folks take time to read this, important research with strong applicability to Morgan’s case.
Except, for what I feel, is but the possibility of a momentary feeling of remorse.
Also, the rapist may be in conflict with whether or not he is heterosexual.
B
This article talks about the different “types” of rapist. Here is a piece of it where it talks about an anger rapist, which seems to have been the type responsible for Morgan.
The second type was the anger rapist. His attitude was to punish women. They tended to adopt a selfish blitz type approach. They were usually married, hot-tempered and used excessive force. Some were sadistic and suffered from psychopathic tendencies including the likelihood of torturing their victims. They often carried rape kits and again had difficulties with ejaculation. They sometimes used bondage and weapons such as guns and knives. Their victims were often severely injured or killed.
http://www.criminalprofiling.com/Psychological-Profiling_s189.html
And, another article about COLLEGE serial rapists…
There’s a common assumption about men who commit sexual assault on a college campus: That they made a one-time, bad decision. But psychologist David Lisak says this assumption is wrong —-and dangerously so.
…
It might seem like it would be hard for a researcher to get these men to admit to something that fits the definition of rape. But Lisak says it’s not. “They are very forthcoming,” he says. “In fact, they are eager to talk about their experiences. They’re quite narcissistic as a group — the offenders — and they view this as an opportunity, essentially, to brag.”
What Lisak found was that students who commit rape on a college campus are pretty much like those rapists in prison. In both groups, many are serial rapists. On college campuses, repeat predators account for 9 out of every 10 rapes.
[Lisak] found them by, over a 20-year period, asking some 2,000 men in college questions like this: “Have you ever had sexual intercourse with someone, even though they did not want to, because they were too intoxicated [on alcohol or drugs] to resist your sexual advances?”
Or: “Have you ever had sexual intercourse with an adult when they didn’t want to because you used physical force [twisting their arm, holding them down, etc.] if they didn’t cooperate?”
About 1 in 16 men answered “yes” to these or similar questions.
Guys with rigid views of gender roles and an axe to grind against women in general are overrepresented among rapists. That won’t come as a surprise to most readers here, I expect. But it is important confirmation. Guys who seem to hate women … do. If they sound like they don’t like or respect women and see women as impediments to be overcome … they’re telling the truth. That’s what they think, and they will abuse if they think they can get away with it.
http://www.feministe.us/blog/archives/2010/03/05/profile-of-a-college-rapist/
Localcville girl,
I am local and haven’t once felt hostility towards me from anyone on this site. I am embarrassed by the way LE has been perceived to muddle up Morgan’s case as well as how they handle many other cases, but I have never taken it personally. As a local, I am frustrated and fearful of the level of crime, but I am not sure why this site has made you feel defensive.
And, here is a piece from an article about GROUP RAPISTS…
Gang Rape
Characteristics:
Characteristics that are twice as likely to occur in gang rape than in individual rape include:
Insult
Forced fellatio
Pulling, biting, and burning the breast
Urination on the victim
Putting semen on her body and demanding manual masturbation or masturbating in her presence
Amount of aggression and degradation increases as each person takes “their turn”
The Victim
More often than not in gang acquaintance rapes, the group has carefully selected its victim. Sometimes the victim is chosen because of one or more of these factors:
Vulnerability
Has already been sexual with a group member
A newly arrived student who may have few friends
Unpopular
Unattractive
Naïve and therefore easily flattered by the attention suddenly lavished on them before the attack begins
Drunk or high on drugs—in many cases, is nearly or totally incapacitated and unable to understand or voice consent or resistance
http://harfordmedlegal.typepad.com/forensics_talk/gang-rape-profiling.html
One more. Here is a piece from another article about GANG RAPIST
The majority of individuals who commit gang rape are reported to be young adults with the mean age of 23. (Parrot and Bechhofer, 140). This crime is more common on college campuses than it is in the larger society. Those who are usually involved in gang rape are members of a fraternity or of a football or basketball team (Conklin, 36). It is stated, with regard to publicized cases, that elite groups on campus are most likely to engage in group sexual assault. For example, football and basketball players have more prestige and status than baseball or soccer players and are more likely to be involved in gang rape. With regard to fraternities, members of Pi Kappa Alpha have been charged with sexual assault at Florida State, San Diego State, and Stetson. Many of these members view themselves as a cut above most students with more money, better cars, and better attire. This type of group identity may discourage moral self-scrutiny. Loss of moral scrutiny may lead to the occurrence of gang rape by fraternity members. (Parrot and Bechhofer, 144).
When reviewing the motivations underlying gang rape one finds that the act is group oriented. One reward of gang rape is described as camaraderie among the men involved. Other listed benefits include rapport, fellowship, and cooperation. Another primary motive, especially for group leaders, is to maintain an authoritative image within the group. Participation among the other members stem from indebtedness to or emotional dependency on the leader (Parrot and Bechhofer, 146).
Individuals are shown to be more aggressive in groups than they would be alone. Social psychologists have defined three factors which may explain why groups are easily spurred into aggressive behavior. These factors are diffusion of responsibility, deindividuation, and modeling, all of which can be applied to the dynamics of gang rape. Diffusion of responsibility refers to situations in which the presence of others acting in a similar manner diminishes the feeling of responsibility that any one person may feel. Thus, no one individual in a gang rape believes that he is solely to blame for the victimization taking place.
Deindividuation refers to loss of self-awareness, including one’s beliefs, morals, and standards, in a group setting. Loss of self is encouraged to promote group spirit or to prompt behavior that is viewed as unacceptable. Strong cohesion within a group can produce deindividuation by substituting a group identity with its own histories and beliefs. It would stand to reason that if one’s group identity is stronger than one’s personal identity then acceptance of gang rape by the group would out-weigh one’s individual objections.
The last group dynamic that can be applied to the incidence of gang rape is modeling. When group identity produces conformity modeling of aggression can take place. Not only would watching the rape of an individual demonstrate the appropriateness of the behavior taking place but it would also show how it is done (Parrot and Bechhofer, 148).
http://www.associatedcontent.com/article/74530/gang_rape_a_psychological_perspective_pg2.html?cat=9
In describing the profile of a rapist, it is stated in Rape and Sexual Assault, by Carmen Germaine Warner, on pages 275-276, that this individual is usually a young poor male with a history of previous criminal activity and can merit the diagnostic label of antisocial personality with violent tendencies. Individuals behaving within a cohesive group may perform acts that they would not do alone. Thus, it would not be unusual to find a person who is an upstanding citizen with no prior criminal record accused of being a perpetrator in a gang rape. This individual acting alone may have no innate violent tendencies. The gang rapist may be no different from anyone considered “normal”. Membership in a cohesive group can break down one’s personal values and beliefs which can lend to the occurrence of gang rape
Since a large proportion of gang rapes occur in or around college campuses it is important to address college policies and procedures that are set up to deal with acquaintance rape. The way in which administrators deal with rape cases that are brought to their attention usually determine the extent to which future cases will be reported. If a female student does not feel that she will be taken seriously by the university she might not report an assault. It is important that colleges and universities make it clearly known that sex is not something that men have a right to and if they disregard a woman’s wishes they will be held accountable for their actions.
Universities and colleges need to evaluate their existing policies to determine if they are sufficient to deal with acquaintance rape. Unfortunately this is not done until a rape is reported and it is discovered, after the fact, that the policies in use are inadequate to deal with the problem.
http://www.associatedcontent.com/article/74530/gang_rape_a_psychological_perspective_pg3.html?cat=9
Last one (I promise). It talks about anger rape and how the act may satisfy him “for a while”…..
The Anger Rape
The anger rape accounts for forty percent of the rapes that occur
nationwide. It is characterized by physical brutality with the rapist
using far more force than is necessary to subdue the victim. The
experience for the offender is one that is of conscious anger and rage.
He expresses his rage both physically and verbally upon the victim
during the attack. His aim is to hurt and debase his victim. He often
shows his contempt through abusive and profane language. The anger
rapist considers rape the ultimate offense he can commit against the
victim. Such a rapist strikes sporadically and infrequently, because
the attack will discharge his anger and relieves his frustrations for a time. But eventually he will reach his boiling point once more and
offend again. His need is to hurt and degrade his victim, his weapon
being sex and his motive is revenge.
http://geshem.bi.org/patternsa.html
I would also offer that this offender, in general, has a victim pattern, in most cases.
It is going to be the girl that would not give him a second glance, I would not be surprised to learn he hears her (imagining) taunting him in his mind.
Unbeknownst to her she reminded him how inadequate he is. This victim will have particularly damaging wounds to her upper torso and specifically face and head. In general, she is facing him during the sexual assault portion of her attack.
Pleas to her attacker will be useless. It is just her way of manipulating the underclass as usual.
He is predatory, and he will escalate until his next close call, and then he will need to find another anger outlet, but he will only be able to put it off until he is in a similar situation that has left him undetected thus far. Er go, he is seeking that out, and I expect him to be lurking at events like concerts, night clubs, places where he can blend in and find that impaired woman who has it coming.
B
Blink you are becoming more and more interesting every single day. Perhaps you, like me, have had just about enough.
I am not sure if you meant that as an observation or a compliment, lol.
I had enough months ago, yes. I am genuinely concerned for safety while administration figures out how to downplay the seriousness of the situation.
B
http://www.uvavictimsofrape.com/
crimewriter, that is solid research and I admit I am dumbfounded.
I need more time with it before I can post that, as I am guessing you knew already.
B
I am meeting with my 90 pound freshman at her University next week. I will be bringing the information regarding rape that Judi referenced today. I will be researching the crime related reports that should be available at her school and will bring that information to her. I am stunned, scared, outraged and so much more. I plan to fully research her schools policies on safety and past actions. To the Universities I say, “Please, please look after our students. We have handed over 18 year old brains to your institution. Be proactive and be verbal about it. Stand up and voice that we will do everything we can to keep your beloved children safe. Mean it. Use it as PR…you may have more new students than you can handle if parents know you take safety serious. UVA, what a chance you have. Take it. Take charge of what other Universities should do.”
I end all my phone calls with my daughter now with …Take care of your friends. I CLEARLY state take care of your friends. I have already told her I love her and how to be safe but I think it is important to make sure that she is responsible to do whatever she needs to be sure her friends are safe and not alone…I hope by giving her that responsibility it will be paid forward to her. God I want justice for Morgan.
Well, if this is disturbing. Looks like UVA has quite the history for sweeping rapes under the carpet….
In 1984, when I was a freshman, I was drugged and gang-raped by a pack of three members of the Phi Kappa Psi fraternity at UVA. I did not know any of them. I remembered one of the rapes graphically — the violence, the pain. The next day, when I awoke wrapped in a bloody sheet, thrown on a sofa, I went through the man’s mail. I needed to know his name in order to report him. I sat across from the then Dean of Students, Robert Canevari, and told him what had happened to me. With the blood still leaking from me and my face bruised, he asked me, “Are you sure you didn’t have sex with this man and you don’t want to admit that you aren’t a ‘good girl’?”
There was no investigation, no paper trail and no prosecution, although I went to the hospital, Student Health, the Dean of Students, and the University Police and made dozens of reports. I was told by the Dean of Students that the Charlottesville Police had no jurisdiction over Phi Kappa Psi and was ordered not to call them. The deans said that they had spoken with the young man in question and told me “he said it was consensual.” He, the rapist, withdrew from the University and was thus “no longer a danger” to me. I was told, in so many words and actions, to go away. I did not, but my life was diminished. I felt that I did not matter.
Rape and murder are also not considered violations of the University’s Honor Code, established 15 years after Thomas Jefferson founded the school in 1825. The Honor Code’s single sanction of expulsion is reserved for “lying, cheating and stealing.” I would posit that rape or murder most certainly falls under stealing — of a life, of one’s dignity, of the promise of a life well-lived. Most of the time, issues of violence between students are adjudicated by student-run boards and not via law enforcement.
Twenty years later, that rapist wrote to me as part of his 12-Step recovery program. He got my home address by calling the University Alumni Office, which gave it to him with no questions asked. He had been following me via mailing address for nine years, he wrote. He was sorry he raped me. I contacted the Charlottesville Police, who told me that they indeed did have jurisdiction over where my crime had happened and that there was no statute of limitations in the Commonwealth of Virginia on felony rape. My rapist, who was represented by the same two attorneys now defending George Huguely, was charged, arrested and sentenced. He served less than six months for aggravated sexual assault. The others present at the time have evaded law enforcement.
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/liz-seccuro/a-history-of-violence-not_b_592208.html
A website dedicated to UVA rape victims says…
However, several women (to include a staff member) have come forward in 2008/2009 and stated that the 2005 published policy change was not being adhered to.
Their stories confirm that the UVA staff continues to silence victims of sexual assault.
http://www.uvavictimsofrape.com/CLERY2.htm
Well that’s it for now. I hope I didn’t get too off topic with all the posts. I’m just providing this info FWIW to you while you’re examining all that you’re examining…Those brothers certainly fit the characteristics of thinking they are “above” everyone else. -And can certainly get away with rape, I dare say the m word.
I wonder if any of the people we have on our radar had been abused or neglected by the mother. Can you tell I am taking a profiling approach today?
Lest we underestimate the effect that this type of sexual abuse has on a child, bear in mind that some of the most prolific serial killers with long lists of sadistic sexual assaults have in common a background that includes severe sexual-oriented punishments, dished out by a mother, grandmother, foster mother, etc.
http://www.aardvarc.org/rape/about/whowhy.shtml
Today isn’t a good day. Everytime I read here it gets worse and worse. The suspicion some have held that UVA bore a responsibility here to provide safety in Morgan’s case and others seem very apparent now. That is not even mentioning the despicable follow up as seen in these links brought by both cimewriter and Judi. I will tell you Judi, as I read that post, I initially thought you were speaking about yourself. I am so very happy that I misunderstood.
In my book the proverbial sh** has hit the fan.
Did those come to their old stomping grounds that weekend prior to party and stay through for court? Geez an arrest already in the MH case. Hell, surrounded by all sorts of possible suspects indeed. My cheese isn’t anywhere yet. Every week there’s potential for a whole new array of possible scenarios…
Blink says:
October 2, 2010 at 1:31 pm
crimewriter, that is solid research and I admit I am dumbfounded.
I need more time with it before I can post that, as I am guessing you knew already.
B
RE: I understand. All of the previous posts are FYI for you anyway. Sorry for the bombardment postings on a Sat!
Here is a link to UVA’s current policy and directive for ‘handling’ sexual assault reports.
http://www.virginia.edu/vpsa/assaultprocedure.html#1a
OK, maybe I am just ignorant. But I would appreciate if someone would explain to me why an istitution such as a college involves itself so deeply in what I would consider a criminal offense? Isn’t that the jurisdiction of LE? Why oh why would it be up to the university to decide if ‘charges’ are filed? It really is non of their business. I mean if I was attacked at my workplace, the police would be called. It would not be up to the Administrator or CEO of the company to decide that for me. What am I missing? Obviously the victim would need to dfile w/ LE, but in these cases I have been reading, the school decided along with their Sexual Assault Board whether the complaint was viable. WTH is that???
No, of course your not ignorant. There is a blur here that needs unblurring.
B
Judi,
I so heart you. I have been there. I was not brave. I did not have tools to deal. You did what you should and even when he dared to put you through it again as he was trying to agian help himself, you stood up. People let you down but you did not let yourself down. I think we may share the same birthday as I remember, right after Morgan was found. Anyway you speak from what you know and I am sure you are really a wonderful person to know. Thank you for all you have to say.
CW-
That’s a lot of research for us as to what I can post, I appreciate your patience and what the effing eff?
B
Hi guys-
Thank you Judi for posting that information on rapists.
Eloise, Thank you for wondering about me (on the other thread). Just lurking because I have been thinking. I really don’t have that much to add recently. I am awed by all the thoughts and research that has been going on recently though. Great job all.
Blink sorry, but your comments about research lately have me wondering what else is out there- “what the effing eff” is really descriptive. I hope all the research leads to many answers.
In closing, I wanted to say thank you to Dean Groves, for coming here and addressing some of the concerns.It shows me that he is open to others perspectives and wishes to create a safer UVA. I hope Mr. Groves is successful in this endeavor and that he read each person comments. BOC is full of very thoughtful, outspoken advocates for victims of crime. I am sure Mr.Groves didn’t realize just how outspoken until now.
I can only hope that he will take many of the posters suggestions and incorporate them into a NEW plan. I also wish to thank his friend for alerting him to BOC. I hope Mr. Groves takes Blink’s message to heart and thinks long and hard about Blinks question -”Were you put in a position to address these issues publicly without proper coaching or information?”
Peace
The Story(S) on the web site uvavictimsofrape.com have been there for a long time. I made the reference to their site weeks ago. Use the links and find out how bad it is across our college and university campuses in the USA.
As dective Mark Fhurman said regarding the Dennison case in Nevada, “It is like going big game hunting in a zoo” “The security is non-existant and the girls don’t have a clue”.
This site has collected over a hundred cases of rape that were swept under the rug by UVA administrators over a twenty-five year period.
If the public doesn’t put a stop to fraternity boys, athletes raping our girls and young women with attendent cover-up by college administrations, we should be ashamed of ourselves.
Until we take the reporting of campus police and security personell away from administrators, this will continue. They have demonistrated that reputation is more valuable than the safety of young women who attend their school and that it is ok for these worthless louts to be a frat boy or an athlete and not be made responsible for their acts.
The Clery act may be a step in the right direction, but it has no teeth in it. There not only should be reporting requirements, but there should be jail time for all who cover up such a crime. This should include coaches who aught to know better than any who the wild ones are.
To Mom3.0
Thank you for your understanding !! It is much appreciated.
Some more thoughts by “Sean” on his view of a UVA coverup on crime.
http://www.cavalierdaily.com/2010/04/27/rock-and-a-hard-place/#comment-7335
RE:acho says:
October 2, 2010 at 8:58 am
WOW Acho way to go thank you for bringing Seans post over to BOC…Sean if you are reading this, your post is one of the most disturbing and realistic takes on the current and past situation of violence on and around UVA, tying in the presence of gangs, and their territorial wars on drug supply to the students, and the responsibility of the students to educate themselves about where things like cocaine come from, and how many people die so that they can become high….another area that could be adressed educationally by the college administration. What a fr….g mess!
Judi your huffington post, Liz Seccuro history of violence post was riveting and mindblowing.
Women in chains, whoever has the time to listen to the Australian rock group “Tears For Fears “song “Women In Chains “please appease your friend “Hummingbird” the currently tortured, and painfully open hearted “singer/ songwriter of this BOC family ( for that is what it is ,where else in this can one open ones heart and soul and blog openly about the injustice of this world and the danger our precious young encounter going to the hole in the wall , the track , the movies, the mall, during the day OR at night when God forbid they may have a had a drink or tw,o we all did that and did not for the most part end up raped and murdered …..)
Listen o that song because it speaks to the female in us all , women and men. It speaks to “Mother Earth” who is being brutally raped, day in and day out, and to her precious children who are suffering because of old ways of thinking. As a race we need to respect each other, look out for each other, respect our planet, our oceans and forests, our children, our young women, the future “mothers” of our offspring of the future of our species on this fragile planet.
I cannot listen to “Women In Chains ” without weeping openly in my car , on the freeway, parked in the driveaway of my house, my heart is breaking for what is happeningm thank God there are others like me willing to stick their necks out , willing to take a stand however large or small. Willing to speak up.
I love you all, thank you for being here in this uncomfortable space with me. I know this is new for a lot of you, imagine how new, painful ,challenging and strange this is for Dan and Gil and Alex Harrington.
For all I try I cannot imagine walking in their shoes, but I am glad we are here with dear Blink showing solidarity. People can say what they want about pretty white rich girls etc etc but the fact is Morgans’ parents have always been and continue to be willing to go the whole nine yards for their shiny daughter
qnd you know what ….so are we…yep we choose stand together in the face of all this EVIL and denial.
Becoming a parent late in life was a huge lesson for me, a blessing and a sacrafice and I have tried very hard to be a ” rock” for my daughter…in the process I realize it is not just for her, in a way it has taught me to “STAND UP” and be a responsible, loving, fun, disciplined parent for all of our young children…it is not just about me and my child, my family, it is about all of us thrown together here in this mixed up crazy world. Thank you all for your collective heart and soul and intelligence …thank you Blink for your steadfast vision and drive. I hope Mister Blink makes you a cup of tea this sunday morning we love you
J4M xx
beautiful and sometimes violent world.
More Sean: Remarks on Casteen, Yeardley, Morgan.
http://webcache.googleusercontent.com/search?q=cache:x7jtZN28RpsJ:www.readthehook.com/blog/index.php/2010/05/17/slaying-fallout-uva-casteen-lacrosse-weathering-a-pr-nightmare/+Univ+of+VA+cover+up&cd=4&hl=en&ct=clnk&gl=us
omf,
thank you judi for bringing out the research.
Ode, acho, el, TG, CW, and Mom: thanks for being there and bringing the fire power.
Mom, special thanks for your accomodation offered by Blink to Dean Groves. I missed that and I appreciate her and your Switzerland.
Acho, I’m glad you have been there to support the victim of the violent attack. You brought us this information. It was not reported anywhere previously. Not even at PVCC? We definitely have a long way to go if the current attitudes mirror the nightmare reported in 1984, as they certainly seem to do. At least by way of Dean Groves’ report, of which I am now even more aghast.
I think some local readers and posters resent assumptions about our community made by posters who know absolutely nothing, and I repeat, absolutely nothing, about Charlottesville, Albemarle County and the University of Virginia other than what appears in news stories. Guess what, good news seldom ever appears in print or online. If good news appears at all, one story is usually the limit. Our area has far more crime than I would wish. We have far more bad people than I would wish. We have areas where I would not want to walk in the daytime alone, and I absolutely wouldn’t walk at night, even with a group of friends. I don’t walk in my own neighborhood alone at night, not because I don’t trust my neighbors but because there’s not an invisible force field to keep the bad people from my family oriented neighborhood. The University of Virginia doesn’t have the advantage of that force field either. There’s no way, with over 23,000 students, that they can assure that every student is one of the good guys, and no way they can keep outside undesirables away from every member of their student population. While the trouble makers, robbers, rapists, and people who are willing to kill for a few bucks make the headlines, we don’t hear about the people who look out for their elderly neighbors, fixing up their homes when they aren’t able or can’t afford to do so, or just providing companionship. We don’t hear about the people who give wholeheartedly to our local charities, maybe not always with money but with time and labor. We don’t hear about the people who go into our schools, volunteering to tutor and mentor our most at risk children. We don’t hear about the people who give free medical, business and law services to our local citizens. These people I’m speaking of are the good, exceptional and outstanding students of the University of Virginia, but the same can be said about our local citizenry. These individuals make up the majority of our community at the University and locally. We are a diverse community with bad people, but so many more good people. In other words, we are a typical American city, with some very bad people, but far outnumbered by the very good. I don’t always love my town, I don’t always love what happens in my town, but I’m here and I know that a lot of assumptions and comments I have read here and on other forums since Morgan’s death have absolutely no resemblance to our community.
I challenge each of you who seem to think the University of Virginia is so horrible from an administrative standpoint, who think that crime against students is so much more rampant in areas surrounding grounds (campus) and on grounds, look at colleges in your own states. UVA has a long way to go in how they handle student issues but is the process ever complete and without fault at any college or university? Maybe UVA hasn’t moved as fast as some schools, but is probably far ahead of some other institutions.
Morgan’s disappearance and death was a tragedy, but it does not define our entire community and the people of our community. The death of Yearley Love was a tragedy, but is a story repeated so many times across this country everyday. Sad to say, but no one would have ever heard of the death of this young woman had she not been an athlete, allegedly killed by another athlete. It would have been another case of domestic violence, hardly mentioned. Can any of you say that domestic violence does not happen in your town and on your college campuses? Are you as vociferous in expressing your anger and dismay toward your own community and other colleges as you are toward our area and the University? There was a young woman, Cassandra Morton, discovered murdered either very near or on the property of Liberty University in Lynchburg. Where is the outrage at the community of Lynchburg VA? Who is covering for her killer? Someone must know something. Why are they keeping quiet? Don’t they know their is a killer in their town? Why has that outrage not happened? IMO it’s because there have been no big headlines about her murder. Is this fair to that young woman? She’s been mentioned just very briefly here and in our local papers, but it’s almost as if she never existed, yet she was someone’s daughter, someone’s sister, someone’s mother, she was murdered and her murder has not been found.
If the University of Virginia and Charlottesville become a model for how to address all issues of sexual assault, local on local, student on student, student on local and local on student violence, it will only be a blip on the radar of what’s happening all across this country. That’s not to say that we shouldn’t work toward becoming that small blip, but every other community, every other college, needs to work toward becoming another blip, and another blip. To see only what is so highly publicized in the headlines, and ignore what doesn’t become headline news isn’t going to result in any sort of meaningful change. Comment away if you want about UVA, about Charlottesville and the surrounding area, but while doing so, please put just as much effort into looking closer at your own hometown, at your own state, at your own colleges and universities.
MsL- Campus security is a major problem, I don’t think anyone disagrees with that-
My articles, my opinions, are based on known facts in the context of which they are represented with the high profile nature of the Harrington, Love cases, and the recent significant unreported crimes at or near UVA of UVA students, and in fairness, the words of Sullivan and Groves themselves. There are several links within these threads with many resources that identify situations with other schools.
I give you my word if this was about enflaming the issue specific to UVA, my team could spend the next month profiling similar cases that allegedly or definitely occurred at UVA.
I felt a little like you were shooting the messenger, and then, I felt, I could understand how as a resident it bothers you that good citizenry is not hilighted as a positive to offer balance to the overall community. I would offer that since I take for granted that occurs in any community, and to my knowledge no person is judging the community, I really am not getting how that applies to the very specific discussions here.
I guess my thoughts would be, those are the very people, citizens and students we are trying to protect.
According to the Police records, and by Dean Groves own admission, a rape occurred on 9/17, they were aware of, or at least alleged by a 3rd party by noon the following day. They waited until 9/21 to check with Cville PD ( don’t let that fool you, Cville PD report goes directly to UVA PD and so on..)
Will your opinion change if we are to learn that an alert from the 9/17 rape, upon finding out a report had been filed, O, and btw, I have been told this woman was hospitalized, would have prevented the 9/19 midnight pantry attack, or the 3am forcible fondling and simultaneous robbery at the same frat?
That would have fallen under the 2 day notice mandate under Clery-
That said, your right about everyone analyzing their own backyards, I completely agree.
Lastly, Ms. Morton was found near a trail in Camp Hideaway on Candles Mtn Rd, not on the Liberty Grounds nor did she go missing from the school property.
B
Just curious and not trying to rumour-
Are LS and Lt CR Sandridge of CPD reated?
I could find no ties to LS to any aforementioned’s on here, dunno about that one.
B
Correction-Don’t they THERE is a killer….not their.
In my above post, I was referencing an article about someone else, not me. There is a link to the article at the bottom of the post. I apologize for any confusion
Msl, I don’t know what to say to you except to tell you this is all in the context of the Morgan Harrington investigation. To me, it follows that we are watching what happens at, as well as the history of, crimes against young women in Charlottesville. I wish I could explain to you all of my associations so you could understand how it pains me. It is necessary scrutiny.
Wow is it the weather or what? Each thread I visit there is upset.
Gee, maybe it’s me. But really I think it is the topics at hand. Crime is ugly, the key is to not let it bring you down with it.:)
I could find no ties to LS to any aforementioned’s on here, dunno about that one.
B
^^^^^^^^^^
Good, thank you Blink.
Good Advice, also, I would add that if you feel (posters) an increased emotion or anxiety after reading something, give yourself a few hours to think through whether or not you really want to respond, and if you can do so constructively.
B
MsL, I was born and raised in VA, applied and was accepted to UVA and chose another school. I have always had mixed feelings about UVA. I understand that you feel comments here are unfairly focusing on UVA and the surrounding communities but this is a discussion about crimes committed against UVA students, staff and visitors to both UVA and the Charlottesville area. Specifically, the discussion is about the UVA Administration’s response and LE’s investigation of these crimes. It is only focusing on UVA/Charlottesville because that is where these crimes occurred.
The discussion has ultimately brought to light a history of cover-ups, blaming the victim, protecting the reputation of UVA and the power of money in the process. I am certain that one could find similar situations at many prestigious colleges worldwide. Indeed, one could probably find examples of the same at tech schools and community colleges across the land. The issue here is that there were controls and regulations put into place, YEARS AGO, which the administration of UVA and possibly the Commonwealth of VA have seemingly ignored.
I would go as far as to say this is a national issue and currently a few prominent universities, to include UVA, have come into the spotlight due to some pretty high profile cases. If the Commonwealth of VA and UVA would take the high road and become trailblazers in this arena, it could only assist and go a long way to the restoration of the well protected reputation of both entities.
MsL, cvillegirl, and others:
cville is a beautiful place, and I wish that I had more time to spend on the occasions when I traveled there for university business. If it helps, I have expressed the same types of outrage at other universities where I have been an undergraduate student, graduate student, faculty member, administrator (low level) or “just” a resident of the local supporting community.
(I have been the “first woman” or “only woman” in too many situations, I’ve had to fight too many personal harassment battles, and I am personally angered when our efforts at progress on that and other academic fronts take a big slide due to peripheral attitudes. For example, I’ve had a woman student change majors because she was reasonably afraid to be in a needed lab after dark, and no provisions were made. I’ve had an Arabic advisee arrested for “terroristic” threats because when some students hurled slurs at his American girlfriend, he responded with a threat–that is, he threatened to call the police, and did. I’ll stop there or I’ll fill pages.)
cville is NOT, by any means, the worst of those communities, in beauty, culture, or friendliness, by any means. You see, that only increases my angst.
But we can’t reform all the universities at once. And Morgan and her family called us to work on this one, if only through this learning blog. I hope some learn here and bring the lessons home elsewhere.
Thank you.
For some reason, a few of my posts came up as “K” but it is me, Katie:
Re: k says:
Your comment is awaiting moderation.
October 3, 2010 at 12:56 pm
MsL, I was born and raised in VA, applied and was accepted to UVA and chose another school. I have always had mixed feelings about UVA. I understand that you feel comments here are unfairly focusing on UVA and the surrounding communities but this is a discussion about crimes committed against UVA students, staff and visitors to both UVA and the Charlottesville area. Specifically, the discussion is about the UVA Administration’s response and LE’s investigation of these crimes. It is only focusing on UVA/Charlottesville because that is where these crimes occurred…
Here is the original post:
October 3, 2010 at 12:56 pm
MsL, I was born and raised in VA, applied and was accepted to UVA and chose another school. I have always had mixed feelings about UVA. I understand that you feel comments here are unfairly focusing on UVA and the surrounding communities but this is a discussion about crimes committed against UVA students, staff and visitors to both UVA and the Charlottesville area. Specifically, the discussion is about the UVA Administration’s response and LE’s investigation of these crimes. It is only focusing on UVA/Charlottesville because that is where these crimes occurred.
The discussion has ultimately brought to light a history of cover-ups, blaming the victim, protecting the reputation of UVA and the power of money in the process. I am certain that one could find similar situations at many prestigious colleges worldwide. Indeed, one could probably find examples of the same at tech schools and community colleges across the land. The issue here is that there were controls and regulations put into place, YEARS AGO, which the administration of UVA and possibly the Commonwealth of VA have seemingly ignored.
I would go as far as to say this is a national issue and currently a few prominent universities, to include UVA, have come into the spotlight due to some pretty high profile cases. If the Commonwealth of VA and UVA would take the high road and become trailblazers in this arena, it could only assist and go a long way to the restoration of the well protected reputation of both entities.
I noticed the frustration too Eloise – and it is definitely not you. I’ve been going back through old stuff trying to look at it from different perspectives and keep running into the same old familiar names and places. It’s good to know that people still care enough to be emotionally invested though.
No Blink, my opinion will not change if we discover that reporting the 9/17 incident could have prevented the 9/19 incident because I have never said that the University should not have issued an earlier alert. I got from Dean Groves news conference that they were waiting for more information from the Charlottesville PD about the 9/17 attack before issuing an allert. Even if there had been no sexual assault, the young woman was physically attacked and injured. That information should have gone out to students through the alert system and to locals at least through the media. It’s been said, either in connection with Morgan’s death or Yeardley’s death, that UVA PD and Charlottesville PD work closely together with the University. I’ve expressed admiration for Chief Longo and his department, but I think all information about such an attack has to cross jurisdictional lines. There has to be some means to get details of such an attack to UVA PD or the University without compromising the right to privacy of the victim. I had read absolutely nothing about the attack on the PVCC student. As a mother and a female, I really want to know why not? Is it the fault of our local media or PD? Did the young woman file a police report? If not, she certainly should even though I understand it’s not easy to have to talk to complete strangers about such an intimate incident. If the same person has committed all of the recent attacks, he will not stop. Residents of Charlottesville know what it’s like to have a serial rapist in our midst. What has happened in recent weeks near UVA is not just a University problem, it’s a problem that needs to be viewed as a Charlottesville problem. While I know many locals (or townies) hate to see the day students return each fall, they are guests/residents of our community. What happens to them could happen to the rest of us. Just as violence on any college campus can happen to the residents of the surrounding communities. That’s why I stated in my previous post, everyone take a look at your own communities as well as UVA. College campuses are not walled enclaves, if there’s a drug problem, it’s going to spill over into the community, if there’s violence, it’s going to spill over into the community, just as the same will spill over from locals into the college community.
While we have been having these latest discussions, I have taken the opportunity to look at the policies in place at the Univ. my daughter attends and another local Univ. in my ‘area’, which in VA. One of those institutions has sexual assault listed as an infraction to the Honor Code, and the other does not, at least not directly. Both have current crime feed logs. Both display info on the Clery Act. Both areas have had recent crime sprees in the area, with from what I can tell,had timely notification. I also googled the institution and the words coverup as I did with UVA. I did not get the same results.
I agree with lizzy ~snip~
“But we can’t reform all the universities at once. And Morgan and her family called us to work on this one, if only through this learning blog. I hope some learn here and bring the lessons home elsewhere.”
MsL and local, that is why I am looking at the things I have. Not to cause shame on the community’s wonderful people. Are you not feeling these discusions will help? Because I would think a local would welcome the assistance and concern. Your input is needed and likely can shed the most light on what you all might see as areas that need improvement.
links:
http://www.longwood.edu/judicial/12243.htm
http://www.odu.edu/ao/bov/manual/pdfs/1530.pdf
I went back and read Blink’s first article on the UVA attacks. Was the July incident referenced the PVCC student? If so, then I have to apologize to local PD and media because that incident was reported.
Katie, I absolutely agree, and I in no way mean to say that I think UVA shouldn’t do everything possible to protect it students. Actually my comments came more from frustration about some of the portrayals of our local community and the student population from previous Morgan threads. localcvillegirl made comment about the fact that many locals have disappeared from the site, and I was expressing my opinion about why that could be occurring. I hope they aren’t just loosing interest in the fact that there is a killer(s) on the loose. Not just Morgan’s killer, but the killer of Cassandra Morton, Heidi Childs and David Metzler, the list is far too long.
Lizzy, maybe a little more gently or diplomatically, you have said what I intended, take what is said here and apply it in your own community. If changes are made at only one college at a time, how long will it take to make a difference? Much longer than most of us really want to think about? I’d like to believe there will be some degree of change by the time my own kids go off to college whether it be at UVA, Virginia Tech or another Virginia school, an out-of-state school, or if they go to PVCC (a fine community college in my opinion.)
2010 Top 50 most dangerous colleges
http://www.thedailybeast.com/blogs-and-stories/2010-09-14/50-most-dangerous-colleges/
* Note- UVA is not on the list. VT is. There are some views expressed on how the statistis are calculated, but interesting just the same.
Has the unidentified fraternity where the assault and attempted rape occurred been identified? If not, why not? Assault is a crime. Forcible rape is a felony capital crime punishable by death in some circumstances. And yet UVa can’t seem to even identify the fraternity where the assault occurred?
Well I know where the Hell it is, so I have to assume they do.
B
As an FYI, and without comment, to follow is what I have been able to find with regard to UVA and the Clery Act.
http://www.virginia.edu/uvapolice/stats.html
As with other threads, I will bow out of this discussion for now. Safety to all UVA students and all Charlottesville locals. Hoping there will be forthcoming knowledge of an arrest for the recent attacks, for Morgan, for Cassandra, for Hedi and David, and for all across this country who have been subjected to acts of violence.
You are welcome here and I don’t want you to feel differently, but I understand it is different when one lives in the center of it.
B
Has anyone heard any more about this? Why no bond? I looked the perp up on criminalsearches and his entire record appears to be in Virginia, even though article says he had a Brooklyn address.
http://www.newsplex.com/home/headlines/104161583.html
October 1, 2010
Albemarle County Police recently arrested a man who has an extensive criminal history and had avoided arrest for almost three years on drug charges.
During routine patrol, Officer M. Arcoraci gathered information about a wanted person in room 340 of the Red Carpet Inn on Route 29 in Albemarle County.
Lawrence B. Poole was arrested on an outstanding capias and show cause summons, and upon his arrest police discovered Pool was in possession of a large amount of marijuana and a large sum of money.
In addition to the outstanding warrants, Poole was charged with possession of marijuana with the intent to distribute.
Poole, who has a Brooklyn, NY address, was taken to the Albemarle-Charlottesville Regional Jail where he is being held without bond.
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MsL and other locals, please don’t leave. It’s important those of us who know the area offer local perspective, as tough as it is to read the criticism. Remember above all why we are here, in this particular thread of conversation: Morgan.
I am sorry if anyone feels their town is being attacked – that is certainly not anyone’s intent, I am sure of it. Our enemy is not a place, it is evil. Evil resides everywhere, unfortunately no place is immune. No matter where you are, evil must be confronted head on and people need stand up and let their voices be heard. That’s the only way we can take our streets back and make them safe again. Colleges must do their part in ensuring safety of every single one of their students, male or female, athlete or non-athlete. This problem does exist other places, you are absolutely right. But, anyone who violates the Clery Act HAS to be called out on it or they will continue to do it. Anyone who falls short of making sure that all students are protected and safe to the best of their ability must be called out on it. Things cannot be “swept under the carpet”. That only reinforces more bad behavior, and prevents others from even reporting it. Right now there is a serious problem going on in Charlottesville that cannot be ignored and the evil-doers who are responsible must be caught. Morgan was brutally murdered, the people responsible are still walking the streets. There were 5 attacks in September. UVA has repeatedly violated the Clery Act. That is unacceptable, period, anywhere, by any college. Compounded with what happened to Morgan, Yeardly, and now to know of all these other recent attacks/attempted attacks, UVA should be stepping up to the plate and they are not.
Safety for our women and children is the main and most important thing here, along with finding the individuals running around committing these acts, putting them away so that they don’t hurt anyone else, and finding justice for those who have already been hurt, unfortunately, some fatally. These are the objectives at hand.
If this was happening in my own home town, or at my own alma mater, I would feel the exact same way and be just as vocal.