Georgetown student finds strange man in her bed

WASHINGTON - A Georgetown University student says she awoke early Tuesday morning, a day before the start of fall classes, to find a man she didn't recognize in her bed.

"She screamed, he fled, and detectives responded," says D.C. Police Commander Matt Klein, "and subsequently took a report for a second degree sexual abuse."

The only description detectives have is the man had a scruffy beard.

The student lives in the Village A apartment style residence hall on Prospect Street Northwest.

Police have increased patrols in Georgetown, and are warning students to lock doors and windows and limit who comes and goes in their dorms.

About a dozen similar cases have been reported in the last two years in the Georgetown area, and some are calling the string of cases the work of the "Georgetown Cuddler". But police aren't sure if one person or more than one is responsible.

Asked what he thinks of that "Cuddler" moniker, Commander Klein says " You cuddle someone you love. We're looking for a criminal."

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