Lehigh University police responding early Sunday to a call for broken glass at a sorority house arrested a male suspect on burglary and related charges.
University police Chief Jason Schiffer shared details of the incident in a safety bulletin sent out Sunday afternoon through the Bethlehem school’s HawkWatch alert system.
A Lehigh student residing at the Alpha Phi, 98 Upper Sayre Park Road, called the university police department at 5:37 a.m. Sunday after finding broken glass at the sorority house, according to the bulletin.
Responding officers found a door had been forcibly opened, and a search of the building revealed the male intruder who was taken into custody.
“He was confirmed to be a non-Lehigh student,” Schiffer wrote in the bulletin. “Our investigation revealed the individual has a connection to the house. The individual responsible was immediately taken into custody and there is no continuing threat to the community.”
The Northampton County District Attorney’s Office authorized charges of burglary, criminal trespass, criminal mischief and public drunkenness.
Authorities did not immediately release the individual’s name or indicate whether he was arraigned before a district judge.
A university contractor responded to repair the door and broken glass.
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