Police investigating third instance of intruder breaking into homes of Yale students

Police in New Haven are investigating the third instance since May in which a student of Yale University woke up to find an intruder in their residence.

The most recent incident was reported July 23 at about 5:28 a.m. when the student woke up and found an unknown man in their bedroom, according to a statement from Anthony Campbell, chief of the Yale Police Department. The chief said the burglary was reported on Edgewood Avenue between Park Street and Lynwood Place.

The intruder fled the residence without taking anything following an altercation with the student, Campbell said. The victim was not injured and did not require any medical attention, according to Campbell.

The Yale chief said New Haven police are investigating.

The incident last month follows similar instances in May and June.

On May 9 at about 2 a.m. a graduate student of Yale University living off campus on Elm Street woke up to find an unknown man in their residence and was sexually assaulted at gunpoint, according to Yale police. The man fled the residence following the assault.

The student was taken to Yale New Haven Hospital.

On June 20, a Yale graduate student living in an apartment on Mansfield Street woke up at about 3:39 a.m. and found a male intruder in their unit, Yale police said. No weapon was displayed during the burglary and no injuries were reported.

According to the most recent crime report filed by Yale police last year, the university saw 16 burglaries in 2021, which included eight instances that were at an on-campus residence. This followed 31 burglaries in 2020, including 10 at an on-campus residence, and 39 burglaries in 2019, including 21 at an on-campus residence.