Radnor police arrested a female student, whose name is being withheld, in East Residence Hall after responding to a request by Cabrini’s public safety.
During the early hours of Saturday, March 22, Radnor police entered East Residence Hall to find several students holding another female student to the ground. In the moments following, authorities attempted to stand the student up from the ground but she screamed and fought off both police officers and medical staff.
Police were left with no choice but to secure the suspect to ensure the safety of all the involved parties. The suspect was taken to Bryn Mawr Hospital for further observation.
Prior to being apprehended, the suspect attacked Valeri DiCarlo, sophomore social work major, and Caitlyn Canfield, junior human resource major and residence assistant.
DiCarlo was the first to be attacked while she sat alone outside of East Residence Hall. The suspect jumped on DiCarlo from behind and proceeded to grab her by the neck. Canfield saw the incident and intervened.
Following this intervention, the unnamed student ran back into the building and Canfield followed. Canfield told police that once she reached the suspect, the suspect grabbed Canfield’s head and slammed it into a wall.
The suspect then made it to the first floor of East Residence. Canfield found the suspect again and asked her what was wrong. The suspect ran towards Canfield, tackled her to the ground and began to throw “wild punches,” according to the police report, which struck Canfield several times in the head and neck.
During this attack, Andrew Welsh, sophomore exercise science major, rushed to pull the offender off of Canfield. Welsh and several over students helped hold the student to the ground until police arrived.
Police officers observed red marks on both DiCarlo’s neck and Canfield’s face. While DiCarlo refused medical attention, Canfield stated she would go to Bryn Mawr Hospital along with security.
“I’m fine now but obviously it was very scary at the time,” DiCarlo said. “I just am thankful for everyone who helped and I hope everyone involved is doing alright.”
The unnamed female suspect has been charged with aggressive assault, simple assault, disorderly conduct and harassment.
All information written, with exclusion of the quote by Valeri DiCarlo, has been obtained through a police report from the Radnor Township Police.
