Friday, January 4, 2008

Ex-CSU employee charged in sexual assaults on college coeds

A former Colorado State University employee, who used his knowledge of the layout of the university to burglarize and sexually assault CSU coeds, has been charged with more offenses.

The Ft. Collins, CO Coloradan has more in their story Samuel Kase White, accused in sex assaults near CSU, faces more charges.

Prosecutors Thursday filed one charge of felony burglary and one count of misdemeanor unlawful sexual contact against [Samuel Kase]White. The burglary charge stems from an alleged September 29 burglary and the unlawful sexual contact stems from an alleged October 10 event.
Prosecutor Emily Humphries said a different victim in involved in each charge. White, 30, already faces two counts of sexual assault and one count of burglary in connection with an August 29 incident, as well as three counts of sexual assault and two counts of burglary in connection with two sexual assaults that occurred September 28.

White was scheduled for a preliminary hearing on the charges, but his attorney requested more time because of the new charges and preliminary investigation, schedules to wrap up at the end of the month.

The Denver Post has background info on White's charges in the September 28th alleged sexual assaults and a window peeping incident December 2.

On Sept. 28 at a home in the 1100 block of Westward Drive, a man sexually assaulted a 21-year-old woman as she slept. When she awoke about 4 a.m. and confronted him, he ran out the front door, Davis said. A short time later, in the 1800 block of Broadview Place between 4 and 5 a.m., a 21-year-old woman awoke to find a man tugging on her pants. She yelled, and he fled, Davis said.

White was previously arrested Dec. 2 on counts of trespassing and harassment after allegedly window-peeping at a residence on East Laurel Street, Davis said. He also had been arrested Sept. 8 in a window-peeping incident on East Plum Street.

CSU, which required background checks only on sensitive employees such as child-care workers, is now requiring background checks on all workers. White was hired as a personnel assistant, and had access to information about students, though it is unknown if he had access to victim info. He was a student who took an upper-level business course.

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