By Adam Rubenfire, Daily Staff Reporter
Published January 11, 2011
A man broke a window and assaulted a student at the Chi Psi fraternity house early Sunday morning, according to the Ann Arbor Police Department.
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According to AAPD Lt. Angella Abrams, a caller reported that he heard a commotion from the first floor of the house. When fraternity members went to investigate the sound, they discovered a man —the current suspect— with a bloody right hand, Abrams said.
After a fraternity brother confronted the man, the suspect reportedly punched the student in the face and fled, Abrams said. The suspect remains at large.
LSA junior Chris Pry, president of the Chi Psi fraternity on campus, said he called the AAPD's non-emergency line because he didn’t believe it was necessary to have officers come to the house and investigate the matter, which occured between 1:30 a.m. and 2 a.m. Sunday morning.
Abrams said officers were not dispatched to the scene to investigate, but a police report was filed. The police report estimates the cost of damage to the window is $300, but officers weren’t on scene to observe the damage, she said.
Pry said it appears that the suspect — who's not affiliated with the fraternity — was inside the vestibule of the house when he punched the window.
Pry said the incident occurred following a social event hosted at the fraternity house. When asked whether the suspect attended the event, Pry said he was not sure.
“It was someone that none of us knew,” Pry said. “Whether or not he was in the event, I do not know.”
Pry also said the member who was assaulted was not hospitalized.
“It wasn’t that bad of a punch,” Pry said. “Just a little bump on his head.”
Pry added that he’s unaware as to why the suspect allegedly committed the assault and malicious destruction of property.
Abrams said she doesn’t believe this incident is a sign of increased violence among fraternities.
“I don’t have anything to substantiate the allegation that fraternities are a target,” Abrams said. “I believe this is an isolated incident.”
Similarly, both Pry and Interfraternity Council President Jared Jaffe said they don’t believe the incident reflects a trend of violence in the Greek community on campus.
