I SWEAR IT WASNT ME

I had to post this when I saw it, though I only intend for one person on earth to read it, hehehe.

The' snipper' leaves college town on edge

By Jenna Russell, Globe Staff, 8/10/2003

URHAM, N.H. - Summer is normally the sleepiest season in this small college town, where quaint homes and quiet ponds surround the campus of the University of New Hampshire. But fear and anxiety were building last week after news spread that the man known as ''Jack the Snipper'' had struck again.

In six incidents reported to police since late June, a male intruder entered the apartments of women and, in several cases, cut off or removed their clothing as they slept. None of the women were hurt. In the most recent episode, during the early morning of Aug. 6, the man removed clothing from two women sleeping in an off-campus apartment.

''It's creepy,'' said Lindsay Sliter, a UNH junior living off-campus this summer while taking classes. ''I'm looking in my closets every time I walk by.''

Dorms have been empty for the summer break, and the break-ins have occurred off campus, in residential neighborhoods around downtown Durham. Police have yet to release details of where the crimes occurred, but students at an apartment complex on Dennison Road, near a middle school and several UNH fraternities, said at least one of the incidents happened there. Police were knocking on doors in the area late last week asking people if they might have seen something suspicious, residents said.

Police have not said what kind of tool the man uses to cut off clothing. According to the Union Leader newspaper in Manchester, police said the apartments he entered were unlocked.

I will fight the urge to say something humorous, and let the story stand for itself.