Written by: Camila Fernandez/News Director
A past student was arrested and found nude in the Management and New Growth Opportunities building Thursday, Nov. 12 around 2 p.m.
According to a flier by the University’s police department, Mohamed Ads, a 35-year-old white man, was issued a trespass warning from all FIU property.
At the time arrested, he was not enrolled as a student nor was he a faculty member.
The report said a woman, Sara Lipman, gave permission to officer Francisco Torres and detectives to enter room 438 to find Ads completely nude lying on the floor.
The report said it is possible that Ads had previously been living in the office with a female student.
When officer Torres tried to help Ads get up from the floor, Ads got angry and irate over the police presence, according to the report. Ads grabbed Torres’ collar to forcibly pull him down bending his body forward in efforts to cause injury.
He was then taken into custody and was transferred to the Miami-Dade County Turner Guilford Knight Correctional Center.
Lipman refused to comment and referred Student Media to Cathy Akens, associate vice president and dean of students.
“Due to privacy laws, I am unable to comment on this particular case involving a former student,” said Akens in an email to Student Media.
“The University does have multiple systems in place to respond to issues of concern with students or employees. We are committed to the safety of all members of the university community,” Akens said.
Alexander Casas, chief of FIUPD, said that he is grateful that the reporter, Lipman, brought the issue to the police’s attention and that nobody was hurt.
“We need the community to be our eyes and ears,” said Casas.
However, according to officer David Navas, the police are always on foot patrol as much as possible.
camila.fernandez@fiusm.com
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