Georgetown Burglar Got In Bed With Sleeping Victim

WASHINGTON, D.C. (WUSA) - DC police are investigating a burglary reported early Thursday morning in the 3400 block of N Street N.W., but the roommates who live together in a row house there say the intruder who entered their house may have been the so-called "Georgetown Cuddler".

9NEWS NOW Digital Correspondent, Lindsey Mastis, reports that seven girls live together in the row house, and all are students at Georgetown University. According to one of the roommates, early this morning one of the women left to go to the library, and she left the door unlocked.

The victim's roommate says a man entered the house, went upstairs and got in bed with one of the girls. The man reportedly put his arms around the girl. When she woke up and screamed at him, he fled. The suspect in this case was described as a Hispanic male, 5'11" to 6 feet tall, with a medium build. He was wearing a 3/4 length wool jacket and blue jeans.

The girls who live in the N Street row house are familiar with reports of other similar incidents in the neighborhood around the Georgetown campus, involving the so-called "Georgetown Cuddler."

Commander Rodney Parks of the DC Police Criminal Investigations unit tells 9NEWS NOW that Thursday morning's incident is under investigation and detectives have interviewed the girl. Commander Parks says DC police have received reports of eight cases, all in the area, within the past year. The string of incidents began in the spring of 2008, and there have been two cases so far in 2009.

Commander Parks says while all the incidents appear fairly similar, police have received varying physical descriptions of the suspects in the cases, so investigators can't say definitively if all the cases involve the same man.

Georgetown University officials sent out a public safety message to all students informing them of the incident, and reminding them to keep their doors and windows locked. Students were also reminded to report any suspicious incident to either campus police at 202-687-4343 or DC police by calling 911.