The Eugene Police Department said that two men who entered a University woman’s residence hall room and made unwanted sexual advances during the weekend are not being charged with attempted rape.
Officers arrested two men who are not University students in Spiller Hall early Saturday morning after one entered a female student’s room and made unwelcome sexual advances.
Eugene police arrested 18-year-old Micah Angelo Murphy, of Salem, and 18-year-old Jaray Tyrone Ceasar, of Keizer, who were accompanied by two other men.
Law enforcement officials stressed the incident was not an attempted rape and the student was not threatened.
Eugene police arrested Murphy and Ceasar at about 3 a.m. and charged them with criminal trespassing, interfering with police and disorderly conduct, EPD spokeswoman Pam Alejandre said.
Police also charged Murphy with sexual abuse and indecent exposure. Earlier in the evening, he had knocked on the door of the female resident, who said he could come in. Murphy asked whether a different student than the resident lived in the room, talked with the resident and began making sexual advances. He soon forced himself on her, but she eventually persuaded him to leave the room, locking the door as he left.
The student was not fearful Murphy would rape her, Alejandre said. Shortly after Murphy left the room, another student complained of the four people’s noise and called the University’s Department of Public Safety. Officers arrived and detained the four, citing them for trespassing, DPS associate director Tom Hicks said.
A student then told DPS of a possible rape attempt, which forced DPS to call EPD. Eugene police soon arrived, arresting Murphy and Ceasar after they refused to answer questions, belittled officers and said police actions were racially motivated.
The pair were extremely agitated, Alejandre said.
Murphy kicked out the rear window of a police cruiser, resulting in minor cuts and bruises for one officer. DPS cited the two men with Murphy and Ceasar for trespassing. One of them also received a citation for minor in possession of alcohol, Hicks said.