Suspicious Man Stalks Park Royal Resident
Diana Muniz Staff Reporter
Issue date: 10/6/05 Section: News
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"I was concerned for my life, I knew he was up to no good. He actually followed me up to my apartment", said Lauren McAvoy, a Junior, from West Islip, N.Y.
On Tuesday, September, 6, 2005 at 8:22 p.m., the investigating officer was dispatched to 2600 Park Avenue on a suspicious person complaint.
He arrived shortly thereafter and spoke to McAvoy and Courtney Pustay, both students from SHU, one living at Park Royal.
At 8:00 p.m. the suspect came from the wood line behind the pool and followed McAvoy inside the building.
The security guard at Park Royal mentioned that the suspicious man was harmless and a nice guy.
"Harmless? How would he know? The security guard didnt even know the guy," said McAvoy.
"The state doesn't want anyone to know that these half-way houses exist. They are reserved for convicted murderers and pedophiles, who live on Benson and High Ridge," said the investigating officer.
Both roads corner Park Royal's parking lot, where the subject was first seen trespassing.
McAvoy explained in detail what happened.
"I parked my car in a back spot. Afterwards, I noticed an African American man coming towards me from the wood-like area near the pool. I thought it was strange. After I got out of my car, I proceeded towards the building. I began to panic. I tried to walk faster. I kept looking back at him realizing that I was clearly the object he was after," said McAvoy.
After McAvoy entered the building, she couldn't find security.
"I was hoping the security guard would be there when I entered, but he wasn't. I walked up the stairs, picking up the pace with every step."
McAvoy didn't want to the suspect to know where she lived .
"I didn't want him to follow me into my apartment, so I walked into the laundry room. My heart was racing and I didn't know what to do, I acted as if I was checking my laundry. The man knocked on the door next to the laundry room. An old Indian couple lived there; I knew he didn't know them."