A suspect in two Fort Collins sexual assaults of 21-year-old women worked for Colorado State University’s human resources department and had access to personal information about college employees.
Fort Collins police arrested Samuel Kase White, 30, for investigation of sexual assault and burglary in the two incidents on Sept. 28.
“He did have access to personnel information,” CSU spokesman Brad Bohlander said.
The university is seeking information about the two victims to find out whether they worked for CSU and if White accessed information about them at school, Bohlander said.
“We don’t yet have information about the identities of the victims,” he said. “We’re trying to find out ourselves. We will cooperate in any fashion with this investigation.”
White was hired as a personal assistant at CSU on April 19, he said. He was also a student taking one upper level business class.
The university has banned White from the campus and placed him on administrative leave from his job, Bohlander said.
“We’ve essentially cut off all his access to the campus,” he said.
White did not receive a criminal background check when he was hired, Bohlander said. The university, which only performs the checks on employees in sensitive positions like child-care supervisors, will soon do background checks on all campus employees, he said.
He was arrested at his home on East Drake Road without incident at about 9:30 p.m. Monday, said Rita Davis, Fort Collins police spokeswoman. He is being held at the Larimer County Detention Facility, she said.
On Sept. 28 at a home in the 1100 block of Westward Drive, a man sexually assaulted a 21-year-old woman as she slept. When she awoke at about 4 a.m. and confronted him, he ran out the front door, Davis said.
A short time later, in the 1800 block of Broadview Place between 4 and 5 a.m., a 21-year-old woman awoke to find a man tugging on her pants. She yelled at her attacker, and he fled, Davis said.
White was previously arrested Dec. 2 for trespassing and harassment after being caught window-peeping at a residence on East Laurel Street, Davis said. He also had been arrested Sept. 8 for a window-peeping incident on East Plum Street.
Bohlander said the university did not know about this previous arrest. He said he needs to learn more about the circumstances before he could comment further.
Police believe White may be responsible for other incidents in recent months. If anyone has information about other cases, they should call Fort Collins police at 970-221-6529.
Kirk Mitchell: 303-954-1206 or kmitchell@denverpost.com
