Intruder Identified as Rapist Who Broke into Mather

The knife-wielding intruder who broke into a Quincy House dorm room on Sunday night is a 40-year-old convicted rapist who was arrested for breaking into Mather House in October 2005, according to the police log posted online by the Harvard University Police Department (HUPD).

Ronald R. Vick of Brighton, Mass., was convicted of rape in April 1991, according to a search of the Massachusetts Sex Offender Registry Board (MSORB).

After breaking into Quincy on Sunday, he was chased by Justin M. Craig '07 and Matthew P. Downer '07 to Peabody Terrace where he was found by officers "sitting on the floor of a room with a knife."

HUPD officers placed Vick under arrest, charging him with four counts of assault with a dangerous weapon and breaking and entering with the intent to commit a felony, according to the log.

Vick is classified as a Level 3 Sex Offender, according to the MSORB, which is defined as an individual for whom the "risk of reoffense is high and the degree of dangerousness posed to the public is such that a substantial public safety interest is served by active dissemination."

In 2005, two Mather residents called HUPD after they observed the 6' 3" Vick acting suspiciously on the third floor of Mather House. A check of his record revealed three outstanding warrants against him, and he was charged him with trespassing and breaking and entering in the daytime with the intent of theft.

HUPD declined to answer questions about Vick on Monday beyond what was posted on its online police log.

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—Staff writer Paras D. Bhayani can be reached at pbhayani@fas.harvard.edu.