Two Dartmouth students -- Raphael Armand '00 and Peter Cataldo '00 -- faced criminal charges last month following separate incidents of criminal trespassing near the end of Fall term.
Armand plead guilty to theft and criminal trespass after breaking into Stinson's Village Store in late November.
Police followed a trail of blood from the store to the Kappa Kappa Kappa fraternity house where they found Armand in a second floor room with several lacerations. He was treated at Dartmouth-Hitchcock Medical Center for the injuries.
At his arraignment on December 14, Armand was sentenced to serve 60 days in jail, as well as pay a fine of $300. Forty-five days of the jail time were suspended.
Armand was enrolled at the College from the fall of 1996 through the spring of 1999. Associate Dean of the College Dan Nelson said Armand did not graduate and would not be returning to the College.
Nelson would not say whether the decision to leave had been made by Armand, or if he left as a result of disciplinary action.
In another incident, Cataldo faced charges of trespassing on College property after he was evicted from his room in Topliff residence hall on November 10.
The eviction followed several anti-Semitic threats allegedly made by Cataldo against another Topliff resident, Charles Gussow '01.
Cataldo was arrested on November 13 for trespassing when he was found walking on Fayerweather Hill. A previous trespass warning was issued on November 12 when he attended a party at the Sigma Alpha Epsilon fraternity house.
Though an arraignment date was set for December 14, the charge of criminal trespass against Cataldo was dropped, according to Hanover Police Chief Nick Giaccone.
Nelson said the College followed standard disciplinary procedure in the case, though he added that he could not comment on the specific details of Cataldo's case.
According to Nelson, Cataldo "is not currently enrolled at the College," though he did not say if Cataldo would be returning to the College in the future.
Nelson also said that the College would take further action against Cataldo if he is convicted of violating any state or local laws.
The incidents are only two of several arrests last fall involving Dartmouth students, but according to Nelson the number was not unusually high.
"There are ups and downs [in the number of arrests]," he said, "I don't think its unusual."
