CU Police arrest Central Man for Burglary

The Clemson University Police Department announces that a Central man has been arrested on burglary charges for illegally entering a student residence hall and an individual’s room.   Campus Police charged 21-year-old Quincy Lashaxie Burt with first-degree burglary, which is a felony.  Burt is not a university student or employee.  Authorities report that a man followed a female student from downtown Clemson to a campus residence hall. Without proper authorization, someone allowed the man to enter the locked building. The police quote the victim as saying the man, whom she does not know, entered her room. She fled to a friend’s room. Burt was released on $10,000 bond and was placed on trespass notice to stay off Clemson University property.