Like any other campus media outlet, we receive a fair number of tips, but for the most part they’re just requests to promote a club’s event or solicitations from outside companies trying to get us to shill their product. So when we get a tip that breaks that pattern, we’re generally pretty psyched.

A couple months ago Vox received a cryptic “tip” from someone calling themselves Robert Quincy Kendall, telling us he had “sensitive information” that would be “highly damaging to the university’s reputation.” Curiosity piqued, we asked him to clarify.

For two months, nothing. Then, earlier this week, we finally received another email from the mysterious (and almost certainly fictitious) Mr. Kendall:

I understand that it has been over two months since my last communiqué, and for this I apologize wholeheartedly. Unfortunately, I have been the target of an increasing campaign to discredit my name because of the information I have come into contact with.

I am afraid, however, that I can no longer remain silent, even at the cost of my own reputation and academic future. I have no choice but to pass on to you the secrets that my comrades and I have risked everything to obtain. The scanned document attached to this email was procured from the sealed files of the Jesuit community. Its fate, and indeed the very fate of our academy, now rest with your magazine.

I know you did not ask to bear this burden … but those who serve in the name of truth are always rewarded with the grace of God. I cannot force your hand to publish anything — I only ask that you do what you think is best, but I sincerely hope that our sacrifices have not been in vain.

Veritas Est Enim Pax,
Robert Quincy Kendall

So what is this scanned document, “procured from the sealed files of the Jesuit community”? Find out after the jump!

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For the past three years, the Post has run an Easter feature called “Peeps Show,” a Peep diorama contest. The results are as delightful as you’d imagine marshmallow-fluff-bunny dioramas would be—this year’s finalists include “Peeptown Cupcakes,” an even sweeter (as if that were possible) version of everyone’s favorite neighborhood cupcakery, and a Peep tribute to Aretha Franklin’s infamous Inauguration hat.

But we noticed something intriguing in the reader chat with Peep Show judge/organizer, Dan Zak. When asked if there were any entries that were awesome but too controversial to pick as finalists, Zak responded:

Yes. We originally included in the semifinals a great diorama depicting the Georgetown Cuddler (Google it). It was removed at the last minute after editors raised a red flag out of — as Robert Gibbs would say — an “abundance of caution.” We apologized profusely to the dioramist, and she was very understanding.

Curiosity sparked, Vox managed to get a hold of the diorama—entitled “Peeping leads to cuddling”—courtesy of its creator, Annette Lee.

Diorama, complete with hoodie-bedecked Cuddler-Peep, after the jump (with the reminder that—cute nickname aside—the Cuddler is a serious criminal, sexual assault is awful and we hope DPS and MPD get their act together and catch the creep ASAP)…

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DPS reports that at 4:20 a.m. today, an unidentified male entered a student residence on the 3300 block of Prospect Street and—you guessed it—lay down on the couch next to a sleeping female student, “at which time she was startled awake” and the intruder fled. From the report:

The suspect is described as a white male, 6′1″-6′2″ tall, with short dark hair, possibly wearing a sweater and jeans.

Does this crime cuddle? Well, last week, MPD 2D’s Commander Klein told the Voice’s Eric Pilch that the Metropolitan Police Department suspect that the perpetrator of the most recent incidents (which occurred on February 11 and February 26) is the same man behind all the other ones. And Pilch keenly notes that “Georgetown Cuddler” incidents tend to happen two or three at a time.

Above, I’ve updated the “Georgetown Cuddler” crime map to reflect the MPD’s belief that he’s behind the Feb. 11 and 26 incidents. This latest is in red. Not a pretty sight, is it?

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Crime Map, updates for this crime and 3000 O St. robbery in red

Sure sounds like it. At about 5:00, DPS sent out a PSA describing a burglary that took place on the 3400 block of N Street in which a man “crawled into the complainant’s bed while she was asleep”:

She was startled awake. The suspect subsequently left the bedroom and exited the residence by the front door.

The complainant contacted DPS who responded to the scene along with MPD. A search of the area was conducted but the suspect was not located. There were no signs of forced entry at the scene. DPS is working with MPD on the continuing investigation.

According to the PSA, “The suspect is described as a Hispanic male, 5′11″-6′, with a medium build, wearing a 3/4 length wool jacket and blue jeans.” That sure sounds like the “Georgetown Cuddler.”  If MPD confirms they suspect him of this crime, that would bring his creepy count up to at least seven. The Voice is looking into this as we speak.

Meanwhile at The Sexist, discussion over what to call the “Georgetown Cuddler” so his nickname better reflects the creepy nature of his crimes has come to a standstill. But I can’t keep using quotes around ‘Cuddler’ to try to mollify my discomfort in using the term forever.

So, the Georgetown Entry-Gainer? The Georgetown Blanketlayer? The Georgetown Rapist? (Although he hasn’t raped anyone at Georgetown, although he’s tried).

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One criminal has perpetrated six similar, creepy crimes in the past year

Last night’s PSA was a definite sound-alike to the slew of “Cuddler” crimes. And while the culprit in this latest sexual offense, which took place on the 1200 block of 35th Street, may not be the same behind similar crimes, it does call to mind a question: How many times has the criminal who Georgetown students call the “Georgetown Cuddler” struck near our campus?

Six, since January 2008. (We’ve been tracking him for a while, but even we’re surprised.) Yes, the Metropolitan Police Department verified in September that they suspect five different incidences which took place near Georgetown University in the last year to have had the same culprit. And that was before a similar crime with a similarly-described suspect occurred on September 25th, in which an officer said the MPD suspected the same suspect, making six.

If the MPD suspects him last Friday’s incident, too, that would make seven. In chronological order, they occurred on:

• January 13, 2008. “The first incident occurred on January 13, 2008 in the 3700 block of R Street, NW,” MPD 2D officer Helen Andrews wrote in an email to a community listserv.

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This evening, the Department of Public Safety sent out a PSA reporting that a burglary took place last Friday on the 1200 block of 35th Street. Boy, do I hate speculation, but I just can’t resist. It sounds like the sexual deviant students have nicknamed the “Georgetown Cuddler is on the loose again:

On Friday, January 30, 2009 at approximately 3:00 a.m., a student living in the 1200 Block of 35th Street was awakened to find an unknown male in her bed. The suspect left the bed and headed for the bedroom door as the complainant asked, “Who is that?” The suspect did not respond and left the residence.

The victim didn’t sustain any injuries and described the suspect “as a white male, medium build, with dark brown hair, wearing a black fleece jacket and jeans,” according to the PSA. DPS reported the crime to the Metropolitan Police Department.

When a sex offender struck in mid-December, it wasn’t just my imagining that MPD suspected him to be who some students have taken to calling the Georgetown Cuddler. Lt. Michelle Milam, the guardian of Police Service Area 206, confirmed in a listserv email that those were MPD’s very suspicions.

The Hoya and Fox News, however, didn’t wait up for such an email before they speculated that Georgetown’s most recent creepy home invasion was related to the others.

Fox News committed the sin of scandal by leaping, in no less than two sentences, from observation that this crime was similar to previous Cuddler crimes to the decision that all perpetrators are one and the same:

“The alleged burglary is similar to a string of incidents that have occurred in the Georgetown area over the past year. Witnesses say the man has climbed into bed with women, leaving when they scream. He usually enters through a door that is left unlocked.”

And scandalized, the Hoya followed suit with an article whose headline read “Sexual Assault on Prospect May Be Linked to Others Near GU.” I’m not sure where they got that idea, considering the article closes with the following:

“Milam said in the e-mail that the Jan. 9 incident is currently under investigation by the Second District Detectives Unit. According to the detectives unit, no official links between this case and the other sexual assaults have yet been made.”

Early this morning, a student reported to DPS that a man entered her 36th Street apartment and then crawled into her bed. DPS has since sent out a campuswide PSA:

On Thursday, December 11, 2008 at approximately 6:43 a.m., a student reported to DPS that an unidentified male entered her residence by an unknown means, went into her bedroom and into her bed, then placed his hands on her. The victim challenged the suspect, he got out of the bed and exited the bedroom, closing the door behind him.

This is the first crime of its kind since September, when a string of similar crimes led the Metropolitan Police Department to suspect that the perpetrators of each crime were the same. Some students have taken to calling the suspect the “Georgetown Cuddler.”

Today’s PSA added that the victim was not injured. Four similar crimes occurred on September 5 and January 13 on the 3700 block of R Street. Two other offenses occurred on May 16 and June 26, but did not involve students were too far out of DPS’ jurisdiction to warrant a PSA.

Will the AU Eagle ever stop steering us wrong? First they were wrong about Georgetown “taking action” against Juicy Campus, and now, it turns out they’re wrong about the Cuddler hitting American and GW. Voice reporter Eric Pilch talked with the Metropolitan Police Department today and they said they didn’t think the attacks were related. That’s even creepier, when you think about it–there are at least two people sneaking into beds in the District.

The Cuddler, last seen sneaking into the beds of Georgetown women and spooning or attempting to rape them(depending on the incident), has branched out. He recently hit the areas around George Washington University and American, and this City Paper article makes mention of earlier crimes at the University of Maryland.

Given the seriousness/scariness of the Cuddler’s attacks, we need to get this guy a new nickname. “The Cuddler” just sounds way too sweet, like he’s a child scared of the dark and in need of affection. The Voice was bandying around the Crapist (cuddle/rapist) earlier, and while accurate, that’s too close to grapist. Ideas?