RALEIGH, NC (WRAL) - Police say they've received nearly a dozen reports in the past year of a person peeping into windows and in some cases getting inside young women's homes in a neighborhood near NC State in Raleigh, WRAL-TV reported.
In a couple of cases, women woke up in the middle of the night and found a strange man in their home, touching them while they slept, police told WRAL.
In many cases, victims couldn't provide a suspect description, making it difficult to tie the cases together in the Clark Avenue area, Police spokesman Jim Sughrue told WRAL,. They could be related, though, and investigators are looking into any possible connection.
"For one year, it's a high number of calls concentrated in that particular area," Sughrue told WRAL on Monday.
Detectives are working with University police because many of the victims are students and campus is nearby, Sughrue said.
N.C. State senior Kristin Farren, who has lived in the area for three years, said she has been taking safety precautions lately.
"I used to not hesitate about walking back from the library late, but there's no chance I would do that now," she told WRAL.
WRAL reported that one of Farren's friends was leaving her house a few months ago when she said she saw a man lurking near the home.
Farren and her roommates aren't taking any chances.
"I definitely think we are more cautious now, making sure the windows are closed and the curtains, and making sure the doors are locked," she said.
According to police reports, the intrusions have happened when victims were home. Click here to read more about the cases at WRAL.com
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