Marrero was conversing with his friends in Spanish when a group of six to eight unknown people approached him, police said. Marrero was then attacked from behind, police said, and was punched in the nose and the mouth. An investigation is continuing. A University Police Services officer observed early Saturday morning that someone had removed the card access reader from an entrance of Fisher Hall earlier that night, University police said. The replacement cost is unknown.
Police have no suspects.
A University police officer investigated and found the three occupants in possession of marijuana and drug paraphernalia. The people were identified and released, police said. Charges are pending, police said. A University employee reported Friday afternoon smelling marijuana coming from a room in Leete Hall, University police said. Two females were identified, and a small amount of suspected marijuana and a double-edged knife were found, police said.