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JHU student kills intruder with sword
Suspected burglar
died at the crime
scene; student used
samurai weapon
CARRIE WOOD
Editor in Chief
When faced with a home intruder,
some people, if not most people, call
the police. One Baltimore man, how¬
ever, fought back.
A Johns Hopkins University stu¬
dent, armed with a samurai sword,
killed a man who broke into his garage
early Tuesday morning.
Police have now identified the bur¬
glary suspect as Donald D. Rice, 49,
and the student as John Pontolillo, 20,
of Wall, N.J.
At approximately 1:20 a.m., officers
responded to a report of a suspicious
person at a home in the 300 block
of E. University Parkway. Neighbors
reported to the police that a heavyset
black male wearing a black T-shirt was
on the porch around the house, detec¬
tive Dony Moses, information officer
for the Baltimore Police Department,
said. At that time, they did a prelimi¬
nary investigation on the matter.
“A short time thereafter, we were
called back to the house for an injured
person," Moses said.
See SWORD, page 9
Casey Prather/ The Towerlight
An evidence marker, labaled "A,” sits next to a pool of blood in the back yard of the home of the Johns Hopkins student who had
confronted the intruder. The suspected burglar had his hand nearly severed by the samurai sword, bled out and died at the scene.
Residence hall basements
serve as H1N1 quarantines
DANIEL GROSS
News Editor
A large room with nothing but bunk beds,
dressers and wardrobes sits relatively empty.
Just a little sunlight shines into the room.
There is minimal contact with the outside
world. There’s a door, but you can only leave
according to the rules.
Students who moved into traditional
dorm rooms this year may now find them¬
selves relocating to basements on-campus if
they have flu-like symptoms.
Several residence hall basements have
been converted to quarantine zones.
Junior mathematics major Jonathan
Pereira went to the health center on Monday
after feeling sick. He tested negative for hav¬
ing the H1N 1 virus but still had many flu¬
like symptoms and therefore was instructed
to be isolated from others.
Pereira is an international student from
Malaysia so he does not have a place to stay
outside of the University.
"They told me I probably have influenza
and they’re sending my test for check and
I'll probably get it back on Friday so until
then, I’ve got to be isolated," Pereira said.
"[Being in the basement] is OK. I don’t
have much choice.”
According to director of Housing and
Residence Life Jerry Dieringer, these base¬
ments have been designated as isolation
rooms for those with flu-like symptoms. So
far, Scarborough Hall and Prettyman Hall
basements have been the only rooms in use
but the University has a few other base¬
ments prepared if needed.
See H1N1, page 8
Blake Savadow
Towerlight
A student’s belongings lay sprawled out around quarantine in the basement of
Scarborough Hall. Students with flu symptoms who cannot go home have to stay here.
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