Penn State police on Wednesday arrested a former student accused of sexually assaulting a woman last fall in his University Park dorm room.
According to an affidavit of probable cause, Samuel H. Logan, 18, of Mechanicsburg, strangled, hit, spit on and bit a female student before forcing her to perform a sexual act.
The woman reported on Sept. 7 that she agreed to meet Logan at his dorm room that night. She told him she could stay for 15 minutes and that they could do nothing more than kiss, police wrote.
According to the affidavit, she told police Logan abruptly pushed her and pinned her down with his forearm against her neck. He alternately used his forearm and hand to strangle her while he kissed her, pulled her hair and bit her, police wrote.
He then allegedly threw the woman to the floor and sexually assaulted her.
The woman told police she was crying, repeatedly told Logan to stop and feared she was going to die.
Two friends who the woman asked to stay in the vicinity and to check on her if she stayed in Logan’s room more than 10 minutes repeatedly sent text messages to her phone, police wrote. Logan allegedly took the phone and replied “one sec” before continuing the assault.
The friends reported the woman was distraught and crying when she left his room, according to the affidavit. Police were dispatched to the dorm and the woman was taken to Mount Nittany Medical Center for a sexual assault exam.
Logan told a detective he remembered the woman saying “she wanted to make out, but could not recall what else she had agreed to,” according to the affidavit. He allegedly acknowledged strangling, spitting on and striking the woman before engaging in a sexual act.
Logan is charged with felony counts of involuntary deviate sexual intercourse by forcible compulsion, sexual assault and strangulation, along with misdemeanor counts of indecent assault and simple assault.
He was arraigned by District Judge Donald Hahn and posted bail, which was set at 5% of $90,000.
A preliminary hearing is scheduled for Jan. 31.
Logan is not currently enrolled at the university, Penn State spokesperson Wyatt DuBois wrote in an email.
“As in all cases, the university may take student conduct action in addition to, and separate from, the charges filed by police,” DuBois wrote. “The Office of Student Accountability and Conflict Response will review the allegations and determine appropriate next steps.”
