ULMPD arrested a student Saturday, March 17, after the man broke into a dorm room and was found hiding in a shower.

Clark H. Bentsen, 18, of Millington Court, Aurora, Ill., was arrested on charges of unauthorized entry into an inhabited dwelling, disturbing the peace due to public intoxication and resisting an officer.

Police reported Bentsen entered a female student’s dorm room in the Commons I building. The female told him to get out, but he didn’t listen and crawled into an unoccupied bed. 

The female went to get the hall director. Upon returning to the dorm room, they discovered Bentsen had moved from the bed to the shower.

When police arrived, they reported Bentsen seemed to be intoxicated and they could smell alcohol on his breath. ULMPD also reported Bentsen had urinated on himself.

Police asked Bentsen to sit down multiple times, but he consistently refused to do so.

When ULMPD questioned Bentsen, he told them he didn’t know where he was, what had happened earlier in the evening or why he was in the female’s dorm room. He also told police he did not know where his dorm room was.

Bentsen said he did not know any of the female dorm room occupants.

He was transported to Ouachita Correctional Center for booking. 

Bentsen acquired a total of $2,300 in bonds for his charges: a $1,500 bond for unauthorized entry into a dwelling, a $300 bond for disturbing the peace due to public intoxication and a $500 bond for resisting an officer.

Bentsen posted bond and was freed from the correctional center.