Police investigating after Carnegie Mellon student finds stranger in her bedroom
By Jordan Cioppa
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PITTSBURGH (WTAE) — A man was arrested this week for allegedly breaking into an apartment occupied by college students.
“It was kind of like my worst nightmare coming true,” Ahana Agrawal told Pittsburgh’s Action News 4 Reporter Jordan Cioppa.
The nightmare began for Agrawal around 10 on Monday morning when she returned to her Squirrel Hill apartment after class.
The Carnegie Mellon University graduate student tried to open her bedroom door, but she said it was unexpectedly locked from the inside.
“I could hear a man’s voice from inside,” Agrawal said. “I asked him to open the door. He did open the door, and he was like, ‘Is this your room?’ And I was like, ‘Yeah, this is my room, what are you doing here?’”
According to a criminal complaint, the man, identified by Pittsburgh Police as 38-year-old Malki Miles, was allegedly naked from the waist down as he stood next to Agrawal’s bed.
She said she then woke up her sleeping roommates.
“We were discussing what should we do next. This and that. And we tried to lock ourselves inside one of the other rooms,” Agrawal said.
The CMU student said the intruder left within a few minutes and at one point, tried to bribe her with money so she wouldn’t call police.
Police quickly arrived, and according to the complaint, found two used crack pipes and a baggie of suspected crack cocaine on Miles.
Agrawal’s purse was discovered outside, next door, with everything inside.
Other items in the apartment, like jewelry, electronics, and a wallet, were left untouched, the students said.
“Even when he was in the room for a while, like nothing was really moved around, so he wasn’t clearly trying to find things to steal,” said CMU graduate student Smriti Jha, who also lives in the apartment.
It is believed Miles broke in through the window, yet the roommates, who are shaken up by the incident, have no idea why.
“We were pretty scared. I’m like still scared to sleep in my own room,” said Agrawal.
Miles was charged with felony burglary and several other misdemeanors. According to court documents, Miles was unable to post bail. His preliminary hearing is scheduled for Dec. 9.
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