The Brunswick Police Department has issued an arrest warrant for Jeremy David Collier after he was forbidden from stepping foot on any Bowdoin properties.
The original warning was issued in response to an incident on Friday, August 26, at which time Collier drove up next to two female Bowdoin students and asked them to walk to his car, a 2001 Pontiac Sebring, Maine license plate number 9528LD, according to the Department of Security.
When the two students would not come closer, he drove off but continued to peruse the outskirts of campus, Security said.
A security officer noticed the car driving around campus and took down the license plate number. After one of the accosted students telephoned Security to report their encounter with Collier, Security called the Brunswick Police Department. The police then located Collier downtown and issued him the criminal trespass warning. Since then, the police have issued a warrant for his arrest.
Collier, 27, works at the Parkwood Inn in Brunswick and has a long history of harassing young women from the front seat of his car.
"Collier would drive up to women at night and ask for directions," said Assistant Director of Security Louann Dustin-Hunter.
"He would then pretend that he did not hear them or understand them and ask the women to come closer to the car," she said.
"He would then turn on the overhead light in the car and if the women got close enough, they would see that he was exposing himself."
Although Collier has not been seen on campus since his warning was issued, Dustin-Hunter urged students to take sensible precautions.
To reduce the risk of an encounter, Security recommends traveling in groups of two or more, limiting paths to lighted walkways, and contacting Security or the police immediately after an incident occurs.
"Collier has not returned to Bowdoin College as far as we know, but it is always best to be ever vigilant. By getting the word and picture out about Collier, Bowdoin Security is confident that it will be much more difficult for Collier to return to this area," Dustin-Hunter said.