Man posing as MIT scholar keeps trespassing on Georgia Tech campus, cops say
A man is accused of trespassing on Georgia Tech’s campus several times and posing as a Massachusetts Institute of Technology scholar, police said.
Paul Frizzell was arrested Monday and charged with criminal trespass for allegedly being caught on school property after being warned, Georgia Tech police said in a tweet. He was issued a criminal trespass warning that’s in effect until 2023.
Please be on the lookout for this individual who has been criminally trespassed multiple times from campus after fictitiously representing himself as a visiting scholar from MIT. pic.twitter.com/ANWHHfVfRQ
— Georgia Tech Police (@GaTechPD) October 11, 2018
He was released from the Fulton County Jail on Tuesday, but police said he’s been reaching out to various Georgia Tech professors to schedule meetings with them.
Anyone who sees Frizzell is asked to call Georgia Tech police at 404-894-2500.
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