Oct. 15

3:50 a.m.

A female student walking to the bathroom in Dickinson’s Digman Hall encounters freshman William Marulanda Jr. in the hallway. In a report to the BU police about an hour later, she says he tried to rape her.

4:25 a.m.

The police are notified of the rape allegation; officers identify Marulanda as a suspect, wake him, talk to him, read him his Miranda Rights and bring him to the campus police station to interrogate him.

8:35 a.m.

Marulanda is arrested and charged with attempted rape.

9:23 a.m.

A town justice arraigns Marulanda in Vestal Town Court and remands him to Broome County Jail.

Oct. 15 – Nov. 3

Marulanda remains in the Broome Jail without bail for more than two weeks waiting to appear before a county judge who could make a bail determination. Requests are usually made soon after an arrest, police have said.

Nov. 2

2:35 p.m.

A Pipe Dream reporter calls the Broome County Court to ask whether or not a judge set bail for Marulanda. A clerk checks the records, and arranges a bail hearing for the next morning.

Nov. 3

9:30 a.m.

At a bail hearing before Broome County Judge Patrick H. Matthews, the judge orders Marulanda released on his own recognizance.

1:30 p.m.

Marulanda is released from jail after more than two weeks, including almost a week in restricted housing.

SOURCES: New York State University Police report; BU Police Capt. Donald A. Chier; Broome County Court; Broome County Sheriff