Alleged campus lurer admitted to Trenton crisis center

Tony Kadyhrob, the man who was accused of luring young women on local campuses, was spotted in Princeton Borough around 10:21 a.m. on Wednesday, according to a Campus Safety alert sent out at 11:33 a.m.

He was committed to the crisis center at Trenton’s Capital Health Regional Medical Center later that day.

Kadyhrob, who was banned on Tuesday from entering any school property in the state of New Jersey, was spotted by a community member on Wiggins Street, two blocks from campus. The individual then called Public Safety, which notified Borough Police.

According to the alert sent out by Public Safety, both Borough and Township police intercepted and positively identified Kadyhrob, who was wearing a bright blue jacket and carrying manila envelopes, and took him into custody.

Borough police later released him after a brief interview because he had not been spotted on University property and thus had not violated the terms of his bail. It is unclear at what point during the day he was again detained.

According to Kadyhrob’s sister, who was contacted by The Times of Trenton and said she lives with her brother, Kadyhrob is not a criminal but rather has been plagued by schizophrenia for decades and has been institutionalized five times in shortly over a year.

“He’s hearing voices and he talks back to them all day long, and he thinks the voices are coming from the windows and putting signals on his body,” his sister explained. “Sometimes he sleeps on the floor so the signals cannot get him.”

She also added that his illness may contribute to his attraction to college campuses, as, she noted, she has heard him tell himself, “Tony, you are 21 and a graduate from Princeton University.”

Kadyhrob was first charged with attempted abduction of a female undergraduate at Rider University after he allegedly pulled on her arm to lure her into his car on March 28. He was banned from that campus and was later arrested but released on bail.

Authorities from The College of New Jersey banned Kadyhrob from their campus on Friday after a tipster reported seeing a man that matched Kadyhrob’s description.

Kadyhrob was warned that he would be arrested if he returned to the school but was reportedly spotted at TCNJ on Saturday night, though he was not apprehended.

He reportedly told TCNJ officials at the time that he planned to visit Rutgers University next and told police he had already visited Princeton’s campus in the past.