The Morehouse College athletic director was robbed at gunpoint at his home last week after he asked a woman he met through Craigslist to his residence, according to a report.
Andre Pattillo was robbed the morning of Sept. 19 after he sent an Uber to pick up the woman and bring her to his home, the Fayette County News reported.
With the woman in his home, Pattillo went to lie down on his bed, according to a Fayette County Sheriff’s Office incident report obtained by The Atlanta Journal-Constitution.
He saw that the front door was open, and the woman told him that she had gone out and forgot to close it.
When Pattillo went back to his bed, a man entered the room pointing a gun at him and told Pattillo to get on the floor, according to the report.
The woman came in behind him and said, “Baby, I’m sorry, I just needed some money for my kids.”
While the people grabbed things from the house, the armed man became distracted, according to the incident report. Pattillo used that as an opportunity to run out the front door and to a nearby house. Deputies responding to a 911 call met Pattillo there.
He told them the thieves got a phone, bank card, laptop and a Glock 9mm gun.
Pattillo, who has been the athletic director at Morehouse since July 2000, was not injured in the incident.
Morehouse spokeswoman D. Aileen Dodd told The AJC the college would not comment on the incident since it didn’t happen on campus.
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