Intruder with knife flees Lafayette College property, alert says Updated Feb 22, 2021; INITIAL POST: An intruder with a knife early Monday morning fled a Lafayette College property in the 400 block of McCartney Street in Easton, authorities report. An alert, provided to lehighvalleylive.com by college President Alison Byerly, said the man was wearing a T-shirt and shorts. The college will have a statement later, Byerly said just before 5:30 a.m. There were no initial reports of injuries. The location was a home, not a dormitory, Byerly said. Easton police served as backup as college police investigated the 3:52 a.m. incident, a city sergeant said.