Fairfield University student Emmet Blaney turned himself in on Wednesday after the Superior Court of Bridgeport issued an arrest warrant on two charges relating to allegedly promoting a SantaCon party at a private residential beach house without the homeowner’s permission, according to new documents reviewed by The Mirror.

The investigation into Blaney began earlier in November, when the Fairfield Police Department received a call from the homeowner at 2 Lighthouse Point. He warned police about social media promotions on Instagram that used his address for the unauthorized SantaCon event scheduled for Dec. 6. According to the warrant, the house’s owner did not authorize or consent to the use of their property for the event.

The man told police he was feeling “threatened and nervous” and cited past SantaCon events that resulted in property damage.

After the police received the call on Nov. 7, the officer investigating the case requested a search warrant for Meta, seeking contact information about the person under the “fairfieldsantacon” Instagram account. 

The Mirror has previously reported that the Instagram account managed by Blaney, which has since deleted all posts, was advertising the Christmas-themed beach party at at least two locations nearby to The Point, including 445 Fairfield Beach Rd and 2 Lighthouse Point, both of which are close to public beach access points.

The page also featured screenshots from Google Maps displaying the route to Fairfield Beach from several nearby colleges, including Sacred Heart University and the University of Connecticut.

The investigation into Blaney closed on him on Tuesday, when Facebook records and law enforcement databases showed that the account belonged to Emmet Blaney of Massapequa, New York.

On the same day that investigators linked the account to the Fairfield sophomore, three FPD officers met with Blaney at the university’s Public Safety Office, according to the arrest warrant.

“The affiant explained to Blaney that we were investigating Instagram posts put on the page ‘fairfieldsantacon’ and that ownership of the page was leading back to him,” the warrant reads. The document also states that Blaney was informed of his rights and was free to leave at any time. “He understood,” the document adds.

Fairfield University officials declined to respond to requests for comment, saying that as a policy, the university “is unable to comment on details related to student matters.”

The contents of the interview were redacted as the case “has not yet been adjudicated,” but the investigators found probable cause to believe that his acts were a criminal attempt to commit disorderly conduct and a third-degree criminal attempt to commit criminal trespass.

On Wednesday, Superior Court Judge Shari A. Murphy signed the arrest warrant. 

According to Fairfield PD, Blaney was released on a promise to appear and is scheduled to appear in Bridgeport Superior Court on Dec. 8, which is the last day of classes of the Fall semester.