A student is charged with several felonies after an incident in a SUNY New Paltz dorm. Our Beth Croughan has more on what happened early Tuesday morning.

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NEW PALTZ, N.Y. -- "We were all just shocked, like our hearts were beating so fast. We couldn't even go to sleep after that," described SUNY New Paltz Freshman Alicia Troncoso.

Troncoso said she lost sleep early Tuesday after watching a student struggle with police just outside her suite in Deyo Hall. SUNY New Paltz Police Chief David Dugatkin said officers responded to call for an "out-of-control student." When they arrived, he said, they were told a student was in his room threatening to harm himself and others.

"There was a period that he had this weapon, based on our investigation, and refused to let the other students leave," explained the Police Chief.

Dugatkin described the weapon as a small martial arts sword. He said eventually 18-year-old Isaac Doughty came out of his room, without the sword. But according to Dugatkin, he then struggled with the officers.

"He needed to be subdued with an electronic control device and pepper spray," Dugatkin said.

There happened to be an officer patrolling Deyo Hall at the time of the incident and Dugatkin said he was immediately able to respond when the call came in. "It's safe to say he wasn't in a normal mental state," the Chief said of the student.

Doughty, Dugatkin said, was taken to the hospital and then taken to the Ulster County Jail. He was charged with several felonies including kidnapping, assault and possession of a weapon. And the Chief said three of the four responding officers were treated for minor injuries.

"Were you nervous?," we asked Troncoso. "Yes, very nervous. I'm scared, I'm like I've never seen anything like that before," she explained.

Dugatkin said counselors are available for students. "Not only are we concerned about the welfare of Mr. Doughty, and we certainly want him to get every thing that he needs. But we also need to take care of the other students that were in the room, in the suite, anyone that might be aware of it," he explained.