To: All Faculty & All Academic Professionals & All Civil Service Staff &
           All Undergrad Students & All Grad Students <everybody@illinois.edu> 
    From: "Chief of Police Barbara O'Connor" <dpscomments@illinois.edu>

Reply-To: dps-mail@illinois.edu
 Subject: CRIME-ALERT

On March 15, 2010, the University of Illinois Police Department took a 
report of a battery that occurred on Saturday, March 13, 2010 between 
approximately 11:30 pm and midnight in the Music Building (1114 W. Nevada 
Street, Urbana).

The victim was walking through the fifth floor hallway when an individual 
approached her from behind coming from a stairwell door.  The offender 
placed his arm around the victim's throat.  The victim defended against 
the grasp, elbowing and kicking the offender.  The offender then fled 
down the stairwell.

The offender was described as a male wearing a baggy white hooded 
sweatshirt pulled over a baseball hat and baggy dark blue jeans.  The 
offender's hand was described as having large fingers with a shiny silver 
ring on his left hand ring finger.  The offender also had an odor of 
alcohol about his person.

The victim was not injured in the incident.

Anyone with information about these incidents should call the University 
of Illinois Police Department at 217-333- 1216.  Information also can be 
shared anonymously through Crimestoppers by calling 217-373-TIPS or 
online at:  http://www.champaigncountycrimestoppers.com/   Crimes in 
progress, reporting of suspicious individuals or any event requiring a 
police response should be reported to our regional dispatch center by 
calling 9-1-1.

Crime prevention information can be found on the University of Illinois 
Division of Public Safety website at 
http://www.publicsafety.illinois.edu/universitypolice/campussafety.html

Updates to crime alerts can also be found at 
http://www.publicsafety.illinois.edu 


Barbara O'Connor, J.D.
Executive Director of Public Safety
Chief of Police
University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign

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The Office of the Chief of Police

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