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 19, 2010, the Champaign Police Department took a report of a 
home invasion and aggravated battery that occurred at approximately 2:10 
am in the 400 block of East Healy in Champaign.

The victim was walking alone to her apartment located in the 400 block of 
East Healy.  As she opened the door to her apartment, a person grabbed 
her right arm, spun her around and hit her in the face from behind.  The 
offender continued to strike the victim in the face multiple times.  The 
offender did not take any personal belongings from the victim and was 
eventually chased off by another occupant of the apartment.  The offender 
fled the scene and was not apprehended.

The offender was described as a black male, approximately 35 years of 
age, 5 foot 10 inches tall, weighing approximately 170 pounds.  The 
offender was wearing a dark shirt, dark blue jeans and a tan hat.  The 
offender had short black hair and facial hair with some gray in it.  

The victim sustained facial injuries in the incident and sought medical 
assistance at a local hospital.

The University of Illinois, Champaign and Urbana Police Departments are 
coordinating efforts for specialized patrols in the campus district to 
locate and apprehend any offender(s).

A composite sketch of the offender for this crime was created and can be 
viewed at www.publicsafety.illinois.edu.  Please click on "home invasion 
crime alert" to view the composite sketch of the offender. 

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 

The University of Illinois Police Department does not use race as an 
identifier in our Crime Alerts unless the descriptors are unique enough 
to aid the community in identifying the offender.  To be more specific, 
we do not use race as an identifier unless the description is 
sufficiently detailed that it would aid in the investigation and 
apprehension of the offender(s).  



Barbara O'Connor, J.D.
Executive Director of Public Safety
Chief of Police
University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
This mailing approved by:
The Office of the Chief of Police

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