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 April 10, 2010 at 2:14 am, the Urbana Police Department responded to a 
report of a battery and attempted sexual assault that occurred at 
approximately 2:00 am near the intersection of Lincoln Avenue and Oregon 
Street.

The victim, a twenty-one year old female, was walking north on the 
sidewalk when an individual walking south grabbed her.  This offender 
pushed the victim to the ground and made an indication that his intent 
was to sexually assault her.  The victim kicked the offender in the 
groin.  The victim was able to escape and run from the area.

The offender is described as a clean-shaven black male, approximately 5 
feet and 7 inches tall and 170 pounds, wearing a black hooded sweatshirt 
with the hood up, blue washed jeans and white tennis shoes with black 
stripes.

Anyone with information about this incident should call the Urbana Police 
Department at 217-384-2320.  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 immediately 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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