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

The University of Illinois Police Department is investigating a report of 
a criminal sexual assault that occurred Saturday, August 7th, 2010 at 
approximately 12:57 am near the intersection of Wright Street and 
Chalmers Street, Champaign.

The victim was walking near the intersection of Wright Street and 
Chalmers Street when she was approached from behind by two persons.  The 
victim advised one of the persons told her not to say anything and to lay 
down on the ground.  The victim stated one of the persons held her down 
and the other sexually assaulted her.  

The victim described the offender who sexually assaulted her as a black 
male, approximately 6 feet tall, college age, wearing blue or black jeans 
with a plain black t-shirt.  The offender who held the victim down was 
described as a black male, approximately 6 feet tall, college age, 
wearing blue or black jeans with a light colored t-shirt.  The t-shirt 
may have been dark grey with a miscellaneous design on it.   

The victim sustained minor injuries in the incident and sought medical 
attention at an area hospital.

Anyone with information about this incident 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 

Information regarding our commitment to continually enhance campus safety 
can be found at http://publicsafety.illinois.edu/enhance.html 

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
This mailing approved by:
The Office of the Chief of Police

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