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 has received information 
from the Champaign Police Department about an Aggravated Battery that 
occurred on September 5, 2010 at approximately 12:22 a.m. in the 50 block 
of East Chalmers Street, Champaign.

The victim, a twenty year old male, was in the area of First Street and 
Chalmers Street when he was approached by five to seven individuals.  
These offenders knocked the victim to the ground.  The victim was then 
punched and kicked by some of the offenders.  The offenders then fled the 
area.

From the victim and witnesses observations, the offenders were described 
as black males between the ages of 18 to 22 years old.  One offender was 
described as 5'08" tall, wearing a white baseball cap and a striped sport 
jacket.

The campus district has experienced a trend in these types of attacks.  A 
Crimestoppers Bulletin issued by the Champaign Police Department 
regarding previous incidents can be found at 
http://www.dps.uiuc.edu/universitypolice/cpdinformation.html 

The victim received injuries from this incident including abrasions and 
may have recieved a broken arm and a possible concussion.

The University of Illinois Police continues to work with the Champaign 
Police Department to identify offenders, prevent further incidents and 
specifically address these incidents.

Anyone with information about this incident should call the Champaign 
Police Department at 217-351-4545.  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
This mailing approved by:
The Office of the Chief of Police

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