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  Campus Alert

  Burglaries to Motor Vehicles

The University of Illinois Police and Champaign Police Department are asking for community assistance involving a recent rash of burglaries to motor vehicles.
 
Through January 01, 2008 to April 16, 2008, the Champaign Police Department has received forty reports of burglaries to motor vehicles in the campus area. Twenty-four of these incidents were reported during April. These burglaries have involved vehicles in parking garages. Valuable items (i.e. MP3 players and GPS units) that have been left inside the vehicle in plain view have been the primary targets of loss. Suspects have walked through parking garages until they find an item of value within a parked vehicle. They will then smash a side window of the vehicle and remove the item(s).

University of Illinois Police have had twelve reports in the same time period in University Parking Lots. These incidents are most frequent in the large parking compounds - Lots E14 (First Street and Kirby Avenue) and F23 (Florida Avenue and Lincoln Avenue).

Police are asking for the community to assist by reducing the opportunities for criminal activity and reporting suspicious behavior. Not leaving items of value in your vehicle (or at least not in plain view) will remove the opportunity for these suspects to locate easy targets. Report any suspicious activity to METCAD by dialing 9-1-1 (or 9-9-1-1 from a University of Illinois phone). Suspicious activity can include subjects wandering/lurking through parking garages and parking lots, looking inside parked vehicles, etc.

Any information regarding suspects of these or other crimes can be shared with the Champaign Police Department (217-351-4545) or the University of Illinois Police Department (217-333-1216). Information can also be reported anonymously to Champaign County CrimeStoppers at 217-373-TIPS or via the web at http://www.champaigncountycrimestoppers.com/


 

Attempted Sexual Assault

University of Illinois police are investigating an attempted sexual assault that occurred on Friday December 14, 2007 at about 5:30 p.m. A female student observed a person on the southeast side of the Illini Union who appeared to be hiding in the shadows. The student entered the Union briefly, and upon exiting the building was grabbed around the neck by the suspect near the south side of Harker Hall. The victim struggled with the suspect, whom she described as a black man, about 5 feet 9 inches tall, with a large build, wearing a black baseball cap (possibly with a New York Yankees logo), zippered black jacket with a white lining, and light blue baggy jeans. During the struggle, the suspect forcibly took the victim to the east side of Noyes Lab. The suspect told the victim he had a gun, no gun was displayed. The victim was able to dial 911, and before the suspect was able to assault her further, a witness passed by and yelled at the suspect, who fled.

The University of Illinois Police are aggressively working this case and seeking assistance from the community.  Anyone with information regarding this crime should call the University of Illinois Police at 333-1216.  Those wishing to report information anonymously can call Crimestoppers at 373-TIPS or file a report online at http://www.champaigncountycrimestoppers.com.

The campus community is encouraged to continue safe practices such as being aware of your surroundings and contacting 911 (or 9-911 from a campus phone) or by using your nearest emergency phone to report any suspicious behavior. Please take a moment to review suggestions on staying safe on campus on our Safety Resource Page.

You should also become familiar with the locations of the Campus Emergency phones in you vicinity by visiting our ePhone location page.

The University of Illinois Police Student Patrol offer SafeWalks between the hours of 9:00pm to 1:30am, to request a Student Patrol escort call the University of Illinois Police at 217-333-1216 or contact them using one of the Emergency Phones.

Also available is the CUMTD SafeRides Program, for information on SafeRides see the MTD SafeRides Web Page or call SafeRides at 217-256-7433.

 

 

These photographs of the suspect were captured by security cameras in the Union.

Please review these photos carefully, if you believe you know or have information on this individual please contact the University of Illinois Police at 217-333-1216 or CrimeStoppers at 373-TIPS  or online at http://www.champaigncountycrimestoppers.com.

 

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