Update 3:55 p.m.: Riley County Police reported they have located the suspect as well as his vehicle. The suspect’s name has not been released.
The Collegian will update this article as we receive new information.
UPDATE: Thank you to the public for your help in keeping your eyes out for this vehicle. The vehicle and the subject have been located. No additional information is available at this time. The investigation is ongoing. https://t.co/zgaYoSVdVO
— RCPD (@RileyCountyPD) September 6, 2018
Update 1:15 p.m.: Riley County Police are looking for a man suspected of grabbing a woman in a sexual manner and groping another woman, in addition to three other instances of lewd and lascivious behavior.
In a Twitter thread Thursday afternoon, RCPD said it received a report Thursday morning from a woman that a man in his 20s grabbed her in a sexual manner in the 1100 block of Vattier Street near campus Thursday morning. Shortly after, another woman reported being groped by a man who fit the same description as the man in the first incident.
On Thursday, September 6, 2018 around 8:30 a.m., officers with the Riley County Police Department received a report of sexual battery in the 1100 block of Vattier near the K-State campus.
A woman reported a dark-skinned black male in his 20s grabbed her in a sexual manner. (Cont pic.twitter.com/LNV53e3CY3
— RCPD (@RileyCountyPD) September 6, 2018
Two more reports came from two separate women who said a man fitting the description from the first two cases had exhibited lewd and lascivious behavior while they were in their vehicles. A fifth woman reported a similar incident near her home.
This is addition to a report of lewd and lascivious conduct the K-State Police department had received the day before, in which the suspect met the same description as in the other reports.
RCPD is looking for a white, 1996 GMC Acadia with a Mississippi license plate of AEC351 believed to be driven by the suspected man. Witnesses or anyone with information on the crime are asked to call K-State Police at 785-532-6412 or RCPD at 785-537-2112. Tips can also be sent to the department’s silent witness website or through its Live Safe mobile app.
The Collegian will update this story as additional information develops.
Original story:
Local law enforcement are looking for a man suspected of being involved in two cases of sexual battery and one case of lewd and lascivious conduct on or near campus, K-State Police said Thursday morning.
The first report, made Wednesday, is of lewd and lascivious conduct that occurred in a parking lot on the west side of the K-State Campus.
The next two reports, received by the Riley County Police Department Thursday, were of sexual battery in the 1100 block of Vattier Street.
The suspect is a man in an older-model, white GMC SUV with a Mississippi license plate, K-State Police said in the alert.
Witnesses or anyone with information on the crime are asked to call K-State Police at 785-532-6412 or RCPD at 785-537-2112.Tips can also be sent to the department’s silent witness website or through its Live Safe mobile app.
The Collegian will update this article as we receive new information.
