Rice student allegedly assaulted in village area
A Rice student was allegedly physically and possibly sexually assaulted in the Rice Village in the early morning May 9. Rice University Police Chief Bill Taylor said a group of students had met in the Village area, and one of the students allegedly went back to an apartment with a non-Rice individual. “The [student] kind of lost track of what was going on,” Taylor said. “The next thing [he] knew, he was in a vehicle heading back toward the campus, woke up and just really wasn’t certain what was going on. But it turned into an altercation between the person [he] was with and the victim.” According to a RUPD crime alert flyer, the student was allegedly assaulted in the suspect’s vehicle and apartment and on the outer loop by Rice Boulevard and Sunset Drive. Taylor said RUPD has an investigative lead but is pending laboratory tests. No charges have been filed. According to the flyer, the suspect is a six-feet-tall male Hispanic with a muscular build. The suspect was also reported as driving a dark green Dodge pickup truck. Taylor said students can stay safe by traveling in groups when off campus late at night and being careful about who they hang out with. “Don’t drink beverages given to you by someone if you don’t know what’s in them,” he said. “Buddy up and stick together.”
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