UC Police said Friday morning the assault happened around 3 a.m. Aug. 24 in The Deacon, an apartment-style dorm near campus, the university wrote in a public safety alert email to students and staff.
Police said the man identified himself to the person as an RA and that a “weapon was implied but not seen.”
Police have not said whether Short or the person assaulted are students.
University of Cincinnati police say a man posing as a resident adviser (RA) sexually assaulted someone inside one of UC’s residence halls.
It happened around 3 a.m. Aug. 24 in The Deacon, an apartment-style dorm near campus, the university wrote in a public safety alert email to students and staff.
Police said the man identified himself to the victim as an RA and that a “weapon was implied but not seen.”
Director of Public Safety and Chief of Police Eliot Isaac said investigators are still searching for the suspect. Police describe him as a Black man between 5 feet 10 inches and and 6 feet tall. He was seen wearing a black durag, a light tan tank top and light tan shorts.
Police have not said whether the suspect or the victims are students.
If you have any information that can help police identify this suspect, you are asked to call UCPD at 513-556-1111.
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