Crime & Safety

Woman Assaulted on Stanford University Campus

The Stanford Department of Public Safety is searching for a male suspect who assaulted a female student on the Stanford campus Tuesday night.

The Stanford Department of Public Safety is searching for a male suspect who assaulted a female student on the Stanford University campus Tuesday night.

The female student said a man who she did not know grabbed her as she was running on Campus Drive, between Stock Farm and Searsville roads, according to the Stanford Department of Public Safety.

She reported the assault to a passing motorist at about 10:30 p.m. The female student alerted the motorist to a man wearing all dark clothing with a hoodie pulled over his head. She told the motorist that he was the person who had grabbed her.

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The suspect was walking with a woman who had blonde hair. The woman was walking her bicycle, according to the Stanford Department of Public Safety.

Anyone with information regarding the incident is asked to contact the Stanford Department of Public Safety at (650) 329-2413.

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