IOWA CITY – Females on or near the University of Iowa campus are reporting sexual assaults to police.
One incident involved a late night cab ride. Police in that college town are investigating an incident where a female was assaulted by a cab driver Saturday night, February 15th or just after midnight on February 16th. The victim in this case reports she left the area of College and Clinton in a cab with an unknown white male wearing a hooded sweatshirt. This male was dropped off in the 600 block of Iowa Ave. prior to the assault. The Iowa City Police are seeking to interview this male.
Just a couple of days later, on February 18, 2014 a student reported to University of Iowa staff that on January 27, 2014 at about 9:30 p.m. the student was walking on the west riverbank near the railroad tunnel by the Fine Arts building when the student was approached by three unknown college age males and the student was sexually assaulted.
The suspects were described as two large white males, and another male that was described by the victim as mixed race or possibly Hispanic. One of the males was wearing a “Hawkeye” sweatshirt.
