By Tejas Shastry
A University of Louisville student reported being robbed at Bradley and Brandeis Avenues to the Louisville Metro Police Department, according to a crime alert from the U of L Department of Public Safety.
At 2:15 a.m. on March 2, as the student was walking home she was knocked to the ground, by an unidentified man. As the suspect held the student from behind, he asphyxiated her with his free hand to keep her from screaming and grabbed the victim’s cell phone. The suspect left the crime scene on foot. The victim’s name was not disclosed.
Major Kenny Brown of U of L’s DPS has not responded to The Louisville Cardinal regarding the recent attack.
The victim briefly described the suspect as a white male, 5 feet ten inches and approximately 25 years of age.
The robbery is now part of a string of armed and unarmed robberies that have occurred near or on Belknap campus area within recent months. “I think the school presents a good illusion of what safety should be, with all the precautions, but it has fallen short and failed as recent events have shown,” said James Allsbrook, a freshman electrical engineering major,
“I believe that the police alert systems on campus are not efficient enough, and there is not enough patrolling done around the campus area,” said Elizabeth Farrar, a freshman fine arts major.
Updated crime log, crime alerts and safety tips are available at http://louisville.edu/admin/dps/.
Because the recent attack was off campus, LMPD is handling the investigation. If you have any information on this case please contact the LMPD Fourth Division Detectives at 574-2300 or DPS at 852-6111.
