CRIME ALERT!

USF POLICE

CRIME ALERT BULLETIN
#05-002
07/26/05

The purpose of crime alert bulletins is to inform campus citizens of incidents or activities occurring in the community that may pose a threat to their safety and security.

ATTENTION:

AGGRAVATED ASSAULT/ BATTERY

OCCURRED: 1300 4th St. South (off campus, adjacent to college of business)

The St. Petersburg Police Department has reported that at approximately 12:00 a.m. on 07/26/05, a white male in a vehicle occupied by three (3) other white males and a white female assaulted a white male pedestrian with a firearm. The vehicle was a white Cadillac two-door, unknown year or registration. The victim was reportedly walking northbound on Third Street south, when one of the white males exited the vehicle and beat him about the head with a pistol. As the victim fled, the suspect reportedly fired the pistol, and fired again from the Cadillac while fleeing the area past the Dali museum. The victim was reported to possibly be a transient, and not affiliated with USF. The St. Petersburg Police Department is continuing the investigation.

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 ALWAYS remember,

"Members of the campus community need to continually take precautions for their safety and protection."

Persons having information about ANY criminal incidents or who see ANY suspicious activity on campus, are encouraged to IMMEDIATELY contact the University Police at 553-4140.

This alert is made public in compliance with the Jeanne Clery (Campus Security) Act.