INITIAL ALERTEmail
CU Safety Alert: Reported Unlawful Sexual Contact in Lot 177
CUPD is investigating a reported unlawful sexual contact that occurred at approximately 1 p.m. in Lot 177, along Folsom Avenue just north of the Boulder Creek Path. A female victim reported being grabbed and squeezed by the buttocks by a male suspect who then fled the scene.
Police are searching for the suspect, who is described as a 30-35 year old male, approx. 6'7" tall wearing a blue hat with a design, dark colored shirt, orange socks and a pink kitty-cat kids backpack. He was last reported near Folsom and Arapahoe.
Anyone with information regarding this crime or the suspect's location is encouraged to contact CUPD at 303-492-6666.
This text has been reconstructed from news coverage and may not reflect the exact original wording.
The suspect description is unusually granular (6'7" height, 'pink kitty-cat kids backpack') because those distinctive details genuinely aid identification of a stranger assailant
Describes the act in clinical, minimal terms ('grabbed and squeezed') — enough to convey the offense without graphic elaboration
Gives the victim only as 'a female victim,' the standard de-identified formulation
Includes a last-seen direction ('near Folsom and Arapahoe'), turning the community into potential spotters for a fleeing stranger
Issued in the opening days of fall semester, the documented 'Red Zone' window when campuses see elevated sex-offense reports