INITIAL ALERTEmail
TIMELY WARNING: On Sunday, November 17, 2019, at approximately 2:15 a.m., an Ursinus student was walking along 6th Avenue towards Main Street when a silver Honda (possibly an Accord with a Pennsylvania license plate) pulled up alongside the student. Three males wearing ski masks exited the vehicle and took hold of the student's arm. The males were laughing and shouting an expletive, and after the student yelled for help, they got back into the vehicle and sped off down 6th Avenue. The males are described as white, tall and skinny and possibly college aged. Two of the males were wearing black clothing and a third was wearing a burgundy Penn State sweatshirt. This incident was reported to Campus Safety and Collegeville Police at approximately 3 p.m. on November 17, 2019. State Police and the Borough of Collegeville Police are investigating. If you have information about this incident, please contact Campus Safety at 610-409-3333 or Collegeville Police at 610-489-9330.
Verbatim from the official Ursinus Campus Safety timely warning page; the detailed suspect description -- including the distinctive burgundy Penn State sweatshirt -- was published on the official page
A 12-hour delay between the 2:15 AM incident and the 3:00 PM report to Campus Safety represents an unusual lag; the student may have been reluctant to report until daylight hours or may have initially been unsure whether to treat the incident as criminal
The laughter and shouting during the attempt was noted in official sources, suggesting the perpetrators may not have intended a serious abduction but rather a targeted harassment; regardless, the Clery-covered geography and physical grabbing meet the timely warning threshold