A sexual incident report was received by UC Police on June 24th. The victim was approached by a man on a bicycle near West Campus, an unnamed paved access road located between Slough Road and West Campus Lane.
Incident Details
Around 11:30am on June 24th, the victim was walking along this road when they were passed by a man on a bicycle. Over the next 15 minutes, the victim was approached by the man three separate times. He asked questions the first two times, and during the third interaction, the man struck the victim on the buttocks before fleeing on his bike.
The suspect is described as a Hispanic or Middle Eastern male adult, about 35-years-old and standing around 5 feet 8 inches tall. He has a thin build, shaved head, brown eyes, clean-shaven to scruffy facial hair. He was last seen around Tierra De Fortuna Park wearing a tank top or cut-off grey t-shirt, shorts, and a black backpack, and riding a bicycle.
Anyone with information that might assist in the investigation is asked to contact the UC Santa Barbara Police Department at (805) 893-3446, or report crime information anonymously.
Original reporting: KEYT (Ventura/Santa Barbara) — read the source article.
