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UC police issue sex crime alert

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CLIFTON, OH (FOX19) -

An alert was sent out to the University of Cincinnati community overnight on Wednesday after someone was inappropriately touched at a building on campus.

Police are looking for a black male, described as around 17 years old, 5'9" inches tall and weighing between 140 and 150 pounds.

Police say the suspect followed the victim from Martin Luther King Drive to the Geology-Physics building, where he sexually touched the victim in the stairwell.

The suspect was last seen at the Geology-Physics building, wearing dark pants, a dark jacket, and a dark backpack.

Police are now asking for your help.

Anyone with information is asked to call Crime Stoppers at 513-352-3040.

On Tuesday morning, UC Police said there were several sexual impositions earlier in the school year, but it is not believed this instance is related.

Sexual violence can also be reported by UC students and staff online at http://www.uc.edu/ucwc/sexual_violence.html

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