A few hours after UVA Dean of Students Allen Groves and Lieutenant Melissa Fielding of UVA Police talked to reporters about three recent assaults involving UVA students, two more incidents involving UVA students were reported to city police.
According to a news release, at 7pm last night, a female student was approached by a black male in his 20s wearing a grey hoody and jeans, in the 1200 block of Wertland Street near the Corner. The man placed a hand on the woman’s shoulder and told her not to move, but the release says that the woman was ultimately able to walk away.
At 9:50pm, another student walking on 15th Street was approached by a man who “put something to her back she believed to be a gun” and asked for money. The victim walked with the suspect to ATMs and, after securing “a small amount of money,” the man fled.
According to city police, the suspect is likely the same in both incidents.