Police Beat: Student accused of sex assault
A 20-year-old UW-River Falls male student was arrested last week for an alleged sexual assault of a female acquaintance who was at a party at that man’s apartment.
A 20-year-old UW-River Falls male student was arrested last week for an alleged sexual assault of a female acquaintance who was at a party at that man’s apartment.
Officers report the woman claims she had passed out on a couch but woke during the assault. She said she was too terrified and shocked to respond.
This incident took place at 1430 Emory Circle. The UW-RF student suspect was put in jail.
In other recent Police Beat news that will appear in the print edition of the Jan. 23 River Falls Journal:
--A 39-year-old local man was accused of stealing $440 from the downtown convenience store/gas station where he worked. The man allegedly tried to reposition the store’s surveillance camera so he could take cash from the till without being spotted. His efforts failed because the camera apparently caught him in the act of reaching up with a broom to flip the camera aside.
--Smoking pizzas left burning inside an oven brought police, fire and ambulance personnel converging on an apartment at 300 River Street. A man there tried to hurt himself and needed immediate medical attention. A woman there had passed out, allegedly from drinking. She was arrested and jailed for allegedly violating her no-drink, court-ordered probation. The fire was extinguished before it caused harm or serious damage.
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vicky m.
River Falls, WI 01/23/2008 3:59 PM
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vicky m.
The wording of your last two sentences is common wording in victim blaming statements (ie. where where her friends, she was asking for it, alcohol caused her to pass out, look how she was dressed...) And yes, I'm assuming from the wording in the article (concerning his arrest and jail time) that the police had enough to go on regarding occurence of assault. It also does not implicitly state that alcolhol was imbibed by either party. And there are ways of proving what happened, be it admission of a guilty party in the end, or physical proof of some sort (bruising, torn clothing, dna...). I'm sorry if I misread the intent in your original statements. The sadest thing of all is that this girl may have believed that this boy was her friend, and whatever the outcome, it will be a difficult period of time for all involved.River Falls, WI 01/31/2008 5:02 PM
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