SAFETY ADVISORY 2012-03: Boulder police determine University Hill attack was a false report

TO:      CU-Boulder students, faculty and staff

FROM:    University of Colorado Boulder Police Department

SENDER:  Ryan Huff, UCPD Communications Manager

DATE:    January 25, 2012

SUBJECT: Boulder police determine University Hill attack was a false report

The University of Colorado Police Department sent a campus-wide e-memo on Sunday reporting that the Boulder Police Department was looking for a suspect involved in a weekend assault on University Hill. Through further investigation, Boulder police detectives have determined that the alleged crime did not occur.

Please see the Boulder Police Department news release below:

Police determine weekend assault was a false report

Boulder police are no longer looking for a black male suspect in connection with an attack that was reported to have occurred early Sunday morning (Jan. 22) in the 1100 block of University Ave. just after midnight. The female who reported the crime told police she had been grabbed from behind and that she fought off her attacker before running away. The 20-year-old claimed that her attacker had a knife and had cut her forearm before she freed herself and fled.

Detectives have determined that the crime reported did not occur.