Crime & Safety

Police: Tech Sexual Battery Suspect Likely Struck Twice

A woman came forward and said the suspect had touched her inappropriately minutes before he allegedly reached under another student's skirt.

Credit: Georgia Tech

Georgia Tech police believe the man suspected of reaching under a student’s skirt and touching her inappropriately on Monday evening performed a similar act to another student minutes before, the Atlanta Journal-Constitution says.

According to the AJC, after a campus-wide alert was sent out regarding the sexual battery behind Brittain Dining Hall, a second victim came forward and told police the suspect had touched her earlier in the day.

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The AJC says that the victim reported that she was walking up stairs on Techwood Drive as the suspect was walking down them. The suspect allegedly faked a trip and fell onto the woman, touching her in the process, the AJC reports.

The suspect is a white male aged between 40 and 49 years old, with short brown hair, the AJC says. They added that he was last seen wearing a gray, long-sleeved button down shirt and was seen driving a red 1990-1992 Nissan D21 pickup truck with a black toolbox in the bed.

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Anyone who has any information on these alleged sexual batteries is asked to contact Georgia Tech police at 404-894-2500.

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