Crime & Safety

2 Women Groped By Man On Rutgers Campus Monday Night

Two female students said they were groped by a man in two different incidents, Rutgers Police announced.

NEW BRUNSWICK, NJ — Two female Rutgers students said they were groped by a man in two different incidents Monday night, Rutgers Police announced on their Facebook page.

Both women said the perpetrator grabbed them in an intimate area while running past them.

The first woman said she was groped at approximately 11:20 p.m. Monday on College Avenue between Seminary Place and Hamilton Street, and the second woman said she was groped a short time later, at 11:45 p.m. near Hamilton Street and Easton Avenue.

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Both women said an unknown man touched them in an intimate area while running past them. He then ran off.

The description of the perpetrator is limited at this time.

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Just one month ago, on Oct. 30 and again on Oct. 31, police say this man groped two female Rutgers students as they walked alone through the College Avenue campus at night. Jose Paulino II, 32, of New Brunswick, was arrested and charged in those two incidents. Read that story: Man Sexually Touched Female Rutgers Students On Campus, Police Charge

Rutgers University Police Department asks that anyone with information, or who may have been in those areas Monday night, contact the New Brunswick Police Dept. Detective Bureau at 732-745-5217.

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