2 Rutgers Students Assaulted Halloween Night, In 2 Separate Incidents

NEW BRUNSWICK, NJ — Two Rutgers students were assaulted on Halloween night on the Rutgers campus, including one inside Chi Phi fraternity house.

No arrests were made in either of the two assaults, and both happened between midnight Saturday and 1:30 a.m. Sunday.

Both students were injured seriously enough that they had to be taken to a hospital, said Rutgers campus police.

In the first incident, a Rutgers student reported that he was walking along Stone Street when he got into an argument with a group of men he did not know. The exchange escalated into a physical altercation in which the Rutgers student was struck with closed fists and an edged object. The perpetrators fled in the direction of College Avenue. The Rutgers student called 911 and was taken to a hospital in the city.

In the second incident, the victim, another Rutgers student, said he was attending a party at Chi Phi fraternity, located at 95 College Avenue, when he was confronted by a man he did not know. He said the man confronted him and punched him.

He also had to be treated at a city hospital.

Rutgers Police said a description of the perpetrators for both incidents is limited at this time. Anyone with information, or anyone who may have been in the areas at the time of the incidents, is asked to contact the New Brunswick Police Dept. Detective Bureau at (732) 745-5217, or Rutgers Police Department Detective Bureau at (848) 932-8025.