Unwanted Sexual Contact on Rutgers Bus, Victim Says

New Brunswick, NJ - A person affiliated with Rutgers University said they were inappropriately touched in a sexual manner by a man on a crowded university bus Monday at approximately 5 p.m.

The victim said a white man, approximately 20 years old and wearing glasses, inappropriately touched their thigh and buttocks while they both stood on the crowded bus. The bus was driving on George Street between the two campuses when the incident happened. Police did not specify if the victim was a woman or man.

The perpetrator exited the bus when it reached the area of George Street and Commercial Avenue, and then proceeded in an unknown direction, police said. The suspect is described as a white male, approximately 20 years old, 5’4” tall, wearing a black hat, glasses, brown jacket with white fleece lined hood, jeans, and carrying an umbrella.

The victim was not physically injured as a result of this incident.

The Rutgers Police Department is investigating the criminal sexual contact, and asks that anyone with information, or who may have been in the area at the time, contact the Rutgers Police Department Detective Bureau at 848-932-8025.

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