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Police Brief 09/21/10

Student allegedly assaulted in Lot 61

September 20, 2010

An MSU student was allegedly assaulted early Friday morning on Shaw Lane near the entrance to Lot 61, MSU police Sgt. Florene McGlothian-Taylor said.

The 19-year-old male student was walking with his girlfriend, a 19-year-old MSU student, and another witness from Rockford, Mich., when a white college-aged male made a derogatory comment about the victim’s girlfriend, McGlothian-Taylor said.

The victim attempted to confront the man who made the comment, but the suspect, another white college-aged male, punched the victim in the left eye. The victim was treated at Lansing’s Sparrow Hospital.

There are no suspects and the incident is under investigation.

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