ASU Police reported the following incidents on Thursday:
- An 18-year-old woman told police she was assaulted Monday night as she was walking to her residence, according to a police report.
While waiting on the corner of McAllister Avenue and University Drive in Tempe, the woman noticed a man on a bike on the opposite side of the intersection who appeared to be looking at her, according to the report.
As the woman continued walking, she saw a shadow approaching her from behind, police reported.
The woman turned and saw a man on a bicycle riding toward her, according to the report.
As the man passed her on her left, he reached out with his right hand and grabbed her left butt cheek and then squeezed it briefly over her clothing, police reported.
The man then continued riding east on his bicycle and the woman recognized him as the man who had just been looking at her while standing at the corner of University Drive and McAllister Avenue, according to the report.
The woman yelled, “Hey jack-ss!” but the man did not stop or look back, police reported.
The officer noted that the description of the man matched the description of another unknown man who had been committing similar crimes within the past year, according to the report.
The man was apprehended later in the evening and was identified by the woman. The man denied the allegations, stating he had hit a curb and to avoid crashing, reached out to grab the woman’s backpack and did not recall touching her anywhere else, according to the report.
The man was given a citation on suspicion of assault, and was brought into the Fourth Avenue jail, according to the report.
- On Sunday evening, an unknown person or persons caused damage to in-ground water-control valve boxes next to the Business Administration building on the Tempe campus, according to a police report.
The boxes were either kicked or stood on, which broke off and caused water to spray about the area, police reported.
They also opened other in-ground valve boxes in the area and turned on the water valves, which operate the sprinkler system, and the fountains, causing the area to flood and filled the underground pump vault with water, according to the report.
A pump vault is a large vessel that protects and conceals the circulating pump in water flowing fountains.
The in-ground pump vault and the horsepower pump were completely submerged and damaged, according to the report.
Underground piping and some of the concrete in the area were damaged as well, police reported.
The total cost of damage is estimated at approximately $30,000, according to the report.
There are currently no suspects or leads, police reported.
