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Sunday, December 18, 2011

Around the Rivers

Around the Rivers: RMU Student Sexually Assaulted Outside a Business

Police said a woman reported being sexually assaulted behind the Smoke Stack.

Moon Police said a 22-year-old female Robert Morris University student was sexually assaulted Thursday outside the Smoke Stack on University Boulevard.  Police said the woman was attacked between 6:30 and 7 p.m. as she returned to her car, which was parked behind the building on Carnot Road. The woman told police that as she returned to her vehicle, a male grabbed her from the back and placed a weapon, possibly a box-cutter knife, to her neck.  The suspect was attempting to sexually assault the woman as she broke free, according to police. The woman was injured in the struggle, receiving a gash in her leg as well as bruises and abrasions. She has been treated and released from Heritage Valley Sewickley Hospital, police said. Smoke Stack …

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