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WILKES-BARRE – A female student at Wilkes University reported being sexually assaulted in a campus building on Monday afternoon.
The student was in a restroom on the lower level of Stark Learning Center on South River Street between Northampton and South streets at about 5:30 p.m. when the assault occurred, said university spokeswoman Vicki Mayk.
Although uninjured, the student was taken to a hospital, Mayk said.
The attacker is described as a white male around college age wearing blue jeans and a T-shirt.
Mayk said the assault was reported to the university’s Public Safety Office and to city police.
A Wilkes-Barre police watch commander said no official report had been filed Monday night as of press time.
Mayk said the university increased public safety patrols on campus and particularly in the area of Stark Learning Center in response to the incident.