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Here’s one scenario: 

Hobbling back from the library, a young college co-ed notices out of the corner of her eye a shiny new Lexus gleaming in the lamplight. She makes her way toward her apartment complex, arms full of books, and the car moves closer, revealing a dashing young blonde suitor with a fraternity-lettered sweathshirt on. As he passes, the studious young paramour catches his lusty eye, and he resolves to return once again to court his one true love.

The next week, he returns at the same time and asks her if she needs a ride; she demurely shakes her head no. He glides off into the night, hoping to chance upon her at a more socially opportune moment: perhaps when she is very drunk at a party.

A slight variation of the scenario follows after the break. This one replaces “shiny red Lexus” with “rusty old pick-up truck”; “fraternity lettered-sweatshirt” with “a black t-shirt with writing on it”; and ”dashing young blonde suitor” with “white male in his early 30s.”

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Crime alert: Incidents of stalking reported
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Cornell University Police, in conjunction with the Ithaca Police Department, is investigating reported stalking incidents that occurred at approximately 7:30 p.m. Wednesday, April 16, on the 100 block of Maple Avenue and, again, at approximately 7:30 p.m. Sunday, April 20, at the Maplewood Park Apartments on Maple Avenue. The incidents were first reported to the Cornell University Police late Sunday night, April 20.

A female victim reports that a male subject, operating a pickup truck, followed her on two occasions around the area of Maple Avenue and the Maplewood Park Apartments. On one occasion, the subject asked the victim if she needed a ride. The victim described the subject as a white male in his early 30s, average build, with no facial hair, no glasses and short brown hair. The subject was last seen wearing a black t-shirt with writing on it and driving a older-style, two-door pickup truck.  The truck was black and had rust, according to the victim’s description.

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This entry was posted on Tuesday, April 22nd, 2008 at 12:05 pm by D. Evan Mulvihill and is filed under news. You can follow any responses to this entry through the RSS 2.0 feed. You can leave a response, or trackback from your own site.