WESTFIELD – City detectives are hoping to identify a male party who allegedly assaulted a female student in a parking lot late Saturday or early Sunday morning.
Det. Daniel Gustafson reports that a female student complained Wednesday of the assault and said that she had first encountered the man at a party she had attended when he groped her and was asked to leave.
The woman said that when she left the party she encountered the man again in the Main Street parking lot between the Bank of America and the Subway restaurant and he again touched her. When she pushed him away, the woman told Gustafson, the man punched her forcefully, knocking her to the ground.
The woman said that in the next days she suffered migraine headaches and blurred vision.
Believing the woman to be concussed, a detective took her to a medical facility for treatment.
The victim described the suspect to be a Caucasian male, five foot ten inches tall who is in his late teens or early 20s with short brown hair and a beard. She said that the man has broad shoulders and an athletic build.
Anyone who witnessed the incident or may be able to identify the suspect is asked to call Gustafson or Det. Roxann Bradley of the Detective Bureau at 572-6400.
