Police: Penn State Student Assaulted Twice Downtown

A Penn State student assaulted last month outside a downtown State College Jimmy John’s was attacked not once, but twice, borough police said Wednesday.

Initial reports suggested that the student had been assaulted and beaten once, at roughly 2:30 a.m. Dec. 9 outside the restaurant, 442 E. College Ave.

But new information shows that the student was attacked two times that night at the location, each time by a different party, police said.

According to a news release, the first assailant was a white, college-age man accompanied by two other white men and a white female. The assailant in that first attack has not been identified, police said.

The second assault happened about five minutes later, also between 2 a.m. and 3 a.m., according to the news release. Police said the second assailant is a black man who has been identified by authorities.

The two assailants appear to be unconnected, and the victim does not appear to know either of them, police indicated. He has since returned to classes.

Police are asking anyone with information to call borough police Detective Steve Bosak at (814) 234-7150 or to submit an anonymous tip through the borough website.

Centre County Crimestoppers also is accepting tips at (877) 99-CRIME. Anonymous tips may be submitted to Crimestoppers at www.centrecountycrimestoppers.org. Crimestoppers pays rewards of as much as $1,000 for information that leads to an arrest.

Earlier coverage

• Police: Penn State Student Assaulted on College Avenue (Dec. 10, 2010)