[Cp-bulletin] Police BULLETIN

[Sgt. Cheryl Vossmer]

Crime Alert to the MIT Community
Issued: September 17, 2007

On Sunday, September 16, 2007 at 8:00 a.m., the Cambridge Police 
Department notified the MIT Police Department that a woman reported that 
she had been sexually assaulted on the MIT campus at 3:45 a.m. in the 
Amherst Street area of Kendall Square.

SUSPECTS:
The victim described her assailants as 5 or 6 neatly dressed white males 
in their early 20's who held her down during the assault.

REPORT INFORMATION TO:
If you have information that might be helpful in this investigation, 
please contact:
    1. Detective John Boyle, 617-349-3369, of the Cambridge Police 
Department, 5 Western Ave.; or
    2. the MIT Police at 617-253-1212; W89, 301 Vassar Street; or
    3. anonymously at 617-258-TIPS (8-8477).

SUGGESTIONS:
All members of the MIT community are asked to be alert and take 
precautions. To minimize the opportunity for such incidents, the MIT 
Police Department reminds community members to be vigilant while walking 
throughout campus and surrounding areas both during the day and at night 
and to take the appropriate precautions, such as walking with others and 
utilizing the Safe Ride whenever possible.

Remain alert to your immediate surroundings while talking on a cell 
phone or listing to music.

Anyone on campus should call the MIT Police Department at 617-253-1212, 
utilize a blue light emergency telephone, or dial 100 from an Institute 
telephone if they feel they are in danger at any time.

Please forward this notice to your colleagues and post it on appropriate 
bulletin boards in your area.