On Oct. 26, the R/O (Reporting Officer) was conducting standard patrol when the victim approached the R/O and requested to fill out a report on an unknown individual who had been following her for the past few days. At that time, the R/O received a statement from the victim that there was a man who had been harassing her on Park Avenue.
The victim informed the R/O that the unknown individual had been catcalling her for the last five days and had even attempted to get the victim to come into his vehicle. The R/O informed the victim of a new location at which to park her vehicle so she would not have to come in contact with the harasser, was provided a Victims Notification form and advised to contact WUPD if the unknown individual attempted to make contact with the victim any further.
On Oct. 27, the R/O met with a Winthrop affiliate at the Winthrop University Police Department in regards to damage that had been done to her vehicle. The victim informed the R/O that she had left campus to do some shopping at Walmart.
However, while at Walmart, she noticed that there were muddy handprints and a dent on the hood of her car. It is undetermined when the damage occurred, but the victim was previously parked in the parking spaces in front of Margaret Nance on Winthrop Alumni Drive. The R/O had the victim email him the pictures she had taken of the damage to her vehicle. The R/O also inspected the vehicle in the Winthrop Police employee parking lot, where he took close–up photos of the handprints. The case is still under investigation.
