>At about 12:30 p.m. today (Nov. 3) a faculty member returned to her Benton
>Hall office and found a stranger there.  When asked what he was doing in the
>office, he said he was looking for a professor.  The faculty member then told
>him she wanted to check on her purse before he left, but he pushed her out of
>the way.  She pursued him into the lobby where a female student grabbed a
>strap of his duffel bag.  The two struggled until the suspect struck her in
>the head and broke free.  At this point, four male students grabbed him, but
>he broke free again, dropped the duffel bag and ran through Goggin Ice Arena,
>pursued by the four students.  He escaped in his car, a teal Nissan Ultima
>with  Tennessee license plates (708HTM).  The suspect is described as a white
>male in his late 30s, slightly overweight, with short dark, graying hair.
>Miami's police department urges all faculty and staff to:
>o Lock your office door whenever it's unoccupied;
>o Report suspicious persons immediately to the Miami police department by
>calling 911.
>

Louise Van Vliet

Department of Communication
Miami University
Oxford, Ohio  45056

513-529-2506
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