A student was reportedly sexually assaulted by another student Saturday night in a residence hall
LAWRENCE -- Rider University is investigating a reported sexual assault on the Lawrence campus for the second time in less than a month.
In a campus-wide email alert on Sunday, university officials said the Department of Public Safety received a report that a student was sexually assaulted by another student Saturday night in a residence hall. The two students knew each other, they said.
"There is no reason to believe that the safety of the Rider community on either the Lawrenceville or Princeton campuses is adversely affected as a result of this incident," the email said.
A spokeswoman for the Mercer County Prosecutor's Office on Monday said that it had not been notified of the incident. Lawrence police could not be reached for comment.
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The incident follows a similar one in October when a female student was reportedly sexually assaulted by someone she knew.
Last month, Lawrence police charged a Hamilton man with touching two young women as they slept inside their dorm rooms in September. The suspect was also charged with entering a sorority, but was scared off by a male visitor.
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