Police looking for man accused of groping a student at KU

Police are on the lookout for a man accused of groping a student Wednesday on the Kansas University campus.

Around 10:30 a.m. Wednesday a female student reported to police that a man, unknown to her, grabbed her groin as she was walking near Wescoe Hall’s loading dock, the KU Public Safety Office said in a news release.

The man is described as white between the ages of 23 and 29 and approximately 5 feet 9 or 10 inches tall, the release said. He was last spotted heading southwest from Wescoe Service Drive wearing a blue tank top covered by a beige long-sleeved shirt, blue jeans and black dress shoes. His hair was styled into a faux-hawk cut.

The woman was brought to Lawrence Memorial Hospital for examination, the release said.

Anyone with information about the incident is asked to call the KU Public Safety Office at (785) 864-5900 or Crime Stoppers at (785) 864-8888.

Further information was not immediately available Wednesday.