UCSB Police Issue 2nd Warning After Woman Was Groped on June 24

2 articles · Updated · Fox News · Jun 30

June 24's assault prompted UC Santa Barbara police to send a campus-wide warning after a woman said a bicyclist stalked her for about 15 minutes on West Campus, then groped her from behind around 11:30 a.m.
Police said the man passed her, circled back several times and fled toward Tierra De Fortuna Park; he was described as about 35, 5-foot-8, thin, with a shaved head, scruffy facial hair and a black backpack.
The alert is UCSB police's second since May, when an 18-year-old freshman reported being raped and strangled after a Sigma Pi fraternity party before returning to Tropicana Gardens; that case remains unsolved.
The earlier attack drew public appeals from the survivor's family for witnesses and for the Santa Barbara County Sheriff's Office to take over, citing an ongoing threat to campus safety.
UCSB, ranked Niche's top party school for the past 2 years, reported more than 100 rapes from 2022 to 2024, with annual security reports also showing rises in weapons arrests and burglaries.