After many rumors of incidents at the University of Central Florida’s affiliated housing complex Knights Circle, the UCF Police Department confirmed over a UCF alert that it was a sexual battery case.
“UCF Police alerts you to a sexual battery that took place overnight at Knights Circle off-campus student housing. The victim is a minor with no UCF affiliation, and UCFPD is investigating the incident as statutory rape,” the UCF Alert email said.
The victim said the suspect was a 20-25 year-old black male approximately six feet tall. He was of medium build wearing a gray or white sweatshirt with black sweatpants and a hat, according to the alert.
“The victim and a female friend met the suspect around 11 p.m. near Alafaya Trail and McCulloch Road and voluntarily followed him to another location before hopping a wall to enter Knights Circle.”
UCFPD is still investigating the case that allegedly took place in the parking lot this morning.
Knights Circle residents were worried for hours, asking Knight News what happened. After Knight News inquired with UCFPD, a campus wide alert was sent to students.
UCFPD spokesperson Courtney Gilmartin explained that the information was not released right away because of the ongoing investigation and that the statutory rape posed no immediate danger to the community.
Students also contacted Knight News with concerns about how Knights Circle deleted a post regarding the information on Facebook and that it felt that they weren’t receiving enough information.
If you know anything about this incident, please contact UCFPD at 407-823-5555.
Check back on KnightNews.com for updates on this case.
