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UGA student abducted, found at gas station (w/report)

By on September 8, 2009

Incident report
Sam Pittard
Incident report

A University student was kidnapped and assaulted Friday morning, according to Athens-Clarke County Police reports.

The 20-year-old student reported she was abducted by a Hispanic man driving a dark-colored SUV on Milledge Avenue at Cloverhurst Avenue and then driven to Jackson County.

According to the report, the victim was found at Dee’s Chevron on Commerce Road wearing only a blanket and her underwear. She was immediately transported to Athens Regional Medical Center.

The incident is under investigation by both ACC police and the Jackson County Sheriff’s Office.

In September 2007, a white male was accused of abducting two women, and driving them both to a Oglethorpe County road. One woman escaped, and the other, a University student, said she was sexually assaulted.

Both women were abducted after the suspect offered them rides. The man drove a white van, claiming to be a courtesy taxi service.

Another woman reported a similar incident in May 2007.

In October 2008, a 23-year-old woman told police she was sexually assaulted by a 40 to 50-year-old man driving a white van and wearing a dark ball cap, dark brown coat and light colored jeans. The man drove up to the woman while she was walking to work on Athena Drive and offered her a ride, which she accepted because it was raining.

The victim told police she was driven to Athena Drive and Old Hull Road where the man made an inappropriate remark and tried to grope her breasts. When she pushed him away, he grabbed her thigh and reached for her crotch.

The woman escaped the van on North Avenue when the man stopped to let her out.

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