Crime

Student reports being assaulted, robbed near Oakwood Cemetery on Tuesday morning

A Syracuse University student reported being assaulted by three men on the 900 block of Comstock Avenue on Tuesday around 11:45 a.m., according to a Department of Public Safety notice.

The student was walking alone when the three men attacked him from behind. One of the alleged attackers punched the student on the side of the face knocking him to the ground. The other alleged attackers grabbed the student’s backpack containing identification cards and electronic devices. All three attackers then ran away and were last seen running through Oakwood Cemetery, according to DPS.

The student sustained a minor injury and his backpack was later found in Oakwood Cemetery without the identification cards and electronic devices.





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