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Police Investigate Assault Near Cornell Campus

WAMC Northeast Public Radio | By Dave Lucas

Published March 11, 2018 at 12:18 PM EDT

Police say a Cornell University student was assaulted by a man who also used racial slurs.

The Ithaca Journal says the attack happened at around 1:30 a.m. Saturday near the Ivy League campus in upstate New York.

Police say two other students intervened to try to stop the assault and were also attacked.

Two of the victims were treated for their injuries at a local hospital.

Police were looking for college-age man with dirty blond hair last seen wearing a red and white baseball cap and a New England Patriots jacket.

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Dave Lucas is WAMC’s Capital Region Bureau Chief. Born and raised in Albany, he’s been involved in nearly every aspect of local radio since 1981. Before joining WAMC, Dave was a reporter and anchor at WGY in Schenectady. Prior to that he hosted talk shows on WYJB and WROW, including the 1999 series of overnight radio broadcasts tracking the JonBenet Ramsey murder case with a cast of callers and characters from all over the world via the internet. In 2012, Dave received a Communicator Award of Distinction for his WAMC news story "Fail: The NYS Flood Panel," which explores whether the damage from Hurricane Irene and Tropical Storm Lee could have been prevented or at least curbed. Dave began his radio career as a “morning personality” at WABY in Albany.

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