Woman reports attempted theft at YSU

YOUNGSTOWN

A 20-year-old woman told Youngstown State University police she struck a man in the genitals who tried to take her backpack at about 6:50 p.m. Monday on the path between Ward Beecher Hall and Maag Library on campus.

The woman said a man walking behind her grabbed her backpack and placed a hand over her mouth. The woman then stepped on the man’s foot and struck him before he ran off.

The woman said she waited 25 minutes before calling police. When asked why, reports said she was on the phone with her mother while she was waiting for her father to pick her up.

She described the man as between 5 feet 5 inches to 5 feet 6 inches tall with dark skin.