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Oakland man arrested for indecent assault Tuesday night

Pitt Police have arrested an Oakland man accused of assaulting a woman on Pitt’s campus.

Police now have Bochy Fu, 35, in custody after he allegedly assaulted the same woman twice within minutes on July 12. Police made the arrest Tuesday night around 10 p.m., according to Pitt spokesman John Fedele. Police did not release the name of the woman.

 Fu was charged with indecent assault, harassment and stalking after he allegedly followed a woman through campus, brushed up against her and grabbed her on two separate occasions. According to police, Fu first assaulted the woman on the steps leading down to Forbes Avenue from Litchfield Towers around 8:45 p.m. Sunday, and again on the sidewalk between David Lawrence Hall and Hillman Library around 9:05 p.m. The woman reported the incident to police around 9:06 p.m.

Pitt Police issued a crime alert on its website shortly after receiving the woman’s report and described Fu as an Asian male, approximately 5 feet 9 inches tall, and wore a red polo shirt and carried a black backpack at the time of the incident.

Tuesday’s arrest was not Fu’s first. According to police, Fu was arrested for similar incidents several years ago. Fu previously attended Pitt from 2005 to 2008 in the Graduate School of Public Health.

Police credit the arrest to the “timely” report and a “thorough investigation.”

“Our community is a safer place as a result of the hard work and persistence by all involved,” police said in a statement.

Thomas Hopton

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