Women sexually assaulted in off-campus area, suspect posed as rideshare driver
A woman was sexually assaulted by a suspect posing as her rideshare driver at 3 a.m. in the off-campus area Thursday.
A woman was sexually assaulted by a suspect posing as her rideshare driver at 3 a.m. in the off-campus area Thursday.
A look into The Lantern archives reveals that parties-turned-riots have been part of Buckeye history for decades. It also shows that historically, Columbus Police have had a different approach to when and how officers respond to riots — from arrests to pepper spray and rubber bullets.
About 1,000 Ohio State students gathered on Chittenden Avenue between High and Summit streets Saturday night, following Ohio State football’s spring game. The gathering resulted in a riot with multiple flipped cars and property damage. Columbus Police circled the area with a helicopter — yet police made zero arrests on the scene.
This year’s annual “Chitt Fest” drew more than a thousand students to the two blocks of Chittenden Avenue between High and Summit streets Saturday, resulting in a riot with numerous instances of vandalism and endangering behavior, including cars being flipped and heavily damaged.
Despite university, state, local and federal COVID-19 guidelines, about a thousand Ohio State students flocked to Chittenden Avenue Saturday for an evening that resulted in several flipped cars and Columbus Police helicopters being called in — but police made no arrests.
The Columbus Division of Fire is trying to figure out how a crane tipped and fell onto an off-campus house while putting shingl…