OSHKOSH, WI (WTAQ-WLUK) – A nightmare for one Oshkosh resident, as she slept in her home.
“In that case, female party woke up to a male lying on top of her, tried to sexually assault her, she was able to fight him off, and he fled the scene,” explained Sgt. Todd Wrage of Oshkosh Police.
Wrage tells FOX 11 a couple hours later, just a block away another woman also reported, being startled by a man in her home.
“She was awoken by a man standing next to her bed, and he fled, when she woke up.”
Authorities say it happened early Saturday, at a home in the 600 block of Scott Avenue, the other in the 800 block of Wisconsin Street.
Both near the UW-Oshkosh Campus.
Wrage says police believe the assaults involve the same person.
He says the crimes also have another similarity, the doors to the homes were left unlocked.
“It starts with security, in the home, making sure windows are locked, doors are secured, and locked so that somebody can’t just walk right in.”
The crimes come just a month after UW- Oshkosh Police, reported multiple thefts, and sexual assaults on campus.
“I don’t think there’s an uptick, it’s just the demographics,” explained Wrage.
Wrage says it’s not uncommon for criminals to target college campuses.
He says, it’s why they stress the importance of locking your doors, and to never walk alone, especially at night.
“Here we have a house, where we have 8 to 10 college aged females living, so it’s a concentrated population, which draws those predators to those areas.”
Anyone with any information is being encouraged to call the Oshkosh Police Department at 920-236-5700.
