Roanoke Times
Copyright (c) 1995, Landmark Communications, Inc.
DATE: WEDNESDAY, August 17, 1994 TAG: 9409290009
SECTION: CURRENT PAGE: NRV2 EDITION: NEW RIVER VALLEY
SOURCE: NEW RIVER VALLEY BUREAU
DATELINE: BLACKSBURG LENGTH: Short
Jeffrey Scott Bowab, 23, was charged Monday and released on a $3,000 bond, said Larry Hincker, university spokesman.
Police said the incident happened early last Friday morning near the War Memorial Chapel as the two walked across campus after drinking at a local bar.
Police said the two apparently had just met that night.
Hincker said the woman was allegedly forced to perform oral sex.
Even though neither Bowab nor the woman are Tech students, the incident must be reported to state and federal officials as a Tech offense because it happened on campus, Hincker said.
Hincker said he is concerned that incidents such as this will give the wrong impression of the safety of the Tech campus to prospective students and their parents.
"We're real concerned, as any university is, about our crime reputation," Hincker said.
The incident is "literally just a spillover from the town of Blacksburg," Hincker said.
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