The Dinkytown area has been stricken with several such exposing incidents lately, said University Police Sgt. But those guys are hard to catch unless they repeat the offense in the same spot every day. University Police have been doing a study of the connected incidents. So far, they put together a vague description of the suspect and usual offense times. Even though it happens off campus, it seems like University people are mostly victimized.
Police say the individual likes to operate in the early morning.
He is between 18 and 24 years old and wears jeans or running clothes. But police said this describes about everyone on campus. Joseph Lambie, a College of Liberal Arts student, was attacked by an angry motorist and held the suspect under citizen's arrest for an hour until Minneapolis police arrived. Lambie was working as a traffic controller when he issued Xunhai Xu a violation tag. But Lambie managed to restrain Xu, placing him under citizen's arrest until police arrived.