Victim comes forward in alleged sexual assault at Goucher

A Goucher College student who allegedly was sexually assaulted has come forward but is not cooperating with Baltimore County police, police said.

The student came forward Tuesday, days after College President Sanford Ungar sent an e-mail to the school's nearly 2,400 students, encouraging victims to reach out for support and help prevent more assaults, said Kristen Keener, a spokeswoman for the college. The e-mail reported that another student -- not a victim -- had told campus security of three alleged sexual assaults that had taken place on and off campus throughout the semester.
"Goucher is working in tandem with the Baltimore County Police Department, and we aren't able to share much more than that to ensure that their investigation isn't compromised," Keener wrote in an e-mail. Police spokesman Bill Toohey said Friday that the agency is investigating a number of calls generated by media reports of Ungar's e-mail.

"A young lady did come forward but didn't want to follow up, so there was nothing else we could do," he said. Toohey declined to say if police are close to making an arrest, saying it is standard to withhold that type of information until an arrest is made.

The school had identified three possible suspects, two students and a former student, whose names had not been released. According to Ungar's Dec. 12 e-mail, date-rape drugs were suspected to have been used in the incidents, and the victims of the alleged assaults knew their attackers.