UPDATE: Police ID suspect of sexual battery on Greenbelt near Boise State campus

UPDATE: Boise State University in a BroncoAlert on Friday said police identified a suspect who was arrested and booked into the Ada County Jail. Spokesperson Haley Williams told the Idaho Statesman the man was cited for misdemeanor sexual battery.

Boise State University sent out an urgent BroncoAlert on Thursday morning warning about a sexual battery on the Boise River Greenbelt under the Capitol Boulevard bridge.

Boise police officers were dispatched around 10:17 a.m. to a report of a suspect grabbing a woman’s buttocks while she was walking on the Greenbelt, a police spokesperson said. Officers are looking for the man.

“The suspect … on a bicycle grabbed the female victim before riding east through Julia Davis Park,” the alert said. “Please use caution and contact the Department of Public Safety Dispatch at (208) 426-6911 if you have any information.”

BroncoAlert is Boise State’s emergency notification system. A university spokesperson said there was no additional information as of yet.

Campus resources like escorts and the Rave Guardian app can be found at boisestate.edu/publicsafety.

The suspect is listed as an older, white male with glasses, a green bike, a gray backpack, white shoes and a gray shirt and shorts.

This story was originally published July 18, 2024 at 12:08 PM.