TIM PRATT
STARKVILLE – Mississippi State University police seek more information about a weekend robbery reported on Monday.
An MSU student reported that Friday night at about 10 p.m., two black males accosted him on East Lee Boulevard near Cobb Institute of Archaeology.
After saying one of them had a knife, the assailants walked the student to their vehicle near Critz residence hall. After forcing the student inside their vehicle, the men robbed him and then dropped him off near apartments on Locksley Way.
The assailants are described as two black men, one with a large build and the other with a small build. No additional information was released.
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This story is now updated and they are saying the young man had filed a false report.
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” As a result, the unnamed student now is being charged with filing a false police report, said Thomas Bourgeois, the university’s dean of students.
The student had told investigators that he was abducted and robbed by two men Friday night [April 23] near Cobb Institute of Archaeology on Lee Boulevard.
“Filing a false report is a serious charge,” Bourgeois said, adding that conviction can result in up to a $1,000 fine and a year in prison.
He said false reports are dangerous to the general campus population because they unnecessarily can divert valuable police resources, among other reasons.
“We treat false reports as seriously as we treat crime reports,” Bourgeois said.
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