By: Hailey Colwell
A University of Minnesota student was assaulted and robbed Wednesday night while walking home in Stadium Village, according to a Minneapolis police report.
University Police Chief Greg Hestness sent a crime alert to students, faculty and staff on Thursday. It is the ninth alert sent so far this semester, documenting 14 violent crimes.
The student was walking near Essex and Ontario Streets Southeast around 9 p.m. when a man approached and punched the student in the face, knocking him unconscious and stealing his backpack, laptop and wallet, according to the report.