Ohio University police searching for rape suspect

ATHENS, Ohio (WCMH) -- Ohio University police are searching for a man they said raped a student early Sunday morning. 

In a campus crime alert issued Sunday, police said the incident happened at Sargent Hall at approximately 1 a.m. 

According to the alert, the victim met the suspect at the Red Brick Tavern in Athens on Saturday night. The victim said the suspect walked her back to her dorm room and “engaged her in sexual conduct without her consent.” The woman resisted and the suspect fled the room, the alert states.