Police investigating sexual assault of UWM student

A 21-year-old UW-Milwaukee student was sexually assaulted in her apartment near campus early Friday morning.

UWM Police said the student had just returned to her apartment in the 3000 block of N. Maryland around 2:30 a.m. Feb. 26, when she heard a knock on the door and opened the door thinking it was her roommate.

Police said a man then entered the apartment, displayed a knife and began to sexually assault the student.  The student then heard the main door to the apartment open and the man left.

Police describe the suspect as a white male in his early 20’s, olive skin, short black hair, 5′09″ in height with a stocky build. He was last seen wearing blue jeans and a white tee shirt with no writing on it.

The Milwaukee Police Department is investigating.