University Police arrested a man in Superblock in connection with a rape which occurred yesterday on the 4400 block of Chestnut Street, according to Sergeant Lawrence Salotti. The man was leaving St. Mary's Church, which is next to University Police headquarters, when he was apprehended, Salotti said. A Philadelphia Sex Crimes officer said last night that police are investigating the alleged rape, but would not release information about the incident. Salotti said he did not have any information about the actual incident, but he did say University Police received a report over the Philadelphia Police radio that a man, who is believed to frequent area soup kitchens, raped a woman yesterday afternoon. The woman was not affiliated with the University. University Police assigned an officer to observe St. Mary's Church, which feeds homeless people on Thursdays. The officer stopped a man fitting the description of the suspect and transported him to the Philadelphia Sex Crimes Division for identification and questioning, according to Salotti. The suspect did not resist and was taken in at 6:10 p.m. yesterday, Salotti said. University Police also received a report of an indecent assault of a woman on 36th Street between Walnut and Spruce streets, according to Salotti. The woman, who was walking on 36th Street, was grabbed at 7:55 p.m. Wednesday by three juveniles, each about 15-years-old. The youths fled the scene and have not been apprehended, according to Salotti.
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