Man breaks into U. student's room, tries to assault her

A man forced his way into a female University student's 41st Street apartment, robbed her at gunpoint, and then attempted to sexually assault her in the middle of the day Friday, University Police Commissioner John Kuprevich said. The student was grabbed by the man at about 1:15 p.m. as she approached her apartment, which is on 41st between Spruce and Pine streets. Once inside her apartment, the attacker pointed a handgun at her and demanded money, Kuprevich said. The student, who had no cash, turned over approximately $1500 worth of jewelry. The man then threatened to assault her, but did not, Kuprevich said. Kuprevich declined to say why the attacker stopped the assault. The man fled the apartment with the jewelry and then robbed two more University students at gunpoint of stereo equipment in separate apartments of the same building, police said. Police broadcast a description of the man over their radio, and he was spotted minutes later at 39th and Chestnut streets by Philadelphia Police. The woman and the two other students identified him as their attacker. The man, Glolahan Olabede, was arrested by Philadelphia Police on charges of armed robbery and related charges. He is scheduled to be arraigned Wednesday. University Police responded to the incident after Philadelphia Police issued a report of a robbery on their police scanner in the area of the 300 block of south 41st Street, Kuprevich said. A Crime Alert released by University Police Friday states that none of the victims were hurt in the incident. The University Police Department and the Philadelphia Police's West Detective division are conducting a joint investigation of the incident.

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