Female UC Berkeley student sexually assaulted in parking lot

A female UC Berkeley student was sexually assaulted in an off-campus parking lot, just two months after a string of sexual assaults on women occurred in the neighborhood along the southern side of campus, authorities said.

The student was walking through the Oxford parking lot at the corner of Hearst Avenue and Oxford Street, near the north side of campus, on Sunday afternoon when she was grabbed and sexually assaulted, UC Berkeley police said Thursday.

In those assaults, police described the suspect as in his mid-20s, standing about 5 feet 9 inches tall, with curly hair and a beard.

The investigation into the most recent sexual assault is ongoing by both UC Berkeley Police Department and the Berkeley Police Department.

Officers are asking anyone with more information about the crime to contact UC Berkeley Police Department at (510) 642-0472 or (510) 642-6760.