Assault suspect turns himself in

Sean Mulvey

The suspect in the alleged Oct. 16 assaults on campus turnedhimself in to the Sacramento County Sheriff’s DepartmentThursday.

Christopher Emanuel Harrison II, 29, is accused of grabbing twofemale students in separate incidents.

Harrison has been charged with misdemeanor battery and is freeon citation release, because he had no prior history of crime.

He agreed to appear in court Dec. 2.

“He has no history of doing bad things,” said SharonChow of the Sacramento County Sheriff’s Department.

There were no other warrants for his arrest when Harrison turnedhimself in.

The university police have contacted Harrison’s family inhope of reaching the suspect for an interview, but they still havenot heard back from him, said university police investigator JohnHamrick.

Harrison’s lawyer notified university police Nov. 5 thatthe suspect was planning on turning himself in to the SacramentoCounty Sheriff’s Department the following day.

Both victims of the assaults reported that they were not harmedby the alleged suspect, but said they felt as though they may havebeen harmed had they been unable to escape.

One incident occurred on the first floor of the library. Theother occurred in Humboldt Hall.

One victim was allegedly grabbed on the waist by the suspect.The other victim was allegedly grabbed on the shoulders.

Both women contacted university police immediately after theincidents occurred.

The suspect left both incidents before police arrived on thescene.