Ohio State issues safety alert after student reports sexual assault

COLUMBUS, Ohio – Ohio State University Police issued a crime alert on Thursday for a report about a male following a female student to her room and making unwanted sexual advances.The student told police that on January 28, she was approached by a man on the east side of High Street near 17th Avenue.She told him she was walking back to her on-campus residence and he offered to walk her there.When they arrived, she told police she refused his advances and her roommate came home which caused