Crime & Safety

Police Begin Investigation Into 'Inappropriate Touching' at New Trier

Female students told school officials they were groped during passing periods during the first two weeks of September.

Police are investigating a male New Trier student in connection with incidents of inappropriate touching during passing periods at both New Trier campuses, Triblocal reports.

The student is not attending classes but has not been expelled, according to the article.

About twelve female students told school officials they were groped in the hallways between classes as of last week. One student was able to identify a male student after she followed him to his class, the article reports.

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