Claude Abran Finch IIICollegedale police arrested a man Wednesday after a female student on the Southern Adventist University campus reported a sexual assault, according to the police department.
Claude Finch III was arrested at an apartment in the East Brainerd area, Collegedale police said on Facebook.
On Tuesday evening, officers met with the victim, who told them she had seen a red Chevrolet hatchback with tinted windows in several different locations around campus while she was out running.
When she stopped to rest, she saw the vehicle again and was grabbed from behind and sexually assaulted, according to the news release. She then hit her attacker and ran to a dormitory to call for help. She described the attacker as a thin black male, standing about 5 feet, 10 inches tall, wearing red sweatpants and a black hoodie, the release stated.
While speaking with the victim, officers found out that another female victim also reported suspicious activity involving a vehicle matching that description on Monday night and Tuesday evening. Her reports had been given to the campus safety department and had not been forwarded to the police department, police said.