A University student was approached by two men, near East 14th Avenue and Kincaid Street, who forced her to drive them to ATMs and give them the personal identification number to her bank account, Eugene police reported Wednesday afternoon.
The incident, which police are calling a robbery, occurred around 3 a.m. Wednesday and public information specialist Jenna LaBounty said the incident lasted about an hour. Police received the call at about 4:15 a.m. and are now looking for the suspects involved.
LaBounty said the woman noticed the men as she walked toward her car early Wednesday morning and the men approached her as she was getting in it, asking for a ride.
En route to their destination, the woman stopped at a bank where she was forced to provide the men with her personal identification number, according to a police press release.
The woman told police one of the suspects stuck a hard object in her back, saying he had a gun.
The men attempted to withdraw money at the bank ATM and then demanded the woman drive them to another location where they again attempted to withdraw money from an ATM.
EPD cannot disclose how much, if any, money the suspects stole.
The woman reported that the men eventually had her drop them off in South Eugene, where they fled from the car.
The release described the suspects as between 18 and 21 years old. One suspect is said to be a white man with blond hair and possibly a round scar on his forehead, 5 feet 7 inches to 5 feet 8 inches tall and between 170 and 180 pounds. He was wearing an orange zip-up hooded sweatshirt at the time of the incident.
The other suspect is said to be a Native American man with black hair, about 5 feet 5 inches tall and between 150 and 170 pounds. He was last seen wearing a red and black jersey and a dark knit hat.
Anyone with information about this case is asked to call EPD’s tip line at 682-8888.
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