Police: High school cheerleaders harassed outside of Carpenter Center

University police are asking for the public's help in finding three men who allegedly harassed a group of cheerleaders outside of the Bob Carpenter Center on Feb. 27.

The girls were on campus for a high school cheerleading state championship, said university police Chief Patrick Ogden

The men approached the girls and began talking to them, Ogden said. The three men then allegedly offered them money to take off their uniforms. The victims said they were upset and scared and ran away from the men in the parking lot.

The suspects, all described as white men in their late teens or early 20s, did not appear to have wristbands that would have admitted them to the competition, Ogden said. The victims told police they had not seen the men inside the building.

The first suspect is described as bald with a black leather jacket and jeans; the second had long, black shoulder-length hair and a long beard; and the third had curly brown hair and was wearing a black hoodie.

University police have released a surveillance image of a person of interest who may have been with the group. Anyone with information about the suspects is asked to contact university police (302) 831-2222.