ROCK ISLAND, Ill. — Rock Island Police are handling an investigation into suspicious hand-written messages that were left around the Augustana College campus this week.
According to a "community safety notice" issued by the college on Thursday afternoon on Dec. 8and obtained by News 8, the messages were left anonymously in several campus buildings.
The messages were written on envelopes or papers inside the envelopes. The notes included "content, including words and drawings, and some of which are sexualized, political and/or religious in nature."
In the next update released 3 hours later on Thursday, the college shared that a suspect had been located and there "is no current threat to campus."
No delays or cancellations of classes or activities were in place for Dec. 9.
Augustana's notice reported that similar envelopes had been left in other locations throughout the Quad Cities and appeared to be "tied to social media activity."
Students and the public were urged to report any concerns or sightings of other messages to the campus's Public Safety office or to call 9-1-1.
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