Female student reports off-campus rape to police: State College Bureau of Police Services said yesterday a female student reported she was raped in the east section of State College in early December by a person known to her.

Police said an investigation is continuing but would not release any further details about the incident.

Centre Hall man seriously hurt after one-car crash: A Centre Hall man is in serious condition with neck injuries and a broken wrist in Centre Community Hospital after a one-car accident Tuesday night, Rockview state police said.

Gregory Sharer, 17, of Centre Hall was attempting to pass a car in a no-passing zone on Route 45 near Spring Mills at 9:10 p.m. Tuesday when he swerved off the road to miss an oncoming car, police said.

Sharer's car struck a tree, split in half and burst into flames. Sharer was not wearing his seatbelt and was thrown from the car into a nearby field, police said.

Inmate on work-release does not return to prison: An inmate from Centre County Prison in Bellefonte failed to return from a work-release Wednesday night and remained at large yesterday afternoon.

James W. Tyler, 44, did not report back from his place of work at the Trailways Bus Terminal, 154 N. Atherton St., where he is assistant manager, a prison spokesman said.

Tyler was serving a five to 12 month sentence on a harassment-by- communication charge, a spokeswoman for the district attorney's office said.

Car damaged, sign flattened by driver blinded by sun: A car driven by an 88-year-old Port Matilda woman was damaged when the vehicle flattened a median sign on North Atherton Street yesterday morning, State College police said.

Mary E. Hughes, RD 2 Buckthorn Road, was driving eastbound on Route 322 when she began to turn onto West Mitchell Avenue. As she was turning, Hughes reported that she was blinded by the sun and consequently drove over the median, knocking down the sign, police said. The car sustained a flat tire.

S.C. driver avoids rabbit; car ends up on its roof: A State College woman was not injured when her car rolled over onto its hood as she tried to avoid hitting a rabbit yesterday morning on Houserville Road, State College police said.

Kristen Hefkin, 1315 Old Boalsburg Road, was traveling southbound on the 200 block of Houserville Road when she swerved to the right to avoid killing a rabbit.

The car left the roadway and Hefkin lost control of the vehicle, striking the embankment on the opposite side of the road, police said. The car rolled over, coming to rest on its hood.

Man involved in car accident might remain a mystery: A man involved in a car accident with a University student in Parking Lot Green D early Sunday evening apparently had no identification with him and now cannot be located, University Police Services said.

Michelle Preslopski, 215 W. Fairmount Ave., told police that after the accident, the man told her he did not have his driver's license, vehicle registration or proof of insurance in the car. He gave her his name and left the scene, police said.

The man was driving a Chevrolet Berretta, Preslopski told police. The license number on the car was QAR--936 and the car looked like it had a Missouri plate, she told police.

Preslopski was driving through the lot when the car driven by the man backed out of a space and struck her car. The collision dented the fender of Preslopski's car and scratched its passenger's side door, police said. No damage estimate was available.

No one injured in crash involving two automobiles: A wrong motion to enter traffic resulted in a two-car accident on Pollock Road at 4:45 Tuesday afternoon, University police said. No one was injured.

Carolyn J. Smith of Lemont told police she was attempting to exit Parking Lot Red A onto Pollock Road when a car traveling east on Pollock stopped and motioned for her to enter traffic.

When she did, she struck a west-bound car driven by John Gradwell, 532 W. College Ave., police said. Smith told police she did not see Gradwell's car.

The driver who motioned Smith left the scene, police said.

Both cars were slightly damaged but no cost estimates were available, police said.

Motorist stops to assist victims of auto accident: A motorist stopped at the scene of an accident on Route 3036 about three miles south of Philipsburg and took the two victims to the hospital, Philipsburg state police said.

Laura Berbeck, 33, and her passenger, Christa Berbeck, 9, both of Philipsburg, were travelling east when their car failed to negotiate a sharp turn and rolled into a ditch, landing on its roof, police said. The Berbecks were treated for bruises and cuts and were released from Philipsburg State General Hospital, police said.

Hospital officials could not release the name of the motorist.

Man apprehended in Pattee after seen masturbating: A 37-year-old man was apprehended for masturbating in East Pattee at 12:02 yesterday afternoon, University police said.

The man was seated in the lobby outside the reference room with a jacket on his lap and his hands under the jacket when he was spotted by a library employee, police said. The employee notified police who apprehended the man and cited him for disorderly conduct.

The man "promised not to do it anymore," police said.

Criminal Mischief: Paul Helton, 1007 Golfview Ave., reported that someone scratched his car from the front passenger's side door to the rear fender sometime between 8 Monday morning and 7:30 Tuesday morning, University police said.

Helton said he was unsure if the incident happened in the Bi-Lo parking lot at 1299 N. Atherton St. or in Parking Lot Red A, police said. The damage to Helton's car is estimated at $375.

Criminal Mischief: Someone broke a six inch by twenty-four inch door window at the north entrance to the South Gymnasium corridor in Rec Hall, University police said.

The broken window was found by a janitor and police estimate the window was broken sometime between 7 a.m. Tuesday and 11 p.m. yesterday. No objects were found near the window and police did not have a cost estimate.

Criminal Trespass: Stacey Newhouse, 255 E. Beaver Ave., reported unknown persons kicked in her door, entered the apartment and then left at about midnight yesterday, State College police said. Nothing was reported taken from the residence.