Yep.
Where’s the question? Well, here’s one:
The statue was on the park bench seems to have vanished in front of my eyes. Only someone college educated in real magic could have done that. Also, he left behind a hat with the word “wizard” on it.
(note: this one is not from their name, but what fictional character their name refers to)
Another clue: The police said that it was as if the suspect had taken laughing gas, that he could not stop giggling during their interogation.
Do we realy have a Rincewind on the boards somewhere?
Yes , but his hat would say “wizzard”, not wizard. Good try though. I was thinking of another resident of the same university as him.
Keapon Laffin? (or however it’s spelt)
Yip.
Then it would be Ponder Stibbons.
Police are baffled, as the evidence at the scene looked as if it had been swept up in a whirlpool, then grabbed and thrown about.
Ponder Stibbons?
Scylla!
Yes!
Police noted the extreme oddity of the assault in their report–as if someone had tried to murder the victim, but had apparently been able to do no harm.
Harmless
The description given by the victim was quite interesting. The attacker was described as “a cyclops” with “god-like powers”
Sorry silenus, didn’t see your post. In answer to the clue you posted with it: Tenticle Monster?
Odin One Eye ?
I know I spelled that wrong.
Yup!
From the mutilated pictures of Steven Spielberg and torn one-sheets scattered about the crime scene, police could only conclude that the perpetrator deeply regretted having seen “Saving Private Ryan.” 
Another suspect was taken into custody after the police found a used razor covered with scales in the victim’s shower.
was it Heloise ?
I think mine would have, too. 
My clue: The perp left the scene too swiftly to be identified, but the victim described his personality as “mercurial”…