INITIAL ALERTEmail
Timely Warning Notification
Liberty University has become aware of two separate instances where the crimes of Rape, Aggravated Assault, and Fondling had occurred. It was reported that the two instances took place in November where a male student engaged in sexually inappropriate behavior.
During the first incident, the victim indicated that they were digitally penetrated in the Runk and Pratt Garage. During the second incident, the victim indicated that they were drugged, rendering them unconscious. While incapacitated, the suspect touched the victim's breasts and vaginal area without consent.
The suspect has been identified, and Liberty University has implemented interim measures to remove the individual from campus to ensure the safety of the community.
This Timely Warning Notification is being issued in accordance with the Jeanne Clery Disclosure of Campus Security Policy and Campus Crime Statistics Act.
Liberty's December 2024 alert came nine months after the [$14 million Clery Act fine](https://www.christianitytoday.com/news/2024/march/liberty-university-fined-campus-safety-sexual-assault.html) — the largest in Clery history — for documented underreporting from 2016-2023
Aggregating two separate incidents into a single timely warning is permitted under Clery when they share a common suspect — the 'continuing threat' rationale here is single-suspect-driven
The clinical-anatomical specificity ('digitally penetrated,' 'touched the victim's breasts and vaginal area without consent') is unusual in Clery alerts and follows the FBI UCR definitions for Rape and Fondling
'Interim measures to remove the individual from campus' references Title IX interim restrictions — commingling Clery and Title IX disclosures the way Augsburg does, but rare among private peers
Runk and Pratt Garage is a [parking structure on Liberty's campus](https://www.liberty.edu/police/) — disclosing the building name is unusually specific given Liberty's history of suppressing location detail
Rape + Aggravated Assault + Fondling triple-classification is FBI UCR-compliant: aggravated assault here likely refers to the drugging-into-unconsciousness as a separate offense from the sexual touching