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9:45 P.M. on West Fourth Street: A Vehicle Disappears Near Penn College's Williamsport Campus

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Pennsylvania College of Technology's Crime Alerts and Timely Warnings page reported a vehicle theft at approximately 9:45 p.m. on September 11, 2024, in the 1000 block of West Fourth Street, just off the Williamsport campus. The Williamsport Bureau of Police took over the investigation, and the college reminded students to lock vehicle doors and remove keys.

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Institution
Pennsylvania College of Technology
Technical College · PA
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Some alert texts below are approximate reconstructions from news coverage, not confirmed verbatim transcripts. Reconstructed texts are shown in italic with a dashed border. Verified verbatim texts have a solid border and are marked accordingly.

INITIAL ALERTEmail
Approximate reconstructionPennsylvania College of Technology Crime Alerts and Timely Warnings archive285 chars
Crime Alert: Vehicle Theft. On Wednesday, September 11, 2024 at approximately 9:45 p.m., a vehicle theft was reported in the 1000 block of W. 4th St. The Williamsport Bureau of Police is investigating this incident. Always remember to lock your doors and take keys out of your vehicle.

This text has been reconstructed from news coverage and may not reflect the exact original wording.

The closing reminder, 'Always remember to lock your doors and take keys out of your vehicle,' is drawn directly from Penn College's published alert text as indexed in search results
The 1000 block of West Fourth Street sits just off Penn College's Williamsport, Pennsylvania campus, within the mixed campus-and-city geography typical of a technical college without a fully enclosed campus perimeter
This is a paraphrase built from indexed excerpts of Penn College's Crime Alerts and Timely Warnings page; the literal full wording could not be independently confirmed because the source page could not be fully retrieved in this session
Context

Background

Pennsylvania College of Technology is a technical college affiliated with Penn State and based in Williamsport, Pennsylvania, and publishes Clery Act Crime Alerts and Timely Warnings on a dedicated campus safety page. On September 11, 2024, the college reported a vehicle theft at approximately 9:45 p.m. in the 1000 block of West Fourth Street, adjacent to the main campus, and turned the investigation over to the Williamsport Bureau of Police, the municipal department with jurisdiction over that stretch of street. The Clery Act requires institutions to disclose crimes occurring on public property immediately adjacent to campus, which is why a theft on a city street bordering Penn College still triggered a college-issued alert even though a municipal, not campus, department handled the investigation.
Analysis

Key Findings

The theft occurred on a public street adjacent to campus rather than in a college-controlled lot, illustrating how Clery Act geography extends notification obligations beyond property the institution directly owns
Williamsport's municipal police, not Penn College's own campus security, held primary investigative jurisdiction, a common arrangement for technical and community colleges without a fully enclosed campus
The alert's exact timestamp, 9:45 p.m., is unusually precise for a property crime alert in this archive, suggesting the theft was either witnessed or reported very shortly after it occurred
No arrest or recovery was reported, consistent with the generally low resolution rate documented for motor vehicle theft elsewhere in this archive
Outcome
The Williamsport Bureau of Police investigated. No arrest or vehicle recovery was reported in available coverage.
Provenance

Sources

  1. Official
    Crime Alerts and Timely Warnings (Pennsylvania College of Technology)
    pct.edu
    archived copy
Cite this case

Campus Alert Archive. "Pennsylvania College of Technology: 9:45 P.M. on West Fourth Street: A Vehicle Disappears Near Penn College's Williamsport Campus." Incident of September 11, 2024. Added July 2026. https://campusalertarchive.com/case/penn-college-of-technology-vehicle-theft-2024-09-11/

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motor-vehicle-thefttechnical-collegepennsylvaniawilliamsportoff-campustimely-warning2024Under Investigation
Added July 2026Updated July 2026Via ingestion