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A Two-Week Stalking Pattern at Penn State Beaver: How a Branch Campus Issues a Clery Stalking Warning

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Between March 19, 2024 and April 2, 2024, Penn State Beaver University Police received reports of a stalking pattern. The report was made at 6:08 PM EDT on April 6, 2024, and a Clery VAWA timely warning was posted on April 8, 2024, two days later. The case is part of Penn State's centralized timely-warning archive, which spans 24 campuses and is one of the most transparent in higher education.

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INITIAL ALERTEmail
Verified verbatimPenn State Timely Warnings (timelywarnings.psu.edu) — Beaver campus, case 24BR00014734 chars
Stalking - VAWA has occurred at Beaver Case Number: 24BR00014 University Police received a report of a stalking at 6:08 p.m. on April 6, 2024. The reported incident occurred between March 19, 2024 and April 2, 2024 at Penn State Beaver. It can be assumed that conditions continue to exist that may pose a threat to members and guests of the University community. This warning is being issued in compliance with the Jeanne Clery Disclosure of Campus Security Policy and Campus Crime Statistics Act and the Violence Against Women Reauthorization Act (VAWA). Members of the campus community are urged to use caution. Anyone with information regarding this incident is asked to contact Penn State University Police at (724) 773-3888.
Penn State maintains a centralized timely-warning archive at timelywarnings.psu.edu spanning all 24 campuses — one of the most transparent in higher education
Headline format 'Stalking - VAWA has occurred at [Campus]' uses the federal statutory category (VAWA) directly in the title
Case numbering (24BR00014) is published — 'BR' = Beaver, 14th case logged in 2024
Two-week incident window (March 19 - April 2) is unusually long for a single timely warning; it reflects the cumulative-pattern nature of stalking
'It can be assumed that conditions continue to exist' is Penn State's standardized continuing-threat language across all campuses
Penn State Beaver is a small branch campus (~600 students) — even small campuses have full Clery obligations and issue formal timely warnings
No suspect description is provided — common in stalking cases to protect investigation and potentially the survivor's identity
VAWA citation alongside Clery is appropriate and best practice for stalking, dating violence, and domestic violence warnings
Context

Background

Penn State operates one of the most transparent and well-organized timely warning archives in higher education. Every Clery and VAWA warning across the university's 24 campuses is published at timelywarnings.psu.edu under campus-specific URLs (e.g., '/beaver/' for Penn State Beaver), with case numbers, incident dates, and standardized continuing-threat language. According to Daily Collegian reporting, since January 2022 Penn State has issued 31 timely warnings system-wide, including 24 sexual offenses, two stalking cases, one aggravated assault, three burglaries, and one motor vehicle theft. This April 2024 Penn State Beaver stalking warning illustrates the legal framework: stalking is a VAWA-covered Clery crime requiring timely warning when continuing-threat conditions are met, and the standardized phrase 'It can be assumed that conditions continue to exist that may pose a threat' is the institution's bright-line trigger. The two-week incident window (March 19 to April 2) reflects the cumulative-pattern nature of stalking — unlike most Clery crimes, the offense is constituted by a course of conduct rather than a discrete event.
Analysis

Key Findings

Penn State's centralized timely-warning archive spans all 24 campuses with case numbers — a model of transparency
Stalking is a VAWA-covered Clery crime requiring timely warning; dual-statutory citation is best practice
The incident-window format (March 19 - April 2) reflects stalking's cumulative-pattern nature rather than a discrete event
Even small branch campuses (~600 students at Penn State Beaver) have full Clery obligations
Standardized continuing-threat language ('It can be assumed that conditions continue to exist') reflects an institutional bright-line trigger
Stalking warnings rarely include suspect descriptions to protect investigation and potentially the survivor's identity
Stalking timely warnings are rare — only 2 of 31 Penn State warnings since 2022, despite stalking being a common reported crime
Outcome
Investigation ongoing. Warning posted with Clery/VAWA continuing-threat language. Suspect identification not made public.
Provenance

Sources

  1. Official
    Penn State Beaver Timely Warning — Stalking VAWA (case 24BR00014)
    timelywarnings.psu.edu
  2. Official
    Penn State Timely Warnings centralized archive
    timelywarnings.psu.edu
  3. Student Paper
    What to know about timely warnings — Daily Collegian
    psucollegian.com
  4. Clery ASR
    Penn State Beaver 2024 Annual Security Report
    police.psu.edu
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