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UTC-ALERT: Timely Warning – Assault and Aggravated Criminal Trespassing
A Timely Warning is being issued on 04/17/2025 regarding crimes that were reported to have occurred on University-owned, controlled, or adjacent property.
On Monday, April 14, 2025, a student reported that an individual was found in the laundry room of Lockmiller Apartments (720 Oak Street, Chattanooga, TN 37403) without permission. The student reported that the individual inappropriately touched her during that time.
On Tuesday, April 15, 2025, UTC staff reported that the accused had entered the University Center and visited one or more offices during business hours the prior week.
On Thursday, April 17, 2025, a student reported that on the evening of Wednesday, April 16, 2025, while working in the UTC Library, they observed an individual taking potentially inappropriate photos of females.
The suspect has been identified and law enforcement action is underway. The crimes are being investigated by the UTC Police Department.
This Timely Warning is being issued in compliance with the Jeanne Clery Disclosure of Campus Security Policy and Campus Crime Statistics Act.
Aggregated timely warning combining a fondling/inappropriate-touching report (April 14) and a voyeurism/photographing-without-consent report (April 17) — same suspect satisfies the 'continuing threat' Clery rationale
'Aggravated Criminal Trespassing' is the Tennessee statutory term for trespassing in or on a residence after notice of non-permission — the underlying basis for the Clery sex-offense classification
Naming the laundry-room location specifically (not just 'a residence hall') and disclosing the apartment-complex address is unusually transparent for a sexual-offense alert
The library-photography incident is a [voyeurism / unauthorized recording](https://www.justia.com/criminal/offenses/sex-crimes/voyeurism/) report — typically tagged under Clery's 'Sex Offenses (other)' category
Same-day timely warning issuance after the second incident contrasts favorably with peer institutions that aggregate over weeks; the suspect was arrested the same day per [News Channel 9 reporting](https://newschannel9.com/news/local/several-incidents-on-utc-campus-lead-to-chattanooga-man-charged-with-assault-trespassing-gabriel-montesinos-corzo)
Suspect [Gabriel Montesinos Corzo was later charged](https://www.local3news.com/local-news/update-former-utc-student-arrested-on-sexual-exploitation-charges-from-2025/article_1d2df33a-d89f-417f-93ec-903616ab66c4.html) with sexual exploitation of a minor — the timely warning's 'continuing threat' framing was vindicated