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  "id": "2025-05-12-columbia-college-chicago-van-buren-plymouth-arm-grab",
  "slug": "columbia-college-chicago-van-buren-plymouth-arm-grab-2025-05-12",
  "institution": {
    "name": "Columbia College Chicago",
    "shortName": "Columbia Chicago",
    "state": "IL",
    "type": "private-bachelors",
    "alertSystemName": "Campus Safety Alert"
  },
  "incident": {
    "date": "2025-05-12",
    "type": "assault",
    "cleryCategory": "timely-warning",
    "resolution": "contained",
    "headline": "Arm grabbed under the CTA tracks at Van Buren and Plymouth",
    "headlinePublic": "Arm grabbed under the CTA tracks at Van Buren and Plymouth",
    "summary": "Campus Safety [issued a Crime Advisory after an unknown offender grabbed a person's arm under the CTA tracks near Van Buren Street and Plymouth Court](https://students.colum.edu/safety/pdf/46427901_may_12_2025.pdf).",
    "outcome": "Crime Advisory issued the same morning referencing CPD JJ-251411."
  },
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      "sequence": 1,
      "type": "initial",
      "timestampApprox": "2025-05-12",
      "channel": "email",
      "verbatimText": "May 12, 2025\n\nColumbia College Chicago Community:\n\nCrime Advisory\n\nThe Chicago Police Department is investigating an incident that occurred on May 12, at 8:53 a.m. An individual was walking under the CTA train tracks near the intersection of Van Buren Street and Plymouth Court when an unknown offender grabbed their arm.\n\nAnyone with additional information should contact Campus Security at 312-369-3220 and the Chicago Police Department Detectives at 312-746-8263 reference JJ-251411.",
      "isVerbatimConfirmed": true,
      "confidence": "high",
      "sourceUrl": "https://students.colum.edu/safety/pdf/46427901_may_12_2025.pdf",
      "sourceDescription": "Campus Safety Crime Advisory PDF",
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  "context": "Columbia College Chicago posts Clery Crime Advisories as PDFs at [students.colum.edu/safety/campus-safety-alerts](https://students.colum.edu/safety/campus-safety-alerts).",
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    {
      "title": "Campus Safety Crime Advisory PDF",
      "url": "https://students.colum.edu/safety/pdf/46427901_may_12_2025.pdf",
      "type": "official-archive",
      "accessDate": "2026-08-23",
      "archiveUrl": null,
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    }
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  "confidence": "high",
  "tags": [
    "private-bachelors",
    "illinois",
    "assault",
    "timely-warning"
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  "dateAdded": "2026-08-23",
  "lastUpdated": "2026-08-23",
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