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  "id": "2025-01-23-columbia-college-chicago-van-buren-running-vehicle-taking",
  "slug": "columbia-college-chicago-van-buren-running-vehicle-taking-2025-01-23",
  "institution": {
    "name": "Columbia College Chicago",
    "shortName": "Columbia Chicago",
    "state": "IL",
    "type": "private-bachelors",
    "alertSystemName": "Campus Safety Alert"
  },
  "incident": {
    "date": "2025-01-23",
    "type": "motor-vehicle-theft",
    "cleryCategory": "timely-warning",
    "resolution": "contained",
    "headline": "Running vehicle taken from 37 W. Van Buren",
    "headlinePublic": "Running vehicle taken from 37 W. Van Buren",
    "summary": "Campus Safety [issued a January 24 Crime Advisory after an offender took an unoccupied running vehicle at 37 W. Van Buren Street](https://students.colum.edu/safety/pdf/46427901_january_24_2025.pdf).",
    "outcome": "Crime Advisory referencing CPD JJ-125160.",
    "endDate": "2025-01-24"
  },
  "alerts": [
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      "sequence": 1,
      "type": "initial",
      "timestampApprox": "2025-01-24",
      "channel": "email",
      "verbatimText": "January 24, 2025\n\nColumbia College Chicago Community:\n\nCrime Advisory\n\nThe Chicago Police Department is investigating an incident that occurred on January 23, 2025, at 10:15 p.m.\n\nAn offender entered an unoccupied running vehicle at 37 W. Van Buren Street. The offender took the vehicle without consent and drove west on Van Buren Street and then north on Dearborn Street.\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-125160.",
      "isVerbatimConfirmed": true,
      "confidence": "high",
      "sourceUrl": "https://students.colum.edu/safety/pdf/46427901_january_24_2025.pdf",
      "sourceDescription": "Campus Safety Crime Advisory PDF",
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        "Advisory body transcribed from the PDF text layer. Standing safety-precaution chrome omitted.",
        "Incident January 23; notice January 24. Distinct from 2025-01-27-columbia-college-chicago-student-center-vehicle-property-theft (property-from-vehicle vs taking the vehicle) and from 2025-09-18 Van Buren assaults."
      ],
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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_january_24_2025.pdf",
      "type": "official-archive",
      "accessDate": "2026-08-23",
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    }
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  "confidence": "high",
  "tags": [
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    "illinois",
    "motor-vehicle-theft",
    "timely-warning"
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  "dateAdded": "2026-08-23",
  "lastUpdated": "2026-08-23",
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