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  "id": "2026-04-07-columbia-college-chicago-wabash-phone-snatch-transfer",
  "slug": "columbia-college-chicago-wabash-phone-snatch-transfer-2026-04-07",
  "institution": {
    "name": "Columbia College Chicago",
    "shortName": "Columbia Chicago",
    "state": "IL",
    "type": "private-bachelors",
    "alertSystemName": "Campus Safety Alert"
  },
  "incident": {
    "date": "2026-04-07",
    "type": "robbery",
    "cleryCategory": "timely-warning",
    "resolution": "contained",
    "headline": "Phone-snatch fund transfer near 1147 South Wabash",
    "headlinePublic": "Phone-snatch fund transfer near 1147 South Wabash",
    "summary": "Campus Safety [issued a Crime Advisory after two offenders obtained a victim's phone near 1147 South Wabash Avenue and transferred funds without consent](https://students.colum.edu/safety/pdf/alerts/46427901_april_7_2026.pdf).",
    "outcome": "Crime Advisory issued the same day referencing CPD JK-209074. Device returned after the transfer."
  },
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    {
      "sequence": 1,
      "type": "initial",
      "timestampApprox": "2026-04-07",
      "channel": "email",
      "verbatimText": "April 7, 2026\n\nColumbia College Chicago Community:\n\nCrime Advisory\n\nThe Chicago Police Department is investigating an incident that occurred on April 7, 2026, at approximately 2:00 p.m., near 1147 South Wabash Avenue.\n\nTwo offenders approached the victim seeking a charitable donation. The offenders obtained possession of the victim's mobile phone and then transferred funds without consent before returning the device.\n\nAnyone with additional information should contact Campus Security at 312-369-3220 and the Chicago Police Department Detectives at 312-744-8263 referencing JK-209074.",
      "isVerbatimConfirmed": true,
      "confidence": "high",
      "sourceUrl": "https://students.colum.edu/safety/pdf/alerts/46427901_april_7_2026.pdf",
      "sourceDescription": "Campus Safety Crime Advisory PDF April 7, 2026",
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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). The April 8 PDF on the same index is a CPD Community Alert image wrap with no extractable college body and is not filed.",
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    "Timely Crime Advisory for a charitable-donation pretext phone snatch and fund transfer near 1147 South Wabash."
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      "title": "Crime Advisory PDF April 7, 2026",
      "url": "https://students.colum.edu/safety/pdf/alerts/46427901_april_7_2026.pdf",
      "type": "official-archive",
      "accessDate": "2026-08-23",
      "archiveUrl": null,
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  "confidence": "high",
  "tags": [
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    "illinois",
    "robbery",
    "timely-warning"
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  "dateAdded": "2026-08-23",
  "lastUpdated": "2026-08-23",
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