{
  "id": "2024-09-20-cypress-college-timely-warning-groping",
  "slug": "cypress-college-timely-warning-groping-2024-09-20",
  "institution": {
    "name": "Cypress College",
    "shortName": "Cypress",
    "state": "CA",
    "type": "community-college",
    "alertSystemName": "Cypress College Campus Safety",
    "enrollment": 15000
  },
  "incident": {
    "date": "2024-09-20",
    "type": "sexual-offense",
    "cleryCategory": "timely-warning",
    "headline": "Three on-campus groping incidents; suspect later arrested",
    "summary": "Cypress College [issued a timely warning](https://www.cypresscollege.edu/portfolio/timely-warning-three-students-report-be) after three on-campus groping/forcible-kiss incidents, then published an arrest update. Full text recovered.",
    "outcome": "The suspect was arrested by Cypress Police on September 25, 2024, and booked into Orange County Jail pending trial. Campus Safety credited witness and victim information that came in after the timely warning.",
    "resolution": "confirmed-threat",
    "headlinePublic": "Three on-campus groping incidents; suspect later arrested"
  },
  "alerts": [
    {
      "sequence": 1,
      "type": "initial",
      "timestampApprox": "September 20, 2024 Timely Warning (incident Sept 19)",
      "channel": "email",
      "verbatimText": "On the late afternoon of Thursday, September 19, 2024, three female students reported separate incidents in which they were forcibly kissed and groped against their will while on campus. The suspect is unidentified with unknown whereabouts.\n\nThe suspect (photograph below) was described as a male in his mid 30s with black hair, brown eyes, visible tattoos on his neck. He was wearing a grey sweatshirt and hat. He also was carrying a blue Stanley-style water bottle and a clipboard. The suspect was last seen on video near the pond.\n\nThe first incident took place at approximately 1:45 p.m. near the Library/Learning Resource Center. The second incident took place near Technical Education 3 at approximately 3 p.m. The final incident was reported near the VRC/pond at about 3:30 p.m.\n\nAnyone with information about the incident or about the suspect should contact Campus Safety at (714) 484-7387. Imminent threats should be reported to 911.\n\nStudents and employees are reminded to report incidents or suspicious behavior to Campus Safety and/or Cypress Police immediately. Additionally, students are reminded that Campus Safety can be reached 24 hours a day, 7 days a week at (714) 484-7387, and that it is important to program that number into their mobile phones for quick access.",
      "isVerbatimConfirmed": true,
      "sourceUrl": "https://www.cypresscollege.edu/portfolio/timely-warning-three-students-report-be",
      "sourceDescription": "Official Cypress College timely warning page",
      "annotations": [
        "Verbatim from official Cypress College portfolio/timely-warning page."
      ],
      "characterCount": 1284,
      "confidence": "high"
    },
    {
      "sequence": 2,
      "type": "update",
      "timestampApprox": "After September 25, 2024 arrest",
      "channel": "website",
      "verbatimText": "The suspect referenced in Cypress College's September 20, 2024 Timely Warning is currently in custody after being arrested by members of the Cypress Police Department on Wednesday, September 25, 2024.\n\nFollowing his arrest, the suspect was taken to Orange County Jail, where he remains pending trial.\n\nCypress College thanks members of our community who provided information to the Campus Safety Office following release of the Timely Warning. Campus Safety worked closely alongside the Cypress Police Department to gather evidence.\n\nThe coordination between Cypress College Campus Safety and the Cypress Police Department, aided strongly by information from witnesses and the victims, helped bring about the successful investigative resolution.",
      "isVerbatimConfirmed": true,
      "sourceUrl": "https://www.cypresscollege.edu/portfolio/timely-warning-three-students-report-be",
      "sourceDescription": "Official Cypress College timely warning page (arrest update)",
      "annotations": [
        "Verbatim arrest update from same official Cypress page."
      ],
      "characterCount": 745,
      "confidence": "high"
    }
  ],
  "context": "On the afternoon of September 19, 2024, three female students at Cypress College in Orange County separately reported that an unknown man forcibly kissed and groped them against their will while on campus. The college issued a [Clery timely warning on September 20, 2024](https://www.cypresscollege.edu/portfolio/timely-warning-three-students-report-being-forcibly-kissed-groped/) asking the community for information. The warning produced tips, and [Cypress College Campus Safety, working with the Cypress Police Department, arrested the suspect on September 25, 2024](https://www.cypresscollege.edu/academics/divisions-special-programs/services/campus-safety/timely-warnings/); he was booked into Orange County Jail pending trial. The case is a clear illustration of the Clery Act's timely-warning mechanism functioning as intended at a community college, the public notice directly generated the information that secured arrest and search warrants. Cypress College documents such notices on its [Campus Safety timely-warnings page](https://www.cypresscollege.edu/academics/divisions-special-programs/services/campus-safety/timely-warnings/).",
  "keyFindings": [
    "Official timely warning and arrest-update sequence recovered from Cypress College."
  ],
  "sources": [
    {
      "title": "Timely Warning: Three Students Report Being Forcibly Kissed, Groped",
      "url": "https://www.cypresscollege.edu/portfolio/timely-warning-three-students-report-being-forcibly-kissed-groped/",
      "type": "official-archive"
    },
    {
      "title": "Timely Warnings — Cypress College Campus Safety",
      "url": "https://www.cypresscollege.edu/academics/divisions-special-programs/services/campus-safety/timely-warnings/",
      "type": "official-archive"
    }
  ],
  "confidence": "medium",
  "tags": [
    "sexual-offense",
    "timely-warning",
    "california",
    "community-college",
    "clery",
    "arrest",
    "orange-county"
  ],
  "dateAdded": "2026-05-29",
  "lastUpdated": "2026-07-26",
  "addedBy": "ingestion"
}