{
  "id": "2025-10-02-el-camino-college-lot-c-fondling",
  "slug": "el-camino-college-lot-c-fondling-2025-10-02",
  "institution": {
    "name": "El Camino College",
    "shortName": "El Camino",
    "state": "CA",
    "type": "community-college",
    "alertSystemName": "El Camino College Timely Warning / RAVE",
    "enrollment": 20000
  },
  "incident": {
    "date": "2025-10-02",
    "type": "sexual-offense",
    "cleryCategory": "timely-warning",
    "resolution": "under-investigation",
    "headline": "A fondling in Lot C draws a timely warning and a suspect description",
    "headlinePublic": "A fondling in Lot C draws a timely warning and a suspect description",
    "summary": "El Camino College Police [issued a timely warning for a fondling in Lot C](https://www.elcamino.edu/support/health-safety/police/specnotice/docs/Timely%20Warning%2010%202%2025.pdf). The notice describes a male adult in a black hoodie.",
    "outcome": "The notice describes a suspect and asks people who saw something to contact police. No arrest is stated."
  },
  "alerts": [
    {
      "sequence": 1,
      "type": "initial",
      "timestampApprox": "October 2, 2025. The notice states the incident time as 10:56 AM and gives no sent clock.",
      "channel": "website",
      "verbatimText": "   Timely Warning\n\n\n\n\n    What is this notice? In compliance with the federal Jeanne Clery Campus Safety Act, this “Timely Warning” is being\n     sent to inform the campus community about an incident that may pose a serious or continuing threat which allows\n                               community members to take precautions for personal safety.\n\nTYPE OF CRIME:                           Fondling\n\nDATE OF INCIDENT:                        October 2, 2025\nTIME OF INCIDENT:                        10:56 AM\n\nLOCATION:                                Lot C\n\nSYNOPSIS:                                On Thursday, October 2, 2025, at approximately 11:04 AM, the El\n                                         Camino College Police Department received a report that a suspect\n                                         approached the victim and touched them on the buttocks.\n\n\n\n\nSUSPECT DESCRIPTION:                     A male adult wearing black hoodie, white shorts, black shoes, with a\n                                         black backpack\n\n\n\n\n       El Camino College Police Department Recommendations For Your Safety:\n\n   •      Trust your instincts. If you feel unsafe or uncomfortable in any situation or location, go with your gut – it probably\n          isn’t the best place to be.\n   •      In the event of an attack, get to a safe place, contact law enforcement immediately, preserve any evidence, and\n          consider the resources available to you through the college, many of which can be found at:\n          www.elcamino.edu/departments/title-ix-diversity-and-inclusion/resources.aspx\n   •      If you see something, say something. By working together, we all contribute to the safety of our campus.\n   •       In an emergency, contact Campus Police by calling 911 from a landline phone, 310-660-3100 from a cell phone,\n          or use a campus “Code Blue” emergency phone.\n   •      Have keys in hand before walking to your car.\n   •      Always be aware of your surroundings. Remember the use of cell phones may significantly distract you.\n   •      Don’t walk alone. Use the buddy system.\n\f•   Use ECC Courtesy Shuttle operated by ECC Police; on-call 24 hours. Use one of the police phones located\n    throughout campus or call 310-660-3100.\n•   Night students and faculty are encouraged to park in the same general area as other faculty or students with night\n    classes in their building. This provides the opportunity for a group of students and faculty to walk together to their\n    cars after dark.\n•   Immediately report any suspicious activity to Campus Police.\n•   Be alert! Be prepared!\n•   suspicious activity to campus police.\n•   Be alert! Be prepared!\n\n    SIGN UP TO RECEIVE RAVE EMERGENCY ALERTS FROM CAMPUS POLICE. TEXT ECCPD TO 226787\n                                        (CAMPUS).\n\f",
      "isVerbatimConfirmed": true,
      "confidence": "high",
      "sourceUrl": "https://www.elcamino.edu/support/health-safety/police/specnotice/docs/Timely%20Warning%2010%202%2025.pdf",
      "sourceDescription": "El Camino College Police timely warning PDF, fondling in Lot C",
      "annotations": [
        "Dual read 2026-10-12. Two curls of the PDF were byte-identical, sha256 48a384443f9f4c267a128a5705c5738fa1a215c770f0f413706b139091f9a76e.",
        "pdftotext -layout extracts matched, 2817 characters, sha256 16b19127422ee99ee7a10577ead82284cf1c9e06561ea378e9632e50f1c6e52c. Layout, the repeated page-2 lines, and the source punctuation are kept.",
        "SPN not attempted at 07:31Z"
      ],
      "characterCount": 2817
    }
  ],
  "context": "The text is the police timely-warning PDF for a fondling reported in Lot C. It is the transmitted warning, kept with the PDF layout.",
  "keyFindings": [
    "A suspect touched a victim on the buttocks in Lot C. The notice gives the incident time as 10:56 AM and the report time as 11:04 AM.",
    "The notice describes a male adult in a black hoodie, white shorts, black shoes, and a black backpack."
  ],
  "sources": [
    {
      "title": "El Camino College Police timely warning, fondling in Lot C, October 2, 2025",
      "url": "https://www.elcamino.edu/support/health-safety/police/specnotice/docs/Timely%20Warning%2010%202%2025.pdf",
      "type": "official-archive",
      "accessDate": "2026-10-12",
      "archiveUrl": null,
      "archiveNotes": "SPN not attempted at 07:31Z"
    }
  ],
  "confidence": "high",
  "tags": [
    "community-college",
    "california",
    "timely-warning",
    "fondling"
  ],
  "dateAdded": "2026-10-12",
  "lastUpdated": "2026-10-12",
  "addedBy": "ingestion"
}