{
  "id": "2025-07-18-mit-sailing-pavilion-indecent-assault",
  "slug": "mit-sailing-pavilion-indecent-assault-2025-07-18",
  "institution": {
    "name": "Massachusetts Institute of Technology",
    "shortName": "MIT",
    "state": "MA",
    "type": "private-r1",
    "alertSystemName": "MIT Police Timely Warnings",
    "enrollment": 12000
  },
  "incident": {
    "date": "2025-07-18",
    "type": "sexual-offense",
    "cleryCategory": "timely-warning",
    "resolution": "under-investigation",
    "headline": "Timely warning for indecent assault on bike path near Sailing Pavilion",
    "headlinePublic": "Timely warning for indecent assault on bike path near Sailing Pavilion",
    "summary": "On July 18, 2025, MIT Police [issued a timely warning](https://police.mit.edu/crime-alert/timely-warning-indecent-assault-and-battery) for an indecent assault and battery on the bike path adjacent to the Sailing Pavilion (Building 51) at 134 Memorial Drive.",
    "outcome": "MIT Police investigation ongoing; community tips requested in the notice."
  },
  "alerts": [
    {
      "sequence": 1,
      "type": "initial",
      "channel": "email",
      "verbatimText": "On July 18, 2025, at 6:30 PM, the MIT Police took a report of an Indecent Assault and Battery that occurred on the bike path adjacent to the Sailing Pavilion (Building 51). The Sailing Pavilion is located at 134 Memorial Drive in Cambridge. According to the reporting party, a male party, while riding a bicycle, grabbed a female party on the breast and then fled toward the Longfellow Bridge.\n\n The MIT Police Department, Massachusetts State Police, and other partner agencies are actively investigating this assault.\n\nThe suspect is described as a white male, approximately 30-40 years old, dark or tan skin, short hair, with a thin, muscular build. The suspect was wearing gray shoes, black sunglasses operating a dark colored bike. The suspect was not wearing a shirt at the time of the assault.\n\nMIT Police Department\nThe MIT Police have specially trained men and women officers who investigate sexual assaults. During all interviews, the MIT Police will make every effort to offer female survivors an opportunity to have a female officer present, and male officers for male survivors. In addition, the MIT Police will help a survivor, who wishes to do so, make contact with:\n\nViolence Prevention and Response (VPR)\nFor emotional support, assistance in reporting, and/or to learn more about your available options, contact Violence Prevention & Response (VPR), MIT’s primary, confidential, on-campus resource for issues pertaining to sexual assault, stalking, sexual harassment and domestic/dating violence. Contact VPR by phone at 617-253-2300. For non-urgent situations, you can also reach them at VPRadvocate@mit.edu.\n\nInstitute Discrimination and Harassment Response Office (IDHR)\n\n For information about MIT’s Title IX reporting options and procedures please contact the IDHR Office at idhr@mit.edu or visit idhr.mit.edu.\n\nMIT is committed to educating the campus community in ways to prevent sexual assault. Throughout the academic year and during orientation, MIT Medical, the Office of the Dean for Student Life, the MIT Police, and certain student organizations deliver educational programs to parents, students, employees, and other members of the community. These sessions provide information on preventing sexual assault and rape, supporting friends who are survivors of sexual assault, security programs, residence hall and Institute-wide regulations and behavior standards, and an outline of the resources available to members of the MIT community.\n\nCaptain Andrew Turco\n\n MIT Police\n\n 570 Memorial Drive\n\n Cambridge, MA 02139\n\n 617-253-1212 \nmitpd@mit.edu",
      "isVerbatimConfirmed": true,
      "sourceUrl": "https://police.mit.edu/crime-alert/timely-warning-indecent-assault-and-battery",
      "sourceDescription": "MIT Police timely warning",
      "annotations": [
        "Full official notice text recovered from public university source."
      ],
      "characterCount": 2575,
      "timestampApprox": "MIT Police timely warning for incident date 2025-07-18"
    }
  ],
  "context": "MIT Police maintains a public [timely-warnings archive](https://police.mit.edu/timely-warnings). This incident's full notice is recovered from the official [crime-alert page](https://police.mit.edu/crime-alert/timely-warning-indecent-assault-and-battery).",
  "keyFindings": [
    "Official MITPD timely-warning narrative with location and guidance"
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  "sources": [
    {
      "title": "MIT Police timely warning",
      "url": "https://police.mit.edu/crime-alert/timely-warning-indecent-assault-and-battery",
      "type": "official-archive",
      "accessDate": "2026-07-21"
    }
  ],
  "confidence": "high",
  "tags": [
    "sexual-offense",
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    "mit",
    "2025"
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  "dateAdded": "2026-07-21",
  "lastUpdated": "2026-07-21",
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}