{
  "id": "2008-09-18-penn-college-assault-suspect-taken-into-custody",
  "slug": "penn-college-assault-suspect-taken-into-custody-2008-09-18",
  "institution": {
    "name": "Pennsylvania College of Technology",
    "shortName": "Penn College",
    "state": "PA",
    "type": "technical-college",
    "alertSystemName": "Penn College Crime Alert / Timely Warning",
    "enrollment": 4000
  },
  "incident": {
    "date": "2008-09-18",
    "type": "robbery",
    "cleryCategory": "timely-warning",
    "resolution": "under-investigation",
    "headline": "Man accused of assaulting acquainted Penn College student taken into custody",
    "headlinePublic": "Man accused of assaulting acquainted Penn College student taken into custody",
    "summary": "Pennsylvania College of Technology Police [published a crime alert/timely warning](https://www.pct.edu/student-life/campus-safety/crime-alerts-and-timely-warnings). Full text recovered from the official archive page.",
    "outcome": "See official Penn College crime alerts archive."
  },
  "alerts": [
    {
      "sequence": 1,
      "type": "initial",
      "timestampApprox": "2008-09-18",
      "channel": "email",
      "verbatimText": "September 18, 2008 A man accused of a Tuesday assault of a Penn College student with whom he was acquainted was taken into custody by Penn College Police and the U.S. Marshal's office Wednesday around 11 p.m. at the Maryland/Pennsylvania border. David Smith was arraigned before a district judge and committed to the Lycoming County Prison. Smith is charged with assault, attempted kidnapping, robbery, motor vehicle theft and receiving stolen property. Assault and Theft of Vehicle on Campus",
      "isVerbatimConfirmed": true,
      "sourceUrl": "https://www.pct.edu/student-life/campus-safety/crime-alerts-and-timely-warnings",
      "sourceDescription": "Penn College Crime Alerts and Timely Warnings archive: September 18, 2008",
      "annotations": [
        "Verbatim from official Pennsylvania College of Technology crime alerts page."
      ],
      "characterCount": 492,
      "confidence": "high"
    }
  ],
  "context": "Penn College crime alerts residual archive (wider b98). [Man accused of assaulting acquainted Penn College student taken into custody](https://www.pct.edu/student-life/campus-safety/crime-alerts-and-timely-warnings).",
  "keyFindings": [
    "Complete official Penn College crime alert text recovered from the university archive page."
  ],
  "sources": [
    {
      "title": "Penn College Crime Alert - September 18, 2008",
      "url": "https://www.pct.edu/student-life/campus-safety/crime-alerts-and-timely-warnings",
      "type": "official-archive",
      "accessDate": "2026-07-26"
    }
  ],
  "confidence": "high",
  "tags": [
    "technical-college",
    "pennsylvania",
    "penn-college",
    "wider-reach"
  ],
  "dateAdded": "2026-07-26",
  "lastUpdated": "2026-07-26",
  "addedBy": "ingestion"
}