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  "id": "2019-01-28-penn-college-dauphin-hall-suspicious-males-elevator",
  "slug": "penn-college-dauphin-hall-suspicious-males-elevator-2019-01-28",
  "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": "2019-01-28",
    "type": "robbery",
    "cleryCategory": "timely-warning",
    "resolution": "under-investigation",
    "headline": "Suspicious non-student males seen entering Dauphin Hall elevator",
    "headlinePublic": "Suspicious non-student males seen entering Dauphin Hall elevator",
    "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": "2019-01-28",
      "channel": "email",
      "verbatimText": "January 28, 2019. Two males, believed to not be students, were seen entering an elevator in Dauphin Hall on Monday and then leaving the building through another door with some items that were later reported stolen. These males had entered the building behind a student who had authorized access via the student ID card. College Police are trying to identify the two males entering the elevator. If anyone information please contact College Police at 570-321-5555. As a safety reminder to all students living in the residence halls you should always lock your doors. Be suspicious of anyone you do not recognize as living in your building or attempting to follow you in after you have gained access to the building or wandering the halls. If you do encounter this type of activity, call College Police immediately. Police will be increasing their presence in all of the residence halls across campus. 2018 Off-Campus Attempted Robbery On Thursday, August 23, at 9:49 p.m., an 18 year-old Penn College student reported an attempted robbery to the Williamsport Bureau of Police.",
      "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: January 28, 2019",
      "annotations": [
        "Verbatim from official Pennsylvania College of Technology crime alerts page."
      ],
      "characterCount": 1075,
      "confidence": "high"
    }
  ],
  "context": "Penn College crime alerts residual archive (wider b98). [Suspicious non-student males seen entering Dauphin Hall elevator](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 - January 28, 2019",
      "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"
}