{
  "id": "2023-09-23-penn-college-off-campus-sexual-assault",
  "slug": "penn-college-off-campus-sexual-assault-2023-09-23",
  "institution": {
    "name": "Pennsylvania College of Technology",
    "shortName": "Penn College",
    "state": "PA",
    "type": "technical-college",
    "alertSystemName": "Penn College Police Campus Alert / Timely Warning",
    "enrollment": 5000
  },
  "incident": {
    "date": "2023-09-23",
    "type": "sexual-assault",
    "cleryCategory": "timely-warning",
    "resolution": "under-investigation",
    "headline": "Sexual assault reported off campus September 23 2023",
    "headlinePublic": "Sexual assault reported off campus September 23 2023",
    "summary": "Pennsylvania College of Technology Police [published a campus alert](https://www.pct.edu/student-life/campus-safety/crime-alerts-and-timely-warnings). Full text recovered from the official crime-alerts archive.",
    "outcome": "See official campus alert."
  },
  "alerts": [
    {
      "sequence": 1,
      "type": "initial",
      "timestampApprox": "Report Monday September 25, 2023 regarding Saturday September 23, 2023",
      "channel": "email",
      "verbatimText": "Sexual Assault Reported Off Campus\n\nBased on a report received on Monday, September 25th, 2023, a 19-year-old student reported she was sexually assaulted at an off campus apartment on Saturday, September 23rd, 2023. The victim reported that she was sexually assaulted by a male non-student who was an acquaintance.\n\nIf you find yourself in a similar situation or one in which you feel you are in danger, call a friend, a family member or the police immediately. If you have been the victim of a sexual assault and do not wish to report it to the police, you may contact Tanya Berfield, Title IX Coordinator for sexual misconduct issues, at 570-320-5228 or the Crisis Hotline anonymously at 1-800-326-8483 for help and support. You have the right to have any allegations of sexual assault investigated and adjudicated by the appropriate campus, civil and criminal authorities. If you choose to call the police for help, it is your decision whether to have it investigated.",
      "isVerbatimConfirmed": true,
      "sourceUrl": "https://www.pct.edu/student-life/campus-safety/crime-alerts-and-timely-warnings",
      "sourceDescription": "Official Penn College Police crime alerts page",
      "annotations": [
        "Verbatim from official PCT police crime-alerts archive."
      ],
      "characterCount": 971,
      "confidence": "high"
    }
  ],
  "context": "Official PCT Police crime-alerts archive.",
  "keyFindings": [
    "Complete official campus alert text recovered."
  ],
  "sources": [
    {
      "title": "Crime Alerts and Timely Warnings - PCT",
      "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",
    "timely-warning",
    "pennsylvania"
  ],
  "dateAdded": "2026-07-26",
  "lastUpdated": "2026-07-26",
  "addedBy": "ingestion"
}