{
  "id": "2023-09-09-penn-college-vine-ave-sexual-assault",
  "slug": "penn-college-vine-ave-sexual-assault-2023-09-09",
  "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": "2023-09-09",
    "type": "sexual-assault",
    "cleryCategory": "timely-warning",
    "resolution": "under-investigation",
    "headline": "Sexual assault reported off campus Vine Ave September 2023",
    "headlinePublic": "Sexual assault reported off campus Vine Ave September 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 Saturday September 9, 2023 at 1:40 p.m.",
      "channel": "email",
      "verbatimText": "Sexual Assault Reported Off Campus\n\nBased on a report received on Saturday, September 9, 2023 at 1:40p.m., a 20-year-old student reported she was sexually assaulted overnight at an off campus residence on Vine Ave. The victim had reported that the actor was an acquaintance she had met for the first time that night.\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": 973,
      "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"
}