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  "id": "2024-08-30-penn-college-vine-avenue-sexual-assault",
  "slug": "penn-college-vine-avenue-sexual-assault-2024-08-30",
  "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": "2024-08-30",
    "type": "sexual-assault",
    "cleryCategory": "timely-warning",
    "resolution": "under-investigation",
    "headline": "Sexual assault reported off campus on Vine Avenue",
    "headlinePublic": "Sexual assault reported off campus on Vine Avenue",
    "summary": "Pennsylvania College of Technology Police [published a campus alert / timely warning](https://www.pct.edu/student-life/campus-safety/crime-alerts-and-timely-warnings). Full text recovered from the official police crime-alerts page.",
    "outcome": "See official campus alert for investigation and resource guidance."
  },
  "alerts": [
    {
      "sequence": 1,
      "type": "initial",
      "timestampApprox": "Night of Friday, August 30, 2024 (archive year 2024)",
      "channel": "email",
      "verbatimText": "Sexual Assault Reported Off Campus\n\nA 19-year-old student reported she was sexually assaulted on the night of Friday, August 30, at an off-campus residence on Vine Avenue. The victim reported that the actor 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 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 and timely warnings page",
      "annotations": [
        "Verbatim from official PCT campus-safety crime-alerts archive."
      ],
      "characterCount": 883,
      "confidence": "high"
    }
  ],
  "context": "Official PCT Police crime-alerts and timely-warnings archive.",
  "keyFindings": [
    "Complete official campus alert / timely warning text recovered."
  ],
  "sources": [
    {
      "title": "Crime Alerts and Timely Warnings - Pennsylvania College of Technology",
      "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",
    "penn-college"
  ],
  "dateAdded": "2026-07-26",
  "lastUpdated": "2026-07-26",
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}