{
  "id": "2025-04-01-princeton-university-canal-towpath-lewdness",
  "slug": "princeton-university-canal-towpath-lewdness-2025-04-01",
  "institution": {
    "name": "Princeton University",
    "shortName": "Princeton",
    "state": "NJ",
    "type": "private-r1",
    "alertSystemName": "TigerAlert",
    "enrollment": 8500
  },
  "incident": {
    "date": "2025-04-01",
    "type": "other",
    "cleryCategory": "advisory",
    "resolution": "under-investigation",
    "headline": "Advisory after lewdness reported on canal towpath near campus",
    "headlinePublic": "Advisory after lewdness reported on canal towpath near campus",
    "summary": "Princeton [Public Safety issued a TigerAlert](https://publicsafety.princeton.edu/safety/alerts-warnings/tigeralert-lewdness-3) after a report that a man exposed himself to a jogger on the D&R Canal towpath about 100 feet east of Washington Road at approximately 5:00 p.m. on April 1, 2025.",
    "outcome": "Suspect description circulated; tip line provided. Final disposition not always stated on the inactive alert page.",
    "casualties": {
      "killed": 0,
      "injured": 0
    }
  },
  "alerts": [
    {
      "sequence": 1,
      "type": "initial",
      "timestamp": "2025-04-01T17:30:00-04:00",
      "channel": "email",
      "verbatimText": "This notice is to advise you of an incident that concerns the University community.\n\nDate: April 1, 2025\n\nIncident: Lewdness\n\nAt approximately 5:00 pm, a man exposed himself to a jogger on the D&R Canal towpath about 100 feet east of Washington Road. The male is described as 5’8”-5’10”, with waist length blond hair, and wearing a light blue denim jacket. If you have information relevant to this incident, please contact DPS at 609-258-1000.",
      "isVerbatimConfirmed": true,
      "sourceUrl": "https://publicsafety.princeton.edu/safety/alerts-warnings/tigeralert-lewdness-3",
      "sourceDescription": "Princeton Department of Public Safety Alerts & Warnings (TigerAlert archive page)",
      "annotations": [
        "Full text recovered from the official publicsafety.princeton.edu Alerts & Warnings page for this TigerAlert.",
        "Inactive archive page preserves the transmitted community notice wording."
      ],
      "characterCount": 443
    }
  ],
  "context": "Princeton [Public Safety issued a TigerAlert](https://publicsafety.princeton.edu/safety/alerts-warnings/tigeralert-lewdness-3) after a report that a man exposed himself to a jogger on the D&R Canal towpath about 100 feet east of Washington Road at approximately 5:00 p.m. on April 1, 2025. Official Public Safety alert archive pages preserve full TigerAlert wording for Clery and community advisories; many pages are Cloudflare-protected to automated clients and were recovered via a public text mirror of the live page.",
  "keyFindings": [
    "Official Public Safety Alerts & Warnings page preserves complete TigerAlert wording",
    "Message includes tip-line contact and (where present) suspect description for community awareness"
  ],
  "sources": [
    {
      "title": "Public Safety TigerAlert archive — TigerAlert: Lewdness on D&R Canal towpath east of Washington",
      "url": "https://publicsafety.princeton.edu/safety/alerts-warnings/tigeralert-lewdness-3",
      "type": "official-archive"
    },
    {
      "title": "Princeton Department of Public Safety — Alerts & Warnings index",
      "url": "https://publicsafety.princeton.edu/safety/alerts-warnings",
      "type": "official-archive"
    }
  ],
  "confidence": "high",
  "tags": [
    "lewdness",
    "advisory",
    "tigeralert",
    "princeton",
    "public-safety"
  ],
  "dateAdded": "2026-07-21",
  "lastUpdated": "2026-07-21",
  "addedBy": "ingestion"
}