{
  "id": "2025-02-21-rollins-college-elizabeth-hall-hate-crime-vandalism",
  "slug": "rollins-college-elizabeth-hall-hate-crime-vandalism-2025-02-21",
  "institution": {
    "name": "Rollins College",
    "shortName": "Rollins",
    "state": "FL",
    "type": "private-liberal-arts",
    "alertSystemName": "R-Alert",
    "enrollment": 3000
  },
  "incident": {
    "date": "2025-02-21",
    "type": "other",
    "cleryCategory": "timely-warning",
    "resolution": "under-investigation",
    "headline": "Hate-crime vandalism of LGBTQIA+ materials in a residence hall",
    "headlinePublic": "Hate-crime vandalism of LGBTQIA+ materials in a residence hall",
    "summary": "Rollins Campus Safety [issued a timely notification after repeated bias-motivated vandalism of LGBTQIA+ materials on a bulletin board in Elizabeth Hall](https://www.rollins.edu/about-rollins/clery-compliance/timely-notifications/), classified as a hate crime based on sexual orientation.",
    "outcome": "Investigation ongoing with on-campus partners. No suspect named."
  },
  "alerts": [
    {
      "sequence": 1,
      "type": "initial",
      "channel": "email",
      "verbatimText": "Timely Notification\nHate Crime – In the form of Vandalism based on Sexual - Orientation\nFebruary 21, 2025\n\nOn February 21, 2025, Campus Safety received a report of repeated bias-motivated vandalism in Elizabeth Hall. An unknown individual(s) targeted a bulletin board in the hallway, specifically defacing materials related to LGBTQIA+ information. Given the nature of the vandalism and its selective focus, we have classified this incident as a hate crime based on sexual orientation. Campus Safety is actively investigating and collaborating with on-campus partners to identify those responsible and ensure accountability.",
      "isVerbatimConfirmed": true,
      "confidence": "high",
      "sourceUrl": "https://www.rollins.edu/about-rollins/clery-compliance/timely-notifications/",
      "sourceDescription": "Rollins Clery timely-notifications page (Hate Crime vandalism, February 21, 2025)",
      "annotations": [
        "Dual independent HTML fetch 2026-08-24 (574317-byte match). En-dash in the Timely Notification header preserved.",
        "Standing resource-list chrome omitted.",
        "Distinct incident from 2025-03-08-rollins-college-dating-violence-timely-notification: different date and crime, same hall."
      ],
      "characterCount": 624
    }
  ],
  "context": "Rollins posts Clery timely notifications on [rollins.edu/about-rollins/clery-compliance/timely-notifications](https://www.rollins.edu/about-rollins/clery-compliance/timely-notifications/).",
  "keyFindings": [
    "Classified by Campus Safety as a hate crime based on sexual orientation.",
    "Target was LGBTQIA+ bulletin-board materials in Elizabeth Hall."
  ],
  "sources": [
    {
      "title": "Rollins Clery timely notifications (hate-crime vandalism)",
      "url": "https://www.rollins.edu/about-rollins/clery-compliance/timely-notifications/",
      "type": "official-archive",
      "accessDate": "2026-08-24",
      "archiveUrl": null,
      "archiveNotes": "SPN 523 at capture 2026-08-24; archive.org save endpoint returned HTTP 523"
    }
  ],
  "confidence": "high",
  "tags": [
    "private-liberal-arts",
    "florida",
    "rollins",
    "hate-crime",
    "vandalism",
    "timely-warning"
  ],
  "dateAdded": "2026-08-24",
  "lastUpdated": "2026-08-24",
  "addedBy": "ingestion"
}