{
  "id": "2025-08-11-uh-manoa-lower-campus-fondling",
  "slug": "uh-manoa-lower-campus-fondling-2025-08-11",
  "institution": {
    "name": "University of Hawaiʻi at Mānoa",
    "shortName": "UH Mānoa",
    "state": "HI",
    "type": "public-r1",
    "alertSystemName": "UH Alert",
    "alertPlatform": "Rave",
    "enrollment": 18800
  },
  "incident": {
    "date": "2025-08-11",
    "type": "sexual-assault",
    "cleryCategory": "timely-warning",
    "resolution": "under-investigation",
    "headline": "Alumna followed and groped near a campus entrance; timely warning issued next day",
    "headlinePublic": "Alumna followed and groped near a campus entrance; timely warning issued next day",
    "summary": "On Monday, August 11, 2025, [a UH alumna was followed and groped near the UH Mānoa Lower Campus entrance](https://manoa.hawaii.edu/dps/2025/08/12/sexual-assault-fondling/) at approximately 1:30 p.m. HST. UH Mānoa Department of Public Safety issued a [timely warning notice](https://www.staradvertiser.com/2025/08/18/breaking-news/police-searching-for-suspect-in-alleged-groping-near-uh-manoa/) the next day, reconstructing the suspect's approach down Waialae Avenue toward Kalele Road.",
    "outcome": "Honolulu Police Department continued investigating and searched for a suspect linked to multiple fondling incidents reported on or near the Mānoa campus. The university urged community members to use the Mānoa Guardian app and blue-light call boxes.",
    "casualties": {
      "killed": 0,
      "injured": 1
    }
  },
  "alerts": [
    {
      "sequence": 1,
      "type": "initial",
      "timestamp": "2025-08-12T10:00:00-10:00",
      "channel": "email",
      "verbatimText": "On Monday, August 11, 2025 at approximately 1:30pm, a groping incident occurred near the UH Manoa Lower Campus entrance and subsequently reported to the Department of Public Safety. A UH Alumni stated that an unknown male individual was following her as she walked on Waialae Avenue. As the victim approached the Lower Campus entrance near Waialae Avenue and Kalele Road, the suspect grabbed the victim's buttocks. If you feel that you or others are in danger, or to report suspicious, illegal, or unusual activity on campus, call DPS at (808) 956-6911 or HPD at 911. You can also contact DPS through the Mānoa Guardian app or by using a blue light Emergency Call Box on campus.",
      "isVerbatimConfirmed": true,
      "sourceUrl": "https://manoa.hawaii.edu/dps/2025/08/12/sexual-assault-fondling/",
      "sourceDescription": "UH Mānoa DPS Timely Warning Archive",
      "annotations": [
        "Posted on August 12, 2025 to the UH Mānoa DPS public safety blog as a Clery Act timely warning",
        "Notice maps the suspect's approach: following the victim down Waialae Avenue before grabbing her at the Lower Campus entrance near Kalele Road",
        "DPS contact information includes the Mānoa Guardian app and blue-light Emergency Call Boxes, channels typical of UH Mānoa Clery messaging"
      ],
      "characterCount": 678
    }
  ],
  "context": "On Monday, August 11, 2025 at approximately 1:30 p.m. HST, a [UH alumna was followed and groped](https://manoa.hawaii.edu/dps/2025/08/12/sexual-assault-fondling/) by an unknown male near the UH Mānoa Lower Campus entrance at Waialae Avenue and Kalele Road. The victim told UH Mānoa Department of Public Safety that the suspect had followed her as she walked along Waialae Avenue before grabbing her at the campus entrance. UH DPS published a [Clery Act timely warning](https://hilo.hawaii.edu/security/clery-timely-warning-notice-criteria.php) the following day, August 12, 2025, mapping the suspect's approach in detail. [Honolulu Police](https://www.staradvertiser.com/2025/08/18/breaking-news/police-searching-for-suspect-in-alleged-groping-near-uh-manoa/) released a suspect description and asked the public to identify the individual; news outlets [later reported](https://www.kitv.com/news/suspect-wanted-in-groping-incident-at-uh-manoa/article_c1cb156d-167c-4210-a430-e242d653da37.html) that police were searching for a suspect tied to multiple fondling incidents on or near campus. The notice's emphasis on the [Mānoa Guardian app and blue-light Emergency Call Boxes](https://manoa.hawaii.edu/emergency/emergency-resources/) reflects UH's standard Clery channel mix for non-emergency timely warnings.",
  "keyFindings": [
    "UH Mānoa DPS issued a Clery Act timely warning the day after the incident, within the standard 24-hour window for non-emergency notifications",
    "The notice maps the suspect's approach in unusual detail: following the victim down Waialae Avenue before grabbing her at the Lower Campus entrance",
    "UH Mānoa's emphasis on the Mānoa Guardian app and blue-light call boxes shows institution-specific channel preferences in Clery messaging"
  ],
  "sources": [
    {
      "title": "Sexual Assault – Fondling (UH Mānoa Department of Public Safety)",
      "url": "https://manoa.hawaii.edu/dps/2025/08/12/sexual-assault-fondling/",
      "type": "official-archive"
    },
    {
      "title": "Police searching for suspect in alleged groping near UH-Manoa (Honolulu Star-Advertiser)",
      "url": "https://www.staradvertiser.com/2025/08/18/breaking-news/police-searching-for-suspect-in-alleged-groping-near-uh-manoa/",
      "type": "local-media"
    },
    {
      "title": "Suspect wanted in groping incident at UH Manoa (KITV)",
      "url": "https://www.kitv.com/news/suspect-wanted-in-groping-incident-at-uh-manoa/article_c1cb156d-167c-4210-a430-e242d653da37.html",
      "type": "local-media"
    },
    {
      "title": "Criteria for Issuing a Clery Timely Warning Notice (UH Hilo Security)",
      "url": "https://hilo.hawaii.edu/security/clery-timely-warning-notice-criteria.php",
      "type": "official-archive"
    }
  ],
  "confidence": "high",
  "tags": [
    "sexual-assault",
    "fondling",
    "timely-warning",
    "clery",
    "hawaii",
    "uh-manoa",
    "public-r1",
    "lower-campus"
  ],
  "dateAdded": "2026-05-03",
  "lastUpdated": "2026-05-03",
  "addedBy": "ingestion"
}