{
  "id": "2026-10-22-university-of-california-los-angeles-broad-art-center-sexual-battery-timely-warning",
  "slug": "university-of-california-los-angeles-broad-art-center-sexual-battery-timely-warning-2026-10-22",
  "institution": {
    "name": "University of California, Los Angeles",
    "shortName": "UCLA",
    "state": "CA",
    "type": "public-r1",
    "alertSystemName": "BruinALERT",
    "enrollment": 47000
  },
  "incident": {
    "date": "2026-10-22",
    "type": "sexual-offense",
    "cleryCategory": "timely-warning",
    "resolution": "confirmed-threat",
    "headline": "Timely warning for a sexual battery at an arts building, updated with an arrest that night",
    "headlinePublic": "Timely warning for a sexual battery at an arts building, updated with an arrest that night",
    "summary": "UCLA Police issued a [Clery timely warning](https://police.ucla.edu/wp-content/uploads/2026/10/UCPD-Clery-Timely-Warning_-Sexual-Assault-Broad-Art-Center-Update.pdf) for a sexual battery reported at the Broad Art Center at 1:00 PM on Thursday, October 22, 2026, with a suspect description. The posted version is stamped \"Suspect Arrested: 10/22/2026 9:50PM\".",
    "outcome": "The updated notice states that a suspect was arrested at 9:50 PM on October 22, 2026."
  },
  "alerts": [
    {
      "sequence": 1,
      "type": "update",
      "timestampApprox": "After 9:50 PM PDT on Thursday, October 22, 2026 (the arrest time stamped on the updated notice; posting time not stated)",
      "channel": "website",
      "verbatimText": "Suspect Arrested:\n10/22/2026 9:50PM\nContent Warning: This timely warning includes descriptions of sexual violence.\nIn an effort to promote campus safety and provide timely information to our campus community, the following information is being provided so that you can make informed decisions about your safety. We encourage all community members to care for their needs and well-being while reading this message, especially those who have been impacted by similar forms of violence.\nReport\nThe UCLA Police Department received notice of a report of a sexual battery that occurred at Broad Art Center on 10-22-2026 01:00 PM. The suspect approached the victim from behind, touched the victim's buttocks without their consent, and fled the area. The suspect was last seen on Young Drive North headed towards Parking Structure 3. The suspect is described as a thin Black male in his thirties, approximately six feet tall, with freckles. He was wearing baggy clothing, including a black hooded sweatshirt, and carrying two duffel bags.\nUCLA PD is investigating this report. If you have information that might assist in the investigation, please contact the UCLA Police Department at 310-825-1491.\nUCPD reminds the campus community of the following:\nIf you start to feel concerns about a person or a situation, trust your instincts and try to remove yourself as quickly as possible from the potential threat.\nIf you think someone is at risk of assault or abuse, you should consider it an emergency and act to support that person. You can call the police or ask for help from other people, intervene directly if safe, or create a distraction to help remove the potential victim from the situation.",
      "isVerbatimConfirmed": true,
      "sourceUrl": "https://police.ucla.edu/wp-content/uploads/2026/10/UCPD-Clery-Timely-Warning_-Sexual-Assault-Broad-Art-Center-Update.pdf",
      "sourceDescription": "UCLA Police Department Clery timely warning PDF (updated version)",
      "annotations": [
        "Read on 2026-11-09 from the official PDF (one page). The \"Suspect Arrested\" stamp is an overlay on the updated notice and is recorded first.",
        "Excerpt: the reminders list continues past the bottom of the one-page PDF (the third reminder breaks off mid-sentence), so the text stops at the last complete reminder.",
        "The original timely warning, sent before the arrest, was not found; its wording presumably matches the body above.",
        "The file name says \"Sexual Assault\"; the text says \"sexual battery\"."
      ],
      "characterCount": 1690
    }
  ],
  "context": "UCLA posts timely warnings as PDFs and updates them in place. This one opens with a content warning and a statement of purpose before the report itself.",
  "keyFindings": [
    "The arrest was added to the same document as a stamp rather than sent as a separate message.",
    "The notice opened with a content warning."
  ],
  "sources": [
    {
      "title": "UCPD Clery Timely Warning: Sexual Assault, Broad Art Center (Update) (UCLA Police Department)",
      "url": "https://police.ucla.edu/wp-content/uploads/2026/10/UCPD-Clery-Timely-Warning_-Sexual-Assault-Broad-Art-Center-Update.pdf",
      "type": "official-archive",
      "accessDate": "2026-11-09"
    }
  ],
  "confidence": "high",
  "tags": [
    "2026",
    "backfill-2026-10-12",
    "sexual-offense",
    "public-r1",
    "california",
    "timely-warning",
    "arrest",
    "content-warning"
  ],
  "dateAdded": "2026-11-09",
  "lastUpdated": "2026-11-09",
  "addedBy": "ingestion"
}