{
  "id": "2024-10-25-university-of-maine-aggravated-assault-warning",
  "slug": "university-of-maine-aggravated-assault-warning-2024-10-25",
  "institution": {
    "name": "University of Maine",
    "shortName": "UMaine",
    "state": "ME",
    "type": "public-r1",
    "alertSystemName": "UMaine Alert",
    "enrollment": 11500
  },
  "incident": {
    "date": "2024-10-25",
    "type": "aggravated-assault",
    "cleryCategory": "timely-warning",
    "headline": "Campus alert seeks assault suspect; taken into custody about 17 hours later",
    "headlinePublic": "Campus alert seeks assault suspect; taken into custody about 17 hours later",
    "summary": "On October 25, 2024, the University of Maine and Orono police issued a [campus-wide alert seeking Noah Lachapelle-Quinn](https://umaine.edu/police/2024/10/25/orono-and-umaine-police-departments-searching-for-noah-lachapelle-quinn/), sought in connection with an aggravated assault on two UMaine students at an off-campus Orono party days earlier. Police said he was [not a UMaine student but known to frequent student gatherings](https://www.bangordailynews.com/2024/10/25/bangor/bangor-police-courts/search-noah-lachappelle-quinn-umaine-assault/) and had a history of assaulting others. Roughly 17 hours later, on October 26, UMaine sent a follow-up canceling the alert after Lachapelle-Quinn was taken into custody.",
    "outcome": "Two UMaine students were assaulted at an off-campus party in Orono around October 20, 2024. Noah Lachapelle-Quinn, who is not a UMaine student or Orono resident, turned himself in after a permanent warrant was issued and was taken into custody on October 26, 2024.",
    "resolution": "confirmed-threat"
  },
  "alerts": [
    {
      "sequence": 1,
      "type": "initial",
      "timestampApprox": "Daytime, October 25, 2024, when the campus-wide search alert went out",
      "channel": "sms",
      "verbatimText": "UMaine Alert: Orono Police searching for aggravated assault suspect Noah Lachapelle-Quinn, white male 5 '8 225 lbs. Brown hair, blue eyes. If you have tips or leads on location please contact Orono PD",
      "isVerbatimConfirmed": true,
      "sourceUrl": "https://mainecampus.com/category/news/2024/11/elora-3-lachapelle-quinn-arrest-placeholder/",
      "sourceDescription": "The Maine Campus (UMaine student newspaper) directly quoted this UMaine Alert verbatim, confirmed also by WABI and News Center Maine coverage of the October 25, 2024 search alert",
      "annotations": [
        "Verbatim text confirmed by The Maine Campus, which quoted the alert directly; the '5 '8' spacing is as it appeared in The Maine Campus quote (the alert's SMS format likely omitted the double-quote)",
        "The suspect's name 'Lachapelle-Quinn' is spelled inconsistently across outlets (some render 'Lachappelle-Quinn'); the UMaine Police post uses 'Lachapelle-Quinn,' preserved here",
        "The warning is a Clery timely warning for an off-campus aggravated assault on students, with a continuing-threat rationale because the suspect frequented student gatherings",
        "Notably the SMS alert names 'Orono Police' only (not 'Orono and UMaine Police'), the physical description uses the 5 '8 format, and asks recipients to contact Orono PD, briefer than usual campus-alert style"
      ],
      "characterCount": 200
    },
    {
      "sequence": 2,
      "type": "all-clear",
      "timestampApprox": "October 26, 2024, roughly 17 hours after the initial alert",
      "channel": "sms",
      "verbatimText": "UMaine Alert canceled: Aggravated assault suspect Noah Lachapelle-Quinn has been taken into custody.",
      "isVerbatimConfirmed": true,
      "sourceUrl": "https://www.bangordailynews.com/2024/10/26/bangor/bangor-police-courts/noah-lachappelle-quinn-in-custody-alert-canceled/",
      "sourceDescription": "Bangor Daily News / Maine Campus quotation of the cancellation alert",
      "annotations": [
        "This cancellation alert is quoted verbatim from reporting: 'UMaine Alert canceled: Aggravated assault suspect Noah Lachapelle-Quinn has been taken into custody.'",
        "The follow-up arrived roughly 17 hours after the initial alert, per the Maine Campus, after a permanent warrant prompted the suspect to surrender.",
        "This functions as the all-clear: it explicitly cancels the active warning and reports the suspect is in custody, ending the continuing threat."
      ],
      "characterCount": 100
    }
  ],
  "context": "Around October 20, 2024, two University of Maine students were assaulted at an off-campus party in Orono. On October 25, the [UMaine and Orono Police Departments issued a campus-wide alert](https://umaine.edu/police/2024/10/25/orono-and-umaine-police-departments-searching-for-noah-lachapelle-quinn/) seeking the suspect, Noah Lachapelle-Quinn, describing him physically and noting that although he was neither a UMaine student nor an Orono resident, [police said he was known to frequent student gatherings and had a history of assaulting others](https://www.bangordailynews.com/2024/10/25/bangor/bangor-police-courts/search-noah-lachappelle-quinn-umaine-assault/), the continuing-threat basis for a Clery timely warning. The search drew coverage across Maine media. About 17 hours after the first alert, on October 26, UMaine sent a follow-up reading 'UMaine Alert canceled: Aggravated assault suspect Noah Lachapelle-Quinn has been taken into custody,' after a [permanent warrant prompted him to turn himself in](https://www.bangordailynews.com/2024/10/26/bangor/bangor-police-courts/noah-lachappelle-quinn-in-custody-alert-canceled/). The case is a clean illustration of a Clery timely warning for an off-campus crime against students, with a concise, verbatim cancellation notice closing the loop.",
  "keyFindings": [
    "UMaine issued a Clery timely warning for an off-campus aggravated assault on two students, citing the suspect's habit of frequenting student gatherings as the continuing threat",
    "The alert named the suspect, Noah Lachapelle-Quinn, and gave a physical description rather than a generic advisory",
    "A verbatim cancellation alert closed the loop about 17 hours later when the suspect surrendered and was taken into custody",
    "The suspect was neither a UMaine student nor an Orono resident, complicating the campus-versus-community boundary of the warning"
  ],
  "sources": [
    {
      "title": "Orono and UMaine Police Departments searching for Noah Lachapelle-Quinn - UMaine Police",
      "url": "https://umaine.edu/police/2024/10/25/orono-and-umaine-police-departments-searching-for-noah-lachapelle-quinn/",
      "type": "official-archive"
    },
    {
      "title": "Search underway for man who reportedly assaulted UMaine students - Bangor Daily News",
      "url": "https://www.bangordailynews.com/2024/10/25/bangor/bangor-police-courts/search-noah-lachappelle-quinn-umaine-assault/",
      "type": "local-media"
    },
    {
      "title": "Man wanted for alleged assault of UMaine students taken into custody - Bangor Daily News",
      "url": "https://www.bangordailynews.com/2024/10/26/bangor/bangor-police-courts/noah-lachappelle-quinn-in-custody-alert-canceled/",
      "type": "local-media"
    },
    {
      "title": "Man accused of assaulting two UMaine students apprehended - The Maine Campus",
      "url": "https://mainecampus.com/category/news/2024/11/elora-3-lachapelle-quinn-arrest-placeholder/",
      "type": "student-newspaper"
    }
  ],
  "confidence": "medium",
  "tags": [
    "aggravated-assault",
    "timely-warning",
    "maine",
    "university-of-maine",
    "off-campus",
    "suspect-search"
  ],
  "dateAdded": "2026-05-28",
  "lastUpdated": "2026-05-28",
  "addedBy": "ingestion"
}