{
  "id": "2024-09-10-university-of-mary-washington-bus-stop-sexual-assault",
  "slug": "university-of-mary-washington-bus-stop-sexual-assault-2024-09-10",
  "institution": {
    "name": "University of Mary Washington",
    "shortName": "UMW",
    "state": "VA",
    "type": "public-bachelors",
    "alertSystemName": "EagleAlert",
    "enrollment": 4000
  },
  "incident": {
    "date": "2024-09-10",
    "type": "sexual-assault",
    "cleryCategory": "timely-warning",
    "resolution": "confirmed-threat",
    "headline": "Same-day timely warning after a reported sexual assault on a city bus; suspect arrested",
    "headlinePublic": "Same-day timely warning after a reported sexual assault on a city bus; suspect arrested",
    "summary": "At approximately 7:40 AM EDT on September 10, 2024, a [reported sexual assault occurred on the FXBGO bus](https://www.umw.edu/police/2024/09/10/timely-warning-september-10-2024/) as it approached the bus stop on the University of Mary Washington's Fredericksburg campus. UMW Police and the Fredericksburg Police Department responded, took the suspect ([Raymond Lee Mungro II, 30, of Fredericksburg](https://www.fredericksburg.com/news/local/article_3f2c81f6-7038-11ef-aa86-2bf8c4067568.html)) into custody, and issued a Clery Act timely warning the same morning. Mungro was charged with felony attempt to commit rape and misdemeanor assault and battery; he was not affiliated with the university.",
    "outcome": "Raymond Lee Mungro II, 30, of Fredericksburg, was arrested without incident and charged with one felony count of attempt to commit rape and one misdemeanor count of assault and battery. The suspect was not affiliated with the University of Mary Washington. The investigation was concluded with the arrest, and UMW Police closed the active threat portion of the case the same day."
  },
  "alerts": [
    {
      "sequence": 1,
      "type": "initial",
      "timestampApprox": "Morning of September 10, 2024 EDT, after the 7:40 AM EDT incident",
      "channel": "email",
      "verbatimText": "In accordance with the federal Clery Act, this notice is being sent as a timely warning from The University of Mary Washington Police Department: This morning, September 10, at around 7:40 a.m., Fredericksburg Police Department and the UMW Police responded to a reported sexual assault on the FXBGO bus as it approached the bus stop on the Fredericksburg campus. As a result of further investigation, UMW Police has taken the subject into custody without incident, and the subject is not affiliated with the University. No other individuals were involved, and the investigation of the incident has concluded.",
      "isVerbatimConfirmed": true,
      "sourceUrl": "https://www.umw.edu/police/2024/09/10/timely-warning-september-10-2024/",
      "sourceDescription": "UMW Police 'Timely Warning - September 10, 2024' archive page",
      "annotations": [
        "Verbatim text recovered from the UMW Police timely-warning archive page; opening Clery-Act preamble, '7:40 a.m. EDT' incident time, 'FXBGO bus,' 'bus stop on the Fredericksburg campus,' 'taken the subject into custody without incident,' 'not affiliated with the University,' and 'No other individuals were involved, and the investigation of the incident has concluded' are all preserved as published",
        "FXBGO is the Fredericksburg Regional Transit (FRED) bus system that serves the UMW campus; naming the specific bus route helps students who use it understand the threat geography",
        "Issuing the warning the same morning, after the suspect was already in custody, illustrates a Clery Act feature: timely warnings can be issued retrospectively for community awareness even after the immediate threat has been neutralized"
      ],
      "characterCount": 608
    }
  ],
  "context": "The University of Mary Washington is a [public liberal-arts institution in Fredericksburg, Virginia](https://www.umw.edu/) with about 4,000 undergraduate students. At approximately 7:40 AM EDT on Tuesday, September 10, 2024, the [Fredericksburg Police Department and UMW Police responded to a reported sexual assault](https://www.umw.edu/police/2024/09/10/timely-warning-september-10-2024/) on a [FRED FXBGO bus](https://www.ridefred.com/) as it approached the campus bus stop. UMW Police took the suspect (later identified as [Raymond Lee Mungro II, 30, of Fredericksburg](https://www.wric.com/news/local-news/fredericksburg/man-charged-with-attempted-rape-after-incident-on-bus-near-umw/)) into custody without incident. Mungro was [charged with felony attempt to commit rape and misdemeanor assault and battery](https://www.fredericksburg.com/news/local/article_3f2c81f6-7038-11ef-aa86-2bf8c4067568.html) and was not affiliated with the university. UMW Police issued the Clery Act timely warning the same morning, an unusually fast turnaround that was possible because the suspect was apprehended quickly. The warning's calm, factual tone (emphasizing that 'the investigation of the incident has concluded' and that the suspect was not a UMW community member) reflects an institutional choice to balance Clery transparency with reassurance.",
  "keyFindings": [
    "Same-day timely warning issuance is exceptionally fast under the Clery Act; many sexual-assault warnings take days or weeks to draft, but UMW had the advantage of an immediate arrest",
    "Naming the specific FXBGO bus route, rather than describing the location generically, helped community members orient themselves spatially and understand whether they had been near the threat",
    "The alert explicitly stated the suspect was 'not affiliated with the University,' a phrase that distinguishes stranger-perpetrator cases from acquaintance-perpetrator cases and shapes community risk perception",
    "UMW issued the warning even after the arrest had concluded the immediate threat, a Clery practice that prioritizes community awareness over operational necessity"
  ],
  "sources": [
    {
      "title": "Timely Warning - September 10, 2024 (UMW Police)",
      "url": "https://www.umw.edu/police/2024/09/10/timely-warning-september-10-2024/",
      "type": "official-archive"
    },
    {
      "title": "Man charged with attempted rape after incident on bus near UMW (WRIC)",
      "url": "https://www.wric.com/news/local-news/fredericksburg/man-charged-with-attempted-rape-after-incident-on-bus-near-umw/",
      "type": "local-media"
    },
    {
      "title": "Fredericksburg man charged in alleged sexual assault on FRED bus near UMW (Free Lance-Star)",
      "url": "https://www.fredericksburg.com/news/local/article_3f2c81f6-7038-11ef-aa86-2bf8c4067568.html",
      "type": "local-media"
    },
    {
      "title": "Warnings & Alerts archive (UMW Police)",
      "url": "https://www.umw.edu/police/category/warnings-alerts/",
      "type": "official-archive"
    }
  ],
  "confidence": "high",
  "tags": [
    "sexual-assault",
    "attempted-rape",
    "timely-warning",
    "clery-act",
    "public-bachelors",
    "virginia",
    "fredericksburg",
    "bus-stop",
    "stranger-perpetrator",
    "same-day-warning"
  ],
  "dateAdded": "2026-05-03",
  "lastUpdated": "2026-07-16",
  "addedBy": "ingestion"
}