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  "id": "2020-03-06-university-of-north-carolina-at-chapel-hill-inappropriate-touching",
  "slug": "university-of-north-carolina-at-chapel-hill-inappropriate-touching-2020-03-06",
  "institution": {
    "name": "University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill",
    "shortName": "UNC-Chapel Hill",
    "state": "NC",
    "type": "public-r1",
    "alertSystemName": "Alert Carolina",
    "enrollment": 32000
  },
  "incident": {
    "date": "2020-03-06",
    "type": "sexual-assault",
    "cleryCategory": "timely-warning",
    "resolution": "ongoing",
    "headline": "Two inappropriate-touching incidents; crime alert",
    "headlinePublic": "Two inappropriate-touching incidents; crime alert",
    "summary": "Alert Carolina published [this notice](https://alertcarolina.unc.edu/notifications/2020/03/06/alert-carolina-crime-alert-two-incidents-of-inappropriate-touching-reported/).",
    "outcome": "See Alert Carolina for full text.",
    "casualties": {
      "killed": 0,
      "injured": 0
    }
  },
  "alerts": [
    {
      "sequence": 1,
      "type": "initial",
      "timestampApprox": "2020-03-06 (Alert Carolina)",
      "channel": "email",
      "verbatimText": "UNC STUDENTS, STAFF, AND FACULTY:\n\nUNC received Clery reports on Thursday (March 5) from two UNC female students who were touched inappropriately by a fellow male student on Tuesday (March 3) in the Hanes Art Center. The suspect was the same in both cases and is known to the reporting parties.\n\nUNC encourages the Carolina community of the following safety tips, i.e.:\n\nYou have the right to set limits on personal behavior;\nRespect personal spaces and boundaries;\nVisit https://safe.unc.edu/file-a-report/ for more information on how to report inappropriate behavior to the University or UNC Police;\nFor further information and safety tips, visit https://campussafety.unc.edu/carolinasafe/tips/personal/.\n\nContinue to monitor Alert Carolina website (alertcarolina.unc.edu) for any updates.\n\nAbout Crime Alert Messages: The University sends Crime Alerts if there is a continuing danger and notification will not compromise a law enforcement investigation. Informational Messages are one of three tiers of communication under the University’s emergency communications plan and are sent to inform the campus community about a situation that is not an emergency but is expected to be of significant interest to the campus. An Emergency Warning refers to a siren activation for a significant emergency.",
      "isVerbatimConfirmed": true,
      "sourceUrl": "https://alertcarolina.unc.edu/notifications/2020/03/06/alert-carolina-crime-alert-two-incidents-of-inappropriate-touching-reported/",
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        "Complete text from alertcarolina.unc.edu"
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      "characterCount": 1299
    }
  ],
  "context": "Official full text from [Alert Carolina](https://alertcarolina.unc.edu/notifications/2020/03/06/alert-carolina-crime-alert-two-incidents-of-inappropriate-touching-reported/).",
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      "title": "Alert Carolina official archive",
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      "title": "Alert Carolina home",
      "url": "https://alertcarolina.unc.edu/",
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  "confidence": "high",
  "tags": [
    "unc-chapel-hill",
    "alert-carolina",
    "timely-warning"
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  "dateAdded": "2026-07-21",
  "lastUpdated": "2026-07-21",
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