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  "id": "2021-04-30-university-of-north-carolina-at-chapel-hill-inappropriate-touching",
  "slug": "university-of-north-carolina-at-chapel-hill-inappropriate-touching-2021-04-30",
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    "name": "University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill",
    "shortName": "UNC-Chapel Hill",
    "state": "NC",
    "type": "public-r1",
    "alertSystemName": "Alert Carolina",
    "enrollment": 32000
  },
  "incident": {
    "date": "2021-04-30",
    "type": "sexual-assault",
    "cleryCategory": "timely-warning",
    "resolution": "ongoing",
    "headline": "Inappropriate touching crime alert",
    "headlinePublic": "Inappropriate touching crime alert",
    "summary": "Alert Carolina published [this notice](https://alertcarolina.unc.edu/notifications/2021/04/30/alert-carolina-crime-alert-incident-of-inappropriate-touching-reported/).",
    "outcome": "See Alert Carolina for full text and investigation status.",
    "casualties": {
      "killed": 0,
      "injured": 0
    }
  },
  "alerts": [
    {
      "sequence": 1,
      "type": "initial",
      "timestampApprox": "2021-04-30 (Alert Carolina)",
      "channel": "email",
      "verbatimText": "UNC Police and Chapel Hill Police responded to a report of a white male with short buzzed hair on a blue or black bike inappropriately touching one female victim at approximately 10pm on April 29 in the parking lot of Granville Towers East. The suspect is not currently in police custody and the investigation is ongoing.\n\nIf you have any information regarding the incidents, call 911.\n\nYou can also visit https://safe.unc.edu/file-a-report/ for more information on how to report inappropriate behavior to the University or UNC Police.\n\nFor further information and safety tips, visit https://campussafety.unc.edu/carolina-ready/take-action/personal-safety/\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/2021/04/30/alert-carolina-crime-alert-incident-of-inappropriate-touching-reported/",
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        "Complete text from alertcarolina.unc.edu"
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  ],
  "context": "Official full text from [Alert Carolina](https://alertcarolina.unc.edu/notifications/2021/04/30/alert-carolina-crime-alert-incident-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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