{
  "id": "2026-03-14-university-of-pennsylvania-3500-market-robbery-no-weapon",
  "slug": "university-of-pennsylvania-3500-market-robbery-no-weapon-2026-03-14",
  "institution": {
    "name": "University of Pennsylvania",
    "shortName": "Penn",
    "state": "PA",
    "type": "private-r1",
    "alertSystemName": "UPennAlert",
    "enrollment": 28000
  },
  "incident": {
    "date": "2026-03-14",
    "type": "robbery",
    "cleryCategory": "emergency-notification",
    "resolution": "under-investigation",
    "headline": "Robbery without a weapon on the 3500 block of Market",
    "headlinePublic": "Robbery without a weapon on the 3500 block of Market",
    "summary": "Penn [UPennAlert warned of a robbery without a weapon on the 3500 block of Market Street](https://www.publicsafety.upenn.edu/upa-archive/robbery-without-weapon-9/) involving 5-10 teenagers in black hooded sweatshirts and ski masks.",
    "outcome": "Archive page marks the alert no longer active. No all-clear SMS on that page."
  },
  "alerts": [
    {
      "sequence": 1,
      "type": "initial",
      "channel": "sms",
      "verbatimText": "UPennAlert: ROBBERY NO WEAPON reported in the area of 3500 BLOCK MARKET STREET. Use caution, police on scene, avoid area.\n\nThe suspects are described as: 5-10 teenagers, wearing black hooded sweatshirts and black ski masks.\n\nDirection of travel: East on Market Street.",
      "isVerbatimConfirmed": true,
      "confidence": "high",
      "sourceUrl": "https://www.publicsafety.upenn.edu/upa-archive/robbery-without-weapon-9/",
      "sourceDescription": "UPennAlert archive: 3500 Market robbery without a weapon",
      "annotations": [
        "Official UPennAlert archive 2026-09-20. Dual-fetch EQUAL. sha256 8a7c40b2ca08825ee800621d1e3da4ddc1b38e5a656ec89f084aa66a24390f0e. seq 1 SMS. Dual-fetch EQUAL wording: two independent web_fetch 200s of the same URL. open_page rendered 'UPennAlert :' with a space before the colon; treat as markdown conversion artifact (already-filed 2026-04-06 Market",
        "Distinct incident from 2026-04-06-university-of-pennsylvania-4000-market-assault-with-firearm: different date and robbery without a weapon vs assault with a firearm."
      ],
      "characterCount": 268,
      "timestamp": "2026-03-14T20:49:00-04:00"
    }
  ],
  "context": "Penn posts UPennAlert products on the [upa-archive](https://www.publicsafety.upenn.edu/upa-archive/robbery-without-weapon-9/). Date of Alert on the page: March 14, 2026 8:49 pm.",
  "keyFindings": [
    "Single-alert SMS for a robbery without a weapon, last seen east on Market Street."
  ],
  "sources": [
    {
      "title": "UPennAlert archive: 3500 Market robbery without a weapon",
      "url": "https://www.publicsafety.upenn.edu/upa-archive/robbery-without-weapon-9/",
      "type": "official-archive",
      "accessDate": "2026-09-20",
      "archiveUrl": null,
      "archiveNotes": "SPN not attempted after 500 flap"
    }
  ],
  "confidence": "high",
  "tags": [
    "private-r1",
    "pennsylvania",
    "penn",
    "upennalert",
    "ivy",
    "robbery"
  ],
  "dateAdded": "2026-09-20",
  "lastUpdated": "2026-09-20",
  "addedBy": "ingestion"
}